US5765A - Motive power - Google Patents

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FREDK. E. sicKnLs, oiiivnw YORK, N. Y. u

METHOD OF CONTROLLINGVIOTIVE POWER. I

Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,765, dated September 12',` 1848.-

To all whom t may concern.' y

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ELswoRTH SICKELS, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved mode of applying and controlling a propelling force at the will of the operator for the purposeof causing any driving machinery to which this propelling force is applied to move only with a corresponding motion to the motion of the operator with more accuracy and efficiency than has been done by any means heretofore known.

By a motion of the operator I mean a motion of the whole or any part of the body of the operator that is attached to, and acts on and in combination with a regulating connectionv hereafter described, to produce a corresponding motion of tle driving machinery. By a corresponding motion of thek driving machinery I mean a mot-ion of the driving machinery, corresponding relatively, in time, duration, velocity and direction, to

the motion of the operator. By the driving machinery I mean the machineryA to which.A thepropelling force is applied, and which machinery moves only in connection with thel By the applying; machinery I mean the machinery whichisl` regulating connection.

moved by the regulating connection to regulate the amount and apply the propelling force.

The nature and characterjof my invention and that which distinguishes it' `from all other things before known or used, consists,` in making a connection from the applyingv machinery to the driving machinery which is acted on by an operator in such manner as that by the motion of the operator, thisl regulating connection will act on the applying machinery, and thereby regulate the.

amount of propellingforce applied.

In Figure l of the accompanying drawings this regulating connection is shown at tached to the machinery, operating a D slide valve as the applying machinery, and

to the machinery connected with the piston of a cylinder as the driving machinery, and to a handle for the operator; the propelling force being, air, gas, steam, or fluid under pressure,I and this force being applied through the driving machinery to work a punch, as will be now more particularly described.

In Fig pipes; C valve chest; D1 D2 cylinder covers;

Gr piston rod passing through stufling box l A the cylinder; B1 Bv2v side leduction pipe K; J induction pipe.

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As all the parts referred to above letters of` reference may be of they usual mode ary high pressure steam engines-further description of them isunnecessary.

In F ig; l, L is ayframe of a punch fasof construction for. locomotive and stationtened at its upper end to the cylinder cover D2, and at' the lower end to the platform Y, byy ears W; M guide head oni piston rod' Gr, sliding `over a guide N, on` the punch' frame L, to guide the punch O, into the die P.' f

I now come to the regulating connection tf!"- before mentioned. In Fig, l Q1Q2 are connecting arms havingthe'ir ends at'v X1 X2,

`connected-tok the guide head M, ,andl piston rod G, by a pin Y1v passing through them,

withv` nuts R1 R2 onl each end `of the pin Y1,

to holdl them together, and forming a vibrating jointon the'` pin Y1; the` otherA end' of the armsQ1 Q2 areconnectedatV XsXrby the pin Y2 to a lsocket &, on one endvofthe connecting rod S,withnuts R3 R1, oneach f end'of the vpin Y2,.to hold them together, Iandy forminga vibrating joint .on the pin Y2;

the otherend of the connectingrod S, is l 'attached by a pinyYa, to the jaw'T onL the valve-stem I with nuts R5 R? on each" end ,of .ir

vthe pin vY3 to hold them together, andiforin-` ing a vibrating jointon -the piniYs; U, han-z dle for. the `operator,f connected to the' arm Q,by the pin Z, passing through it and rivet# U, lto turnaround on thepin Z; a operator standing on platform V, and graspingjwith lhis hand the handle UQ ving intot-he arm Q, S0 as to allow thel handle? l, Operation (not, including4 the regulating connection): VIlxanfiple l'. Reference being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. l, with the induction vpipe J, communicating `the propelling force, the valve stem I, yin the center of itsmovement, and the D slide valve attached` closing vthe induction and .eduction openingsl to the cylinder, then, by

themovement of the' valvestem I, and D slidevalve attached, they loeingf'the apply# end"` ofthe cylinder, and. fromL the eduction pipe K, tothe upper end ofl thecylinder,

ingfmachinery4 upward, that is, in the direc- "tion from 1 to 2, so as to open acommunication from the valve chest C, to the'lower' v.the propelling force will pass through the y v side `pipe B2, and applied tothe under side of the piston in cylinder A, causing 1tV with the piston rod G, guide head M, and punch O, they beingthe driving machinery, to move upward with a force according `to the amount of propelling :torce applied byn a greater or less upward movement of the applying machinery, until the piston reaches the upper end of the cylinder.

Example 2. By thev movement of the ap-` plying machinery downward, that is, in .the direction from 2 to 1, so .as to open the communication from theV valve chest C, to the. upper end of the cylinder (A, and from the` eduction pipe K, to the lower end of the cylinder, the propelling force will pass amount of propelling force applied Vby a greater or less downwardmovement of the applying machinery, until the piston reaches the lower end of the cylinder. `The operation as above explained by Examples 1, andi '2, of the parts therein referred to being well 1 the connecting rod S and applying maknown and understood by engineers.

I will now explain the operation of the regulating connection, combined with thev motion of the operator, and in connection with the operation as before explained in Examples 1, and 2, of the applying and driving machinery. v

.V Example 3."Refere nce being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1, the operator having hold of the handle U, then by the upward motion of the operator, "the handle'` U and pin Z will moveupward; the con-y necting arms Q1 `Q2 will turn on the pin Y1,

their ends at X3 X4 moving up the connect-` ing `rod S,Vand applyingmachinery, andi thereby causing anyupwa'rd motion of the. driving machinery, as before explained in' 'example l, with this difference, that should the driving machinery start at any time while in operation tomove with any other? than a corresponding motion the connecting arms Q1 Q2 would vibrate on the pin Z the hand of the operatoracting as a fulcrumand` raise or lower the applying machinery and thus increase, diminish or reverse the application of the propelling force to the piston in the cylinder A, so as thus to cause a correspondingmotion of the driving machinery for in the movement of the driving machinery` upward the arms Q1 Q2, would turn upward on the pin Y2; and should the motion of the operator, handle U, and pin Z upward be such as would be generated by the arms Q1 Q2, turning upon the pin Y2, without moving ,the applying machinery, then the driving machinery would be moving with a correspondingmotion, but, should the driving machinery move up faster than a corresponding motion then the arms Q1 Q2,

would notonly turn up at their ends X1 X2, but would also move down at their ends X3 X"g vibrating on the pin Z, in consequence of this pin being held by the operator, and thus movethe connecting rod S, and applying machinery downward so as to diminish the application of the propelling force to the piston in the cylinder A, and thus produce a corresponding motion of the driving machinery; Or should `the driving machinery move up slower than a corresponding motion,.the action of the operator on the handle U, would draw up the ends `of the arms Q1 Q2 at X3 X2, and thus raise the connecting rod S, and applying machinery, and thereby increase the application of the propelling force to thepiston in the cylinder A, and thus produce a corresponding motion of the driving machinery.

`Example 4. Reference being had to the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. The operatorhaving hold of the handle U, then, by a downward motion of the operator, the handle U'and pin Z will move downward; the connecting arms Q1 Q2 will turn on the pin Y1, their/ends at X3 X2 moving down chinery, and thereby causing a downward motion of the driving machinery as before explained in Example 2, with this diil'errence, that should the driving machinery chinery, and thereby, increase, diminishor reverse the application of the propelling force to the piston in the cylinder A, so as thus to cause a corresponding motion of the driving machinery, for in the movement of the driving machinery downward the arms Q1 Q2, would turn downward on the pin Y2, and should the motion of the operator, handle U and pin Z downward be such `as would be generated by the arms Q1 Q2 turning upon the pin Y2, without moving the applying machinery, then the driving machinery would `be moving with a corresponding motion, but should the driving machinery move down faster than a corresponding mo- `tion, then the arms Q1 Q2, would not only turn down at their ends X1`X2, but would also move up at'their-ends X3 X1 vibrating on the pin'Z, in consequence of thispin being held by the operator, and thus move the connecting rod and applying machinery up, so as to diminishthe application of the propelling force to the `piston inthe cylinder A, and thus produce a corresponding motion of the driving machinery,or should `the driving machinery move down slower than a corresponding motion, the action of the operator on the handle would draw down the ends of the arms QL Q2, at X3 X4, and thus lower the connecting rod S, and applying machinery, and thereby increase the application of the propelling force to the pisto-n in t-he cylinder A, and thus produce a corresponding motion of'the driving machinery. And it is evident with ref-V erence to the accompanying drawing, and Examples 8 and 4, that the driving machinery will move only with a corresponding motion or nearly so, and that any deviation therefromwill be rectified by the movement and operation of the regulating connect-ion, and it will also be evident reference being had to this specification and accompanying drawings generally, that the regulating connection may `be variously arranged and located between different kinds of applying andl driving machinery, as in Fig. 2. The driving machinery may consist of a fiat bar G, guide head M and punch O. The applying machinery may consist of the crooked lever D and two rollers AB which rollers are geared to power and turning in the same direction, with proper bearings for the journals F, H, I, J, K, of t-he lever and rollers tovwork upon, and the regulating connection may consist of the connecting arm Q, handle U for the operator, the connecting rod S, with the pins Y1 Y2 Y3 to form joints, with the nuts R1, R2,

R3, to hold all together. Supposing the rollers A B; to turn around in the direct-ion from l to 2, then by the upwardmotion of the operator, the roller Bwould be pressed hard against the bar G, and the roller Ak be held loosely against it; t-he action of the4 friction between the roller B and bar G, would cause a corresponding motion of the driving machinery upward or by a downward motion of the operator the roller A would be brought hard against the bar G, and the roller B be held loosely against it, producing a corresponding motion of the driving machinery downward by the movement and operation of the regulating connection. The lever D could act on driving belts as on an ordinary machine for planing iron instead of the driving rollers A B with the same result.

It is evident that the less labor required to work the applying machinery, the less will be the labor of the operator. It would therefore be advisable, when the advantage justified the expense, to use that plan of applying machinery, which would require the least amount of power 'to work it; as in Fig. 3 the applying machinery may be 0p- Aerated by a rock shaft A, and this shaft be locity of the corresponding motion ofthe driving machinery, as compared with the motion of the operator can be readily effected, as by connection to a bell-crank lever B which turns on a pin at EF ig. 3, the movement of theoperator wouldbe at right angles if connectedkto a handle at C, to what it would if connected to a handle at D, or would be` of different velocities according to the lengthV or lengths of the lever `or levers from the applying and driving* machinery to the operator. yThe driving machinery can operate cutters or hammers instead of a punch as here represented,

or do any other work within its power to perform without affecting the principle of the operation of the regulating connection.

Having thus fully explained the nature and operation of my improvement; what Ik claim therein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The use of the within described regulating connection to be acted on by an oper# ator and applied between and in connection with applying and driving machinery so as to regulate the amount of moving power substantially on the principle and in the manner as herein described.

FREDERICK ELSWORTH SICKELS.

Witnesses: D. W. MAHON. y v A. B. SToUGH'roN.

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