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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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- My invention is an apparatus for transmittin g power with various advantages of movement and conservation of energy and other advantages, all as will be more particularly explained hereinafter.
- My invention is more particularly adapted for use in comparatively small machines, such as bicycles, pumps, small engines, &c.; and it consists, in general terms, in providing a power-receiving lever for engaging a crankpin, said lever having a longitudinal slot in which the pin may play and being provided with obliquely-divergent guide-slots adjacent thereto for permitting the fulcrum-point of the lever to change according to the position of the lever.
- Figure 1 is a top plan view of sufficient details of construction to enable my invention to be understood.
- Fig. 2 shows the samein side elevation.
- Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of one of the powerreceiving levers.
- the slot 3 receives the crank-pin a the slot 6 receiving the stud and friction-roll of the bracket a and the slot 19 receiving the stud and friction-roll of the bracket a
- the converging ends of the slots 19 b adjacent the slot Z) project forward, so that as the lever 19 is moved up and down, being connected at b with the power, the crank a or a as the case may be, is correspondingly moved, and its pin a is caused to reciprocate back .and forth in the slot as the shaft a rotates, and meanwhile the slots b b guide the lever in a bodilyswinging movement, substantially as shown in Fig. 2, so that instead of the lever 19 swinging as it would if pivoted on a stationary pivot at one end it constantly shifts its fulcrum or pivotal point up and down.
- the power may be transmitted from the mechanism described in anysuitable means, a connecting-rod 0 being herein shown, for convenience of illustration, mounted on an eccentric c on the shaft to, although I do not intend to be limited in any way to these details.
- the lever 12 to an opposite or lowermost position-the lever 12 would cause the near crank-pin a to travel down to perform the lower part of its revolution, and in doing so it would slide rearwardly in the slot Ct, giving increasing leverage as the lever 12 descended, and then the same optoo eration would take place in the opposite lever while the near crank-pin a was completing its revolution ready to descend again.
- a power-transmitting device comprising a shaft to be rotated, a crank and crank-pin mounted thereon, and a lever having a longitudinal slot receiving said crank-pin, and
- a power-transmitting device comprising a shaft to be rotated, a crank and crank-pin mounted at each end thereof, and a lever for each crank-pin, having a longitudinal slot receiving said crank-pin, and divergent guides cooperating with studs Working in said guides, for permitting the lever to have a limited bodily movement with the crank-pin, substantially as described,
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No. 623,992. Patentad May 2, I899. W. E. CURTIS.
POWER TRANSMITTING MECHANISM.
(Application flied Mar. 94, 1899.)
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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,992, dated May 2, 1899.
Application filed March 24, 1899.
To call, whom it ntay concern:
Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. CURTIS, of Taunton, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Power-Transmission Mechanism, of which the following description, in connection with the. accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.
My invention is an apparatus for transmittin g power with various advantages of movement and conservation of energy and other advantages, all as will be more particularly explained hereinafter.
My invention is more particularly adapted for use in comparatively small machines, such as bicycles, pumps, small engines, &c.; and it consists, in general terms, in providing a power-receiving lever for engaging a crankpin, said lever having a longitudinal slot in which the pin may play and being provided with obliquely-divergent guide-slots adjacent thereto for permitting the fulcrum-point of the lever to change according to the position of the lever.
The details of construction and manner of operation of my invention will be pointed out in the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown one embodiment of my invention.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of sufficient details of construction to enable my invention to be understood. Fig. 2 shows the samein side elevation. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of one of the powerreceiving levers.
For convenience of illustration and descrip tion I have herein shown my mechanism mounted on a stand or pedestal A, although it will be understood that in practice the mechanism will be mounted in any suitable situation desired, according to the machine with which it is to be used. Journaled in the upper end of this standard is a transverse crank-shaft a, having at its ends oppositelyextending cranks a a each containing crank-pins a The standard A has at its rear side and opposite edges upper and lower brackets a (1,5, each provided with studs of, on which are Serial No. 710,827. (No model.)
mounted friction-rolls a (shown in dotted lines) and retaining-washers o Mounted on the opposite crank-pins o and the frictionrolls a are similar power receiving or transmitting levers b, one of these being shown in detail in Fig. 3, where it will be seen that it has a longitudinal slot or way I) and upper and lower obliquely-divergent guide-slots 5 h The slot 1) receives the crank-pin a the slot 6 receiving the stud and friction-roll of the bracket a and the slot 19 receiving the stud and friction-roll of the bracket a The converging ends of the slots 19 b adjacent the slot Z), project forward, so that as the lever 19 is moved up and down, being connected at b with the power, the crank a or a as the case may be, is correspondingly moved, and its pin a is caused to reciprocate back .and forth in the slot as the shaft a rotates, and meanwhile the slots b b guide the lever in a bodilyswinging movement, substantially as shown in Fig. 2, so that instead of the lever 19 swinging as it would if pivoted on a stationary pivot at one end it constantly shifts its fulcrum or pivotal point up and down.
The power may be transmitted from the mechanism described in anysuitable means, a connecting-rod 0 being herein shown, for convenience of illustration, mounted on an eccentric c on the shaft to, although I do not intend to be limited in any way to these details.
The operation of my invention has already been explained; but it will perhaps be better understood if we suppose that it is used for operating a bicycle, in which case the lovers 1) would be the pedal-levers and would carry pedals at their ends at b for the feet of the operator to rest upon, and the crank-shaft a would then be connected by a sprocket-wheel and chain or other means to the rear drivewheel of the bicycle. As the rider then depressed one pedal-as, for instance, from the position shown at the near side, Fig. 2, to an opposite or lowermost position-the lever 12 would cause the near crank-pin a to travel down to perform the lower part of its revolution, and in doing so it would slide rearwardly in the slot Ct, giving increasing leverage as the lever 12 descended, and then the same optoo eration would take place in the opposite lever while the near crank-pin a was completing its revolution ready to descend again.
The slots 11 U besides operating as already described and giving smooth easy movement also make it possible to revolve the cranks a a with a small amplitude of swinging movement of the levers I).
It will be understood that while I prefer that the guides 12 b should be in the form of slots in the lever I) I do not limit myself to this particular arrangement, inasmuch as my object is merely to get the bodily-oblique movement, as described.
Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-
1. A power-transmitting device comprising a shaft to be rotated, a crank and crank-pin mounted thereon, and a lever having a longitudinal slot receiving said crank-pin, and
divergent guides cooperating with studs working in said guides, for permitting the lever to have a limited bodily movement with the crank-pin, substantially as described.
2. A power-transmitting device comprising a shaft to be rotated, a crank and crank-pin mounted at each end thereof, and a lever for each crank-pin, having a longitudinal slot receiving said crank-pin, and divergent guides cooperating with studs Working in said guides, for permitting the lever to have a limited bodily movement with the crank-pin, substantially as described,
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
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GEo. II. MAXWELL, FREDERICK L. EMEnv.
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