IMPROVEMENTS IN LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Breeden, of the Firm of J. & W. Breeden
and Booth, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIFT AND FORCE
PUMPS."
Sealed the 28th October 1870, and dated the 19th May 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Breeden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th May 1870.
I, JOSEPH BREEDEN, of the Firm of J. & W. Breeden and Booth, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LIFT AND FORCE
PUMPS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to such lift and force pumps as are
used generally for domestic purposes and in which the pump is carried
by a "plank" fixed to a wall. Part of my improvements may however
be applied to other lift and force pumps.

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My improvements consist, firstly, of the following arrangement of
the parts of the "parallel motion by which the handle of the pump
is made to give a rectilinear motion to the pump rod. I make the pump
handle turn upon a vibrating arm or support as usual, but in order to
prevent the strain between the piston rod and the gland of the stuffing
box which exists in the ordinary arrangement I cause the top of the
piston rod to be guided in a line coincident with the axis of the pump
cylinder. To effect this I fix immediately over the pump cylinder a
hollow cap or case between the vertical parallel sides of which a sliding
block works, to which sliding block the top of the piston or pump rod
is affixed. The top of the pump handle passes through a slot in the
side of the said hollow cap or case and is jointed to the said sliding
block..
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My improvements consist, secondly, in making the "plank" to which
the pump is fixed of cast iron and in one piece with the before-men-
tioned hollow cap or case and the arms or brackets by which the pump
cylinder is fixed to the said plank. The brackets carrying the vibrating
arm or support and the fixing eyes by which the plank is secured to the
wall are also made in one piece with the said plank. The front of the
hollow cap or case is made separate and attached by screws.
Planks made according to my Invention may be applied to lift
and force pumps other than those containing my improved parallel
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Breeden in the Great Seal Patent Office 2
on the 11th November 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BREEDEN, of the Firm of J. and W. Breeden and Booth, of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of May, in the ycar of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Breeden, Her special licence
that I, the said Joseph Breeden, my executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Breeden, my exccutors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, excrcise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LIFT AND FORCE PUMPS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Joseph Breeden, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months.
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Breeden, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, 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 Drawing hereunto
annexed and to the letters and figures marked thercon (that is to
say) :—
My Invention relates principally to such lift and force pumps as are
used generally for domestic purposes, and in which the pump is carried
by a "plank" fixed to a wall. Part of my improvements may, however,
be applied to other lift and force pumps.
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My improvements consist, firstly, of the following arrangement of the
parts of the "parallel motion," by which the handle of the pump
made to give a rectilinear motion to the pump rod. I make the pump
handle turn upon a vibrating arm or support, as usual, but in order to
prevent the strain between the piston rod and the gland of the stuffing
box which exists in the ordinary arrangement, I cause the top of the
piston rod to be guided in a line coincident with the axis of the pump
cylinder. To effect this I affix immediately over the pump cylinder a
hollow cap or case, between the vertical parallel sides of which a sliding
block works, to which sliding block the top of the piston or pump rod
is affixed. The top of the pump handle passes through a slot in the
side of the said hollow cap or case, and is jointed to the said sliding
block.
My improvements consist, secondly, in making the "plank" to
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page_text: mentioned hollow cap or case and the arms or brackets by which the
pump cylinder is fixed to the said plank. The brackets carrying the
vibrating arm or support and the fixing eyes by which the plank is
secured to the wall are also made in one piece with the said plank.
The front of the hollow cap or case is made separate and attached by
screws.
Planks made according to my Invention may be applied to lift
and force pumps other than those containing my improved parallel
motion.
Having explained the nature of my Invention I will proceed to
describe, with reference to the accompanying Drawing, the manner in
which the same is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents in front clevation and Figure 2 in side elevation
a lift or force pump for domestic use, containing my improved parallel
motion, the said pump being combined with a "plank" made according
to my Invention. Figure 3 represents a cross section of the pump taken
on the line a, Figure 1; and Figure 4 represents a cross section of the
said pump taken on the line b, Figure 1. Figures 5 and 6 are parts of
the pump separately. The same letters of reference indicate the same
parts in each of the Figures of the Drawing.
I will first describe the parallel motion of the pump constructed.
according to my Invention.
c is the pump cylinder, and d is the pump or piston rod of the same,
the said piston rod having affixed to its top a sliding block e. Im-
mediately over the pump cylinder c is a hollow cap or case f, between
the vertical parallel sides of which the sliding block e of the piston
rod e works. To the said sliding block e the pump handle is jointed,
the said pump handle passing through and working in a slot in the
side of the hollow cap or case f. The sliding block is represented
separately in front elevation and plan in Figure 5, the elevation of the
said Figure 5 being taken at right angles to that in which the elevation
of the block represented in Figure 1 is taken. i is the ordinary vibrating
arm or support upon which the pump handle g turns. The shape of the
hollow cap or case f, and the manner in which the sliding block e
works between the vertical parallel sides of the said cap or case will be
readily understood by an examination of the cross section, Figure 3.
The upper part of the sliding block e is cut away (see the plan view of
Figure 5) for receiving the eye end of the pump handle y, the said cyc

page_text: end being jointed to the said block e by the pin or centre k. When the
pump handle g is raised the sliding block e descends in the cap or case f,
and when the said pump handle is depressed the said sliding block rises
in the said cap or case. A rectilinear motion is thereby communicated
to the piston or pump rod d of the pump cylinder, and in consequence
of the top of the said piston or pump rod being guided in a line coin-
cident with the axis of the pump cylinder there is little or no strain
between the said rod and the gland of the stuffing box 7 of the said
pump cylinder.
I will now describe the plank of the pump made according to my.
Invention.
The plank to which the pump is fixed is marked m, the arms or
brackets by which the pump cylinder c is connected to the said plank m
are marked n, the hollow bracket carrying the vibrating arm i is
marked p, and the eyes by which the plank is attached to the wall are
marked q. The said plank m is made of cast iron and in one piece with
the following parts, namely, the hollow cap or case containing the
parallel motion of the pump, the supporting arms or brackets m, n, of
the pump cylinder and the support or bracket p of the vibrating arm i
and the fixing eyes q. The shape of the plank m will be best understood
by an examination of the cross section of the said plank represented
in Figure 4. The front r (shown detached in Figure 6) of the hollow
cap or case f is made separate from the said case and attached thereto
by screws.
Although I have represented my improved parallel motion and plank
combined in one pump, yet they may be used separately, and my im-
proved parallel motion may be applied to other than lift and force pumps
for domestic purposes.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and illus-
trated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of
my Invention; but I claim as my Invention of improvements in lift
and force pumps,—
Firstly. The construction and arrangement or combination of the
parts of the "parallel motion" of force and lift pumps herein-before
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, that is to say,
affixing to the upper end of the pump or piston rod a sliding block to

page_text: which the upper arm of the pump handle is jointed, the said sliding
block working between the vertical parallel sides of a hollow cap or
case situated over the pump cylinder, and thereby guiding the top of
the pump or piston rod in a line coincident with the axis of the pump
cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
Secondly. Making the "planks" of lift and force pumps of cast iron
and in one piece, with the hollow cap or case containing the parallel
motion, the pump cylinder and vibrating arm brackets and the fixing
eyes by which the plank is secured to the wall, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing..
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Breeden; have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Ninth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy..
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
Clerk to George Shaw,
Birmingham.
JOSEPH BREEDEN. (L.S.)