US42126A

US42126A - Improvement in pumps for bored wells

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Publication number: US42126A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1864-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 1881-03-29

Description

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES SUGGETT, OF OORTLAND, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS FOR BORED WELLS.

A To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES SUGGETT, of Cortland, in the county of Cortland and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Putting Down and Operating Bored Wells 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is an exact and full description thereof, reference being had to the accom panying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon.

My method of putting down a well is as follows-viz: ltirst bore with any ordinary drill, of the same, or larger size than the pipe to be used for drawing the water, to the desired depth. The drill is then entirely withdrawn, I then prepare an iron pipe, a a, which may he len gthened as desired by adding pieces, connecting them hy means of the collar d, into which they are tightly screwed. The lower end of the pipe is perforated with holes c c c, for a space of one to two feet, to allow water to freely flow in. In the end of the pipe is ftted and riveted a conical point, b. The perforated portion of the pipe may be filled with old rope or rags, to prevent dirt sifting` in in its passage through the dirt, such rope to be drawn up through the pipe Aafter it isy put down. rlhepipe thus prepared is driven down in the hole prepared by the drill, and pieces added as it is forced down until the perforated portion reaches Water. Any desired pump is then screwed or soldered onto the upper end of the pipe. After a slight pumping the loose dirt about the holes c c is drawn olf down inside the rst pipe. One great difculty in this method was experienced in forcing down the first pipe, as it must be always larger than the drill to admit of the drill being drawn out inside the pipe, and to reduce the pipe in size as much as possinle it was necessary to use thin and consequently weak pipe, and which Would not bear driving; Whereas, in my method, the drill being rst put down alone, it can be used as large or larger than thepipe, and thus remove all obstructions, while the pipe which is to be put down after the drill is taken out may be made of any desired thickness and ot' strength sufiicient, when armed with the sharpened pointb, to bear all necessary driving, and my method dispenses with one pipe, my pipe answering for both curb to the well and suctionor drawpipe.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The perforated pipe, a with the pointed end b, constructed as a drill and united with a pump. all substantially as shown and described.

JAMES SUGGETT. Witnesses:

lHAs. FOSTER, H. T. UoLLINs.