AN IMPROVED INDICATOR OR REGISTER
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John
Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED INDICATOR
OR REGISTER."-A communication from abroad by Etienne Théophile
Prioux, of 39, Faubourg Saint Martin, Paris, France.
Sealed the 8th March 1867, and dated the 12th September 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedgo
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th September 1866.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
INDICATOR OR REGISTER," a communication to me from abroad by Etienne
Théophile Prioux, of 39, Faubourg Saint Martin, Paris, France, to be as
follows:-
The indicator or register described in this Provisional Specification, reference
being had to the Drawing filed herewith and forming part thereof, is applicable
to all vehicles and machinery susceptable of more or less revolutionary motion
in given time.
On the accompanying Drawing A indicates the bellows' box; B, the
bellows; C, the shaft of the bellows; D, spiral spring; E, finger or projection
on shaft; F, section of the bellows' box; G, cover thereof; H, box fixed on
the axle; I, mileage wheelwork; J, bellows of the register; K, registering
index; L, cylinder on which is fitted the registering sheet; M, spring to put
in motion the registering index; N, inner view of the mileage wheelwork;

page_text: O, screw changing at each hour the cylinder L; P, side view of cylinder;
Q, wheelwork to communicate the hour to the cylinder; R, the spindle fixed
to the nave of the wheel; S, finger of the bellows' shaft; T, bellows; U,
india-rubber tube for the transmission of air; V, register bellows; X,
registering cylinder; Y, mileage dials; Z, clock work.
The indicator is constructed as follows:-A box H, in which is fitted a
bellows B, is fixed on to the axle of a vehicle (or on the frame of a machine),
and at each revolution of the wheel (or fly wheel) the little shaft C of the
bellows receives an impulsion by means of the spindle fixed on the wheel and
so puts in motion a column of air communicating with the indicator and sets
its wheelwork in motion.
In order that the repetition of the movement of the bellows to the indicator
may be correctly ascertained an india-rubber tube U furnished with a spiral
spring D to preserve it from being crushed, and a leather jacket to protect
the whole, is fixed by one end to the bellows' box and by the other to the
indicator and serves to conduct the air which sets in motion the bellows of the
indicator, which at each impulsion causes the ratchet of a tooth to move and
mark (either in regard to mileage or other measure) the distance travelled.
To ascertain the rate of speed, or the stoppages, or if the vehicle be occupied
or empty, clock work movement Z is put into communication with the
registering cylinder X, causing it to perform one circle an hour, and a sheet
of paper rolled round the cylinder receives a puncture every hundred yards
from the needle of the mile indicator K; when the vehicle is stopped the
register on the paper remains blank, and by this means gives the time the
vehicle has not been in motion. A similar movement of transmission exists
between the indicator and the seat inside the vehicle, and when the traveller's
weight is thereon the transmission causes the controlling screw to work a half
turn, and the needle having descended half a division during the whole time
the seat is occupied the time of such pressure or weight indicates the time the
vehicle is loaded.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 12th March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of Number 11,
Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight bundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that I, the said William Edward
Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, tho
said William Edward Gedge, 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 "AN
IMPROVED INDICATOR OR REGISTER," (a communication to me from abroad by
Etienne Théophile Prioux, of 89, Faubourg Saint Martin, Paris, France,)
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Gedge,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands 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 William Edward Gedge, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The improved indicator or register, the subject of this Invention, is
applicable to all vehicles and machinery susceptible of a greater or lesser
number of revolutions in a given time.
This indicator may be constructed as follows:-A box, in which is fitted a
bellows, is fixed on to the axle of a vehicle (or on the frame of a machine),
and at each revolution of the wheel or of the fly wheel the little shaft of the
bellows receives an impulsion by means of the spindle fixed in the wheel, and
thus puts in motion a column of air communicating with the indicator and sets
its wheelwork in motion.
In order that the repetition of the movement of the bellows to the indicator
may be correctly given, in spite of shocks or jolts, an india-rubber tube
furnished with a spiral spring to preserve it from being crushed, and with a
leather jacket to protect the whole, is fixed by one end to the bellows' box
and by the other to the indicator, and serves as a conduit for the air, which
sets in motion the bellows of the indicator, which at each impulsion causes the

page_text: ratchet of a tooth to move and mark either in regard to mileage or other
measure the distance travelled.
To ascertain the rate of speed, or the length of the stoppages, or if the vehicle
be occupied or empty, a clockwork movement is put into communication with
a registering cylinder, causing it to make one revolution in an hour, and a
sheet of paper rolled round the cylinder receives a dot or puncture every
hundred yards from the needle of the mile indicator. When the vehicle
is stopped the register on the paper remains blank, and by this means gives
the time the vehicle has not been in motion. A similar movement of trans-
mission exists between the indicator and the seat inside the vehicle, and when
the traveller's weight is thereon the transmission causes the controlling screw to
work to the extent of one-half of its thread, and the needle having descended
half a division during the whole time the seat is occupied the time of such
pressure or weight indicates during what time the vehicle has been loaded or
occupied.
While claiming the exclusive use of the arrangement above described, which
is that illustrated on the Sheet of Drawing recorded with and forming part of
my Provisional Specification, I also reserve the right of modifying the same,
as herein-after described and illustrated on the Sheet of Drawing hereunto
annexed, and forming part of this my Final Specification, on which Figure 1
represents a front view of complete register or indicator; Figure 2, the inner
mechanism without the clockwork; Figure 3, a section of the pump barrel,
herein-after referred to; Figure 4, an end view of the mechanism of the
register, and Figure 5 a view of the register on the opposite side to that shewn
Figure 2.
On the Drawing recorded with my Provisional Specification A indicated a
bellows box, and B the bellows; on the accompanying Drawing these pieces
are suppressed and replaced by the pump barrel A, B, (Figure 3); C indi-
cated the bellows' shaft, it here indicates a rod which serves to work the piston
p (Figure 3); D indicated a steel spring for the bellows, it now indicates a
spiral spring for the piston; E indicated the finger of the shaft C, it now
indicates the finger of tho rod C (it is this piece which strikes against the
wheel to set the register in motion); F represented a section of the bellows'
box which is suppressed in this modification and replaced by Figure 3; G
indicated the lid of the bellows' box, it here indicates the circular plate which
forms the bottom of the pump barrel; II indicated the bellows' box fixed on
the shaft or axle, it here indicates the piece which fixes the pump barrel to
the shaft or axle; I indicated the mileage wheelwork, it here indicates the
same wheelwork, with this difference, that originally the wheels where placed

page_text: flatwise, and that they are now on edge; J indicated the bellows of the
register, it now indicates the cushion which has replaced this bellows (I
would here remark that originally there were two bellows, one on the axle to
drive the air, and one in the register which turned it to account, whereas in
this modification the axle bellows is replaced by the pump barrel, Figure 3,
and the register bellows by the cushion J, Figures 4 and 5); K indicated
the registering index which it also now indicates; L indicated the cylinder
carrying the register sheet, and it here indicates the same thing; M indicated
the ratchet moving the registering index, it hero indicates (see Figure 4) a
wheel fulfilling the same purpose; N indicated an inner view of the mileage
wheelwork, shewn here at Figures 2, 4, and 5); O indicated the screw
changing at each hour the registering cylinder L, and here indicates the same
piece; P indicated a side view of the cylinder L, which is here shown in
Figures 2 and 5; Q indicated the wheelwork communicating the hour to the
cylinder L, and still indicates the same thing; R indicated a spindle fixed-to
the nave of the wheel; this piece is not shewn on the present Drawing, but
remains the same; S indicated the finger of the bellows' shaft, which piece is
here represented by the finger E (Figure 3); T indicated a second view of
the axle bellows, which view is bere replaced by Figure 3; U indicated the
conduit for transmission of air which, although not shewn on the present
Drawing, remains the same; V indicated a second view of the register bellows,
which is here replaced by the cushion J (Figures 4 and 5); X, indicated a
third view of the registering cylinder, here indicated by L (Figures 3 and 5);
Y indicated the mileage dials, and here indicates the same dials placed on
edge instead of flatwise; Z indicated the same clockwork which it here
indicates.
In conclusion I would observe that I do not absolutely bind myself to the
precise details above described and shewn, as further modifications might be
made therein without substantial departure from the main characteristic of my
Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
W. E. GEDGE. (L.S.)