US94A - Reacting sotaxy steak-engine - Google Patents

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PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN INGRAM, 0|" APULIA, NEW

Y RK.

RBAC'IIIG was: STEAK-ENGINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 94, dated November 9a, 1339,

To It" n'lmm it may rmnw'u Do it known that l. Jons lamina. of:

.tpulia. in tho oouuty of Onondaga and Stato of Now York. hat-o invented an Improvod Mutlo of (onstrnotiug Htoatu-liuginos: and 2 that th following is a full and oxa 't dost-riptiou thoroof.

'l'ltia' ongino is of tho kind donomiuatt'tl rout-ting. tho Slitllll r mping from aportnros on ono sitlo of rovolviug artns in a manner woll known hut not hithot'to s0 advantagenltsl applied as in an tnaohtno. I ho tsit'flfll from any suitahlo hoilor is to pass in at hoth ands of tho tahular shaft from a huh orv projootion upon which tho rovolring artns' aro to prot-ood. l ltslntllt' ontploy .fonr armtllfitlttll'glllf! tho stoma thr ugh two of theta only at tho sanatimo in a manner. and f r a purposo to ho presontly oxplainod. passing: tho stoatu in at loath ands of tho tnhnlar shaft tho latoral pt'oasuro upon its hoarings is oqaalizod. and am also onahlod h a \'t'l' sllttplt' ooutrivanro iustantauoonsly to rovorso tho m tion of tho ongino. 'lho otuls of tho tuhnlttr shaft rovolt'o teilhot' in slltllittg: hoxos or in I'lIISt. tuotallir fittings as may htprofort'ml. 'l'ho hollow ttlllls with-h pttu'ootl as spokt-s from tho htlh. l int-hm within a tm-tallio oar-ting: 'ltltll ro- \ttl\'t':-' with thou: thorohy ohtiniing all tlill'ioult from tho rosistnnoo of tho uttnosphot'o. 'I'ltimotallio musing may ho tuado of any .-nitahlo kind of tuotal. hat I in gouoral ltttllit' it in part of oopprt'. and in part of rust iron in tho following way. I tako oiroular plalt's Ill shot-t t'uppt-l' atttl rah-a it an as in ginit tho ordinary shapr of a put rot-rt. that i.- to say oouvox on ono sido. and with a llauoh or flat rim aroma] its odgo usually about ono inoh wido. tho wholo t-tn turmoil that whon two raisod platos an put togothor. thoir cont-ox siilos shall ho outward. and tho lhtln'ha lio flat npou oat-h olhor. 'l'ho oopprt' raoing ls pot'foratotl at its orator so as to I a ovor rohatoa l'oruu-d upon l'tll'll otal of tho huh to rooo'u'o. and support tht'tn. .\ml lurthor to giro thom tho Ill't'l'firtlll) atahility. and atrongth at tho round. I haw r ta-aw oaat iron disks nnulo whirh pass own and lit onto tho tnhular ahat't. roaohiug out miflioiontly hoyond tho hnh to row! a portion of tho ooppm' plate-a to which thoy ow to ho firmly naitod hy moans of rit'ottt,

Rotary do hon-h3- dorlat'o By a ' thoy hoit I also oontinod to the shaft by he s tit-tron l twoou them. and tho shaft. T e i ooppor plates are also to he united around their etgos by rivets passing through the llaut'hos. loft for that uu'poso. This convoxity of the plates new not he anv greater than what is not-ossary to ouahlo thciu to con tain tho arms lwtwt-on thotn.

'vlho four arms aro inserted into the hub, one pair in advance of tho othor so that thoir openings into tho hollow shaft shall i not ho an tho saluttt'ansrorso sortiou. This is dono for tho pnrposo of omnmanding tho admission of stoma iuto thom. as it is intended to pass into ouo pair only at a time. I this admission of stoam l got'orn by means at a piston iittin" within tho horo of tho tahnlar shaft. atul haviug a rod attaohod to i it 'lllt'll paasos out at ono ontl. and slides hook. and forth through a stalling. or steamtight oollar. 'lho piston as it is drawn forward or pushod hat-h om't't's oithor the one or tho othor pair of openings loadiu to the ttt'ltts. and tlt'ltl'llllltts whioh pair it shall pass through whou tho t'ororsing motion is not t'onuirotl thoro may ho two arms onl tho arms oxtoml iu lontrth to tho outor ml o of tho tlanrh. whon thoy tol'tninatt-r. and t to llatu'h may ho lhit'ltt'notl out. in tho S0 of all) light malt-rial an as to ho otplnl to tho tlnoknoa of tho arut to auto all rosistanoo t'roat tho air. 'l'ho apt-t'tnros for tho titsrhat'gzo of strata aro mado lltlt'lilll oloso to tho ands of tho arms. tho llanoh hoing rat away op oaito to thoso aportnros so that it may rsrapo lllttllirw'llll 'lt'll. tin-so nporttlres upon in a dirootiou in ono pair of arms the oppoaitr from that in tho other pair h v lnoatw ol' whi h in ronnorlion with tho arrangomont of tho piston hol'oro dosrrihod. 'l'ho dirool ion of tho ongzino oan ho instantanoouah' ohangod. l malto adju.-tag os or llllZZlt'rof ditl'oroat slat-s whirh l arrow into tho aprrltttra .-o as to nmlto tho tliaohat'tzr of stoatu gt'oatot' or loss as may ho dosirt'd. 'l'lto ltt'o t-tnhi of tin lllllltl\\' sltttl'l lllt'l in what may ho I'llllltl stoam hoxoa. and l hat-o said that lln'ao otula run oithor in oloao tnolallh' lillllttla. ul' in stalling lmxt's. when I toastalling lam-a in this or in any otht-t' p rt of tho Nll'tllll apparatus. l omploy a mixtnro of low or othor lila'oua anhatautawith throada of any aot't taotal such as load or tin whit-h throada l prodnoo to turning the soft metal in the lathe so at: tr: reduce it to the required state. two or three parts of this with one of tow l have found to answer for parking more perfeetly than any other material.

In describing this machine I have included many parts of which I do notpretend to be the inventor. and have introduced them merely to show their t't'ttmtcliull with those pnt'ts which I do elnini. which are the two following:

I chihn 1. The manner of reversing the motion by means of a piston fitted into the hollow shaft. and covering one half of the openings into the arms, and capable of being shifted at pletmnre.

2. I nlso claim the manner of uniting the t-nni'ex plates to the huh. and to the cast metal or other plates which pass over the shaft by allowing the former to be received on to. and supported by n rebate nu each end of the ha i, and by riveting the outer edges of the latter throu h the inner edges of the convex plates. and eying them to the shaft.

J! )H.\ INGHAM. Witnesses:

Tnmms P. JuNBS, Ari-ohms Wmntm.