AN IMPROVED AUTOMATIC APPARATUS FOR RAISING FLUIDS BY COMPRESSED AIR
Year: 1884

page_text: I SAMUEL MASON of Dale End Birmingham in the County of Warwick Bar fitter
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for AN IMPROVED AUTOMATIC
APPARATUS FOR RAISING FLUIDS BY COMPRESSED AIR to be as follows:-
This invention consists of two cylinders placed on a balanced rocking beam.
These cylanders are the air compressers or containers. The lower portion of each
of these cylinders is connected by a tube with a chamber containing two valves
which are opened and closed by the rocking, action of the cylinders working a cam.
The water which is brought in to cause the pressure upon the air in the
cylinders is introduced into the back portion of this valve 'chamber and passes
through the open valve into the raised cylinder and compresses the air through a
tube at the top into the barrel containing the fluid. When this raised cylinder
becomes over weighted with the water it falls with its end of the beam and in
falling closes its supply valve whilst the other end of the beam rising raises the
other cylinder upon it and opens its supply valve. Thus the action is automatic.
At the bottom of each of the cylinders is a clack valve which is forced open when
the cylinder falls and a pipe being connected immediately below the point of
contact, the opening of the valve causes the direct escape of the water and the
cylinder becomes empty.
The air pipe connected with the barrel is supplied with a float valve so that if
by chance any water should escape down this pipe the valve is closed and the
water travels under a diaphram below the supply pipe and thereby raising a valve
stops the supply. Or an extra or over pressure of air will act in the same way.
Date : 10
PAYNE & TALBOT,
4 & 5, Arcade Chambers,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: ди шproveц диршаыс дрраtatus 1ог любящие
Compressed Air.
I SAMUEL MASON of Dale End Birmingham in the County of Warwick Bar Fitter
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for AN IMPROVED AUTOMATIC
APPARATUS FOR RAISING FLUIDS BY COMPRESSED AIR 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 drawings hereunto annexed and to
the letters and figures marked thereon that is to say :-
This invention consists of two cylinders placed on a balanced rocking beam-
These cylinders are the air compressers or containers The lower portion of each
of these cylinders is connected by a tube with a chamber containing two valves
which are opened and closed by the rocking action of the cylinders working a
cam The water which is brought in to cause the pressure upon the air in the
cylinders is introduced into the back portion of this valve chamber and passes
through the open valve into the raised cylinder and compresses the air through a
tube at the top into the barrel containing the fluid.
When this raised cylinder becomes over-weighted with the water it falls with its
end of the beam and in falling closes its supply valve whilst the other end of the
beam rising raises the other cylinder upon it and opens its supply valve thus the
action is automatic.
At the bottom of each of the cylinders is a clack valve which is forced open
when the cylinder falls and at the top is an escapement valve so that a pipe being
connected immediately below the point of contact of the clack valve the opening of
the valve causes the direct escape of the water and the cylinder to become empty.
The air pipe connected with the barrel is supplied either with a float valve so
that if by chance any water should escape down this pipe the valve is closed and
the water travels under a diaphragm below the supply pipe and thereby raising a
valve regulates or stops the supply or an extra or over pressure of air will act in
the same way or the float valve may be dispensed with and a reservoir substituted
so that any water that may escape down the pipe is collected therein and drawn
off by a tap.
In the annexed drawing which represents a view of the machine in perspective
(a & b) are the two cylinders or air compressers placed on the rocking beam (c).
(dd) are the tubes connecting the cylinders with the three way valve (e) which is
acted upon by the rocking motion of the beam (c) working the cam (f) The
water is introduced into this valve chamber (e) from the pipe (9) and passing into
the raised cylinder (a) compresses the air through the tube (h) into the vessel
containing the fluid,
When the cylinder (a) becomes overweighted with the water it falls and in so
doing causes the cam (f) to close the way in the valve (e) to the cylinder (a) and
open the way to the cylinder (b) (i) is the clack valve at the bottom of each of
the cylinders which is forced open when the cylinder falls by coming in contact
with the stop (k) the action of the rocking beam at the same time opening the

page_text: escapement valve (7) thus causing the water to flow through the valve (i) and
empty the cylinder, (¹) are the air pipes connected with the barrel or other vessel
to be supplied. (m) is the reservoir to intercept any water which may have
escaped down the pipe, the pressure of this water upon a diaphragm (n) will raise
the valve (o) and stop the flow of water in the pipe (g) the pressure of the water
being regulated by the weighted lever (p).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The construction of Automatic Air Machines for raising fluid by placing air
compressers upon a rocking beam substantially as herein set forth and specified.
Dated this Eighth day of August 1885.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Arcade Chambers,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Arcade Chambers,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.