US309804A - Counter-shaft for machinery - Google Patents

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0 H RUSSOM COUNTER SHAFT FOR MACHINERY.

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COUNTER SHAFT FOR MACHINERY.

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ATENT CHARLES HENRY RUSSOM, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

COUNTER-SHAFT FOR MACHINERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,804, dated December 23, 1884.

Application filed September 13, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. RUssoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Counter-Shafts for Machinery; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invcntion,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken through the hanger-pin and oil-boxi' e -7. ,7

This invention has relation to counter-shafts, and is applicable to all kinds of machinery where reversible motion is required and where the motive power is communicated by belting.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, and positive construction adapted to be used with a single belt, to secure the forward or backward motion of the countershaft.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A, B, and 0 indicate miter-wheels, and G the casing inclosing them, having the door 0.

H is the shaft, which passes through the casing G.

D, E, and F are three pulleys on the shaft, the pulley D, however, being placed on the extended hub c of the miter-wheel O, and being secured thereto by the key 8.

I is a stud or hanger-pin, having a collar, 0'. The horizontal miter-wheel B turns on this stud, and engages on one side the miter-wheel A, which is secured to the shaft H by the key 7:, and on the other side the miter-wheel O, which turns on said shaft, but is secured to the pulley D. The stud or hanger-pin I is (No model.)

transverse set-bolts a (1, extending through apertures in the said branch arms. The pulley E is a loose pulley, and is located between the pulley D and the pulley F, which is secured to 5 5 the shaft H by the key Q.

On the shaft H is a collar, which is de signed to reduce the friction between the pulleys D and E.

J represents a bracket through which the shipping-rod Z passes, and h is the handle of the belt-shipper. If the backward motion of the shaft is designed to be more rapid than its forward movement, this can be accomplished by the introduction of an extra wheel.

L indicates the sleeve arranged upon the shaft H between the mitergears A and C, and is provided on its upper horizontal side with vertical apertures '12, which are enlarged at their mouth portion, so that they may readily receive the oil or other lubricant as it falls from the upper horizontal miter-gear, B, the same being carried to this gear through the engaging vertical miter-gears, as shown. Thus it will be-seen that when oil or other liquid lubricant is placed in the box G the vertical gears therein will convey it to the horizontal engaging gear, from whence it will fall into the apertures of the sleeve L and be readily discharged and distributed throughout the main shaft, thereby lubricating the various parts of the device as well as the gears within the oil-box. The oil is placed in the box through the door 0.

The operation is as follows: When the belt is on the loose pulley E, the other parts remain at rest. \Vhen the shaft is to be revolved forward, the belt is shipped from the pulley E to the pulley F. To reverse the motion the belt isshipped on the pulley D. 0

I am aware that it is not new to arrange up on a counter-shaft two vertical bevel-gears to engage a horizontally-suspended bevel-gear, the said shaft having pulleys adapted to be fixed and allowed to remain loose upon the said shaft, and therefore do not claim such devices, broadly.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the hanger-pin provided with the branch arms, and means, as

described, for connectingthe sameto the shaft, connected with the sleeve of the said shaft by H, of the oil-box, miter-gears arranged within means of the transverse bolts, and the oil-box the same, and the sleeve Lupon the said shaft, supported by means of the hanger-pin, subhaving vertical apertures,whereby the oil may stantially as specified.

5 be caught and distributed to various parts of In testimony whereof Iafl'ix my signature in I 5 the shaft after being carried to the upper horipresence of two witnesses.

zontal gear by the vertical gears, substan- CHARLES HENRYERUSSOM. tially as specified. Vitnesses:

2. The combination, with the shaft H, car- FORDYOE STORAR, 1o rying the pulleys I), E, and F, of the oil-box JOHN WARBURTON.

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