IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Arthur Williams, of Portland Road, South Norwood,
in the County of Surrey, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER
MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Arthur Williams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd January 1880.
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS, of Portland Road, South Norwood, in the County of
Surrey "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL
LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
The object of this Invention is to apply the motive power to the roller through
suitable gearing, attached respectively to the roller and to the frame surrounding
the roller, and to work such gearing and roller by means of one or more men
standing on the frame or platform in the following manner :-
I attach to the roller, either externally or internally; a spur wheel, into which is
geared a pinion or worm keyed on a shaft working in bearings in the frame either
at right angles to or in the direction of the axis of the roller. On either or both
ends of this shaft are fixed one or more handles or levers, and when necessary a fly
wheel or fly wheels with crank pins and connecting rods and levers attached. The
handles or levers, or the fly wheels with the connecting rods and levers, are worked
by one or more men standing on a platform or platforms forming part of the fraine,
the platforms and the frame respectively being partly supported and steadied by a
small wheel or roller at each end of the frame.
The points of novelty I claim by the arrangement above described are,-
1st. A convenient, compact, and economical application of power, by which one
man will move the same weight of roller usually requiring from three to four men
under the ordinary method.
2nd. Effectual employment of the weight of the prime mover in adding to the
compressing power of the roller, which is lost in the ordinary method of dragging
by men or animals.
3rd. The roller is under perfect control, and the mode of working it is peculiarly
adapted for a backward and forward motion in short lengths where so required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Peter Arthur Williams in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
July 1880.
"
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS, of Portland Road, South Norwood, in the County of
Surrey. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL
LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
The object of this Invention is to apply the motive power to the roller through
suitable gearing, attached respectively to the roller and to the frame surrounding
the roller, and to work such gearing and roller by means of one or more men
standing on the frame or platform in the following manner :-
I attach to an ordinary roller, either externally or internally, a spur wheel, into
which is geared a pinion or worm keyed on a shaft working in bearings in the
frame of the roller, either at right angles to the axis of the roller (if a worm is used)
or in the direction of the axis of the roller (if a pinion is used). On either or both
ends of this shaft are fixed one or more handles or levers, or when necessary a fly
wheel or fly wheels with crank pins and connecting rods and levers attached to the
frame, the handles or levers or the fly wheels with the connecting rods and levers
are worked by one or more men standing on a platform or platforms forming part
of the frame, the platform and the frame respectively being partly supported and
steadied by a small wheel or roller at each end of the frame.
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Having thus described the nature of the said Invention I refer to the accom-
panying Drawings, which represent the arrangement with a spur wheel and pinion
worked by a fly wheel and handles, the same lettering applying to similar parts in
each Drawing. Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 a plan, and Figure
end view of the machine. The Drawing is made to a scale of 1 inch to one foot.
In Figure 1, A is the roller proper of the ordinary construction; B is the frame
surrounding the roller and hanging on the axle C of the roller; D is a spur wheel
either forming part of or attached to the roller by bolts or otherwise; E is a pinion
keyed on a shaft F working in bearings in the frame B. This pinion can if
necessary be thrown out of gear either by sliding laterally on the shaft, or the shaft
can be made to lift clear of the spur wheel.
Instead of having a pinion a worm may be substituted for giving motion to the
roller, as before mentioned. G, G, are two small rollers running on the stays H, H,
which serve to prevent the frame ends from either ploughing into or trailing on the
ground; J is an ordinary stay to keep the frame rigid; K is a wheel keyed on the
pinion shaft F, and by which the manual power is applied; M, M, are platforms
for the man or men working the roller to stand on; N is a lever for guiding the
machine. The roller may be made of any desired dimensions.
Having thus described the object and nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is performed, I wish it understood that I claim,-
First. A convenient, compact, and economical application of power to the roller,
by which one man will move the same weight of roller usually requiring from three
to four men under the ordinary method.
Second. Effectual employment of the weight of the prime mover in adding to
the compressing effect of the roller.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Arthur Williams, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS. (L.s.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Arthur Williams, of Portland Road, South Norwood,
in the County of Surrey, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER
MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Arthur Williams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd January 1880.
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS, of Portland Road, South Norwood, in the County of
Surrey "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL
LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
The object of this Invention is to apply the motive power to the roller through
suitable gearing, attached respectively to the roller and to the frame surrounding
the roller, and to work such gearing and roller by means of one or more men
standing on the frame or platform in the following manner :-
I attach to the roller, either externally or internally; a spur wheel, into which is
geared a pinion or worm keyed on a shaft working in bearings in the frame either
at right angles to or in the direction of the axis of the roller. On either or both
ends of this shaft are fixed one or more handles or levers, and when necessary a fly
wheel or fly wheels with crank pins and connecting rods and levers attached. The
handles or levers, or the fly wheels with the connecting rods and levers, are worked
by one or more men standing on a platform or platforms forming part of the frame,
the platforms and the frame respectively being partly supported and steadied by a
small wheel or roller at each end of the frame.
The points of novelty I claim by the arrangement above described are,―
1st. A convenient, compact, and economical application of power, by which one
man will move the same weight of roller usually requiring from three to four men
under the ordinary method.
2nd. Effectual employment of the weight of the prime mover in adding to the
compressing power of the roller, which is lost in the ordinary method of dragging
by men or animals.
3rd. The roller is under perfect control, and the mode of working it is peculiarly
adapted for a backward and forward motion in short lengths where so required.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Peter Arthur Williams in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st
July 1880.
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS, of Portland Road, South Norwood, in the County of
Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF MOTIVE POWER BY MANUAL
LABOUR TO LAND AND OTHER MOVEABLE OR TRAVELLING ROLLERS."
The object of this Invention is to apply the motive power to the roller through
suitable gearing, attached respectively to the roller and to the frame surrounding
the roller, and to work such gearing and roller by means of one or more men
standing on the frame or platform in the following manner :-
I attach to an ordinary roller, either externally or internally, a spur wheel, into
which is geared a pinion or worm keyed on a shaft working in bearings in the
frame of the roller, either at right angles to the axis of the roller (if a worm is used)
or in the direction of the axis of the roller (if a pinion is used). On either or both
ends of this shaft are fixed one or more handles or levers, or when necessary a fly
wheel or fly wheels with crank pins and connecting rods and levers attached to the
frame, the handles or levers or the fly wheels with the connecting rods and levers
are worked by one or more men standing on a platform or platforms forming part
of the frame, the platform and the frame respectively being partly supported and
steadied by a small wheel or roller at each end of the frame.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention I refer to the accom-
panying Drawings, which represent the arrangement with a spur wheel and pinion
worked by a fly wheel and handles, the same lettering applying to similar parts in
each Drawing. Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 a plan, and Figure 3 an
end view of the machine. The Drawing is made to a scale of 1 inch to one foot.
In Figure 1, A is the roller proper of the ordinary construction; B is the frame
surrounding the roller and hanging on the axle C of the roller; D is a spur wheel
either forming part of or attached to the roller by bolts or otherwise; E is a pinion
keyed on a shaft F working in bearings in the frame B. This pinion can if
necessary be thrown out of gear either by sliding laterally on the shaft, or the shaft
can be made to lift clear of the spur wheel.
Instead of having a pinion a worm may be substituted for giving motion to the
roller, as before mentioned. G, G, are two small rollers running on the stays H, H,
which serve to prevent the frame ends from either ploughing into or trailing on the
ground; J is an ordinary stay to keep the frame rigid; K is a wheel keyed on the
pinion shaft F, and by which the manual power is applied; M, M, are platforms
for the man or men working the roller to stand on; N is a lever for guiding the
machine. The roller may be made of any desired dimensions.
Having thus described the object and nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same is performed, I wish it understood that I claim,-
First. A convenient, compact, and economical application of power to the roller,
by which one man will move the same weight of roller usually requiring from three
to four men under the ordinary method.
Second. Effectual employment of the weight of the prime mover in adding to
the compressing effect of the roller.
In witness whereof, I, the said Peter Arthur Williams, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
PETER ARTHUR WILLIAMS. (L.S.)