IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MACHINERY APPLICABLE FOR PROPELLING VESSELS, RAISING WATER, AND VARIOUS. OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1836

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FRANCOIS
DE TAUSCH, of Percy Street, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Twenty-fifth day of August, in the seventh year of His
reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,.
the said Francois De Tausch, His especial license, full power, sole privilege.
and authority, that I, the said Francois De Tausch, my exors, admors, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Francois De Tausch, my exors, admors,
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, and also in all His Majesty's Colonies
and Plantations abroad, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR
MACHINERY APPLICABLE FOR PROPELLING VESSELS, RAISING WATER, AND VARIOUS.
OTHER PURPOSES;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I,
the said Francois De Tousch, 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 His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar.

page_text: 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
Francois De Tousch, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being had
to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon, that is to say :-
My Invention consists of a pendulum A with a ball or part of a ball at
the top, to which a plate or ring is fixed, the pendulum A being suspended
from the ball to move freely in any direction, and the plate or ring being fixed
at the top, any movement of the pendulum from the perpendicular will cause
some part of the plate or ring to press against the top plate B, Figure 2, and
force it up, which improved movement gives motion to the levers D, D, by
means of the rod C. It is necessary to shew the two cylinders, as it will
be clearly understood if the rod E is connected by a cross bar at F it will work
the pistons of both cylinders. There are two pistons, G and H. The piston G
is the working piston with two valves or otherwise; the piston H, one valve or
more, as may be thought proper. The piston here described is constructed
differently from others, in order to secure the whole of the compressed air
should the movement of the pendulum A be ever so small. The action is as
follows: When the piston G is forced up by the rod I, the air is forced
through the valve K to the top of the working cylinder L, L, L, L, from
whence, when more compressed, it passes through the valve M into the
receiver N; when the piston G descends it forces the two pinions O, O, which
raise up the bars P, P, at the other end, and the two catches Q, Q, into the
racks R, R, as in Figure 1. The rod to which the racks R, R, are attached;
passes through the working piston G, and is fixed at the top into the piston H.
The piston H is moveable, but is kept up on the descent of the piston G
by means of the racks R, R, as in Figure 1, by which means a greater
volume of air is received into the cylinder through the valves S, S. The utility
of the piston H being moveable is, that in case the piston G makes a short
shake by the slight movement of the pendulum A, the piston H can descend
when the piston G begins its movement upwards, as the catches Q, Q, will be
detached, as in Figure 2, and consequently the piston II will descend towards
the piston G, and both will be forced up together, and the air, however small
the quantity, will be forced through the valve K. As a pendulum will not act

page_text: as a mover without an impetus, the apparatus described is not to act by itself
only in certain cases; but in order that the Invention may be more clearly
understood, it is necessary to explain its particular properties in connection
with floating bodies. It is well known that all bodies floating upon the sea or
rivers must be in constant motion, consequently any ponderous body in sus-
pension (as connected with the above floating bodies) must be kept in conti-.
nual agitation, which agitation is intended to be applied (as far as the power
extends) in effecting or aiding the movement of machinery for propelling vessels
or other purposes. As it frequently happens that the power may not be required
for immediate use the machinery may be kept in work without any expence,
and the power had in reserve, by means of compressed air, to be used as a pro-
peller, as occasion may require. And, furthermore, the other apparatus herein-
after described will aid and assist the same, and also in propelling machinery of
various descriptions.
Figure 3, the wind machine, consists of a mast A, which can be moved up
down as occasion requires by means of an apparatus for that purpose, to which
is attached by means of frames B, B, four or more vanes or sails, which
turn upon their own axis or pivots, working in sockets in the frames at
D, D, D, D; the surface of the sail from D to E being greater than from
D to F, the point F will always offer itself to the wind until it arrives at
a certain point, and then the wind will act upon the whole surface of the
sail, and give the whole machine a rotative movement, the power derived
from the movement to be applied for propelling machinery, and the com-
pressing of air to be used for propelling vessels or other purposes; the con-
nection of the machinery is shewn by the wheels and shaft.
What I claim as the Invention secured by the present Letters Patent is, the
mode of condensing air or aeriform fluids by means of a weighted pendulum
actuated by the motion of the waves, and employing such condensed aeriform
fluids as a motive power for actuating paddle wheels or other machinery
for propelling ships or vessels, raising water, and various other purposes.
And,
Second, I claim the mode of combining sails herein described for like
purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Francois De Tausch have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
(L.s.) F. D. TAUSCH.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Eighteenth day of February, in
the year of our Lord 1837, the aforesaid Francois De Tausch came before our
said Lord the King in His 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 Fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.