AN APPARATUS GIVING A SELF-ACTING MOTIVE POWER, PRODUCED BY WEIGHT, ELASTICITY, COMPRESSED WATER, OR ANY GAS WHATEVER
Year: 1856

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by General Henri Dembinski at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
July 1856.
I, General HENRI DEMBINSKI, of Rue Joubert, No. 8, in the City of Paris,
in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN APPARATUS GIVING A SELF-ACTING MOTIVE POWER, PRODUCED BY WEIGHT,
ELASTICITY, COMPRESSED WATER, OR ANY GAS WHATEVER," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of an apparatus to produce a continual motion repro-
ductive of itself, by two wheels, being connected by means of gearing or endless
chains or ropes, the motion being produced either by weight or elasticity, the
latter obtained by air, gas, compressed water, or any compressible fluid.
The nature of this my Invention will be clearly understood by reference to
the accompanying outline Drawing, in which A and B represent the two
wheels, which are connected as aforesaid. In obtaining the motion by weight,
I use it both inside and outside of the wheels. The weight inside is shewn
by the eccentric C, C, suspended with the bolt D, in contact with the wheel at
the point E, E. In the eccentric opposite the bolt D on the axle of the same
is a second bolt F, to which I can suspend a weight, varying in size, to press
with a stronger or lighter action on the point E, E. For the outside weight
I place between the two wheels on their plane peripheries the weight G, G,
with an aperture in its length to slide on the two small bolts H, H, which are
fastened to the wall, or post, or any convenient position.

page_text: To obtain power by elasticity, I use the vessels K, K, which are a sort of
pumps,
hollow in the interior, so as to allow the pistons L, L, to move freely; the
said pistons are connected with the rod M, which rod may be flattened to pass
against the larger part of the periphery of the wheel. The rods are guided so as
to form a right angle with the radius of the wheel, always in contact with the
periphery at the point nearest to the tangent; the said rods are provided with
two guides or conducting rods N, N, which prevent them deviating from the
proper direction. To give strength to the rods, I place in any convenient position
of the apparatus the globe or vessel 0, 0, 0, 0, and the vessel K, K, K, which
I fill with water or any suitable fluid. I introduce into the globe 0, 0, 0, 0,
another globe P, made water-tight, into which I force air or gas pressed to
several atmospheres of power, by which means I obtain a permanent power,
acting continuously against those parts of the wheel to which I intend to apply
it. Q, Q, shews how the water acts upon all the wheels at the same time, by
pushing them from their lower part, and giving them a contrary and rotary
motion. Such are the permanent acting powers, that is, weight and elasticity;
the latter obtained by pressed water, air, or gas; but to give life and motion
to the machine, I place on one or both of the axles of the driving wheels one
or more eccentrics, or the gearing 2, 2, 2, 2. By means of this additional
contrivance I force water into forcing pumps, such as the pump 3, 3, 3, 3.
The forced water passes through the vessel 4, 4, 4, 4, having also the com-
pressive globe 5 in it, from which vessel through the tube 6, 6, 6, it passeś
into a construction surrounding the moveable part of the wheel, which has
three pallets 7, 7, 7, receiving alternately the pressure of the water. They
slide into the fixed construction 8; 8, and enter alternately into the moveable
párt, when they pass under the tube 9, 9, of the pressed water, from which
they come out again, and are pushed by a spring as soon as they have over-
reached it; after which the water comes out of the construction 8, 8, into
10, 10, and returns to work again.
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