706
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 18

the said revoluble mechanism, and has within it a tank for liquid fuel interposed between the motor and the revoluble mechanism to enable the volume of liquid in the tank to intercept the vibrations from the motor and prevent their transmission to the revoluble mechanism, as described. (2.) The combination with the crank-shaft of an explosion motor and the shaft of a dynamo aligned with the said crank-shaft, and driven thereby, of a hollow base having the mechanical properties of a boxed girder, which said base supports both the said motor and the said dynamo, and has within it a tank for liquid fuel interposed between the motor and the dynamo to enable the volume of liquid in the tank to intercept the vibrations of the motor and prevent their transmission to the dynamo when the latter is in operation, as described. (3.) The combination with a chambered or hollow base for holding a volume of liquid for explosive use, an explosion motor fixed upon said base and arranged to receive the liquid therefrom, a crank-shaft arranged to be driven from the connecting-rod of the motor, a dynamo supported on said base with the chamber of the latter so arranged that its contents cushions the dynamo against vibrations from reciprocating-parts of the motor, a driven shaft for carrying the dynamo aligned with the crank-shaft, and a coupling for connecting and disconnecting the driven shaft to and from the crank-shaft, as described, substantially as set forth. (4.) The combination with a chambered or hollow base for holding a liquid for explosive use, an explosion motor fixed upon the said base and arranged to receive the liquid therefrom, a crank-shaft arranged to be driven from the connecting-rod of the motor, a dynamo supported on said base, a driven shaft for carrying the dynamo placed in the axial line of the crank-shaft, a coupling for connecting and disconnecting the driven shaft to and from the crank-shaft, and a pulley fast on the crank-shaft arranged to serve the double purpose of transmitting power from the motor and of temporarily substituting or supplementing the motor by power from an independent source in driving the dynamo, as described. (5.) The combination with a chambered base for holding a volume of liquid for explosive use, an explosion motor fixed upon said base and arranged to receive the liquid therefrom, a crank-shaft arranged to be driven from the connecting-rod of the motor, a dynamo supported on said base with the chamber of the latter so arranged that its contents cushions the dynamo against vibrations from the reciprocating-parts of the motor, a driven shaft for carrying the dynamo aligned to the crank-shaft, a coupling for connecting and disconnecting the shaft section to and from the crank-shaft section, and a pulley fast on the crank-shaft section arranged to serve the double purpose of transmitting power from the motor and of temporarily substituting or supplementing the motor by power from an independent source in driving the dynamo, the whole combined for use and operation, substantially as set forth. . (6.) An electric igniting-apparatus for explosion motors, comprising the combination with two relatively movable contact points, and air-controlling inlet-valve, a fuel-controlling inlet-valve, and a governor for controlling the operation of said valves, of a cam-device mechanism for operating said cam device in unison with the crank-shaft of the motor, mechanism for operating said valves in unison with said cam device, mechanism for moving one of the contact points with reference to the other for the production of a spark, a movable device arranged in juxtaposition with the cam device and connected with the mechanism for operating the contact point, and means for changing the position of said movable device with reference to the cam device to advance or delay, as the case may be, the action of the cam, and consequently the movement of the contact point with reference to the motion of other parts of the motor, as described. (7.) An electric igniting-apparatus for explosion motors, comprising the combination with an explosion cylinder, an ignition plug inserted in said cylinder, an insulated terminal rod extended through the plug, its inner end having a contact point within the cylinder, an axially movable terminal rod, also extended through the plug, bent at its inner end, with a terminal point thereon to operate in conjunction with the contact point of the insulated terminal rod, and with a lever-arm at its outer end, of a cam jogged or shouldered to permit a sudden movement of the parts acted upon by the cam, mechanism for actuating from said cam, the arm of the terminal rod, means for revolving the cam from a driving-shaft at a speed in a definite ratio to that of the driving-shaft, a governor also operated from said shaft, an air-inlet valve, a fuel - inlet valve, means for controlling said valves from the action of the governor, and mechanism actuated by the governor for changing the position of the terminal actuating-device with reference to the shoulder of the cam to advance or delay, as the case may be, the release of said device, and consequently to advance or delay the igniting-action of the terminal rods with reference to the operation of other parts of the motor, as described. (8.) An electric igniting - apparatus for explosion motors, comprising the combination with an explosion cylinder, an ignition - plug inserted into said cylinder, an insulated terminal rod extending through the plug with a contact point at its inner end and within the cylinder, an axially movable terminal rod also extended through the ignition-plug, bent at its inner end with a contact point thereon to operate in conjunction with the contact point of the insulated terminal rod, and with a lever-arm at its outer end, a jogged or shouldered cam, an axially movable rod external to the cylinder, having at is outer end a radial arm and at its inner end a radial lever, means for transmitting motion from the said radial arm to the lever-arm of the movable terminal rod, a movable device connected with said radial lever and bearing against the cam to become movement therefrom, and means for varying the position of said device with reference to the cam to advance or delay, as the case may be, the action of the cam upon said device to corresponding advance or delay the operation of the contact points in producing the igniting-spark with reference to the operation of other parts of the motor, as described. (9.) An electric igniting-apparatus for explosion motors, comprising in its structure the combination with an explosion cylinder, an ignition-plug inserted in said cylinder, an insulated terminal rod extended through the ignition-plug with a contact point at its inner end and within the cylinder, an axially movable. terminal rod also extended through the ignition-plug, bent at its inner end and provided thereon with a contact point to operate in conjunction with the contact point of the insulated terminal rod, and with a lever-arm at its outer end, of a jogged or shouldered cam, an elbow lever loose on the shaft of said cam, and having a projecting pin on its inner arm, an axially movable rod extended to the cylinder, having at its outer end a radial arm and at its inner end a radial lever, means for transmitting motion from the said radial arm to the lever-arm of the movable terminal rod, a rod pivoted at one end to the radial lever of the said axially movable rod and at the other arranged to bear sidewise against the pin of the elbow lever and endwise against the periphery of the cam, a governor and mechanism for operating the elbow lever from the governor to advance or delay, as the case may be, the action of the cam in timing the ignition action of the contact pieces with reference to the operation of other parts of the motor, as described. (10.) An electric igniting-apparatus for explosion motors, comprising in its structure the combination with an explosion cylinder, a valve for admitting air to said cylinder, a valve for admitting fluid fuel to said cylinder, and a ball governor operated from the crank-shaft of the motor, a jogged cam operated from the shaft of said governor, an elbow lever loose on the shaft of said cam, a lever having three-fold arms, a rod which connects one of the arms of said three-fold lever with one arm of the elbow lever, a lever fast on the shaft of the air-inlet valve, a rod which connects the part last mentioned lever with another of the arms of the three-fold lever, a second lever fast to the air-inlet valve, a lever fast to the fuel-inlet valve, a rod which connects said lever of the air-inlet valve with the said lever of the fuel-inlet valve, and a rod which connects the third arm of the three-fold lever with the sliding sleeve of the governor, of a projecting pin on the inner arm of the elbow lever, an axially movable rod extended to the cylinder, and having a radial arm at its upper end, a radial lever-arm on the inner end of the said rod, a longitudinally movable rod pivoted on the radial lever-arm with its end bearing sidewise against the pin on the elbow lever, and with its end against the circumference of the arm, means for retaining the longitudinally movable rod with its end contact with the cam, means for retaining the said movable rod in its endwise contact with the cam, a radial arm on the opposite end of the axially movable rod, an ignition-plug inserted in the cylinder, an insulated terminal rod extended through the ignition-plug with a contact point at its inner end, an axially movable terminal rod also extended through the ignition-plug, bent at its inner end, and provided thereon with a contact point to operate in conjunction with the contact point of the insulated terminal rod, and with a lever-arm at its outer end, and means for actuating said lever-arm from the radial arm on the upper end of the axially movable rod, whereby the position of the longitudinally movable rod with reference to the cam is automatically varied to advance or delay, as the case may be, action of the contact points with reference to the movement of other parts of the motor, as described. (11.) The combination with the oil-cup in a feed mechanism for supplying liquid fuel to explosive motors of means for providing relatively higher level of the fuel in the cup for the normal working of the motor, means for retaining at a relatively lower level the fuel in the cup when the motor is not in motion, means for feeding fuel from the cup to start the motor into active operation from the vacuum or partial vacuum induced in a cylinder by an initial motion of the piston therein, and means for automatically feeding the fuel from the higher level in the cup to the motor in its subsequent active or working operation, as described. (12.) In a feed mechanism for supplying