AN IMPROVED MOTIVE POWER MACHINE
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
I ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 46, Southampton Buildings, Holborn in the
county of Middlesex and 31, Lincoln Place, Leinster Street, Dublin, Patent Agent do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for AN IMPROVED MOTIVE POWER
MACHINE, a communication to me from abroad by Jules Jacques Couchemann of the
Firm of Couchemann & Co. of the city of Paris in the Republic of France
Mechanician to be as follows:-
The improved motive power machine the subject of the present invention consists
of a cup wheel, or what may be termed an overshot wheel, turned or revolved
vertically by the successive and continuous fall of balls, led by a sloped receiver or
shoot into the cups from above this wheel; their distribution being regulated by a
regulator, for increasing or lessening the speed of rotation of the wheel as required.
The balls having effected their object (that of causing the rotation of the wheel) are
returned to their position above the wheel by means of a conductor beneath the
wheel which leads them to two tubes revolving vertically by means of chain wheels
and endless chains.
The frame is or may be of wood or cast, or wrought iron and of a form and
dimensions to suit requirements. The cups are of a formation to facilitate the entry
of the balls, as well as their exit therefrom without friction. Having exercised their
power in causing the rotation of the wheel, they are discharged into a receptable
termed a conductor, as it leads them to the tubes (sloped to assist their entry and
exit) into which they are inserted by aid of a rocker at the end of the conductor,
which puts them alternately in one or other of the tubes, which again convey them
to the summit, to again discharge them by the shoot into the cups of the wheel.
regulator consisting of two opposite branches, allows the balls to pass more or less
quickly, one or more at a time. The movement of this regulator is produced by aid of
an oscillating lever, which is lifted by one or more cams mounted on the shaft of the
cup wheel, these cams at each turn of the shaft give one, two, or three oscillations to
the regulator, allowing a number of balls to pass corresponding with the oscillations
of the lever.
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The whole is worked by pinions bevelled or otherwise, cog wheels, and endless
chains, and wheels. The force generated can be transmitted and utilized as required.
Dated this 19th day of April 1888.
A. C. HENDERSON.

page_text: I ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 46 Southampton Buildings, Holborn in the
county of Middlesex and 31 Lincoln Place Leinster Street Dublin Patent Agent do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED MOTIVE POWER
MACHINE" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, a communication to me
from abroad by Jules Jacques Couchemann of the Firm of Couchemann & Co. of the
city of Paris in the Republic of France, to be as follows:-
The improved motive power machine the subject of the present invention consists
of a cup wheel, or what may be termed an over shot wheel, turned or revolved
vertically by the successive and continuous fall of balls, led by a sloped receiver or
shoot into the cups, from above the wheel, their distribution being regulated by a
regulator for increasing or lessening the speed of rotation of the wheel as required.
The balls having effected their object, (that of causing the rotation of the wheel) are
returned to their position above the wheel by means of a conductor beneath it
which leads them to tubes rovolving vertically by means of chain wheels and endless
chains..
The accompanying drawings represent a machine of the description embodying my
invention, shown in side elevation by Fig. 1. in plan Fig. 2 Figures 3. 4. 5 show in
front elevation, side view, and plan respectively a modification of the same principle.
The same letters of reference indicate like parts seen in the respective Figures.
is the frame of the machine, which may be either of wood; cast, or wrought iron,
of the form and dimensions in accordance with the nature and purposes of its
application.
b, is a horizontal, shaft or axis, bearing the cup wheel G the cups of which are of
such a formation as to facilitate the entry and exit of the balls therein or therefrom
without loss of cis viva, or of shock which they do without friction as soon as they
have exercised. their effective force on the wheel for producing its rotation-d, is a
pinion mounted on the shaft or axis b, its teeth are formed of rollers, turning on
spindles for reducing friction. The same is the case with the other pinions hereafter
mentioned-e, is a toothed wheel governed by the pinion d, f, is the axis or shaft of
the wheel e, which also bears the pinion g, which latter governs the toothed wheel,
on the shaft, also bearing the chain wheel j. vide Figs. 1 and 2. in these Figures the
chain wheel in conjunction with the endless chain actuates the smaller chain wheel m,
fixed on whose shaft are two other chain wheels of equal diameter (not shown in the
drawings) which by aid of two chains o. o. cause the revolution of two other wheels p
above the cup wheel c.
In Figs. 3. 4. 5. the bevelled gear wheel & transmits motion by a similar wheel 7, on
the shaft g', to the toothed wheel, the latter governs the endless chain 1, which turns
the wheel m, on the shaft of the chain wheels with endless chains o. o.
This arrangement is a little more complicated than the first and removes the
chains o. o to the rear, which in Figs. 1 and 2, are at the side.
The chains o. o. are furnished with tubes t, which are of equal diameter, length and
weight, these tubes are sloped as shown Figs. 2. 3. 4 for facilitating the entry and
exit of the balls.

page_text: At the upper part of the machine, and communicating with the tubes t, is the
receiving tube or shoot s, and quite at the bottom of the machine is a conductor u.
The receivers directs the balls to the cup wheel C, the slope giving them a
certain impetus and force, which is communicated to, and assists the movement of
the wheel.
The conductor u, receives the balls of the wheel c, and returns them without force
to the lifting tubes t. t.
The shoot is of a length determined by the number of balls it is to contain at the
start. It is furnished with a regulator, composed of two opposite branches
which allow the balls to pass more or less quickly, one or more at a time, for this
purpose the regulator c, is raised and lowered by an oscillating lever, which is
lifted by one of the cams y, mounted on the shaft b.
The cams y, at each turn of the shaft give one two or three oscillations to the
regulator, which allows one, two, or three balls to pass in a given time.
The conductor u, terminates with a rocker u, which guides the balls into the
tubes t. t. for this purpose the rocker rises to each tube to fill it with the number of
balls desired, and then descends to come in communication with the other tube, and to
fill it in the same manner, and so on alternately.
The slope of the tubes t. favours the entrance of the balls from the rocker u³, as
well as their exit, when the tubes reach the summit., is the regulating fly wheel,
which is mounted directly on the shaft b, Figs. 1. and 2. and on the intermediate
shaft w, in the Figs. 3. 4.
In one case the fly wheel v, turns at the same speed as the cup wheel c. in the
other it has a much quicker speed and is consequently more appropriate for the
effect to be produced.
The apparatus thus arranged, and the fall of the halls being regulated, it is capable
of producing any motive force which can be transmitted for utilization for any
desired purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. A
cup wheel C, driven by balls dropped into the cups by a shoot or receiver s,
above the wheel. The passage of the balls to the wheel being regulated by the
regulator x¹ x².
2nd. The conductor u, beneath the wheel c, having a rocker u¹, at its end for
conveying the balls discharged from the wheel to the sloped tubes t, t, which latter are
in connection with the endless chain wheels o. o whose continuous rotary motion is
imparted to them through the movement of the wheel by means of the chain
wheels j. m, n, and endless chain l.
The whole in the manner by the means and for the purposes substantially as herein
set forth.