US1136911A - Mechanical movement. - Google Patents

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E. N. KIGER.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.29, 1914.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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E. N. KIGER.

MECHANICAL movmsm.

v APPLICATION FILED SEPT-29, 9'4. 1,136.91 1. I Patented Apr.20, 1915.

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EDRICK N. KIGER, OF PLUMMEB, IDAHO.

MECHANICAL movements. 7

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

Application filed. September 29, 1914. Serial No. 864,080.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDnroK N. Krona, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Plummer, in the county of Kootenai and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification.

vision of a novel form of mechanical move ment for use in connection with advertising and window displays and which may also be utilized for the transfer of power to other movable objects.

Other features and objects of the invention will be more fully described in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, and y will be more particularly pointed out in an by the appended claims. 1

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view looking in the direction of arrow 2 of Fig. 1. "Fig. 3 is a view in elevation looking in the direction of arrow 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view. Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout the different figures of the drawings.

7 As illustrated, the invention includes a' frame comprising frame sections composed of rectangular frames disposed at right angles with respect to each other, and one being disposed within the other. The interior or inside frame comprises upper and lower horizontals .1 and 2 having end verticals 3 and 4. The exterior or outside frame comprises horizontals 5 and 6, which areconnect'ed at their ends by verticals 7 and 8, the frames being in crossed relation, as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 1. At the crossing juncture of the frames, bearings 9 and 10 are provided in which the ends of a vertically disposed shaft 11, are journaled. A hearing bracket 12, preferably in the form of a yoke, steadies the shaft 11 at 13, and has a bearing 14 for a power shaft 15, the remaining end of the latter being journaled in upright 4. On shaft-11, I mount a bevel shaft 16 which meshes with a bevel gear 17 on power shaft .15 so that when shaft 11 is rotated, power shaft 15 will be driven in a manner to permit of power being taken off from a pulley 18, on shaft 15.

An annular transmission member is indicated at 19, and is in the form of a. ring having a flat upper face. The ring 19 is mounted upon a pivot spindle 20, which is offset at 21 so that its axis will intersect the axis of shaft 11, or in other words, so that the spindle 20 can be disposed in such a manner that its axis will intersect the axis of shaft 11. The spindle 20 extends through the transmission member 19 and is shown This invention has for its object the projournaled in the uprights or verticals 3 and 4, thereby permitting the transmission member 19 to be rocked about the spindle 20 as an axis.

An arm 22 is shown hubbed on the shaft 11 and secured by a pin 23 against rotative movement independently of the shaft 11, but in such amanner as to be capable of taking different angular positions with respect to the shaft 11'. If desired, the terminal of the shaft 22 may have a bore somewhat enlarged with respect to shaft 11. On the free end of arm 22 is rotatably mounted a revolving weight which may be in the form of a disk 24, which is held by said arm to a circular path of movement such that the disk will not only track in its path but will always be disposed on the upper face of ring 19.

In order to render the rolling weight ef fective for the purpose of actuating the ring to transmit power therefrom, I pro-. vide meansfor tilting or rocking the ring 19 in a manner to cause the rolling weight 24 to travel about the ring by gravity and momentum.

As shown, a pulley 25 is driven by a belt 26 and is mounted upon a shaft 27. A crank disk 28 is mounted on shaft 27 and is provided with a wrist pin 29. A pitman 30 is journaled on wrist pin 29 and is pivoted at 31 to a crank rod 32. Crank rod 32 is slidable in a guide 33 and has a. pin connection 34 with the slotted end of a ring rod 35, which is fixed to the ring 19.

Now it will be clear from the foregoing that relatively light motive power will be sufficient to rock or oscillate the ring 19 and it will be understood that the rolling weight 24 will be of sufficient heft to transmit considerable power. Therefore, as the ring 19 is rocked downwardly, in the position shown in Fig. 2, the rolling weight will seek a lower position by gravity and in so doing, will acquire sufiicient momentum to carry the weight upwardly over the crest or high point at a, whereupon, and at that moment when the rolling weight is carried While I have herein shown and describedone specific form of the invention,it will be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the specific form shown except for a such limitations as the claims may import.

I c1aim:

1. In a mechanical movement, a ring transmission member, means pivotally supporting the latter to rock about a horizontal axis, a rotating weight movable on said ring about a vertical axis intersecting the rocking axis of said ring, means for rocking said ring to cause movement of said we1ght by gravity, and means for taking power from said weight, substantially as described;

2; .In a mechanical movement, rectangular s frames, one within: and in crossed relation with respect to the other andsaid frames having bearmgs at their crossing Juncture, a

7 vertical transmissionshaft having its ends journaled in said bearings, a bearing bracket fixed to said inner frame and provided with "a hub in bearing relation with said shaft, a

gear on said shaft and a power shaft journaled in said bracket bearing and having a gear meshing with said transmission gear and said power shaft being journaledin said inner frame, a horizontal ring spindle journaled'in saidinnerfra'me'with its axis intersecting the axis of said vertical shaft and being offset to clear: said vertical shaft,

a transmission ring disposed within said frames in concentr1c relatlon'wlth said vertlcal shaft and mounted on said spindle,

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an arm fixed to said transmission shaft and provided with a power transmission weight rotatively mounted thereon" and revoluble,

around and upon said ring, and means for rocking said ring to cause grav1ty movement of said weight thereabout to actuate said transmission shaft, scr1bed.- a

3. In a mechanlcal movement, a ring transmission member, pivotal supports for 'the latter, a rotating weight revoluble along substantially as de-' said ring, means for taking power from said a weight, and meansfor rocking said ring to 7 cause gravity movement of saidZweight and in such timed relation with respect thereto as; to change the ring from one position to anotherwhile said weight is above the'piv- 1 otal supports of said ring, substantially as described. I

4. In a mechanical movement, rectangular frames disposed onewithin and incrossed relation with each other and said frames havin bearin s at their crossin 'uncture h b l 1 a vertical transmission shaft-having its ends ournaled in said bearings, fifl'lOIlZOIltELl ring spindle Journaled 1n-sa1'd1nner frame with itsaxis intersecting the axis of said vertical an'arm fixed to said transmission shaft and prov1ded wlth a power transmission weight rotatively mounted-thereon and revoluble around "and upon said ring, andm'eans for rocking said ring to cause gravity. movement of said weight thereabout to actuate said transmission shaft, substantially as described;

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