Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
I SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS Engineer Peaseholme Green York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the means of raising liquids and
apparatus in connection therewith and is used for raising liquid from a low to a
higher level, utilising a fall of liquid for this purpose, the falling liquid passing
through a tube so placed that the liquid shall gravitate or discharge through the
same and is so utilised by the introduction of suitable pipes or other arrangements
to create a partial vacuum in a tube or syphon or cylinder, this said tube, syphon
or cylinder dips into or is connected with the liquid to be raised and has its outgo
at the point to which it is desired to raise the liquid.
SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS,
Engineer, Peaseholme Green, York.
Improvements in Apparatus for Raising Liquids.
SAMUEL HENRY ADAMS Hydraulic Engineer Peaseholme Green York 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in the means of raising liquids and
apparatus connected therewith and is used for raising liquid from a low to a higher
level, utilising a fall of liquid for this purpose the falling liquid passing through a
tube so placed that the liquid shall gravitate or discharge through same and is so
utilised by the introduction of suitable pipes or other arrangements to create a
partial vacuum in a tube or syphon or cylinder this said tube syphon or cylinder
dips into or is connected with the liquid to be raised and has its outgo at the point
to which it is desired to raise the liquid. My apparatus is especially devised to
deal with sewage and thus to make the sewage itself at the one level, above an
outfall, serve to raise the sewage at another level below an outfall and my intention
is that the high level sewage passing through suitable pipes or mechanism shall
create a partial vacuum and thus raise the liquid desired to a tank the liquid is
then liberated and gravitates to the outfall. Reference to my drawings will explain
this apparatus the use of which I claim for my present purpose I shew this
apparatus non-automatic but I can readily make it automatic by the addition of
other parts. I do not shew these parts here now nor claim them, but the apparatus
shewn 1 claim whether automatic or non automatic.
Fig. 1. shews the apparatus in its simplest form. A reservoir B has a supply A
and an outlet C when this valve is lifted by the lever C₁ the liquid will pass
through to the pipe D and returning up the other leg of pipe D enters the vacuum
cylinder E and passing there thro, falling into F creates a partial vacuum in E and
escapes to the high level outlet G. Now attached to this vacuum cylinder is the
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page_text: pipe J which is also connected to a closed receptacle H this receptacle has a pipe L
connected to it led into, or in contact with the low level liquid to be raised as at M,
and as the vacuum is created in H by the liquid passing through E the liquid at M
is drawn up the tube L, enters the receptacle H and the small flap valve K closing,
it is retained in this receptacle until the outgo valve N is opened either automati-
cally or non automatically-when the liquid contents of H. will pass by way of P.
to the outfall desired. At E in the drawing Fig. 1. I prefer to place a series of
cones to break the passage of the water and create more readily the vacuum
required or I may place in lieu thereof the box in which is a paddle wheel as E'
the water falling from J actuates this paddle and gives me a vacuum-or I may use
the cullender arrangement at E' by which the water is spread over a larger area
and passing down in the form of drops 1 gain a larger area and under certain
circumstances a better vacuum and result than where I adopt the other plans. It
will be quite clear that A may be a sewer at a high level and this is my intention
and that G. may be its outfall-and that by thus creating a vacuum in E I can
raise the sewage from a reservoir as M to the tank H. and from thence let it
gravitate to the high level outfall.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is-
Claim 1st. The use of pipe D and apparatus E. or E' or E2 with fall pipe F in
combination with the air pipe J receptacle H. pipe L and suitable valve as K. and
a liquid supply for the purpose of creating a vacuum and raising thus one liquid by
another as shewn & described.
Claim 2. The use of a liquid supply A. being a drain, pipe, or other source, an
intermediate receptacle or tank B, with an outlet and a suitable valve automatic or
non automatic, giving off this liquid to the pipe D. and thus creating a vacuum-
in combination with vacuum pipe J. and the intermediate receptacle H. into which
liquid enters from a low source, to be discharged at a higher.
Claim 3. The use of a vacuum chamber E¹ in Fig. 2. in combination with
pipes J. and L and D and F.
Claim 4. The use of the vacuum chamber E' in Fig. 3. in combination with
pipes J. and L and D and E.
Claim 5. The use of pipe D. as shewn in drawing with a dip from D¹ to D³
equal to or greater than the length from the top of feed pipe D² to its contact with
the outfall at G¹.
Claim 6. The general arrangement and design of apparatus as shewn and
described herewith tho' differing in conformity from but for use in the same
manner & for the same purpose.
October 23rd 1894.
S. H. ADAMS,
York.