US388219A

US388219A - piering

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Publication number: US388219A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-08-21
Anticipated expiration: 1905-08-21

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. PIERING.

WELL. No. 388,219. Patented Aug. 21, 1888.

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

H. PIERING.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY PIERING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,219, dated August 21, 1888.

Application filed April 19, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY PIERING, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved \Vell, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wells, and has for its object to facilitate the construction of wells and provide a strong, serviceable, and durable well.

The invention will be set forth in the following description, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a well constructed in accordance with this invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showing a portion of the curloing and the curbsupport.

In constructing wells a temporary framework has been employed to support the walls of the well'hole as it was excavated and the lining or curbing of the well built up, which frame work in its construction and removal involved much time, labor, and expense. In carrying out this invention the supporting frame-work is dispensed with and a curbsupport employed, upon which the curbing or lining of the well is built and which gradually sinks with the curbing while the well-hole is being excavated by the increasing weight of the curbing as the latter is built up.

A well is constructed according to my invcntion in the following manner: A well-hole is excavated a few feet in the ground and a metallic cylindrical eurbsupport, 1, placed on the bottom thereof. The eurb supportlis of a suitable height and is formed with an annular strip or flange, 2, at its top equal in width to the well-curbing which is built thereon. The flange 2 is supportcd by a ring, 3, of angle-iron, fastened to the inner wall of the support 1 and braced by inclined rods 4,bolted to flange 2 and the external wall of support].

Serial No. 271,180. (No model.)

The lower edge of the latter is formed with cutting-teeth 5, or a sharpened edge, as de sired, to aid in the sinking of the support. By means of this construction of the flange 2 and its braces it is capable of supporting a heavy superimposed weight. The support 1 being placedin the bottom of the partly-excavated well-hole, as before mentioned, the masonry curbing 6 is built up from the flange 2,

and, resting thereon, as the building of the U curbing progresses causes by its increasing weight the support 1 to be gradually sunk as the excavating of the well hole progresses downward. In this way the support 1 is finally brought to the bottom of the well-hole and the masonry curbing 6 built, the support 1 remaining at the bottom of the well. In order to provide for the admission of water the wall of the support 1 is formed with holes or perforations 7, which are kept plugged up while the support 1 is being sunk. \Vhen the well is finished, the plugs are removed from the holes 7 to permit water to enter.

By means of this invention a well may be easily and simply constructed in an expeditious manner. The well-hole may be excavated in any suitable manner and the flange and curb constructed as desired.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. A cylindrical well-curb support, 1, hav ing perforations 7, euttingteeth 5, flange 2, with angle-iron annular support 3, and bracerods 4, substantially as described.

2. A well constructed with the cylindrical curb-support 1, having perforations?" and cutting-teeth 5, and flange 2, with angle-iron aunular support 3, and brace-rods l, and the masonry curbing 6, resting on flange 2, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY PIIGRING.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD W. CADY, O. SEDGWIOK.