IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE OPERATED BY HYDRAULIC OR OTHER POWER FOR RAISING WEIGHTS, DRIVING OR DRAWING VEHICLES AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake of the firm of Haseltine, Lake,
and Co, Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE OPERATED BY HYDRAULIC OR OTHER
POWER FOR RAISING WEIGHTS, DRIVING OR DRAWING VEHICLES AND FOR
SIMILAR PURPOSES Communicated to him from abroad by Angel Saco de la
Peña and Luis Drumen both of Madrid in the Kingdom of Spain
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE OPERATED
BY HYDRAULIC OR OTHER POWER FOR RAISING WEIGHTS, DRIVING OR DRAWING
VEHICLES AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES "
[A communication to him from abroad
by Angel Saco de la Peña and Luis Drumen both of Madrid in the Kingdom of
Spain]
This invention relates to apparatus which may be applied with equal advantage
to the raising of minerals, lifting of water, weights, or the like or for locomotion or
similar purposes.
According to the said invention water is first raised from a tank at a low level
to an upper tank by suction and force pumps, the water is then allowed to fall
through pipes provided with suitable cocks into a trough over a water wheel
whereby the said wheel is caused to revolve setting in motion levers and other
parts in connection therewith, as hereinafter described.
The said levers which are suspended from the arms of a beam suitably arranged
are connected with cranks on the axis of the water wheel by means of connecting
rods, in such a manner that the rotation of the said wheel continually reciprocates
the said levers, which in turn transmit the same up and down motion to the pistons
of the pumps thereby causing the water to be raised into the upper tank.
A drum or cylinder fixed to a frame and which has coiled around it a cable or
chain intended to carry the weight to be lifted, then comes into action, and in
order to cause it to operate, it is fitted with toothed wheels which are geared to

page_text: pinions fixed to the arms of the levers which set the drum in motion. This
mechanism only works during the upward motion of the said levers; a ratchet
wheel placed outside the toothed wheels is caught by a pawl which prevents the
drum from turning backwards.
The said pawl is constantly drawn towards the levers by a spring and a counter-
weight which moves in a longitudinal direction and regulates the equilibrium of
power between the resistance of the water and that of the weight which it is
proposed to raise.
In order to start the said apparatus it is only necessary to turn the water wheel
slightly, until a sufficient quantity of water has been lifted into the upper tank.
The water, after it has passed over the wheel and set it in motion, flows back again
through a pipe into the lower tank, and this arrangement is highly advantageous
in so far that it is unnecessary constantly to renew the water supply.
When a sufficient quantity of running water is at hand, the lower tank is useless,
and as a consequence the water flowing from the wheel may be taken to any
suitable spot and be there utilised at will for irrigation or any other analogous
purposes. It might also be used for setting in motion another apparatus of similar
construction and of smaller dimensions, provided the wheel be placed at the distance
required to enable a sufficiont fall for the water to be obtained.
The apparatus as applied for purposes of locomotion is as a whole arranged
substantially as that herein before described, but in this case the motive power is
given by a man. The latter takes his seat upon the apparatus which is mounted
-upon wheels and by working a treadle causes the long arms of the levers to rise,
and consequently the small ones to fall, which sets in motion the pinions and other
parts and these thereupon act in the manner already described.
This arrangement of the apparatus allows of one man drawing along a
carriage containing three or four persons at the rate of from 7 to 10 kilometres
ner hour

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th August 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE OPERATED
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BY HYDRAULIC OR OTHER POWER FOR RAISING WEIGHTS, DRIVING OR DRAWING
.VEHICLES AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES A communication to me from abroad by
Angel Saco de la Peña and Luis Drumen, both of Madrid in the Kingdom of
Spain
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This invention relates to apparatus which may be employed with equal advantage
for raising minerals, lifting water, weights or the like, for locomotion, or for similar
purposes.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation in perspective of apparatus designed for lifting water or
weights or for raising minerals or the like, and
Figure 2 an elevation, showing the apparatus as applied for purposes of
locomotion.
In carrying the said invention into practice I provide two tanks Z. Q. The
water is raised from the tank Z to the tank Q by the suction and force pumps J, J;
when the cocks of the pipes P are opened the water falls into the trough O of the
water wheel N and causes the said wheel to turn thereby setting in motion the
levers A and other parts in connection therewith as hereinafter set forth.
The said levers A, each of which has its fulcrum on the arms of the beam B, are
connected with the cranks X of the wheel N by means of connecting rods U, in
such a manner that the rotation of the said wheel continually reciprocates or
oscillates the said levers, which in turn transmit up and down motion to the
pistons H of the pumps J, which raise the water through the pipes K into the
tank Q. The drum or cylinder D fixed on the frame Ř, and around which is
wound a cable or chain d intended to carry the weight to be lifted, then comes
into action, and for this purpose it is provided with toothed wheels S which gear
with the pinions G fixed to the arms of the levers, which transmit motion to the
drum.
As will be readily understood, this mechanism only works during the upward
motion of the levers. Ratchet wheels C placed outside the pinions G engage with
the pawls E and prevent the drum from turning backwards.
The pawls E are constantly drawn towards the levers by springs F and
counterweights T which can be moved longitudinally to regulate or establish the
equilibrium of force between the resistance of the water and that of the weight 5
which is to be raised.
To start the said apparatus it is only necessary to turn the wheel N slightly,
until a sufficient quantity of water has been lifted into the tank Q. This water,
after it has passed over the wheel N and set it in motion, flows back again through
the pipe M, into the tank Z and this arrangement is highly advantageous in so far
that it is unnecessary constantly to renew the water supply
When a sufficient quantity of running water is at hand, the tank Z is not
required and consequently the water flowing from the pipe M may be conducted to
any suitable spot and be there utilised at will for irrigation or analogous purposes.
It might also be used for setting in motion another apparatus of similar construction
to that above described and of smaller dimensions provided the wheel be placed at
the distance required to enable a sufficient fall of water to be obtained.

page_text: In Figure 2 of the drawings I have illustrated the apparatus as applied for
purposes of locomotion. In a general manner the arrangement is substantially the
same as that above described, but in this case the motive force is supplied by a
man who sits upon the seat a and by working the treadle X causes the long arms
of the levers to rise, and consequently the small ones to descend, thereby setting
in motion the pinions and other parts which then operate as above described.
This arrangement of the apparatus enables one man to draw a carriage containing
three or four persons at the rate of from 7 to 10 kilometres per hour.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondents, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim
First In an apparatus for lifting water, weights, minerals or the like, the
peculiar arrangement of the levers in connection with the pumps, the counter-
weights for maintaining the equilibrium, the drum, the pinions and the ratchet
devices, all substantially as described and for the purposes specified
Second-In an apparatus for lifting water, weights, minerals, or the like, the
combination of the levers A and the cranks of the wheel N, substantially as
described and for the purpose specified
Third. The application of the said apparatus for locomotive or analogous purposes,
Bubstantially as above described.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty-three,