US1150408A - Water-elevating device. - Google Patents

Description

B. F. WILSON.

WATER ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.20, 191

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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WATER ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED 050.20.1913.

1,150,408. Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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1b=aZZ w]wmitmay concern: I Be it knownthat BERT Fr WILSON ,gCltlZGIr of the United statea lresiding at; the city and countyof Denver and Stateof Colo rado', have; invented certain new; and useful Improvements in Water-Elevating Devices"; and I doj-declare the following tobea full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as, willwenaible, others skilled in the art to which itappertainslto make anduseithe same, reference being had to the accompany: ing drawings, and toitheletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which part of this specificatiomy 1 V My invention relates to improvements lIl waterelevatlng devlces. I

In my improved construct on the apparatus consists-0f spirally arrangedjtrough located within and secured to a closed cylindrical casing, the, aXi'sfof'the structure being inclined to the horizontal during the rotary action of the apparatus, when, in use. This cylindrical structure; suspended into the V stream, reservoir, .or other suitable Water; supply, upon aframe, one memberofwhich supports abearingfor the upper; extremity of said structure, while the other depending members of-saidframe'are provided'withi anti-flirictional rollers, which form, a bearing face upon which the cylindrical casing revolves Whenrotated. The spiral convolutions which form the cylindrical casing and to which the spiral convolutions. of the trough are attached overlap'eachother and are'secured together in any suitable manner,

whereby the said casing is entirely closed.

the casing at certainintervals is provided with openings normally closed by plates, but which plates may be withdrawn when desired, whereby any foreign substance that might have collected in the'trough may be removed.

-' Still another feature of my invention'is that the interior of the structure is open throughout its length, andatboth extremities, and by virtue of this construction the interior of the apparatus may be entered from the top for purposes of repairing or cleaning. a. Having briefly outlined my construction,

I will proceed to describe the same-in detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawing.

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V H In thisdrawing: Figure l-is elevation of the apparatus initsentirety. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2 2,;Fig. 1, look ingin the'direction of. the arrowe Fig.3

is a section taken on the. line:? -3, Fig. 1,

, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig.

flis a vertical central section of the apparatus with parts broken away andon an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view showing one of the openings in the periphery of. the cylindrical casing and the means bywhich they are normally closed.

The same. reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

Let the numeral 5 designate the upper portion of a frame work which is forined 'of anumber of membersG arranged in the form of a square. Upon the framemember 5 s mounted asupporting r1ng,7,.provided ;.with lugs 8, which, are securedto the. members;6 bolts Q. The ring 7 is grooved at 10, wh ch groove-registers withthe groove 11 formed in an annular flange? 12 of a collar 13, said collar being secured to the upper extremity-10f arcylindrical casing 14:. These respective grooves "are adapted to receive balls 15, whereby ananti-friotional bearing is formed between thecollar 113 and the supporting ring 7. The cylindrical casing 14: is suspended upon this hearing andformed from a spiral plate 16, the successive convolutionsof which overlap, as shown at 17,

and arefastenedftogether by rivets 18.

Vii/'ithinthe plate 16 and adjacent thereto is located a spirally arranged trough 19,

3 the successiveconvolution being secured to Another feature of my invention ls'that' the respective convolutions of theplate 16, by extending the rivetsl'8 through an up turned flange 4 formed on the outer periphery ofthe trough. This structure comprising the plate 16 and the trough 19 maybe of any desired length and its lower extremity extends into the bed of the stream, reservoir, or other body of water, from which the water is to be elevated for irrigatsite extremities of these brackets support a.

gear ring 24 andare secured thereto by suitable "fastening means 41. Upon the frame member 5 are also mounted two supports, and 26, inthe upper extremities of which is ournaled a shaft 27. Upon this shaft 27 is secured a pinion gear 28, which meshes with the gear ring 24. Also, rigidly imo'unted upon this shaft, near "oneextremity,'is a pulley wheel 29 connected by a belt 40, with any suitable source of power.

Depending from the frame member 5 are two supports, 31 and 32,1ncl1nedat an angle of approximately 65 degrees, and forming right angles with the said frame member 5'.

Braces '33ftend to hold the frame member 5 in th-igposition'and are'secured at one extremity to the dependingisupports 31 and, 32yby bolts 34, and at their opposite ex tremities with r the frame member 5 by bolts 35. 20

' I 7 bearing upon which the apparatus revolves when rotated.

In certain. convolutions of the plate 16, there are openings 41 approximately 20 degrees apart, which are normally closed by plates38 inserted in U-shaped ways 39.

'These plates may be withdrawn from the ways- 39 when desiredfwhereby access gained to the-interiorof the trough for re} moving anysubstance that might have becomed lodged near said openings, 7

complish thesame object', or for the purpose of repairing the; apparatus, the"operator may enter the interior of the structure which is open, as shown at 3, by descending [through the gear ring 24. This is a most important feature of my invention, since heretofore inconstructions of this character,

as far as I am aware, there has beenno f mean for clearing obstructlons or'making Copies of this patentmey be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the (Commissioner ofhPatentsll j r ,I claim 1s To ac repairs Within such structure, without taking the same apart.

7 The apparatus is operated byimparting power to the pulley-wheel 29,, by means of "a casing and trough structure, and thus the water is picked up at the lower extremity ofthe saidapparatus and delivered at its upper extremity where it tionary trough 30; r

Having thus described my inventiomwhat '1. The combination overflows into a sta? 50, belt 4:0, which rotates ashaft 27,'andlwhich p was fame mam to the horizontal, of a cylindrical i casing f. A

mounted thereon and suspended. therefrom; 1

means for rotating said casing, 'a spiral;

trough secured to the interiorof the casing and arranged to leave "an open space throughout the length i of the structure ,7

within the convolutions of said trough for the purposes set forth; 1 r

:2. The combination Witl a frame inclined to the horizontal, of a casing mounted thereon and suspended therefrom,1means for r0 tating said casing, a spiral trough secured to theinter'lor of the cas ng andarranged to leave an open space throughout the length a of the structure within the'conv'olutions of to the horizontal, a spiral trough; struc= for the'purpose set forth.

ture in presenceof two witnesses,

'jWitnessesr V I washin toanc."

"BER'r' r. 'WILSON, V

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