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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
AUGUST C. MORGAN, OF GROOM, TEXAS.
ENGINE-STARTER.LO465, 708.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented June 24,1913.
Application filed July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,551.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, AUGUST C. MORGAN,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Groom, in the county of Carson and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Engine-Starters, of
which the following is a specification, ref-
erence being had to the accompanying draw-
ings.
10 This invention relates to new and useful
improvements in engine starters for auto-
mobiles and more particularly to a foot
starting device and my object is to provide
a device which, by mere pressure of the
15 feet of the operator, on foot pedals will start
the motor.
A further object of the invention resides
in providing a connection for disposing the
crank handle shaft in engagement with the
20 crank shaft and an independent connection
for rotating said crank handle shaft and
crank shaft.
A further object of the invention resides
in providing a device which is extremely
25 simple and durable in construction, inex-
pensive to manufacture and one which will
be very efficient and useful in operation.
With these and other objects in view, the
invention consists in the novel features of
so construction, combination and arrangement
of parts as will be hereinafter referred to
and more particularly pointed out in the
specification and claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming
35 a part of this application, Figure 1 is a
side elevation partly in section showing my
improved device applied to an automobile.
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section
through the operating means for the crank
40 handle shaft. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse
section as seen on line 3-3, Fig. 1, looking
forwardly. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse
section as seen on line 4-4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is
a fragmentary horizontal section as seen
45 on line 5-5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary
perspective view of one of the locking dogs;
and Fig. 7 is a similar view of the other
locking dog.
In describing my invention, I shall refer
0 to the drawings in which similar. reference
characters designate corresponding parts
throughout the several views and in which-
1 indicates the frame of an automobile
of any desired type having the engine' 2
55 properly mounted therein and extending
through the front of the machine below the:radiator thereof, is the usual crank handle
shaft 3 which is adapted to be engaged with
the crank shaft 4 of the motor by the usual
clutch mechanism 5. My improved device 60
contemplates the rotation of this crank
handle shaft and crank shaft from the seat
of the automobile. The crank handle is
not mounted directly on the shaft 3, but
is separated therefrom as shown at 6, the 65
free end of said shaft 3 being designed
square in cross section, so as to readily re-
ceive the socket portion of said crank.
Fulcrumed intermediate of its ends, on a
bracket 7 which is carried on the frame of 70
the vehicle, is a lever 8 ich extends
through a slot 9 in the foot board of the
vehicle to be readily operated by the foot
of the driver and the lower end of said
lever has engaged the-ewith a. flexible con- 75
nection 10.. The opposite end of this con-
nection 10 is connected to an arm or lever
11 which is pivoted at its lower end to the
forward end of the frame, the upper end.
of said lever or arm 11 being provided with go
a yoke or, the like 12 which is loosely en-
gaged with the crank handle shaft 3 in. the
rear of the clutch 5 thereon. The usual -
spring 13 encircling the crank handle shaft
3 normally retains the clutch 5 in its in- 85
effective position and by placing the foot
on the free end of the lever 8, and pressing
forwardly thereon, the lever 11 will be
drawn rearwardly to correspondingly draw
the crank handle shaft 3 rearwardly, where- *o
by the clutch 5 will be effectively disposed.
In order to retain the clutch 5 in its. effec-
tive position, a ratchet 14 is formed in the
one side of the slot 9, while the one side of
the lever is beveled or similarly designed, 95
as shown at.15 to be readily received in the
teeth of the. ratchet. Thus when the'clutch
has been effectively positioned, the lever may
be engaged with the ratchet teeth to retain
the same in such position. Also fulcrumed 100
on the frame 1, is an additional foot lever
16 which extends through a slot in the foot .
board of the vehicle adjacent the lever 8
to be also readily engaged by the foot of
the operator. The lower end of .this lever. 105
16 has a pulley 17 mounted thereon over
which extends a flexible connection 18, the
one end of said flexible connection being se-
curely engaged with the frame 1 at the point
19. This connection 18 also extends over a 110
pulley 20 at the forward end of the' frame 1!
and continues upwardly to be extended over
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Morgan, August C. Engine-Starter, patent, June 24, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853508/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.