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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM J. PERRIN, OF MIhEOLA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF O-E-HALF TO
WALTER F. FREEiMAN, OF SAME PLACE.
MECHANICAL POWER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,130, dated July 10, 1883.
Application fled Januars 3, 1883. (o modell)To a f wbhom it 7,aU concern:
Be it known that I, WILIsIAM J. PEnRRT, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Mine-
ola, in the county of Wood and State of Texas,
5 have i nvented certain new and usefull Improve-
ments in Mechanical Powers, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification, reference being had
therein to the accompanying drawings.
My inv ention relates to mechanical powers,
io the object being to combine with aln ordinary
tread-wheel mechanical devices adapted to be
operated byhorse-powerto revolve said wheel.
The invention consists in the features of con-
struction and combination of parts hereinafter
15 fully described, and pointed out in the claim.
In the drawings, Figure 1 represents an cle-
vation of my improvement, and Fig. 2 repre-
sents a sectional plan view of the same.
The frame of the device consists of the base
20 a and upper cross-bar, ,. connected by the ver-
tical supports c e.
B represents a gear-wheel mounted upon an
inclined shaft, C. the latter being supported
in bearings d d of the frame. The under side
25 of the wheel B is provided with gear-teeth e,
adapted to mesh with a gear-pinion, )D, mount-
ed upon the end of a horizontal shaft, E, sup-
ported in suitable bearings, ff and carrying
a belt-wheel. F, to receive a belt to transmit
30 motion to aay desired machinery.
The device thus far described is the usual
tread-mill, which heretofore has been revolved
by the tread of horses or oxen. My purpose
is to revolve the wheel by the application there-
35 to of mechanical devices.
G represents a horizontal shaft supported
in pendent bearings orhangers g g, adjacentto
the inclined wheel B, and carrying near one
end a friction-wheel, 1, adapted to bear on the
40 wheel B at the point x. The opposite end of
the shaft G is provided with a cog-wheel, I,
adapted to mesh with a crown-wheel, J, the
latter being monnted upon a vertical shaft, X,
- supported in bearings k k of the frame, and
45 provided with an operating sweep or lever, L.
To the latter is hitched ahorse,which is driven
around the shaft K to operate the machine.It will be apparent that the sweep L may be
of any length desired, and that its length will
regulate the power of the machine. 50
The friction-wheel I being arranged upon
the tread-wheel just at the point where the least
force will revolve the latter, very little power
will be required to transmita regular powerful
motion to the wheel, and a single horse or mule 55
can by the employment of my devices do an
immense amount of work, which could only be
done heretofore by a large number of horses.
I do not limit myself to the exact eolstrtc-
tion here shown and described, but reserve to 60
myself the right to make all such changes as
may properly fall within the scope of my in-
vention,
I am aware that an intelined wheel has been
driven by mechanical devices which gear there- 65
with and are actuated by horse-power. My
invention will be distinguished from both by
the special construction employed, and from
the fact that the friction-wheel H, which bears
upon the wheel B, offers little or no resistance 70
to the revolution of said wheel while it is driv-
ing the same, while the i heel B is almost en
tirely free from cog and gear connections,whici
greatly impede its motion.
I claim- 75
The combination, with ihe fralce, of an i-
clined shaft carrying a combined friction and
gear wheel, B, a horizontal shaft supported by
hasngers' and carrying at one end a frictiomi
wheel adapted to bear upon the wheel B at the So
point x, and at its opposite end a gear-wheel
adapted to operate a crown-wheel mounted
upon a vertical shaft, an a shaft, E, carrying
a pinion which is driven by its gear-connec-
tion with the wheel B, substantistlly as set forth. 85
In testimony whereof I affix imy signature in
presence of two witnesses,
WILLIAMW ,J. PERRIN.
Witnesses:
F. O. McCLEA RY.
G. B. HARRIs.
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Perrin, William J. Mechanical Power., patent, July 10, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170590/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.