IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE OR OTHER GEARING
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Philip Pierce, of Wexford, Ireland, Agricultural
Implement Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE
OR OTHER GEARING."
Sealed the 24th June 1870, and dated the 27th December 1869.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Philip Pierce at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th December 1869.
I, PHILIP PIERCE, of Wexford, Ireland, Agricultural Implement
" IMPROVE-
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
MENTS IN HORSE OR OTHER GEARING," to be as follows:-
The following is a description of the same as applied to horse wheels;
-The inner rim of the bed frame is an internal tooth wheel, and a cross
bar or bridge below the same forms the step for the upright central
shaft, which near the bottom has a double arm or carrier keyed on.
Each end of this carrier has an upright stud fixed to it, on which a
pinion freely can revolve and gear into the internal tooth wheel rim.
The upright central shaft carries at its upper end the draught shoe and
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page_text: pole, and at its lower a pinion gearing into the two pinions before
named and cast with a boss which is bored to fit the upright shaft and
revolves on it. On this boss is keyed or cast a bevil wheel gearing into
a bevil pinion on a horizontal spindle, which by any convenient and
well-known means transmits the power to the machinery to be worked.
One end of this spindle may be carried in a bearing fixed to the bed
frame. The upper bearing of the upright shaft is formed in a cross bar or
a plate covering the whole gear, and in either case bolted to or in one with
the bed frame. On the horse turning the upright shaft the pinions on
each end of the carrier fixed to the same communicate motion to the
pinion and bevil wheel revolving loose on the upright shaft, and thereby
to the bevil pinion on the spindle which transmits motion to the
thrashing or other machine to be worked by the horse gear. It may be
suitably modified for other gearing purposes where a similar alteration
in speed is required; the direction of motion may for instance be opposite
to that of the horse gear here described.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Philip Pierce in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th June 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PHILIP
PIERCE, of Wexford, Ireland, Agricultural Implement Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of December, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors
give and grant unto me, the said Philip Pierce, Her special licence
that I, the said Philip Pierce, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Philip Pierce, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
HORSE OR OTHER GEARING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,

page_text: the said Philip Pierce, my executors or administrators, 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 Philip Pierce, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
and to the letters of reference marked thereon (that is to say):-
The object of this Invention is the construction of an apparatus for
driving machines and making the same much lighter, more compact, and
at the same time more effective than those heretofore made. To accom-
On the
plish this I construct the apparatus as hereafter described.
lower end of an upright shaft is keyed a double arm or carrier, at the
ends of which studs are fastened, on which intermediate wheels freely
revolve and gear into a toothed ring of suitable diameter; this ring has
lugs cast on it to secure it to stone, wood, or other material. A pinion
which has cast on it a barrel and is bored to fit the upright shaft and is
fitted on it in such a manner that it gears into the intermediate wheels.
On the aforesaid barrel is fixed a bevel wheel which gives motion to a
bevel pinion fixed on the end of a line shaft, which is to communicate
The end
motion from the horse gear to a thrashing or other machine.
of this shaft on which the bevel pinion is fixed may be carried by a
pedestal bolted or cast on the toothed ring (the bevel wheel may be a
portion of the casting of which the pinion and barrel form a part).
bridge, or if preferable a cover, for protecting the gearing is bolted to the
toothed ring and fitted to receive the upper end of the upright shaft.
A draft shoe is fixed to the upper end of the upright shaft, to which the
draft pole is bolted or otherwise secured, and to which pole the horse or
other animal is attached.
A
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a plan of horse gear constructed according to my. Invention.
d, d, is an internal toothed ring having on its under side cast or bolted to
it a bridge or carrier for supporting the toe of the upright shaft D;
L, L, are lugs cast on the toothed ring d, d, to secure it to stone or
wood. On the lower end of upright shaft D is keyed a double arm or

page_text: carrier H, H, shown by dotted lines in plan Figure 2; J, J, are studs
fastened in the ends of this arm or carrier, and on which the intermediate
wheels G, G, freely revolve and which gear into the toothed ring d, d;
B is a draft shoe fixed on the upper end of the shaft D; A is a portion
of the draft pole to which the horses or other animals are attached; F is
a pinion which has cast on it a barrel, which is bored to fit the shaft D,
and revolves on it and gears into the intermediate wheels G, G. On this
barrel is fixed a bevel wheel E, E, which gives motion to the bevel
pinion K fixed on the end of a line shaft which communicates motion to
a thrashing or other machine from the gear. The end of this shaft on
which the pinion is fixed may be carried by a pedestal bolted or cast on
the toothed ring d, d. The bevel wheel E, E, may form a portion of the
casting of which the pinion F and barrel form a part. c, c, is a bridge
or cover for protecting the gearing bolted to the ring d, d, and fitted to
receive the upper end of the shaft D. On motion being given to the
shaft D by means of the pole A the carriers H, H, cause the inter-
mediate wheels to revolve on the studs J, J, and to communicate motion
to the wheel E, E, and thence to the line shaft on which the bevel
pinion K is fixed.
By the arrangement just described I am enabled to make gearing
much lighter than heretofore, whereby it is particularly applicable to
machines of small power, for example, for driving light thrashing and
churning machines or other light work.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, the con-
struction and arrangement of horse or other gearing together with any
mere modifications thereof, substantially as herein-before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Pierce, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of June, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
PHILIP PIERCE. (L.s.)