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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
MARTIN EVERHART, OF VICTORIA, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES FOR DRIVING LIGHT MACHINERY FROM AN IRREGULAR POWER.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,399, dated March 19, 1878; application filed
Ootober 12, 1877.To ail whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, MARTIN EvRIAnrET, of
Victoria, in the county of Victoria and State
of Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
provement in Devices for Driving Light M1a-
chinery Regularly from an Irregular Power, of
which the following is a specification:
Figure 1 is a front view of my improved de-
vice, parts being broken away to show the con-
struction. Fig. 2 is a detail section taken
through the line x x, Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts.
The object of this invention is to furnish an
improved device for storing the power pro-
duced by the irregular and intermittent action
of a winidwheel, so that it can be used for
driving light machinery regularly and con-
stantly, which shall be simple in construction
and reliable in operation, shall adjust itself
automatically, and may be made to throw the
wind-wheel out of the wind.
The invention consists in the cdmbination
of the tilting frame, the drums, cords, and
weights, the shafts, and the gear-wheels with
each other, with the main frame-work, and
with the shafts leading to the wind-wheel and
to the machinery to be driven; in the combi-
nation of the lower lever, the cords or wires,
and the weighted lock-levers with the main
frame-work and the tilting frame, to enable
said frame to be tilted by the descent of the
weights; in the combination of the upper le-
ver, the short levers, the cords or wires, and
the weighted lock-levers with the main frame-
work and the tilting frame, to enable the said
frame to be tilted by the upward movement of
the weights; and in the combination of the
rod, the trip-block, the two catches, and the
rope with the upper lever, to enable the up-
ward movement of the weights to throw the
wind-wheel out of thewind, as hereinafter fully
described.
A is a substantial stationary frame, in bear-
ings in one end of which revolves a shaft, B,
to which the power of the wind-wheel is ap-
plied by suitable gearing, and which may be
a continuation of the driving-shaft of said
wind-wheel. To the shaftBis attached abevel-
gear wheel, C, the teeth of which mesh into the
teeth of a bevel-gear wheel, D, attached to theend of a horizontal shaft, E. The shaft E re-
volves in bearings attached to the side bars of
the frame A; and to its middle part, upon the
opposite sides of and equally distant from its
center, are attached two gear-wheels, F. To
the middle part of the base-bar of the frame
A is attached the lower end of an upright bar
or frame, G, to the upper end of which is
hinged the lower end of the central bar of the
frame H. To and between the central and
side bars of the frame H, and in line with
each other, are pivoted two drums, I. Upon
the inner ends of the drums I are placed two
gear-wheels, J, in such positions as to be
thrown alternately into and out of gear with
the alternate gear-wheels F as the frame H
tilts upon its hinge. The wheels J are loose
uponthe drums I, and their movements are lim-
ited by a pin, i', passing through the shafts or
journals of the said drums I, and between two
pins, j',insertedinthesides ofthesaid wheels J.
The movements of the wheels J are resisted
by the spring-rods K placed in V-shaped
notches in the faces of the drums I, and at-
tached at one end to the said drums I and at
their other ends to the wheel J.
By this construction, when the wheels J are
thrown into gear with the gear-wheels F, the
spring-rods K will receive the first impulse,
and by their elasticity lessen the jar.
To the outer ends of the drums I are at-
tached gear-wheels L, the teeth of which mesh
into the teeth of the gear-wheels 1f, placed
upon the end parts of the shaft N, and con-
nected with it by pawls and ratchets O, so
that when turned forward they may carry the
said shaft N with them, and may be turned
back without moving the said shaft. The
shaft N is pivoted to the lower ends of the
side bars of the frame H, and to its center, in
a recess in the lower end of the center bar of
said frame H, is attached a gear-wheel, P, the
teeth of which mesh into the teeth of a gear-
wheel, Q, attached to the middle part of the
shaft It. The shaft i revolves in bearings in
the side bars of the frame A, and to its end
is attached a bevel-gear wheel, S, the teeth of
which mesh into the teeth of the bevel-gear
wheel T, attached to the shaft U. The shaft
U revolves in bearings in arms or bars at-
tached to the frame A, and from it motion is
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Everhart, Martin. Improvement in Devices for Driving Light Machinery from an Irregular Power., patent, March 19, 1878; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169710/m1/2/?rotate=180: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.