IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS AND IN ENGINES FOR DRAWING BEER, CIDER, AND OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1840

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
EDWARD NCONE, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Third day of August, in the fourth year of Her reign, did, for
Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said George Edward
Noone, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
George Edward Noone, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of certain "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS AND IN ENGINES FOR DRAWING
BEER, CIDER, AND OTHER FLUIDS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a
proviso obliging me, the said George Edward Noone, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe and ascertain the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, and to cause the same to be eurolled in Her Majesty's High Court

page_text: of Chancery within six months next and immediately after the date of the
above in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being
thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Edward Noone, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, is described
and ascertained as follow (that is to say):-
My Invention of certain Improvements in Pumps and in Engines for Drawing
Beer, Cider, and other Fluids consists,-
In the first place, in the application of a semi-rotary stuffing box to pumps
or machines or engines used for such purpose.
Secondly, a kind of flexible joint, to be substituted for stuffing boxes to such
pumps or machines.
Thirdly, a peculiar application of flexible material, to answer the purpose of
a stuffing box when rectilinear motion is used.
Fourthly, a mode of covering the lower part of the pump (or beer or other
engine), by which access to the lower valve may be readily obtained in case
of need. And,
Lastly, a mode of regulating the rectilinear action of the piston-rod, with a
guide for such purpose capable of easy adjustment.
These improvements will be readily seen on reference to the accompanying
Drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents in elevation an ordinary form of pump.
Fig. 2 shows the same in vertical section, exhibiting also my semi-rotary
stuffing box, which is shewn at K. m is the centre or fulcrum upon which the
working or handle or lever / turns. n is a plate screwed into the interior of
the pump, and enclosing the material (flexible or otherwise) which forms the
packing. Fig. 3 is a plan or horizontal view of the connection between the
forked end of the handle or lever and the lever j (Fig. 2), wherein it will be
seen that on the end of the latter lever is formed a screw which unites it to the
small wheel or disc X. This wheel has the pin Y passing through its centre,
which pin also going through the forked end of the lever (as shewn in
Fig. 3) forms the junction of the two levers. The space left in the box con-
taining the dise or wheel x is filled up by any ordinary packing material, in
the manner shewn. Fig. 4 is a horizontal view of a somewhat modified form
of joint or attachment of the two levers, wherein a portion of flexible material
is placed between the sides of the disc and the interior of the box. Fig. 8
shews also a variation of form in this kind of joint, being suited for powerful
pumps.
Iconic now to speak of a kind of flexible joint to be substituted for a

page_text: stuffing-box. This is shewn at Fig. 5, in which is represented a portion of
the pump barrel, as also part of the handle or lever for working the pump. In
this case the lever to be connected to the piston-rod is to be formed in one
piece with the working lever l. The flexible material d (it will be seen from
the Fig.) is attached to the lever j at b, and is fixed at its two ends into the
sides of the pump barrel. In the present supposed position of the working
lever the portion of the flexible material on one side of the lever j undergoes
a degree of tention, that on the other side being loose; the lever l being brought
to the opposite position in working, the reverse is the case as regards the
flexible material. Fig. 6 shews a cap to be screwed on to the lever j, for the
purpose of keeping the flexible material tightly in its place, and also for
forming a connection between the lever j and the piston rod.
the
I proceed to describe a peculiar application of the flexible material to answer
purpose of a stuffing box when rectilinear motion is used. This arrange-
ment is exhibited at Fig, 7, which is a section of a portion of the pump barrel,
having in its upper part a plate c, to which is fixed one end of the flexible
material d, the other end being attached to the hollow piston rod a, which, on
receiving an up-and-down motion through its connection with the handle or
lever 1, draws the flexible material into tension, or compresses it.
I have next to explain a mode of covering the lower part of the pump, by
which access to the lower valve may be readily obtained, in case of need.
In illustration of this part of my improvements, I must refer to Fig. 2,
wherein it will be seen that, by unscrewing the flange of the cap e, this cap
may be sliden up the pump barrel, thus affording a facility for getting at the
lower valve, if required.
I come now to describe the last feature of my improvements, viz., the mode
of regulating the rectilinear action of the piston rod, with an easily-adjustable
guide for such purpose; and here I would also refer to Fig. 2. f is the bucket
of any ordinary lift-pump; 9, the piston rod, working in the guide h. This
guide consists of a ring formed conically, so as to drop into its place in the
punp barrel, and has a kind of bridge h formed across it, through which the
piston rod works. i is a sling for keeping the motion of the piston rod parallel
during the working of the lever l.
Having thus described my Invention of certain improvements in pumps, and
in engines for drawing beer, eyder, and other fluids, I would remark, that I do
not mean or intend to confine myself to the precise forms or arrangements
shewn, as the same might be varied as to matters of detail with advantage, to
suit certain circumstances, without departing from the principles set out, under

page_text: five heads, in the commencement of this my Specification, and for which I
desire protection under the above in part recited Letters Patent.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Edward Noone, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Third day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Inrolled the Third day of February, One thousand eight hundred and
forty-one.