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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

oHAELEs o. MOORE, OE NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLICATION 0F WIND-POWER T0 PRODUCE A RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36.101, dated August 5, 1862.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MOORE, of the city, county, and Stateof NewA York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Applying the Power of Wind-Wheels to the Driving of Machinery having a Reciprocating Movement; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description in the simplest possible manner the power from a wind-wheel shaftto the machinery to be driven, and by such a means which w ill not in the least degree interfere with the proper traversing of the cap in which the bearings of the wheel-shaft are placed, and will at the same time admit of the journals of the wheelshaft having an equal pressure on each o-f its bearings, so as to insure an easy working of the moving parts attended with a comparatively small degree of friction.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a vertical shaft, the lower end of which is permanently secured in a proposed base, B, and C is a cap, into which the upper end of the shaft A is tted loosely, so that the cap C may turn freely upon it, the upper end of the shaft being cylindrical to admit of that result. The cap is secured on the shaft A by means of pins a, which pass horizontally into the cap and have their inner ends fitted in a groove or recess, b, made circumferentially in I it, as shown clearly in Fig. l. The lower end of the cap C may rest on the upper end of a collar, D, which is secured permanently on the shaft A.

Eis a vane which is provided with two pendants, c o, in which are the bearings of a shaft, G. These pendants are at opposite sides of the cap C and at equal distances from it. The shaft G passes through the cap C, which also serves as a bearing for it.

F is a wind-wheel, which may be constructed in any suitable manner, and is secured to one end ofthe shaft G. The vane E is in line with the shaft G and projects back a suitable distance from the cap C, to cause the wind-wheel to face the wind at all times. (See Figsyl and 2.)

The wind-wheel shaft G is provided with two cranks, d ci',` which are in the same plane and have each a pitman, e, attached, the lower ends of which are connected by boltsf to a slide, H, on the upright shaft A. This slide H has a groove, g, made circumferentially in it to receive a band, I, in which the slide H is allowed to turn freely, the latter having two movements-to wit, an up-and-down movement on shaft A and also a rotary one.

The band I may be formed of two equal parts connected at journals h h, on which the piston-rods t' i of two pumps are hung, the journals being at Opposite points on the band, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

-From this description it will be seen tha when the wheel F rotates the cranks d d and pitmen e e will give a rising-and-falling movement to the slide H, and the latter will of course communicate the same movement to the piston-rods iz',- and it will also be seen that the wind-wheel E will be allowed to turn so as to face the wind in consequence of the slide H being allowed to turn within the band I. By having a pitman e at each side of the cap C, as shown, an equal pressure is obtained on eachbearing ofthe shaft G, and all the working parts are made to operate with but little friction.

The working parts may be covered by a case, J, litted on the base B, and the case covered by a hood, K.' A

Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement, with a wind-wheel, F, of the double-crank shaft G, cap C, shaft A, pitmen e e, slide H, and band Lwith rods it' attached, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

cHAELEs c. MOORE.

Witnesses:

GEO. R. MAKEPEAOE, FREDERICK VORR.

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