IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS, AND IN RAISING AND LOWERING SUCH APPARATUS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Julian Bernard, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS, AND IN RAISING AND
LOWERING SUCH APPARATUS."
Sealed the 24th October 1865, and dated the 28th April 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Julian Bernard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
April 1865.
I, JULIAN BERNARD, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS, AND IN RAISING AND
LOWERING SUCH APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the pumping apparatus ordinarily employed in
mining wherein a series of "lifts" are employed, and consists,-
1stly, of a novel and improved "clack and door-piece," the door being so
connected to the piece that it is at the same time free to move on such
connection; for this purpose the door is placed upon a centre pin, binge, or
slide on which it moves during the operations of opening and closing, and
obviates, among other objections to the present arrangement, the necessity
for the temporary suspension or entire removal of the door.

page_text: 2ndly, in so arranging and disposing the several corresponding parts of the
door and those immediately connected with it as to come into exact and
proper position in relation to the flange fastenings or other part to or by
which said door is secured, and which is effected by so placing the door upon
the hinge, stud, or joint that the fastenings will take into corresponding slots
or apertures, and find their exact position by the mere movement of the door.
3rdly, it relates to the mode and means of fastening or securing employed,
and consists in the application and use of studs, bolts, and nuts, partially and
permanently fixed in the door, and parts to which it is connected and per-
manently fixed.
4thly, it relates to the mode and means of making tight or packing the
joint between the door and the flange, and consists of making a recess or groove
in said flange or door, and forming or placing upon its corresponding part a
flange or projection to take into the said recess or groove, an elastic or other
suitable packing being placed in said recess or groove against which the
flange is made to press.
The second head of this Invention relates to an improved clack valve and
the means employed for its removal from its seat in the clack piece, and
consists.
1stly, in forming a suitable projection or hole on or into a convenient part
or portion of the said clack valve over or into which a clamp or catch is caused
to take into and attach itself to the clack by passing or springing over or
through a corresponding part; the catch or clamp may be formed of two or
more parts somewhat similar to the catch employed in raising the weight
employed in pile driving, and may be attached or connected to the end of a
rod, shaft, or other suitable connection, and dropped into the lifts or pumps
(the pumping rods and buckets having previously been removed) until the
clamp or catch takes into the suitable projection or recess formed in the
clack valve when it can be withdrawn. This arrangement is employed to
draw the clack valve from and out of the clack piece when access to it
arising from water or other causes is prevented. The same arrangement is
employed in lowering the clack valve into its seat, provision being made for
opening the clamps or jaws of the holder so as to release the clack valve
from it. This may be accomplished by connecting a wire or other suitable
connection to an inclined piece or to the separate arms of the jaws which by
being pulled or acted upon by the wire either directly or through the inclined
piece causes them to open or shut as required.
2ndly, it relates to an improved mode of holding or securing the clack
valve in its seat or. position, and to au improved mode of packing or making

page_text: tight the connexion between the valve and its seat, and consists in the use
and employment of a leather ring or washer, similar to that employed in a
hydraulic press or pump which is placed around the valve holder and its seat,
and in the use and employment of a stop picco for retaining the valve in
proper position without the necessity of forcing or tightening the valve in its
place. This stop piece is placed in or attached to the valve itself or to the
clack piece by a pin or joint on which it is free to move, and takes into a
corresponding notch, ring, or recess in the corresponding or other suitable
part for the purpose of holding the valve in proper position, the stop piece
is removed or taken out of its recess or notch when the valve can be easily
removed.
The third head of this Invention relates to a novel and improved method
and means of lowering and raising the lifts or pumps in mines or shafts, and
consists in the use and application of sheaves or pullies secured to the lifts or
pumps to be raised or lowered either at the end or side, and passing a rope or
chain through or over such pullies or sheaves, the pumps being suspended
or lowered between the two ends of the rope, and the weight equally distributed
over each portion of the rope; these sheaves or pullies are enclosed in a
suitable metallic framing formed to correspond with the flange or side of the
lifts from which it may be disconnected if desired. I also propose to attach
temporary conical pieces to the ends of the lifts which act as a shield or
protector to the end of such lifts, and prevent them
with the timber or sides of the shaft whilst they at the same time protect the
sheaves or pullies.
from coming in contact
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Julian Bernard in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 28th
October 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JULIAN
BERNARD, of Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Ifer
reign, did, for Herself, Her beirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Julian Bernard, Her special license that I, the said Julian Bernard,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Julian

page_text: Bernard, my executors, administrators, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
BAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS, AND IN RAISING AND LOWERING SUCH APPARATUS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Julian Bernard, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the samo to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Julian Bernard, do hereby declare tho
nature of my said Invention, 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 Drawings, and to the letters and
figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My said Invention relates to the pumping apparatus ordinarily employed
in mining wherein a series of lifts are employed. and consists,―
Firstly, of a novel and improved "clack and door-piece," the door being so
connected to the piece that it is at the same time free to move on such
connection; for this purpose the door is placed upon a centre pin hinge or slide
on which it moves during the operations of opening and closing, and obviates,
among other objections to the present arrangement, the necessity for the
temporary suspension or entire removal of the door.
Secondly, in so arranging and disposing the several corresponding parts of
the door, and those immediately connected with it, as to come into exact and
proper position in relation to the flange fastenings or other part to or by
which said door is secured, and which is effected by so placing the door upon
the hinge, stud, or joint that the fastenings will take into corresponding slots,
or apertures, and find their exact position by the mere inovement of the door.
Thirdly, it relates to the mode and means of fastening or securing employed,
and consists in the application and use of studs, bolts, and nuts partially and
permanently fixed in the door and parts to which it is connected and per-
manently fixed.
Fourthly, it relates to the mode and means of making tight or packing the
joint between the door and the flange, and consists of making a recess or
groove in said flange or door, and forming or placing upon its corresponding
part a flange or projection to take into the said recess or groove, an elastic

page_text: or other suitable packing being placed in said recess or groove against which
the flange is made to press.
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now.
proceed more particularly to describe the same, and for that purpose shall
refer to the several Figures on the annexed Sheet of Drawings, the same letters
of reference indicating corresponding parts in all the Figures.
The Figures on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings represent several views:
of my improved "door-piece." Figure 1 is a side elevation; Figure 2, a.
front elevation, and Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the latter shewing the
means and manner of securing the door to the main piece or part A ; Figure 4
is a front view of the part A shewing the door C removed. There is a fixed
stud D screwed tight into the part A, and by which the door C is secured to:
it; but free to move in a lateral and vertical direction when and as required.
There are square shouldered bolts marked 1 (Figure 5) fixed at the square
portion in the part A and similar bolts marked 2, are secured in the door at
their square parts. The round portions of the bolts 1 enter slots mado in
one edge of the door C, whilst the round portions of the bolts 2 enter similar
slots made in the flange of the part A. The slots in the part A are shown-
in dotted lines in Figure 2, and in full lines in Figure 4, and the slots in the
door are shown in full lines in Figure 2. These slots should all be struck
from the stud D as a centre so as to admit of the bolts 1 and 2 entering or
leaving their respective slots when the door is turned upon the stud D. There
are two set screws 3, 3, also secured in the door C, and a handle 4 as shewn.
When it is desired to open the door-piece for any required purposes, such
for example as changing the "clack valve" or "bucket" the several
nuts (two of which nuts are shown in Figure 3 and marked 5) are partially
unscrewed until all the bolts are loosened, the set screws 3, 3, are then
screwed through the door until by coming in contact with the flange of the
part A, the door is raised or parted from its corresponding piece so that the
projecting flange 6 (Figure 3) is clear of the recess or groove 8 into which
it engages. The door can now by means of the handle 4 be readily drawn
aside in the direction of the arrows flight upon the stud D as a fixed centre
until the opening in the part A is uncovered. In this manner ready access
can be had to the "clack valve" and "bucket" without necessitating the
entire removal of the door, or the withdrawal of the bolts and nuts, which are
necessary in the present well known arrangements.
When it is desired to secure the door on its corresponding part, it is returned
to its former position by being moved on the stud D until it comes in contact
with the bolt X (Figures 2 and 4) which is shewn without its nut, the set

page_text: screws 3 can then be sufficiently unscrewed until the projecting flange 6 can
be sufficiently pressed upon the packing in the recess or groove 8, which is
effected by means of the several nuts 5 already referred to.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried
into effect, I would observe in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel
and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,—
First, the so constructing and combining together the door and "door-piece"
and bolts connected therewith of pumping apparatus as to admit of the door
or cover being readily opened without necessitating the withdrawal of the
fastening bolts or the disconnection of the door from the door piece
substantially as herein-before described.
Second, the application and use of slots in the door and door-piece in
combination with bolts fixed in the door and door piece and with the stud D,
or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose herein-before described.
Third, the mode of packing or rendering tight the joint between the door
and door-piece, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Julian Bernard, have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal, the Twenty-eighth day of October,
in the
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
year
T DEDNADD
J. BERNARD.
R.D. (..)