A NEW SYSTEM OF ROTATIVE MACHINES TO BE USED AS STEAM ENGINES AND WATER PUMPS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Alphonse Heinrich, Civil Engineer, at Mulhouse,
Rue du Faubourg de Bâle, No. 97, Empire of France, for the Invention
of "A NEW SYSTEM OF ROTATIVE MACHINES TO BE USED AS STEAM ENGINES
AND WATER PUMPS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Alphonse Heinrich at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th May 1865.
I, JEAN ALPHONSE HEINRICH, Civil Engineer, at Mulhouse, Rue du Faubourg
de Bâle, No. 97, Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW SYSTEM OF ROTATIVE MACHINES TO BE USED AS STEAM
ENGINES AND WATER PUMPS," to be as follows:-
The rotary engines the subject of this Invention are of very great simplicity
and are so combined that they not only attain the desired object but further
tbe apparatus itself remedies its wear and tear, which is, however, very incon-
siderable.
My Invention is illustrated on the accompanying Sheet of Drawing forming
part of this my Provisional Specification, on which A indicates a solid cylinder

page_text: to which are fixed three pallets or pistons I, I, I, and which turns on the
axle which transmits the motion. Three openings, 2, 2¹, and 21, made
this cylinder serve for the introduction of steam into the hollow of the
outer cylinder Ċ between a pallet and one of the blades of the escapement
wheel B or B', which escapement wheels are stationary so long as the
cylinder A slides in the concave part of their blades, but work when the
notches made in the cylinder A at the bottom of the pallets I, I, I, render
their escape possible. C indicates a hollow cylinder in which comes the
steam to act on the pallets of the cylinder A; D'is a lid closing the cylinder C,
and in which are formed the steam ports 3, 31, which are opened and shut
by the slide valves 4, 41, according to (the movement received by these latter
from the lever 5. These openings with their slide valves are covered by
boxes in which the steam arrives; R, R, R, R, are pressure rules or
regulators to prevent escapes of steam. I do not deem it necessary to shew
the second lid of the machine it having nothing special. To set this machine
at work the steam arrives by one conduit in the two valve boxes, on opening
the valves 4 and 4¹ the openings 3 and 3' are exposed, one series of which
always corresponds with one of the three openings 2, 21, and 2, of the
cylinder A. Thus the steam may penetrate into the cylinder C between one
or other of the blades of the wheel B, or of the wheel. B', and one of the
pallets I, I, I, of the cylinder A which thus receives its rotary. motion.
Before the steam has ceased to act on the pallet which has been the first to
receive impulsion another pallet presents itself at the steam ports on the
opposite side and so on. Thus the working is continuous and a fly wheel
may be dispensed with.
In order that the apparatus above described may act no longer as a motor
but as a pump, firstly, the steam ports of the cylinder A must be suppressed,
secondly, the openings 3 and 3¹ of the lid D are replaced by openings on the
same radius, but farther removed from the centre, so that they may be in
direct correspondence with the hollow of the cylinder C. Thenceforth these
openings serve for the entrance of the water and the old openings E, E', for
its exit. The mechanism of the pump may be further simplified by retaining
the wheel B only (and only one of the three pallets or pistons). The pump
is set in motion like other pumps, in either ease to compensate "the wear and
tear, I not only use the pressure rulers or regulators, but further, if required, I
give to the cylinder A a slight conical form.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jean Alphonse Heinrich, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd November 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEAN ALPHONSE
HEINRICH, Civil Engineer, at Mulhouse, Rue du Faubourg de Bâle, No. 97,
Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Jean Alphonse Heinrich, Her special licence that I, the said Jean Alphonse
Heinrich, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Jean Alphonse Heinrich, 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 "A NEW
SYSTEM OF ROTATIVE MACHINES TO BE USED AS STEAM ENGINES AND WATER PUMPS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jean Alphonse Heinrich,
my executors.or administrators, 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 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 Jean Alphonse Heinrich, 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
following statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawing hereunto
annexed and forming part of this my Specification, and to the figures and
letters of reference placed on the diagrams.
I
This new system of rotative machines, which is of very great simplicity, has
been so combined that not only has the desired result been attained but
further the apparatus itself remedies, its own wear and tear, which is, however,
very inconsiderable.
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawing A indicates a full or solid cylinder
to which are fixed three pallets or pistons I, I, I, and which turns on the

page_text: axle X which transmits the motion. Three openings 2, 21, and 21, made in
this cylinder serve for the introduction of steam into the hollow of the outer
cylinder C between one of the pallets and one of the blades of the escapement
wheel B or B', which escapement wheels are stationary so long as the
cylinder A slides in the concave part of their blades, but become moveable
when the notches made in the cylinder A at the bottom of the pallets I, I', I¹¹,
render their escape possible; C indicates a hollow cylinder into which comes
the steam to act on the pallets of the cylinder A; D is a lid closing the
cylinder C and in which are formed the steam ports 3, 31, which are opened
and shut by the slide valves 4, 41, according to the movement received by
these latter from the lever 5. These openings with their slide valves are
covered by boxes in which the steam arrives; R, R¹, R", R, are pressure
rules or regulators to prevent escapes of steam; E, E¹, openings made in
the bottom of the cylinder C for the escape of the steam. I do not deem it
necessary to shew the second lid of the machine, it having nothing special,
To set this machine at work the steam is made to arrive by a single conduit
into the two valve boxes; on opening the valves 4 and 4', the openings 3 and 3¹
are exposed, one series of which openings always corresponds with one of the
three openings 2, 21, and 21 of the cylinder A. Thus the steam may
penetrate into the cylinder C, between one or other of the blades of the
wheel B or of the wheel B¹, and one of the pallets I, I, I", of the cylinder A,
which thus receives its rotary motion. Before the steam has ceased to act
on the pallet which has been the first to receive impulsion another pallet
presents itself at the steam entrance on the opposite side, and so on, thus
the working is continuous and a fly wheel may be dispensed with.
In order that the apparatus above described may act no longer as a motor
but as a pump, it is necessary, firstly, that the steam ports of the cylinder A
be suppressed; secondly, that the openings 3 and 3¹ of the lid D be replaced
by openings on the same radius, but further removed from the centre, so that
they may correspond directly with the hollow of the cylinder C; thenceforth
these openings serve for the entrance of the water and the old openings E, E',
for its exit. The mechanism of the pump may be further simplified by
retaining only the wheel B and one of the three pallets or pistons. The pump
is set in motion like other pumps, in either case to compensate the wear and
tear I not only use the pressure rulers or regulators, but, further, if required, I
give to the cylinder A a slightly conical form; thus the principle of the
system rests mainly in that the steam penetrates between one of the blades
of the escapement wheel B and between one of the pallets of the cylinder A,

page_text: and also in that the escapement wheels are now fixed, now moveable, and that
the pallets being always moveable receive the impulsion of the steam and
set the cylinder A in motion.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is carried into practical effect, I would have it understood
that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein given and illustrated
on the annexed Sheet of Drawing, as such may be modified without departure
from the principle of my Invention, and that I claim the exclusive use not
only of the system described and illustrated in this Specification, but also of
every apparatus based upon the data constituting it.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Alphonse Heinrich, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witness,
H. STOUKES.
J. A. HEINRICH. (L.S.)