IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gautier Olivier de la Barre, of Great Titchfield
Street, Cavendish Square, in the County of Middlesex, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER."-
A communication.
Sealed the 20th November 1857, and dated the 23rd May 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gautier Olivier de la
Barre at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 23rd May 1857.
I, GAUTIER OLIVIER DE LA BARRE, of Great Titchfield Street, Cavendish
Square, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention is divided into four principal parts, first, a building, which
I call a pavillion; second, a motor; third, a self-acting moderator, for regu-
lating the speed of the motor; fourth; an attractor or expanding vessel, to be
employed in lieu of a pump for raising water.
The pavillion consists of a building, with sliding pieces fitted into openings
at the sides thereof similar to window sashes. At the centre of said pavillion
shaft revolves on bearings at top and bottom thereof; this shaft is furnished
with arms fixed therein at right angles, or nearly so, to the axis of motion of
the aforesaid shaft. The aforesaid sliding pieces are connected by ropes to the
said shaft, which, as it rotates by the action of the external air or wind thereon,
raises or lowers said sliding pieces, so as to increase or diminish the area of

page_text: the openings through which the air or wind passes in proportion to the velocity
of the shaft. In order, however, to regulate the speed thereof, I attach to the
top of the said pavillion a kind of ventilator. In connection with the before-
mentioned motor I arrange the attractor, which consists of a vessel collapsible
in the direction of its length, and furnished at each end with a valve. To the
lower end of this collapsible vessel a pipe is connected, which dips into the
vessel or reservoir containing the water to be raised. Now suppose the afore-
said vessel to be stretched to its utmost limit at the commencement of the
operation, the effect of depressing the same will be to close the bottom valve
and open the top one, thereby expressing the air from the interior of the vessel,
and the upward movement will close the top valve and allow the water to rise
and fill the interior of the vessel; the next downward movement of the afore-
said vessel will express the water therefrom, and so on at each reciprocation.
There may be a flexible. pipe attached to the top valve to conduct the water
thus raised to any desired place.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Gautier Olivier de la Barre in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd November 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GAUTIER
OLIVIER DE LA BARRE, of Great Titchfield Street, Cavendish Square, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Gautier Olivier de la Barre Her special licence that I, the said Gautier
Olivier de la Barre, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Gautier Olivier de la Barre, 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 night make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Gautier Olivier de la Barre,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-

page_text: tain 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 calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
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:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Gautier Olivier de la Barre, 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, that is to say:-
My Invention is divided into four principal parts, first, a building, which
I call a pavillion; second, a motor; third, a self-acting moderator, for regu-
lating the speed of the motor; fourth, an attractor or expanding vessel, to be
employed in lieu of a pump for raising water.
The pavillion consists of a building, with sliding pieces fitted into openings
at the sides thereof similar to window sashes. At the centre of said pavilion a
shaft revolves in bearings at top and bottom thereof; this shaft is furnished.
with arms fixed therein at right angles, or nearly so, to the axis of motion of the
aforesaid shaft. The aforesaid sliding pieces are connected by ropes to the
moderator, which, as it rotates by the action of the external air or wind thereon,
raises or lowers said sliding pieces, so as to increase or diminish the area of
the openings through which the air or wind passes in proportion to the velocity
of the shaft. In order, however, to regulate the speed thereof, I attach to the
top of the said pavillion the moderator. In connection with the before-
mentioned motor I arrange the attractor, which consists of a vessel collapsible
in the direction of its length, and furnished at each end with a valve. From
the lower end of this collapsible vessel a pipe dips into the vessel or reservoir
containing the water to be raised. Now, suppose the aforesaid vessel to be
closed or collapsed at the commencement of the operation, the effect of
depressing the same will be to open the bottom valve and to shut the top one,
thereby allowing the water to enter and fill the vessel; and the upward move-
ment of the vessel will close the bottom valve, and as the water therein is
lifted it will open the top valve and pass into the upper part of the said vessel,
and so on at each reciprocation. There may be a flexible pipe attached to the
aforesaid vessel to conduct the water thus raised to any desired place.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being. had to the illustrative Drawing
hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows:-

page_text: Figure 1 is an elevation of a mechanical arrangement for obtaining motive
power according to my said Invention, and comprising the pavillion motor
and moderator before mentioned; Figure 2 is a transverse and vertical section
of the same through the line A, B, at Figure 1; Figure 3 is a horizontal section
through the line C, D, at Figure 1; Figure 4 shews the application of the
above for transmitting the motive power obtained thereby; Figure 5 shews
the attractor, before mentioned, as applied to the raising of water. At each
of the foregoing Figures I employ similar letters of reference to denote cor-
responding parts in so far as such parts appear or can be seen' at each of such
said Figures respectively.
At Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, A is the pavillion; B, columns .thereof supporting
the roof C; D, D, moveable or sliding blinds or shutters of wood or metal
connected by ropes or chains a, a, passing over pullies with the fan or
moderator E; G is a shaft, to which are affixed fans H formed either of
upright flat pieces of metal or wood, or they may be curved for. about half its
diameter in a spiral direction from top to bottom of the said shaft; I, K, are
wheels fixed on the shaft G; the wheel I is for transmitting motion from the
shaft G to the machinery to be driven, and the wheel K is employed for
driving an ordinary flyer, such as is used in windmills, for maintaining regular
and steady movement of the shaft G. The operations of the above arrange-
ments are as follows:-Suppose the blinds or shutters D, D, to be partly
open, as exhibited, the wind acting upon the fans H will impart motion to
the shaft G, and such motion will be transmitted to the machinery to be
driven. And according to the velocity of the wind, in like manner the
moderator E will be caused to rotate more or less upon its axis, and thereby
wind or unwind, as the case may be, the cords or chains a, a, so as to either
raise or lower the blinds 'or shutters D, D, that is to say, when there is much
wind the cords or chains a will be wound on the barrel 6, and thereby cause
the lowermost blinds or shutters to be raised and the uppermost 'ones to be
lowered, thereby reducing the area of the openings through which the wind
passes, and when there is little wind the reverse action' takes place, and opens
the said blinds to let in a larger current of wind..
I now proceed to describe the construction of the attractor' exhibited at
Figure 5, as follows:-L, L, 'are collapsible vessels made of leather or other
impermeable material, somewhat resembling the ordinary Chinese lanterns;
he extremities of the vessels L, L, are each 'provided with pieces of metal.
At c, d, the piece c is fitted with a valve opening outwards, and the piece d

page_text: is fitted with a valve opening inwards, and there are pins e, e, fixed into the
piece d at opposite parts, to which a forked-shaped connecting rod M is
attached by its lower end, the upper end of said rod being connected to a
crank at N, fixed to or formed upon the shaft O, this shaft being set in
motion by the before described improved motor. The upper ends of the
vessels L, L, are enclosed by a water-tight cover P forming a chamber or
reservoir, into which the contents of the vessels L, L, are discharged, a pipe
Qconveying the same to any desired part or place at each stroke or lift of
the aforesaid vessels. In order to keep up a continuous lifting stream, I
operate upon the vessels L, L, in alternate succession, as exhibited, and to
ensure the descent of each of the vessels L, L, (after they have been raised,)
I connect them together by a cord or chain 9, passing over suitable pulleys
fixed to the framework R of the apparatus, said framework being supported
by a cross piece or pieces at S, fixed in the reservoir which contains the water
or other liquid to be raised. Instead of making the vessels L flexible, they
may be made rigid by means of two cylinders, one sliding within the other,
and each fitted with a valve, as before stated.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "Improvements in Obtaining and Applying Motive Power,"
together with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same
into practical effect, I would remark, in conclusion, that I hereby declare my
Invention to consist in, and I claim the mechanical arrangements, above
particularly described and represented, as constituting improvements in
obtaining and applying motive power.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gautier Olivier de la Barre, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of November, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE, Agent for Patents,
G. O. DE LA BARRE. (L.S.)
4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross.