IMPROVED LOCOMOTIVE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS WORKING WITHOUT THE AID OF STEAM
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Gedge, of the Firm of John Gedge
and Son, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middle-
sex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVED LOCOMOTIVE MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS WORKING WITHOUT THE AID OF STEAM."-A communication
from abroad by Auguste Chenille, of 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries,
Sealed the 14th June 1867, and dated the 20th December 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Gedge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th December 1866.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
LOCOMOTIVE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS WORKING WITHOUT THE AID OF STEAM," (a
communication to me from abroad by Auguste Chenille, of 15, Passage des
Petites Ecuries, Paris, France,) to be as follows:-
This machine is intended to furnish the means of producing locomotion on
railways and for navigation without the aid of steam. The railway locomotive
has the form of a carriage of about 7 yards in length by 2 yards in breadth,

page_text: and is supported by six wheels, as illustrated on the accompanying Sheets of
Drawing forming part of this Provisional Specification.
Above and between the two wheels I, I', rises vertically an iron shaft D,
ended by a bearing supporting a lever furnished with three moveable pen-
dants M, N, O. The said lever is connected to the fly P by the connecting
rod O fixed to the fly and to the beam (see Fig. 1, Sheet 1). At the lower
end of the pendant N is a hinge, to which is fitted a moveable compass K,
each branch of which receives an axle with crank H, H' (Figure 2, Sheet 2).
At the hind part of the machine are two large iron boxes B, B' (Figure 2),
with circular interiors, and in which are fixed two large springs producing the
motive power by reason of the impulsion given to them. These boxes are
fixed to the machine by holes and hook screws S, S¹; they are traversed at
the rear by the shaft with crank E, and from thence to the pendant M
(Figure 1) by a hinge. A (Sheet 2), vertical section of the machine.
The working is effected as follows:-The driver in making the fly P turn 1
lifts the connecting rod M, to which is fitted the crank E (Figure 2), and
causes the pendant N (Figure 1) to lower until the compass K opens its
-branches, when all the wheels will have made half a turn. The return move-
ment of the beam brought back by the motive power causes the wheels to
make another half turn. The driver must continue to follow the movement {
of the fly until the impulsion is superior to the motive powers.
.
Other mode of working for navigating with paddle, wheel boats.-The
working is the same in this case as for railways, excepting that one of the
branches of the compass K (Figure 1) turns on a fixed axle, while the other
branch or connecting rod rotates with the axle which is in communication
with the wheels, as in the first case, that is to say, for railways the impulsion
. must always be superior to the motive powers.
In the case of screw boats the movements instead of being placed laterally
to the vessel will be placed vertically. In the screw boat the shaft is placed
laterally, and therefore a small fly must be fitted at the end of the horizontal
shaft of the screw, and the compass will also be placed laterally to the fly
in such wise that one of the branches will be fixed, as in the first case, that is
to say, as for paddle wheel boats, and the other branch will give impulsion
to the fly fixed to the horizontal shaft; it will be understood that the method
of working is the same as for the railways and paddle boats.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Gedge in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 15th June 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Gedge, Her special licence that I, the said William
Edward Gedge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said William Edward Gedge, 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 might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVED LOCOMOTIVE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS WORKING WITHOUT THE AID OF
STEAM,"
a communication to me from abroad by Auguste Chenille, of 15,
Passago des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said William Edward Gedge, my executors or adminis-
trators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Gedge, 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 :-
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This machine is intended to furnish the means of producing locomotion on
railways, for navigation, and in factories generally without the aid of steam.
It has the form of a carriage of about 7 yards in length by 2 yards in breadth,
and is supported by six wheels, as illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of
Drawing forming part of this Specification, Figure 1 being a side elevation,
Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 a vertical section of the machine.
D, shaft rising vertically, and terminating in a bearing supporting a lever,

page_text: this latter being furnished with three moveable pendants or connecting
rods M, N, O. The said lever is also connected to the fly wheels P, P¹; the
connecting rod O is fixed to the lever and to the crank of the fly shaft. At
the lower end of the connecting rod N is a hinge, to which is fitted a moveable
compass K, each branch or arm of which receives an axle with crank F, F,
(Fig. 2). At the hind part of the machine are two large boxes B, B', with
circular interiors, in which are fixed two large springs, producing the motive
power by reason of the impulsion given to them; these boxes are fixed to the
machine by the ties S, S¹, which are traversed by the crank shaft E at the rear,
and from thence to the connecting rod M by a hinge; H, H, H", H, driving
wheels; G, toothed lever placed laterally to the machine, and intended to
start the movement; L, L, toothed connecting rod, the two ends of which are
fixed to the two wheels by cranks; Q, second connecting rod, also fixed to
the two corresponding wheels, but not toothed; S, vertical section of the
machine.
The working is produced in the following manner for railways:-The driver
by pressing his hand on the handle at the end of the lever produces simul-
taneously the following movements:-The lever lowers at its upper part,
whereas the lower part rises, the connecting rod M fixed at its end by a
moveable cap or pivot rises as well as the T-shaped crank, which is placed
in the middle of the shaft traversing the motive or driving forces B, B¹;
the connecting rod N, which another moveable cap fixes to the lever in
lowering bears forcibly on the two branches or arms of the movement X, R,
to which it is fitted. At the lower part of each of these two branches of
movements is a connecting rod, which adjusts itself to the two cranked axles
of the four driving wheels. In this position the branch of the movement X
by reason of the pressure given, as above stated, by the driver yields and gives
firstly a slight movement to the driving wheels H, II; this motion is com-
municated to the two other driving wheels Hu, H, which draw in their
movement the crank of their axle as well as the branch of the movement R
which had received but a slight impulsion. The connecting rod O is fixed at
its upper end to the lever by a moveable cap or pivot, is joined at its lower
part to the crank of the shaft of the two flyers, and communicates the move-
ment to them by the working of the wheels. Consequently, this first movement
given, the driver will only have to reproduce it 3 or 4 times to give the machine
its full speed. This work done the machine will travel by the combination of
the motive or driving powers or forces, and of the impulsion which has been
given to the rotary movements and to the fly wheels. Thus, therefore, the
motive powers serve to make the lever rise as well as all the pieces that are

page_text: fitted to it, after it has given the rotary motion to leave a free circulation to
the wheels and to the flyers which receive from the ascending part of the
lever, by means of the motive powers at every half turn, a certain degree of
speed which the rotary movement transmits to the flyers, and which these
latter in their turn transmit to the wheels. A toothed lever G placed laterally
between the two driving wheels H, H³, receiving a toothed connecting rod is
only intended for starting the machine. The working of this lever would be
required only in case the machine required a greater power. The two driving
wheels corresponding with those above indicated are also united together by a
connecting rod without teeth in order to regulate the rotary movements.
Other modes of working for navigation generally.-In the case of steam
paddle boats the working is the same as for railways, excepting that one of
the branches of the compass X (Fig. 1) turns on a fixed axle, while the other
branch or connecting rod rotates with the axle which is in communication
with the wheels.
In the case of screw boats the theory is no longer the same, the movement
instead of being placed laterally to the vessel will be placed vertically, as shall
be now explained. In the screw boat the shaft is placed laterally, and there-
fore a small fly must be fitted at the end of the horizontal shaft of the screw,
and the compass will also be placed laterally to the fly in such wise that one
of the branches will be fixed, as in the first case, that is to say, as for paddle
wheel boats, and the other branch will give impulsion to the fly fixed to the
horizontal shaft. It will be understood that the system is the same as for the
railways and paddle boats, only in these two above-mentioned applications
the starting lever will be entirely suppressed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Gedge, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.