An Improved Apparatus for Raising and Discharging Water.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct.,
1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Raising and Discharging Water.
I, GUSTAV GEISSLER, of Eggersdorf, in the Province of Steiermark, Austria,
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:-
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This invention has reference to an improved apparatus for raising and dis-
charging water and my invention consists in the employment of a suitable vessel
in which a partial vacuum is created by the explosion of a mixture (such
as air and gas which explosion expels a great part of the atmo-
The
spheric air within said vessel through a suitable non-return valve.
said vessel is connected with a water supply and the water therefrom is forced
by atmospheric pressure into the vessel to take the place of the expelled air. If
desired the gases and air remaining in the vessel may also be exhausted by any
suitable exhauster so that a greater amount of water will be forced into the vessel
at each operation.
In practice I prefer to employ a series of such vessels referred to whereby a
continuity in the raising and discharging of the water is ensured as will be
hereinafter described.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional side elevation
taken on the line X X, Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of my improved apparatus, a series of three vessels being
shown.
Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of the exhauster and Figs. 34 and 3b are
details hereinafter referred to.
In carrying my invention into practice I employ preferably a series of vessels A
of suitable shape and dimensions each of which vessels is provided or connected
with an explosion chamber B. Said explosion chambers are adapted to have
supplied into them a suitable explosive mixture such for example, as gas and
air which, when exploded, passes into the relative vessels A and drives nearly
all the air through the outwardly opening valve C. After the explosion has
taken place and the air driven out of the vessel A the valve C is closed both by
reason of its weight, and aided also by a spring b and the result of the explosion
is that a partial vacuum within the vessel A is established which may if desired
be made more perfect by a suitable exhaustive adapted to exhaust the remaining
gases.
The vessel A is connected by a pipe D with a suitable water supply and said
pipe D is provided with two clack valves E, F, so that after each explosion as
above described a quantity of water will be forced by the pressure of the atmo-
sphere up the pipe D into the vessel A the return of said water being prevented
by said valves E, F. The water which has in the manner described been raised
into the vessel A may be withdrawn therefrom and either employed direct say
for irrigation purposes, driving a turbine or for any other purpose, or said water
may be first delivered into a storage tank or equivalent J from which it may be
utilized as required, a turbine T being if desired connected with the tank J.

page_text: For the purpose of automatically delivering the water into the tank J I provide
the vessel A with a clack valve H which remains closed when the explosion takes
place but which valve is adapted to be opened preferably by means of suitable
electrically controlled means so that after the water has entered the vessel A the
valve H is opened and allows the water to run into the tank J and in order to
prevent the water in the tank J being forced back into the vessel A when the
vacuum has been created in the latter as described I provide a second valve H¹
which is normally held closed by a spring. h said valve being constructed so as
to float. Said valve H is forced open-when the clack valve H has been
opened by the weight of the water in the vessel A and in order to permit said
water to flow readily I provide an air valve K also preferably actuated by suit-
able electrically controlled means.
As already stated, in order to obtain a practically continuous and steady. flow
of water I employ a series of vessels A the pipes D of which may be connected
together by a pipe L the arrangement being such that while the water is being
discharged say from the first vessel A into a common tank J, the explosión
takes place and water is being forced into the second vessel and when this is
being discharged the third vessel is being supplied with water and so on, so
that water is continuously flowing into tank J.
For the purpose of increasing the vacuum in the vessel A after the explosion
has taken place I preferably employ an exhauster as hereinafter described and
illustrated in Fig. 3. The top of the vessel A'is provided with a pipe G to which
is connected by means of a rubber or other tube the pipe Q of the exhauster
which latter consists of an inner tapering tube 0 and an outer tube P. The
tube O is shaped about as shown in sectional view and is formed with a series
of apertures S having a downwardly sloping direction the shape of said apertures
being round or square on the inside but changing into a more or less fan like
shape on the outside about as shown either in Fig. 3ª or in Fig. 3". Water is
allowed to flow down the tube O from whence it passes through the apertures S
and R into the pipe P and the passage of the water down pipe P will create a
partial vacuum according to the speed of the flow of water-and. the gases in
the vessel A will by this means be more or less completely drawn out.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that..what
I claim is: -
(1). The improved apparatus for raising and discharging water having a vessel A
provided with an explosion chamber B, valves C, E, F, H, K, all for the purposes
and adapted to operate substantially as described and illustrated..
(2). The improved exhauster for creating a better vacuum in the vessel A, said
exhauster consisting of a tube P connected or in communication with the vessel A
and having an inner conical tube ( formed with apertures S and R all for the
purposes, and adapted to operate, substantially as described and illustrated.
(3). The improved apparatus for raising and discharging water, said apparatus
consisting in the combination of vessels A explosion chambers B pipes D and L
a tank J valves C, E, F, H, H' and K an exhauster consisting of a tube P having
an inner tube O formed with apertures S and R and springs h and b all for the
purposes and substantially as described and illustrated.
1000
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Agent for Applicant, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London.