US1387431A - Generating set movable upon rails - Google Patents

Description

A. CCLLET.

GENERATING SET MOVABLE UPON RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.2'8, 1915.

1,387,431. Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

A. COLLET.

GENERATING SET MOVABLE UPON RAILS. 7

APPLICATION FILED APR-28, 1915. 1,387,431. Patented Aug. 9, 1921 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

Q UNITED STATES PATENT "JOJFFICFEVQ ALBERT GOLLE'I, OF rams, FRANCE, TASSIGNOR TO socrnrn' MAURICE ET rrnnnn connn'r & cm, or PARIS, FRANCE.-.

GENERATINGSET MOVABLE upon Rains.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 9, 1921. i Application filed April28,191 5. Seria1No;24',617. r

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnov-rsrons on THE ACT or Manon s, 1e21, 41 STAT. n, 1313.

To'allwhom' it may concern l Be it known that I, ALBERT Conner, a cltlpzen of the Republic of France, residing in Paris, France, have invented certa n new and useful Improvements in Generat ng Sets tutes a powerful andlight source ofelectric energy (for power or light) and easily transportable for use at any point along the railway. i

p This generating set mainly consistsof' two relatively light parts eachwelghlng less than 250 kilogslin working order; the first "part comprises the frame of drawn steeltubes mounted upon rollers with ball bearlngs and the continuous current generator; the second part consists inthe oil or petrolexplosion engine, its fly wheel,its;tank;-the-radlator,

the fan and an electricregul'ator.

This generating set is arranged so as to capable of adaptation to different widths of track by the movement of the rollers over the transverse tubes of, the frame, and the dynamo is also mounted in such a manner as to allow of it being-moved away from the englne; I p

The engagement s effected instantaneously by a tightener roller movable to and nearer to or farther from the axis of the drive pulley of the generator.

allows of stopping the carriage 1n whatever A special. arrangement of brake direction the control handle of the saidbrake may be actuated. Moreover, the actlon of the brake is equally distributed over both the v blocked wheels. 7 l.

' Figures 1 and 2 represent respectlvely in side view and end view the generating set forming the subject of this invention.

Figs. 3, 3 and 4, 4 are side and top vlews of the brake drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating ill plan the working of the a'rrangement.

The generating set consists of 'ametal frame made 'of four perpendlcularktubes the radiator f and the petrol'tank g. {The other platform (Z is designed to receive a tool chest; Tn the'lniddle is mounted by,

meansof movable clamping sleeves c'and.

bars 9', the electric generator provided with the hand rail 1 for holdingand carrying it.

The driving of the generator is effected by means of a band a passing over the fly whe'elf it of the engine and aroundthe pulley of the generator in. A roller p serves to give the required tension and passageto the band and is mounted upon the generator in such 'a manner that lt-can rock around the shaft 9 and thus cause the instantaneous engage" ment or disengagementof the band In order to vary the distance ofthe'shafts of the engine and generatorit is only neces-. saryto loosen the nuts of the sleeves c and to move the generator along the tubes 6-? of the'frame. I

One of the portions of the-frame of the. generating set, that isfto say, the tubular frame with the generator can be carried by four men holding the ends of the frame, while the engine and its accessories are car.

ried by lifting them by means ofthe bars m above referred to. i 9

Moreover, a special braking arrangement allows 'ofxstopping' the carriage by acting upon one pair of wheels upon the same axle or upon the other pair according as the rotation ofthe' driving wheel is effected in .one dlrectlon or the other.

This result is easily obtained by the following arrangement A shaft a actuated by a crank handle at each end can turn and slide in bearings 0 This shaft a is provided with two screwthreads of opposite hand 0 0 on which One ofthese two ring nuts h h can move. rlngs k for-example, by means of a stud or therefore to wheels.

finger moves a fork f fixed to a lever jointed at 9 This lever is connected by a shaft/1'1 to the connecting rod Z 011 which are mounted-the shoes m and n acting upon two wheels of the same rail. The operation is as follows:-

Supposing the rotation of the shaft a is effected so as to move the nut h upon the shaft 0: in the direction of the arrow 7, Figs. 4 and 5, the other nut operated by a thread of opposite hand will move in the opposite direction. It will be seen, therefore, that the movement transmitted through the medium ot the forks and leverswill cause the tightening of the shoe m If, at this moment the other shoe of the same axle is not yet blocked, the rotation of the shaft'oa continuing in the same. direction, the nut 7L having become fixed, there will follow a movement of translation from a in this nut in reverse direction of the arrow, the effect of which'movement 1s to increase tl16llSPlEiC61I18Ilt of the nut 71, and

second shoe;

If on the contrary, the shaft a hasbeen Claims i 1. A mobile electrlclty generating set for use on rails and adapted for quick removal ,engine and generatonw a v v x 2. A; mobile electrlclty generating set for contribute to the locking ofthe upon the two blocked' an electric generator on, said carri e, and

- u a (a u a detachable driving connection between said use on railsand adaptedfor quick removal from the 1 rails, comprlslng a carriage, a manually removable internal combustion engine unit removably seated on said carriage,an electric generator on said carriage, abelt connecting said engine and generator,

and a displaceable roller for tensioning the belt, said roller permitting of the ready loosening and displacement 'o't the belt and consequent'quickremoval of the engine unit. a v3. A 'mobileelectricity generating set for use on rails and. adapted for quick removal from the rails, comprising a carriage, an internal combustion engine unit 'removably seated on said carriage, an electric generator on said carriage'and a driving connection between said engine and generator, said carriage comprising a plurality of parallelbars, said electric generator being adjustably mounted onsaid bars witlrrelation to the engine-unitM 1 J 4-. i A mobile electricity generating set for use on rails and'adapted for quick removal from the rails, comprising a carriage, a manually removable [internal combustion engine unit removably seated on said carriage, said engine unit having 'handlesadapted to be driving connection.v between generator.

said engine a and in witness-whereof I have hereunto signed my name inthepresence of twosubscribing witnesses, 1 y r I I i V ALBEBT COLLET. fWitnessesp r i I DE W, PooLn,'-Jr,, GA RIEL BELLIARD.

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