Improvements in and relating to Upright or Vertical Petroleum Motors.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug; 1895:
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Upright or Vertical Petroleum
Motors.
1, WILHELM LORENZ, Kriegstrasse 57 of Karlsruhe, in the Grand Duchy of
Baden, Engineer and Counsellor of Commerce, 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 relates to a petrol-motor, the novelty of which resides in the
special arrangement and configuration of its various parts, as hereinafter described.
The hollow frame a resembles a truncated cone, which is flattened at the two
diametrically opposite sides a¹ a²; the flattened portions are of triangular shape,
the vortexes of the triangles lying close to the circular top a³ of the frame a, and
the respective sides of the.base-proper at being straight. The two flattened sides,
as well as the two curved sides of the frame a are each provided with a large
opening b.
Below the openings.of the two. flat sides al a² there are arranged hollow brackets c
carrying the bearings d for the cranked shaft e. The crank e proper is situated
within the space of the hollow frame a, or directly below the cylinder carried by
said frame. Shaft e is furnished at one end with a fly-wheel g combined with a
pulley h, and at the other end with a fly-wheel g', and a hand-crank i. The pillow
blocks of the bearings may, if desired, be made integrally with the brackets 5, and
they may, further, be provided with either fixed or stationary brasses, or with
movable ones, for instance such as k, Fig. 9.
The water-jacket of the cylinder f terminates some distance about the flange-like
base of the same, and the cylinder appears thus to be contracted between said
flange and the jacket. The base f', the base a, and the base-portions of the
bearings d are provided with grooves or channels 12 respectively for catching up
the oil flowing off from the various parts of the motor.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In an upright or vertical petrol-motor, the combination with a hollow frame
resembling a truncated cone, and having two opposite sides flattened, of brackets
arranged upon said flattened sides, and carrying the bearings for the main-shaft of
the motor; said shaft having its crank within said hollow frame, and having two
fly-wheels secured to its two ends outside the said frame, substantially as described.
2. In an upright or vertical petrol-motor, the combination with a hollow frame
resembling a truncated cone, and having two opposite sides flattened, of brackets
arranged upon said flattened sides, and carrying the bearings for the main-shaft of
the motor; said frame having a circular top, and carrying the cylinder upon the
same; said shaft having its crank within said hollow frame, and having two
fly-wheels secured to its two ends outside the said frame, substantially as described.
3. In an upright or vertical petrol-motor, the combination with a hollow frame
resembling a truncated cone, and having two opposite sides Hattened, of brackets
arranged upon said flattened sides, and carrying the bearings for the main-shaft of
the motor; said frame having a circular top, and carrying the cylinder upon the
same; said cylinder having a flange-like base resting upon said circular top, and
having a water-jacket terminating some distance above said flange-like base; said

page_text: shaft having its crank within said hollow frame, and having two fly-wheels secured
to its two ends outside the same frame, substantially as described.
4. In an upright or vertical petrol-motor, the combination with a hollow frame
resembling a truncated cone, and having two opposite sides flattened, of brackets
arranged upon said flattened sides, and carrying the bearings for the main-shaft of
the motor; said shaft having its crank within said hollow frame, and having two
fly-wheels secured to its two ends outside the said frame; a pulley attached to one
of said fly-wheels; a hand-crank attached to the shaft-end carrying the other of
the said fly-wheels; substantially as described.
5. In an upright or vertical petrol-motor, the combination with a hollow frame
resembling a truncated conc, and having two opposite sides flattened, of brackets
arranged upon said flattened sides, and carrying the bearings for the main-
shaft of the motor; said frame having a flange-like base, and a circular top
supporting the cylinder by the mediation of a flange-like base of the latter; said
shaft having its crank within said hollow frame, and having two fly-wheels secured
to its two ends outside the said frame; said two flange-like bases as well as the
bearings having grooves or channels adapted to catch up the waste-oil or the like,
substantially as described.
Dated this 17th day of July 1895.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.