Year: 1888

page_text: We, WILLIAM KEAST, Miner, and CHRISTOPHER BUDGE, Miner, both of Russell
Gulch, and ROBERT WILKINSON, Engineer, of Central City, both in the County of
Gilpin, and State of Colorado, United States of America, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention relates to a pump which is specially adapted to raise impure water
from mines and other places and to separate the impurities from the water before the
latter reaches the surface.
The cylindrical bucket works through oppositely directed glands and stuffing boxes
both of which are adjustable from the outside. Above the upper stuffing box is
formed on the inside a spiral groove opening at its lower end into a discharge pipe for
carrying away sand. The lower end of the working barrel is connected to a
suction box which is divided by a central horizontal partition into two compartiments
of which the upper one connects with the barrel and the lower one leads to the
suction pipe extending downward in the usual manner. The compartments com-.
municate with each other and with the suction pipe through valves which can be
opened by pull handles connected to levers within the compartments, said levers being
held down by springs and taking under lugs on the valves.
From the usual discharge tube, a small pipe leads down into the upper compartment
of the suction box terminating therein in a perforated tube which partly encircles the
valve, so that when a valve on the pipe is opened the water in the discharge tube will
be conveyed into the said compartment and be sprayed on the valve and its seat in
order to clean it of impurities when clogged up.
The compartments of the suction box may be provided with side chambers at
opposite sides, in which the valve operating rods, chains, or other flexible connections,
and operating wheels are placed, the rods being connected to the wheels by the chains

page_text: which lap round them. The wheels are mounted alongside the valve operating levers
and provided with crank pins which take under the respective levers and raise the
same when the wheel is rotated, the levers in this case being weighted.
Dated this 20th day of November 1888.
Improvements in Mining and other Pumps.
We WILLIAM KEAST (Miner) CHRISTOPHER BUDGE (Miner), both of Russell
Gulch, and ROBERT WILKINSON (Engineer) of Central City, both in the County of
Gilpin, and State of Colorado, United States of America 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 :-
This invention relates to a pump which is specially adapted to raise impure
water from mines and other places, and to separate the impurities from the water
before the latter reaches the surface.
The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of certain parts
and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter
and then pointed out in the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this
specification, wherein figure 1 is a front elevation of the pump; figure 2 is a
central sectional elevation of the same; figure 3 is a perspective view of the
suction box with parts broken out to show the arrangement of the suction valves;
figure 4 is a broken perspective view of a modified form of the suction box ; and
figure 5 is a sectional elevation of the same on the line x-x of figure 4.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.
The cylindrical bucket A of suitable length and diameter is connected at its
upper end by a rod B, with the pump operating mechanism of any approved
construction. In the upper end of the bucket A is placed a double flap or
butterfly valve D, and in the bottom of said bucket A is arranged a similar

page_text: valve E. The bucket A operates in a barrel F, provided in its lower part with
the tube G, supporting a stuffing box H, into which fits a gland 1, held on rods J
extending upward and screwing in flanges of a second stuffing box K supported
on the first stuffing box H by semi-circular brackets N.
In the stuffing K is fitted a gland L, held on said rods J and placed
opposite the gland I of the stuffing box H. Both stuffing boxes H and K can
be adjusted from the outside on the rods J, as the semi-circular_brackets or
supports N permit access to the glands. In the upper stuffing box K is formed,
on the inside, a spiral groove K₁ opening at its lower end into a discharge pipe K
leading to a suitable receptacle for carrying away the sand discharged by said
pipe K. In the upper end of the stuffing box K above the spiral groove K¹ is
an opening K³, closed on its outside by a suitable cover, and serving for cleaning
the inclined spiral groove K¹ in case it is choked up with sand or other
impurities.
The lower end of the tube G of the working barrel is connected to the
suction box P. divided by a central partition into two compartments P¹ and P2,
of which the former connects with the lower end of the bucket A, and the
compartment P leads to the suction pipe P³ extending downward in the usual
manner. The compartments communicate through an aperture in the partition
closed by a valve Q, and the lower compartment communicates with the suction
pipe P through another valve R. The valve R is fulcrumed at Q1 and has an
arm Q under which takes a lever S which is pressed down, as shown in figures 2
and 3, by by a spring S1, the free end of the lever being connected with a pull
rod S passing up through the top of the suction box P and connected to a cord
or rope S, which passes upward and over a double pulley T, and is provided at
its other downwardly hanging end with a handle S*.
The valve R, in the compartment P2 of the suction box P is fulcrumed at R¹
and has a lateral arın R2 under which takes a lever U pressed down by a
spring U and connected by its free end with a rod U2 extending up through
the partition in the suction box P to the outside and connected with a rope or
cord U extending upward and passing over the double pulley T and provided
with a handle U.
From the usual discharge tube O a small pipe V leads down into the upper
compartment P¹ of the suction box terminating therein in a perforated tube V³,
which partly encircles the valve Q, so that when a valve V₁ on the pipe is opened
the water in the discharge tube O will be conveyed into the said compartment
and be sprayed on the valve Q and its seat in order to clean it of impurities.
when clogged up.
The operation is as follows-
The bucket A is set in motion in the usual manner by the pump operating
inechanism, whereby the water is drawn through the suction pipe P³, and the
valves R and Q, into the suction box P, and from the latter through the butterfly
valve E into the hollow bucket A, from which it is discharged at its upper end
through the butterfly valve D into the tube O. The water discharged from the
bucket A usually carries a large amount of sand and other impurities, which
settle into the spiral groove K₁ and pass down the same into the pipe K³, which
discharges into a suitable receptacle for removing the sand.
The glands Land I of the stuffing boxes K and H can be easily adjusted from
the outside without stopping the operation of the pump, as free access is had to
said glands Land 1. Should the valves Qor R get badly clogged it is lifted
from its seat by pulling the corresponding handles $4 or U*.
At the same time by opening the valve V1 water from the discharge tube O
passes down on the top valve Q and through its seat, and washes all impurities
which clog the valves, out of the suction box P. The water naturally passes
from the first chamber P₁ into the lower compartment P2 when the valve Qis
opened as above stated. When the handles U and S are released the spring S'

page_text: or U presses down the lever or S and the valve Q or R closes by its
own weight.
The valves and R may thus be cleaned when clogged up without stopping
the pump and without removing the suction box P. By using two valves in the
suction box P, the possibility of a break down is lessened.
One of the valves Qor R may be put out of action by pulling the corre-
sponding rod S or U³ to its uppermost position.
The suction box P shown in figures 4 and 5 is provided with the valves Q
and R, the same as above described, and the said suction box is provided with a
side chamber P4 at the top, and the opposite side chamber P at the bottom in
which the valve operating rods S2 U2, chains or other flexible connections W, W¹
and the operating wheels W and W³ are placed. The rods S², U² are connected to
the wheels by the said chains and are operated by the cords or wires S³ U³ as
before described.
Each valve has a lateral arm W¼ which is connected to the valve operating
lever W pivoted at a a in line with the valve hinge and weighted at the other
end as at W, so as to rapidly close the valves. The wheels W2, W³, are parallel
with the arms W, and each wheel is provided with a pin or stud b which
projects under the adjacent arm and serves to lift it and the valve to drain the
pump when the wheel is turned as shown in figure 5. The operating cord being
relaxed, the valve will drop of its own weight, returning the wheel and parts
connected therewith.
By this construction all springs are avoided and the operating rods, being
connected to the wheels by chains, will not be distorted in operation, but will
always pass in a straight line through the box at the tops of the said chambers
P and P thus obviating friction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
.
1. In a pump, the combination, with a working barrel and a bucket in the same,
of a suction box held on the lower end of said working barrel and provided with two
compartments, and a valve operating in each of said compartments one above the
other, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a pump, the combination, with a working barrel and a bucket in the same, of
a suction box secured to the lower end of the working barrel and provided with two
compartments, a valve in each compartment, and means for raising the valves when
they become clogged, substantially as described.
3. In a pump a suction box provided with a valve carrying an extension, in
combination with a pivoted arm held below said extension, a spring pressing on said
pivoted arm, and means substantially as described, for raising said pivoted arm, as
set forth.
4. In a pump, the combination, with a suction box provided with two compartments,
and a valve in each of said compartments, of a pipe leading into the upper compart-
ment of said suction box, said pipe being connected with the pump tubes and provided
with a valve, so as to discharge water into said compartiment, substantially as shown
and described.
5. In a pump, a suction box provided with two compartments, a pivoted valve in
each of said compartments, and means, substantially as described, for raising either of
said valves from the outside, in combination with a tube having a branch pipe at its
lower end extending into the upper compartment of the suction box, a valve formed
on said tube, and the tubing of the pump into which leads the upper end of said tube,
substantially as shown and described.
6. The suction box P provided with valves, and wheels having pins engaging
projections in the valves, in combination with the operating rods connected to the
wheels by chains, substantially as shown and described.

page_text: 7. The suction box P and valves pivoted therein and attached to the pivoted arms,
in combination with the operating wheels provided with side projections which engage
with the pivoted arms, and the rods attached to the wheels by flexible connections,
substantially as shown and described.