Improvements in and connected with Steam and other Engines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Steam and other Engines.
I, BENJAMIN CHARLES POLE, Consulting Mechanical Engineer, of +, Gloucester
Road, Kensington, London, S.W., do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The invention consists in providing a driven shaft with several engine motors,
of any motive power, steam, gas or electricity, to drive a driven shaft; in pro-
viding means to automatically disengage certain of the engine motors from said
driven shaft, to be again automatically re-engaged to said driven shaft; in pro-
viding each engine motor with a flywheel, escapements and clutches, also a
governor; in providing a governor for the driven shaft; in providing means to
operate the governors of each engine by the automatic devices operated by the
powers of the several engine motors, all of the devices operating together as one
engine to drive a driven shaft.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein :-
Figure 1. is a sectional side elevation of my engine.
Figure 2, is a part plan of my engine on the same scale as Figure 1.
Figure 3. is a part plan of my engine showing four fly wheels each upon
separate engine motors, a driven shaft provided with clutches for the purpose of
making connection with the fly wheel shaft, also mechanism for automatically
opening and closing the said clutches.
Figure 4. is a front view of Figure 3. looking at the same from the arrow A.
shown on Figure 3.
Figure 5. represents two views of the gear wheel which is keyed when on driven
shaft to said shaft the figures showing the opening for the key seat.
Figure 6. is a front and side view of the loosely mounted gear wheel which is
loosely mounted upon the driven shaft. This wheel is made to carry a journal for
a shaft, and is also provided for a counter balance weight.
Figure 7, is a part side elevation of a view showing a gear wheel which is carried
by a journal in the said wheel.
Figure 8. is a view of the same wheel Figure 6. looking at the same from the
opposite side and shows the friction clutch and ratchet escapement which is carried
in connection with the wheel Figure 6.
Figure 9. is a view of the shaft which is provided for the gear wheel and friction
wheel before mentioned.
Figure 10. is a cross section on line X. X. Figure 2, and shows the gear wheel in
position upon its shaft also the shaft and its key seat the journal and the friction
wheel. This wheel has at its side a spring pawl to engage with the ratchet which
is upon the before mentioned shaft.

page_text: Figure 11. is a side view of Figure 10. showing the friction wheel, the pawl
and the ratchet with the spring for the same.
Figure 12. is a view (broken length) of the lever which shifts the sliding
clevices, to be hereinafter described.
Figure 13. is a sectional side view of Figure 12.
Figure 14. is a broken sectional plan showing the bevel gears with pawl and
ratchet escapement also part of the second line of bevel gears which are to revolve
the cams which are to in turn operate the several levers provided for periodically
and automatically opening and closing clutches which will make engagement,
and this engagement of the driven shaft which will hereinafter be described.
Figure 15. is a side view in elevation of one of the levers which are to operate
against the before mentioned cams set forth in Figure 14.
Figure 16. is a sectional plan of a modified form of arranging my invention and
shows the clutch mechanism to operate in the fly wheel, a geared connection to
the driven shafts, also an eccentric adapted to open and close the clutch
mechanism.
The object of this invention is for the purpose of using any energy such as
steam, gas, or electricity to create momentum in fly wheels while those fly wheels
are in the most natural and economical condition to receive and reservoir the said
energy; that is when the said fly wheels are released and disengaged from the
driven shaft. It is here understood that the engagement and disengagement from
the driven shaft takes place whenever a friction clutch is opened. To make this
plain, by opening I mean, that a certain friction strap which is automatically
loosened and tightened by the operation of the engine, is when loose this I
call opening the friction clutch, and disengagement from the driven shaft, and
it is only necessary to say, that, attachment is the opposite condition of this strap,
in which it binds tightly to the face of the friction wheel preventing the revolu-
tion thereof. Under this condition the prevention of revolution I call this engage-
ment with the working driven shaft. It is understood, that, this invention is for
the purpose of arranging several clutches and fly-wheels, each to be alternately
engaged, and disengaged from the driven shaft, and in operation this opening and
closing, this engagement and disengagement is all automatically and periodically
accomplished, by the machine itself, so that the one fly-wheel is engaged to the
driven shaft, operating the said shaft, by the momentum stored in the said fly-
wheel. Again, another fly-wheel, is attached, engaged to the driven shaft, and the
wheel which was just previously engaged, is disengaged, this operation is con-
stantly repeated, so that the four wheels shown in this invention constantly attach
and detach to drive the driven shaft, and whether I use a two wheeled machine a
three wheeled machine, or a four wheeled machine, the fly wheels thereof are
constantly, attaching & detaching disengaged from the driven shaft, and re-
engaged to the said shaft.
There are used in the invention two or more separate engine motors, and each
engine motor is suitably and permanently connected to a fly wheel mounted upon a
line shaft. Each engine is supplied with steam (if a steam engine) in the ordinary
method of governors slide valve, and piston, and is a complete engine, can be of
the compound triple expansion and condensing variety. It can be a gas engine
using the gas by igniting a charge in the said cylinder, either by an igniting tube
or electric spark, or the fly-wheel may be revolved by the power of a dynamo
electric motor. Thus, any motive power may be used for the purpose of revolving
the fly wheels A1, A2, A3, and A', or any suitable number of wheels used in the
system. The fly wheels are each keyed to their respective shafts B, B¹, B³, and B³.
The shaft B, has keyed to it the gear wheel C, the pulley wheel D, the eccentric E,
and
upon the fly wheel A', is the bevel gear F.
Referring to the next engine motor, which is to revolve fly wheel A³. This
fly wheel A, is keyed upon shaft B¹, also keyed to the shaft B¹, is the gear
wheel C¹, the pulley D¹, and the eccentric E¹. There is also provided at the fly

page_text: wheel A³, the bevel gear F¹. The fly wheel A³, is carried by and keyed to the
shaft B³, and has keyed to the said shaft, the gear wheel C, the pulley wheel D³,
and the eccentric E. The fly wheel A*, is carried by, and keyed to the shaft B³,
also keyed to the same shaft is the gear wheel C³, the eccentric D³, the pulley E³.
Now it is shown that the shafts B, B1, B2, and B³, are distinct, and separate
shafts each with an engine motor which for illustrating the invention, I will
mark (see Figure 2.) P. P¹. It is seen in the same figure that the shaft B, and B¹,
are provided with crank axles G, and G¹, respectively. It will also be seen that
the shafts are mounted in journals II, H¹, H³, and by referring to Figure 3, the
shafts B³, and B³, are provided with the crank axles G², and G³, and it is under-
stood, that, engines such as are shown at P. and P¹, can be here supplied, to operate
these crank axles G³, and G³, respectively. The shafts B2, and B³, are mounted
in journals H3, H4, H³, each engine is provided with a governor q.q, these are for
separately regulating the speed, of each of the engines, as may be used. Each
of the several gear wheels C, C¹, Cs, and C³, intergears with loosely mounted gear
wheels R, R1, R2, and R. These gear wheels are all loosely mounted upon the
driven shaft S. It will be seen that this shaft S. is mounted upon, and revolves
loosely in the journals T, T¹, T, T³, T4, T³, and Tº, and the said driven shaft is
therefore made to reach right straight across the whole length of the engine bed.
At the end of the shaft S. is the pulley wheel T7, by which pulley, the working
load is to be carried. On the same shaft S are the gear wheels R, R¹, R³, and R³,
and also the gear wheels u, u¹, u², and u³. These several gear wheels are made to
revolve with the driven shaft S. Loosely mounted on each of the wheels are gear
wheels r,,, and, placed upon similar revoluble shafts R. These shafts are
each provided with ratchets R5, and said separate ratchets each engage with a
pawl, Re, carried by, and hinged to the friction wheels R7. These friction
wheels R, are loosely mounted upon the shafts R, and by the engagement
of Rs, to the pawl Re, of the shaft R, that is the engagement of the ratchet R5,
to the pawl Re, causes the friction wheel R7, on the shaft R4, to revolve. This
I call detachment, as R', is keyed to the gear wheel r.
These several gear
wheels r,, and . are intergeared to the keyed on gear-wheels u, u¹, u³, and u³,
each of the several wheels R, R1, R2, and R³, are similarly supplied with the con-
struction as set forth by Figures 9, 10, 11, riz.: a loosely mounted friction wheel,
a pawl and ratchet, a shaft R', (see Figure 9) and gear wheels similar to r, p1 78
and 3. By reference to Figure 8. it will be seen that the wheel R. is provided
with a lug V. This lug V. allows adjustable connection to be made with it by a
strap V¹, which passes round the friction wheel R7. The other end of the strap V1,
connects to a lever V2, at the point V³. The outer end of this lever V, is pro-
vided with a chain-eye V4, which chain eye connects to a connecting rod V5, upon
a sliding clevice V6. This clevice V6, has loosely mounted thereon the annular
ring and projections V', which is made to engage with the prongs V8, of the
operating levers V. That these several levers Vio, V, and V12, are each connected
by rods respectively as rod V2, to rod 13, the rod 13 connects to rod V, then to
rod Vs, and this rod V15, connects to a U shaped lever V16, which allows position
to change sideways, so as to make connection to rod V. V17, terminates and
connects with one of levers as set forth in Figure 15. marked V18. This lever is
provided with a wheel V1, which is made to operate against a cam V20,
Fig. 14. The cam V20, is mounted upon the drum V, which said drum is turned
by the bevel gears V2, and V23. The bevel gear V3, is keyed to the shaft G*.
This shaft is made to cross directly in front of all the fly wheels and has upon it
four keyed on ratchet wheels G³, G, G7, and G8. Each of these said wheels are
provided with pawls to engage with said ratchet wheels and these pawls aro
carried by and on loosely mounted bevel gears G, Gº, G¹º, and G¹¹, respectively,
all of the said bevel gear wheels just named are upon the shaft G', which carries
them. Suitable journals are provided to carry the said shafts as at G, G¹³, G¹³,
G4, and G15. At the side of each of the fly wheels A' A² A³ and A
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page_text: named are the bevel gears F, F1, F2, F³. These gears inter-gear with wheels F",
F, F, and F, and the said wheels are upon the shafts F8, F, F10, and F. These
shafts terminate in a bevel gear 1, 1, 1, and F. These said wheels engage
the bevel gears GB, Go, and G10, and G", respectively. It will be seen therefore
that the revolution of the fly wheels, any of them, will through the gears (they 5
being bevel gears just herein stated) transmit revolution to the shaft G. Any
of the said fly wheels will give this revolutionary motion to the shaft G4, but the
quickest of the fly wheels, that is to say, the one that is revolving at the highest
speed, will be the one which, is carrying the shaft G' and giving motion thereto,
and in this manner will give the revolution of the cam V30, as shown Fig. 14, 1
thus by the several connections shown will periodically and automatically tighten
and loosen the friction strap V₁, upon the friction wheel R, and in this way stop
the motion, the revolution of the gear wheel r, and by doing so, will cause the
gears wheel 7, to revolve, with the gear wheel R¹, and by so doing will connect
the movement of the wheel C¹, to the movement of the wheel R¹, to the movement 1
of the wheel T, and in this way will couple the fly wheel A3, to the driven shaft S.
But, as it is the intention in this invention, that for a short period of time, two of
the fly wheels will become similarly coupled, the quicker of the two fly wheels
will carry along, and revolve the shaft S. and the slower wheel whichever wheel
it may be, of the system, will permit the forward movement of the shaft S. with 2
the quicker wheel, in consequence of the escapement provided by the pawl and
ratchets R5, and R6. It is plain to be seen that in revolving the shaft S. each
fly wheel receives at the proper time its impitus and speed under the most natural
and economical condition; that is when the several rods shall each alternately
and in their turn close the friction clutches, so as to cause the momentum of only 2
one of the fly wheels to revolve shaft S. all the other fly wheels being releived of
the working load. The said shaft S. will give out at the pulley T", the power of
the momentum of each of the said fly wheels. The shaft S. is provided with a
governor W. This governor is for the purpose of checking the power to all the
engines of whatever kind used, should the shaft S. fall below a given speed.
Again the governors on each of the engines are for the purpose of checking the
speed of the engine should their speed become above a certain desired speed.
I patent this engine as the Multiple Energising Momentum Engine.
The operation of my invention is as follows:-
Separate engine motors of any kind of motor are made to revolve weighty
momentum fly wheels. These wheels are purposely arranged so as to be threo
times longer disconnected from the working shaft S. than connected to the same,
that is to say, (see Figure 3), the fly wheel A, is shown as being connected to and
revolving to the shaft S. the fly wheels, A', A², and A, are not connected to the
shaft S. simply because the clutches which are upon the said shafts are not closed.
Now by the revolution of the drum V, one of the cams on said drum will cause
the fly wheel A, to be connected with the shaft S. and that fly wheel being some-
what of a higher speed than the fly wheel A³, which has suffered a diminution
of speed incidental to its having performed rotary-foot-pound work in driving
the working-shaft S. This wheel A³, is therefore a slower wheel than the wheel 14,
and the escapement which is provided as set forth and shown in Figure 10. will
permit the shaft S. to be revolved wholly by the power of the momentum stored
in fly wheel A. Now again the fly wheel A³, will be released and the fly wheel A³,
will become connected just as fly wheel A, was connected through the means for
automatic connection and thus when fly wheel A, is properly connected to the
shaft S. wheel A', is released. Again by the continued motion of the machinery
fly wheel A, is connected with the shaft S. by the friction clutches before named
and fly wheel A2, is released again. Fly wheel A³, becomes connected and fly
wheel A¹, disengaged; so that, the engine is constantly repeating the operation of
revolving the shaft S. by the several connections of momentum fly wheels, alter-
nately, and automatically driving the said shaft.
By reference to Figure 16. which is a modified arrangement of the parts in this

page_text: invention, so that a fly-wheel A', which is equivalent to the fly-wheels heretofore
explained, but is given this new letter A7, so as to describe more particularly the
mechanical features introduced therein. The fly-wheels A', is keyed at Ãº, to
shaft A. This shaft is supported in journals A, and A. The hub of the fly-
wheel A', extends on one side as shown at A18, and upon this hub is a sliding
clevice A¹³. Said clevice is operated by a lever A¼. This lever is connected to a
connecting rod A, which connects to a bell-crank A, and this bell-crank A1,
connects to the connecting rod A", which is upon the eccentric strap A18, of an
eccentric A. This eccentric is mounted upon the shaft G4, and the revolution of
this eccentric imparts through its various actions and connections, a reciprocatory
action to the lever A, and a sliding clevice. This clevice connects to a chain
link eye A, which operates the friction clutch A", which is a construction
identical with that shown in Figures 9, 10, and 11. so that by tightening this
strap on A, the shaft A, is arrested in its motion or revolution and the gear
wheel A, on the outer end thereof, is also likewise arrested, as this gear wheel A",
intergears with the gear wheel A, any stopping of the free movement of the
friction wheel A", will, through the connections herein before said, arrest and stop
independent revoluble motion of the wheel A. Upon the hub of the gear
wheel A, and keyed thereto is the gear wheel A. (Wheel, A4, is loosely
mounted upon the shaft A). Gear wheel A, inter-gears with the gear wheel A30,
which said gear wheel is keyed to the driven shaft S. Upon the shaft A³, are the
eccentrics, and the pulley A, the eccentric A27, is to work the slide valves of
any engine motor which may be used to drive the crank pin A29, and the pulley 1*,
is to operate the governor in the well-known mechanical way, of whatever engine
may be used to drive the crank pin A. The governor W. (shown in dotted lines)
is in connection with the driven shaft S. A bevel gear A30, engages with a bevel
gear A, a rod AB, connects bevel pinion A33, (shown in dotted lines). This
bevel gear connects with the bevel gear A. This gear is provided with the
escapement A, and is mounted upon the revoluble shaft G. This form of con-
struction for the fly wheel is merely an equivalent way of placing the machinery
to those shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and is especially valuable as
taking less space than the other construction.
All of the fly wheels shown can be of this construction if desired and then the
friction clutches are in the fly wheels and carried by them. It will be seen (see
Fig. 2), that the bell-crank W₁, is connected by a rod W2, to the shaft W³, and
reaches to the governor 9. this is so that the movement of the clevices W', are
made to operate the governor by lifting the same for a short time afterwards
leaving the governor to govern the engine each engine's governor can be thus
controlled and operated. The clevices described are all similar.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
Claim (1) A multiple engine, consisting of the following elements; separate
motors each having a fly wheel suitably and permanently connected thereto, a
driven shaft, connections for driving such shaft from each of said fly-wheels, with
means connected to such driven shaft for automatically making and breaking such
connections to and with said driven shaft, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Claim (2) The multiple engine consisting of the following elements: two separate
engine motors each having a fly wheel suitably and permanently connected thereto, a
driven shaft, connecting between each of the fly-wheels and said driven shaft,
and automatic means for disconnecting from and engaging the driven shaft to
and from each fly-wheel with its motor substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Claim (3) The multiple engine consisting of the following elements: separate

page_text: engine motors with fly-wheels connected thereto, clutches for each of said fly-
wheels, a driven shaft, and devices to automatically and periodically open and
close said clutches, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Claim (4) The multiple engine consisting of separate engine motor, fly-wheels
connected thereto, clutches for said fly-wheels, and escapements, a driven shaft,
connections between said motor and fly-wheels and said driven shaft, and means
for alternately and automatically releasing and engaging an engine motor together
with the fly-wheels belonging thereto, substantially as and for the purposes set
forth.
Claim (5) The multiple engine provided with the following elements; separate 1
motors each motor provided with a governor, a fly-wheel suitably connected to
each of said motors, a driven shaft, provided with a governor, and automatic
means for releasing the fly-wheels from said driven shaft and to re-engage
alternately said driven shaft substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Claim (6) The multiple engine consisting of the following elements: separate 1
motors each having a fly-wheel connected thereto, mounted upon line shafts,
clutches in said fly-wheels, the escapements, a driven shaft suitably connected to
the fly-wheels, means to automatically and alternately release and again re-engage
each engine motor and its fly-wheel and governors to regulate the speed thereof
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Claim (7) The multiple engine, two or more separate motors fly-wheels suitably
connected thereto, each fly-wheel provided with clutches, escapements, a driven
shaft suitably connected with fly-wheels and motors speed governors to regulate
the speed of the multiple engine, automatic and graduated means to release
alternately and re-engage alternately an engine motor and its fly-wheel, all
operating together for the purposes set forth.
Claim (8) In the multiple engine two or more separate motors each provided
with a governor and fly-wheel connected thereto, a driven shaft provided with a
governor, means to release and re-engage the fly-wheel alternately and auto-
matically with said driven shaft a revoluble shaft G, suitably connected cams √20
on drum V, levers V18, to operate against said cams, said levers provided with
means to open and close the supply of power to the motors for the purposes
described.
Claim (9) In the Multiple engine the combination with the driven shaft S. of
the rigidly mounted gear wheels U, I, C³, and U³, the non-independently re-
voluble sliding discs Ve, the governor W, suitably conuerted to said driven shaft,
the means to operate levers, sliding discs and the rock shafts to operate the
friction clutches belonging to the alternate and automatically operating clutches
as and for the purposes set forth.
Claim (10) The multiple engine, the driven shaft provided with and carrying
friction clutches escapements; also engine motors and Hy-wheels connected thereto
and means to alternately operate the clutches substantially as and for the purposes
set forth.
Claim (11) In the multiple engine motor the combination therein or separate
engine motors, each motor engine provided with fly-wheel, a governor, a friction
clutch, escapements also a driven shaft, suitably connected to each engine motor
and to a fly-wheel suitably connected, automatic devices to operate the friction
clutches alternately and periodically and to supply the electricity or other power
supplied to the engine motors, governors to regulate the speed, all combined and
working together, substantially as set forth.
Claim (13) The multiple engine consisting of the following elements: separate
engine motor with fly wheels connected thereto, clutches with escapements upon
each of said fly-wheels, a driven shaft and devices to automatically and periodically
open and close said clutches substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Claim (14) In the multiple engine the driven shaft S. of the rigidly mounted
gear wheels, the governor W, suitably connected to said driven shaft, the eccentric

page_text: strap as a means to operate levers sliding discs, connecting rods to operate the
friction clutches belonging to the alternate, and automatically operating clutches
as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 16th March 1898.