US815303A - Recording apparatus for motor-vehicles. - Google Patents

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YATBNTEB MAR. 13, 1906.

D. MASON. RECORDING APPARATUS ma morsa VBHAGLBS.

APPLICATION FILED NOVfl, 1903.

'U'Niiijizfil i DAVID MASON, F NEWT Y lc. $36,303. Spocica'ion of Letters Fatemi, Poteri-bevi March 3, I Ql Original opplicntiou filed Augiist 25, 1903, Selinl lilo. 170,681. ivldell and this applicati/on. lled ,lllovomlmill, i903. Serial No, 182,65@I

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o L5 :iieoomlec Beloning llo the drowi US, l 'alle and 38 W' :in aulolhobilo, is lilo dri' l mal if, lj' and 3 is hilo driving l bollwo au lilo dfi w 4 on Lilo mail* a .monili o ily-mmol Llxo usual goveriioh willi a, spying 5) .loi 4G 1,110 govomoilmllsi zo z tutos. 'l'lio position of ono ond. o; i l) is adjusmblo by voulus of coll ing al soi--swow i l, hereby tile to?. spring' @un no fcgillotod. A sloovo l2, oonnotvod wilgh l is udnplnod to move. upon 3l l 'J grou of movoillonl dopomoi' with wlfoli lilo simil iotzzlo, governor-ind@ B being-v "uily oi an f bol l .lidiml lt; mi lilo lon olY lflio o omi idolo lilo olio-Nod lim l 'lle @momia ol" oom@ ii'liolo immo, imiudiiig tho rods and tho ond 6o or the comiL upon the posi "ion eter can` cocer-clin wir t rar"- J9 located direct' Should the speed increase to such an extent that the liu contact Z4 is carried against the erminal 226, the circuit ol the i i will be completed and the l the operator the. linut deter-i ined usually be ch as nich allowed in the part u through which the vehicle is traveling, or it may be selected for any other reason at the will or the operator. 'By adjusting the terminal 26 the limit can hc changed at will. i Through the medium oi the devices already u Th@ linit wil' trie sneed h described it is evident that the neer-eter of a motor-vehicle to which these appliances are attached will be automatically warned when. the )redeterniined limit of speed has been reached, While he will at all times be able to observe at what rate the vehicle is progressine'.

l ijn some cases dispense with the alarm apparatus and depend solely upon the indicating apparatus as a sullicient protection in some cases.

l may also combine with both or either of the ahorre-described devices a recording aoparatus, which l will now proceed to escribe? l Gn the shalt 2 l may arrange a suitable sprocket-wheel and connect it by a s :rochetchain 32 with a corresponding Wheel on a shaft 3.3, mounted underneath the seat of the vehicle, as indicated. in lTip-s. 1 and 2. The shaft may be connected hy suitable gearing (illustrated at Se) with shaft 35,carryl 3G and riso carrying at its remote nien ffl?, which engages -wheel 32% on a shaft 3Q. i art also carries a spool 40, as .thor-fn. lho arrangement of the spools 36 and Ll() is the usual one whereby' a sheet ot paper or other material suitaily marked with indicating-lines is reclcd oil' from one spool and wound upon the other. ln the present instance thc spool Ll() is iirst loaded. Vwith the roll oli paper or other material, and the action to wind this paper or other material on the spool fifi and reel it oil from the spool. fil). lt is evident that such action will taire place through thc action ol" the driving-shaft in connection with thc gearing' already descrilxidA ln asmuch as the spools should be wound very slowly, the gearing,u between the driving-shaft and the spools should `gradually reduce the speed when transmitted to the shaft 35.

On the hub of the governor 7 l mount a lever 41, which is pivoted at 42, said lever having engagement with the hub by means of a pin 44 on one end of" said lever which en tors an annular groove 45 in the said hub, the arrangement being such that in the rotation of .the huh and the vertical movements thereof on the driving-shaft 2 the pin will always remain in the groove and a positive and effective connection between thc parts is always maintained. VAs the governor changes its position under the influence of the rotation of the shalt 2 the outer end of the lever 41, which carries pencil 43, will be carried along the surface of the paper on the spool 40, thereby tracing a line upon the paper. The location of the pencil-line u on the paper will indicate at what speed tlie vehicle was traveling at the time the line was made. Rcierring to the drawings, if we assume that the line marked 4l represents the extreme distance to which the pencil-point should be allowed to travel in order not to exceed thc predetermined speed, then' it is evident that the throw ol' the lever 41 should not be carried beyond this point. Should it appear upon removing the record that a pencil-line was found farther along` than the line 44 it would indicate that the speed of the vehicle had been excessive during a certain portion of its run. Such record might he appealed to as conclusive evidence of thel maximum speed during a given run of the vehicle.

In another application filed by me August 2 5, 1903, Serial No. 170,681, of which this vcase is a division, claims are made upon the indicating and alarm apparatus described herein.

l claim as my invention-- in a speed-recording device, the combination of a driving-shaft, a collar fixed thereon, a second collar slidably mounted on the shaft, arms pivotally connec ed to the slidable collar and each carrying:r a governor-ball at its troc end, links connecting the lixed collar and said arms, a collar adjustably mounted on said shaft between the fixed and movable collars, a set-screw to maintain thc adjust- `able collar in position, an expansivo .spring on the driving-shaft, and abutting the movable and adjustable collars, a sleeve slidably mounted on the shaft and engagedl by said first-mentioned slidablo sleeve, and having an annular groove, intcrgoared l'ccd and take-up rolls carryingr a record-sheet, a counter-sha t parallel to tnc driving-shalt und geared to ono of sind rolls, cham-gearing for transmitting mot-ion from the driving-shaft to thc KOC oounter-shaft, a lever lfulerumed et e point Signed at New York,` in theeountyof New intermediate its ends, seid fulcrum being be- York andfState of New York, this 19th dayl tween the drivin ftshaft and said rol-ls, one of November, A. D. 1903.. I endy of said-lever eing provided with a pin DAVID MASON.

disposed `.in the vaforementioned' groove, the Witnesses:

other end of said'lever oarr ng a marking WlsL H. CAPEL, I device arranged to traverse t e record-sheet. GEORGE H. STOCKBRIDGE.

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