Improvements in or applicable to Pumps.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 5th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Pumps.
I, THOMAS EDDLESTON, of Billinge Road, Pleasington, near Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the
Baid invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements which are applicable to or may be combined
with those improvements in pumps described in the Complete Specification of
Letters Patent granted to me, numbered 6976 of 1889, and also relates to
modifications of such improved pumps, which though applicable for pumping
generally are more particularly designed for raising or pumping manure, and other
liquids containing more or less solid matters suspended therein, and are also
applicable for bilge pumps and like purposes.
One improvement which is or may be combined with my said improved arrange-
ment of pump, consists, in attaching a bracket to the stand or delivery pipe of the
pump in which bracket, are the bearings for a shaft, which has or may have a fly
wheel and crank handle at one end, and a crank arm and pin at the other end,
which crank pin may if desired, also form a handle for rotating the shaft.
To the crank pin, one end of a connecting rod is attached, the other end of which
is jointed with the upper end of the hand lever shown in my said Specification for
working the horizontal piston rod of the double acting pump, by which means the
pump may be worked by rotary motion. In place of a straight lever a bell crank
lever may be used, the end of the vertical arm of which being connected with the
piston rod of the pump and the end of the horizontal arm with the lower end of a
connecting rod, the upper end of which is connected with the said crank pin, or it
may be connected with a vibrating hand lever.
Another improvement which is or may be combined with the upper end of the
stand or delivery pipe consists of a spout connected to a flange at the upper end of
the pipe by clamps and screw bolts, which only require to be slackened in order to
swivel round the spout to any desired position and then secure it again.
Another improvement relates to a modification of the pump mechanism described
in my said Complete Specification.
The axis of the barrel of this modification of my invention is horizontal, and is
of uniform bore where the piston or pistons work, but it is enlarged at the two ends
which form chambers for the inlet valve (a flap valve by preference) one at each
end of the pump barrel.
Above each chamber for the inlet valve there is one for the outlet valve
access being given to each valve by a plate secured to the ends of the two
chambers.
The outlet from the outlet valve chambers are connected by a breeches pipe with
the stand or delivery pipe as described in my said Specification, but if desired, the
two outlet valve chambers may be connected by a passage formed on the exterior
of the pump barrel.
The piston may be considered as two half pistons, or as one long double ended
trunk piston, each end of which has or may have a packing leather or ring attached
to it to make a joint with the bore of the pump barrel.
In the hollow of the trunk piston, a toothed rack is formed which gears with a
toothed segment on an arm secured on a shaft having bearings in a cover secured
to the exterior of the pump barrel fluid tight, the arm for the toothed segment
working freely through a slot in the upper side of the pump barrel, but the ends of
the pistons do not reciprocate so far in the barrel as to uncover the ends of this
Blot

page_text: One end of the shaft carrying the toothed segment comes to the exterior of the
cap or cover, and may be made tight by a stuffing box if desired.
On the exterior end of the shaft a straight two armed lever is secured, to each
end of which the lower end of a rod is jointed, the upper ends of these two rods are
jointed with a corresponding lever having its fulcrum or axis on a bracket secured
to the stand pipe.
This upper lever is or may be formed with a socket at each end in which is
secured a lever handle for working the pump.
If desired, one rod may be used instead of two, but two are used by preference,
as in such case both work in tension and not alternately in tension and compression
as would be the case with a single rod.
In place of vibrating levers for working the pump, this may be effected by rotary
motion as herein before described.
In place of a toothed rack and toothed segment for working the piston, a forked
arm engaging with a pin in the bar connecting the two ends of the pistons or double
ended trunk piston may be used, or a pin or pins may be formed on the arm
engaging with a slot in the bar connecting the pistons, or the end of the arm is
jointed with one end of a link, the other end of which is connected with the bar or
part connecting the two ends of the trunk piston.
Another mode of actuating the piston of the pump according to my invention
consists in using a sufficiently long vertical shaft in suitable bearings, the lower end
of which has an arm upon it connected with the piston rod or trunk piston, the
upper end of the vertical shaft has a receptacle secured to it for lever handles, by
which the vertical shaft can be oscillated, and thus the piston of the pump moved
to and fro.
The lever at the lower end of the vertical shaft may be a two armed lever to
actuate the pistons of two or more pumps if desired.
The vertical shaft may be oscillated if desired by connection with a crank shaft'
rotated by hand if desired.
The vertical shaft may also be made if desired to rotate, and to work the piston
or pistons of the pump or pumps, by a crank at its lower end and connecting rod.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1892.
:
PETER J. LIVSEI,
Agent
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Pumps.
I, THOMAS EDDLESTON, of Billinge Road, Pleasington, near Blackburn, in the
County of Lancaster, Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements which are applicable to, or may be combined
with those improvements in pumps described in the Complete Specification of
Letters Patent granted to me, numbered 6976 of 1889, and also relates to modifi-
catious of such improved pumps, which though applicable for pumping generally
are more particularly designed for raising or pumping manure and other liquids
containing more or less solid matters suspended therein, and are also applicable for
bilge pumps and like purposes.
One improvement which is or may be combined with my said improved arrange-
ment of pump, consists, in attaching a bracket to the stand or delivery pipe of the
pump in which bracket, are the bearings for a shaft, which has or may have a fly
wheel and crank handle at one end, and a crank arm and pin at the other end,
which crank pin may if desired, also form a handle for rotating the shaft.
To the crank pin, one end of a connecting rod is attached, the other end of which

page_text: is jointed with the upper end of the hand lever shown in my said Specification for
working the horizontal piston rod of the double acting pump, by which means the
pump may be worked by rotary motion. In place of a straight lever a bell crank
lever may be nsed, the end of the vertical arm of which being connected with the
piston rod of the pump and the end of the horizontal arm with the lower end of a
connecting rod, the upper end of which is connected with the said crank pin, or it
may be connected with a vibrating hand lever.
Another improvement which is or may be combined with the upper end of the
stand or delivery pipe consists of a spout connected to a flange at the upper
end of the pipe by clamps and screw bolts, which only require to be slackened
in order to swivel round the spout to any desired position, and then secure it
again.
Another improvement relates to the modification of the pump mechanism
described in my said Complete Specification.
The axis of the barrel of this modification of my invention is horizontal, and is
of uniform bore where the piston or pistons work, but it is enlarged at the two ends
which form chambers for the inlet valve (a flap valve by preference) one at each
end of the pump barrel.
Above each chamber for the inlet valve there is one for the outlet valve,
access being given to each valve by a plate secured to the ends of the two
chambers.
The outlet from the outlet valve chambers are connected by a breeches pipe
with the stand or delivery pipe as described in my said Specification, but if desired,
the two outlet valve chambers may be connected by a passage formed on the
exterior of the pump barrel.
The piston may be considered as two half pistons, or as one long double ended
trunk piston, each end of which has or may have a packing leather or ring attached
to it to make a joint with the bore of the pump barrel.
In the hollow of the trunk piston, a toothed rack is formed which gears with a
toothed segment on an arm secured on a shaft having bearings in a cover secured
to the exterior of the pump barrel, fluid tight, the arm for the toothed segment
working freely through a slot in the upper side of the pump barrel, but the cuds
of the pistons do not reciprocate so far in the barrel as to uncover the ends of this
Blot.
One end of the shaft carrying the toothed segment comes to the exterior of the
cap or cover, and may be made tight by a stuffing box, if desired.
On the exterior end of the shaft a straight two armed lever is secured, to each
end of which the lower end of a rod is jointed, the upper ends of these two rods are
jointed with a corresponding lever having its fulcrum or axis on a bracket secured
to the stand pipe.
This upper lever is or may be formed with a socket at each end in which is
secured a lever handle for working the pump.
If desired, one rod may be used instead of two, but two are used by preference, as
in such case both work in tension and not alternately in tension and compression as
would be the case with a single rod.
In place of vibrating levers for working the pump, this may be effected by rotary
motion as hereinbefore described.
In place of a toothed rack and toothed segment for working the piston, a forked
arm engaging with a pin in the bar connecting the two ends of the pistons of double
ended trunk piston may be used, or a pin or pins may be formed on the arm engaging
with a slot in the bar connecting the pistons, or the end of the arm is jointed with
one end of a link, the other end of which is connected with the bar or part connecting
the two ends of the trunk piston.
Another mode of actuating the piston of the pump according to my invention
consists in using a sufficiently long vertical shaft in suitable bearings, the lower end
of which has an arm upon it connected with the piston rod or trunk piston, the upper
end of the vertical shaft has a receptacle secured to it for lever handles, by which

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The lever at the lower end of the vertical shaft may be a two armed lever to actuate
the pistons of two or more pumps if desired.
The vertical shaft may be oscillated if desired by connection with a crank shaft
rotated by hand if desired.
The vertical shaft may also be made if desired to rotate, and to work the
piston or pistons, of the pump or pumps, by a crank at its lower end and
connecting rod.
Fig. 1, is a side, and Fig. 2, an end elevation illustrating one modification of my
invention.
u, is the pump barrel and valve chest; b, the pump rod connected by a link 63,
with the lower end of the lever handle c, for working the pump which lever bandle
has its fulcrum e', on a bracket d, from the pump barrel and breeches pipe e,
connected with the stand pipe e¹.
The parts referred to by letters are the same as those described in my aforesaid
Complete Specification.
My present improvements are for working the lever, by rotary motion.
To the upper end of the lever c, one end of a connecting rod, is jointed the other
end being jointed to a crank pin", which is or may be secured so as to be adjustable
in the slot in an arm f³, secured upon the end of a shaft, having bearings in a
bracket, secured to the stand pipe.
The crank pin f', is extended to form one handle by which the shaft f, is rotated.
At the other end of the shaft, a crank arm or a fly wheel f', (a fly wheel is
shown) is secured, in which there is a handle, for rotating it.
By having the crank pin or handle f¹, adjustable in the arm f³, the length of the
stroke of the pump may be adjusted as required.
Instead of the straigut lever c, (especially for greater lifts) there may be a bell
crank lever or a two armed lever, one vertical arm of which would correspond to the
lower part of the lever c, below its fulcrum e', and this lever or arm is or may be in
such case, secured on one end of a short shaft (corresponding to the fulcrum stud c')
having its bearings in the bracket d, at c¹.
The end of the other or horizontal arm of the bell crank lever or the end of a
horizontal arm secured to the end of the short shaft is jointed to the lower
end of a connecting rod, the upper end of which is jointed to the crank pin or
handle f¹.
This connecting rod would work both in tension and compression but if instead
of a bell crank or two armed lever a T or three armed lever were used on the
fulcrum e', then two rods both working in tension might be used like the arrange-
ment shown by Fig. 5, hereinafter described for working a pump arranged as shown
in Fig. 1.
If one rod from one arm of the three armed lever extended to one crank, and
the other rod from the other arm to the crank fb, both rods would be in tension and
would be worked from rotary motion.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section, and Fig. 4, a plan view on an enlarged scale detached
of the spout g, shown at the top of the stand pipe in Figs. 1 and 2.
These figures show an arrangement by which the spout 9, is attached to the upper
end of the stand pipe e', in such manner as to be placed on any desired side of the
stand pipe and then secured.
The underside of the spout or head g, has an annular projection 9', forming a
recess to fit over the flange at the upper end of the stand pipe e. There are
bolts g, that pass through holes in the bottom of the spout and upon each of these
bolts there is a clamping piece y³, so that when the spout is placed in the required
position it is secured to the flange of the stand pipe e', by tightening the nuts of
the bolts.
The annular projection g', is of less depth than the thickness of the flange on the
pipe el, so that the clamping pieces g³, when screwed up only touch the flange,

page_text: Fig. 5, is a side elevation showing a modification of my invention and Fig. 6, is
a vertical section of the double pumps and breeches pipe in the line of the longitudinal
axis of the barrel of the pumps on an enlarged scale.
This pump is double. It has two rams h, working in two barrels a.
The double pump barrel a, and valve boxes a', and a³, at each end are cast in
one piece.
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The hinge of each flap inlet valve . is carried on the end cover a³, the removal
of which gives access to the inlet and outlet valves h', and h³, the cover a, having
projections a, and a³, so that when secured it keeps the pivots or hinges of the outlet
and inlet flap valves in their places.
There is a projection a, from the barrel casting a, the upper part of which
forms the bearing for a short shaft i, which shaft when in position is held by a
cap a', secured to the upper part of the projection by bolts passing through holes
in flanges.
Upon the short shaft i, within the hollow of the projection, there is an arm or
lever, the boss of which has or may have a square hole in it to fit the square part
of the short shaft within the projection a³.
The free end of the arm i¹, is enlarged as shewn, and fits a slot in the connecting
bar h, between the two ram pistons h.
The outer end of the short shaft i, has a two arined lever i³, secured to it, to each
end of which the lower end of a rod, is jointed.
The upper ends of the two rods, are jointed to a lever, on opposite sides of
its fulcrum which is upon a pin *, carried by a bracket, secured to the stand
pipe el.
Each rod, works in tension and has or may have a right and left handed screw
coupling, to adjust the length of the rods.
The ends of the lever, may have sockets to fit the end of a detachable lever
handle, by which the pump may be worked.
One lever handle, only is shown on one side in Fig. 5, and a lever *, with a
counter-balance weight, in the socket at the other end of the lever ³, but if desired,
there may be a lever handle, at both ends of the lever i..
Fig. 7, is a side elevation, and Fig. 8, an end elevation, Fig. 9, a plan, and
Fig. 10, a plan section through the pump barrels illustrating another modification
of my invention.
In this case there are two double pump barrels a, united together by flanges and
bolts, both worked by one long vertical shaft i.
Each double pump barrel a, is similar to that shown by Fig. 6, but instead of
the shaft i, being horizontal it is vertical and there are two arms i, from the same
shaft i.
The cap a', in Fig. 6, is dispensed with, because the shaft i, comes between the
two projections aⓇ.
Two separate breeches e, and stand e', or delivery pipes are shown in Figs. 7, 8
and 9, but one stand pipe may be used for both pumps.
The long shaft i, for oscillating the pumps may have bearings at intervals, or
at its upper end from brackets secured to the stand pipe or pipes e', or other
convenient support.
,is the handle at the upper end of the vertical shaft i, by oscillating which to
and fro horizontally the pumps are worked.
There may be four or more handles, on the same shaft i, if desired.
The arrangement shown in Figs. 7 to 10, may be used for actuating one double
barrel pump only.
Fig. 11, is a longitudinal section of part of a double pump barrel a, similar
to that illustrated by Figs. 5 and 6, showing a toothed segment ", on the end of
the arm i¹. gearing with a toothed rack on the connection, between the rams h.
Fig. 12, is a similar view to Fig. 11 of an arangement in which the end of the
arm, is jointed to ends of two links *, the other end of each link being jointed
to the trunk ram or piston.

page_text: There is a hand hole in the side of the casing covered by a plate (not shown)
to insert and secure the joint pin between the ends of the arm i, and the links h*.
Fig. 13, is a section of a part of the pump barrel and the double rams, and
Fig. 14, an outside view of the same, illustrating more fully the mode of connecting
the arm, with the rams h, shown in Fig. 6, in which figures a, is the pump barrel,
h, the rams connected by the bar h³, having the slot in it for the end of the lever
arm, the shaft, which may be either the shaft i, Figs. 5 and 6, or a long shaft i,
Figs. 7 and 8 either horizontal or vertical.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
1. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for actuating pumps such as
those bereinbefore described by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 and as when modified by
substituting a bell crank or equivalent lever or a T or three armed lever and a
connecting rod or rods.
2. The arrangement of the spout (g) on the head of the stand or delivery pipe
and arrangements by which it can be readily secured in any required position, sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figs. 3 and 4.
3. The combination of the double pumps and the arrangements for actuating
them substantially as hereinbefore described by reference to Figs. 5 and 6, and
Figs. 13 and 14, or as when modified as explained by Fig. 11, or Fig. 12 of the
drawings.
4. The combination of two double pumps actuated by a vertical shaft (i) or of one
double pump actuated by one vertical shaft (i) substantially as hereinbefore described
by reference to Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive of the drawings.
Dated this Third day of December 1892.
PETER J. LIVSEI,
Agent.