New Way Stationary Engines

Aim - To serve and support the New Way Stationary Engine restoration community.
There was a New Way Stationary Motor inclined to Hit and Miss. It was designed that way but intermittently it would missfire and this in the confines of the beekeepers shed fired my imagination, grabbing my senses. I just loved the sound of the New Way 3.5Hp working - likely fuelled by a too rich mixture.
With each missfire came the tell tale puff of blue smoke and via the old sawbench, the beekeeping manufacturing business was underway, alive and well. Alf was in his element. Romance, nah, hard work but Hoots the New Way went a long way in firing the imagination of times past running in the present. The present, after all, that's where life is, it's not in the past, but romancing the past, that's the present if you're living it.
The priveledge of life. Present and past is now!!! - alive.

Ye Olde Sawbench & New Way Motor kept company by Howard Rotary Hoes

Friday, May 26, 2017

PATENTS associated with or by NEW WAY MOTOR COMPANY

The New Way Motor Company was by it's very nature, as pioneer in the commercial production of air cooled engines also responsible for having a multitude of patents issued both in USA and Canada.

WHY PATENT:
Behind the production of a quality product there is obviously going to be a myriad of aspects and avenues of production that need to be researched. This is especially highlighted when you keep in mind that the company made high minded claims of "Goes and Goes Right". Their target was without a doubt a quality product that would be accepted and utilized across the world.

RESEARCH :
Pioneering for success called for exhaustive research, mechanical genius and application of understanding of principles of heating and cooling as applicable to internal combustion engines. The early days of the 1900s would have been heady days for the small motor company based in a 100 Ft shed before it burst on the scene and expanded to the massive factory complex that represented the company by 1910. Generations later allied patents still refer back to the patents issued to the New Way Motor Company for reference and principles.

PROTECTION:
Patents provided some form of protection for the fledgling, innovation rich as it introduced it's Air Cooled Engines for commerce, farming, drilling, industry and the like to the world. If you are going to invest and send engines out by the train wagon load you don't want some other enterprise stealing and implementing the very ideas that set you apart.

PATENTED:


  1. Vehicle-Spring - "C.H. Way" - US768162A - VEHICLE SPRING with improvements in vehicle springing, C.H. Way was Assignor to Clarkmobile Company the predecessor to the New Way Motor Company.
    1. New Way continued vehicle production for a short period before concentrating on air cooled engines.
  2. Valve Gear for Explosive Engines - "C.H. Way" - US776708A - VALVE GEAR with specifics on cylinder and piston etc design. (C.H. Way was Assignor to Clarkmobile Company) later rights to New Way Motor Company.
    1. NOTE:- This is very early design with valves on opposits sides of the cylinder. Likely conforms to Type A or Type B prototype design prior to the Type C design with both valves displaced vertically that was used in New Way Motor Company's first commercial production engines in the standard "S" Series engines.
    2. Filed December 28 1903 - Patented December 6 1904
    3. Inventor - Charles H Way
    4. Assignor - Clarkemobile Company
  3. Engine - "C.H. Way" - US870001A - ENGINE design featuring the engine hinge to allow removal of piston and rod without disassembly.
    1. Filed September 19 1904 - Patented November 5 1907
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - Clarkemobile Company
  4.  Air Cooled Engine** - "C.H. Way Engine" - US 877023 - ENGINE PATENT with specifics re lubrication and design principles.
    1. Filed March 30 1905 - Patented January 21 1908
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  5. Governor For Explosion Engines ** - US877024 - GOVERNOR PATENT [specific to a flywheen mounted governor weighted with spring tension adjustment to alter engine RPM by interacting with the exhaust valve lifter. A Hit Miss governor designed for economy of fuel and economy of battery electricity on very early engines before HT magnetos were fitted. Detailed operational description on the interaction of various parts in the design is given.] 
    1. Filed May 22 1905 - Patented January 21 1908
    2. Inventor - Charles H Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  6. Carbureter for Explosion-Engines** -US 878824 - CARBURETER PATENT - [very early engines straight pipe style of carbureter/mixer. The carburetor is little more than a pipe with a centered and metered venturi setup. Fuel feeds from tank via an incorporated basic ball valve and simple brass jetting idea. This meters fuel into the basic but functional venturi bar course drilled to allow fuel atomization in accordance with air velocity determined by governor setting / RPM.]  
    1. Filed September 12 1907 - Patented Febuary 11 1908
    2. Inventor - William H. Newbrough
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  7. Sparker Mechanism For Engines** -US 918286 - SPARKER PATENT [contactor design for timing of spark using buzz coil / dry cell setup.]
    1. Filed April 20 1908 - Patented April 13 1909
    2. Inventor H.M. Cramer.
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  8. Explosion Engine - US 924640 - ENGINE PATENT [ Lubrication upgrade to original engine of by C.H. Way]
    1. Filed 20 April 1908 - Patented June 15 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  9. Heat Radiating Device  - US945881 - HEAT RADIATING PATENT [ principles of cooling of cylinder by means of fins and holes cast on and around the engine cylinder wall. In particular this is applicable to the cylinders with radiating top fins as used on the very early New Way engines.]
    1. Filed October 8 1904 - Patented January 11 1910
    2. Inventor - Charles H. Way
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  10. Valve - US 1044623 - PRESSURE VALVE PATENT [ designed for the likes of high pressure spraying Machines]
    1. Filed November 18 1911 - Patented November 19 1912
    2. Inventor - Curtis L. Bailey
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  11. Governor for Explosion Engines -US924639 - TWIN CYLINDER GOVERNOR PATENT [ giving the description and operation of a Hit Miss governor operation for a twin cylinder combustion engine. The governor was used for their early 6-7Hp twin cylinder engine]
    1. Filed April 12 1907 - Patented June 15 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  12. Lubricator for Explosion Engines - US1037239 - TWIN CYLINDER LUBRICATOR PATENT  [designed especially to overcome over lubrication of the second cylinder in a twin setup by limiting oil splash access to the cylinder and piston area.] 
    1. Filed December 6 1911 - Patented September 3 1912
    2. Inventor - Earl W. Goodnow
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  13. Motor Pump - US 913701 - MOTORISED PUMP PATENT [combined compact engine and pump setup]
    1. Filed June 28 1907 - Patented March 2 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor -  New Way Motor Company
  14. Multiple Cylinder Pump - US 1037297 - MULTIPLE CYLINDER PUMP PATENT [high pressure pump design for orchard equipment etc.]
    1. Filed January 29 1912 - Patented September 3 1912
    2. Inventor - William H. Newbrough
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  15. Sprayer - US 918512 - SPRAYER PATENT [ utilising a compact outfit designed comprising engine, pump and spray tank]
    1. Filed March 24 1908 - Patented April 20 1909
    2. Inventor - Harry M. Cramer
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  16. Engine Mounting - US 1188242 - FARMING ENGINE MOUNT PATENT [Harvester, grain binder and potato digger engine mount]
    1. Filed November 6 1915 - Patented June 20 1916
    2. Inventor - Robert H. Branfield
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company 
  17. Cooling Shroud (squirrel cage) - US1247819 - COOLING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [ describes the functional operation of the cooling arangement using the turbine fan mounted on the actual flywheel in a squirrell cage arrangement. Air was ducted up and over the air cooling fins on the cylinder. This style of arrangement was used engines from the late teens, for example CH model engines.] 
    1. Filed January 29 1917 - patented November 27 1917
    2. Inventor - Earl W. Goodnow
    3. Assignor - New Way Motor Company
  18. Turbine Fan - US1687541 - TURBINE FAN STRUCTURE [provides great detail just of the turbine fan structure used on New Way later model engines.]
    1. Filed October 22 1925 - Patented October 22 1928
    2. Inventor - William F. Carmichael
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  19. Carbureter - US 1287380 - CHARGE FORMING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES  [provides operational principles and description of carburetet designed specifically for kerosene and heavy fuels]
    1. Filed April 17 1917 - Patented December 10 1918
    2. Inventor - Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  20. Crank Shaft Lubrication - US1556970 - LUBRICATOR MEANS FOR CRANK SHAFTS IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [utilising drillings, passages, splash and the like to ensure good bearing lube to overcome the shortcomings of a simple splash setup.]
    1. Filed May 20 1922 - Patented October 13 1925
    2. Inventor - Harry J. Sproat
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  21. Carbureter - US 1303703 - CHARGE FORMING DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES [Improved version of kerosene carbureter, light fuel start with kerosene running]
    1. Filed January 12 1918 - Patented May 13 1919
    2. Inventor - Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  22. Adjustment Device - US 1268698A - ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR HARVESTING-MACHINES AND THE LIKE - [ Improved design facilitating easy machine adjustment for operation height and auxiliary engine's equipment weight.]
    1. Filed June 5 1916 - Patented June 4 1918
    2. Inventor - William Drummond
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  23. Clutch - US 1192793 - CLUTCH - [Clutches design for harvester mounted engines and the like.]
    1. Filed Feburary 8 1916 - Patented July 25 1916
    2. Inventor Henry Manthey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
  24. Centrifugal Governor - US 1567101 - CENTRIFUGAL GOVERNOR FOR GASOLINE ENGINES [allowing in service adjustment of engine revs while engine is running.]
    1. Filed May 20 1922 - Patented December 29 1925
    2. Inventor - Curtis L. Bailey
    3. Assignee - New Way Motor Company
The New Way Motor Company also had interests in Canada including a manufacturing plant at Welland, Ontario. Several patents were assigned to the New Way Motor Company as follows. Specifics of the inventions patented in Canada though are not available here via link. 
  1. Cooler for Gas Engines - CA 188277  - Inventor Earl W Goodnow - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-01-14
  2. Engine Mounting - CA189877A - Inventor Robert H Branfield - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-04-22
  3. Carbureter - CA112555A - Inventor William H Newbrough - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1919-01-14
  4. Sprayer - CA113546A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-08-18
  5. Explosion Engine - CA112682A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-06-30
  6. Governor For Explosion Engines - CA112897A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  7. Valve - CA149119A - Inventor Curtis L Bailey -  The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-07-08
  8. Lubricator For Explosion Engines - CA149737A - Inventor Earl W Goodnow - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-07-22
  9. Multiple Cylinder Pump - CA148693A - Inventor William H Newbrough - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1913-06-17
  10. Sparker For Explosive Engines CA112898A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  11. Explosion Machine - CA112899A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-07-14
  12. Motor Pump - CA113305A - Inventor Harry M Kramer  - The New Way Motor Company - Granted 1908-08-04
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