US833469A - Bucket. - Google Patents

Description

EDWIN H2 LEA, OF RICHMOND;i VIRGINIA:

BUCKET..-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented-Oct. 16,v 1906i* Application ledAugnst 15, 1905i SerialNo. 274,327.

To will whom it may concern# Befit known that I, EDWIN H; IJEA,.a citizen f offthe United States, residinggat Richmond, in the county-ofHenrico and State of Virginia, have invented certainqnewand useful Improvements Ain Buckets; and I ido herebyv declare-theffollowing to be a, full, clear, and

exact description lof. the invention, such lasv The object of the invention is the provision of Ameans for facilitating the filling of a recep-m tacle with li uids.

Another o ject vof fthe invention is the provision of means carried by a.- receptacle,- pref-.- erably aswell-bucket, which will permit thel bucket to automatically reverse its position.4 as the same'. engages the-waterand is filled- Y i With these and other; objectsinview the invention consists ofy certain other novel constructions, combinations,- and arrangements of parts,- as will be hereinafter fully described,

illustrated im the accompanying, drawings, and more particularly pointed out infthe.k

claims-.hereto appended.

tion, shown ina `position reverse to. that illustrated in Fig. `1, the bucketin position for engaging, the -liquid with its mouth kor) top downward. Fig.l 3 is-aperspective View of. one of the guides .which are secured to theside of thebucket; Fig. Llis a fragmentary perspectiveview of the-bail, and Fig. 5 is a.

simi ar view of another embodiment. isa-fragmentary view in sideelevation of the present invention.

Referringc to the drawings-by numerals, 1- designates Aa receptacle of -anysuitable strucsuitable means-as, for instance, staples 3'- toV the receptacle, the, staples` 3.extending through langes.- or. lips4 4, L of.v the guides Each guide is secured to the bucket atan an- Y gle to avertical plane for facilitatingthe re ,versing of the position -of the bucket when; it

engagesfthe water ina `well`or cistern, or, in

allow ofthe operation of the bucket therein.v Each of the `guides is preferablyv formedk fact, any liquid which isof sufficient `depth to from a single piece ofmetal, said .guide beingfprovided with an elongated slotA 5 and with parallel sidesfand `ends Y6 and 7, respectively., The flangesorfastening-lips 4, eX-

tend` atsubstantially rightangles from the..

parallel ends7. Formedfat one end of the elongated slot and preferably near the upperend of fthe guide 2arenotches8 8,A which yare engaged by a-f. longitudinallyfmovable bail 9, constitutingliftingmeans and through which vthebail is inserted before the guards 2.'

'arefsecured upon: the-bncket-body-l.

, The body portion of the bail 9 may be ofanyr ordinary,` structure; but' I preferably form the endsof the bail with `a curved substanti ally right-angled portion.v l0, ternninat-` ingin a 1comparatively broad lor flat `down- The portion 11 which-constitutesa shoulder or flange upon.

wardlyfcurved portion l l;

the bail, extends at ,substantially rightY anlgles'to portion l0 and is proportioned for in lsertionwthrough the notches `8, as` above de.-

scribed. These shoulders or curved portions 10 of 'thebail 9 throw the bail away from the guides 2., and prevent it from rubbing on the Asides of the bucket, as well as positively securing the same to the guides 2. Itis to be` notedthat the portions -9 and 11 of the bail,

gFig, 6, 4are approximately parallel, thereby4 In Fig. 5the,

Lforming, adouble right angle. 'bail 9a. is provided with a double button 12,v which is .also employed in some instances instead offthe portion llvto prevent the bail coming out ofthe guides after it is positioned within the slotted portions thereof.

devicevdepicted Fig. l. Fig. 7 is avertical.. sectional viewl of another embodiment -of` 'the q In operation the` bucket is lowered into the jwell in the inclined position. (Shown z in lFig. 2.) Owing :luid the bucketwill begin to pivotuponthe to the positioning ofI the guides upon the sides ofthe bucket atan angle to a vertical zplane, assoon vas the-,upper-k portion, Fig.; 2, of the bucket engages the liq-- IOO travel longitudinally within the slots of they guides, and as liquid enters the bucket the same will be submerged in the liquid, and when the bucket is filled the bail will have traveled to the upper end of the guides, Fig. 1.

From practical experience I have found thaty the foregoing statements are entirely correct and that a bucket when filling has a scoop action. It will always automatically reverse its position by reason of the peculiar positioning of the guides or ears at an angle to a vertical plane, s'o that the bucket turns from its inverted position, Fig. 2, to its upright position, Fig. 1, when it is being filled with liquid. The bucket may be withdrawn Without disturbing the liquid in the reservoir or well to any great eXtent, which is very de` sirable in the use of my invention in shallow wells. The notches 8 are of advantage in that when the bucket lis being emptied the bail, constituting a handle, will bethereby prevented from szliding freely within the elon-` gated slotted portion of the guides or ears 2, and thereby spilling and slopping the contents by the sudden andunexpected sliding of the bucket, the bucket bein retained upon the portions 10 and the notcIies 8 'as pivots until nearly or quite empty. When the bail is in the lower end of the slot, as shown in Fig. 2, it may slide freely during and for fill ing.

By reason of the peculiar structure of my device the bucket is kept dry and clean. No freezing of liquids therein nor the depositing of foreignv substances can occur, as the same is normally in an inverted position, if it iskept hanging in the well, but no matter how slowly the bucket is lowered into the water it automatically reverses its position as it fills and will not disturb the liquid in a well sufficiently to make it muddy.

In Fig. 7 I have shown the receptacle or bucket 1a provided with longitudinal grooves 13. The guides or ears 2a are formed from a single piece of material and are provided i with elongated slots or apertures 5, similar to the guides 2. Any suitable fastening means as, for instance, staples S-may be employed for securing the guides or ears to the receptacle or bucket in the same manner as guides 2 are secured to the receptacle 1. The uides or ears 2@L are therefore flat elongated s otted metallic members constitutin plates, which are secured against the side o1g the receptacle and which have their slots registering with the grooves 13 of the receptacle or bucket.'

The bail 9 is positioned within the grooves 13 and the slotted portions of the guides 2aL in the same manner as it is secured within the guides or ears 2. Hooks 8a are secured near the top of the receptacle, so that when the receptacle is filled with li uid and drawn to the top of the well one o the hooks may be caused to engage a horizontal rod for the pur pose of dumping the receptacle." The lower flange or lip 4 of each of the brackets is bent at 4a to form a hook which surrounds a portion of the lower'edge of the receptacle or bucket. This hooked structure produces a durable device, as it not only materially assists in securing the bracket to the receptacle, but also clamps the lower hoop upon the'receptacle. It is tobe noted that, owing to the sending of the receptacle or bucket down into the well in an inverted position, fresh air is taken from the top and delivered at or near the water, and thereby purifying the air Iin the Well. f

What I claim is- Y 1. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guiding means carried by said receptacle, and a bail or handle engaging said guiding means and adapted to travel longitudinally thereof` 2. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guiding means carried by said receptacle atan angle to a vertical plane, and lifting means engaging said guiding means and adapted to travel longitudinally of the guiding means.

3. A device of the `character described, comprisingy a receptacle, guides provided with elongated slots carried by said receptacle, and a movable bail or-handle positioned within the slotted portion of said guides.

4. A device of the character described comprising a receptacle, guides provided with elongated slots carried by said receptacle, at an angle to a vertical plane, and lifting means engaging the slotted portion of said guides.

5. A device of the character described,A

said bail against longitudinal movement upon said guides until the guides are inverted.

6. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guides secured to said receptacle in diametrically opposite positions, each guide provided with an elongated, slotted portion and with notches or detents formed at one -end of said slotted portion, and a bail or handle freely movable within the slotted portions of said guides".

7. A device of the character described,

comprising a receptacle, guides carried by said receptacle at an angle to a vertical plane, each of said guides formed from a single piece of material, and being provided with an elongated, slotted portion and with parallel sides and ends, apertured lips extending from saidv ends, fastening means extending through the apertures of said lips and into said receptacle, and lifting means positioned within the slotted portions of said uides.

8. A device of t le character described,

IOO

comprising a receptacle, guides carried by said receptacle, a bail engaging said guide, said bail provided With an angular end portion, each angular end portion provided With a downwardly-extending broadened end.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, guides carried by said receptacle, a bail engaging said guides, said bail provided With ends bent at substantially right angles and terminating in broadened portions.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle, elongated, slotted guides positioned at an angle upon said receptacle, and lifting means provided with broadened extensions at its ends, positioned Within the slotted guides.

11. A device of the character described, comprising -a receptacle, elongated, slotted guides carried at an angle upon said receptacle, freely-movable lifting means positioned Within the elongated, slotted portion of said guides, and means formed near one end of the slotted portions for preventing movement of said lifting means.

12. The combination With a receptacle, of guides carried by said receptacle, each guide formed from a single piece of material, and being provided With an elongated slot, and

lifting means engaging the slotted portion of said guides.

13. The combination with a receptacle, of a longitudinally-movable bail or handle carried by said receptacle, and means carried bysaid receptacle for preventing longitudinal movement of said handle While the receptacle is being tilted upon the bail.

14. The combination of a receptacle, of lifting means carried by said receptacle and capable of traveling longitudinally thereof, and means carried by said receptacle near the upper portion thereof for preventing longituvdinal movement of said handle until the receptacle is inverted.

15. The combination With a receptacle, of a bodily-movable handle carried by said receptacle and capable of traveling longitudinally thereof.

16. The combination With a receptacle, of guiding means formed at an angle on said receptacle, and longitudinal, movable lifting means engaging said guiding means.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWIN H. LEA.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. MANOR, J. I. TAYLOR.

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