Improvements in Portable Pumping Machinery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1897-Accepted, 12th June, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Portable Pumping Machinery.
We, WILLIAM BAINES, Financial Agent, and WILLIAM NORRIS, M.I.M.E.
Engineer, both of 5 and 6 Great Winchester Street, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-.
Our invention has reference to an improved combination of gas or oil engine and
pump suitable for mounting upon wheels for transporting to different positions
where it may be necessary to conduct pumping operations. We also employ our
improved combination of parts forming our portable pumping engine for use as a
fixed plant when so desired.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing a pump for mounting
between wheels, we form the cover plate of a centrifugal pump as an oxtended
under plate or curved bed or base plate for an engine frame and on this extended
bed or prolonged cover we provide a hollow gudgeon which passes through a wheel
and on this hollow gudgeon we allow any ordinary. wheel to rotate.
On the opposite side of the combination of centrifugal pump and bed plate aud
gudgeon in one, we form the fellow bearing by extending a portion of the pump
Enction or delivery vessel and on this projecting portion we place the wheel to
correspond to the wheel carried upon the opposite hollow gudgeon. We secure
the wheels in position upon the bearings in any well known mauner, sometimes
employing two hollow gudgeons, one for each wheel, so that the crank shaft and
spindlo of the pump may pass through from end to end.
We mount our engine cylinder or cylinders upon standards or framework carried
from the extended cover or base which carries the hollow gudgeon, and we place
the crank shaft in position with its hearings taken in the wheels of the machino by
means of the hollow gudgeon before described. We allow the shafts to project
beyond the wheel bearings so that a pulloy or crank disc may be mounted on the
outside for driving any fixed pump by means of a belt or for giving motion to any
other machine which it is desired to drive from our portable engine. Wo utilize
the crank disc to give motion when so desired to any rocking levers or othor
ordinary rectilineal pump gear when it is desired to bring our power in the form
of the portable engine as hereinbofore described into close position with the fixed
pump gear for any well or other water supply.
To convert our portable engine and pump into a fixed type we sometimes utilize
blocks into which we run the wheels forming extended treads and we screw up the
framework so as to take the weight of the whole engine and combination upon the
footplates rather than upon the wheels of a machine.
We mount our improved portablo engine and combination pump upon a framo
suitable for being utilized as a draught frame for horses or other animals, providing
necessary shaft attachments when so desired; and we make our framework of metal
or timber to suit the particular weight and form of pump and engine which we
construct for any particular purpose.
We may employ two or four wheels, or we may arrange a guiding wheel or
wheels in combination with our power and supporting wheels.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of engine
or motor, or to any special type of pump, but we alter the arrangement of the pump

page_text: and engine connections to suit the type of engine and pump which we place in
combination for producing our portable machine.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
We, WILLIAM BAINES, Financial Agent, and WILLIAM NORRIS, M.I.M.E.
Engineer, both of 5 and 6 Great Winchester Street, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly doscribed and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our invention has reference to an improved combination of gas or oil engine and
pomp suitable for mounting upon wheels for transporting to different positions
where it may be necessary to conduct pumping operations. We also employ our
improved combination of parts forming our portable pumping engine for use as a
fixed plant when so desired.
In the two accompanying sheets of explanatory drawings-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved arrangement of a portable centrifugal
pump and engine combined,
Figures 2 and 3 being part sectional end elevation and plan respectively of the
same arrangement.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 are similar views to Figures 1, 2, and 3 but having a modified
form of support or base carriage instead of a built up frame.
In carrying our invention into effect when constructing a pump A for mounting
between wheels B B' as shown on Figures 1 and 4 we form the cover plate C of a
centrifugal pump as an extended under plate or curved bed or base plate for an
engine frame and on this extended bed or prolonged cover we provide a hollow
bearing or a hollow gudgeon D which passes through a wheel B and on this hollow
gudgeon we allow any ordinary wheel to rotate.
On the opposite side of the combination of centrifugal pump and bed plate and
gudgeon in one, we form the fellow bearing by extending a portion of the pump
suction or delivery vessel or attaching a flanged hellow bearing piece E thereto;
and on this projecting portion E we place the wheel B' to correspond to the wheel
carried upon the opposite hollow gudgeon D. We secure the wheels B B in
position upon the bearings in any well known manner, sometimes employing two
hollow gudgeons, one for each wheel, so that the crank shaft F and spindle F of
the pump may pass through from end to end.
We mount our engine cylinder or cylinders G upon standards H and framework K
carried from the extended cover or base C C which carries the hollow gudgeon,
and we place the crank shaft F in position with its bearings taken in the wheels of
the machine by means of the hollow gudgeons D before described. We allow the
shafts to project beyond the wheel bearings so that a pulloy or crank disc L may
bo mounted on the outside for driving any fixed pump by means of a belt or for
giving motion to any other machine which it is desired to drive from our portable
engine. We utilise the crank disc or pulley L to give motion when so desired to
any rocking levers or other ordinary rectilineal pump gear when it is desired
to bring our power in the form of the portable engine as herein before described
into close position with the fixed pump gear for any well or other water supply.

page_text: To convert our portable engine and pump into a fixed type we sometimes utilise
blocks into which we run the wheels forming extended treads and we screw up the
framework M N so as to take the weight of the whole engine and combination upon
the footplates O rather than upon the wheels of the machine.
We mount our improved portable engine aud combination pump upon a frame
suitable for being utilised as a draught frame for horses or other animals, providing
necessary shaft attachments P when so desired; and we make our framework of
metal or timber to suit the particular weight and form of pump and engine which
we construct for any particular purpose.
We may employ two or four wheels, or we may arrange a guiding wheel or
wheels in combination with our power and supporting wheels.
Wo dispense with a rigid frame when designing our combined engine and pamp
for positions and services when a light structure is required, and employ one or
more supporting bars R of timber or other suitable material having straps or
carriers R¹ to secure them in position, and having links or struts S for giving the
necessary ground or base support when in use. We may employ acrews or
adjustable bars instead of the links S when providing for uneven ground surfaces.
We swivel the pump to suit any desired angle by means of the flange attach-
ment a and the set screws a' as shown in Figures 1 and 4.
We do not limit the application of our invention to any particular form of engine
or motor, or to any special type of pump, but we alter the arrangement of the pump
and engine connections to suit the type of engine and pump which we place in
combination for producing our portable machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is-
(1.) The improvements in combined portable motor and pump machinery
constructed and arranged substantially as herein before described and as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
(2.) In a centrifugal pump and combination motor the arrangement of an
extension upon the pump casing or extended flange plate or cover connected to the
pump to form a bed plate or support for the engine, or motor cylinder or cylinders,
and for forming on bearings for the engine or motor crank shaft substantially as
herein before described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
(3.) The improved arrangement of hollow bearings or gudgeon for carrying the
wheels of a portable pump or a portable motor substantially as herein before
described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th dow of M. 1907
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.