IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR RAISING WEIGHTS
Year: 1841

page_text: TAUNTO 'S
TION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM.
GEORGE HENRY TAUNTON, of Liverpool, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Eleventh day of December, in, the fifth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said William
George Henry Taunton, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and
authority, that I, the said William George Henry Taunton, my exors, adñors,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William George Henry Taunton,
my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England
Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR RAISING WEIGHTS;" in which said Letters Patent is
contained a proviso, that I, the said William George Henry Taunton, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William George Henry Taunton, do hereby declare that the nature of my
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully

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My Invention relates to improvements in winlasses, or such like machinery,
where revolving barrels are used, and in order that my Invention may be most
fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to explain the
Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a front view of a windlass having some of my improve-
ments applied thereto; Figure 2 is a transverse section; Figure 3 shews a
side view and a plan of the parts used, according to my Invention, for giving
motion to the barrel of the windlass or other machine working to raise weights
.by means of a barrel; Figure 4 is what I call the locking or driving lever;
Figure 5 shows a side view and plan of two plates, between which the driving
lever works, such plates embracing the barrel, as is shewn; and Figure 6 shews
a side and edge view of the ratchet wheel which is affixed on the barrel.
It will be seen by the Drawings that there are two sets of the driving
apparatus applied to the same barrel, and in such manner that they come
alternately into action. It will not be necessary to enter at large into the
construction of windlasses or samilar machinery where barrels are used to
move weights, such machinery being well understood, and this part of my
Invention relating only to the means of giving motion to the working barrel a.
I will now more fully describe the nature of the parts, and their mode of
action. On the barrel a. are affixed the two ratchet wheels b, such ratchet wheels
having collars 6', on which the plates c move freely. The two plates c of each
pair of those plates are combined together by bolts and collars, as is shewn, and
each pair of plates c has has a weight d affixed, which gives them a tendency at
all times to fall downwards in that direction, thus carrying down the driving
lever e, such driving lever moving on an axis carried by the plates c, and it will
be evident that by causing the lever to descend, the end of the driving lever e
will enter below a tooth or other suitable recess formed in the surface b'further
down, and when an upward motion is given to such driving lever 6, that lever
will lock the parts c to the ratchet wheel surface b, and so long as the locking
or driving levere is raised it will retain the parts b and c together, and as the
wheel b is affixed to the barrel a, it follows that the raising of the lever e will
cause a barrel to revolve, the lever will then descend and the barrel will no
onger be locked to the plates c of that lever e; but as that lever which has
been in action goes out of action, the other lever e and pair of plates c-come

page_text: into action, and become locked to their ratchet wheel or surface b, and by such
means continue the rotatory motion of the barrel a in the same direction. f.f,
are connecting rods, which are connected with the levers e, e, and also to the
lever g, as is shewn, such lever g moving on an axis at h, and it receives motion
by means of the bars i, i, which have handles j, j.
I will now describe the second part of my Invention, which relates to the
application of two additional levers, which I call speed levers, for giving motion
to the barrels of windlasses or machines working with similar barrels or
spindles, and this part of my Invention also relates to the application of two
handles to each of the bars which work the lever g.
Figure 7 shews a back view of a windlass, having these improvements applied
thereto, and Figure 8 is a transverse section thereof. In these Figures the
various parts, which are similar to those before shewn and described, are marked
with the same letters of reference; it will not, therefore, be necessary to
again describe those parts, but confine myself to the description of the present
improvements. In place of the connecting rods being attached to the levers
e and g, they are applied to what I call speed levers k, k, which move on axis at
1,2, as is shewn, and at their other ends they have connecting rods f¹, f^,
attached thereto, which are also attached to the levers e, e; by this arrange-
ment and application of the additional levers k, k, (the nature of which is clearly
shewn in the Drawing,) I am unabled to drive the barrel a with greater speed,
or by varying the relative proportions of the levers k and g, greater power can
be obtained than by the arrangement before described; m, m, are two bars,
carrying handles n, n; these bars enter sockets at o, o; the object of these parts
is to obtain a greater length of leverage when required, the other handles j.j.
being used when a less length of leverage is required.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention, which relates to a means
of putting the levers e, e, out of action when it is desired to lower weights by
means of a break or friction band.
Figure 9 shews a front view of a windlass or machine for moving weights,
and Figure 10 shews a transverse section thereof. In this machinery the same
letters are again used to indicate similar parts to those first described; but in
this case there are no pauls used for preventing the barrel a running back, and
there is a friction band or break 9, as is shewn, and well understood; r is a
second barrel, which either receives motion from the barrel a by means of the
cog wheel and pinion shewn, or the pinion may be slided out of gear by a
forked lever, as is well understood, and the upper barrel worked by means of
the winch handles affixed on the axis of the upper barrel; s is a lever moving
on an axis ats, such lever when desired being brought-into-action-by--means

page_text: of the handles t; and there is a link v attached to the lever s, and to the
lever.w, such lever having connecting rods attached at its ends, which are also
attached to the levers a, which move on axes carried by the plates c, c, as is
shewn, the other ends of the levers a pressing on the ends of the levers e, e;
hence, when the lever s is moved from its present position it will cause the
levers e, e, to be moved out away from the ratchet teeth, and thus leave the
barrel a, a, free to move back, such movement being governed by the friction
band or break.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that I lay no claim
to any of the parts separately, nor do I confine myself to the precise details, so
long as the peculiar character of either of my improvements be retained; but
what I claim is,―
⚫ First, the mode of turning the barrel a of windlasses or other machines
.working with barrels to raise weights, by causing the levere to lock the wheel
or surface b, as above described.
Secondly, I claim the mode of applying the speed levers k, k, as above
described, and I also claim the application of the additional .handles n, n, as
'above described. * .
And, thirdly, I claim the mode of disengaging the levers e, e, as above
.described..
In witness whereof, I, the said William George Henry Taunton have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Tenth day of June, in the
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
year of