US Patent: 49,746
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Traction Engine
Improved Traction Engine for Common Roads
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Patentee:
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| Jesse Frye (exact or similar names) - Brooklyn, Kings County, NY |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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Sep. 05, 1865 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
| Abstract:
The object and purpose of my invention Is to produce an efficient traction-engine for common roads, for agricultural and other purpose or purposes to which a horse is generally applied or to which manual labor is applied, or for driving machinery of any kind; and my invention consists, mainly, in making each wheel a driving-wheel independent of its mate or fellow, and driving each driving-wheel by its own independent and separate engine, so that there may be no lost power, especially when turning curves or not moving in
a straight line and my invention further consists in the peculiar connection between the front truck and the rear or main driving or carrying frame, whereby the said front truck may not only be turned to the right or left to lead the rear-frame, but also rock or roll in a lateral direction as it passes over any intervening obstacle, without impairing in the least the effective driving force of its special engines; and it further consists in the mode of hanging the wheels to the front truck, so that they may be turned upon said truck to adapt themselves to the curvature of the path or road over which the engine may be running; and it further consists in a self- acting grade-governor, which regulates the steam according to the ascent or descent of the ground over which the engine is working and my invention further consists in certain mechanical arrangements and combinations.
Claim:
Driving each wheel of the engine by a separate and independent cylinder or cylinders and their actuating appliances. |
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