US84282A - Chester king - Google Patents

Description

ta sata aim my i" CHESTER KING, OF EAST CLVELANID, OHIO. Leraars Patent No. 84,282, am@ Nowmb 24, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATOR.

y The Schedule referred to iu these Lettera-Patent and maklng paxtfbfha l'ame.

To. all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHESTER KING, of East Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Drawers; and I do hereby certify that the following isa full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

Vmaking a part of the specication,'in whichwhich is constructed and operated in the ordinary way.

F, fig. 3, is a pair of arms or guides, proceeding back from the front of the curb, on each side of the bucket, as shown in fig. 3'. These arms are joined to-a cross-, bar, Gr, and are :pivoted to the curb of the points a, thereby allowing to them a lvertical movement. Proceeding from the centre of the box G is an angular arm, H, the purpose of which will hereafter be shown.

The practical operation. of this apparatus is as follows:

The bucket, on being drawn up, is caught between the arms F, andthereby prevented from swinging n aboutandstriking against the sides of the curb, and

held in proper position. The hookor arm H, by its projecting inward and downward,'enters the bucket, and is 'caught upon the lug c, which, as the bucket is hung at the centre, causes it to tip, and discharge its contents into the spout-I.

I am aware that buckets are hung at the centre, for

the greater 'ease .of tipping, and that there are guidesV used for governing the direction of the bucket, and to prevent it from swinging against the curb, but in these drawers the guides are separate, and fastened rigidly to the inside of the curb, forming projecting ribs, between which the bucket passes, and is held on ascending in the curb.

In order that the bucket shall be held steadily, and prevented iiom swinging, the guides are but little further apart than sucient to admit the passa e of the bucket. In consequence of the shrinking an warping of the wooden curb, these guides sometimes become so close that the bucket will n ot pass between them, but binds and gets lodged, so that much labor is required to dislodge it. The bucket is also suspended from the middle, `and the lugs, to which the bail is attached, are made to project considerably from the sides, so .that they may be caught by the guides', upward'along which they slide until they reach thel upper end, and are there arrested by a stop for the purpose of tipping the bucket. v

These projecting lugs are found to be very much in the way, and troublesome, for if the curb is not set strictly' true, one lpg only will engage the guide, while the other not being engaged, the bucket cannot be tipped unless it is done by hand. These lugs also, in consequence of the swinging of the bucket in the well, strike against'the sides, and more especially if the well i's of small diameter, and dislodge a stone from the wall, or, if the wall is4 of brick, crack and knock them loose, and also spilling much o f the water from thefbucket. These defectsare found seriously to affect the practical worth of the apparatus, and for which they have by some persons been abandoned. Y In order to remove these objections, I have introduced the adjustable arms F, above described, which, not being' attached to the sides of the curb, but separate and distinct from it, they cannot be induenced` by the warping and shrinking of the sides, so that at all imes the bucket will be received vbetween them, and properly held and steadied in the right position for tipping.

The bucket, though held at the centre, has no projecting lugs to strike against the wall of the wells and curbing, and hence no injury can be received by either.

The tipping of the bucket, as before said, is `effected bythe arm H, the curb of which, passing down on the inside, leaves the rim free from obstruction, so that the water will iiow freely and unobstructedly into the spout.

By this arrangement of arms for steadying'the bucket, and the manner of tipping the same, I have so far removed the objections referred to, that the water-drawer is, with this improvement, a complete SllOCeSS.

I am aware that curved guide-arms and hinged deiiecting-arms have been used for the purpose of carryllivery-spoilt.

Neither of these do I claim as my improvement, for my invention is for a different purpose, and kthe construction and operation of the devices are entirely different, as my bucket and draught-rope or chain are not connected to or with the tilting-arm. Nor does the rope or chain pass through the eye of such arm, as I wish to avoid such contact, and keep the draught- Vrope entirely free, and not confined, as in the cases described, and my tilting-arm acts only when the bucket is raised high enough to catch the arm, and cause the bucket to tilt and discharge the water.

The guide-arms in my improvement only guide the bucket, to prevent its striking against the sides of the well, and in no way tend to deflect the bucket. from its line of draught, which is important, in order to have the bucket Aat all times in proper position for operating.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is-

The guide-arms F, hinged at a', and tilting-arms H, 4when arranged in rclationto the curb A and spout I, all constructed in the manner and for the purposes substautially as described.

CHESTER KIN G. Witnesses:

J. H. Brummen, EDWARD HmscHEN.

Images