A Combined Spring Balance and Ready Reckoner.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1899
[Communicated from abroad by WILLIAM SOMERSET ANDREWS, and JOHN BOOCK,
Farmers and Graziers, of Woodside, Manning River, New South Wales.]
A Combined Spring Balance and Ready Reckoner.
I, HENRY EDWARD NEWTON, of The Office for Patents, 6, Bream's Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, 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 has been devised for the purpose of indicating, when an article
is weighed on the balance, what is its weight and monetary value at the rate
of certain values per unit of weight.
The invention consists of two hollow cylinders of different diameters that are
placed one within the other and connected together by means of a helical spring.
The inner cylinder is closed at its top end and is provided with means whereby
it may be suspended. The outer cylinder is closed at its lower end and to this
end is attached the article whose weight and value it is desired to ascertain
The top edge of the outer cylinder is marked with a scale representing units
of value. An indicator pointer is attached to the top edge of the outer cylinder
and this pointer covers a vertical column upon the cylindrical face of the inner
cylinder which column is marked with the ordinary weighing scale divisions.
On each side of this column and running parallel therewith are a number of
vertical columns which coincide with the spaces on the horizontal scale of the
outer cylinder. Upon these columns are marked the gross values of the different
weights at units of price upon the horizontal scale on the outer cylinder.
But in order that the invention may be properly understood reference is made
to the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the appliance.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same shewing the spring connection
between the inner and the outer cylinders.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation with the outer cylinder weighted and shewing the
markings on the inner cylinder.
A is the outer cylinder and B the inner cylinder which fits loosely within it.
The top end of the inner cylinder B is closed and provided with means, such as
the ring B, whereby it may be suspended. The bottom end of the outer cylin-
der A is also closed and is provided with a hook a on which may be hung the
article whose weight it is desired to ascertain. The two cylinders A and B are
connected together by means of the helical spring C the two ends of which are
secured to the closed ends of the two cylinders so that the outside cylinder will
be suspended from the inner cylinder and be free to move up and down there-
upon when the spring is placed in or released from tension. In order to prevent
the outer cylinder A from being pulled down too far or from turning round
on the cylinder B it is provided with a slot A through which passes the small
stud projection 6 that is attached to the inner cylinder B. To the top edge
of the outer cylinder A is attached the indicator pointer D.
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page_text: Around the upper end of the outside cylinder A is a single horizontal scale
which is divided into a number of spaces in which are marked the different units
of value per pound of any commodities. Down the face of the inner cylinder 13
and in a line with the indicator pointer I) attached to the outer cylinder, is a
vertical column in which are marked the ordinary weighing scale divisions.
Running parallel with this scale are a number of vertical columns which coin-
cide with the divisions marked upon the horizontal scale on the outer cylinder.
Each of these columns is divided into a number of divisions corresponding with
the markings upon the weighing scale, the centres of the divisions being in the
same straight lines as the scale markings. In these divisions are marked the
gross values of the different weights indicated on the weighing scale at the rates
of the unit values marked upon the divisions on the horizontal scale on the outer
cylinder.
The indicator pointer I) is so adjusted that at the same time that it indicates
the weight of an article suspended from the outer cylinder A, it will point to
the line of divisions in which will be found the value of such weight at the
different units of value marked on the outer cylinder. For instance, if it is
desired to ascertain the weight and value of a certain article at the rate of
5d. per pound. The article is suspended from the outer cylinder, which is then
drawn down until the pointer D is on a level with, say the 3 lbs. mark on the
scale. This will give the weight of the article viz. 3 lbs. and in order to ascer-
tain its value the operator would then look at the column on the inner cylinder
which coincided with the division in the scale on the outer cylinder in which
the amount of 5d. was marked and in that column in the same horizontal line
with the indicator pointer D will be found the value of the article, viz. 1/7.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me:
from abroad, I declaré that what I claim is:
In combination an inner and an outer cylinder that are internally connected
together by means of a spring the open end of the outer cylinder being provided
with a horizontal scale in which are marked units of value and with an indi-
cator pointer, while the inner cylinder is provided with a vertical scale or column
upon which is marked an index of weights, the surface of this internal cylinder
being further marked with vertical columns coinciding with the spaces on
the horizontal scale on the outer cylinder, and with rings corresponding with
the index of weights, the spaces thus formed being filled in with the gross values
of goods of the weights on the weight index and at the price on the horizontal
scale, as herein specified.
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