US473576A - Well-bucket sinker - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. HOWZE.

WELL BUCKET SINKER.

Patented Apr. 26, 1892..

. I lg zpir I'Villa'am Howze UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE,

WVILLIAM HOWZE, OF CAIRO, GEORGIA.

WELL-BUCKET SINKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,576, dated April 26, 1892. Application filed January 5, 1892- Serial No. 417,055. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I-IOWZE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cairo, in the county of Thomas and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Well-Bucket Sinker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to well-bucket sinkers; and it has for its object to provide a device adapted to be connected to and secured within any well-bucket of ordinary construction and one which, while simple in construction, is especially efficient in its use to sink the top of the bucket beneath the water in the well immediately upon its reaching the same.

It has for a further object to provide a sinker which will always hold the bail approximately straight above the top of the bucket and keep the bail from dropping upon the side of the same, and also a device which will be capable of adjustment to any depth of bucket.

With these and many other objects in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying; drawings, Figure l is a vertical sectional view of a well-bucket provided with a sinking attachment constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same, taken through the sinking-attachment loop or ring. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the sinker detached from the bucket. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the coupling with the bail.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,A represents a well-bucket of ordinary construction and provided with the ordinary bail B, swinging over the top of the bucket and connected to the Windlass-rope O, by means of which the bucket is raised and lowered in and out of the well, as usual, A sinker D is designed to be located and secured within said bucket and connected with the bail thereof, in order to dip the bucket beneath the water and to hold the bail off therefrom immedi ately upon said bucket reaching the surface of the water within the well. The said sinker D comprises the upper rod-section E, vertically adjustable in the lower tube-section F, within which said upper rod-section works and is adjustable therein to suit the various depths of bucket within which the sinker attachment is placed. The upper section E is forked, having the opposite diverging top-heavy arms G, which terminate in connecting rings or loops H, which are adapted to engage ove the bail on each side of the loop thereof to which the hoisting-rope is connected.

Each of the rings or loops H is provided with the openings I, through which the bail passes when the rings are engaged. thereover. The openings I terminate at opposite outer edges in the shouldered seats J, which are adapted to receive the elongated and headed bolts or plugs K, which fit snugly within said seats and flush with the periphery of the rings or loops and have the elongated stems 1c thereof projecting within and closing the openings 1, thus effectually preventing the upper sinker-section E from becoming disengaged from the bail. The said bolts K,or,1 n ore properly speaking, plugs, are held withln their respective seats by means of the thumbscrews L, which also provide for an easy and ready disconnection of the sinker from the bail. Although the connection described is the preferable construction employed by me, yet it may be understood that the rings may be closed by other suitable means without materially departing from the spirit of my invention. The upper rod-section E below the heovy forked upper end is provided with a reduced shank portion E, which is much lighter, together with the adjusting tube-section F, than the said upper heavy forked end, so as to allow for the sinking of the bucket in the manner as hereinafter premised. The said tube-section F, receiving the lower reduced shank portion E of the upper rodsection, is provided with a series of set-screws M, which are adapted to engage the said shank portion, and thus adjust the entire sinker attachment vertically within the well-bucket, according to the depth of the same, and to hold the bail thereof in an always approximate straight position above the top of the bucket. The said tube F terminates at its lower end in or is provided with the bottom right-angularly disposed cross-foot N, which is designed to be securely fastened, if desired, to the bottom of the well-bucket. It is not necessary, absolutely, that the said foot be fastened to the bottom of the bucket,inasmuch as the rod or sinker proper extends from the bail held above the top of the bucket to the bottom of the same. The said rod can have but a slight lateral play, so that, While the upper weighted .end of the sinker sinks the top of the bucket beneath the water, the bail still is prevented from dropping over upon the side of the bucket. The twisting and jerking necessary to throw the bail back into position, so that the bucket can be raised, is thus obviated. It will thus be seen that the combined weight of the bail and the weighted forked end of the s1nker-r0d,which always holdsthe bail directly over the top of the bucket, is sufficient to readily sink the bucket beneath the water and tilt the same therein, While at the same time holding said bail in a position so that the hoist- 1ng rope or chain may evenly draw the bucket from the Water, as before set forth.

Slight modifications will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art for con.- necting the rings with the bail of the bucket and for the adjustment of the sinker-section without materially altering the nature of the inventlon.

The operation and advantages of the ad.- justable well-sinker are now thought to be apparent without further description.

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

1. In a well-bucket sinker, the combination,

vertically-adjustable sinker rod detachably connected with said bail and extending to the bottom of the bucket, substantially as set forth.

3. In a well-bucket sinker, the combination, with a well-bucket and the bail thereof, of a vertically-adjustable sinker having aweighted forked upper end detachably connected to said bail and a lighter reduced shank portion projecting to and resting upon the bottom of the bucket, substantially as set forth.

4. In a well-bucket sinker, the combination, with a well-bucket and the bail thereof, of an adjustable sinker-rod section having upper diverging weighted arms terminating in bail rings or loops engaging said bail and having closed bail-receiving openings and a lower tube-section adjustably receiving said rodsection and resting upon the bottom of the bucket, substantially as set forth.

5. In a well-bucket sinker, the combination, with a well-bucket and the bailthereof, of a sinker comprising an upper vertically-adjustable rod-section having diverging weighted arms terminating in bail rings or loops engaging said bail and having bail-receiving openings, shouldered seats at the outer ends of said openings, and headed plugs detachably secured in said seats and inclosing said openings, and a lower light tube-section adjustably receiving the lighter shank of said rod-section and provided with a right-angularly-disposed cross-foot resting upon the bottom of the bucket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM HO VVZE.

Witnesses:

W. L. PERKINS, J. E. PAUoK.

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