Improvements in the Mechanical Production of Motive Power and in Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1898-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mechanical Production of Motive Power and in
Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM BENNETT, of Victoria Hotel, Aldershot, in the County of Hants,
Hotel Proprietor, 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:—
The present invention has for its object to produce a motive power engine which
will create its own energy and be self-driving.
Aly invention will be better understood by referring to the annexed diagram
which represents a motive power engine or apparatus constructed in accordance
with my invention.
To a suitable base A, are secured side by side a pair of uprights B, connected
at their upper ends by a spindle a on which a roller b revolves. c is a beam which
rests in equipoise on the roller band is also partially supported by the chain d
which is passed round the axis a on the near side of the beam, then beneath and
behind the latter, and secured at each end at d to a wall or other convenient place
for attachment adjacent to the apparatus, being kept in tension by the weight of
the bean. e is a weight suspended from one end of the beam c. c is a second
beam mounted in equipoise between the uprights B upon pivots a¹, and lying in
the same vertical plane as the beam c to which it is parallel. This beam carries
a weight e. f is a chain connecting the corresponding ends of c¹, and fi is a
chain brace running diagonally of the beams and connecting one end of e with a
frame g dependent from the opposite end of c', * being a screw adjusted hook
by which the said brace is placed in tension. f2 is a chain brace extending diago-
ually of the beams in the contrary direction to f' and connecting one end of c with
an iron frame C dependent from the opposite end of c and laced thereto by a
chain passed around said beam c¹ and also round a chain which extends
along and is secured to the upper ends of the vertical bars of said frame. The
latter is also connected on the left hand side by a chain lacing with an arm t
secured to and dependent from the end of beam c¹. is a metal bar serving as a
weight and secured to the beam last mentioned so as to act in opposition to the
weight e. The two beams c c with their weights and appendages as above
described should be in equilibrium and are intended to oscillate in unison as here-
inafter described, this oscillation in unison to the small extent required
being permitted, notwithstanding the cross diagonal bracing of the beams, by
reason of the spring or "give" of the bracing chains and also by reason of the
small amount of longitudinal play which the beam c has upon its support, as
will hereinafter appear.
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I will now describe some appliances or devices employed for assisting the con-
servation of the momentum of the apparatus when caused to oscillate:-
The bottom bar of the frame C is formed with an extension i which works on a
pivot i secured to the frame A. A rod forced upwards by a spring ¹ bears upon
the underside of the end of this extension and consequently tends to give pre-
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page_text: ponderance to the left hand side of the apparatus. Preponderance is also given to
this side of the apparatus by the action of the pivotted weight connected by a
chain m with the diagonal brace C¹ of the frame C. In addition to the foregoing
the following device gives preponderance to the said side of the apparatus:-
n is a rod having at its lower end a weight o, also a friction roller or rollers P
which slide along a guide q. The upper end of this rod n slides within a cylinder r
and carries a lug s connected by a chain with a lever 2 of bell crank type
connected by a chain 3 with the beam c¹. The weight o thus tends to raise the
right hand ends of the beams and to give preponderance to their left hand ends,
its action being assisted by a springs which is of the well known door spring type.
The reciprocating motion of the beams c c is converted into circular motion by
connecting the lower end of the arm and the upper end of the rod n with the
cranks of wheels D D. From one of these, D, power may be transmitted by a
driving belt, and the other, D¹, acts as a flywheel.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
Let an impulse be given to the apparatus so as to depress the left hand ends
of the beams. The beam c slips longitudinally a small extent to the left on its
support as it swings from the horizontal position (said slip being limited by
brace f) thus increasing the leverage of and giving preponderance to the left hand
end of this beam. At the same time preponderance is given to the left hand side
of the apparatus by the spring and weights o, l, acting as before described.
Having reached the limit of their movement in the direction indicated, the
momentum of the oscillating beams and of the flywheel D', conserved by the re-
action or spring of the chains d, f¹, f2 (placed in extra tension by the movement
of the beams from a horizontal position) and also by the action of the spring
which tends to raise the weighted rod n, and by the slight longitudinal slip of the
beam c upon its support to the right hand, will cause the apparatus to oscillate to
the full extent in the reverse direction and to continue to oscillate ad infinitum.
It will be understood that weights may be substituted for the springs described,
and the chains replaced by wire or other ropes or cords.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what
I claim is:
1. A method of producing motive power by means of loaded beams oscillating
in unison, one of said beams being so arranged as to slightly move longitudinally
on its support when oscillating, whereby preponderance is given to its descending
end, the conservation of the momentum of said beams being further assisted by
weights or springs or both and also by the reaction of chains or ropes placed in
extra tension as the beams move from a horizontal position, substantially as set
forth.
2. The general construction and arrangement of apparatus for producing
motive power by the oscillation of loaded beams, substantially as described and
illustrated in the drawings.
ميدية
ozil do of Antolon 1900