MENTS IN PUMPS
Year: 1885

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We, JAMES PARKER, Joiner, and ARTHUR BLADON, Plumber, of Repton, in the
County of Derby, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
MENTS IN PUMPS to be as follows:-
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This invention has for its object improvements in pumps.
IMPROVE-
By our invention we dispense with a rising and falling bucket or piston,
involving a great length of rising and falling piston rod for a deep well, and which
rod and bucket or piston are liable to sudden shocks and consequent damage.
According to our invention we construct a chamber capable of being placed at
the bottom of a well or otherwise immersed in or connected with the liquid to be
raised.
At the lower end of this chamber is a port or passage for the inflowing water or
other liquid and above this is a horizontal diaphragm carrying a vertical diaphragın
forming a partition or division between two ports or passages. Suitable seatings
are formed in the horizontal diaphragm to receive clack, ball, or other suitable
valves. The ports or passages aforesaid lead to a cylinder in which works a hollow
piston or bucket fitted with packing rings.
This piston or bucket has within it guides to carry a spindle free to reciprocate
in the same and carrying valves at its ends to abut on seatings formed on the
outer ends of the hollow piston or bucket.
The piston or bucket carries guides in which slides a cam-end carried by a
revolving tube or shaft extending up the well or other place of exit for the water
and which projects through the cylinder or chamber.
This tube is adapted to be revolved by gearing by manual, steam, or other
power.
On the piston or bucket, in its reciprocated movement, being traversed in one
direction by the cam, one of the foot valves is opened and water admitted to the
chamber.
On the return stroke the foot valve closes and the water pressure in this side of
the chamber opens the spindle valve and the water is admitted into the hollow piston
or bucket from this side, the spindle valve shutting the opposite end of the piston
or bucket which draws up the opposite foot valve and a supply of water, the water
n the bucket or piston escaping up the exit tube into a suitable air chamber for
forcing the same.

page_text: The revolving tube or shaft can be supported at intervals on balls or friction
rollers to prevent sagging, and passes through a stuffing box where it enters the
'bucket or piston chamber or cylinder.
Where the apparatus is placed out of the well and connected to it by a suction
pipe, a rising main is fitted for the water and the revolving tube or shaft can be
in a horizontal plane.
The pipes or ports from each end of the bucket or piston cylinder or chamber
are so attached to the valve box as to allow the cylinder to be turned so that the
revolving tube or shaft working the bucket or piston may work horizontally out
of or vertically in the well.

page_text: We, JAMES PARKER, Joiner, and ARTHUR BLADON, Plumber, of Repton, in the
County of Derby do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PUMPS and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
"
This invention has for its object improvements in pumps.
Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the figures and letters of
reference marked thereon, Fig. 1 is a plan of a pump constructed according to our
invention, looking down on the line " 17 16
a," a" Fig. 3.
Fig. 2 is a plan looking down on line "b," "b," Figs. 4, and 5.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section through cylinder on line "c," "c" Figs. 4 and 5.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through valves on line "f" "f" Fig. 2.
Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through bucket, etc., and part of up delivery
pipe on line "e," "e" Fig. 2. and "d" "d" Fig. 3.
Fig. 6 is a similar section to Fig. 3 but the apparatus is arranged for use in a
shallow well where it is bolted to the side or a framework at the top of the well,
and the revolving tube hereafter described works horizontally instead of vertically.
Fig. 3 is shewn applicable for use in a deep well as will be more particularly
described hereafter.
Fig. 7 is a vertical section of a method of working our pump when the same
is placed in a deep well and the revolving tube extends up the same and is worked
from the top.
Referring now to figures to 5, according to our invention we construct a
chamber A capable of being placed at the bottom of a well (as hereafter described)
or otherwise immersed in or as shewn in Figs. 1 to 5. arranged to be connected
with the liquid to be raised by a length of suction pipe bolted to the same.
At the lower end of this chamber is a port or passage B for the inflowing
water or other liquid and above this port is a horizontal diaphragm C carrying a
vertical diaphragm D forming a partition or division between two ports or
passages E, E¹.
Suitable seatings are formed in the horizontal diaphragm C to
receive clack, ball, or other suitable valves, clack valves F, F¹ being shewn.
ports or passages E, E¹ aforesaid lead to a cylinder G in which works a hollow
piston or bucket H fitted with packing rings.
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This piston or bucket has within it guides I, I¹ to carry a spindle J free to
reciprocate in the same and carrying valves K, K₁ at its ends to abut on
seatings L, L' formed on the inner ends of the hollow piston or bucket H.
The piston or bucket H carries guides or a slot M in which slides a cam end N or
finger carried by a revolving tube or shaft O extending up the well or other place
of exit for the water and which projects into the cylinder or chamber G.
This tube is adapted to be revolved by gearing by manual, steam or other
power.
As shown a pulley P is mounted on the tube O. The tube O works in a stuffing
box or chamber Q bolted to the top of the cylinder G in which the piston or bucket H
reciprocates. A clack or other valve R is fitted on the top of the tube O to close

page_text: the tube against back-pressure, and an air vessel S having a downwardly
projecting tube T fitted therein, the air vessel being supported on the chamber Q
and being connected to a rising main if required. U is an auxiliary port closed
by a cover V, the use of which will be presently explained.
W is a guide pin passing through the cylinder Ĝ and fitting a groove X in the
piston or bucket H to keep same from turning.
We will suppose the pump to be outside the river, lake, pond, well, shaft, tank or
other place from which water or other liquid is to be drawn and the chamber A
communicates with the same by a suitable length of suction pipe.
The piston or bucket H is shown at half stroke. When the tube O commences
to revolve by power being transmitted to the pulley P by belt or otherwise the cam
or finger N on the end of the tube O traverses the slot M in the piston or bucket H.
This reciprocates the piston or bucket H in one direction causing a partial vacuum
in that port or passage E or E' opposite to the direction of travel, say for instance
the piston or bucket H moves to the right of the drawing, this causes a partial
vacuum in port or passage E¹, then foot valve F¹ will open and water enter the
chamber E¹ and cylinder G. The piston or bucket H. in its stroke has carried with
it the two sliding valves K, K¹ mounted on the spindle J, and the valve K¹ abuts
on the seating L' while the piston or bucket H makes such stroke, thus closing the
opening to the seating L¹. As the tube O continues its revolution the piston or
bucket H will begin the return stroke.
Directly this commences the foot valve F¹ closes and the water pressure in
chamber E and cylinder G pressing on the end of the bucket will force the sliding
spindle J in a reverse direction to the stroke of the bucket or piston H. This will
force the valve K¹ away from the seating L¹ allowing the water in the chamber E'
and cylinder to flow to the interior of the piston or bucket, and up the revolving
tube O past valve R into the air chamber S, where it is forced out as will be
understood.
The piston or bucket H in making the return stroke creates a partial vacuum in
port or passage E opening the valve F, and drawing in liquid, the valve K now
shutting on the seat L in the piston or bucket H and so on as before.
The figures clearly show the action of valves K, K¹, one being shown open and
the other shut, the arrows showing the course of the water or other liquid. When
we wish to place the apparatus in a horizontal position above a well (referring to
Fig. 6) we remove the cover V (figure 3) and remove the air vessel from the seating
at top of tube O. We then close the top of the tube O by the cover V and we
bolt the air vessel S over the auxiliary port U. The apparatus can now be bolted
to the side of the wall or any other convenient fixture as shown in Fig. 6, and the
pulley P being on a horizontal axis we can easily slip on a long belt running on a
driving pulley or drive it by hand power, so transmitting motion to pulley P.
We of course bolt a length of pipe or rising main on the air vessel to convey the
water pumped up.
As shown in Fig. 3 by dotted lines a separate rising main may be used when in
vertical position, as it will not always be found convenient to have the liquid
ascending the revolving tube, when being taken up the side of a building for
instance in this case the separate rising main is fixed on to the port U instead of
cover V and a plug fixed into delivery pipe O..
As shewn in Fig. 7 we may sometimes place the pump at the well or shaft
bottom driving the tube O at the top of the well and from its upper end by crank
handle, and gearing or by power and we may support the tube on balls or friction
rollers at intervals to prevent sagging.
In this figure 7, O is the revolving tube passing through a bevel wheel 1 loose
on the tube O. Below this bevel wheel 1 is a turntable. 2 keyed to the tube O.
The bevel wheel 1 has teeth on its under surface and the turntable carries a
weighted pawl or pawls, both teeth and pawl being shown in dotted lines...
The turn-table 2 rests on friction rollers 3 running on bed 4, and so supporting
the tube O. Bevel-wheel 5 drives bevel-wheel 1 and through the ratchet and pawl

page_text: mechanism the long tube O extending down the shaft or well to operate the pump.
The air vessel is shown at the top of the tube O.
Where a separate rising main is used in Fig. 7 (as previously described with
reference to Fig. 3) we close the top of tube O Fig. 7 by a plug Z.
When working horizontally the tube O is of no use except to transmit power to
the cam end N for working the bucket.
By these methods of working our pump within the well we dispense with the
usual long pump rod operating a rising and falling bucket or piston which are
liable to shock and consequent damage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st The improved pump constructed and operated substantially as described.
2nd The use in a pump as herein before described of a revolving tube or hollow
shaft O in combination with and for operating a reciprocating hollow or ported
bucket or piston H, the said revolving tube or hollow shaft delivering or conducting
the water drawn into the pump by the reciprocating bucket or piston, substantially
as described.
3rd The combination with the hollow bucket or piston having valve seatings
L, L' at its ends of valves K, K' carried by a sliding spindle J moving within the
bucket or piston and operated by the pressure of the liquid, so that when one
valve is closed the other is open to admit liquid drawn into the pump cylinder to
the said revolving tube or to an air chamber and delivery tube or rising main
so delivering or conducting the liquid from the pump substantially as described.
4th In a pump as herein before described the combination with the cam end or
finger N on the revolving tube or shaft O of the pump, of the guide slot M in the
bucket or piston for reciprocating the same by the revolution of the tube or shaft O,
substantially as described.