US963316A - Drainage system. - Google Patents

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0. w. OSBORNE. DRAINAGE SYSTEM.

APPLIOATION TILED SEPT. 11, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.

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ramp snares CHARLES 'w. osnonnn, or LUBBOGK, TEXAS.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM.- 7

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that ,1, CHARLES 1V. Osnonnn,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at devices for draining low, wet lands or lake basins such as are found in Texas.

The object of the invention is to provide a drain tube or cribbing-of peculiar constructron which may exten from the surface to a 5 lower strata of gravel and sand and which has at its top means for preventing it from being filled with leaves, twigs,'and other trash.

-With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction and the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully descri ed and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through my improved drain device; and Figifl is a top plan view.

In the drawings 1 denotes a vertical passage or well wh ch may be drilled or dug from the surface 2 of the lake basin to a lower strata 3 of sand gravel, or the like, through which the water draining" from the surfac'e2 will passJYlhe passage 1 is lined with a tube or cribbing 1 of any suitable .form and construction but preferably made of longitudinal sections of unequal length so tric strainers 6, 7 8 made? from o'iiierent sized mesh woven wire and secured to an an- *nu-lar' series of upright posts 9. as shown more clearly in Fig... 1.. The outermost strainer or screen 8 is made preferably, from comparatively coarse wire netting, the inter- Patented July 5, 1910.

Application filed September 11, 1909. Serial No. 517,194.

mediate one 7 is made of somewhat finer mesh material while the inner one 6 is of still finer mesh material. These several strainers or screens extend from the surface upwardly to a. point above high water mark in the lake basin or lowland where the drain device is located. It will be understood that one or more of the drain devices maybe provided in each lake basin and that they may be of any size.

In order to permit the upper end of the well or passage 1 to be closed so that/water may be allowed to remain in the basin long enough to tlioroughly saturate the soil, I provide a removable top or cover 10 for the flat upper end of said well. lhis cover which is )referably hinged as shown at 11 is adapte to be, raised or lowered by means of an operating wire cord 12 or the like. The latter is attached to the cover 10 and passed over a guide pulley 13 on one of the' posts, and also over one or more similar guides 14, and may have a hand piece 15 atits other end. This removable cover or lld for thewell is exceedingly advantageous in the lake basins above referred to because in winter and early spring such basins are usually dry, and should there be little rain the water may be allowed to accumulate until the crop has been suliiciently watered and by raising the lids of the well water' tel-mediate ones, supportingaangs'foi-.said

havin their ends projecting beyond the in staves arran edwithin the tube, and a sea removable lid for the top of the ipe or ries of annu ar concentric upright strainers well, and means for actuating said lid? 10 arranged on the surface of the ground In testimony whereof I hereunto afiixmy around said pipe. signature in the presence of two witn .es.

3, The combination of an upright drain 4 CHARLES W. OSBOR E. pipe or well extending from the surface Witnesses: downwardly, a. straining device or screen 0. L. SLATON, surrounding the upper portion of the same, N. S. Poser.

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