US298990A

US298990A - John k

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Publication number: US298990A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-05-20
Anticipated expiration: 1901-05-20

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J. K. LEEDY.

COMPRESSE) AIR WATER ELBVATUR. No'. 298,990. Patented May 20, 1884. Y

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JOHN K. LEEDY, OF TOMS BROOK, VIRGINIA.

'COMPRESSED-AIR WATER-ELEVATOR.

@PECIIEICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 298,990, dated May 20, 18184.

l Application filed February 5, 1884. (No model.)

To all whoml it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN K. LEEDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toms Brook, in the county of Shenandoah and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compressed-Air Water-Elevators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the ac# companying drawing.

This invention has for its objects to provide certain improved mechanism whereby water may be elevated from wells or other sources in an easy and convenient manner. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which is represented a View showing my invention partly in section and partly in elevation.

In the said drawing, the letter A indicates an air-forcing pump, and B an air-reservoir, connecting with the pump A by means of a pipe, O. 'Ihe said reservoir is represented as spherical in the present instance; but it may be of any other suitable shape, and is provided with asafety-valve, I), of the ordinary description. From the said reservoir extendsahorizoutal pipe, E, which is provided with stopcocks F G, and from said pipe, at a point between the stop-cocks, extends a vertical pipe, H, down into a well, I. The pipe H, at its lower end, connects with the upper part of a chamber, K, locatedin the lower part of the well, and provided with a perforated inlet, L, and inwardly-opening valve M. From the lower part ofthe water-chamber extends a service-pipe, N, which is designed to convey the water to the proper point or points of delivery. The said pipe is provided with a stop-cock, I), by means of which the discharge of the water may be regulated.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: Air is forced into the air-reservoir by means of the air-pump, the cock F being closed and the cock R opened until the pressure raises the safety-valve, which is designed to prevent the explosion of the reservoir. The stop-cocks R and G are then closed and the cock F opened, which permits the compressed air to enter the chamber K and exert a pressure upon the water therein, which has previously entered through the inlet below. The pressure automatically closes the valve, and, finding no other escape, is discharged through the service-pipe upon opening the cock at its upper end. When the water from the chamber is exhausted, the cock Gis opened, which allows the chamber to fllwith water, when the operation is repeated.

Having thus described my invention, wh at I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The combination, in a water-elevator, of an air-pump, an air-chamber connected thereto by a pipe provided with a stop-cock, said airchamber having a safety-valve, a water-chamber connected to the air-chamber, said connection having an inlet and outlet stop-cock, and the water-chamber having a water-inlet properly valved, and an outlet-pipe for the water, also provided with a stop-cock, all the parts being arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN K. LEEDY.

Vituesses:

H. F. Snow, J. D. BoRDnN.