IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND' PUMPING
Year: 1878

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles Julius Ball, of. 111, Finboro' Road, Brompton, in
the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND' PUMPING."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Julius Ball at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th July 1878.
CHARLES JULIUS' BALL, of 111, Finboro' Road, Brompton, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND PUMPING."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for raising and pumping, and is
capable of being employed in every industry, manufacture, or art, where pumps are
at present used.
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In danying my Invention into effect I employ'a pipe of suitable width, either
flexible or not, through which the material to be raised or pumped may be caused
to pass in either of the following manners:-
Firstly. The pipe being immersed in the water or other liquid which has to be
raised, or which contains the material that has to be raised, I may force into it at a
convenient depth by means of an air compressor, an injector, or other suitable
apparatus, a current of compressed air or other gas, so as to destroy the equilibrium'
between the outside water or other liquid and the water or other liquid within the
pipe, thereby producing an upward curront in the pipe which would draw with it
any material that night be in the water or other liquid in which the raising or
puinping apparatus was immersed.
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Or, Secondly. Instead of air I may inject at any part of the pipé a current of
water under a suitable pressure, which losing its vis viva in mixing itself with the
water or other liquid in the pipe, will communicate its energy to the whole Bulk
and give it an ascending motion.
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The improved apparatus, as above described, is not only applicable whorever
pumps are at present employed, but may be used as a substitute' for dredgers,
whether bucket or otherwise.
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The advantage of employing my Invention as a dredger would be enormous, not
only on account of economy in construction, but also of non-liability to injury, as
all the deleterious effects resulting from the presence of the "spoil" in the metallic
working parts of dredgers ás at present einployed would be entirely obviated, the
"spoil" according to my Invention being inipelled by mechanical power without
being passed through or brought into contact with the power-giving machinery.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Julius Ball in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th January
1879.
CHARLES JULIUS BALL, of 111, Finboro' Road, Brompton, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND PUMPING."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for raising and pumping, and is
capable of being employed in every industry, manufacture, or art, where pumps are
at present used.
In carrying my Invention into effect I employ a pipe of suitable diameter or
width, either flexible or not, through which the material to be raised or pumped
may be caused to pass in either of the following manners:-
Firstly. The pipe being immersed in the water or other liquid which has to be
raised, or which contains the material that has to be raised, I may force into it at a
convenient depth by means of an air compressor, an injector, or other suitable
apparatus, a current of compressed air or other gas, so as to destroy the equilibrium
between the outside water or other liquid and the water or other liquid within tho
pipe, thereby producing an upward current in the pipe which would draw with it
any material that might be in the water or other liquid in which the raising or
pumping apparatus was immersed.
Or, Secondly. Instead of air 1 may inject at any part of the pipe a current of
water under a suitable pressure, which losing its vis viva in mixing itself with the
water or other liquid in the pipe, will communicate its energy to the whole bulk
and give it an ascending motion.
The improved apparatus, as above described, is not only applicable wherever
pumps are at present employed, but may be used as a substitute for dredgers,
whether bucket or otherwise.
The advantage of employing my Invention as a dredger would be enormous, not
only on account of economy in construction, but also of non-liability to injury, as
all the deleterious effects resulting from the presence of the "spoil" in the metallic
working parts of dredgers as at present employed would be entirely obviated, the
'spoil" according to my Invention being impelled by mechanical power without
being passed through or brought into contact with the power-giving machinery.
The accompanying Drawings show the Invention employed as a substitute for a
dredger.
a is the pipe up which the "spoil" travels, furnished at its lower end with a bell
mouth 6, which is provided with a grating to prevent the entry of any bodies
which by their size would be liable to choke the pipe.
The pipe has at its top end a bend c (swivelling or not) to serve as a guide to
lead the raised matter into the receptacle provided for it, which in this case is a
barge or lighter d.
At the end e of the pipe f the air or other disturbing medium is injected into the
main or "spoil" pipo a, the disturbing medium being forced down the pipe f by a
compressor f¹ worked from the boiler, or by other suitable mechanical means.
The spoil pipe is supported at its upper end by a chain g made fast on board the
vessel, and at its lower end it has connected to it a rope h passing over a davit í, by
which it can be raised, lowered, or otherwise manipulated.

page_text: It is obvious that the Invention, as herein described, can with very slight
modification be adapted to any purpose for which pumps are at present used.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Julius Ball, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of January, One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-ninc.
Witness,
EDGAR EDMONDS,
Patent Agent,
100, Fleet Street,
London,
E.C.
CHAS. JULIUS BALL. (L.S.)