US75042A - Improvement in air-condensing apparatus - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES HALSEY MOORE, OF BANGALL, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR IO HIMSELF AND PATENT OFFICE.

AARON W. KNAPP, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN AIR-CONDENSING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 75,042, dated March 3, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HALSEY MOORE, of Bangall, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Oondensing Air; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is atop or plan view ot' my improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line w ac, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved apparatus for condensing` air for use in` driving an air-engine; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the various parts ofthe apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described.

A are air pumps or condensers, by which the airis forced into receivers or reservoirs, from which it is admitted to the enginein the ordinary manner. The upper ends of the piston-rods B of. the air pumps or condensers A are pivoted to the outer ends of the arms C, rigidly attached to the rock-shaft D, which works in bearings in the upper ends of the posts E, or in some other suitable support. Any desired number of air-pumps A may be used, according to the capacity of the engine to be driven.

F are beams'or bars attached to the ends of the rock-shaft D, and which are slotted horizontally from their ends to or nearly to the shaft D.

G and H are heavy weights, which it into and slide back and forth in the slotted ends of the beams F, the weights G, upon one side of the shaft D, moving inward at the same time that the weights H, upon the other side of said shaft, move outward, thus rockingthe shaft and working the pumps or condensers A.

I are connecting-rods, one end of which is pivoted to the weights G, and their other ends to the upper ends of the levers J, the middle parts of which are pivoted to the posts K, or to some other suitable stationary support.

To the lower ends of the levers J are pivoted the inner ends of the connectingrods L,

I `the outer ends of which are pivoted to the lower ends of the bent or elbow levers M, which are pivoted at their angles to thc posts N, orto some other suitable stationary support.

To the outer ends of the bent or elbow levers M are pivoted the lower ends ofthe connectingrods O, the upper ends of which are pivoted to the ends ot' the working-beams P, which are pivoted to the upper ends 0f the slotted posts K, or to some other suitable stationary supports. The other ends ofthe working-beams P are connected to the weights H upon the other side of the rock-shaft D by a Aprecisely similar arrangement ot' levers and connecting-rods-that is to say, by the connecting-rods I, levers J, connecting-rods L, bent or elbow levers M, and connecting rods O-so that as the weights G are moved from the shaft D by the one system of levers and connecting-rods attached to the one end ofthe beam P, the other weights, H, may be moved toward the said rock-shaft D by the system of levers and connecting-rods connected with the other end of said working-beam P.

To the lower side of the central part ofthe working-beam P is attached, 0r upon it is formed, a toothed segment, R, the teeth ofwhich mesh into the teeth of the segment S, formed upon or attached to the upper side ofthe cen tral part ot' the working-beams T, pivoted in the slotted posts K, directly beneath the beams P, to which they are exactly similar.

U are 'connecting-rods, the upper ends of which are pivoted to the ends ofthe working beams T, and the lower ends of which are pivoted to the crank-pins of the cranks V, which are attached to the ends of the shafts W.

X are weights, which are attached to the ends ot' the ropes Y, the other ends of which are attached to the drums Z, secured to the shafts W for the purpose of communica-ting motion to said shafts lV, from which it is communicated to the working-beam T, and thence to the weights G and H, in the manner hereinbefore described.

If desired, motion may be communicated to the shafts l/V by springs orcloclc-workinstead of by weights and drums, and this latter arrangement-viz., by springs or clock-work-I prefer, as being more compact and convenient.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. The rock-shaft D, with which the pistonrods of the air pumps or condensers A are connected, operated by means of the sliding weights G and H, moving back and forth upon the slotted arms F, attached to said shaft D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The weights G and El, moved back and forth upon the slotted arms F from the Working-beafv P by means of the connecting-rods 1, levers Jfconnection-rods L, bentor elbow levers M, and connecting rods O, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination 0f the toothed segment R, toothed segment S, Working-beam T, conmeeting-rods U, crank V, and shaft W with each other and with the working-beam P to impart motion to said beam, substantiallyr as shown and described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 12th day'of October, 1867.

HALSEY MOORE.

Witnesses J AMES T. GRAHAM, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

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