for Curative or other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: for Curative or other Purposes.
We ARCHER BELLINGHAM and MORTIMER JUSTIN both of 447, Strand W.C. in
the County of Middlesex Gentlemen, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an apparatus for automatically giving off currents of
electricity for curative or other purposes and has for object to provide means for
automatically setting in operation the various mechanisms and parts contained in the
apparatus to be hereinafter described by dropping in a coin or the like.
In carrying this invention into practice there will be provided a casing preferably
of an oblong shape. In the top part of this casing there will be placed a suitable
battery, coils, and armature usual in this kind of apparatus, and in the lower half
there will be provided a clockwork mechanism for the purpose of making and
breaking the circuit when the said mechanism is put in motion by a coin dropped
into the apparatus through a slit provided for the purpose in the front plate of the
casing. On the front plate there is to be also placed a face on which figures or units
will be marked and a hand or pointer to be operated as will be hereinafter more
fully described. Two handles are also provided at a convenient distance from the
ground for the person or persons being operated upon to catch hold of.
In order that the said invention may be more readily understood there is annexed
hereto drawings whereof Fig. 1 is a front view of an apparatus constructed according
to this invention; Fig. 2 is a front view but with the front plate removed. Fig. 3 is
cross section at line x, x Fig. 2. Fig. 4 shows on enlarged scale the clockwork
mechanism employed. Fig. 5 is section at line y y. Fig. 4 and Fig. 6 is side view of
the circuit maker and breaker.
The construction of the apparatus will be now more fully described with reference
to the Figures and letters marked upon the accompanying drawings.
A is the casing containing the various parts, B the battery placed upon the shelf or

page_text: support B¹; C shows the coils and C₁ is the armature to which is attached the rack C²
in gear with the spur wheel D revolving with its axis D¹. Upon the axis D¹ there is
also the pulley D to which is attached a cord or chain D³ working over the pulley D¹
and having at its other end a weight W. The axis D³ of pulley D is continued
through the face plate and carries the hand or pointer De (see Fig. 3) E is the
contact breaker, TT¹ are the terminals S is a shute or hopper leading from slit S¹
(Figs. 1 & 3) in the front plate of casing A.
The clockwork mechanism consists of a spring G of the kind used in clocks
generally and the train of wheels G₁ G G³ and pinions g¹ g² 93. Upon the axis H
of spur wheel G₁ there is the pinion H' in gear with the spur wheel H' to which is
fixed the plain wheel K which has upon its periphery the stops i¹. Upon the same
axis as the spur wheel H' and the plain wheel K there is a third wheel L L' which
will hereinafter be referred to as the "circuit maker" and "breaker." This circuit
maker and breaker is composed of the body L of insulating material and the rim or
periphery L' of conducting material and having a piece cut out at L' or there may be
a piece of insulating material let in at this point, as shown in dotted lines Fig. 6.
The two strips M M are conductors.
The handle Z fits on to the end of the spindle D' and the shaft of said handle Z runs
through a conductor socket piece N in the front plate (see Fig. 3). The handle Z' is
fixed to the front plate.
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One of the wires from the battery will be led to the conductor piece M and a wire
will be led from the conductor piece M¹ to the terminal T. The other wire will be
led from the battery to the terminal T as will be seen in Fig. 2. The connections
with the contact breaker and the secondary wires will be as ordinarily. One of the
secondary wires will be brought to the conductor socket piece N and the other to
the handle Z'.
The lever O is pivoted at about its centre to the framing of the clockwork
mechanism its point 0¹ resting upon the periphery of the plain wheel K and prevents
the same turning until released from the stop i. The point of the lever O is kept
down upon the plain wheel by the action of spring O².
The working of the apparatus will now be described and we will suppose that the
spring G of the clockwork is wound up and exerting itself to turn the wheel H³ the
plain wheel K and circuit maker and breaker in the direction of the arrow (see
Figs. 2 3 and 5) and being prevented only from doing so by the point O' of the lever O
resisting the passage of the stop i.
Upon placing a coin or the like in the slit S¹ it will descend through the shute S
onto the end of lever O, and depress said end so freeing the point 0² from the stop i.
The spring G then acts upon the mechanism and turns the plain wheel and circuit
maker and breaker. In the revolution of the circuit maker the conductor piece M
comes into contact with the conducting piece L' and so makes the circuit. Upon
catching hold of the handles Z and Z the current will be obtained.
If a stronger current be desired the handle Z will be turned which action turns
the spur wheel D, and so draws down the armature by means of the rack C³.
The pulley D is also revolved and draws on the cord or chain D³ and so turns the
pulley D, its axis D' and the hand or pointer D.
The weight W is also by this action drawn upwards, and when the handle Z is
released it will fall and so bring the handle, armature, and pointer to their normal
position.
The circuit maker, and the mechanism will continue to revolve until the stop i,
comes in contact with the lever O, and when this is done the cut out or insulated
portion L of the circuit maker will have travelled opposite to the point of the
conductor strip M¹ and so the circuit will be broken. When a second coin is dropped
into the apparatus, the lever will be released and the operation be the same as before
described until the stop i comes again in contact with the point of the lever O.
The various conducting parts will be insulated from the clockwork and other parts
in any well known manner.

page_text: 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 :-
:
Firstly The circuit maker and breaker, consisting of the body of insulating
material L and the rim of conducting material L' with the insulated part L' in
combination with the conducting strips M M' as herein described and shown in
Figures 2, 4, and 6, of the drawings.
Secondly: The combination of the various parts forming the electrical machine for
automatic circuit making and breaking and registering strength of current as herein
set forth and shewn by the drawings.
HUGHES & Co.,
131, Fleet Street, E.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.