US1192619A - Plunger and valve for artesian or water and oil wells. - Google Patents

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E. S. GOSS & S. A. BARRICKMAN. PLUNGER AND vALvE FOR ARTESIAN 0R WATER AND oLL wELLs.

APPLICATION FILED AUG..I9| I9I5 Patented July 25, 1916.

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PLUNGER AND VALVE FOR AHTESIAN 0R WATER AND OIL WELLS. APPLICATION FILED AuG.I9. w15.

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@woe/Meza EDGAR SECKLER GOSS AND SYIVESLERr A. BARRGKMAN, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYL- VANIA."

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application led August 19, 1915. Serial No. 46,385.

To all 'whom tracy concern:

Be it known that we, EDGAR S. Goss and SrLvEs'rnn A. BARRICKMAN, citizens of the United States, residing atFranklin, in the county of Venango 'and State of Pennsyl-v vania, have invented a new and useful Plunger and Valve for Artesian or Water and Oil Wells; and we do hereby declare the fo-llowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved plunger and valve for Artesian or water and oil wells, and an object of the invention is to provide a self-adjusting and cleaning device of this nature, which is simple, efiicient and practical in construction. p

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved check vvalve construction in the well, and one carried by the plunger, both of which can be unseated and held unseated, by virtue of lowering the plunger, in order to clear the Well of sand and shale or other refuse.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation showing the tubular unions of the wall of the well, of which there can be any number, and in which the plunger and valves are designed to be arranged. Fig. 2

is a sectional view showing the plunger and the valves in positions under normal conditions. Fig. 3 is a lsectional viewshowing the plunger and valves in positions when the well is being cleared ofthe refuse. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view on line 4 -11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on line 6 6 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a transverse .sectional view on line 7 7 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a transverse sectional viewon. linev8 8 of Fig. 2. Fig. 9 is a transverse sectional view on line 9 9 of Fig. 2. Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of a member adapted to be carried by the plunger, for holding the valve in a cage of the plunger unseated, when cleaning the well of the refuse and the like.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 desig-y nate the two .unions or sections of the wall of thewell threaded together as at 3, and the opposite ends of which are provided with threads 11 and 5, whereby other sections may be connected, if it is so desired. It is to be noted that the section 2 threads upon the interior of the section 1, so` that vits lower endvwill form an `abutment 6, to hold the casing 7 in place, against the action of the spring 8, `which is interposed between the disk valve seat 9 andthe annular flange 10 of said casing 7. The disk valve seat 9 rests upon the shoulder 11 upon the interior of the section 1 adjacent its llower end, and is provided with a series of perforations or openings 12, through which the fluid passes into thecasing 7. Resting upon the disk valve seat is a piston lift or plunger 13. The lower portion of this liftis in the form of a body, similar to that shown in Fig. 10, and this body is provided with a plurality of wings 11 extending radially, and of the shape shown in side elevation, and is shrunk or threaded or'otherwise secured upon the lower end of the lift, stem, or plunger. The upper end of the lift or stem terminates in a head 15, of aconstruction similar to the body, but smaller, and of a straight contour in side elevation and having wings 16. This head extends into but is spaced apart from the interior surface of the sleeve 17, so that the fluid and refuse will pass through said sleeve. The sleeve 17 at its lower end has exterior threads 1S to engage the interior threads of a cage or skeleton sleeve 19, through the lower end `of which the cylindrical portion 20 of the stem or lift (which cylindrical portion 20 is of'uni'form .diameter in cross section throughout its length) telescopes. lnterposed between the cage or skeleton sleeve and the body and surround- ,ing the cylindrical portionl 20 is a coil spring 21, for holding the cage or skeleton sleeve 19 in the position shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the'sleeve 17 has exterior threads 22'engaging the interior thread of the valve cage 23, thereby 'supporting the cage upon theV sleeve. lnterposed between the valve cage 23 and the cage or skele-Y ton sleeve 19,l and surrounding. rthe sleeve 17 is a plurality of packing members or washers or cups 24.- engaging the interior surface of the casing 7 thereby preventing the fluid from passing between the sleeve 17 and the inner wall or surface of the casing 7. A gravity actuated ball valve 25 isarranged upon the kinterior of the cage 23 (which is provided with an opening 26 at its upper end and openings 27 in its sides) and is designedto vcoperate withV the yvalve seat 28 of the upper end of the sleeve 17. The plunger 29 has a valve cage 30 threaded at 31 to its lower end having openings 32 in its side wall, and includes a gravity actuated ball valve 33, which coperates with thel valve seat 34 of the sleeve 35, which is threaded at 36 into ythe cage 30.

A cage or skeleton sleeve 37 is threaded to the lower end of the sleeve 35, and between the cage 37 and the cage 30 are suitable packing members or cups or Washers 38, similar to the cups or washers or packing members 24, and engaging the interior cylindrical wall ofthe section or union 2 of they wall of the well, thereby constituting a suction piston. Telescoping the cage or skeleton sleeve 37 is a valve lift, or stem or plunger-39 similar to the lift or stem 13, there beinga spring 20a similar to the spring 21, for holding the lift 39 in the position shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2 itV will be observed that the springs 21 and 20a are distended,

the lower parts of said springs are extend-V ed into the counter-bores l0 of said bodies of the lifts, andk their upper end portions are attached at 42 to the cages 19 and 37. 'Y

y In the operation the plunger upon its upward "movement owing toits piston 38 contacting Vwith the interior wall ofthe section V2 of the wall of the well, a suction is created below the piston or packing 38, thereby lifting the ball valve 25 against gravity, thereby sucking the fluid through the casing 7 upwardly through the sleeve 17, and above the ball valve 25. AUpon the downward movement of the plunger rod or valve stem 29, the ball valve 25 seats not only by gravitation, but also owing to the pressure of theV then further lowered, and owing to the cage 30 (to which the cage 37 is connected by means of the sleeves 35) being connected to said rod `or valve'stem and moving Vtherewith, the valve lifting'member 39 will move upwardlythrough thecage .37 and sleeve 35, thereby lifting or unseating the ball` valve 33, and owing to the cage 23 (to which the cage 19 is connected by the sleeve 17 being moved downwardly by pressure of theV lifting member 39 thereon, the lifting memlber 13 will unseat the ball valve 25,

another valve mechanism may be arranged above the uppermost valve mechanism;

shown, in which case the plunger rod or valve stem 29 may be connected to it, instead of to the cage 30, in which case the operation of the mechanism is substantially the` same as heretofore set forth.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. In a device for elevating liquids, a tubular casing of substantially one uniform diameter having a disk valve seat, an inner valve casing movable within the iirst casing and being yieldably mounted on saidvalve seat, a valve mechanism in said valve casing and including a ball valve and seat therefor,'and a plunger rod having a piston and a ball valve mechanism to coperate with the first valve mechanism for lifting the fluid.

2. In a device for elevating liquids, a tubular casing of substantially one uniform diameter having a disk valve seat, an inner valve casing movable within the first casing and being yieldably' mountedon said valve seat, a valvemechanism in said valve casing and including a ball valve and seat therefor, and a plunger rod having a piston and a ball valve mechanism to coperate with the' first valve mechanism for lifting the fluid, said first valve mechanismyincluding a member yadapted to raise its valve when the mechaf nism is depressed, the second valve mechanism including a member adapted to raise its valve, and which second member, when the plunger rod is moved downwardly, contacts with and moves the first valve mechanism causingy the first member to raise its valve, and while the lrod moves the secondk valve mechanism downwardly causes the second Y member to raise its valve, ythereby permitting a freey passage, whereby the 'refuse may pass out. f' y Y f 3. In a device for elevating liquids, a tubular casing of substantially one uniform diameter having-a disk valve seat, an inner valve casing movable within the rst casing and being yieldably mounted on said valve seat, a valve mechanism in said valvecasing and including a ball valve and seat therefor, anda plunger rod having a piston and a ball valve mechanism t0 coperate with'the kfirst valve mechanism for lifting the fluid,

valve, and while the rod moves the second names to this speeication in the presence of valve mechanism downwardly causes the two subsorlbmg witnesses.

second member to raise its Valve, thereby EDGAR SECKLER GOSS permitting 31 free passage, whereby the ref* A 5 use may pass out, and means for restoring the valve mechanisms and their ball valve /Vitnesses:

to their seats. C. C. HOMAN,

In testimony whereof we have signed our F. B. BLACK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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