Reversible Spring-Motor.

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Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[4], 6 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Click, John Jones April 20, 1897.

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  • Click, John Jones John Jones Click, of Bellevue, Texas, Assignor of One-Half to John H. Major, of Same Place.

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  • Main Title: Reversible Spring-Motor.
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Patent for a spring-motor for bicycles, street and railway cars, and other vehicles which is meant "to accumulate and store surplus power which is usually lost in stopping vehicles and in holding back the same when descending steep grades, the purpose being to utilize such stored power for the purpose of propelling the vehicle up an incline or at whatever point additional power may be found desirable." (Lines 17-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.

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[4], 6 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,103, dated April 20, 1897. Application filed May 3, 1896. Serial No. 592,765. (No model.)"

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Patent for a spring motor "particularly designed for use in connection with bicycles, polycycles, and all foot-propelled vehicles, but applicable also to all kinds of vehicles, as well as street and railway cars" (lines 11-15). It is intended to accumulate surplus power for use in propelling a vehicle up an incline, or for other propulsion either forward or backward.

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  • April 20, 1897

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  • May 23, 1896

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Click, John Jones. Reversible Spring-Motor., patent, April 20, 1897; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174585/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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