US1715544A - Irrigating apparatus - Google Patents

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Y June 4, 1929.

R. H. EVES IRRIGATING PPARATU i .allth- Panarea Juve 4, 19,29,

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' IRRIGATING APPARATUS.

Application' mea-octb'erio, 14927., semina 225,297;y

This invention aims to provide novel means 'f whereby water can.V be distributedevenlyand claimed, it being understood that' changes in the precise lembodiment of "the invention herein disclosed, .may be made within. the.

l l scope v.of What is claimed, without departing? from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Q f i r`Figure V1 shows in .longitudinal section,

a devicec'onstructed in accordance with the' invention, parts being'in' elevation-r; f

Figure 2 isa top' plan; Y Figure 3 is across section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. v

The numeral -1 marks a fiume including-a bottom 2 and sides 3. The bottom 2 of the flume 1 is supplied with spaced openings t which are distributed over the bottom of the` flume as closely together as may be considered expedient, desirable, or necessary. lat gates 5 are; slidably mounted on the bottom 2, be

tween the sides 3,7and are provided with y openings 6`adapted to register withl the openings 4, in the bottom 2. 41any desired means maybe providedfor holding down the gates 5 onthe bottom2. It desired, guides 7 `may be mounted ont-he sides 3,' the edges of the gates being slidably received beneath the guides 7. The guidesy 7 at the respective sides ofthe flume 1 are connected by stops 8 against which the gates' abut at their inner ends when the gates are closed: that is, when the gates are so arranged that the openings 6 in the gates do not register lwith the openings 4 inthe bottom 2. The stops 8 are provided with flanges 9 which overhang the ends of the ygates 5, to aid in preventing leakage, when the gates areclosed as shown in Figure 1. Y

The open imperforate portion 10 of the bottom 2 lies between the stops 8, meaning by the word open that the partlO of the bottom is notcovered by gates. On the part 104 vofthe bottom is placed a standard l1-A TENT :forPif-CEI:f

which may'have ailateral 'foot 12 connected r by securing elements 14 VVVwith the bottom.y of 'Y i i the iume. Thefstandar'd 11 hasa segment lprovided wth'eatsx25 nd-26 A lever 16 is ulcrumed intermediate its ends, asat 17 ,uponthe standard 11,-'the'lever E being provided With a latch mechanism ,'18 under the cont-rol ofan operator, andadapted Y -to beengaged in either offthe `seavts-`25-26 `The inner end 'of arigid linkf19 ispivotally v n.

connected, as shownat 20,'with the lever. 16, at a pointbelowvthexfulcrum'17:' The 'inner end oa rigidllink'21gis pivotally'connected,f l

asshown 'at 2, with'thelever 1,6,"ata point Vaboutthe fulc'rum 17. The linksf217and 19 l extend in oppositedirections,and are pivf f otally mounted at their outer ends, as shown n at'23,in anchors 21which are secured tothe When the`leve`r16 is inthe solid linefposi-4 tionof Figure 31,1 the `links" 19and 21"'draw` i v the gates 5 againstthe stops8, theopeningsj f Y65in the gates being out ofregistration with",4

`the openings 4in the bottom 2. The` water, 8Oy 'i i consequently, cannot find its way out of the Y openings 6 4. When the inner ends ofthe gates 5 lare in abutment with ,the stops 8, as aforesaid,the latch mechanism 18 on the lever 16' is engaged with'the seat 25.,l It is possible, however, to Vswing the lever into dottedv lineposition of Figure 1, the latch mechanism` 18 being engaged inthe seat 26.

The links 19 and 21, then, will move the gatesy 5 until the openings 6in the gates registerwith the openings 4 in thebottom 2' of the j Hume l; The waterin theiiume then will".v

run out through the registering openings 5 and 6. f The gates 5 may beas long as can be manipulated'-readily,'and one man can handle a long'section of itlume,` because all thathe will be called upon to do is to niovej' some one lever 16 to another, a long section ofV flume being opened each timethat one of the levers 16 `is swung into proper direction.`

The water viiowing vthrough the flume :l

from oneend of the -fiumey toward the other, has a tendency to move both of the gates 5 in the same direction, longitudinallyof the flume',- but'becaus'e the gates are connected to the lever 16 on opposite sides of its'fulcrum 17, the drag ofthe flowing wateren one gate is made to offset the drag of the flowingVA water on the other gate, and the gatesfcan be shifted easily by meansl ofV the lever 16.

The pivoted links 21 and 19 make suchv a p l k,nected directly to a lever. The lever 16furthermore, in connection with the links l 9.and

construction possible, and a gate having a straight line slidingrmovement cannot be operated in. avsatisfactory Way ifv it rris' con- 21, is of advantage, since'ft'hereby5 Atwo gates may be'worked from one operating element,l

With a corresponding saving of time' and of Y the materials of construction.- Becausethel IO part 10 Vof the fiume is imperforate, it is stronger .than 4it Would. be v if' it had `holes' in it,`and because the part ll() thus is strength` ened. it makes a secure place ofl mounting for l the standard 11. lBecause theportion 10,0f thebvottoniof the flumeis imperforate, itis not necessary to have gatesfvvorking, overfit,

and the gates,y therefore, do not have to be;

fit-ted around the baseer the'standardpll, f n

IVVhat isclaimedist f' A Y.

l. In a device of" the, class described; ai ilume'colnprising a bottom andvsides, the bot-. tom having perforated areasand an iniperfof` rate` portion between the-perforated areas,

perforated 'gatesvv slidable on the bottonitov closed'. and opened positions `,With respect to the perforated areas, a standard 'mounted on 5 the rilnperforate portion of the bottom,r a t lever, a yfulcrurn connect-ing l,the lever interel mediate itsends With the4 standard7 latch, mechanisinfon the lever and adapted. to co-` Y operate with the standard toxhold-the lever.r

' in vadjusted positions,-and. opposi'tely vextended links having their inner ends pivoted' to the lever onoppositesidesof the fulcruln, v

the outer ends of the links being .vpivotally :connected with the gates.

2. InV a devicev of the class describedpa i iurnel comprisinof abottom and sides the bot-y tom havingperforated areas, and an iniperforate portion rbetween the perforated areas.,

there being; stops on tbe bottoni between the areas, perforated gatesslidable on the botltone into engagement With the stops, thereby` to dispose the gatesin closedrelation to the perforated areas, a leverdisposed abo'vethe imperforate portion of the bottom, afulcruin i Viinperforate portion and the perforated` forv the lever, and1 oppositely extended" links the gates.

@having their inner ends pivoted to the lever .on opposite sidesof thelfulcruni, the" outer ends of. the linksbeingfpivotally connected `to 3..In ka device ofthe class2described;` l

.gatesto .opened and.7 closed positions.

In testimony that YI- Vclaim ftheforegoing-las" f myl'own, I have heretoV aixedlby signature.

REUBEN HoWARD EYES',

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