Trains or Locomotives in Motion.
Year: 1885

page_text: Trains or Locomotives in Motion.
I WILLIAM FREDERICK BARTON MASSEY-MAINWARING of 30 Grosvenor Place
in the County of Middlesex Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for UTILIZING THE RESISTANCE OFFERED BY THE ATMOSPHERE TO
RAILWAY TRAINS OR LOCOMOTIVES IN MOTION, to be as follows:-
When railway trains and locomotives are in motion at any considerable speed
a large resistance is offered by the atinosphere to the progress thereof. This
resistance at present merely impedes the progress of the train or locomotive and
is not employed in the production of motive power.
Now according to my Invention I propose to make use of the said atmospheric
resistance in the production of power which is capable of application to various
useful purposes.
For this purpose
mount on the front and other parts of the locomotive and
if desired on the ends and other parts of the vans or carriages in suitable bearings
a fan or wheel which is of such a form that when the train or locomotive is in
motion the atmospheric resistance will cause such fan or wheel to revolve at a
considerable speed.
These fans or wheels must not extend beyond the end area of the locomotive or
train in order to avoid any increase in the area offered to the resistance of the
atmosphere.
These fans or wheels, by suitable connections are caused to convey the power,
transmitted thereto by the atmospheric resistance, to any suitable machinery or
apparatus by means of which it can be readily applied to or stored for any useful
purpose.

page_text: Trains or Locomotives in Motion.
I WILLIAM FREDERICK BARTON MASSEY-MAINWARING of 30 Grosvenor Place
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman 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 :-
When railway trains and locomotives are in motion at any considerable speed
This
a large resistance is offered by the atmosphere to the progress thereof.
resistance at present merely impedes the progress of the train or locomotive and is
not employed in the production of motive power.
Now according to my invention I propose to make use of the said atmospheric
resistance in the production of power which is capable of application to various
useful purposes.
For this purpose I mount on the front and other parts of the locomotive and if
desired on the ends and other parts of the vans or carriages, in suitable bearings a
fan or wheel which is of such a form that when the train or locomotive is in
motion the atmospheric resistance will cause such fan or wheel to revolve at a
considerable speed.
These fans or wheels must not extend beyond the end area of the locomotive or
train in order to avoid any increase in the area offered to the resistance of the
atmosphere.
These fans or wheels, by suitable connections, are caused to convey the power,
transmitted thereto by the atmospheric resistance, to any suitable machinery or
apparatus by means of which it can be readily applied to or stored for any
useful purpose.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
more fully to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section, and Figure 2 is a plan of parts of
a locomotive showing my invention applied thereto; Figure 3 is an end or front
view of the same and Figure 4 is a side view of parts of a railway carriage with
my invention applied thereto.
According to my invention I mount on the front, and if desired on other parts
of the locomotive, and on the ends and other parts of the vans or carriages, in
suitable bearings a fan or wheel a which is of such a form that when the train or
locomotive is in motion the atmospheric resistance will cause such fan or wheel a
to revolve at a considerable speed.
These fans or wheels a must not extend beyond the end area of the locomotive
or train in order to avoid any increase in the area offered to the resistance of the
atmosphere.

page_text: In the arrangement shown at Figures 1, 2, and 3, the axis a¹ of the fan or
wheel a is mounted in bearings b¹ carried by a frame b which in order to facilitate
access to the smoke box door is hinged at 6 to a standard c which is firmly fixed
to the carriage framing of the locomotive and is supported at its upper end by a
stay & firmly fixed thereto and to the body of the boiler and by a stay d¹ fixed
thereto and to the carriage framing. The frame b is fixed on the opposite side by
a removeable pin or bolt e to a standard c¹ of somewhat similar form to the
standard c and which is supported by stays ď ďas shown or in other suitable
manner.
On the axis a¹ of the fan or wheel a is fixed a bevelled pinion a² which takes into
and gives motion to a wheel f¹ fixed on the upper end of a shaft f carried in
suitable bearings in the frame b and having fixed on its lower end a bevelled
pinion f which takes into and gives motion to a bevelled wheel g¹ fixed on the
axis g which is carried in bearings fixed to the carriage framing.
By mounting the shafts or axes a¹ and f in a hinged frame b the said apparatus
is enabled to be readily turned out of the way when access is required to be had
to the smoke box whilst it is as readily replaced and locked in its working
position.
I would here remark that I do not confine myself to the said arrangement of parts
as they may be greatly varied so long as facility is afforded for removing the fan
and its connected gearing from the front of the sinoke box when required.
In the arrangement shown at Figure 4, which is supposed to represent the front
carriage of a train, the axis a' of the fan a is mounted in bearings carried by a
bracket or frame b* fixed to the end of the carriage, and the shaft or axis fis
mounted at its upper end in a bearing carried by the bracket or frame b* and at
its lower end by a bearing carried by the end of the carriage frame.
These fans or wheels by suitable connections are caused to convey the power
transmitted thereto by the atmospheric resistance, to give motion to suitable
machinery or apparatus by means of which it can be readily applied to or stored
for any useful purpose, such for instance as the production of the electric light or
break power.
I would also remark that the form of rotating fan or wheel and the gearing
connected therewith may be varied without departing from the peculiar character
of my invention so long as the said fan or wheel is not allowed to project beyond
the end area of the locomotive, van or carriage to which it is affixed.
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
The employment in combination with a locomotive, or railway van or carriage
of a fan or wheel which does not extend beyond the end area of the locomotive,
van or carriage carrying the same and which receives rotary motion by passing
through the air and communicates such motion to any suitable machinery or
apparatus by which the power developed may be utilized.