AN IMPROVED MILEAGE APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REGISTERING THE DIS- TANONG DELIA VERTICLES OR DRIVATE CARDIACO
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Rowland, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster,
Committee Clerk to the Corporation of Salford, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MILEAGE APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REGISTERING THE DIS-
TANONG DELIA VERTICLES OR DRIVATE CARDIACO TRA
Sealed the 25th September 1868, and dated the 1st April 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Rowland at the
Offico of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st April 1863.
A
1, ISAAC ROWLAND, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Committee
Clerk to the Corporation of Salford, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MILEAGE APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REGIS-
TERING THE DISTANCES PUBLIC VEHICLES OR PRIVATE CARRIAGES TRAVEL," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in attaching to the nave of one of the wheels a pin
and flango wheel for giving intermittent motion to an intermittent wheel on a
shaft working in bearings in a box or chamber attached to the spring or axle.
To the shaft of the intermittent wheel I fix a pinion gearing into a toothed
wheel, on the shaft of which there is a pinion gearing into a wheel called the
mileage wheel, which is varied in diameter and number of teeth, according to
the size of the driving wheel of the vehicle. One revolution of the driving
wheel moves one tooth of the mileage wheel, which movement is transmitted

page_text: by a pinion on its shaft to a series of wheels and pinions communicating
motion to fingers in connection with an ordinary clock dial, each division
corresponding with the hour on the dial representing the distance of a mile,
the diameter of the driving wheel being marked on its face. On the shaft
corresponding with the hour hand there is a pin wheel giving motion
intermittent wheel, which acts by means of pinions and wheels upon an
additional finger and moves it backwards a distance corresponding with a
minute on the dial for each time the mile finger has traversed the circle of the
dial. This additional finger I call the proprietor's finger, as it enables him to
check the number of times the mile hand has traversed the circle of the dial.
The shaft of the first intermittent wheel is provided with clicks and ratchet
wheels in order to prevent a backward motion of the vehicle from having any
effect upon the mileage wheel and fingers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Isaac Rowland in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st October 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
ROWLAND, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Committee Clerk to the
Corporation of Salford, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Isaac Rowland, Her special license that I, the said Isaac
Rowland, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Isaac Rowland, 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
"AN IMPROVED MILEAGE APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND REGISTERING THE DIS-
TANCES PUBLIC VEHICLES OR PRIVATE CARRIAGES TRAVEL," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Isaac Rowland, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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

page_text: 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 Isaac Rowland, 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 fol-
lowing statement thereof, reference being had to the Figures on the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters marked thereon, similar letters
in all the Figures referring to similar parts (that is to say) :—
Fig. 1 is a transverse view, with part in section, of my improved mileage
apparatus for measuring and registering the distances public vehicles or private
carriages travel; Figs. 2 and 3, front views of parts of the same; Fig. 4, a
side view of part of a carriage wheel and axle, with the apparatus attached
thereto; Fig. 5, an end view of the apparatus attached to the axle of a two-
wheeled carriage; and Fig. 6, an end view of the apparatus attached to one
of the axles of a four-wheeled carriage.
My arrangement consists in attaching to the nave of one of the wheels of
the carriage a pin and flange wheel a, the pin of which as the wheel revolves
gives intermittent motion to the intermittent wheel b on the shaft c, which
works in bearings in the box or lower part of the case d, connected by a
bracket e, Figs. 5 and 6, to the axle or spring of the carriage. On the inter-
mittent wheel there is a click f working in the teeth of the ratchet wheel g
fixed to the shaft c, and on the back of the box there is a click i working in the
teeth of anothor ratchet wheel k, also fixed to the shaft c, and both clicks are
provided with springs. The intermittent wheel turns either way according to
the forward or backward motion of the wheels of the vehicle, but the clicks
and teeth of the ratchet wheels are so arranged that when the vehicle is moving
forward the click f shall seize the teeth of the wheel g, and turn the shaft ca
distanco corresponding with the movement of the intermittent wheel, but when
the wheels of the vehicle turn backwards the click f rides on the teeth of the
ratchet wheel g, and allows it and the shaft c to be stationary, the shaft being
held stendy by the click i and ratchet wheel k. To the box or case d are
attached the plates l, m, in which there are bearings for the mechanism of the
other part of the measuring and registering apparatus. To the shaft c of the
intermittent wheel I fix a toothed wheel n gearing, into the toothed wheel o,
on the shaft of which there is a pinion p gearing into the wheel q, to which I
give the name of mileage wheel, because it is varied in diameter and number
of teeth according to the size of the driving wheel of the vehicle to which the
apparatus is connected. On the shaft of the mileage wheel there is a pinion r
gearing into the toothed whcel s, which gears into the toothed wheel t, fixed to

page_text: the central shaft u, which is bored at the back and works on a stud fixed to
the plate. The said shaft carries the long finger v, employed for regis-
tering fractions of the mile on the clock dial face w attached to a disc fixed to
the front plate m. On the toothed wheels there is a pinion a, gearing into the
toothed wheel y, fixed to a cylinder working on the central shaft, and carrying
at the front of the dial the short or mile finger z, which moves simultaneously
with the long finger v, and registers a mile when it has moved from twelve to
one on the dial face, two miles from one to two, and so on. To the wheel
ม
is fixed a pin and flange wheel, the pin of which as the wheel revolves
gears into the slots of the intermittent wheel a', and gives it and also the
pinion intermittent motion. The pinion 6 gears into the wheel c¹, on which
there is a pinion d' gearing into the large wheel e¹ fixed to a cylinder working
on the cylinder of the wheel y, and carries at the front of the dial the finger f¹,
which is moved backwards the distance of one of the subdivisions g¹ on the
dial each time the short or mile finger has traversed an entire circle. This
finger f¹ I call the proprietor's finger, as it enables him to check the number
of times the short or mile finger z has traversed the circle of the dial. The
diameter of the driving wheel of the vehicle is marked on the face of the dial
for the purpose of shewing what is to be the proper diameter of the wheel to
which the apparatus is to be applied, and the dial fingers and the mechanism
above the box d or lower part of the case are inclosed in the upper part of the
case d, having a glass front, which upper part is fixed tight to the box, and
cannot be removed without the necessary tools, both parts being hermetically
made so that no dust or moisture can enter.
In Fig. 4 the apparatus is shewn as it appears at the side of the wheel, and
in Figs. 5 and 6 it is represented as applied to a two and four-wheeled
carriage; but as this apparatus is simply to be worked by a pin and flange
wheel fixed to one of the driving wheels of the vehicle, it is evident that the
bracket or brackets, or straps connecting the apparatus to the axle or
spring, must be adapted in form and strength to the carriage to which it is
attached.
When the vehicle moves forward, the intermittent wheel b and click f turn
the ratchet wheel g, the shaft c, and the toothed wheel n, which gives motion
to the mechanism and fingers, so as to register by the fingers v, 2, f, the
exact distance the vehicle has travelled. The long finger v turns forwards the
entire circumference of the dial for each mile, and at the same time the short
or mile finger z moves forwards from twelve to one for one mile, one to two for
two miles, and so on, the proprietor's finger f¹ moving backwards one of the
subdivisions g³ for each entire revolution of the short or mile finger. When

page_text: the vehicle moves backwards, the click frides on the teeth of the ratchet
wheel g, and the shaft c is held stationary by the click i and ratchet
wheel k, by which means any reverse movement of the mechanism and fingers
is prevented, and the perfect measuring and registering the distances the
vehicle has travelled guaranteed.
This improved apparatus requires no regulating or winding up, as when the
vehicle to which it is attached is in motion, the distance travelled, supposing
the same to be a mile, is indicated by the forward motion of the fingers
marked v and, as before described, the fingers moving the same distance as
the fingers corresponding to them on an ordinary clock face would move to
indicate one hour in shewing the lapse of time, the parts of a mile travelled
being ascertained on the mileage dial in the same manner as the parts of an
hour are shewn on the ordinary clock, and so on without deviation.
The apparatus in its internal mechanism requires no lubricating, and the
case and chamber or box being hermetically made admit no dust or moisture,
so that no pretext is given for tampering with the apparatus by the driver or
any person, and the apparatus when once fixed, if not interfered with inten-
tionally or by accident, will register the distance travelled continuously.
The public will at once be able to ascertain the fare payable for the hire of
the vehicle by the distance shewn on the mileage dial, and the proprietor will
be able (by keeping a book prepared for the purpose) at all times to check
the distance travelled by his vehicle during each day, as the "proprietor's
finger" indicates every circumference which the short or mile finger marked z
makes, by a backward motion on the dial corresponding in distance to the
subdivision g', equal to one minute on the ordinary clock face.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be
understood that in apparatus for measuring and registering the distances
public vehicles or private carriages travel, I claim,―
First, the employment on the nave of one of the wheels of the vehicle
of the pin and flango wheel a for giving intermittent motion to the inter-
mittent wheel b.
Secondly, the employment of the mileage wheel q, proportioned in size and
number of teeth to the diameter of the driving wheel of the vehicle to which
the apparatus is attached.
Thirdly, the employment of the intermittent wheel a', worked by a pin and
flange wheel, and also the pinions and toothed wheels b, c, d, e, and the pro
prietor's finger f¹.

page_text: And fourthly, the general arrangement of the parts of my improved mileage
apparatus, as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Rowland, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Isaac Rowland, in
the presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
ISAAC ROWLAND. (L.S.)