CERTAIN NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING CARRIAGES; ALSO FOR PROPELLING SHIPS, VESSELS, OR OTHER FLOATING BODIES; AND FOR GUIDING PROPELLED CARRIAGES; AND APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING THE STEAM OF THE STEAM ENGINE AFTER IT HAS PROPELLED THE STEAM ENGINE PISTON
Year: 1829

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MOORE, of Broad Weir, in the City of Bristol, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King George the Fourth, by His Letters
Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Thirtieth day of September now
last past, did give and grant unto me, the said John Moore, his especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority that I, the said John Moore,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Moore, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term 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 "CERTAIN NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PROPELLING
CARRIAGES; ALSO FOR PROPELLING SHIPS, VESSELS, OR OTHER FLOATING BODIES; AND
FOR GUIDING PROPELLED CARRIAGES; AND APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING THE STEAM OF
THE STEAM ENGINE AFTER IT HAS PROPELLED THE STEAM ENGINE PISTON;" in which
said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging me, the said John
Moore, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to
describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled in His said
Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and

page_text: immediately after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
John Moore, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, is described and ascertained by
the Drawings hereunto annexed, and as follows, that is to say :-
The first part of my Invention consists in new or improved machinery for
propelling carriages; also for propelling ships or other floating bodies, and
for guiding propelled. carriages.; .I shall, therefore, proceed. to describe that
division of my Invention, and. having so .done, I shall then..describe my
improved apparatus for condensing the steam of the steam engine after it
has propelled the steam engine piston. Figure 1 is a plan or bird's-eye view
of part of my new or improved machinery, suitable for the purpose of pro-
pelling carriages, ships, vessels, or other floating bodies to which the same
may be found applicable;_ Figure .2 is a vertical and longitudinal section of
Figure 1, by a plane passing through or in the dotted line z, z. A, A, A', A²,
represents an iron frame, which rests upon an iron axle K, to which axle the
wheels B, B', are fixed or united; 1, E, E, E, represent two levers which
are attached and swing with the bar F, that bar having a cylindrical pivot. or
gudgeon at each end, which enters a hole in a bearing, forming a part of the
frame A. A. These levers are connected at each end by a kind of universal
joint (which will hereafter be described) to the propelling bars D, D', D³, D³;
the external end of each of these bars is made cylindrical, to enter a corre-
sponding hole made in each of the clamps or gripes, seen at C, C, C³, C³, and
when they are so placed they are rivetted, leaving sufficient freedom for each
clamp or gripe to turn freely upon the cylindrical ends, above described; the
internal end of the propelling bars D2, D3, is made so broad as to have a hole
sufficiently large to permit a cylindrical, portion of the axis K to enter it, and
upon this it turns partly round; the other bars D, D¹, has similar holes made in
them, but in addition they are cranked, as shewn in the Drawing; each clamp
or gripe has two projecting pins or studs attached to or formed on one side of
each, as may be seen at 0, 0¹, the space between each pair of studs being just
sufficient to permit the wheels B, B¹, to move freely therein. H, H2, H3, H³,
represent four springs, one of each being fixed by screws or any other suitable
means to a part near the end of each of the propelling bars D, D, D², D³.
These springs press upon the projecting ends of the clamps or gripes, and
thereby cause the projecting studs to gripe or clamp the wheels B, B¹; but in
order to effect the advantages to be herein-after described, it is necessary that
the two springs H, H³, should press or exert their powers against the under

page_text: sides of the clamp C, C, and that the other two, seen at H³, H³, should press
upon the upper side of C, C. Figure 3 represents an end view of the pro-
pelling part of Figure 1, the same letters of reference being applied to the
same parts whenever they can be seen, a portion only of each propelling wheel
being shewn in this Figure; e, d, e, d, represent the universal joints, before
named, attached to each end of the levers E, E¹; the upper ends are also
jointed to the propelling bars, which will be more plainly seen by referring to
the same parts in Figure 2. The manner in which these parts act when
combined in the way here shewn will be as follows:--The easiest method
of applying any power to this machine will be by uniting or attaching by
a joint one end of a rod to any convenient part of either of the levers E
or E³, and if a reciprocating motion is given to the rod, it will raise and
depress the levers accordingly, and set the machinery in motion; whenever
the lever E' is raised, it will also raise the lever E³, whilst E and E³ will be
correspondingly depressed or forced down; both levers being fixed in the
centre of the turning bar F, they of course move together simultaneously;
when the lever E¹ is raised, the universal joint e, attached to its ends,
will force up the propelling bar D¹, and the spring H', pressing against the
tail of the gripe C, will elevate or cause it to bite or gripe the propelling
wheels, which will be thereby driven partly round in the direction of the
darts, seen on..the periphery; the lever E³ will also be raised at the same
instant, but as the spring H2 presses upon the upper part of the tail of the
gripe C, it will thereby enable the gripe to slide by the propelling wheel,
until it arrives at its highest point, when it will be forced down, and carry
with it the propelling wheel, in the manner before described, and thus move
the carriage on. The opposite ends of the levers E and E³ being raised and
depressed in a similar manner by the same means, will cause each part con-
nected therewith to act in a way exactly similar to those that have now been
described. .M, M, represents a frame which I use for guiding propelled
carriages; this rests or bears upon the axle N of the wheels O,.0. P, P,
represents the pole of the carriage, which unites the axles N and K by means
of the bolts which pass through the ends of P, P, and enter the axles N and K,
the bolts serving as centres for each frame to turn upon. The frames M and
A are steadied on the pole by two bars, one laying over each frame, and being
parallel to the bars of the frame M and A, they permit the pole to move
laterally between them. One of these bars may be better seen at T, Figure 3,
it being fixed to the frame by bolts, or any other suitable means. Q' repre-
sents, an axis of a wheel Q; round this.wheel is coiled or attached in any
suitable way the rope or chain S,which passes in one direction by the rollers

page_text: R, R', R³, and it then is fastened to the frame A at A¹. The other portion
of the rope or chain passes in a contrary direction by the rollers R³, R*, R',
and is fastened to the frame A at A². As the person who guides the carriage
will have his station near the wheel, he will be able to turn the carriage in
either direction by turning the levers fixed on the top of the axis Q¹.
.
.
The second part of my Invention consists in an improved mode of con-
densing the steam of the steam engine. Figure 4, A represents a valve
which opens inwardly in the box; B, C, and D are pipes connected with
the eduction or exit pipe of the steam engine; the steam from the engine
to be condensed passes through these, and also through the pipe F and
F', into the cylinder D', the passage to the upper part being through the
part F; and to the lower part of the cylinder by the pipe F. When the
steam enters either portion of the cylinder D', should such a condensation
take place as to cause either a complete or partial vacuum; the valve A
would' open and prevent it; and if the piston rod d is connected with any
suitable part of the engine, or moving parts connected therewith; the piston
will be made to force out the air that was permitted to enter, and also
the condensed water, through the pipes H and I, and E is used to convey
away the water condensed in C. Another way by which the same object
may be effected is shewn in Figure 5. A represents the exit or eduction
pipe into which the steam enters, and what may not be condensed passes out
at A², which may be open or covered with a valve, according to circumstances;
the condensed water falls through the pipe A', and if necessary may be con-
veyed back into the boiler. B, B¹, represents a pipe, jacket, or casing which
surrounds and envelopes the pipe A, being closed at each end; a similar
casing or jacket envelopes the pipe A at E, E¹. C, C', represent two pipes
connected with the jacket B, B'; through these the air or water used for con-
densation passes in its way to the upper and lower part of the cylinder D; if the
piston D¹ be attached to any suitable reciprocating part of the engine and it
be drawn up, the air or water used for condensing will enter the pipe b, and
pass along C, when it will enter the bottom of the cylinder, and then, by the
returning of the piston, such air or water will be ejected at pipe e, and when
the condensing water or air enters the upper part of the cylinder, then the
ejection will take place by passing through F, F, and out at e, as before
described. The peculiar mode of propelling as shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4,
may be connected to a paddle wheel or wheels by extending the axis K at
each end through the sides of a vessel sufficiently to receive the paddle wheels
thereon; or my improved machinery may be applied to such wheels by any
other mode of attachment well known to practical mechanics.

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And I hereby declare that the improvements I have invented consists,
firstly, in combining the peculiar clamps or gripes as above described, which
being attached to bars that turn partly on the axis of propelling wheels, and
having also springs united and acting therewith, in the manner and way
have shewn, will, when actuated or driven by any sufficient power, propel
either ships, vessels, or other floating bodies, and also any kind of carriage to
which my said improvements may be applied, with great advantage in point
of action, and also economy in the power applied; and also that part which
relates to the turning of the frame A with its wheels B and B' on its centre
or bolt P, P, when the front or fore part of the carriage turns either way.
And I hereby further declare that my Invention in tnis second department
of my improvements consists, firstly, in' the application of a valve, by which
means atmospheric air may be admitted to assist in condensing the steam of
an engine, as shewn in Figure 4; secondly, in combining a casing a jacket,
surrounding in one or more place or places a pipe or pipes containing steam,
with a condensing cylinder or pump, by the use of which, when applied and
combined in the way I have shewn in Figure 5, very advantageous effects
will be produced.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Moore, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, the Twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and thirty.