Improvements in and relating to Oil and Gas Engines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 19th Feb.,
1898
Improvements in and relating to Oil and Gas Engines.
I, JOHN HENRY BALL, of 7, Queens Road, Beeston, in the County of Nottingham,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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The object of my invention is to effect certain improvements in oil, oil-gas, or
gas engines & especially in such as are used for the propulsion of vehicles. My
invention consists
1. Of an improved apparatus by which in place of the expansion of the governors
throttling or choking the exhaust, the exhaust valve is opened thereby & at the
same the feed of oil is stopped.
2. An improved apparatus by which the application of the brake or the stop-
page of the engine or of the vehicle, automatically stops the oil-feed, or supply of
gas.
3. An improved apparatus for starting the engine. By my method I attach to
the flywheel or its equivalent a clutch having power only in one direction, the
starting lever acting upon the internal gear of the clutch. This method also per-
mits the use of a foot-lever instead of a hand-lever, & also the stopping & restarting
of the engine when used for motor-cars, without the driver leaving his seat. The
starting lever can also be centrally hinged so that its reversing shall apply a brake.
4. An improved method of vaporising & carburating the oil & discharging same
into the combustion chambe or cylinder. By my invention I use in place of the
existing carburator an ejection chamber adapted to receive a sufficient quantity
of oil, in such manner that the pressure of the oil in reservoir shall compress air in
the ejection chamber. The opening of the outlet from ejector to combustion
chamber releasing the pressure within the former, the sudden expansion of the
compressed air therein forcibly ejects & at the same time vaporises the oil, the out-
let then closing automatically & the same action repeating. Additional pressure
may be put upon the oil supply for the purpose of obtaining a greater degree or
air-compression or of maintaining an equal pressure.
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I, JOHN HENRY BALL, of 7, Queens Road, Beeston, County of Notts, Engineer,
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:
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for starting oil and gas engines
which is especially adapted for use with such engines when used for the propulsion

page_text: According to my invention I connect the axle or fly wheel of the motor with a
suitably arranged lever by means of any suitable form of clutch so that motion can
be imparted to the motor by the rider or driver without leaving his seat. The
lever may be operated by either hand or foot power preferably the latter in order
that the hands of the driver may be free to control the steering and starting levers
or their equivalents.
In the accompanying drawing which shows--by way of illustration only the
mechanism arranged to be operated by foot power :-
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a view in transverse section on line Figure 1.
In both views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
On the crank axle A of the motor is loosely mounted a drum B which is con-
nected with the said axle, or with the fly wheel C thereon, by means of any suitable
form of clutch capable of imparting motion to the said axle or fly wheel in one
direction only.
The clutch I prefer to use consists of a drum D either carried by the fly wheel C
as shown in the drawing or fixed on the axle A of a clutch disc D¹ carried by or
connected to the drum B and having a series of recesses & in its periphery and of
balls or rollers c interposed between the parts D and D¹.
On the periphery of the drum B or on a steel band E laid thereon is wound two
or more times a band or cord F of wire or other suitable material. One end of this
band or cord is attached to the lever H, and the other end is attached to a spring G
connected to any convenient part of the frame of the motor or vehicle.
The lever H may be operated either by the foot or by hand preferably the former
in which case it is provided with a pedal or bar H¹ at its forward end as shown in
the drawing.
By this mechanism the requisite motion can be given to the motor to draw in
the charge to make compression and obtain the subsequent explosion, while if the
engine should fire-back the axle A and the pulley B is free to revolve in the oppo-
site direction as the tension of the spring G is not sufficient of itself to cause the
band or cord F to grip the drum B.
I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details of
construction herein described and illustrated by the accompanying drawing but
that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall
within the spirit and scope of my invention.
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
(1) The improved apparatus for starting oil and gas engines substantially as
herein described.
(2) In an oil or gas engine, the combination with the crank axle of a lever and
clutch gear adapted to impart motion to the engine for the purpose of starting it,
as set forth.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., M.I.Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.