US635425A

US635425A - Mechanical motor.

Info

Publication number: US635425A
Application number: US71417399A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clement C Clawson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-04-24
Filing date: 1899-04-24
Publication date: 1899-10-24
Anticipated expiration: 1916-10-24

Description

No. 635,425. Patented Oct. 24, I899.

C. C. GLAWSON. MECHANICAL MOTOR.

(Application filed Apr. 24, 1899.)

3 Sheets-Sheet (No Model.)

INVENTOR: @LEMENT (i. (TLAWSGN,

WI TNESSES:

ATTO R N EY m: NORRJS Fmm cc. puoraluma. vhsumin'on. o. a.

No. 635,425. Patented Oct. 24, I899. c. c. GLAWSON.

MECHANICAL MOTOR.

(Application filed A p- 24, 1899.)

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR CLEMENT Q @LAWSGN,

I c/M G QTJ mm H No. 635,425. Patented Oct. 24, I899.

13. C. GLAWSUN.

I MECHANICAL MOTOR.

(Application filed Apr. 84, 1899 (No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3,

WITNESSES: |NVENTOR= W @[EMEN'T ccmwww y L,- fifiw W rm: "cams PETER! co. Pno o-ummwAsmNuTom n. c..

EN FFICE.

CLEMENT C. CLAWSON, OF NEWARK, NEIV JERSEY.

MECHANICAL MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 635,425, dated October 1399- Application filed April 24, 1899. Serial No- 7l4,173. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LOLEMENT (J. OLAWSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Motors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention 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 of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel construction of mechanical motor which is more especially adapted for use as a toy or an ad vertising medium, but which may also be put to various other uses; and the invention has for its primary object to provide a simplyconstructed mechanism which shall be operative in the movements of its parts and can be cheaply made; and, furthermore, the invention has for its object to provide a mechanism the main driving power of which is concealed, whereby the apparatus is admirably adapted as an advertising medium or a toy in imitation of a perpetual-motion device.

The invention therefore consists in the novel arrangement and combinations of the various parts comprising the device or apparatus and in certain peculiarities of the construction of such parts, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth, and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus embodying the principles of my present invention. Fig. 2 is a top oriplan View ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device, taken on line y in said Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken on line m in the same figure. tom view of the apparatus. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of a standard or post forming a part of the apparatus, and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a pair of sections employed in the construction of said standard or post.

Similar letters ofreference are employed in all of the said above-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Fig. 5 is a bot- In said drawings, A indicates the complete device or apparatus,which consists, essentially, of an ornamental base a, preferably made of metal, which is provided with the downwardly-projecting and ornamental edge a to form a suitable chamber 0. The said edge a is preferably provided with a surrounding recess a into which can be fitted a plate a, which is secured in position by means of screws a or in any other well-known manner. The under side of the said plate a has secured thereto any desirable number of legs or supporting-knobs (1 which can be screwed upon screw-threaded lugs or posts projectingfrom the under surface of said plate a but one of said legs or knobs is screwed directly upon the screw end of the winding-arbor b of a spring-actuated gear mechanism B, which may be of any suitable construction, as will be clearly understood. Said gear mechanism may be attached directly to the plate a or it can be secured against the inner surface of the base a. Said mechanism B consists of the usual train of gears 19 and b, driven by a spring 19 and b is an escapement-wheel, with the teeth of the horizontally-pivoted escapement I). Said escapelnent is also provided with an arm b the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Secured upon the base a of the apparatus, directly in position above an opening a in said base, are a pair of sections 0 and c, which are preferably made as indicated more particularly in Figs. 0 and 7. Each section is made with achanneled portion 0 which forms a rib on the outside of the section, and with a foot piece 0 at the lower end and a cupshape portion 0 at the upper end. The said sections 0 and c are preferably struck up from thin sheet metal, and from an inspection of Fig. 6 ,it will be seen that when the surfaces c of each section and the edges 0 of said cup-shaped portions 0 (see Fig. 7) are placed together and united by means of solder the whole device will form a hollow pedestal or post and will have the appearance of a solid post, which is strengthened by the vertical and tapering projections or ribs on the sides, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, and 4 and as will be clearly understood from an inspection of said figures. Movably arranged in the cup or socket formed by the portions 0 is a ball-shaped device d, which has a downwardly-extendin g rod 01, arranged to oscillate in the inner space of said supporting pedestal or post formed by the channeled portions 0 of the sections 0 and c, said rod d having its lower end passed through the opening a in the base a and projecting into the chamber beneath said base, where it has its perforated end (Z operatively connected with the arm 5 of the escapement, substantially as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The upper portion of said ball device d is preferably curved or channeled, as indicated at (1 in Fig. 4, and secured in this channeled portion of the ball device 61 is a bar or beam (Z which is preferably made semicircular in cross-section. substantially as indicated in the several figures of the drawings, to provide a channeled beam, on which may be movably placed a ball or roller 9. At or near each end of the said beam @1 1 have arranged a downwardly-extending plate 01', made substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 23, in each of which is a pin or bolt (1 whereby a bearing is provided for a pivotal tripping device e and e at each end of the said beam d.

As illustrated in the several figures of the drawings, the base a is provided with a pair of ornamental sockets a in which are adj ustably arranged in any suitable manner upwardly-extending posts fand f, each post having a curved portionf and a downwardlyextendiug end piece f which is formed with a holding-tooth f Each one of said tripping devices 6 and e hereinabove mentioned comprises an upwardly extending arm a, which has a V-shaped end adapted to be brought in holding engagement with the tooth f and e is a short arm on each trip device, which is preferably weighted, as at 6 said arms (2 extending toward the supporting pedestal or post, so as to force the V- shaped ends of the arms 6 of the respective trip devices against the sides of the portion f of the respective postsfandf or in holding engagement with the teeth f of said posts, substantially as and in the manner to be hereinafter more fully set forth. Each device e and e is also provided with a stud or arm 6 which is positively brought in contact with the end h of asuitably-constructed spring 71, secured on each postfand f, substantially in the manner represented in Fig. 1. The said springs h are for the sole purpose of providing a positive contact between the V-shaped end of the arm 6' on each trip device 6 and 0 with the toothed ends of the respective postsfand f.

The operations of the movable parts of the device are as follows: Suppose the gear mechanism B to have been wound by means of the foot or supporting-knob a, which is attached to the winding-arbor of the spring Z2 The several parts of the apparatus will then remain at rest in the positions represented in Figs. 1 and 3. To start the oscillating beam d the ball or roller 9 hereinabove mentioned is placed in the channel of said beam at the raised end in the position indicated in dotted outline in Fig. 3. Immediately the said ball or roller will move down the incline thus formed until it comes in contact with the side or edge of the arm 6 of the trip device e as indicated in dotted outline in said Fig. 3. The sudden impact of the said ball or roller g will force the V-shaped end of said arm 6 of the device e from its holding engagement with the toothed portion of the partf of the post f. This disengagement of said parts will now permit the spring of the mechanism 13 to drive the gears thereof and actuate the escapement-wheel and the escapement 6 thereby causing a horizon tally-swinging motion of the arm connected with said escapement. At the same time the movement of said arm 6 will actuate the rod d and cause the ball device (Z to move or oscillate in the socket formed by the two cupshaped shells or sections a of the post or pedestal hereinabove mentioned, thereby raising the previously-lowered end of the beam (1 with the ball or roller g in position thereon and causing the opposite end of said beam d to become lowered sufficiently to cause theholding engagementoftheV-shaped end of the arm 6 of the trip device 6 with the toothed end of the portion f of the post f. The ball or roller 9 can now move in the opposite direction upon said beam cl" until it strikes the arm 6' of said device'c and releases it from its holding engagement with the toothed end of the said postf and again causing the locked or holding arrangement of the trip device c with the post f. Thus it will be evident that said devices 6 and e alternately arrest the driving power of the gear mechanism B; but when either of said trip devices is disengaged from holding contact with the free ends of the respective posts f and f then the gear mechanism B will actuate the beam d by means of the intermediately-arranged mechanism during the time intervening, while the V-shaped end on the arm c of the trip device moves downward until it engages the toothed end of the post f or f, as the case may be. It will thus be seen that the beam d will oscillate continuously, with the ball or roller moving back and forth in the channel thereon, until the spring-actuated gear mechanism B runs down, the action of said ball or roller through the intermediately-arranged trip devices controlling the escapement and gear mechanism, and while said gear mechanism furnishes the motive power the apparatus will have the appearance of said ball or roller being the cause of actuating the oscillating beam (1, and at the same time the compressed end of the spring that happens to be in contact with the stud or arm 0" seeming to cause the lower end of the beam (l and the ball or roller thereon to be again raised to permit said ball or roller to move back to its former position at the other end of the beam. By the herein-described arrangement of the several parts I have devised a simple, neat, and operative mechanism which can be used as a toy or as an advertising medium and has the appearance of a perpetual-motion machine, and es pecially is this so in view of the fact that as soon as the ball or rolleris removed from the channel in the beam the mechanism will remain inactive.

I am aware that many changes may be made in the several arrangements and combinations of the parts without departing from the scope of my present invention, for the rod d and the beam d may be differently hung in the upper bearing of the standard or post on the base a, and said rod 61 may be differently connected with the free end of the arm 19 of the escapement. The channel in the beam 01 may also be of any other cross-section from that herein shown. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as herein described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of such parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, and an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam, and a connecting means in said hollow standard or post, connected with said beam and said operating mechanism, by means of which the latter may actuate said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with abase, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, a cupshaped bearing at the upper end of the same, an oscillating beam supported in said bearing, a ball or roller movable on said beam, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said tubular standard or post and in operative engagement at its op posite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4:. In a mechanical motor, the combination,

with a base, provided with a chamber, of a standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices at the ends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, and an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices at the ends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on" said base, a cupshaped hearing at the upper end of the same, an oscillating beam supported in said bearing, trip devices at the ends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, an operatin g mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices pivot-ally connected with each end of said beam,rodsfandf on said base,having curved end portions with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, and an operating means concealed in said chamber, for actuating said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices pivotally connected with each end of said beam, rodsfand f on said base, having curved end portions with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam,-adapted to engage with said trip devices, an operat- ITO ing mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a mechanical motor, the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices a and e pivotally connected with each end of said beam, comprising arms 6, c and c rods f and f on said base, having curved end portions in holdingengagem cut with the free ends of said arms 6, springs connected with said rods fand f, with the free ends of which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said trip devices, and an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber for actuating said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. I11 a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, trip devices 6 and 0 pivotally connected with each end of said beam, comprising arms a, e and c, rodsfand f on said base, having curved end portions in holding engagement with the free ends of said arms 6, springs connected with said rods f and f, with the free ends of which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said trip devices, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said beam, extending through said hollow standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. Inamechanicalmotor,tl1e combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, consisting, essentially, of a pair of channeled sections 0 and 0 each section having a cup-shaped portion a at the top, an oscillating beam having a ball-piece arranged in said cup-shaped portions, trip devices at the ends of said beam, means on said base with which said trip devices can be brought in holding engagement, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said trip devices, an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said ball device of said beam, arranged in said channeled sections of said standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. In a mechanical motor,the combination,

with a base, provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, consisting, essentially, of a pair of channeled sections 0 and 0, each section having a cup-shaped portion 0" at the top, an oscillating beam having a ball-piece arranged in said cup-shaped portions, trip devices a and e pivotally connected with each end of said beam, comprising arms 6, e and c rodsfandf on said base, having curved end portions in holding engagement with the free ends of said arms 6', springs connected with said rodsfandf with the free ends of which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said arms 6 of said trip devices, and an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber for actuating said beam, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. In a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, consisting, essentially, of a pair of channeled sections a and 0, each section havinga cup-shaped portion 0 at the top, an oscillating beam having a ball-piece arranged in said cup-shaped portions, trip devices 6 and e pivotally connected with each end of said beam, comprising arms a, c and c rodsfandf on said base, having curved end portions in holding engagement with the free ends of said arms 6, springs connected with said rods f and f with. the free ends of which said arms 6 can be made to engage, a ball or roller movable on said beam, adapted to engage with said arms 0 of said trip devices, and an operating mechanism concealed in said chamber for actuating said beam, comprising, a spring-actuated gear mechanism, an escapement connected therewith, and a rod connected with said ball device of said beam, arranged in said channeled sections of said standard or post and in operative engagement at its opposite end with said escapement, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

14. In a mechanical motor,the combination, with a base provided with a chamber, of a hollow standard or post on said base, an oscillating beam on said standard or post, a ball or roller movable on said beam, and a springactuated gear mechanism in said chamber, having a winding-arbor, and supporting legs or knobs on said base, one of said legs or knobs being operatively connected with said winding-arbor of said mechanism, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of April, 1899.

CLEMENT O. OLAWSON.

Vitnesses:

FREDK. O. FRAENTZEL, WM. II. CAMFIELD, Jr.