MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING WATER OR OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1884

page_text: WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON 14 Devonshire Square Bishopsgate St London in
the County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND FORCING WATER OR OTHER
LIQUIDS to be as follows :—
A machine or apparatus through or by which water (or other liquid) is raised
or forced by carrying it round or imparting to it a velocity in a circular direction
and so retaining it during an interval of time or a given number of revolutions that
it accumulates or acquires a certain force when it is diverted from its circular
course into the exit channels through which it discharges with a force according
to the velocity imparted to it the machine is again charged by the suction of the
exit water and the operation repeated.
My Invention is carried into practice by attaching two hollow trunnion bearings
one on each side and in the centre of a circular case and mounting it upon suitable
standards in such a manner that a rotary motion may be imparted to it. Each of
the trunnion bearings (aforesaid) have a pipe led into and through it one being a
supply or inlet pipe and the other being an exit or discharge pipe these hollow
trunnion bearings are each fitted with a glaud or stuffing box for the purpose of
making proper joints with the inlet and exit pipes (aforesaid) the inlet pipe
passing through the hollow trunnion bearing is connected to the inlet chamber in
the interior of the circular case (aforesaid) and the exit or outlet pipe is similarly
connected to an exit or discharge chamber also in the interior of the circular case
the inlet and exit chambers are formed in one peice and supported by their
connection with the inlet and exit pipes the inlet chamber is fitted with a suitable
valve and the exit or discharge chamber (aforesaid) is arranged with a scoop
shaped door which is so arranged and acted upon by suitable mechanism as to
remain closed while the circular case (aforesaid) is making a given number of
revolutions or during the interval the water is acquiring the necessary velocity and
then to open so as to divert the water into the exit chamber as hereinafter
described The inner periphery of the circular case forms an annular water space
into which the scoop shaped door open to meet the water and form the entrance
to the exit chamber.

page_text: The operation is as follows-the circular case being first charged with water (or
other liquid) a rotary motion is imparted to it and it is driven preferably at a high
velocity which is also acquired by the water held in the annular water space
(aforesaid) in the inner periphery of the circular case which by making a given
number of revolutions has imparted the necessary force to the water with which it
is charged the scoop shaped door now opens and meets the water in the annular
water space, meeting with resistance the water is diverted and carried by its
accumulated force into the exit or discharge chamber and out through the exit
pipe the suction of the departing or discharging water draws a fresh charge
through the inlet valve into the rotating circular case the scoop shaped or diverting
door closes to allow the fresh charge to take up the velocity of the circular case
when the operation is repeated and so on continuously while the machine is
working.

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY THOMPSON of 14 Devonshire Square, Bishopsgate Street,
London, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
RAISING AND FORCING WATER OR OTHER LIQUIDS" 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 accompanying Diagrams and to the
letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention has for its object the construction and arrangement of machinery
and apparatus for raising and forcing water or other liquids and fluids by which
the saine are raised or forced by carrying them round or imparting to them a
velocity in a circular direction and so retaining it during an interval of time or a
given number of revolutions that it accumulates or acquires a certain force when
it is diverted from its circular course into the exit channel through which it
discharges with a force according to the velocity or momentum imparted to it, and
the machine again charges itself by the outflow of the exit water causing a suction
and the operation is again repeated.
I will now proceed to explain the mode in which my invention is carried into
practical effect by attaching two hollow trunnion bearings one each side and in the
centre of a circular case and mounting it upon suitable standards in such a manner
that a rotary motion may be imparted to it.
Each of the trunnion bearings aforesaid has a pipe led into and through it, one
being a supply or inlet pipe, the other being an exit or discharge pipe.
These hollow trunnion bearings are each fitted with a gland or stuffing box for the
purpose of making proper joints with the inlet or exit pipes aforesaid the inlet
pipe passing through the hollow trunnion bearing is connected to the chamber in
the interior of the circular case aforesaid and the exit or outlet pipe is similarly
connected to an exit or discharge chamber also in the interior of the circular case.
The inlet and exit chambers are or may be formed in one piece and supported
by their connections with inlet and exit pipes. The inlet chamber is provided
with a suitable check valve to sustain the water in the suction pipe and the exit
or discharge chamber aforesaid is arranged with a scoop shaped diverting door or
switch which is so arranged and acted upon by suitable self acting or automatic
mechanism as to remain closed whilst the circular case aforesaid is making a given
number of revolutions, or, during the interval of time the water is acquiring
the necessary velocity and then to open so as to divert the water into the exit
chamber as hereinafter described. Both delivery and suction pipes or passages
are or may be provided with air vessels in order to facilitate the working of the
apparatus.
The inner periphery of the circular case is formed with an annular water space
into which the scoop shaped "diverting door" opens to meet the water, and forms
the entrance to the exit chamber.
The operation is as follows:
The circular case being first charged with water or other liquid or fluid a rotary
motion is imparted to it (preferably at a high velocity) which is also acquired by
the water held in the annular water space aforesaid in the periphery of the circular
case which by making a given number of revolutions has in parted the necessary
force to the water with which it is charged the scoop shaped diverting door now
open and meets the water, in the annular water space, which meeting with

page_text: resistance, is diverted and carried by its accumulated force or momentum into the
exit or discharge chamber and out through the exit pipe, the suction of the
departing or discharging water draws a fresh charge through the inlet valve into
the rotary circular case, the scoop shaped "diverting door" now closes to allow
the fresh charge to take up the velocity of the circular case when the operation is
repeated and so on continuously while the machine is working.
Figure 4 an end elevation.
The case A, the standard bearings B, inlet and outlet pipes C and D. Bedplate E,
internal case F, water channel G and G¹ and the "diverting door" H. The action
of the machine is as follows:
The case A being filled with water and rotated (in the direction shown by the
arrows) at the speed necessary to impart to the water the required velocity which
in its course acts on the tail piece I (in the direction shown by the arrows) of the
"diverting door" H and lifts or opens it so that the water contained in the annular
water space A¹ is diverted into the outlet channel G (as shown by the arrows) and
thence into the delivery pipe D and is driven in the desired direction with the force
due to the velocity generated in the revolving case A. Then "diverting door" H
'closes (and retains so until sufficient velocity is attained by the water to put it in
action again) by a spring placed under the tail piece I. The water in the case A
being diverted by the opening of the "diverting door" H is forced into the outlet
channel G and the result is a vacuum being formed in the case A which is filled
by the pressure of the atmosphere through the inlet pipe C and the case A being
filled again with water, which acquires the desired velocity by taking up the rotary
motion of the case A the action is repeated, and by arranging the rotary motion of
the case A and the spring pressure of the tail piece I to suit the conditions required,
the machine can be caused to make the desired number of discharges in a given
time. The case A is carried upon trunnions formed outside the inlet and outlet
pipes C and D and upon one of these trunnions may be keyed a pulley or spur
wheel or any other approved method may be used for communicating the rotary
motion from the prime mover. The bearings B are carried upon the bedplate E
and are firmly bolted or otherwise attached to it.
The glands K are placed so that they can be screwed up or packed without
stopping the motion of the machine. The connections between the inlet and
outlet pipes C and D and the internal case F are or may be formed of steel tubes
for the sake of lightness and strength one end of each tube being flanged for
bolting to the internal case F at the joint L the other end being blank and screwed
to the pipe by a sufficient number of set screws as shown or other convenient
means. The case A can be in two or more pieces for convenience of examination
or carriage and may be furnished with doors for cleaning, priming, setting the
diverting doors or other purposes.
Sheet 3 shows a method by which my invention is put into practice by over-
hanging the case A so that the inlet and outlet channels are both placed on one
side, and the bearings B being separate and distinct enable the whole machine to
be more accessible. In this arrangement the internal case F is attached to and
carried by the strong bracket formed by the inlet pipe C and the connection
between the internal case F and the pipe C is formed by a steel or other suitable
tube L¹ one end of which is flanged for bolting to the internal case F the other end
being blank for screwing or attaching to the pipe C. This tube is divided down
the centre by a diaphragm M the lower portion forming the inlet and the upper

page_text: portion the outlet. The gland K, the water channels G and G¹, the internal case F
and the "diverting door "H are substantially the same as shown and described in
sheet 1. The mechanism for opening and closing the "diverting door" is arranged
as follows: (Sheet 4)
On the main shaft A of the case is keyed a pinion B which gears into a wheel C
having from three to four times the number of teeth contained in the pinion.
Attached to or formed on the wheel C¹ is a cam D which actuates a lever E having
a roller F which presses against the cam continually this lever is keyed to a
horizontal shaft G on the opposite end of which is another small lever H¹ which
carries a connecting rod I. This rod engages with a lever M keyed to the end of
the spindle K which by means of another connecting rod L and lever M is
connected with the "diverting door" N. By simply altering the proportion of the
spur wheel and pinion the door may be made to open and close as often as is
necessary the opening motion being instantaneous and the closing motion slow the
spindle K is carried in suitable bearings in the inner tube O and passes through a
gland P at its outer end.
The lever E is maintained in contact with the cam D by means of a spring R.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
"
The arrangement and employment of a machine or apparatus for raising and
forcing liquids and fluids, which by means of a rotating part or parts gives motion
and imparts centrifugal action and motion to and stores up motion, force and
velocity in, the liquid or fluid which is allowed access to it and then whilst in
rotary motion causes the same to be directed at determined intervals by means of
an automatic arrangement and part (which I terin a "diverting door or switch)
into a channel, outlet or delivery through which it flows by means of the force
imparted to it from the rotating portion of the apparatus, at the same time that its
outflow, by removing the resistance to the influx causes a fresh supply of the
liquid or fluid to flow through the inlet of the machine or apparatus to be again
discharged by a repetition of the above-named action substantially in the manner
and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying
sheets of Drawings or any mere modification of the same.
Dated this 30th day of September 1884.