IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Naylor, of Ravensfleet, in the Parish
of East Stockwith, in the County of Lincoln, Engineer to the
Morton Carr Drainage Proprietors, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER."
Sealed the 5th September 1868, and dated the 11th March 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Naylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 11th March 1868.
I, SAMUEL NAYLOR, of Ravensfleet, in the Parish of East Stockwith,
in the County of Lincoln, Engineer to the Morton Carr Drainage
Proprietors, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for
raising water, and is applicable especially in draining land and in
other cases where large quantities of water have to be raised, and
when the lift is comparatively small. I employ a wheel of such a size
that its radius considerably exceeds the height of the lift; it has blades
or arms projecting from its periphery and is mounted on a horizontal

page_text: axis in a narrow channel or chase of masonry with its blades dipping
into the water at the lower level. The wheel is driven by a steam
engine or other motive power and propels the water through the
channel or chase from the lower to the higher level. So far the
arrangement is not novel. According to my Invention, however, in
place of allowing the water to flow in at the end of the chase or
channel as heretofore, so that the blades of the wheel strike it on
the descending side of the wheel as soon as they arrive at the lower
level, I cause the water to be supplied to the under side of the
wheel by a conduit through an opening at the bottom of the chase
or channel, so that the blades may not come in contact with the
water until they have ceased to descend and are travelling horizontally
or nearly so on the under side of the axis. The blades or arms
the wheel I curve backwards or in the opposite direction to that
in which the wheel revolves, so that the water may leave them
advantageously on the rising side of the wheel. At the end of the
channel or chase on the delivery side I form a face, and at the
bottom thereof on a horizontal axis I arrange a flap or valve (it may
be made of wood or otherwise) constructed so that it will float in
water, and I joint it at intervals in its height. This flap or valve
then floats in the water at the higher level, allowing the water freely
to pass it in an upward direction, but when the flow tends in the
opposite direction, as when the wheel is stopped, the flap or valve
floats up to its face, and making a tight joint it prevents the return
of the water.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Samuel Naylor in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 11th September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
NAYLOR, of Ravensfleet, in the Parish of East Stockwith, in the
County of Lincoln, Engineer to the Morton Carr Drainage Proprietors,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the

page_text: thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Naylor, Her special licence
that I, the said Samuel Naylor, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Naylor, my executors
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time, and all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Samuel Naylor, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument 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 Samuel Naylor, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for raising
water and is applicable especially in draining land and in other cases
where large quantities of water have to be raised, and when the lift is
comparatively small I employ a wheel of such a size that its radius
considerably exceeds the height of the lift; it has blades or arms
projecting from its periphery and is mounted on a horizontal axis in a
narrow channel or chase of masonry with its blades dipping into the
water at the lower level. The wheel is driven by a steam engine or
other motive power and propels the water through the channel or chase
from the lower to the higher level. So far the arrangement is not novel.
According to my Invention, however, in place of allowing the water to
flow in at the end of the chase or channel as heretofore, so that the
blades of the wheel strike it on the descending side of the wheel as
soon as they arrive at the lower level, I cause the water to be supplied
to the under side of the wheel so that the blades may not come in
contact with the water until they have ceased to descend and are
travelling horizontally or nearly so on the under side of the axis. The

page_text: blades or arms on the wheel I curve backwards or in the opposite
direction to that in which the wheel revolves so that the water may
leave them advantageously on the rising side of the wheel. At the end
of the channel or chase on the delivery side I form a face, and at the
bottom thereof on a horizontal axis I arrange a flap or valve, it may be
made of wood or otherwise constructed so that it will float in water
and I join it at intervals in its height. This flap or valve then floats
in the water at the higher level allowing the water freely to pass it in
an upward direction, but when the flow tends in the opposite direction,
as when the wheel is stopped, the flap or valve floats up to its face
and making a tight joint it prevents the return of the water.
And in order that my said Invention may be most fully understood
and readily carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings
hereunto annexed
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section, an
longitudinal and vertical section of apparatus for raising water arranged
according to my Invention.
a is the lower channel leading the water to the lifting wheel, and 6 is
the upper channel conducting it away therefrom; c is a narrow passage
or chase connecting the channels at b, its width is such that the wheel d
is just able to revolve freely within it. The channels a and b and the
chase c are solidly constructed in masonry; the axis e of the wheel d
is mounted in bearings f, one on either side of the chase c, and g is a
spur wheel on the axis gearing with a pinion h on an axis i, which is
driven by steam power or otherwise. The wheel revolves in the
direction shown by the arrow in the Drawing, and it will be observed
that its blades or arms & are curved backwards or in a direction opposite
to that in which the wheel revolves; k is a cast-iron or other shield
fixed in the masonry, and which on the descending side of the wheel
protects the blades or arms d¹ from contact with the water until they
are almost vertically under the axis e, and are travelling in a horizontal
direction or nearly so; is a flap valve made in parts jointed together
and of material which will float on the water, it offers hardly any
impediment to the entry of the water into the upper channel c, but
directly the wheel stops it closes against a face at the entrance to this
channel and prevents any return of the water.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that what
I claim is, the mounting a wheel driven by steam power or in other
convenient manner, and having blades or arms upon it in a narrow chase
or passage and leading the water to be raised from the lower channel
into such chase or passage at a point under the axis of the wheel, so
that the blades or arms in place of striking the water as soon as they
reach the level of the water in the lower channel may not come in
contact with the water until they are travelling horizontally or
nearly so.
I also claim the use of a jointed floating valve or flap at the entrance
to the upper channel to prevent the return of the water from the upper
to the lower channel when the wheel is stopped.
I also claim the general arrangement of apparatus for raising water
substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Naylor, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
מדז---
SAMUEL NAYLOR.
(U.S.)