Certain Improvements relating to the Handles and Lids of Pumps.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements relating to the Handles and Lids
of Pumps.
I, THOMAS NORBURY, of 8 Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton in the County
of Stafford, Pump Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to pumps of which the handles are carried by the lids,
with the object (usually) of enabling the handle of a pump to be placed in
position suited for convenience of working, independently of the position in which
the pump is fixed. In these pumps, as usually constructed, the handle is pivoted
to a bracket or support cast with the lid, and the pump rod passes up through the
lid for connection with the inner end of the handle. The inner end of the handle
and upper end of the rod are consequently exposed to view, and are not only
unsightly, but are liable to cause injury to the fingers of children or others who
may tamper with the pump.
Now, the object of this invention is to avoid the unsightliness and liability to
cause injury, above referred to; and this is accomplished, according to this
invention, by making the lid of a deep hollow shape with a slot or opening through
one side thereof, and mounting the handle thereto with the inner end passing
through the slot or opening in the side of the lid. The connection of the rod with
the handle is thus inside the hollow lid, and the upper end of the rod and the inner
end of the handle are thus concealed by the lid. The handle may be pivoted
between ears projecting from the lid on each side of the slot or opening; and such
slot or opening may be formed up from the lower edge of the lid.
The lid is, of course, deep enough inside to allow of the necessary upward
movement of the inner end of the handle.
Dated this 4th day of October 1895.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements relating to the Handles and Lids
of Pumps.
I, THOMAS NORBURY, of 8 Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton in the County
of Stafford, Pump Manufacturer, 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 pumps of which the handles are carried by the lids,
with the object (usually) of enabling the handle of a pump to be placed in position
in relation to the pump suited for convenience of working, in whatever position the
pump may be fixed.
In these pumps, as usually constructed, the handle is pivoted
to a bracket or support cast with the lid, and the pump rod passes up through the
lid for connection with the inner end or neck of the handle. The inner end of the
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page_text: handle and upper end of the rod are consequently exposed to view and are not only
unsightly, but are liable to cause injury to the fingers of children or others who
may tamper with the pump.
Now, the object of this invention is to avoid the unsightliness and liability to
cause injury above referred to; and this is accomplished, according to this
invention, by making the lid of a deep hollow shape with a slot or opening
through one side thereof, and mounting the handle thereto with the inner end or
neck passing through the slot or opening in the side of the lid. The connection of
the rod with the handle is thus inside the hollow lid, and the upper end of the rod
and the inner end of the handle are thus concealed by the lid. The handle may
be pivoted between cars projecting from the lid on each side of the slot or opening;
and such slot or opening may be formed up from the lower edge of the lid to
enable the handle to be passed up into the slot after the rod has been connected
with the inner end.
The lid is, of course, deep enough inside to allow of the necessary upward
movement of the inner end of the handle.
In order that the invention may be readily understood, I have appended hereto
a sheet of drawings which illustrate a practical application thereof.
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion of a pump to which the
invention is applied; Figure 2 is an elevation of the side thereof at which the
handle is placed; and Figure 3 is a plan thereof shewing the handle, by full lines
in position at right angles to the spout, and by broken lines in position opposite to
the spout.
The lid B is formed of a deep hollow-shape, as shewn, and the handle A is
pivoted at a between ears 6 formed out from the lid B on opposite sides of a slot c
formed through the wall of such lid, preferably from the bottom edge thereof, as
shewn, for the purpose above stated. The inner end or neck d of the handle, to
which the upper end of the pump rod e is connected in the usual or any convenient
manner, passes through the slot c into the hollow or interior of the lid. The inner
end of the handle and the upper end of the pump rod are thus entirely concealed
by the lid. The lid B may, of course, be turned into and fixed in any position
(which the holes through the flange of the lid and through the flange g of the
pump admit of) which will ensure that the handle will be in convenient position
for working, in the site where the pump is fixed. If, for instance, the lid is turned
a quarter turn, in the direction indicated by the arrow, the handle will be in the
position shewn by broken lines, Figure 3.
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 :-
1. A pump lid formed of a deep hollow shape, with provision for mounting the
handle thereto so that the inner end or neck of the handle may pass into the
hollow or interior of the lid, substantially as described.
2. A pump, having a lid formed of a deep hollow shape with an opening through
one side through which the inner end or neck of the handle passes and ears to
which the handle is pivoted, substantially as described and shewn by the drawings
herewith.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1896.
STEPHEN
WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicant.