US133546A

US133546A - Improvement in horse-powers

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Publication number: US133546A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 1889-12-03

Description

W. SCH UYLER.

Horse-Powers.

Patented Dec. 3,1872.

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WILLIAM SOHUYLER, OF ORANGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPRQVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 133,546, dated December 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SoHUYLnR,

of Oran geville, county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tread-Mill Horse- Powers, of which the following is a specification:

The nature of my invention relates to the construction of a tread-mill; and consists in the peculiar arrangement and construction of the gearing, which is so made that the power can be applied directly to the machine to be driven without the use of abolt; in the peculiar' construction of the brakes; and the manner of attaching the cross-pieces to the links so as to form the tread-mill, as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 detailed sectional views of the same.

. A 13 represent the frame, which may be constructed in any suitable manner. The tread-mill consisting ofthe cross-bars O, linksD, and rollers G, shown in Fig. 2, are of peculiar construction. The ends of each cross-bar O are bifurcated, one part passing through a slot made in each link D, and the other part extending up over the top, as shown in Fig. 3. By this construction the two parts are held securely together without being fastened by bolts, and can be readily taken apart and put together again. Each link consists of a slotted plate, having its ends made'of a semi-spherical shape,

so as to fit in the recesses of the wheel H,

large flanged wheel J secured toits end. This wheel has its inner face cut by a series of cogs, into which the beveled gear or pinion K secured to the short shaft L meshes, and awide rim or flange, upon which the brakes operate. The shaft L extends backward, and has its bearings on a plane with the frame, and to its rear end a tumbler or any suitable connectinggear is secured, so that the power may be apdescribed, will operate with less friction, run

more easily, and can be placed at an angle at from six to eight inches less than those now in common use.

Bearing upon the rim of the wheel J are two brakes, 0, connected together by bars It S and the upright bar P, and controlled by the lever Q.

The ordinary brakes, as applied to the tread mill, are seldom if ever suflicient to instantly stop the machine, and cannot always be relied upon; but by the use of the double clamps upon a wide flanged wheel the motion can be checked or stopped at will.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and for which I desire to se cure Letters Patent, is-

1. A tread-mill horse-power, in which the power is connected to the'machine to be driven without the use of a belt, arranged substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a flanged wheel of a tread -mill horse-power, the double clamped brakes 0, bars R and S, connecting-bar P, and lever Q, when arranged to operate substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the cross-barsO, links D, wheels H J K, and shaft L, when all are combined to form a tread-mill horse-power, as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I hereto affix my signature.

XVILLIAM SGHUYLER.

Witnesses WM. BELLEs, W. E. SMITH.