Improvements in the Generation of Electricity on Railway Trains, and in Means to be used in connection therewith for Heating and Cooling Trains.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Jan., 1890-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Generation of Electricity on Railway Trains,
and in Means to be used in connection therewith for Heating
and Cooling Trains.
I. ILLIUS AUGUSTUS TIMMIS of No. 2 Great George Street, Westminster
London S.W. Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
The objects of my Invention are to drive a dynamo (or more than one) on a
Railway Train economically and efficiently either to charge accumulators (whether
they are placed in one or some or all the vehicles) or to supply the current to light
lamps or work a brake or for other purposes.
With these objects in view I fix a dynamo in any convenient vehicle, for instance a
guard's van; and drive it by a steam engine (which may take steam from the Loco-
motive, or from a special boiler placed in any convenient vehicle) I find it convenient
when using a special boiler to place it with the Engine and dynamo in the same
vehicle.
Where a quantity of water is required to keep parts of the latter Engine cool when
working I prefer to use the water in the tender which may be sent back again into
the Tender or sent through the Train to warm the vehicles.
If I use a special boiler I prefer to heat it with liquid fuel in order to save labor in
the feeding arrangements. The special boiler is sometimes made large enough to give
spare steam or spare hot water. to heat the Train.
I may use the heat in the Fire box of the special Boiler to heat any suitable and
available system of pipes or tanks or both containing suitable chemicals for the
purpose of generating cold for cooling one or more vehicles in the Train.
If the engine used is of sufficiently high speed I drive the dynamo direct but if
not I use any convenient gearing or belting or rope or other suitable contrivance.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1889.
I. A. TIMMIS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Generation of Electricity on Railway Trains,
and in Means to be used in connection therewith for Heating
and Cooling Trains.
I ILLIUS AUGUSTUS TIMMIS of No. 2 Great George Street, Westminster,
London, S.W. Civil Engineer, 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 :-
The objects of my Invention are to drive a dynamo (or more than one) on a
Railway train economically and efficiently either to charge accumulators (whether
they are placed in one or some or all the vehicles) or to supply the current to light
lamps, or work a brake, or for other purposes.
With these objects in view I fix a dynamo in any convenient vehicle, for instance
a guard's van and drive it by a steam engine taking steam from a special_boiler
placed in any convenient vehicle. I find it convenient to place it with the Engine
and Dynamo in the same vehicle.
I prefer to heat the boiler with liquid fuel in order to save labor in the feeding
arrangements. The special boiler is sometimes made large enough to give spare
steam or spare hot water to heat the train.

page_text: I may use the heat in the fire box of the special boiler to heat any suitable and
available system, such as the Ar'ctos system made by Messrs. Perkins & Sons
Regency Sq. W.C. & the Harden Star system made by the Harden Star Coy.,
114 Cannon St., E.C., of pipes or tanks, or both containing suitable chemicals for the
purpose of generating cold for cooling one or more vehicles in the train.
If the engine used is of sufficiently high speed I drive the dynamo direct but if
not I use any convenient gearing or belting or rope or other suitable contrivance. :
The sheet of Drawings herewith and the following description of them will enable
the Invention to be more readily understood.
Figs. 1 and 2 represent a boiler B. with smoke stack S. also an Engine E. and
Dynamo D. The latter is shown driven by a belt T. but it may be driven direct.
The stand supporting the Engine and Dynamo forms a water tank K. There is a
tank Y. to hold the liquid tar or fuel which feed the boiler. The whole of the above
are shown in a Railway Vehicle-Fig. 1 in elevation and a Battery of accumulators.
are shown at A. A. Fig. 2 in plan. These details may be varied in very many
ways.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combined arrangement herein before described for driving an Engine and also
providing means for heating or cooling Railway Vehicles, substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described.
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