US14884A - Cattle-pump - Google Patents

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UNITED sTATEsATENr oFFioE.

THOMAS H. POWERS, OF WYOCENA, WISCONSIN.

cATTL-ELPUMP.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,884, dated May 13, 1856.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. POWERS, of IVyocena, in the county of Columbia and State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle- Pumps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which represents a perspective view of the entire apparatus.

The nature of my invention/relates to that class of pumps wherein the stepping of the cattle upon a pivoted platform causes the pump to work for a certain period, and thus raise up water to a trough or reservoir-the power to drive the pump being produced by the weight of the cattle, also in placing the pump or well at a distance from the platform so as to prevent any injury to the water by the eXcrement &c. of the cattle falling intoit.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawing.

A, represents a substantial frame of quadrangular form, upon the top rails B, of which, is arranged a cradle or rocking platform C, Secured to said rails by the deadeye bolt-s a.

The center sill D, of the rocking platform C, projects beyond the side pieces or rockers E, and to its projecting end is secured a cord or chain b, which passes upward, and is wound around a shaft F, supported in proper bearings, on the frame Gr. Upon one end of the shaft F, is a drum or pulley H, to which one end of a cord 0, is attached, the other end of said cord being connected to the brake or lever I. The lever I, is pivoted at d, and loaded at the end of its long arm by a weight J. To the short arm of the lever I, is attached the valve rod e, which may operate in a pump stock K, of any well known form of construction.

L, is a nozzle connected to the pump K, through which the water, drawn up by the working of the lever I, passes into a trough or other receptacle so arranged, as that the cattle must step onto the platform, to get at it.

The rear end of the platform C, is provided with a railing f to prevent the cattle I from standing upon that end of it, and said rear end may be weighted, so as to press it down when the cattle step olf from the front end thereof, and thus leave the front end of the platform raised up, and ready to work the pump, as soon as the cattle step upon the said front end. The side rails E, of the platform, are sloped off at front and rear to give them a rocker shape, and the front points of said sills, may pass into mortises or slots in the posts G, to prevent said plat-form from skewing on the rails B, while they may freely oscillate thereon. The brake or lever I, vibrates through a slot z' in one of the posts G, to keep it in proper position.

rlihe operation of the pump is as follows: When the platform C is without the weight of the cattle upon it, it stands as seen in the drawing with the front end tipped up; and the brake lever is then down, as seen also in the figure*the cord or chain b being wound up on the shaft F, and the cord or chain c, unwound from the drum or pulley H. Now if weight be applied to the front end of the platform, as when cattle step upon it to drink it will drop down, unwinding t-he cord Z), and revolving the shaft F, which through the drum II, winds up the cord 0, and raises the lever I, which lowers the valve or rod e, that carries the valve, and leaves the pump ready to throw up water, whenever the cattle step olf from the platform; for whenever the platform is relieved of the weight upon it, it tips up and t-he brake I, falls making a throw of water, and its falling unwinds the cord 0, and winds up that b, leaving the apparatus ready for a second similar operation, and so on. Instead, however, of the pump raising water by the dropping of the lever I, it may be so arranged as that the rising of the lever will force out the water as follows: Suppose the stock K to contain a quantity of water, and the plunger on the rod e, to be forced down upon said body of waterit will force the lwater up and out through the nozzle L, into the trough or other receiver. In this case the water is furnished when the cattle step onto the platform, instead of when they leave it, as above de- \scribed. Other forms of pumps may be used, the object aimed at being, the raising of the Water by the Weight of the cattle on the platform may be placed at a distance the platform. from the dwell, vsubstzmtally as shown and I do not claim operating the platform set forth.

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