US1171758A - Hydraulic irrigating-machine. - Google Patents

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v P. J. STALEC. v HYDRAULIC IRRIGATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21 19 14.

IIVVENTOR Paul J Sta lee Patented Feb. 15, 1916.

WITNESSES:

A TTORN E Y THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAPH c0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL STALEC, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

' HYDRAULIC IRRIGATING-MAGHINE.

Application fiiea se pt mber 21; 1914. semi No.

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL J. STALEC, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle,

raisesuch water to a higher level, and the.

object of my invention is to improve the hydraulic irrigating machine which is illus trated, described and claimed in my (Jupending application Serial No. 833,193, filed by me in the United States Patent Ofiice-on date of'April 20, 191 1, for Letters Patent for hydraulic irrigating machine whereby there shall be provided a more direct passageway through which water may be forced to flow from the inlet opening through the machine to the discharge opening thereof and whereby with a given speed, a given quantity of water may be forced to ahigher level.

I accomplish this object by devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, where1n Figure 1 1s a view 1n vertical .mid-

section of a structure embodying my in vention; Fig. 2 is a View in horizontal. section on broken line 00, m ofFig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of a detail of my invention; Fig. 4 isa view in horizontal cross-section on brokenline 1 y of Fig. 3, illustrating such detail, and Fig. 5 is a view in vertical radial section on broken line 2, z of Fig. 2, of another detail of my invention.

Referring to the drawings, throughout which like reference numerals indicate like parts, 6 and 6 indicate fragments of two of four radial. arms of a base frame upon which is secured by bolts 7 the flange portion of the bottom end of a rotary pump cylinder 8 whosebottom wall is provided with four openings 9 of segmental form which are disposed concentrically with the axis of said cylinder and whichopen into the space between adjacent ones of said four radial arms through which openings 9 water may pass into the interior of said cylinder. Within said cylinder is a concentrically disposed tube 11 which extends upwardly from the bottom wall of said cylinder, with which it is integrally connected, for a distance equal .er re e ete r e 91 fif s Of. t e e i' r Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. '15, 1916. 562, 65.-

vertical dimensionsjof. said cylinder said tube 11 being of such diameter to encircle the four segmental openings 9 and to provide an annular space 12 between the exterior periphery of said tube 11 and the inner surfacev of the wall of thecylinder 8, and within such annular space 12 are vertically disposed four partitions-13, equidistant from each other, which extend upwardly for a distance r equal to a little more than half the interior vertical dimension of said cylinder to divide thelower portion of such, annular space 12 into four parts 14, 15, 1'6 and 17, connecting with each of these four parts is a passageway through thewall of the cylinder leadingthrough conducting pipes 18,19, 20 and .21, respectively, which conducting pipes are secured to bosses 22 on the exterior wall of said cylinder by a flange joint, as more clearlyshown in'Fig- 2,'and these conductmg pipes 18, 19, 20 and 21 turn to extend upwardly for any desired distance above the cylinder 8 and are there all connected to a common conducting pipe 23 which may lead to any desired' point for the delivery of water at such point, v.or each of such ' con ducting pipes 18, 19, 20, and'21 may lead to dilferent water. Y.

Concentrically disposed to extend verticallythrough the cylinder 8 is a shaft 24 whose lower rounded end rests upon a step bearing 25 which is supported upon a plate 26 that is vertically adjusted by means not shown, 'but which means are disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings forming apart of pointsifor the distribution of my said co-pending application and the sur-- rounding surfaceof the lower end portion of said shaft 2451s journaledin bearings formed in the base' frame 6 and the bottom wall of'the cylinder 8, while the top cylinder head 27 is provided with a concentric hole through which the shaft 24; extends upwardly intoand through a packing box 28, thence to extend upwardly to and through a bearing29 which is supported byv four radial arms 30 each of which extends to and is secured to a difi'erent one of the conducting pipes 118', 19,. 20and 21 and thence to extend upwardly to terminate at such distance above the bearing 29 as will afiord a length suificientlfor disposing upon its end portion a beveledgearwheel .31 which is securely fastened thereon, which beveled gearwheel 31 meshes with another, gearwheel 32fwhicl1 is securelymounted on a horizontal shaft 33 ere adhere ta s ena le-i suit bl is mounted securely a fin-screw conveyer;

comprising a hub 34 from which project four spirally disposed fins 35, 36, 37 and 38 which are spaced equal distances apart and whose outer edges fit closely to the inner surface of the tube 11, the upper end portion 39 of such hub 34 being enlarged to a diameter to adapt such upper end portion to fit closely to the wallet the cylinder 8 such upper end portion 39 being formed to have an annular portion 40 extend downwardly to fit within the annular space 12 between the tube 11 and the wall of the cylinder '3, the top end surface of said enlarged portion 39 being disposed close to the under surface of the top cylinder head 27 and projecting from the bottom part of the annular portion 40 are four spiral arms 41, 43 and 44 which extend spirally in a direction opposite to the diameter of the spiralfins 35, 36, 37 and 38 and within such enlarged portion 39 are passageways, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4, each of which leads from a space between adjacent ones of the fins 35, 36, 37 and'38 into the respective space between adjacent ones of the four spiral . arms 41, 42, 43 and 44 and within the cylinder the tip ends of the four arms 41, 42, 43 and 44, as they are revolved, are disposed just to clear the top end surfaces of the four partitions 13, as indicated more clearly in Fig. 5, thus water may find passageway through four separate paths, which passageways extend through. the

openings 9, thence through the spaces be tween adjacent ones of the fins 35, 36, 37 and 38, thence through the respective passageways 1n the end portion 39, thence into the respective passageways between the ad.

jacentones of the four spirally disposed arms 41, 42, 43 and 44, thence into the respective segmental parts 14, 15, 16 and 17 ofthe annular space 12, thence outwardly into the respective conducting pipes 18, 19, 20 and 21, thence upwardly into the conducting pipe 23, and thus when the, shaft 33 is rotated in the direction of thearrow the hub 34 will be rotated in a direction whereby the fins 35, 36, 37 and 38 will carry water upwardly'as it flows inwardly through the openings 9 and force such water into and through the passageways within the enlarged portion 39, thence downwardly be tween the arms 41, 42, 43 and 44 to force such water through the segmentally formed spaces 14, 15, 16 and 17 to cause such water to fiow outwardly andupwardly in the conducting pipes 18, 19, 20 and 21 and thence Copies'of this patent ma 're obtained for l ma 1 upwardly throughthe pipe 23 to the point of discharge; all of such passageways affording, less resistanceto the flow of water through them than; do the passageways through the machine illustrated and de scribed in my co-pending application, whereby a'machine embodying mypresent invention, as I have found in actual practice is verymuchmore efiicient than the machine shown and described in my said. co-p'ending application.

hat I claim is: In a hydraulic machine of the class de-. scribed, the combination with a pump cylinder having inlet passageways through its bottomend wall and having a plurality of outlet passageways through its side Wall,

said outletpassageways being equi-distant from each other, of discharge pipes each connected with a different one of said out.- let passageways, a tubular. formed portion disposed concentrically within said cylinder to encircle said. openings in the bottom wall of said cylinder, withwhich bottom wall said tubular portion is inte rally connected whereby is formed an annular space between theexterior of said portion and the interior surface of the side walls of said cylinder; a plurality of partitions disposed each within said annular space between adjacent ones of said outlet openings to extend from said bottom end wall of said cylinder to a,plane higher than sald outlet passageways, a shaft rotatably disposed to extendconcentrically annular space between said tubular portion and. the wall ofsaid cylinder; a plurality of spirally disposed arms integrally securech to the bottom surface of said annular flange whicharms extend downwardly to a plane adjacent to the. top end surfaces ofsaida plurality of spirally disposed to the periphery of that portion of said hub that is surrounded 1 partitions, fins secured integrally by said tubular portion, and passageways within. said enlarged portion of said hub for connecting. respectivelythe spaces between adjacentzones of said fins with the spaces between. said spirally disposed arms.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this eighth day of September. A. D. .1914. e

1 PAUL J. STALEC;

Witnesses:

O. J OI-INSON, A. HASKINS.

five cents each, by addressingjthc CommissionerbCPatents Washington, 1L0.

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