US114668A - Improvement in pumps - Google Patents

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T. B. G OULDING.

Improvement in Pumps. v N0. 4,668. Patented May 9,1871

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THOMAS B. GOULDING, OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

Letters Patent No. 114,668, dated my 9, 1871. l

I IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making o! thesame.

T all whom it y nected with it by flanges and screws, or in any suita- Be it known that I, THOMAS B. GOULDING, of the bio manner.

city of Columbus, county of Muscogee and State of Within the barrel of the pump I construct a piston Georgia,have inventedanew and usefnlImprovement of proper size, and filling the inner diameterof the in Pumps; and I do hereby declare the following to same, as seen at I).

be a full, clear, and exact description of the construc- 1 A projection, b, is formed upon the lower end of saidtion and operation of the same, reference being had to piston, containing a slot thattwill admit the levers a,

b the annexed drawing making apart and parcel of this held within the sameby means of a pin or bolt.

myspeeification. To said-levers are attached other levers, a" a, the The figures on sheet 2 show the form and construelatter being pivoted to the former, as shown'in the tion of the same in way preferred by me; while drawing, and also to the frame-work K Figures 1 and 2 of sheet 1 show modifications in A cross-bolt, it, passes through the projection 11, to the construction of some of the parts of the pump; which are attached the rods E E, fig. 2, which rods exbut inall the figures and 'in the operation of the pump, tend upward above the-air-chambe'r, and are connected constructed in either of the ways shown, the same there by means of a rod, d, upon which a yoke is principle is irivolved. formed surrounding the water-pipe or conductor D.

The nature and object of my invention is to con- Said rods are operated by means of the lever H and structa pump in such a manner as to have imparted stand or pedestalG, as seen in fig. 1. teit the greatest-strength and chea'pness, and to make The movement of these rods upward or downward the same. as simple as possible and possessing great is steadied,by means of the yoke surrounding the PO V water-pipe D.

lts several novel features consist in construction of O is a tube inserted in the top of the air-chamber,

a piston, to whioha-valve is attached, operated by and projects below it to such distance as not to come means of rods attached -to a cross-bar, the latter of into contact with the upper stationarylvalve b', as

which is secured to a projecting arm that is attached seen in figQl.

to the piston; and also-in combining with such pump The lower valve 1)" isadjusted to theniovable piston i all a mber nponlthe upper portion thereof, into I) in manner shown, and when the pump is in operation 1 which air-chamber is inserted a hollow tube or rod, and the water forced abovefl'the upper valve of the" through which the water isforced to the top of the pump, the air, in the chamber aids in expelling the well; -also, in the construction of guides on the external water through the pipe D, which said' pipe is screwed portion of the pump to admit rods that are attached to into or in any convenient way attached to the tube 0. the piston cross-bar in any convenient manner, to pre- The water-line is intended to be represented atzx, fig. 1, ventany vibration of the piston when operated, and prcbut the pump can be operated if entirely submerged. serve a certain vertical movement of thepiston; also, in Figure 3 shows a difierent form of construction. and the construction and arrangement of a fixed valve in arrangement of the operative parts of this pump, the the upper portion of the pump, whichvalve opens principle, however, being the same in each. into the air-chamber above it, so that the said pump Therods E E pass down on either side of the pump, contains within it a movable valve upon the piston and are connected by means of the rod it, that passes and a fixed valve at the opposite and upper end of the through the projection b attached to the cross-head; pump, andby their construction, and the submerging and at right angles to said rod his a 'bar,,.e, passing of the pump in the water of the well, doing away with through the same projection 11, to which are attached the necessity of anypackin'g whatever other than the rods i i that pass upward through flanges formed thatcaused by the water-itself; upon the body of thepump-and through slots n'n out To enable others skilled in the art to make and use in the same.

my said invention, I will proceed to describe the con- The pump rests upon and is-secured to the circular struction and operation of the same. flange o 0 that may rest upon the bottom of the well,

1,'sheet 1, represents the pump, that may beor attached inany suitable manner to a wooden founpartially or wholly submerged in the water of the well dation placed within the well, at its bottom, below the at'its bottom. pump; p

In'this figure the pump is, secured to a frame-work, The rods E E, .fig. 3, project upward, and 'a yoke is K K' formed thereon surrounding the pipe D above the tube Av represents 'in each figure of the drawing the bar- 0, and there uniting in one rod, E, that projects above rel of the pump, and the well, and is operated by means of a lever or other B an air-chamber immediately above it and consuitable device, similar to that shown in fig. 1.

several partseasily duplicated when worn or injured;-

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1-..Tl1e combination and arrangement of the rod E with the rods E E, rod 1t, and piston b, in the-manner and for the purpose herein described.

2. The piston I), having its vertical movement controlled and regulated by meansof the cross-bar c, rods it, and flanges i 1'', in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

movable piston-valve b" and fixed valve b'", for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The construction and operation of a pump, in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

Witnesses: THOMAS B. GOULDING.

Eon. F. Bnown. Goon. MATHYS.

a 3. In combination with the foregoing elements, the I

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