A SELF- REGULATING HORSE MACHINE
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jozé Luis, of the British and Foreign Office for
Patents, No. 13, Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square, London, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A SELF-
REGULATING HORSE MACHINE."-A communication from abroad by P. Isaac
Garin, No. 10, Rue Mogador, Paris, in the Empire of France.
Sealed the 26th July 1859, and dated the 9th May 1859.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Jozé Luis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration, on the
9th May 1859, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSE
LUIS, of the British and Foreign Office for Patents, No. 1", Welbeck Street,
Cavendish Square, London, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "A SELF-REGULATING
HORSE MACHINE," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same,
and have made solemn declaration that it has been communicated to me from
abroad by P. Isaac Garin, No. 10, Rue Mogador, Paris, in the Empire of
France:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said José Luis, do hereby declare the
following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully describes and
ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in which the saine
is to be performed, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings,
that is to say :--
The apparatus is composed as follows:-Figs. 1 & 2, A, B, is the chief lever

page_text: or arm composed of two pieces of wood joined at the centre by bolts. A lever
or arm movable at F, Fig. 2, bearing at its free end the spring tree-bar D for
the horse; it is supported by the wooden slides C, which are fastened to the
principal lever.
Placed at the centre of the apparatus is a box or column containing part of
the mechanism of the regulating machinery, consisting of,-
1st, a weight P of cast iron, of 100 to 110 lbs., see Fig. 3, front view;
Fig. 5, horizontal projection, and Fig. 6 in detail. This weight slides
vertically on an iron rod fixed at the lower end on the principal lever; it limits
the course of the weight, and in order to prevent breakage, the part of the
weight which it traverses is furnished with compressible wooden rundles,
Fig. 6 in section. A counterweight composed of an iron frame moving along
the vertical uprights b, b, bearing the pulley K, see Fig. 3 & 5, and in detail,
Fig. 7, is fastened to the weight P by a cord, the ends of which are fixed to the
latter by means of cords; it passes on the two upper pullies H, H, Fig. 3.
The pulley K bears a chain which passes from the box by the opening a,
Fig. 4; it is engaged first of all in the vertical pulley E, and then in the
groove of the horizontal pulley B, when it is attached to the movable spring
tree-bar at D at the end of the movable lever F, D, Fig. 2, and in detail,
Fig. 8. This arrangement is the same for the other arm of the lever.
2nd, a sort of piston T of cast iron sliding in the grooves arranged in the
uprights b, b; Fig. 3 represents the piston in elevation, Fig. 5 in plan, &
Fig. 9 in detail; it is adapted to the end of a square iron rod, which, in passing
out, traverses a guide c, Fig. 1, which prevents it turning. The piston turns
on the iron rod, which is made round at the part which traverses the piston.
This rod is suspended at its upper extremity to a return cord from the pulley d
on the ratchet drum f, at the disposition of the gearing work, Fig. 1, and in
detail, Fig. 10. The piece T, composed of two parts placed one above another,
is traversed by two cords fastened in the interior by a knot, each of these cords
forming a rectangle triangle passing first of all on the two little pullies M &
N, Figs. 3 & 4, and on another little pulley placed on the support E, Fig. 1,
and in detail Fig. 11. The hypothenuse and the horizontal side of the
triangle each bear a ring h&i; to the ring his fixed the backing or check
cord which passes in the guide of the support E in the slanting pulley g,
Fig. 1, 2, & 11, & afterwards is attached to the bridle of the horse. From the
ring i goes the call cord which passes through the piece E, & is returned by
the pulley R, Fig. 1 & 2, and in detail Fig. 12, to the end of a lever acting
as part of a mechanical whip 1, see Fig. 2, and in detail, Fig. 13. This whip
is mounted on a piece of wood or jointed guide at L, Fig. 1, and in detail,

page_text: Fig. 14, and suspended by its free end to the neck of the horse by the bolt j.
A second check or backing cord fixed to the movable arm at n, Fig. 2, passes
on the pulley z, and is then attached to the first at W.
And lastly, a scale or dial placed along the longitudinal opening arranged in
one of the sides of the box, Fig. 1, which serves to indicate the traction by
means of a hand or pointer mounted on the shaft of the pulley K.
The results obtained by means of the so-called self-regulating horse machine
are,―
1st, the unity in the draught for the two horses.
2nd, great elasticity in the draught, and consequently no violent jerking,
the centre of force at the same time being preserved.
3rd, the indicator or dial, showing the traction power or force expended.
4th, the starting, stopping, increase, and diminution of velocity are subject
at will by means of a single cord, the backward and forward motion of which
effects either the backing or otherwise according to the direction in which it is
pulled, at the same time preserving a perfect unity in the traction.
5th, the whip (either in the shape of whipcord, switch, or dart,) is worked
mechanically by the simple action of resistance caused by the cord checking
the animal when pulling too hard. The whip without any guidance or
intervention acts only on the animal committing the fault; the whip which it
is thought proper to adopt is placed in a socket.
6th, the prevention of any violence which might result from the animals
themselves.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is or may be carried into effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein described,
as such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle of
action thereof; but what I claim as new and of my Invention is, the arrange-
ment of the machinery as above described and shewn by the accompanying
Drawings, together with such other means or arrangements as may conduce to
the same purpose.
In witness whereof, I, the said José Luis, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
TAZE TTITA
JOZE
мото.
(L.S.)