US683813A - Spring-motor. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES v PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN TEEL, OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOI'TRTH TO MICHAEL J. DOWNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPRING-MOTOR.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 683,813, dated October 1, 1901,

Application filed September 20, 1900. Renewed June 3,1901. Serial No. 62,971. (No model.) l

T0 all whom t muy concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN TEEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Richmond and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Motors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and use the same.

My in vention relates to spring-motors, and While primarily designed for driving ventilating-fans may be used with equal facility for operating sewing-machines, churns,wash ing-machines, vehicles, and, in fact, any device or machine capable of being operated or driven by a spring-motor.

The object of the invention is to provide a motor of this character which shall be simple in construction, durable in use, comparatively inexpensive of production, and powerful in action. Y

lVith this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction and combination of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, FigureA lis a perspective View of my improved springmotor, the casing being removed to more clearly illustrate the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal vertical sectional View, and Fig. 4 is alongitudinal sectional view through one of the spring-actuated shafts and its gears.

Referring to said drawings, l denotes the frame of the motor, which consists of an upright standard 2, having bolted thereto and spaced therefrom a parallel plate 3. J o urnaled in the standard and plate are a series of shafts 4, preferably six in number, and arranged in the form of a circle. Each shaft is provided With two gear-wheels 5 and 6, the former being ixed to said shaft and the latter loosely mounted upon said shaft and adapted to be locked thereto by a paWl and ratchet 7 and 8.

9 denotes coil-springs, each of which is connected at one end to the shaft and at its other end to the stud-post or some other fixed part of the frame.

lO denotes a master-wheel journaled upon a shaft l0', Xed to the frame and provided with an internal annular `gear ll and an eX- ternal annular gear 12. The gear 6 meshes with the internal annular gear 11 and drives the master-wheel.

13 denotes a shaft journaled in bearings 14, secured to the frame of the motor and having fixed to one end a pinion 15, which meshes with the external gear 12, and fixed to its opposite end a large gear Wheel 1G, which meshes with a pinion 17, fixed to the hub 18 of a band or drive wheel 19, journaled upon the outer end of the fixed shaft 10.

2O denotes a sleeve journaled in the standard of the frame and provided atone end with a ratchet-Wheel 2l and a xed gear 22. The gear 22 meshes with the gear 5. A ratchetlever 23 is connected to the shaft 10 with its ratchet in engagement with the ratchet-Wheel 2l, by means of which said ratchet-Wheel is rotated and through the intermediate gearing the springs Wound upon their respective shafts.

24 denotes an escape-Wheel, which is connected to the master-wheel and is engaged by escape mechanism for regulating the speed of rotation of the master-Wheel. Any other form of governor, however, may be substituted. lt is understood that the drive-wheel is connected to the fan, machine, or vehicle to be driven by a belt or cord, so that the power of the springs will be transmitted direct thereto.

It will be understood that the power of the springs is applied to the master-Wheel at a point remote from its axis, whereby a greater amount of leverage is attained, thus produc ing the maximum amount of force with the minimum amount of energy.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of my invention Will be readily understood without requiring an extended explanation. It will of course be understood that the device may be inclosed within a suitable casing, so as to protect the parts from dustand prevent them from being tampered with.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

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and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed, and desired to be protected by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spring-motor, the combination with the supportingframe, of springactuated shaftsjournaled thereto,each shaft being provided with a loose gear-Wheel, the loose gear- Wheel being connected to said shaft by a pawl and ratchet, a master-wheel having an internal and an external gear, the internal gear meshing with the loose gear-Wheel, a drive- Wheel provided with a pinion, and a rotatable shaft provided at one end with a large gear- Wheel to engage said pinion and at the other end with a pinion to engage the external gear- Wheel, substantial] y as set forth.

2. In a spring-motor, the combination With the supporting frame, of spring actuated shafts journaled thereto and each provided with a gear-Wheel, a master-Wheel having an internal and an external gear, the internal gear meshing With the gears carried by the spring-actuated shafts, and a rotary shaft having a pinion in mesh with the external gear of the master-Wheel, substantially as set forth.

3. In aspring-motor, the combination with the supporting frame, of spring actuated shafts journaled thereto, springs coiled about said shafts and having one end fixed to said shafts and the other to a stationary part of the main frame, gears carried by said shafts, one being xed thereto and the other having a pawl-and-ratchet connection therewith, a in aster-Wheel having an internal and external gear, the internal gear meshing with the loose gear, a suitably-mounted drive-wheel providedv with a pinion, a shaft having at one end a pinion to engage the external gear- Wheel and at the other end a large Wheel to engage the pinion of the drive-Wheel,a ratchet- Wheel journaled in the frame and provided with a gear-Wheel which meshes with the firstnamed gear-Wheel, and a ratchet-lever for actuating said Wheel, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN TEEL.

Witnesses:

THos. M. JACKSON, M. P. CARROLL.

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