Improvements in wings
Year: 1895

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 11 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as requirod by
the decision of the Law Officer of the 29th day of April 1897,
Improvements in wings
I, JAMES HINES, of Dunedin Lodge, Lenzie, Dumbartonshire, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in that class of weighing machines which
deliver records of weight on receiving payment.
In carrying out my invention I provide a platform supported on the weighing
levers in the usual manner. A horizontal rod or shaft is supported on journals and
connected to the weighing levers in such a manner that when the platform is
depressed by the person or load to be weighed, the rod or shaft is turned roundi.
The angle through which it is turned depends on the weight of the load placed on
the platform. At each end of the horizontal shaft there is a rod or arm fixed at
right angles to the shaft, which turns with it. These rods or arms point in opposite
directions to counterbalance one another. As the rods or arms turn round, the
ende pass in front of a series of studs on one side and hinged flanged plates on the
other side. In a weighing machine for indicating stones and pounds, on one side
the studs correspond with pound weights, and on the other side the hinged flanged
plates correspond with stone weights. The studs are attached to movable plates,
and there are thirteen of these plates which correspond to single pounds from 1
to 13. The studs and hinged plates are connected by levers with two pairs of
quadrante, one pair having raised type for printing the weight of the load on the
platform, and the other pair having engraved or painted figures for the purpose of
showing the weight through a slot in the frame. One pair of quadrants is
connected through their levers to the movable plates to which the studs are
attached, and the other pair through their levers to the hinged plates. When any
particular stud is pressed the movable plate to which it is attached is pushed
against the lower end of a corresponding pivoted lever, and the motion of the lever
tuins one pair of quadrants. When the upper end of this lever comes against
a fixed stop the quadrants have been turned by an amount corresponding to the
number of pounds which this plate represents. Similarly when any particular
biuged plate is pressed it moves the lower end of its corresponding lever, and the
motion of this lever turns the other pair of quadrants. When the upper end of
this lever comes against the fixed stop the quadrants have been turned by an
amount corresponding to the number of stones which this binged plate represents.
The quadrants turn in opposite directions and overlap so as to bring the correct
number of stones and pounds opposite to one another at a place where au opening

page_text: is provided in the framework where the weight may be read off. The two rods or
arms attached to the horizontal shaft are made of springy metal, or have a joint so
that they can be pressed against the studs and hinged flanged plates. The ends of
the rods are pressed against the studs and hinged flanged plates by means of levers
which are actuated by turning a handle which is attached to a rod or shaft
carrying a number of cams. This handle cannot be turned until the proper coin
is put into the slot provided for the purpose. When the coin is put into the slot it.
falls on to one end of a pivoted rod and unlocks the handle. The handle can then
be turned round, and one of the cams acting through levers causes the ends of the
rods to press against the studs and hinged flanged plates, and thus turn round the
quadrants, by the amount corresponding to the weight on the platform. By
means of another cam on the shaft n shutter is now drawn aside from the opening
in the framework and the weight on the platform can be read off the two painted
or engraved quadrants.
The machine is also made to deliver a printed record of the weight and date.
To accomplish this the two quadrants with raised type are brought into position
for printing stones and pounds. By means of cams attached to the handle and
suitable connecting levers the date and weight is stamped on a strip of paper;
the paper is fed out through a slot and cut off by a cutter or knife. The catter or
knife after cutting the paper remains in front of the slot through which the paper
is delivered until the first motion of the handle rod or shaft. When the machine
is used again it lifts it for the next cut. Another cam and lever causes the coin to
drop out of the pan, so that when the handle has completed its revolution it is
again locked. The loose type for the date is contained in a drawer which can be
drawn out of the machine by the attendant, the date altered, and the drawer put
back and locked without any other part of the machine being exposed.
Instead of actuating the several levers by cains on a revolving shaft I may
perform the operation required by drawing out a bar, or by a pivoted lover.
Instead of the two pairs of quadrants and intermediate levers, studs, and flangedl
plates, may use a light wheel fixed on the rotating shaft connected with the
weighing levers having raised type on outer rim, which type comes to the proper
position for printing when a person or loal is placed on the platform.
To protect the platform from being tampered with at the sides or edges
1 propose fixing on to the bar or frame a raised flange or U-shaped guard of iron
or other metal to enclose a few inches of the edge of the platform.
Dated this 9th day of October 1895.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE.
154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
I, JAMES HINES, of Dunedin Lodge, Lenzie, Dumbartonshire, 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 improvements in that class of weighing machines which
deliver records of weight on receiving payment.
In carrying out my invention provide a platform supported on the woighing
levers in the usual manner. A horizontal rod or shaft is supported on journals and
connected to the weighing levers in such a manner that when the platform is

page_text: depressed by the person or load to be weighed, the rod or shaft is turned round.
The angle through which it is turned depends on the weight of the load placed on
the platform. At each end of the horizontal shaft there is a rod or arm fixed at
right angles to the shaft, which turns with it. These rods or arms point in
opposite directions to counterbalance one another. As the rods or arms turn round,
the ends pass in front of a series of studs on one side and hinged flanged plates on
the other side. In a weighing machine for indicating stones and pounds, on one
side the studs correspond with pound weights, and on the other side the hinged
flanged plates correspond with stone weights. The studs are attached to movable
plates and there are thirteen of these plates which correspond to single pounds
from 1 to 13. The studs and hinged plates are connected by levers with two pairs
of quadrants, one pair having raised type for printing the weight of the load on the
platform, and the other pair having engraved or painted figures for the purpose of
showing the weight through a slot in the frame. One pair of quadrants is
connected through their levers to the movable plates to which the studs are
attached, and the other pair through their levers to the hinged plates. When
any particular stud is pressed the movable plate to which it is attached is pushed
against the lower end of a corresponding pivoted lever and the motion of the lever
turns one pair of quadrants. When the upper end of this lever comes against a
fixed stop the quadrants have been turned by an amount corresponding to the
number of pounds which this plate represents. Similarly when any particular
hinged plate is pressed it moves the lower end of its corresponding lever, and the
motion of this lever turns the other pair of quadrants. When the upper end of
this lever comes against the fixed stop the quadrants have been turned by an
amount corresponding to the number of stones which this hinged plate represents.
The quadrants turn in opposite directions and overlap so as to bring the correct
number of stones and pounds opposite to one another at a place where an opening
is provided in the framework where the weight may be read off. The two rods
arms or fingers attached to the horizontal shaft are made of springy metal, or have
a joint so that they can be pressed against the studs and hinged flanged plates.
The ends of the rods are pressed against the studs and hinged Hanged plates by
means of levers which are actuated by turning a handle which is attached to a rod
or shaft carrying a number of cams. This handle cannot be turned until the proper
coin is put into the slot provided for the purpose. When the coin is put into the
slot it falls on to one end of a pivoted rod and unlocks the handle. The handle
can then be turned round, and one of the cams acting through levers causes the
ends of the rods to press against the studs and hinged flanged plates, and thus turn
round the quadrants by the amount corresponding to the weight on the platform.
By means of another cam on the shaft a shutter is now drawn aside from the opening
in the framework and the weight on the platform can be read off the two painted
or engraved quadrants.
The machine is also made to deliver a printed record of the weight and date.
To accomplish this the two quadrants with raised type are brought into position
for printing stones and pounds. By means of cams attached to the handle and
suitable connecting levers the date and weight is stamped on a strip of paper; the
paper is fed out through a slot and cut off by a cutter or knife. The cutter or knife
after cutting the paper remains in front of the slot through which the paper is
delivered until the first notion of the handle rod or shaft. When the machine is
used again it lifts it for the next cut. Another cam and lever causes the coin to drop
out of the pan, so that when the handle has completed its revolution it is again
locked. The loose type for the date is contained in a drawer which can be drawn
out of the machine by the attendant, the date altered and the drawer put back and
locked without any other part of the machine being exposed.
Instead of actuating the several levers by cams on a revolving shaft I may
perform the operation required by drawing out a bar or by a pivoted lever.
Instead of the two pairs of quadrants and intermediate levers studs and flanged
plates, may use a light wheel fixed on the rotating shaft connected with the

page_text: weighing levers having raised type on outer rim, which type comes to the proper
position for printing when a person or load is placed on the platform.
To protect the platform from being tampered with at the sides or edges I propose
fixing on to the bar or frame a raised flange or U-shaped guard of iron or other
metal to enclose a few inches of the edges of the platform.
Figure is a front elevation of the lower part of the apparatus with the cas
removed.
Figure 2 is a similar view of the upper part.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of upper and lower part of apparatus in its normal
position.
Figure 3 is an elevation of one side of the apparatus illustrated in Figure 1
looking in the direction of the single arrow shewn thereon.
Figure 4 is an elevation of the other side of the lower part of the apparatus
shown in Figure 1 looking in the direction of the double arrow.
Figure 5 is the upper part of the apparatus corresponding to Figure 4.
Figure 6 is the upper part of the case, and
Figure 7 is a transverse section of the same.
In the apparatus the platform is supported on the weighing levers in the usual
manner and these levers are connected by means of a rod A Figure 1 to a cross
bar B Figures 1 and 3, which is supported by spiral springs C. C.
Attached to
the cross bar B there is a rack b, which gears with a pinion D on the horizontal rod
or shaft d.
When the platform is depressed by a person or lead the cross har 13 is
pulled down and the horizontal rol or shaft D is turned round by the rock acting
on the pinion d. The angle through which it turns depends on the load on the
platform. At one end of the horizontal shaft 1) there is an arm E fixed at right
angles to the shaft aul turning with it, and at the other end there is an arm F fixal
in a similar manner but in the opposite direction in order that the two arms may
counter-balance one another. When the shaft I) is turned round the arm E on one
passes in front of a series of studs 1 to 13 attached to movable plates GI
to G 13, while the arm F on the other side passes in front of a series of hinged
plates 05 to 19. In a weighing machine such as is illustrated on the
accompanying drawings, for indicating stones and pounds, the hinged plates
correspond with stones while the movable plates correspond with pound weights;
but of course the machine may be arranged to indicate tons, hundredweights,
quarters, and pounds or any foreign standard of weight.
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The movable plates are supported in V-grooves and a rod I passes loosely
through holes in the plates. Fixed to the rod there are washers i to i 13 one for
each plate to rest on and the plates may be arranged slightly off the vertical so a
to cause them to rest on the washers. For each plate there is a corresponding
lever J1 to J 13 pivoted at j1 to j13. Only seven of these levers are shown in
Figure 1 the other six being on the other side of the fixed plate K. These levers
are used to turn the quadrant L by means of the studs m1 to m 13 fixed to the
rod M which is connected to the crank arm N. The quadrant L has raised typo with
figures 0 to 13 corresponding to pounds in a stone. Each plate corresponds to a
particular pound thus the outer one corresponds to 1 pound the next to 2 pounde
and so on and when any particular plate is pushed inwards the quadrant Lis
turned by means of the corresponding lever so as to bring the number it
represents into position under a printing pad. Adjustable stops a to n 13 are
provided to limit the range of the upper ends of the levers J to the proper amount.
There are a number of studs on cachi plate one stud for each stone to be weighed
by the machine. Thus in the machine as illustrated which is designed to weigh
from 4 stone to 20 stone there are 16 studs on each plate. The studs are pivoted
to the movable plates at c and are clamped to the plates by the screws passing
through the slots in the plates G which carry the studs g1 to g 13. The slots
are provided to allow of the studs being adjusted to the proper positions on the
plates.
On the other side of the machine each hinged plate 05 to 0 19 corresponds to

page_text: one stone and there are 15 of these plates or one less than the number of studs on
each of the movable plates. For each hinged plate there is a corresponding pivoted
lever H 5 to H 19. When the lower end of one of these levers is pushed in by means
of its hinged plate the upper end operates by means of a connecting rod and
crank arm to turn the quadrant P into position and bring the number of stones
corresponding to the particular hinged plate into position under a printing pad.
Each hinged plate is made in two pieces, overlapping one another and pivoted
together at . These two pieces are clamped together by the screw passing
through a lot in one of the pieces. This allows of an adjustment of the plates to
bring them into proper position to be acted on by the arms F.
The arms E and F attached to the horizontal shaft D are made of springy metal
so that they may be pressed against the studs y and hinged plate O to which they
are respectively opposite. These arms are pressed against the studs and hinged
plates by pads QQI attached to bent levers R, R. The levers are actuated by
turning the handle S attached to the shaft T. The cam on this shaft raises the
ends of the levers R. R. and thus the pads Q, Q1 push the arms E and, F inwards
against the stud 9 and the hinged plate O to which the arms are respectively
opposite at the time as shewn in Figures 2 and 2ª. The quadrants are thus turned
round so as to bring the proper number of stones and pounds into position under
the printing pads. The printing pads are shown at U, U 1, U2 Figure 4, U being
the one for printing the date, U1 and U2 for printing the stones and pounds.
The date die is kept in a drawer U 3 which can be drawn out by an attendant and
the date altered and put back into position without exposing any other part of
the machine.
Each printing pad is fixed to a vertical rod u, pivoted at u to the lever V and
at u 1 to a horizontal arm u 2. The levers V and arms U, turn on spindles V2, V3
fixed to the side of the case. Only one vertical rod U, lever V, and arm u 2
are shown in Figure 2. The other similar ones for the other printing pads are
behind.
Spiral springs pull one end of levers down and keep the printing pads up
until the cams t 1 come in contact with the projections V 1 on the end of the
levers V when the pads are forced down to the printing dies. W is the paper strip
which is brought round guide rollers wo, w 1 between the printing pads and the dies
to the friction rolls W 2, W 3. After the printing has been done another cam on
the shaft T lifts the pivoted rod Y which by means of the connecting chain y
pivoted levery and pawl y 2 turns the toothed wheel y 3 through one quarter
of a revolution. This toothed wheel gears with a toothed wheel on the
spindle carrying the friction roll W 2 which is thus turned round and the
paper is forced out through a slit in the case of the machine. Another cam
on the spindle T now comes into operation and brings down a knife Z,
which cuts the paper. The spindle T is locked by means of the catch which
engages in the recess = 1 in the disc T 2 attached to the spindle T. The catch is
carried by a pivoted lever a. When a penny is inserted in the slot it falls down on
to a pan al at the end of the lever a. The weight of the penny turns the lever and
unlocks the spindle T and allows the spindle to be turned round by the handle.
The motion of the quadrants L and P may be communicated to a similar pair of
quadrants L1 and P1 which are adapted, to show at an opening the weight
on the platform. In order to accomplish this the spindles and p carrying the
quadrants Land P are brought through the inner case M 1. Between the inner
case M1 and the outer case M 2 crank arms and pl, are fixed to the
spindles and p. The crank arms 1 and pl are connected by rods 12 and p 2 to
similar crank arms 13 and p 3 fixed to the spindles carrying the quadrants Land P.
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 :-
1. The movable plates with adjustable studs, corresponding to pounds, which on

page_text: being pressed inwards act on levers to cause type, printed figures or letters to be
brought into position for printing or reading salistantially as described:
2. The hinged plates corresponding to stones which on being pressed inwards act
on levers to cause type-printed figures or letters to be brought into position for
printing or reading substantially as described.
3. The combination of a revolving shaft T or its equivalent and cam which
acts on bent levers R to press the arms E and F against studs or plates for the
purpose of bringing type printed figures or letters into position for printing or
reading the weight on the platforto, substantially as described and illustrated on
the accompanying drawings,
4. The rods, arms or fingers E, F made of springy metal, or jointed, so that they
can be pressed against studs, plates, levers or the like, substantially as described.
5. The quadrants which are caused to turn round and overlap one another in
order to bring type printed figures or letters into position for printing or reading
the weight on the platform, substantially as described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawings.
6. The combination in a weighing machine of the parts described in the above
claims substantially as described and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 8th day of Aureust 1896.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.