Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1899 -Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
We, VILMA PAPP, Gentlewoman, and FRIEDRICH BECHER, Gentleman, both of
17, Erzsebet Körut, Buda-Pesth, in the Kingdom of Hungary, do hereby declare
the nature of our said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The present invention relates to motor carriages driven by steam power and
consists of the details of construction herein after set forth and particularly
pointed out in the claims.
In order to render the present specification easily intelligible reference is had
to the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals of reference denote
similar parts throughout the several views:
Fig. I is a vertical section through the boiler taken on line of Figure 2
which is a plan of the said boiler. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a motor
carriage having the steam boiler and driving mechanism and Fig. 4 is a detail
plan of the steering mechanism.
The steam boiler 1 is formed flat at the bottom and provided with a steam
dome 2 connected to the bottom by the neck part 1. The parts are strengthened
by means of stays 3. The safety valve is indicated by 4 and the steam outlet
to the engine by 5. 6 is a water tank arranged around the boiler tank so as to
leave a space 7 between it and the boiler plates, which is filled up by some heat
retaining agent such as ashes or the like. 8 is a petroleum reservoir connected
by a pipe 9 to the heater or gas generator 10, whence the gas generated is con-
ducted along a pipe 12 to jets or burners 11 below the boiler. A branch pipe 14
having burners 13 is conducted underneath the heater 10 and serves to heat
the same.
A plate 15 encloses the bottom and sides of the boiler and water
tank and forms the chimney 16 for the fire space. The pipe 9 is provided with
a cock 17 which may be manipulated by hand and with a second cock 18 which
is automatically controlled by means of a piston 20 mounted in a cylindrical
extension of the dome 2 and having a piston rod 21 guided in a bracket 25 and
having a spring 24 mounted around it between the pivot joint with a lever 22
and the bracket 25, said spring being adjusted to keep the piston in its normal
position with the valve open when the steam pressure is at the proper height.
The lever 22 is pivotally mounted at its lower end on the water tank or other
suitable part and is connected by a link 23 with the lever of the cock 18 which it
controls. When the pressure in the boiler dome exceeds the normal height the
piston 20 will be forced outwards against the action of the spring 24 and will
wholly or partially cut off the petroleum supply to the heater 10, thus regulating
the flames which heat the boiler and serving to keep the steam at its normal
pressure.
In Fig. 3 the arrangement of a motor carriage according to the present inven-
tion is illustrated.
The cylinder 27 is mounted underneath the base plate 26 of the carriage and
provided with piston 28, piston rod 29, guide 30, crosshead 31, connecting rod 32
in the usual manner. The connecting rod engages the crank 33 of the driving

page_text: shaft which is mounted in suitable bearings 43 on the base plate 26. This shaft
carries a belt pulley 34 connected by a belt 35 to a similar pulley 34 mounted
on the wheel carrying shaft 36 and the belt is held taut, when the distance of the
shafts apart is varied owing to the springs 54, by means of the levers 37, 38, the
latter of which are suspended on the driving shaft and the former on the wheel
carrying shaft and the ends of these members being pivotally connected together
at 39, 40. These pivots carry rolls which when the shafts are moved towards each
other, extend laterally and, pushing the belt outwardly, keep it taut under all
circumstances. The other parts of the steam engine are of the usual construction
and need no further description. The vehicle is steered by means of the hand
wheel 44 mounted on the vertically disposed shaft 47 having collars 45 and 46,
supporting and guiding it in the frame of the motor carriage. The lower end of
the shaft 47 carries a cross bar 48 (Fig. 4) the ends of which are linked to either
end of the front wheel carrying bar 51 by links 49, 50. The tront wheel carrying
bar is pivotally supported in a known manner at 53, the body of the carriage being
supported thereon on springs 52. Thus if the hand wheel 44 is turned in either
direction it will turn the front wheel carrying bar 51 and thus the carriage may
be steered.
The boiler and water tank are advantageously mounted 'under the box seat as
illustrated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our. said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1: In a motor carriage driven by steam power the combination of a boiler
having a lower flat part and an upper steam dome, a petroleum receptacle 8 and
petroleum heater 10 connecting pipe 9 from the former to the latter, said pipe
having cocks 17 and 18, a pipe 12 leading from the heater underneath the boiler
and provided with burners 11 and a branch pipe 14 therefrom leading underneath
the heater, a cylinder arranged under the base plate below the box seat, and
having guides 30, cross head 31 and connecting rod 32 to operate the crank
shaft in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.
2: In a motor of the class covered by Claim 1 the means for automatically
controlling the flow of petroleum to the heater consisting of the cock 18, piston 20,
mounted in the cylinder 19 in connection with the steam space of the boiler
and lever mechanism 22, 23, controlled by a spring 24 to actuate the cock sub-
stantially as described.
3: In a motor of the class covered by Claim 1: the transmitting belt
pulleys 34 and 34 having belt 35 or its equivalent as also the device for keeping
The said belt or its equivalent stretched consisting of the levers 37, 38 pivoted to
the shafts 33 and 36 and having their ends pivoted together and carrying
rolls 39, 40 adapted to bear against the belt when the shafts approach each
other in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.
1001
BatcU MULT
October
2000
FALCO SUU UUCLUICLIOBN
VILMA PAPP,
FRIEDRICH BECHER.
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, 8, Quality Court, London, W.C.