In2307EMENTS IN THE MEANS OF DRAWING OR MOVING CARRIAGEJ AND OTHER MACHINERY ALONG INCLINED PLANES, RAILWAYS, AND OTHER ROADS, AND FOR DRAWING OR PROPELLING VESSELS ON CANALS, RIVERS, AND OTHER NAVIGABLE WATERS
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Sir SAMUEL
BROWN, Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Commander in Her
Majesty's Navy, of Netherbyers House, Ayton, in the County of Berwick, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Iler
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Nineteenth day of June, in the fourth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Ier heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Samuel Brown, IIer especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Samuel Brown, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Samuel Brown, my exors, adiiors, or assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the termi
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "In2307EMENTS IN THE MEANS OF DRAWING OR MOVING CARRIAGEJ
AND OTHER MACHINERY ALONG INCLINED PLANES, RAILWAYS, AND OTHER ROADS, AND
FOR DRAWING OR PROPELLING VESSELS ON CANALS, RIVERS, AND OTHER NAVIGABLE
WATERS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
Samuel Brown, 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

page_text: in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar 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
Samuel Brown, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say):
My Invention relates, first, to a mode of drawing or moving carriages
and other machinery along inclined planes, railways, and other roads or ways,
and for drawing or propelling vessels on canals, rivers, and other navigable
waters where towing-paths are formed, by means of certain machinery applied
to a steam carriage for working by the aid of a ground chain. -
And, secondly, my invention relates to a mode of drawing or propelling
vessels on canals, rivers, and other navigable waters, by means of certain
machinery worked by a steam engine on board a vessel acting by the aid of
a chain.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a plan of a steam carriage, the only peculiarity of which
is, that the boiler is divided into two parts, in order to receive the machinery
(for propelling by the aid of a chain) between the two parts; Figure 2 is a side
section of the carriage; Figure 3 is a back view of the carriage; and Figure 4
shews some of the parts on a larger scale, that the nature thereof may be more
readily traced. In each of these Figures the same letters are used to indicate a
similar parts. a, a, is the steam boiler; b, b, are the carriage wheels, which
are to be made with or without flanches, according as they are to run on rail-
ways or on common roads; c, c, are the engines; and I would remark that I
have not thought it necessary to shew the steam pipes and other details, which
are well understood, and will readily be applied by an engineer. dis a cranked
axis, which turns in suitable bearings carried by the side framing of the
carriage; this axis receives motion by connecting rods from the two steam cylin-
ders c, c. On the axis d is affixed the cog-wheele, and also the chain-wheelf; this

page_text: chain-wheel ƒ has several surfaces, each surface being equal in length to one
link of the chain g; and h, h, are projections on the wheel f, which take into
the coupling links g', by which the long links are coupled together. By this
means, as the wheel f is caused to revolve, the carriage will be moved
in the following manner :-i and j are two axes turning in bearings carried by
the framing of the carriage; k, k, are two cog-wheels, one affixed on each
axis i, j, which taking into are driven by the cog-wheel e, and on each of the
axes i and j is affixed a chain-wheelf similar to that affixed on the axis d. By
this arrangement it will be seen that the chain will be passed under the wheel f,
on the axis d, and over the wheels f, on the axis i, j, consequently when the
wheel e turns it will give motion to the cog-wheels k, k, and the chain g will
be progressively picked up and laid down, and by such means the carriage
will be propelled, and with it any other carriages or machinery which may be
attached thereto, or to be moved thereby; and such will be the case in the
event of the carriage being attached to a vessel or vessels on a canal or other
water where there is a suitable towing-path formed for the travelling of such a
carriage as is shewn in the sketch Figure 5, where a carriage A is shewn
to be attached by a chain to an outrigger from a vessel B; and this
vessel B may have other vessels attached thereto. Or in place of using
the three chain-wheels f, as above described, an endless chain b may be
used; and in such case there will be suitable projections or snugs on cylin-
drical wheels m. affixed on the axes i and j, the endless chain / having a
series of projecting teeth 7 to take into the coupling. links of the chain g. By
this arrangement the chain g will be progressively picked up and laid down by
means of the endless chain l, and thus the carriage will be moved. In cases
of curves on the line of way whereon the carriage moves, I apply, at intervals,
conical posts, n, n, and the chain is caused to lie on the outer side of such
posts. Hence, when the chain g is drawn on by the carriage, the posts will
prevent the chain being drawn into a straight line, and the carriage, as it
proceeds, will drop the chain again on the outer side of the parts, to be in a
proper position for the next coming carriage. I would remark that I am
aware that it has before been proposed and attempted to propel carriages or
vessels by a groundchain; but the means have not proved successful. I do
not therefore claim the propelling carriages and vessels, whether by means of
a steam carriage, or by warping, by having a steam engine on board a vessel,
by the aid of chains generally; the present Invention being confined to the
means of working a chain by means of chain wheels f. f, f, being driven by
suitable gearing, or by means of an endless chain / driven by suitable gearing.

page_text: And the second part of my Invention has for its object the using of similar
means of machinery on board a vessel, as. will readily be understood by the
sketch Figure 6; the vessel C having similar machinery driven by a steam-
engine as that described above, applied to a carriage; but as I prefer only to
use one chain both for the up and down traffic in such cases, I use the endless
1, as by such means the chain from the "down vessel;" may be thrown off, when
being passed by an "up vessel;" or when the three wheels are used I apply
them at the outer ends of their respective axes, having no bearings for the
outer ends of the axes, which will allow of the chain g being thrown off, and
again readily put on; and I apply the machinery near the stern of each
vessel as is shewn, though this may be varied; and when two vessels are
passing, the "down vessel" throws off the chain from the endless chain l, and
the person on board the "up vessel" places a spring hook connected to a rope
from the "down vessel" on the chain g, beyond the machinery, and by means
of suitable tackle' a man on board the "down vessel" lifts the chain g, and
places it on to the endless chain 7 of the warping machinery, and then again
starts his engine, and the down vessel or vessels proceed; and it will be seen
that the chaing lies on the bed of the river or other water, and extends a
length equal to the distance navigated by such means.
Ilaving thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would wish it to be understood that I
do not claim any of the parts separately, nor do I confine myself to the pre-
cise details, provided the general character of the Invention be retained; but
what I claim is,-
First, the mode of propelling carriages by means of wheels f, f,f, or endless
chain l, worked by suitable gearing, and acting with a ground chain 9, as
herein described.
And, secondly, I claim the mode of warping vessels by means of wheels
fff, or endless chain l, worked by suitable gearing, and acting with a chain
g of single links, as herein described, and whereby one chain is rendered suffi-
cient for the passage of vessels in opposite directions (on navigable water) at
the same time.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
(L.S.) BROWN.
SAM. (L.S.)

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Sixteenth day of December,
in the year of our Lord 1841, the aforesaid Samuel Brown canie before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifica-
tion aforesaid, and all and everything thereiu 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 Eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
Inrolled the Eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and forty-one.