IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GEARING OF RAILWAY HOISTS WORKED BY TURBINES, AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE WATER WHICH HAS PASSED THROUGH THE TURBINE FOR SUPPLYING THE TANKS OF ENGINES, AND FOR STATION PURPOSES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Phillips, of Oldham, in the County of Lan-
caster, for the. Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GEARING OF RAILWAY
HOISTS WORKED BY TURBINES, AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE WATER WHICH
HAS PASSED THROUGH THE TURBINE FOR SUPPLYING THE TANKS OF ENGINES,
AND FOR STATION PURPOSES."
Sealed the 16th December 1864, and dated the 21st June 1864...
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Phillips at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
June 1864.
I, HENRY PHILLIPS, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE GEARING
OF RAILWAY HOISTS WORKED BY TURBINES, AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE WATER.
WHICH HAS PASSED THROUGH THE TURBINE FOR SUPPLYING THE TANKS OF ENGINES,
AND FOR STATION PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
On the shaft of the turbine I fix two drums or pulleys connected by ropes
or belts to two loose drums or pulleys on the shaft of the hoist, one of the
ropes or belts being crossed and the other open, and for fixing the drums or
pulleys to the shaft as required I employ forks or clutches worked by a lever,
which arrangement is for the purpose of using the turbine only when the
weight is being lifted. The said turbine is of such dimensions and power as
the hoist requires, and I place it in any convenient position, and pass the
water from the main through a meter to the turbine, but instead of allowing

page_text: the water after it has passed through the turbine to be wasted, I discharge it
through one or more pipes to one or more tanks to be used as reservoirs for
supplying water to locomotive engines, or any other object or purpose
connected with a railway station.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Phillips in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th December 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
PHILLIPS, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Phillips, Her special license that I, the said Henry
Phillips, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Henry Phillips, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN THE GEARING OF RAILWAY HOISTS WORKED BY TURBINES, AND
THE PRESERVATION OF THE WATER WHICH HAS PASSED THROUGH THE TURBINE FOR
SUPPLYING THE TANKS OF ENGINES, AND FOR STATION PURPOSES," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Phillips, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Phillips, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment (that is to say) :-
On the shaft of the turbine I fix two drums or pulleys connected by ropes
or belts to two loose drums or pulleys on the shaft of the hoist, one of the
ropes or belts being crossed and the other open, and for fixing the drums or

page_text: pulleys to the shaft as required I employ forks or clutches worked by a lever,
which arrangement is for the purpose of using the turbine only when the weight
is being lifted. The said turbine is of such dimensions and power as the hoist
requires, and I place it in any convenient position, and pass the water from
the main through a meter to the turbine, but instead of allowing the water
after it has passed through the turbine to be wasted, I discharge it through
one or more pipes to one or more tanks to be used as reservoirs for supplying
water to locomotive engines, or any other object or purpose connected with a
railway station.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be
understood that I claim, the improvements in the gearing of railway hoists
worked by turbines, and the preservation of the water which has passed
through the turbine for supplying the tanks of engines, and for station pur-
poses as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Phillips, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Henry Phillips, in
the presence of,
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
HENRY PHILLIPS. (L.B.)