US628437A - Water-conveyer. - Google Patents

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No. 628,437. Patented July 4, 1899.

H. A. JOHNSON.

WATER GONVEYER.

(Application filed Mar. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. JOHNSON, OF HINDSVILLE, ARKANSAS.

WATER-CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,437, dated July 4, 1899. Application filed March 27,1899. Serial llo.v 710,727. (No model.)

To to whom-it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hindsville, in the county of.Madison and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Conveying Water in a Bucket from a Source of Supply to a Distant Station, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore carrier-frames adapted to travel on a cable and propelled by means of a winch and rope have been used for conveying buckets therewith; but such carriers are not adapted for conveying water over a hill intervening between the source of supply and the distaut station where the water is to be used, as contemplated by my invention,that is adapted to be used on hilly ground as well as on a level surface.

My invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

which- V Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus in position as required for practical use in conveying water over uneven ground. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a frame fixed to the post at the top of the hill over which the carrier to which a bucket is suspended must pass back and forth upon the double inclined plane produced by a fixed track that extends from the point of supply to the point where the water is delivered. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carrier adapted to travel upon the double inclined track and to deliver water in a bucket from one end of the track to the other. Fig. 4 shows a plan View of the arrangement of the operative parts as required to elevate the carrier and bucket by means of the winch and rope after the bucket is emptied and is to be returned to the other end of the track to be refilled.

The letter A designates a double inclined plane and track formed of a cable or rod fixed to suitable supports B and O at its ends and stretched over a suitable frame D, that is fixed to a post F, located ina central position relative to the supports B and O,to which the ends of the track A are adjustably connected.

A winch H is located at the station and end of the track A, where the water is to be delivered, and a rope J fixed to the drum of the winch and extended between two pulleys 7t and is, mounted in the top of the frame D. The rope is passed under the pulley It and over the pulley k and from thence extended and connected with the carrier-frame adapted to travel on the track A as required to carry a bucket back and forth from the source of water-supply to the station where the water is to be used.

L and L are the uprights of the carrier frame, connected at their, lower ends by a cross-bar L The upper end portions of the uprights. are doubled downward and terminate in hooks m, that prevent therope from sagging, and between the doubled portions are'mounted pulleys (not shown) adapted to travel on the track A, as required to suspend and operate the bucket-carrier on the double inclined plane of the track. A hookP is pivotally and adjustably connected with the cross-bar L of the carrier-frame in such a manner that a bucket R can be readily detachably connected with the hook to be suspended therefrom and carried thereby in a perpendicularposition while the carrier moves up and down over the double inclined plane and track A. i

For adj ustably connecting the rope J with the carrier-frame, as required to move the carrier in opposite directions, by means of the winch H, upward alternately on each side of the apex of the track A, a bar 5 is fixed to the uprights L and L of the carrier and one end of the'bar provided with a lateral projection 8, to which the end of the rope is fas tened and the other end of the bar bifurcated to admit the rope to be detachably connected therewith by simply placing it between the forks of that end.

In the practical use of my invention when a bucket of water is hung to the hook P of the carrier at the source of water-supply a person at the station where the water is to be delivered can by operating the winch draw the carrier up theinclined plane on the track A far enough so that the carrier-frame will winding the rope upon the drum of the Winch the force will be applied to the said bar s of the carrier-frame, as required to draw the carrier-frame and bucket suspended therei from up the inclined track and over the apex of the track far enough, the carrier-frame will tilt over the apex anddescend to the source of water-supply by force of gravity, as restricted in speed by the operator who has hold of the handle of the winch to govern the descent of the carrier and empty bucket to be filled again. w

It is obvious water can be thus advantageously carried varying distances and over elevations of various heights as well as over a level surface by means of my invention.

From the description of the construction and function of each part of the apparatus their cooperation and the utility of my invention will be readily understood; and

What I therefore claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent therefor, is-

1. In an apparatus for carrying water, a single double inclined track having stationary supports at its ends and a support at its apex consisting of a frame attached to a fixed post and provided with two pulleys in the same horizontal plane at some space apart for directing a rope in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

2. In an apparatus for carrying water in a bucket, a carrier-frame consisting of two uprights rigidly connected by a cross-bar at their lower ends and their upper ends doubled downward and pulleys mounted in said double portions and a straight bar having a lateral projection at one end for attachinga rope thereto, and its other end bifurcated, fixed to the doubled portions of the uprights and a hook pivoted to the cross-bar, in com-' bination with a double inclined track and means for operating the carrier-frame on the track for the purposes stated.

3. An apparatus for conveying water, comprising a cable or rod fixed at its ends to stationary supports on the surface of the ground and connected at its center with a frame fixed to a post to produce a double inclined track fora bucket-carrier to travel back and forth over the apex of the track, pulleys in the frame that supports the track at its apex for directing a rope, a carrier-frame having pulleys mounted therein to engage the track and a bar having a lateral projection at one end for attaching a rope thereto and bifurcated at its other end to admit a rope, a winch located at one end of the track, a rope connected with the winch and extended between the'pulleys in the frame at the. apex of the track and connected with a lateral projection on the bar of the carrier-frame, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.

4. The apparatus for conveying water in a bucket consisting of the double inclined track A,the end supports B and C, the frame D having pulleys it and k on a fixed post F, a winch H, a rope J connected with the winch and a carrier composed of theuprights L, L cross-bar L and a bar 3 having a lateral projection at one end and bifurcated at its other end, two pulleys n mounted in the frame, a hook P pivoted to the cross-bar at the bot tom of the carrier-frame and a bucket R, all arranged and combined to operate in the manner set forth.

HENRY A. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

E. B. CUMMINGS, J. E. WALKER.

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