US177049A

US177049A - Improvement in cistern-filters

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Publication number: US177049A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-05-02
Anticipated expiration: 1893-05-02

Description

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. WILSON, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTU CKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CISTERN-FlL-TERS, &c.

Specicationforming part of Letters Patent No. 177,049, dated May 2, 1876;,app1icationvf11ed March 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern: A

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. WILSON, of Louisville, in the county of Jeferson, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Uistern-Filters and Water-Separators, of which the following is a specification; and I do hereby declare that in the same is conta-ined afull, clear, and exact ldescription of my said invention, refererence heilig had to the accompanying draw; ing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an apparatus adapted to receive water from the roofof'a building',

and conduct it, after a certain portion thereof has been utilized in cleansing the said roof, to a cistern or other receptacle, in a pure and wholesome condition, and free from soot, coaldust, Ste., which usually accompany rain-water to cisterns.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a vertical section of the invention, and Fig. 2 a side view of the same. Y

A andB are pipes, connected at their upper ends, where they are surrounded by a flange, a. 'Ihe said pipes diverge as they eX- tend downwardly from the flange a, and form, together with the front and back plates b and c and the bottom plate d, the receiver G. D is a receptacle for ballast, or a balance-chamber, situate on the outside ot' the pipe A, for purposes hereinafter described. E is a box inclosing the lower ends oftthe pipes VA and B, and is a fixture, the other parts of the apl paratus heilig susceptible ot' a vibratory movementupon a bolt, c, extending through the receiver O to a stationary object at the back of the same. F is a cup formed in the inner side of the pipe B', with which it is in communication by means of a piece of gauze, f. A small aperture, g, also connects the cup F with the pipe B, the oftice of which will be hereinafter described. Parts of the apparatus not yet alluded to will be described, and their uses fully set forth in the description of the operation of the invention which follows. The vibratory portion ot' the apparatus being in the position shown by the full lines in the drawing, by reason of the balance-chamber seeking its lowest position, the pipe B is brought directly under the down-spout, which is represented by G. Ou a brisk shower or rain occurring, the Water from the roof containing impurities passes down the pipe B and over the gauze f to the ground, or to a waste pipe. A portion of the water introduced into the pipe B,however,passes through the gauge finto the cup F, and thence by means of an aperture, It, to the receiver. The receiver is by this means increased in weight, and gradually overcomes the tendency to remain in the-position whichit occupies and gradually falls, carrying the upper en of the pipe A directly underneath the downspout G. By this` time the root is supposed to be cleansed, and the water from the down'- spout is transferred by means of the pipe A to the cstern. This positionot' the moving parts of the apparatus is maintained unt-il the rain ceases, an opening, t', in the side of the pipe A admitting water to the receiver to keep up the requisite quantity therein, and to overcome the leakage from an aperture in the bottomtthereof, which serves to relieve the receiver after the rain has stopped. After the emptying of the receiver, a reverse movement of the parts takes place, and they vassume their original positions. The small aperture g, connecting lthe lower part of the cup F with the pipe B, is designed to relieve the cup of dew or water from showers too light to produce the results described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

rIhe pipes A and B, connected at their upper ends and divergin g downwardly and separated by the receiver C, cup F, provided with apertures h and g, gauze f, and balanceehamber I), all hanging upon 0r pivoted to the bolt e, in combination with the stationary down-spout G, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In`testilnony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

WILLIAM B. WILSON'.

Witnesses: W. S. WILSON,

HORACE BAsHAW.