A MECHANICAL APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING THE IMPULSIVE FORCE OF ANY MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1857

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles Barlow at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration, on
the 20th April 1857, pursuant to the 9th section of the Patent Law
Amendment Ant 1850
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
BARLOW, of the Office of Patents, 89, Chancery Lane, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "A MECHANICAL
APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING THE IMPULSIVE FORCE OF ANY MOTIVE POWER," 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 the same is a communication made to me by Joseph Com-
mandeur, of Lyons, France, Gentleman, a foreigner residing abroad.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Charles Barlow, do hereby declare that
the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal fully describes
the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to bo
performed (that is to say):-
Theso
This new machine is intended to supersede various mechanical contrivances
and agents for producing motive power. Its effects are due to the force
created by the travelling of heavy iron balls or weights in and around helical
spirals, which are wound round cylinders of different, diameters.
cylinders are set in motion by the impulse given to them by the gravitation
of the heavy weights or balls when set in motion, which motion is of an
oscillating rotatory kind on account of the shafts being inclined, as shown by-
the Drawings.

page_text: But in order that the said Invention may be better understood I will refer
to the Drawings and Figures marked thereon.
The Drawing represents a vertical section across the axle of the upright
cylinders A and B. The helical spirals are of a hollow or trough form, so
that the iron balls or weights placed at the upper end will easily and instantly
run down them. The spirals of the cylinders A and B have a reverse action;
the former acts as the motive power, the latter as a resistance, that is to say,
its only purpose is to carry up again the balls or weights running out from the
lower spirals of the cylinder A into a lower horizontal trough C, which conveys
them into a lower spire of the cylinder B, the iron balls running up the said
cylinder through the spiral windings until they reach the top part, where they
fall into the horizontal path D, which conveys them back to the upper spirals of
the cylinder B by means of the four bevilled wheels E, E', E", E"", two of
which are keyed to the horizontal shaft F, and the two others on short vertical
shafts A and D. The number of spirals being the same in each cylinder,
and their rotative motion being at the same speed, it follows that at each
revolution of the cylinder A a ball will run out of the lower spiral and will
be conveyed back to the cylinder B through the straight trough, and similarly
at each revolution of the cylinder B a ball will run out of its upper spiral
and be conveyed back into the cylinder A through the gutter or trough D.
This new combination will constantly regenerate and maintain the first
impulsivo force applied to the apparatus. From the disposition of the helical
spirals and cylinders it is evident that the surfaces of revolution generated by
the axes or shafts T, T', of the cylinders A and B are conical surfaces, the
generating lines of which are the axes I, I', of the cylinders, which revolve
around their summit, which moving freely in suitable hearings, the axles or
shafts I, I', can revolve very freely. The top part of the shafts I, I', is also
of a spheroidal shape, as seen at G, G, and working in brass seats moves
freely at top and bottom in its bearings, so that the motion of the shafts is
easy, the first driving around with it the crauk H, whilst the shaft I' is driven
by the crank H. At the lower part of the cylinders discs J, J, are keyed,
which discs are provided with wedge pieces K, K, the lower corners of which
bear on the chairs L, L, for the purpose of lessening the strain at the end of
the cranks, producing a kind of reaction which acts as an addition to the
motive force. Above the cylinders A and B circular plates or troughs are
placed, working on brass bearings around the rounded edges of the shafts I, I.
In these troughs heavy iron balls travel, serving as a fly wheel to the rest of
the machine, and balancing the balls in the spirals. These plates have an
oscillating motion on the rounded edges O, O', and are connected to the upper

page_text: cross arm plates P, P, by rods Q, Q', Q", Q""; they have also an oscillatory
motion given to them by the crank knobs R, R. The troughed plates M, M',
ought to have an inverted inclination to that of the helical spires of the
cylinder, which inclination may be suitably regulated by the screw nuts on
the connecting rods Q, Q, Q", Q", as shown on the Drawing. The under
sides of the troughed plate are provided with a circular rib S, S', projecting
downwards and rounded off at its edge, and which constantly bears on the
plates T, T', as they revolve. By means of the adjustable connecting rods
Q, Q, Q", Q", the heavy balls N, N', are started, running to the required
number in advance of the cylinders, so as to overcome the dead points. By
means of the apparatus herein-before described, and shown by the annexed
Drawing, impulsive force may be increased by increasing the number of
spirals, so as to admit of the use of more weights, or by enlarging the pitch
of the helical so as to admit of the use of larger balls, and some of these
balls might be hollow, so as to increase power in the less ratio. Instead of
the helical cylinder A a bucket wheel might be used, into which the balls
carried up by the spirals of the cylinder B would enter at its top part. The
contrary principle might be applied, videlicet, the helical cylinder A might be
preserved as the motive agent, and the wheel to carry the balls. Lastly, both
belical cylinders might be applied to convey the iron balls to the wheel,
which latter should then be the motive agent. The force and efficacy of the
apparatus will increase or decrease according to the size and weight of the
balls, to the diameter of the motive helical spiral, and to the weight of
the balls in the troughed plate.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, I would have it under-
stood that I do not limit myself to the precise arrangements shown or
explained; but what I claim is, the construction of a machine for imparting
motive power actuated by rotating balls in helical spirals, or any mero
equivalents therefor.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Barlow, have hereunto set my
hand and scal, this Twentieth day of April, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-seven.