US246681A - Timothy lemond - Google Patents

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T. LEM0ND y HURSE POWER. No. 246,681". Patented Sept. 6,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TIMOTHY LEMOND, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF'TO MATTHEW STOLZ, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of .Letters Patent No. 246,681, dated September 6, 1881,

Application filed May 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, TIMOTHY LEMOND, of Detroit, in the county of Vayneand State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Horse-Powers, of which the followingis a specilication.

The nature of this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction o f machines wherein horses or other large animals are employed, and wherein the weight ot' the animal, as it travels up an inclined plane, furnishes the power.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the parts, and in their combinations, as more fully hereinafter described.

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a top-plan View. Fig. 3 is a vertical central cross-section. Fig. t is a perspective detached view of the driver or whi p.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification, A represents a suitable frame for supporting the working parts of my machine.

Alargewheel,B,is supported upon a proper shaft, O, which is `journaled in boxes D upon the top of said fra-me, midway, or thereabout, between its ends. This wheel is iooredinside its rim by ooring E, and its sides are provided with radial gratings F.

One of the sections Gr, between the radial arms of the wheel, is provided with an outwardly swinging grated door, H, through which the animal passes into and out ot' the wheel.

Upon the shaft C is secured the gear-wheel I, which engages with a geared pinion, J, on the counter-shaft K, upon which is also secured the pulley L and ily-wheel M. From this pulley L a belt conveys power to any machinery desired to be run. The wheel I also engages upon its opposite side with a geared pinion, N, secured to the counter-shaft O, upon which is also secured the friction-pulley P. Upon another counter-shaft, Q, is secured a frictionwheel, R, and hoisting-drum S. This countershaft Q is adjustable to or from the frictionpulley P by means of. the sliding box T and the lever U.

V is a lever-brake, suitably pivoted to the frame, and designed, when it is desired to stop the motion of the wheel B, to be engaged with its periphery.

W is a swinging driver or Whip, pivotally Asecured to the shaft C, and overbalanced so that the lower arm thereof will be immediately behind the animal when in the Wheel. driver or whip is hung on the shaft so as to be free to swing on the latter, and is kept in such aposition by the counterbalancing-weight :l: that its cross-bar a will come in contact with the horses legs at every step when he lags behind. When, however, the horse keeps steadily at work at the front part of the wheel, his position keeps him sufciently in front of the driver to prevent contact with the latter.

By the peculiar construction of this machine itis adapted specially to the use of Wood and coal yards, as it may be simultaneously used for sawing wood and hoisting coal from the hold of avessel; or it may be used for either purpose, if desired, without the other.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A rotary horse-power, A, provided with -a gear-wheel, I, on its shaft, in combination with the pinions J N, gearing with said gearwheels, and suitable devices for connecting the pinions J and N, respectively, to a sawmill and a hoisting-drum, substantially as described.

2. A rotary horse-power, B, provided with a gear-wheel, I, on its shaft, in combination with the pinion N, shaft O, friction-pulleys P R, drum S, and the sliding bearing T and lcver U, for throwing the friction-pulleys in and out of gear, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In combination with a horse-power consisting of a hollow wheel mounted on a cen-` tral shaft, the swinging driver W, counterbalanced and hung from the shaft of the hollow wheel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A horse -power consisting of a hollow wheel hung on a central shaft, and having its sides composed of radial sector-shaped sections, one of said sections being made separate and hinged to the wheel to allow the ingress and egress of an animal to said wheel, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand.

TIMOTHY LEMOND. Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SCULLY.y

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