IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, APPLICABLE TO THE EJECTION OF BILGE WATER FROM VESSELS, THE FILLING OF THE TANKS OF LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS, AND OTHER PURPO3E3
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex. Civil Engineer, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING
WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, APPLICABLE TO THE EJECTION OF BILGE WATER
FROM VESSELS, THE FILLING OF THE TANKS OF LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS, AND
OTHER PURPO3E3." A communication from abroad by Henry Seagur
Lansdell, of the City of New York, in the Inited States of America.
Sealed the 7th December 1866, and dated the 27th June 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th June 1866.
1. WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66. ('hancery
Lane. in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARARTUS FOR RAISING
AND FORCING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, APPLICABLE TO THE EJECTION OF BILGE
WATER FROM VESSELS, THE FILLING OF THE TANKS OF LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS, AND
OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:
This invention relates to apparatus for raising and forcing water and other
liquids by the injection of a jet of steam or other aeriform fluid at a suitable
pressure into a liquid-receiving chamber which forms a connection between
suction and delivery pipes or passages.
The first part of the Invention consists in constructing the receiving
chamber of such an apparatus with two or more suction inlets, so that the

page_text: water or other liquid may enter there by such inlets in separate columns
without the columns obstructing each other or being obstructed by the jet
pipe, and will then be delivered in one solid column.
The second part of the Invention consists in furnishing the jet pipe of such
an apparatus in its lowest part with an escape valve, which is opened inwards
by a spring or other means (when the pressure in the pipe is no greater than
that outside) for the purpose of allowing the escape from such pipe of any
water resulting from the steam that may condense therein. By this arrangement
the formation of ice in this pipe in cold weather will be prevented.
The third part of the Lavention consists in attaching the whole of such an
apparatus, as herein above mentioned, to a revolving head on the top of a
hollow supporting pillar or column, so that by turning such head the whole
apparatus may be turned in any direction required. The object of this
arrangement is more especially to adapt the apparatus to the filling of
locomotive tenders at the water stations of railways by the direct agency of
sieam taken from the locomotive boiler.
The fourth part of the Invention consists in the employment of such an
apparatus as is above mentioned, composed of a liquid receiving chamber.
inlet, and delivery pipes or passages, and jet pipe with suitable connections as
a means of filling the tanks of locomotives with water by the direct agency of
steam from the boiler of the locomotive.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newlon in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 27th December 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66 Chancery Lane, in the Couniy
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafier during the term therein expressed, should

page_text: and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING WATER
AND OTHER LIQUIDS, APPLICABLE TO THE EJECTION OF BILGE WATER FROM VESSELS,
THE FILLING OF THE TANKS CF LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS, AND OTHER PURPOSES," being
a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I.
the said William Edward Newton, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same in
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
This Invention relates in apparatus for raising and forcing water and
other liquids by the injection of a jet of steam or other aeriform fluid at a
suitable pressure into a liquid receiving chamber. which forms a connection
between suction and delivery pipes or passages.
The first part of the Invention consists in consirncting the receiving chamber
of such an apparatus with two or more suction inlets, so arranged that the
water or other liquid will enter the chamber by such inlets in separate columns
without the columns obstructing each other or being obstructed by the jet
pipe, and will then be delivered in one solid column.
The second part of the Invention consists in furnishing the jet pipe of such
an apparatus in its lowest part with an escape valve which is opened inwardly
by a spring or other means (when the pressure in the pipe is no greater than
that outside), for the purpose of allowing the escape from such pipe of any
water resulting from the steam that may condense therein. By this
arrangement the formation of ice in the pipe in cold weather will be
prevented.
The third part of the Invention consists in attaching the whole of such an
apparatus as herein-above mentioned to a revolving head on the top of a
hollow supporting pillar or column, so that by turning such head the whole
apparatus may be turned in any direction required. The object of this
arrangement is to adapt the apparatus more especially for filling locomotive
tenders at the water stations of railways by the direct agency of steam taken

page_text: from the locomotive boiler. This feature of the Invention, and that which
constitutes the second part. are applicable when the receiving chamber and
inlets are constructed and arranged according to the first part of the Invention,
or when they are constructed and arranged in any other manner.
The fourth part of the Invention consists in the employment of such an
apparatus as is above mentioned. composed of a liquid-receiving chamber,
inlet, and delivery pipes or passages, and jet pipe. with suitable connections
as a means of filling the tanks of locomotives with water by the direct agency
of steam from the boiler of the locomotive.
The first and second parts of the Invention are illustrated in the accom-
panying Drawings: in Fig. of which F is the liquid-receiving chamber, the
upper part of which is made of circular form in its horizontal section, and
constructed for the attachment of the delivery pipe d by means of a screw or
otherwise, and the lower part of which is formed with two opposite suction
inlet nozzles m, m, which have such an inclination or curvature that the water
or other liquid entering through them into the chamber in two columns will
pass freely upward without the two columns obstructing each other, and will
unite in one solid rising column. Suction pipes a, n. are attached to the inlet
nozzles, but these may be dispensed with when the nozzles are immersed in
the water or other liquid to be raised. is the jet pipe through which the
steam or other aeriform body employed to raise the water and force it to the
place desired is admitted to the apparatus. This pipe enters the chamber at
the bottom between the inlet nozzles, and projects upward into the chamber
a short distance, but not far enough to obstruct the columns of water entering
by the inlet nozzles. The lower part of this pipe resembles an inverted
syphon in form, and at the bottom of the bend there is an aperture fitted
with an escape valve opening inward, and to this valve a spring q is applied
in such manner as to open it. when the pressure within the pipe G is no
greater than that outside, and thereby allows the escape of any water resulting
from the condensation of steam that may have collected in the pipe if the
lower part of the pipe is not submerged in the liquid to be raised, or will
prevent any accumulation of water therein above the level of the water outside
of the pipe and chamber F when the lower part of the pipe and the chamber
are submerged. If more than two suction inlets are used they are arranged
at equal distance apart around the chamber F, but otherwise in the same
manner as when only two are used.
Fig. 2 is an elevation, and Fig. 3 a vertical section, illustrating the third
part of the Invention, and the letters used in Fig. 1 indicate corresponding
naris in Figures 2 and 3

page_text: A is the supporting hollow pillar or column, on which rests the revolving
head B to which the water-elevating apparatus is attached by means of the
delivery pipe d and jet pipe G. This pillar or column is erected on a suitable
platform over the well or cistern from which the water is to be obtained. The
revolving head B is fitted to the top of the pillar or column A with inter-
posed antifriction rollers to facilitate is turning thereon. The delivery
pipe d is in the centre of the head and pillar or column, and is attached
securely to the latter by any suitable means, and the pipe communicates with
a delivery spout e also attached to the head B. The jet pipe G is connected
with an inlet on one side of the head. and with this inlet there is connected
a steam pipe a for introducing steam from a boiler or any aeriform body from
any suitable reservoir or pressure apparatus. The head B is covered by a
cap B' which is centrally divided in two pieces for the purpose of providing
for its attachment to the head and the attachment of the delivery spout e,
the pieces being united by bolts r. r. The head B has attached to it a lever C
for the purpose of turning it so as to place the delivery spout e and pipe a
in any desired direction. The lever by dropping into notches h, h. in the top
of the column A serves also to lock the head in any position. The pipes d
and G, the chamber F. and suction pipes a. n. all turn with the head B, and
so may the cap B', but the cap is so fitted to the head B that it may turn
thereon for the purpose of turning the delivery sponte independently of the
head and its other attached parts: and for the same purpose the connection
of the spout e with the head B and delivery pipe G is made by a stuffing box
or other revolving joint.
Fig. 4 is a plan view illustrating the application of the Invention to the
filling of the tenders of locomotives at the water station of a railway. D are
the locomotives, and E the tenders. The column A, water-raising apparatus,
and the well or cistern from which the water is to be raised, may be arranged
between two tracks or lines of rail.
The operation is as follows: Suppose the locomotive arrives in the
direction of the arrow 1, the steam pipe and delivery spout e are brought to
the position shewn in black outline. The steam pipe is connected with the
locomotive boiler by a suitable flexible pipe or hose, and the tender is supplied
with water by the action of steam taken from its own boiler. or if the loco-
motive arrives in the direction of the arrow 2 the steam pipe and delivery
spout are turned to the position shewn in red outline, and the connection of
the steam pipe and locomotive boiler made in the same manner as above
described to effect the same result.
Among the various purposes to which the apparatus, constructed as shewn

page_text: in Fig. 1, and provided with suitable attachments. is applicable. may be
mentioned the raising of water from mines, also the discharge of the ashes
from steam ships and steam boats. For the latter purpose water is admitted
through a sea-cock into a reservoir or receptacle arranged below the ash-pit,
and into which the ashes are collected. and the apparatus is so applied as to
discharge the water from this reservoir or receptacle. The water being so
discharged carries the ashes with it.
Having now described the Invention which has been communicated to me
as aforesaid, and having explained the manner of carrying the same into
effect. I claim as the invention secured to me by Letters Patent as afore-
said,
First, the construction of the liquid-receiving chamber of an apparatus for
raising or foreing water or other liquid by the direct action of steam or other
aeriform body with two or more suction inlets as herein specified.
Second, claim the escape valve p applied to the jet pipe G for the purpose
herein described.
Third, I claim the revolving or swivel head B in combination with the
pillar or column A. or its equivalent, the jet pipe (, and delivery pipe d,
for the purpose specified; also the revolving or swivel cap B¹ and attached
spout e in combination with each other, and with the steam pipe a and jet
pipe G.
Fourth, claim the employment of any apparatus of similar character to
that herein described for raising and forcing water or other liquids by the
direct action of steam as a means of filling the tank or tanks of a locomotive
by the direct action of steam from the boiler of the locomotive as herein set
forth.
In witness whereof. I, the said William Edward Newion, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-seventh day of December,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)