A Hydraulic Apparatus for Increasing and Transmitting Applied Motive Power.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Hydraulic Apparatus for Increasing and Transmitting Applied
Motive Power.
I WILLIAM AGAR of King William Street, Beaconsfield in Fremantle in the
Colony of Western Australia Electrical Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of my invention 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 in an apparatus which when driven by hand or other
power will increase (or multiply) the power applied and transmit the increased
results in a manner as an ordinary motor.
The primary features of the invention are in the combination of a water tight
cylinder filled with liquid, a rotative shaft (fitted with crank handles belt pullies
or gearing which passes through the end of the said cylinder, of a disc secured to
and rotating with the said rotating shaft inside the said cylinder, the several parts
forming and operating as a centrifugal propellor. In a supplementary transmitter
operated by the force from the centrifugal propellor fitted in a corresponding
manner to the said centrifugal propellor with paddles being of greater length and
preferably formed T shape on their peripheral edges.
The extra length of paddles are for, and to regulate the increased power
required.
A rotating shaft connected with the transmitter, from outside the cylinder end
may be fitted with ordinary fly wheels aud belt or gearing, or where increased
power, but slower motion is required for lifting purposes the shaft may be used
independently.
The apparatus is fed and brought into effect as follows:-
The cylinder is filled with liquid through a trap provided, a rapid rotative
motion is communicated through the rotative shaft of the propellor, creating a
centrifugal motion to the liquid in cylinder which motion and force is directed into
the blades of the transmitter, which owing to the extra surface and force acting
on same, a considerable increase of power is accumulated in the said transmitter
and communicated to the fly wheel or other attachments of the rotative shaft.
1 attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Fig. 1. is an elevation of cylinder on bed.
Fig. 2. vertical transverse section of cylinder shewing transmitter.
.
Fig. 3. a vertical longitudinal section shewing the relative positions of the
operating parts.
Fig. 4. is a vertical transverse section shewing the centrifugal propellor.
Fig. 5. a plan of propellor.
Fig. 6. section of Figure 5.
Fig. 7. plan of transmitter.
Fig. 8. section of Figure 7.
The same letters of reference are used to indicate a given part where more than
one view thereof is shewn in the several figures of the drawings in which A is a
cylinder B legs to support to cylinder A, C is a water supply hole, D rotative
shaft of propellor E a disc connected to and operated by D, and fitted with
paddles, are paddles forming with D & E the centrifugal propellor G is a
rotative shaft anarated by the contrifugal propellor His a dian and I the paddle

page_text: I do not bind myself to any particular shape or proportion of paddles, as I may
apply different curved vanes in combination with the transmitter as described.
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 ;-
In a hydraulic apparatus for increasing and transmitting applied motive
power-
A water tight cylinder supplied with liquid, in which is operated a centrifugal
feed propellor, which feeds on to and drives a larger propellor or transmitter
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in
Figures 1 to 8, aud letters of reference A to I inclusive.
Dated this 30th
Witness-
GEO. BLAND HUMBLE,
A Justice of the Peace.
WILLIAM AGAR.