A SYSTEM OF DRAWING WATER, BY MEANS OF ASCENDING & DESCENDING BUCKETS WITHOUT COG-WHEELS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, AUGUSTE TEXIER of the tribunal of commerce, of Poitiers, living in the said
town, 12, Place St Pierre, department of the Vienne France, I declare, by these
present, the character of my invention, which is A SYSTEM OF DRAWING WATER,
BY MEANS OF ASCENDING & DESCENDING BUCKETS WITHOUT COG-WHEELS as
follows:-
Figure I A pulley A. The shaft B. worked by the fly wheel E, in turning either
by the handle or handles of the said fly-wheel which are of the number of six the one
being shown in F a large chain passing over the pulley to the ends of which chain
are hung two half frames I & M (see also Fig 2) intended to contain the buckets,
during their journey up and down. The length of these frames ought to be less
than the diameter of the well, at the surface of the water, these frames should at a
short distance from the water turn upside down when the bucket is about entering
it to begin drawing-The upper part of the framework is of a circular form of
about 8 or 10 centimetres in diameter so as to contain a moveable ring placed
underneath each of them the effect of which is to prevent all swinging of the
pails; the uprights or posts of the frames should both on the inside & outside be
rounded & not square or sharp.
Of two pails J & R, free swinging, each held by a small chain attached to the
large one, These small chains are two or three metres long, according to the usual
variation in the level of the water in the well. The dimension of the buckets,
in diameter, should be proportionate to that of the pulley and of the well-so
as to avoid all collision of the said buckets, & friction against the sides of the well-
The buckets are sloped towards the upper part so as to facilitate the swing for the
outpouring-If they were not so hollowed out it would happen that the catch of
the little hook K. working at times by the pinot of the handle, would render the
swing movement difficult and would necessitate such an employment of force as to
cause the chains to be likely to break or at any rate would cause such shocks as
would spill the water over the side-With this sloping on the contrary. the
supporting book having no hold on the sloping sides of the notched part slides up
according as the pail rises in giving to it (the pail) a rotary movement until the
said hook has reached the bottom of the notch and then by its resistance regularly
tilts over the pail-To facilitate this regularity, the handles of the flywheel are
used, at the moment when the bucket comes near to the outpour-Besides, the
other pail then going into the water, causes a little more tension which is made

page_text: unperceivable by the use of the handles which are so many levers more powerful
than the crank Of a chain attached to the lower extremity of the frames, shorter
than the first and having for object to counter weigh the other (1st chain) These
two chains with the frames form a kind of endless chain revolving at some distance
from the water without ever entering it--where these other chains approach the
frames there is a link of a chain on a turning pivot to prevent these chains from
becoming entangled when they have a tendency to revolve on themselves.
Of a wheel with a rack, D with a double use destined in case of a stoppage, to
prevent the rotary movement in opposition to that previously used. To change
the movement the rack must be made to pivot by giving it a half turn.
Of a small chain N fixed at the top of the well with a ring at the end intended
to suspend the rack from, in case, for instance that it should be desirable to draw
several buckets of water without stopping and without using the said rack-Of a
double hook K by which the pails are caught & of which the effect is to cause
them to empty into the trough which passes the water out by the emptying pipe
with which it is furnished-(note) this book K should be replaced by the hook KK
(fig 9-10) the euds of its arms a. b. c. d. e. f. being better arranged than those of
the first, in which the links of the ascending chain might chance to catch.
The trough mentioned above is suspended from & kept on an incline by means of
chains fixed to the beam at the top of the well; & to the brackets of the posts,
two small chains intended to limit the moveability of the trough are placed before
and behind. During the passage of the pails, the trough is slightly_pushed away,
but when the pails arrive at the overflow, in making the swinging movement they
get further away from it & it returns to its original position, it is then underneath
the pail, of which it receives all the contents.
Lengthenings of the chains are shown in fig. 4. 5. 6. in case of variation in the
level of the water in the well-This lengthening is not always necessary, the use of
the chane can be replaced by keeping the underneath chain rather short, so that
in case of a high level waters it should not reach to the chains, at the same time
allowing sufficient dimensions to the small chains which hold the buckets to permit
of their reaching the water when low.
Fig. 7, represents a construction of pails & frames for wells with very narrow
openings to which it might be desired to apply this system by this form of pail &
frame the meeting would take place without too much inconvenience.
The well is covered with a grating (fig. 3) in order to prevent accidents, or the
introduction of any unhealthy or injurious matter into the well.
With this present system, whatever may be the depth of the well, there is
absolutely nothing to raise but the weight of the water.
2nd The frames containing the pails.
3rd The moveable ring above them intended to avert all vacillation or collision.
4th The notching of the pails, which ensures without effort the regular swinging
& emptying movement.
5th The moveabilty of the trough which facilitates the emptying without any
loss of the contents of the pails.
I believe I ought to mention that I obtained in France a Patent for invention
dated 11 September 1883 for 15 years from the 22nd May previous, date of
application, & an additional Certificate of the said Patent, for the above described
system of drawing water.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I AUGUSTE TEXIER, agréé au Tribunal of commerce of Poitiers, living in the
said town, 12, place St Pierre, Département of the Vienne (France) do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DRAWING WATER FROM WELLS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
I declare, by these presents, the character of my invention, which is "Improve-
ments in apparatus for drawing water from wells" which is as follows,
Fig. 1. A pulley A. The shaft B. worked by the fly wheel E, in turning either
by the handle or handles of the said fly-wheel which is of the number of six the
one being shown in F.
A large chain passing over the pulley, ends of which chain are hung two half
frames I & M (see also Fig. 2) intended to contain the buckets, during their journey
up and down. The length of these frames ought to be less than the diameter of
the well, at the surface of the water, these frames should at a short distance from
the water turn upside down when the bucket is about entering it to begin
drawing. The upper part of the framework is of a circular form of about 8 or
10 centimètre in diameter so as to contain a moveable ring placed above each of
them the effect of which is to prevent all swinging of the pail; the uprights or
posts of the frames should both on the inside & outside be rounded & not square
or sharp.
Of two pails J & R free swinging, each held by a small chain attached to the
large one; These small chains are two or three metres long, according to the usual
variation in the level of the water in the well. The dimension of the buckets, in
diameter should be proportionate to that of the pulley and of the well so as to
avoid all collision of the said buckets, & friction against the sides of the well-
The buckets are sloped towards the upper part so as to facilitate the swing for the
outpouring. If they were not so hollowed out it would happen that the catch of
the little hook K working at times by the pivot of the handle, would render the
swing movement difficult and would necessitate such an employment of force as
to cause the chains to be likely to break or at any rate would cause such shocks as
would spill the water over the side-With this sloping on the contrary the
supporting hook having no hold on the sloping sides of the notched part slides up
according as the pail rises in giving to it (the pail) a rotary movement until the
said hook has reached the bottom of the notch and then by its resistance regularly
tilts over the pail. To facilitate this regularity, the handles of the flywheel are
used at the moment when the bucket comes near to the outpour-Besides, the
other pail then going into the water, causes a little more tension which is made
unperceivable by the use of the handles which are so many levers more powerful
than the crank.-Of a chain attached to the lower extremity, of the frames,
shorter than the first and having for object to counter weight the other (1st chain).
These two chains with frames form a kind of endless chain revolving at some
distance from the water without ever entering it-where these other chains
approach the frames there is a link of a chain on a turning pivot & apparatus S
to prevent these chains from becoming entangled when they have a tendency to
revolve on themselves.

page_text: Of a wheel with a rack, D, with a double use destined in case of a stoppage, to
prevent the rotary movement in opposition the that previously used. To change
the movement the rack must be made to pivot by giving it a half turn.
Of a small chain N fixed at the top of the well with a ring at the end intended
to suspend the rack from, in case, for instance that it should be desirable to draw
several buckets of water without slopping and without using the said rack.
Of a double hook K by which the pails are caught & of which the effect is to
cause them to empty into the trough L which passes the water out by the emptying
pipe with which it is furnished.
The trough mentioned above is suspended from & kept on a incline by means of
the well, & to the brackets of the posts two small chains intended to limit the
moveability of the trough are placed before and behind.
During the passage of the pails, the trough is sluightly pusted away, but when
the pails arrive at the overflow, in making the swinging movement they get
further away from it & it returns to its original position, it is then underneath the
pail, of which it recives all the contents.
Lengthenings of the chains are shown in fig. 4. 5. 6. in case of variation in the
level of the water in the well-This lengthening is not always necessary, the use
of the chane can be replaced by keeping the underneath chain rather short, so that
in case of a high level waters, it should not reach to, the chains, at the same time
allowing sufficient dimensions_to_the_small_chains which hold the buckets to permit
of their reaching the water when low.
Fig. 7. represents a construction of pails & fraines for wells with very narrow
openings to which it might be desired to apply the system by this form of pail &
frame the meeting would take place without too much inconvenience..
The well is covered with a grating (fig. 3) in order to prevent accidents, or the
introduction of any unhealthy or injurious matter into the well.
The nature of my invention & the way in which it should be applied being thus
described, I declare that what I claim is as follows:
1º The addition, by means of the frames, of the chain making a counterweight
to that above.
2° The frames destined to contain the pails.
3° The addition of the moveable ring.
4° The notching of the pails.
5° The setting up of the moveable trough.
6° The double hook.
7° The wheel with a rack, D, & D', with a double use.
8° The apparatus S¹.