IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING ATMOSPHERIC AIR IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND HEAT
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
LAMB, of David Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, 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 Fifteenth day of March, in the second year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Richard
Lamb, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I,
the said Richard Lamb, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Richard Lamb, my exors,, adñors, or assigns, should at any timo
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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING
ATMOSPHERIC AIR IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT AND HEAT;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Richard Lamb, shall'
cause a particular description of the nature of my 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.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
A the upper frame for the wheels and pinions; this is formed of either brass or
iron. B, B, the main wheel, about seven inches diameter, with barrel of about
five and a half inches diameter on the same axis. C, C, C, line pulleys and
weights. D, the second wheel, of about four inches diameter, which drives the
pinion on the fly wheel shaft. E, E, the fly wheel, of thirteen inches diameter.
F, F, cranks, quarter of an inch thick, by one eighth of an inch wide, and one
inch long. These work the rods connected with air propeller H. G, G, the
metal or wooden rods, which form the connection between the cranks F, F,
and air propeller L. These rods are about two feet long. H, air propeller,
which may be circular, square, or any other external form. It consists of two
chambers, composed of the middle board I, and three other flat pieces of wood,
of about ten inches diameter, which are united by three connections made of
leather, india-rubber, cloth, or other suitable flexible material. The upper
chamber is about eight inches in depth when extended. The lower chamber
is about five inches in depth when extended. These are nailed, glued, or
otherwise fastened securely to the wood, so as to be perfectly air-tight. I, the
middle board, which is fixed to the lower frame with internal valve to receive
the air from the lower chamber K, and retain it for the service pipe L.
K, the lower chamber of air propeller or feeder, with external valve. L, the
air or service pipe, seven eighths of an inch diameter. M, M, lower frame,
which supports the air propeller, made of wood, and having four uprights
about twelve inches in height. N, the square of barrel for winding up. O, the
ratchet wheel, about four inches diameter. P, the bottom or stand, on which the
whole apparatus is to built or fixed. It should be stated, that there are springs
which press on the upper surface of the air propeller, which aids to keep the
action of the propeller uniform in the quantity of air propelled out thereof.
Having given the above reference to the Drawings, by which the nature of
the machinery is clearly exposed, I will now proceed more fully to describe the
action of the same, which is as follows:-The first motion is the weight C
acting upon the line connected with the barrel B, which puts in motion the
main wheel B, B. This drives the second wheel, which acts upon the fly

page_text: wheel pinion, putting in motion the cranks connected with the lower chamber
K, which supplies the upper chamber with air for the purpose of being forced
by means of springs R, through the service pipe, which is placed in connection
with a lamp, forge, fire, furnace, or other medium for the production of light
or heat, where a regular current of atmospheric air is desired.
The apparatus may be also worked with or without the addition of another
chamber, called a receiver or regulator, which has the effect of rendering the
supply of air more steady. It is to be observed that I do not confine myself
to the proportions above specified, nor the materials which I have named, nor
the situation relatively of the air propeller with the moving power, as it may
be placed by the side of it or elsewhere. These particulars will vary accord-
ing to the extent of atmospheric air required, the locality in which the
apparatus is fixed, and other peculiar circumstances of the case.
I would now state that I do not claim as my Invention any part of the
machinery or apparatus above described and set forth, similar mechanism and
apparatus having been in parts before made and used under various circum-
stances and modifications, and applied to divers purposes. But my Invention
consists in the combination of the distinct parts never before so united, viz',
the union of the moving powers or machinery contained in the upper frame A
(together with the line pullies and weights C, C, C, with the propeller or
bellows and its appendages contained in the lower frame M, M, as shewn in
Figure 1, whereby I am enabled to supply a continued stream of atmospheric
air where required in the production of light and heat. But I do not confine
myself to the use exclusively of the above mechanical power for the purpose of
working the apparatus contained in the lower frame, as above described. I
also claim as my Invention the combination of the said apparatus contained in
the lower frame M, M, with the ordinary smoke jack, wheel jack, bottle jack,
and all other jacks at present in use, as well as with the power to be derived
from a steel or iron spring, or windmill, or watermill, or any machinery con-
nected with any or either of the same, such a combination and combinations
never having been hitherto previously made. Neither do I claim as my
Invention any particular form of lamp, forge, fire, or furnace, with which the
above-mentioned apparatus may be used, as the object of my Invention is (as
before described, merely to produce a continued steady current of atmospheric
air where required for such purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Lamb, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this 13th day of September, One thousand eight hundred
and thirty-nine.
RICH. (L.) LAMB.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Thirteenth day of September,
in the year
of our Lord 1839, the aforesaid Richard Lamb came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in 'form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.