IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTIVE POWER POR DRIVING MACHINERY
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Cartwright, of Shrewsbury, in the County of
Salop, Agricultural Implement Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTIVE POWER POR DRIVING MACHINERY."
Sealed the 30th September 1858, and dated the 8th April 1858.
the
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Cartwright at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
8th April 1858.
I, JOHN CARTWRIGHT, of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, Agricultural
Implement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTIVE POWER FOR DRIVING MACHINERY,'
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of an arrangement of intermediate driving gear,
the object of which is to communicate motion from the horse-power steam
engine or other motive power to two or more farming or other implements or
machines (such as thrashing, chaff cutting, turnip pulping, or bone.crushing,
or other machines) at one time and at various speeds.
The apparatus consists of a pair of brackets secured to a suitable wooden
or other framing or base, and carrying two shafts. The lower shaft is in
immediate connection with the horse-power or other motive power employed,
and drives the upper one at an increased velocity by means of a spur wheel
and pinion. This upper shaft carries two or more pullies of different

page_text: diameters, and from these pullies driving bands pass to communicate or
transmit motion to the machines to be driven; or, in some instances, the
upper shaft may be dispensed with, and the pullies be placed upon the main
shaft.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Cartwright in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
CARTWRIGHT, of Shrewsbury, in the County of Salop, Agricultural Implement
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, ler heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Cartwright, Her special licence that 1, the said John Cartwright,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Cartwright, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR TRANSMITTING MOTIVE POWER POR DRIVING MACHINERY," upon the condition
(ainongst others) that I, the said John Cartwright, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
bands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE that I, the said John Cartwright, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in writing, and on reference to the accompanying Drawings, that is
to say:-
This Invention consists in the arrangement of intermediate driving gear,
the object of which is to communicate motion from the horse-power steam

page_text: engine or other motive power to two or more farming or other implements-or
'machines (such as threshing, chaff cutting, turnip pulping, or bone crushing,
or other machines at one time, and at various speeds.
The apparatus consists of two or more brackets secured to a suitable wooden
or other framing or base, and carrying one or two shafts, as may be required.
The lower shaft is .in. immediate connection with the horse-power or other
motive power employed, by means of an universal coupling joint, and drives
the upper one at an increased velocity by a spur wheel and pinion. This
upper shaft carries two or more pullies of different diameters, and from these
pullies driving bands pass to communicate or transmit motion to the machines
or implements to be driven. One end of the upper shaft may also be con-
nected with and drive a machine by means of an universal coupling joint. In
some instances, where a slow motion is required for driving (say, a bone
crushing mill, for example,) the machine may be driven direct from the
lower shaft.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention of "Improved
Apparatus for Transmitting Motive Power for Driving Machinery," I will
proceed to describe more minutely the manner of carrying the same into
practical effect; and in order that the same may be more fully explained and
readily understood, I have annexed to these Presents a Sheet of Drawings
illustrative of the same, and have marked thereon figures and letters of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof.
Figure 1 is an end view, and Figure 2 a side elevation, of the improved
apparatus. A, A, are the brackets secured to the wood, iron, or other
framing B, B, and carrying in suitable bearings the two shafts C, C, and
D, D. The lower shaft C, C, is in immediate connection with and driven by
the horse-power or other first mover by means of the universal coupling
joint E, and drives the upper shaft D, D, at an increased velocity by means
of the spur wheel F, and pinion G. This upper shaft D, D, carries two,
three, or more pullies H, I, J, of different diameters, and from these pullies
the driving bands pass to transmit motion to the several machines. One end
of the upper shaft D, D, is also furnished with an universal coupling joint K,
by means of which it may be made to drive another machine or implement.
The inner end of the shaft C may also be furnished with a similar coupling to
drive any machine for which a slow motion is required.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention of "Im-
proved Apparatus for Transmitting Motive Power for Driving Machinery,"
together with the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I would
remark, in conclusion, that I claim as my Invention the general construction

page_text: and arrangement of the intermediate apparatus for transmitting motive power,
as shown in the Drawings, and herein-before particularly described, but more
particularly the arrangement of pulleys, of various diameters mounted on
brackets, either with or without the spur gearing, the object of which is to
gain the proper speed for the various descriptions of machines or implements.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Cartwright, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of October, in the year of our
. Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT. (L.S.)