US150356A - Improvement in traction-engines - Google Patents

Improvement in traction-engines Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US150356A
US150356A US150356DA US150356A US 150356 A US150356 A US 150356A US 150356D A US150356D A US 150356DA US 150356 A US150356 A US 150356A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
engines
traction
improvement
shaft
crank
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
Publication date
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US150356A publication Critical patent/US150356A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62DMOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D57/00Vehicles characterised by having other propulsion or other ground- engaging means than wheels or endless track, alone or in addition to wheels or endless track

Definitions

  • This invention is designed as a substitute for the horse, and may be constructed of such proportions and in combination with such other devices as shall make its use feasiblein nearly all situations and conditions.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved engine.
  • Fig. 2 is a side elevation and partial section mostly in the plane of line i i, Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.
  • C represents a vehicle, or foot-board, as the case may be 5 B, wheels, and A some suitable form of steam-boiler.
  • the locomotive type is deemed best, but for steam fire-engines, street-cars, and similar uses the upright form will be preferable.
  • H is a frame
  • the cylinder-casting F I prefer making in one piece, but it may be made in separate pieces, bolted together. It has three cylinders, in which are pistons I I I, a flange, a, on which the frame H rests,
  • crank-shaft E which has three cranks, T 'T T., and these are connected to the pistons I I I by the upper portions of the legs D D Dill I
  • My invention consists chiefly of three engines, that in the present instance are of the style known as trunk-engines, connected to one crank-shaft, the connecting-rods of the same being prolonged below the shaft, and terminating infect provided with calks, as shown, for the purpose of obtaining traction and imitating the motion of a horses foot, which is thus accomplished.
  • these engines may be of the style known as half-trunk engines and double-acting, or by building a suitable frame-work the cylinders may be of the usual double-actin g style, and placed higher up, the legs being connected to their cross-heads instead of the pistons, as in the present instance.
  • cranks T constructed in one and the same shaft, said cranks T being each provided withza leg, D, all combined to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Transportation (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Shafts, Cranks, Connecting Bars, And Related Bearings (AREA)

Description

F. H. RIGHARDS.
Traction-Engines.
Patented April 28, 187 4.
Inventor.
UNITED STATES.
PATENT OFFICE.
FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT.
IMPROVEMENT IN TRACTION-ENGINES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,356, dated April 28, 1874; application filed J anuary 26, 1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Traction- Engines; and that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which represent, besides the vehicle C, boiler A, and wheels B, only such parts of a complete machine as are comprised in the present invention.
This invention is designed as a substitute for the horse, and may be constructed of such proportions and in combination with such other devices as shall make its use feasiblein nearly all situations and conditions.
Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved engine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation and partial section mostly in the plane of line i i, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same.
C represents a vehicle, or foot-board, as the case may be 5 B, wheels, and A some suitable form of steam-boiler. For most purposes the locomotive type is deemed best, but for steam fire-engines, street-cars, and similar uses the upright form will be preferable. H is a frame,
built out upon the front of boiler A, supportedupon the flange a, of the cylinder-casting F, and in which the said casting F is made to revolve, either in one direction or the other, for the purpose of guiding the machine, as the case may require.- The cylinder-casting F I prefer making in one piece, but it may be made in separate pieces, bolted together. It has three cylinders, in which are pistons I I I, a flange, a, on which the frame H rests,
and is provided at the top with a steam'chest, J, in which valves are to be placed and operated by suitable connection with some part of the moving mechanism. Upon the under side of the flange a bearings 42 are provided for the crank-shaft E, which has three cranks, T 'T T., and these are connected to the pistons I I I by the upper portions of the legs D D Dill I My invention consists chiefly of three engines, that in the present instance are of the style known as trunk-engines, connected to one crank-shaft, the connecting-rods of the same being prolonged below the shaft, and terminating infect provided with calks, as shown, for the purpose of obtaining traction and imitating the motion of a horses foot, which is thus accomplished. in a very simple and effective manner. When it is for any reason deemed necessary, these engines may be of the style known as half-trunk engines and double-acting, or by building a suitable frame-work the cylinders may be of the usual double-actin g style, and placed higher up, the legs being connected to their cross-heads instead of the pistons, as in the present instance.
I do not claim the leg D, in combination with, and operated by, the crank T, as a mechanical movement, that being old; but
I claim- 1. The combination of the leg D and crank T, with the piston I, constructed to operate substantially as described, for the purpose specified.
2. The shaft E, having cranks T, constructed in one and the same shaft, said cranks T being each provided withza leg, D, all combined to operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. The combination of the frame F, legs I), pistons I, crank-shaft E, and bearings n, with frame H, as and for the purpose set forth.
FRANCIS H. RICHARDS.
WVitnesses Y E. L. Goonwnv, HUBERT P. RICHARDS, L. P. Smmunns.
US150356D Improvement in traction-engines Expired - Lifetime US150356A (en)

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US150356A true US150356A (en) 1874-04-28

Family

ID=2219769

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US150356D Expired - Lifetime US150356A (en) Improvement in traction-engines

Country Status (1)

Country Link
US (1) US150356A (en)

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US150356A (en) Improvement in traction-engines
US142747A (en) Improvement in reciprocating engines
US376459A (en) Multiple-cylinder steam-engine
US488774A (en) Locomotive-engine
US116464A (en) Improvement in sewing-machine treadles
US267726A (en) Locomotive-engine
US500462A (en) Steam-engine
US883255A (en) Power-lever.
US193956A (en) Improvement in motors for light machinery
US125838A (en) Improvement in steam-engines
US386942A (en) Territory
US664631A (en) Steam-engine.
US386950A (en) geoege w
US129996A (en) Improvement in crank-expanders
US397367A (en) Crank for machinery
US375927A (en) Valve-gear
US443481A (en) Portable steam-engine
US719053A (en) Engine.
US118401A (en) Improvement in steam-engines
US373115A (en) Automatic signal-bell
US1120078A (en) Reversing-gear.
US275144A (en) Reciprocating mechanical movement
US237181A (en) Portable steam-engine
US227096A (en) Steam road-wagon
US312378A (en) Half to j