USRE8271E - Improvement in windlass water-elevators - Google Patents

Description

R. T. STOKES.

- Windlass Water-Elevator.

Rei'ssued June 4,1878.

x-ErERs. PHOYO LXTHOGRAFHE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUSSELL T. sroxns, or GARNETT,KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WINDLASS WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,296, dated November 20, 1877 Reissue No. 8,271, dated June 4,1878; application filed March 29, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL T. STOKES, of Garnett, in the county of Anderson and State of Kansas, have'invented a new and Improved Water-Elevator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the Same.

This invention relates to means for raising water from wells, and is especially applicable to bucket-wheels with a center-discharge.

The nature of my invention consists in combining, with an endless chain of buckets, of circular or other form, a centerdischarge wheel, which is constructed with inclined partitions, forming cells, that lead into spouts extending beyond the open side of the wheel, and so constructed and arranged that they will direct the streams of water into a chute or discharging-trough located beneath the wheelsbaft, as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawing, Figure lis a section taken in a vertical plane through the bucket-wheel and several of the buckets of the chain. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken transversely through the curb and dischargetrough, showing the edge of the wheel and chain of cup-shaped buckets. Fig. 3 is a top view of the elevator. Fig. 4 shows, in section, angular tapering buckets linked together.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' The letter A designates the curb of the well, on top of which the shaft a has its bearing in suitable boxes. On this sh aft a thetbucketwheel B is keyed, being constructed with one inclined or curved partitions or guides d, which extend from points near the periphery of the wheel to the inner edge of the ring D. The guides d conduct the inflowing water down into chutes or spouts g, which latter converge toward the axis of the wheel, and are continuations of the partitions or guides. The months or outer ends of the spouts g extend outward beyond the plane of the ring I), so that there will not be any waste of water.

In combination with the wheel B, I employ an endless chain of lifting-buckets, D, which may be of the cup-shaped form represented in Figs. 1 and 2; or they may be of an angular ta- I pering form, as shown in Fig. 4. The backs of the buckets of Fig. 4 are hinged together to form the endless chain; but the conical buckets are connected together by links h, as shown.

When the angular buckets are used, they should be arranged to present theirlips toward the center of the wheel, so as to throw the water between the guides d into the, chutes or spouts g.

The length of the buckets is such, with respect to the distance between the outer ends of the partitions, that duringthe rotation of the wheel they will successively be received in the spaces between the said partitions, and empty their contents into the laterallydischarging chutes.

The wheel may be rotated by a crank, G, or in any other suitablemanner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- In combination with the lifting-buckets D, the centerdischarge wheel B, constructed with inclined partitions d and laterally-discharging chutes or spouts 9, arranged over a trough, G, substantially in the manner described.

RUSSELL T. STOKES. Witnesses:

L. K. KIRK,

L. W. SPRADLIN.

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