Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Nov, 1886.
Complete Left, 19th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 20th Sept., 1887,
WILLIAM SHAPTON of No. 8 Great George Street in the City of Westminster
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to adapt hydraulic jiggers or hoists for use in
connection with a public supply of water under pressure which is now available in
many towns.
For this purpose the apparatus is provided with appliances for measuring and
registering the quantity of water used and is so constructed that it can conveniently
be conveyed from place to place.
The apparatus consists of an hydraulic cylinder and ram with sheaves on the
cylinder and ram and a chain passing around them. The chain is led off to a small
drum on an horizontal axis on which there is also a larger drum on which a rope is
wound. This rope is passed up over a pulley any where conveniently placed and then
descends to the load to be lifted.
The cylinder occupies an inclined position and near its lower end are stud axes
carrying road wheels. A frame projecting forward from the cylinder supports the
axis of the drums and underneath the frame in front there is a fore carriage with
shafts to which a horse may be harnessed.
The apparatus when in position is supplied by a hydrant and by a hand lever
opening a valve water is admitted to the cylinder when the load is to be raised.
After each lift the ram must be allowed to descend and then the water expelled from
the cylinder escapes into a cistern from which it runs quietly through an enclosed
water meter and afterwards it is allowed to pass away into the sewers. By reading
the meter at any time the quantity of water under pressure drawn from the mains can
be ascertained.
Dated this 19th day of November 1886.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM SHAPTON of No. 8 Great George Street in the City of Westminster,
Engineer, 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
The object of this invention is to adapt hydraulic jiggers or hoists for use in
connection with a public supply of water under pressure which is now available in
many towns.
For this purpose the apparatus is provided with appliances for measuring and
registering the quantity of water used and is so constructed that it can conveniently
be conveyed froin place to place.
The apparatus consists of an hydraulic cylinder and ram with sheaves on the
cylinder and ram and a chain passing around them. The chain is led off to a small
drum on an horizontal axis on which there is also a larger drum on which a rope is
wound. This rope is passed up over a pulley any where conveniently placed and then
descends to the load to be lifted.
The cylinder occupies an inclined position and near its lower end are stud axes
carrying road wheels. A frame projecting forward from the cylinder supports the
axis of the drums and underneath the frame in front there is a fore carriage with
shafts to which a horse may be harnessed.
The apparatus when in position is supplied by a hydrant and by a hand lever
opening a valve water is admitted to the cylinder when the load is to be raised.
After each lift the ram must be allowed to descend and then the water expelled from
the cylinder escapes into a cistern from which it runs quietly through an enclosed
water meter and afterwards it is allowed to pass away into the sewers. By reading
the meter at any time the quantity of water under pressure drawn from the mains can
be ascertained.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and
Figure 2 is a rear elevation of a portable jigger or hoist provided in accordance with
my invention with measuring and registering appliances.
The wheels c
a a is the frame of the apparatus, it is supported on wheels band c.
are on a fore carriage to which shafts d are attached and the fore carriage can lock
round about a central pin at e. Upon the frame a the hydraulic cylinder is fixed
and the frame also carries in suitable bearings the axis g on which are mounted two
drums and i. kis the ram working in the cylinder and are sheaves carried

page_text: upon the head of the ram. mm are corresponding sheaves at the lower end of the
cylinder. n is a chain, it is made fast at its end n¹, it passes around the sheaves ll
and m m and at its end n' it is attached to the periphery of the small drum h on the
axis g, so that the ram in rising draws the chain off the drum h rotates the axis g and
with it the large drum i. The rope o is then wound up upon the drum i.
The rope
is led away from the drum over an elevated pulley and so to the load to which it is
attached. The load therefore is raised as the ram k is forced out from the cylinder f.
p is a nozzle at which the connection with the supply of water under pressure is made.
is the valve box containing the valve which admits the water to the cylinder and
regulates its escape therefrom. r is the hand lever by which the valve is controlled
by an attendant standing upon the platform s. t is a pipe by which the water passes
away from the cylinder when the ram k descends. u is a small cistern which receives
this waste water. v is a water meter to which the water passes from the cistern .
The flow of water from the receiving cistern to the meter is made gradual as thus the
water can be more accurately measured by the meter. The quantity of high pressure
water used is it will be understood the basis on which payment is made both for
the water supply and for the work done in lifting loads or for either of them.
The meter which I use in preference is that known as Parkinson's meter. By
means of a train of counting wheels put in motion by the water in its descent through
the meter, the quantity passed through is recorded. is a receiver to collect the
water after it has passed through the meter. is a flexible pipe for conducting the
water from the receiver w to a drain or where else it can be discharged without
inconvenience.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I would state that I make no claim
in respect to portable jiggers or hoists otherwise than in combination with appliances
for measuring and registering the quantity of water used; and I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in a portable jigger or hoist substantially as described of the
frame a, cylinder f, axis g, drums and i, the ram k, the sheaves and m, the chainn,
the rope o and the water meter v receiving and passing through it the water from the.
cylinder as herein set forth.
2. The combination with a portable jigger or hoist substantially as described of a
water meter receiving the spent water and measuring and recording the quantity used
as herein set forth.
3. The improved portable jigger or hoist substantially as described and shown by
the annexed drawings.
Dated this 19th day of August 1887