IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS POR OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Anton Orth, of Church Road, De Beauvoir
Square, in the County of Middlesex, Saddler, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS POR OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE
POWER."
Sealed the 19th May 1863, and dated the 21st November 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Anton Orth
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st November 1862.
I, CHARLES ANTON ORTH, of Church Road, De Beauvoir Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE
POWER," to be as follows:-
Two sets of rollers or wheels are arranged at one side of the machine each
set composed of three rollers or wheels arranged one over another and kept
connected by teeth or cogs, the smooth surface of each roller being in contact
with the one next over it; I distinguish the three rollers of each set as 1, 2, & 3,
calling the lowest 3, the next over it 2, and the uppermost 1. The rollers 3
that is the lowest of each set, are supported on a rack or toothed base plate;
and on the rollers 1 is another rack or toothed top plate, on which work two
other rollers (one over each of the sets before mentioned), and on these rests
a beam or bar, which. I call pressure beam, and to which pressure may be
applied by a screw or otherwise. Within each of the rollers 1, is a smaller
roller on which rests a platform or carriage which supports a contrivance, called

page_text: by me the union lever, which is placed between the two sets of rollers, and
consists of two portions, an upper and a lower, held together by guide pieces;
each portion is composed of two arms crossing and jointed to each other near
one end, and jointed at that end to links or other arms, the arms or limbs of
the lever approach and recede from each other somewhat in the manner of
what is called the lazy tongs. To the links are attached arms or bars which
I call balance pieces. The guide pieces are inserted between the arms of
the lever and are attached to a disc or plate capable of a partial revolution in
each direction alternately, and supported by cross rods connected to the arms
of the union lever which work freely through them. To the rollers 2 are
attached horizontal bars or rods which are connected to and actuate the union
lever, and to these are also connected the slide pieces; cross rods are carried
from the end of each balance piece to the centre of the other where they are
connected to the link of the union lever.
The whole of the foregoing arrangement of apparatus is repeated at the
opposite side of the machine, and angle cranks or angle cranked shafts are
carried from the balance pieces on each side of the machine to the balance
pieces at the opposite side of the machine, and on the crank shafts are excentrics
which work a compound lever or lazy-tongs apparatus situated between the
two arrangements of apparatus. Levers are carried from the cranks to rollers 3
to regulate the level. On pressure being applied to the pressure beam it will
be transmitted downward through the topmost rollers and beam on which
they rest to the rollers 1, 2, 3, working them to-and-fro or inward and
outward in alternate directions, by which means a true level is maintained, and
rollers 2 actuate the union lever which drives the crank shafts, and these
transmit motion to the compound lever, from which motion can be communi-
cated as desired.
In another arrangement the union lever may be applied apart from the
rollers and their appurtenances, and being actuated by a handle or other
driving contrivance transmits its power by means of cranks.
by the said Charles Anton Orth in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 21st May 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
ANTON ORTH, of Church Road, De Beauvoir Square, in the County of Middle-
sex, Saddler, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
"Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Charles Anton Orth, Her special licence that I, the said Charles
.Anton Orth, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Charles Anton Orth, 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
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Charles Anton Orth, 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 calen-
dar nionths next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Anton Orth, 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 thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to improved machinery constructed in the following
manner.
Two sets of rollers or wheels are arranged at one side of the machine, each
set is composed of three rollers or wheels arranged one over another and kept
connected by teeth or cogs; the smooth surface of each roller is also in contact
with the one next over it. I distinguish the three rollers of each set as A, B, C,
calling the lowest A, the next over it B, and the uppermost C. The rollers A,
that is the lowest of each set, are supported on a rack or toothed base plate. On
the rollers C is another rack or toothed plate on which work two other rollers
(one over each of the sets A, B, C,) and on these rests a beam or bar, which
I call a pressure beam, and to which pressure may be applied by a screw or
otherwise. Within each of the lowermost rollers is a smaller roller on which
rests a platform or carriage which supports a contrivance, called by me the
union lever, which is placed between the two sets of rollers and consists of two
portions, an upper and a lower, held together by guide pieces; each portion is
composed of two arms crossing and jointed to each other near one end and

page_text: jointed at that end to links or other arms, the arms or limbs of the union lever
approach and recede from each other somewhat in the manner of what is
called the lazy-tongs. To the links are attached arms or bars which I call
balance pieces. To the rollers B are attached horizontal bars or rods which
are connected to and actuate the union lever, and to these are also connected
slide pieces. Cross rods are carried from the end of each balance piece to the
centre of the other where they are connected to the links of the union lever.
The whole of the foregoing arrangement of apparatus is repeated at the
opposite side of the machine, and angle cranks or angle cranked shafts are
carried from the balance pieces on each side of the machine to the balance
pieces at the opposite side of the machine. On the cranked shafts are
excentrics which work a compound lever or lazy-tongs contrivance situated
between the two arrangements of apparatus, levers are carried from the cranks
to the rollers C to regulate the level. On pressure being applied to the
pressure beam, such pressure will be transmitted downward through the topmost
rollers and plate on which they rest to the rollers A, B, C, thereby working
those rollers to and fro or inward and outward in alternate directions by which
means a true level is maintained; the rollers B actuate the union lever which
drives the crank shafts, and these transmit motion to the compound lever
from which motion can be communicated as desired.
In another arrangement the union lever may be applied apart from the rollers
and their appurtenances, but combined with the balance pieces, and cross
rods in the manner herein-after described, and on being actuated by a handle
or other driving contrivance will transmit its power by means of cranks.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify apparatus constructed according to
my Invention.
Figure 1 is an elevation of one side or front of the machine; there is also
a like arrangement on the opposite side or back thereof. A, B, C, are two
sets of rollers having toothed flanges; the three rollers of each set are in gear,
and their smooth surfaces are also in contact. D, D, are racks or toothed
plates on which the rollers A, A, rest; E is a rack or toothed plate resting on
the rollers C, C; F, F, are two rollers supported by the rack E; G is a bar
or beam which I call the pressure beam, and which rests on the rollers F;
His a screw worked by a handle h for communicating pressure to the beam G.
Figure 2 is a view detached of this screw and its frame; it is fixed to the
lever j, Figure 1, by the end ¹ of the bar i; k is a steadying bar. I, I, are
rollers placed within the rollers A, A; J is a carriage or platform resting on
the rollers I, I, and supporting the
props O, O, attached to the same:
union lever K, L, M, N, by means of
This union lever consists of four rods,

page_text: limbs, or bars, which are jointed together, and approach towards and recede
from each other in the manner of lazy-tongs. The rods cross each other and
are jointed at the ends to links P, P; the rods K, L, are connected to the
rods M, N, by triangular plates T1, T2. Q, Q, are bars which connect the
upper and lower links P, P, through connections U, which I call balance
pieces, and by which also these bars Q are connected to angle cranks V;
R, R, are horizontal bars connected by links r and S. The bars R, R, are
jointed to the rollers B, the props O, and the lever K, L, M, N; the props 0
and plates T1, T2, are jointed to the carriage J; bars O and Q, similar and
parallel to those represented, are jointed to the lever K, L, M, N, on its
opposite side. s¹, s¹, are shanks forged on the bars R, and carrying at their
ends rods t¹, t, which slide one over the other; the end of t¹ is jointed to the
plate T, and the end of t to the plate T. V, V, are angle-cranked shafts
which extend across or through the machine, and connect the above described
arrangement of parts to the similar arrangement on the opposite side of the
machine, that is to say, they connect the balance pieces U on the one side or
front of the machine with the balance pieces U on the opposite side or back
thereof, not shewn in the Drawing. On these shafts V are excentrics W,
Figure 3, which actuate a large compound lever X, shewn apart on a smaller
scale in Figure 3; this lever X is similar in construction to the lever
K, L, M, N, and is situated in the centre of the machine between the front
and back arrangements. Y, y, are a series of levers jointed at one end to
the cranked shafts V, and at the further end to the rollers C, C; their object
is to regulate the level of these rollers. Z is the general framework.
The machine works as follows:-The screw H having been connected with
the machine by the end i of the bar i, and pressure applied by such screw on
the pressure beam G, such pressure will be transmitted downward through
the rollers F to the rollers A, B, C, A, B, C, which will be thereby worked
to and fro or in and out laterally, and the rollers B, B, will transmit motion
through the bars R, R, to the levers K, L, M, N, which will actuate the
cranked shafts V, and thus transmit motion through the excentrics W to the
lever X, whence the motive power so communicated may be transmitted by
ordinary connections to any instrument or apparatus to be worked by the
machine. The machine thus acts as a generator of power without the aid of
steam, electricity, or other maintaining agent other than the pressure applied
by a screw or other means on the beam G. The union lever K, L, M, N,
with its links and connections P, Q, U, may be employed without the rollers
A, B, C, (and their appurtenances) and worked by a handle or other ordinary

page_text: means, and the power imparted to the said lever may be transmitted from it
for motive purposes by means of cranks.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, I declare that I wish it. to be understood that I
do not claim the herein-before described mechanical parts considered sepa-
rately and apart from the mode of arranging and combining them as herein
set forth and claimed; and what I do claim as constituting my said Invention,
is,―
First, the improved machine, herein-before described, in so far as regards
the general arrangement and combination. of parts of which the same
.consists.
Second, the union lever apparatus, herein-before described, in so far as
regards the arrangement and combination of the parts K, L, M, N, P, P, U, U,
and Q, Q, as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Anton Orth, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
M. HENRY,
. Patent Agent,
84, Fleet Street,
London.
CHARLES ANTON ORTH. (L.S.)