US432192A

US432192A - Mechanical movement

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Publication number: US432192A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-07-15
Anticipated expiration: 1907-07-15

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J. M. MoNEAL & W. F. RUNNELLS.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

No. 432,192. Patented July 15, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JOHN M. MCNEAL AND IVILLIAM F. RUNNELLS, OF RIOES, MINNESOTA.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,192, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed August 2, 1889.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. MONEAL and WILLIAM F. RUNNELLS, citizens of the United States, residing at Rices,in the county of Benton, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Mechanical Movements, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to improvements in devices for converting from a distance more or less remote reciprocating into rotary motion; and the objects of our improvement are to provide at a small cost a device of this nature and adapt it to operate a churn, washing-machine, or other mechanism for domestie and other purposes. WVe attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the operating ratchetwheel and its pawls connected with the sprocket-wheel of the device.

In said drawings, A represents a pumprodas, for example, the vertical rod that is usually connected with the crank of a windmill-shaft and receives therefrom a vertically reciprocating motion, said rod being guided at the bottom either by the pumpbarrel or by the standard B, having the rodguides b. To the pump-rod A is pivoted at a the upper end of a pitman C, havingits lower end pivoted to the outer end of T-shaped arm D, the head or perpendicular portion of which is attached to the middle portion of the oscillating double-lever bar E, that is pivoted at e to the stanchion F, the pivot having its opposite end supported by the iron brace f, secured to the horizontal beam F forming a part of the stanchion-supporting frame. The ends of the double lever E are connected on one side with the free end of the arm I) by means of bracing-rods (Z, and on. the opposite side with wires G, that are converging toward a sprocket-wheel II, loosely mounted on a shaft I, carried in bearings 7;, attached to stanchions K at a more or less remote distance Serial N0. 319,5e9. on: model.)

from the stanchion F, or from the pump-rod A of the windmill. the wires G are united by means of a chain G the links of which are adapted to engage with the sprockets of the wheel II.

To give a rotary motion to the shaft I, a ratchet-wheel L is secured upon said shaft, and the sprocket-wheel H has two radial arms h, each projecting therefrom on the side adjacent to the Wheel L, and to the outer ends of said arms are pivoted the pawls 7L2, so as to ride over the rachet-wheel, and springs h pressing upon said pawls to retain the latter in engagement with the ratchet-wheel. To give continuous motion to the shaft I, a flywheel M is secured upon a counter-shaft M carried in bearings upon stanchions K For this purpose a cog-wheel N is mounted upon the shaft I, and said wheel is made to mesh with a pinion n upon the counter-shaft M and the momentum of the fly-wheel will help to transform the intermittent motion of the pawls upon the ratchet-wheelL into continuous rotary motion. Upon the shaft I is also mounted a belt-pulley P, carrying a belt 1'), by which motion can be given to the heaters of a churn, of a washing-machine, or other mechanism.

To retain the wires G under tension, and also to prevent sudden jerks in starting or reversing theintermittent pull upon each Wire alternately, a three-coiled wire spring-coupler Q is placed upon one of the wires, the central coil being around a pin (1, connected with the double leverE, and the frame (1 carrying said springs, is attached to the Wire G.

We are aware that oscillating beams and Wires, or connecting-rods uniting them, have been used to transmit power from a distance to operate various mechanisms; but theirmode of connection with the from ours.

Having now fully described our invention, We claim The combination of a vertically-reciprocating rod, its pitman, the double lever E, having a T-shaped central arm, and wires d, uniting said central arm to the ends of the double The converging ends of.

driven shaft differs- 1ever,thewires G,aspring-e0up1er Q,m0unted In testimony whereof We affix our signaupon one of said Wires, the sprocket-chain G tures in presence of two Witnesses.

uniting said wires, the spi'eeket-wheel H, hav- JOHN M M T I Y 2 el\ EAL.

lng two rad1al aims h, and pawls 71- plvoted TILLIAM R RUNNELLS.

to said arms, the ratchet-Wheel L, its shaft,

and the gear N upon said shaft, With the Witnesses: counter-shaft M its pinion n, and fly-Wheel CHARLES F. DEAN, M, substantially as described. JOHN FOX.