. The railroad and engineering journal . en supported on the pinsat 11\ with thereversal of the back these pins are moved from / to r andfrom / to /•■. The seat then occupies the position shownby the dotted lines 5. It will be seen that, by reversing theback, the seat is moved horizontally; and its inclination isalso reversed, so that in both positions of the back it in-clines backward, which adds materially to its comfort. Ifthe seat is not moved horizontally when the back is re-versed, more room lengthwise of the car will be requiredfor each seat of a given width and a back of any desiredfor
. The railroad and engineering journal . en supported on the pinsat 11\ with thereversal of the back these pins are moved from / to r andfrom / to /•■. The seat then occupies the position shownby the dotted lines 5. It will be seen that, by reversing theback, the seat is moved horizontally; and its inclination isalso reversed, so that in both positions of the back it in-clines backward, which adds materially to its comfort. Ifthe seat is not moved horizontally when the back is re-versed, more room lengthwise of the car will be requiredfor each seat of a given width and a back of any desiredform or inclination. With this mechanism for reversingthe backs they can be made of any required height, and,as appears from the illustrations, their lower edges comeabove the tops of the seats. This leaves the space be-hind the seat entirely clear, so that with seats of thiskind there is more room than with those ordinarily will also be seen that the fi.\ed pivots P and P arelocated on a line with the top of the seat. With the. Fig- 3- ordinary method of reversing backs, the pivot about whichit turns must be placed so far above the seat that itelevates the arm-rest at an uncomfortable height, so thatthe shoulders of passengers are raised up into an uneasyposition. The location of the pivots P /, shown in theengravings, permits the arm-rests and window sills to belowered to any position that will be most conducive tocomfort. The fact that the arms of drawing-room carchairs are always made much lower than those of ordin-ary car seats is evidence that the latter are too liigh. Butif the window sills are lowered so as to be of the mostcomfortable height for arm-rests, there is danger whenthey are open that persons will put their arms or feetoutside and be hurt, and children standing up in theseats may fall out. For these and other reasons, themethod of construction shown in Figs, i and 2 has beendevised. The window ledge M, Fig. 2, has been placed24 in. above the top of t
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