A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR LIFTING AND RAISING -FLUIDS ON WATER OR'ON LAND, AND FOR MARINE PROPEL- LING PURPOSES, WITHOUT STEAM
Year: 1838

page_text: ODRIDG
ALTERATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
GOODRIDGE, of Number 7, Bell's Buildings, Salisbury Square, London, Purser
in the Royal Navy, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Fourteenth day' of June, in the first year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Richard
Goodridge, Her especial license; full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said 'Richard Goodridge, my executors, 'administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the 'said Richard Goodridge, my executors, administrators.
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR LIFTING AND RAISING -FLUIDS ON WATER OR'ON LAND, AND FOR MARINE PROPEL-
LING PURPOSES, WITHOUT STEAM;" in which said Letters Patent is contained
a proviso 'that I, the said Richard Goodridge, shall cause a particular de-
scription of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chan-
cery within six calendar months 'next and immediately after the date of the
said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, referénce being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Richard Goodridge, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, are particularly
described and ascertained in and by the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the
following description thereof (that is to say):-
Figure 1 is an elevation or side view of the said apparatus, the lower part
of which is shewn partly in section in order to exhibit its interior more clearly.
Figure 2 is a plan of the uppermost parts, but with the capstan head and
three depressing rollers (to be afterwards described) removed. A, B, Figure 1,
are an upper and lower piston fitted to the cylindrical bore of the apparatus or
pump C, C, and properly packed as usual with casket or other proper elastic
materials, so as to be water-tight. Each of these pistons bas three raising and,
depressing rods fitted to it, and so placed in respect to each other as to alter-
nately raise and lower each piston at three equally distant points, when acted
upon in the manner now to be described. D, D, &c. are six circular inclined
planes, firmly affixed to the ends of three double levers E, F, and G. These
three levers each move upon two cylindrical surfaces formed upon their
under sides in six cylindrical cavities or recesses I, I, I, I, I, I",
arranged in pairs upon the plate or cover of the apparatus J, Figure 3, to
receive them. When one end of each lever is depressed the other of course
becomes elevated; and such lever has affixed to it by joints a long and a short
rod, the latter being jointed to the upper piston, and the former to three
other upright pillars K, K, K, Figure 1, which are mounted upon the lower
piston. The upper part of these longer rods pass through the stuffing.
boxes L. L, L, Figure 3 and L, Figure 4, at the upper ends of three pipes
or tubes formed in the thickness of the sides of the working barrel or bore,
and they are connected to the levers by means of double joints, so as not to
disturb the parallel motion of the rods through the stuffing boxes. M,
Figure 5, represents one of the larger rods and pillars K shewn separately;
and N, Figure 6, one of the shorter ones. Each piston is furnished with two
flaps or valves opening upwards. There is likewise shewn a foot valve at O,
Figure 1, with two flaps also opening upwards. P, P, Figure 1, are two
of the three carriages of the depressing rollers, all three of which are shewn
in plan at Figure 7, and in profile at Figure 8. They are mounted on the
under side of a circular ring with arms Q, and which turns upon an axis R,
Figure 1, as a centre, and which axis is either fixed immoveably in the
cover J, as shewn, or otherwise; and it is prevented from rising by a collar S,
Figure 1, which is fixed upon the axis R by a key passed through the collar
and axis. The circular ring Q may be turned round in various ways, but

page_text: constantly in one direction only, and as indicated by the arrow in Figure 1.
In the present instance it is fitted with holes to receive capstan bars into them,
but may be formed into either a bevel or a spur-toothed wheel, and receive its
motion from any first mover of machinery by means of other toothed wheels
acting in it, or it may be actuated in the case of being moved on board ship by
means of a capstan fitted on the deck, and its axis, passing through the deck,
may be engaged with the axis R of the apparatus placed between decks, by
means of the ordinary clutch box, or a fork, as shewn in Figure 1, or in any
other of the usual and well known methods. The ring Q, and the three friction
rollers P, P, P, being thus carried round, the rollers depress each circular
unlimited plane in its turn, whilst the opposite end of each lever to which
they are affixed is at the same time raised; and thus by the six rods connected
with the inclined planes, and the two pistons A and B, the pistons are con-
stantly made to approach and to recede with an uniform motion to and from
each other in the working bore or barrel of the apparatus or pump, and thereby
to produce a vacuum, and the consequent rise of water to fill it. The quantity
of motion in the two pistons upwards and downwards is shewn by the dotted
lines T, T, and U, U, in Figures 1 and 4. In order to allow the three
double-armed levers E, F, and G, to move with freedom, it is necessary to
divide their fulcra or bearings upon which they move into pairs, arranged
at equidistant places from the centre, as at I, I, I, I', and I", I", in Figure 3.
It is likewise necessary to vary their shapes to allow them to be placed
one over another, and yet to preserve their bearings in the same level or
plane. These different shapes are shewn as follows:-Figure 9 is a side view
of the lowest lever G, and Figure 10 a plan of it. The places of the cylin-
drical surfaces underneath it, upon which it moves, are indicated by the
letters H, H, and the dotted lines in Figure 10. Figure 11 is a side view,
and Figure 12 a plan of the middlemost lever F; and Figure 13 is a side
view, and Figure 14 a plan of the uppermost lever E; D, D, &c. indicating
the circular inclined planes. The water rises through the pipe V, Figure 1,
passing through the foot valve O, and, thence through the valves in the
pistons A and B, and finally passes off through one or more openings above,
and as shewn at W in Figures 1 and 4, and at W, W, in Figure 15,
which is section of Figure 1, taken at the dotted line and chiefly for the
purpose of shewing the three shorter rods N, N, N, which actuate the upper
piston A, as lodged in three gaps made for them in the sides of the barrel;
the three longer rods, which actuate the lower piston B, passing through
stuffing boxes at L, L, L. Figure 16 is another section taken at the dotted
line ****in Figure 1, shewing the lower piston B and the three short

page_text: pillars K, KK, to which the-three-longer rods M; M, M, are jointed; the
one piston coming up whilst the other is going down. When the former
is risen to its height; and throws off the water, the latter' is below and admits
and thus by mutually assisting each other the column of water, alter-
nately supported first by the one piston and then by the other, is constantly
kept ascending during the whole time that the pump is at work. In order
to disengage the pump from the capstan on deck at any time, the three
carriages of the friction rollers P, P,.P, may have joints to allow them to
turn up out of the way, as shewn by dotted lines in Figure 8.
I. do not mean or intend hereby to claim as my Invention any of the
various parts of which the apparatus or pump may be composed, but only the
new application thereof; whereby the equable alternate, rise and fall of the
pistons, and. the constant uniform flow of the water or other fluids, is produced,
and which I do hereby claim. Neither do I mean or intend to limit myself to the
exact forms of the different parts here shewn, as they may be varied in different
ways without affecting the beneficial results to be produced. Nor do I mean
or intend to limit or confine myself to the use or employment of any parti-
cular materials in the construction thereof, but to make use of any which are
fit and proper for the purpose.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Goodridge, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of November, One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-eight:
RICH G
GOODRIDGE

page_text: rn the Friatirt or a ratent granted to chard croodridge,
'
Bell's Buildings, Salisbury Square, London, Purser in the Royal
Navy, for his Invention of "A new or improved Apparatus for
lifting and raising Fluids on Water or on Land, and for Marine
Propelling Purposes without Steam," bearing date at Westminster,
the Fourth day of. June, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-
eight.
MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION entered by the said Richard Goodridge
with the Clerk of the Patents of England, pursuant to an Act passed in
the fifth and sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty, intituled "An
Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent for Inventions."
:
I, the said Richard Goodridge, do hereby declare, that since obtaining the
said Letters Patent, upon further consideration of the title of my said Patent,
and consulting persons duly qualified to advise upon such matters, I have
been advised to alter and amend my said title; by omitting the words "and
for Marine Propelling Purposes;" (that is to say,) I wish the title of my said
Patent to be as follows, "A new or improved Apparatus for Lifting and Raising
Fluids on Water or on Land without Steam." And for the reasons aforesaid,
I, the said Richard Goodridge, do hereby make the above alteration of part
of the title of my said Invention, and for this reason, namely, in order
to make the same consistent with what my Specification will describe my
said Invention to be when such alteration as aforesaid shall have been
entered.
In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand, this Twenty-eighth
day of November, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight.
To the Clerk of the Patents.
RIC GOODRIDGE.
This is to certify, that Richard Goodridge, of No. 7, Bell's Buildings,
Salisbury Square, London, Purser in the Royal Navy, has applied to me for
leave to enter with you a Memorandum of Alteration of part of the title of a
certain Invention, for which Letters Patent were duly granted to him under
the Great Seal, dated the Fourth day of June, One thousand eight hundred
and thirty-eight; and that after considering the said application, I have
granted leave to the said Richard Goodridge to file his said Memorandum of

page_text: passed
n-of-s
late Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend the Law touching Letters Patent
for Inventions."
Dated this Twenty-seventh day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty-eight.
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J. CAMPBELL.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of November,
in the second year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the said Richard
Goodridge came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and
acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instrument
aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the fifty-
fifth
year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third.
. Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty-eight.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-eighth day of November,
in the second year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the said Richard
Goodridge came before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and
acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing therein
contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instrument
aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the fifty-
fifth year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third.
. Inrolled the Twenty-eighth day of November, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty-eight.