A MACHINE FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY WEIGHTED LEVERS ON A REVOLVING FRAME
Year: 1884

page_text: I EDWARD SAMUEL EYLAND of 23 Albert Park Bristol in the City of Bristol
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for A NEW MACHINE
FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY WEIGHTED LEVERS ON A REVOLVING FRAME,
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a peculiar mechanical action whereby two weights in
perfect balance and turning freely on a centre can be made automatically the one
to fly out beyond the radius or line of perfect balance and the other to contract
inside the line of balance and then automatically to recover themselves into the
previous condition of perfect balance these operation to take place during each
revolution of the two weights the throwing out of balance of the weights and
subsequent recovery of the same properties tantamount to being self lifting and
both weights being always at or nearly in alignment with the central axis of a
continuous rotary motion can be infallibly maintained and to effect this I fix two
equal weights on two levers of unequal lengths the long lever is fixed to a revolving.
carriage or frame at the opposite end of which one of the weights is fastened and
the shorter lever is connected loosely to somewhere about midway of the long lever
with the other weight fixed to the opposite end to the end connected to the long
lever. Now in action the short lever takes a bearing temporarily or momentarily
at about the centre of its length or less as may be on a series of small roller studs
set on the frame in a curved arc or segment form or on a segmental slide bearing
on the studs in succession the studs forming changing fulcrums on which the short
lever rests momentarily in action. Now it happens that supposing both weights
being in a vertical position the one directly above and in a line with the axis and
the other one directly below it and also in line both in perfect balance and con-
sequently at rest directly they are moved perforce a little out of the perpendicular
or "dead point" the long lever and weight in throwing outwards overmasters the
shorter lever and weight and pulls it inwards and always in or about alignment
with the centre and by exactly a reverse action at the desired moment the long
lever re-acts on the short one and throws it outwards and draws itself to the
original balance line so that by this peculiar mechanical action a pair of weights
can be made virtually to self lift whereby they overbalance and so revolve by
gravitation half a revolution developing considerable power and self lift or virtually
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page_text: so again to original balance during the performance of the other half of the
revolution any number of pairs of weights and frames can be employed fixed on
shaft at different angles squarely or diagonally by which arrangement great
additional power can be obtained. There is a subtle source of power in a singular
peculiarity that the two weights are not always during the revolution exactly in a
direct line but are sometimes slightly below the line of axis or hanging and an
increase of power is thus attained in one half of the revolution or down pull and a
decrease of resistance from the same cause in the recovery or other half of the
revolution this peculiarity scarcely perceptible to the eye can only be explained by
a diagram.
As the levers and weights are somewhat sluggish in going into action and
recovering position an appliance has been designed to act as a starting lever and
consists of a bar pivotted at about the centre and fixed near end of frame one end
having a fork or slot in which works a small roller attached to the long lever the
other end of the lever in going round comes in contact with a stud fixed indepen-
dently of the machine the said contact compelling the two weights to come into a
position whereby the greatest pulling effect is effected. All the levers are to be
completely balance hung also the carriage or frame.
It is not absolutely necessary to have the levers of different lengths for as one
lever is made longer to obtain mastery over the short one by extra leverage this
extra leverage could be avoided if desirable as regards length of lever and com-
pensated for by having the weight heavier than that on the short lever.
And in order that my said Invention may be better understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the diagram on sheet of drawings
accompanying this Specification. A shows a frame capable of revolving on or with
shaft B. C is a lever pivotted to the frame at D and having a weight E at its
other end. G is another shorter lever pivotted to lever C at H. This lever G
which has also a weight I rests on and against the curved bearings or fulcrum K L
these bearings I prefer to form of a series of small rollers for convenience or they
may be formed of two large rollers as shewn. PP are two stops for the lever C
to work in between one of these is fastened to the frame A and the other to the
bracket N. By this arrangement as the frame A rotates in the direction of the
arrows flight the lever C is thrown further out from the centre and at the same
time the lever G is drawn in nearer the centre until the recovery point or about
two thirds the revolution. When the weight E falls downwards and inwards
and throws the weight I outwards until at about the horizontal position and both
recover into true balance when the self produced momentum will carry them over
the complete revolution and thus a large amount of extra leverage will be obtained
on the one side thereby causing the frame or frames to revolve with power.

page_text: I EDWARD SAMUEL EYLAND of 23 Albert Park Bristol in the City of Bristol
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of "A NEW MACHINE FOR OBTAINING
MOTIVE POWER BY WEIGHTED LEVERS ON A REVOLVING FRAME "and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
My invention consists of a peculiar mechanical action whereby two weights in
perfect balance and turning freely on a central axis can be made automatically to
one to fly out beyond the radius or line of perfect balance and the other to contract
inside the line of balance and then automatically to recover into the previous
condition of perfect balance these operations to take place during each revolution
of the two weights. By the automatic throwing out of balance of the weight and
subsequent recovery of the same (properties tantamount in effect to being self
lifting) and both weights being always at or nearly in alignment with the central
bearing axis a continuous rotary action can be infallibly maintained if a sufficient
number of weights are employed. And in order to explain my said invention
more fully I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which fig 1 represents end view of frame and
standards for supporting same. Fig 2 shews side view of frame and other
parts in balance before starting. Fig 3. position of frame when weights have
arrived at full power point. Fig 4 position of weights when weights are
approaching complete recovery Fig 5 four frames at different equidistant angles
The same letters are employed in all views to denote the same parts. I fix two
equal weights a b on two levers c d of unequal length. The longer lever c is fixed
at e to a revolving frame fat the opposite end of the lever to which the weight a
is fastened and the shorter lever d is connected loosely at g to the longer lever c
with the weight b fixed at its opposite end. h shews a series of small roller studs
or sheaves set on a bracket i (bolted to the frame ƒ) in a curved form so that in
action the lever d takes a temporary bearing at about the centre of its length on
each of the roller studs or sheaves h in succession these studs forming changing
fulcrums on which the short lever resta momentarily in action Now it happens
that supposing both weights a and b to be in a vertical position as shewn at fig 2
both in perfect balance and therefore at rest directly the frame f and weights a
and 6 are moved gently perforce a little out of the perpendicular or "dead point'
the longer lever c with its weight a suddenly throws outwards and overmasters
the shorter lever d with its weight 6 pulling this inwards towards the centre and
by exactly a reverse action but performed by a different method at the desired
portion of the revolution the longer lever c reacts on the shorter lever d and throws
it outwards and draws itself inwards to the original line of balance. And to effect
this reaction or recovery of weights into original balance (which commences at
from a quarter to half a revolution of the frame and when the weights have got to
be lifted up and back again to original balance, which is effected by the time the
frame has got round about three quarters or in a horizontal position) the short
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page_text: lever d leaves the bearing on the studs h and takes a new bearing on a slot link k
hanging to frame and connected with short lever d at about one third of its length
so as to hang on this link entirely during the recovery and until the complete
revolution is concluded when it leaves the link k and again takes bearing on the
studs h and so on. Any number of frames and weights can be employed connected
together at spindles or axles and set at different angles radiating from centre like
the spokes in a wheel as shewn at fig 5 which will produce an increase of power
and finally my machine is an attempt to utilize the law of Nature termed
" Gravitation to obtain motive power by keeping a number of weights revolving
on a central axis perpetually out of gravity or in a lop-sided condition, this
condition being produced and maintained by certain mechanical arrangements.
"
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
Firstly The long and short levers provided with weights in combination with a
revolving frame and roller studs or sheaves forming changing fulcruins all arranged
and operating substantially as set forth.
Secondly The new Motive power machine substantially as set forth.