US373962A

US373962A - Samuel bbown

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Publication number: US373962A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-11-29
Anticipated expiration: 1904-11-29

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S. BROWN..

WATER BLEVATOR.

N. PETERS. Pholmliwgmphnr. Washington, D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL BROWN, OF WASHINGTON, INDIANA.

WATER- ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,962, dated November 29, 1887.

I Application filed September 11, 1886. Serial No. 213,351. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern: V

Be it known that l, SAMUEL BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Daviess 'and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Elevators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to improvements in apparatus for raising water from wells, tanks', or cisterns, and conveying it to any desired distance therefrom, the objects being to increase the strength of the current through certain parts of the system of pipes and attached reservoirs and prevent freezing therein; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement ofparts,hereinafter described,illustrated in the drawings, and pointed outin the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view, partly in section, of the whole apparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the central part of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a suction-cylinder of .ordinary con-l struction, having its bottom closed and provided with the usual small perforations, a a, in`

its periphery to strain the water passing within.

a is an upwardlyope'ning valve resting in a proper seat made in a diaphragm or partition near the top of the suction-cylinder. Screwed or otherwise secured to the top of said cylinder and communicating therewith is the pipe B, which rises` vertically to a proper height, then bends over in a large curve, and extending vertically downward is secured to the top of the reservoir C, preferably by a threaded part of the pipe engaging an internallythreaded cap, c, on the upper end of the reservoir. The part ofthe pipe B within the reservoir is formed into alarge coil, b, and has screwed upon its threaded end the nut b', into a central threaded opening in which is engaged the upper end of a coil, D, of less diameter than the coil b, and made of piping of not much more than half the diameter of the piping constituting the larger coil. The reservoir C is made in two sections, outwardly flanged at their meeting edges and secured together by bolts through the ianges, as shown in the drawings.

c is a neck depending centrally from the lowest section of the reservoir O, and having the orifice at its end threaded to engage the end of a pipe, E, which descends a suitable distance and then bends upward at a proper inclination.

F is an airchamber upon the pipe E, pro vided with a valve or faucet, f, to empty its contents, when necessary, or to relieve the air-pressure within. The upper end, f', of the pipe E passes through an opening in the base of the conical casing G, which is made in sections, tlangedat their meeting edges, and bolted through the tlanges, as shown in the drawings. The said end f is pointed or tapered, so as to cause the ascending water to iiow with greater rapidity into the lower end of a pipe, H, sustained axially within the casing'G, and into the lower end of which the said tapered end enters a sufficient distance.

I is a pipe, one end of which passes through a central opening in the closed upper end of the casing, the part within the same being tapered and entering the upper end of the pipe H, which is of larger diameter than the pipe I. The latter pipe, after running a suitable distance upward, curves vertically downward, and has upon the highest point ofits bend the priming-chamber t', as shown in the drawings. The lower portion of said pipe passes through the neckj of the reservoir J, which is made in two sections flanged and bolted together similarly to the reservoir C. The part of the p ipe I within the reservoir J is formed into a coil, j', in all respects similar to the coil b, and has on it a nut, ji, similar to the nut b.

`K is a coil similar to the coil D, and engaging in a central opening in the nutji.

L is a coiled pipe with its upper end engaged in an opening in the bottom ofthe lowest section of the reservoir J. The said coil has its lower end straightened and provided with a valve or faucet, Z, and is made of pipe of less diameter than that constituting any ofthe other coils, so that the discharge of water through it will never be greater than the supply of water moving up in the apparatus.

rIhe operation of my invention is as follows: The cylinder Aissubmergedin the tank, pond, or other source of water. The screw-cap k is then removed from the upper end of the priming-chamber, and the discharge-cock Z is closed.

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Tater is then poured into the priming-chamber until the entire apparatus is filled, and the screw-cap is then replaced on the primingchamber and the discharge-cock l is opened. As the water fiows downward in the pipe I to the coils, a vacuum is formed in the chamber As soon as the vacuum in the chamber t' is sufcientl ygreat, the water starts upward from the receiving end of the apparatus to fill the vacuum and liows to the discharge point, as will be readily understood. The chamber F becomes iilled with air carried in by the rushing current of water, and when the pressure ot' air in the said chamber becomes so great as to interfere with the operation of the device thc coclrf is opened, thereby permitting the air to escape. \Vhen the current is started through the apparatus by suction from the end A, it will continue to flow through the suction cylinder, and the water will be prevented from returning thereto by the valve a. Then the water fills the reservoir C above the point of the coil D, the said reservoir becomes an ain vessel, andthe air-pressure tends to accelerate the current; also, the size ofthe coil b in the airspace of the reservoir tends to prevent the water from freezing therein, and the water in the reservoir tends to prevent freezing in the small coil D, which is intended to draw the water in a central stream from the larger coil.

The water escaping between the meeting points of the pipes H and I forms a waterjacket around the former pipe and prevents freezing therein. It also forms a water-packing around the junction of the pipes E and H, so that the said joint need not be made tight, and yet the pipe E can send a rapid current, as explained, into the pipe H.

The purposes and action of the reservoir .I and coilsj' and K are identical, respectively, with those of the reservoir C and coils b and D, and the purpose of the coil L has been heretofore explained.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. In an apparatus for elevating water, the combination of the perforated suction-cylinder A, having the upwardly-opening valvein its upper side, the upwardly-extending pipe B, communicating with the upper end of cylinder A, and having the depending coil b, formed at its opposite end, and the coil D, of

reduced caliber, depending from the coil 5, the reservoir C, attached to pipe B, and 1n which the coils b and D are arranged, the conducting-pipe connected to the lower end of reservoir C, and the air-chambers, one or more, communicating with the said conducting-pipe and having the faucets, substantially as described.

2. In a waterconveying apparatus, the combination of the valved suction-cylinder, the pipe B, communicating therewith and having the depending leg terminating in coil b, the reservoir C, in which the said coil is located, the pipe E, connected to the lower end of said reservoir and having the chamber F and the opened end, the pipe H, having its lower end adapted to receive the uptnrned end of pipe E, the pipe I, communicating with the upper end of pipe H, and'having the chamber z' and the depending leg, the case G, surrounding the pipe H and the ends of pipes E and I, and the reservoir J, attached to pipe I, the coilsj and it, forming eontinuations of the lower leg of the pipe I and arranged in reservoir J, the said reservoir having the coil L at its lower end, of reduced caliber, substantially as described.

3. In a waterconveying apparatus, the combination, with the suctioncylinder, reservoir, and connectingpipe, ail constructed substantially as described, ot the pipe E, connected with the bottom of the reservoir and provided with the air-chamber F and tapered end f', the conical easing G, the pipe H, secured centrally in said casing, and the pipe I, having its tapered end inserted in the upper end of the pipe H, and provided with the primingchamber t' and a downwardly-descending portion or leg, all constructed and arranged, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4f. In a water-conveying apparatus, the combination,with the suction-cylinder, reservoirs,

connecting-pipes, and coils, all constructed and arranged substantially as described, of the coil L, depending from the reservoir J, provided with the valve or faucet Z, and of less caliber than any of the other coils used in the apparatus, for the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL BROWN. Witnesses:

J Essa W. BURTON, JOHN HYATT.