IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER & OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jubilee Parker, of Church Street, Stoke
Newington, in the County of Middlesex, Carpenter, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER &
OTHER FLUIDS."
Sealed the 17th October 1860, and dated the 25th April 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Jubilee Parker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th April 1860.
I, GEORGE JUBILEE PARKER, of Church Street, Stoke Newington, in the
County of Middlesex, Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING
WATER & OTHER FLUIDS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to raising water by the condensation and presure of
steam, which I admit into a suitable cylinder or chamber, and condense it;
this cylinder or chamber then draws the water from the well or other low level;
when full of water I again admit the pressure of the steam, which forces
the water by a suitable channel to a higher elevation, according to the pressure
of the steam employed; the operation is then repeated; suitable inlet and

page_text: outlet valves are fitted to the suction and delivery passages, as also taps or
slide valves to regulate the admission and pressure of the steam. If too much
steam is condensed with cold water, I interpose a piston in the cylinder
between it and the water, on which the pressure of steam acts to expel the
water from the cylinder or chamber; the steam to create the vacuum is
admitted on the opposite side of this piston to that of the pressuro steam.
This apparatus is applicable to raising sewage and other fluid matters.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jubilee Parker in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th October 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
JUBILEE PARKER, of Church Street, Stoke Newington, in the County of
Middlesex, Carpenter, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Jubileo Parker, Her special licence that I, the said George
Jubilee Parker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said George Jubilee Parker, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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
THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said George Jubilee Parker, 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 George Jubilee Parker, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-

page_text: lowing statement, reference being bad to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto
annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
My Invention relates to raising water by the condensation and pressure of
steam, which I admit into a suitable cylinder or chamber, and condense it;
this cylinder or chamber then draws the water from the well or other low
level; when full of water I again admit the pressure of the steam, which forces
the water by a suitable channel to a higher elevation, according to the
pressure of the steam employed; the operation is then repeated; suitable inlet
and outlet valves are fitted to the suction and delivery passages, as also taps or
slide valves to regulate the admission and pressure of the steam. To prevent
the condensation of steam by contact with cold water, I interpose a piston in
the cylinder between it and the water, on which the pressure of steam acts to
expel the water from the cylinder or chamber; the same steam will create
the vacuum either by being admitted on the same or opposite side of this
piston to that of the water. This apparatus is applicable to raising sewage and
other Auid mattone

page_text: I connect them to a lever E mounted on a fixed fulcrum f, the forked end of the
lever E embracing and being connected by links g. 9, to a cross pin on the
ends of rods F; the rods F pass through stuffing boxes G in the bottoms of
cases B, and are fixed on the ends of cylinders D, which, as before explained,
are fixed to and move with pistons C, C'. The cylinders and their gear are
mounted on a framing H, HI, as seen in the Drawing, and requiring no descrip-
tion. The water being raised, is admitted to and fills the casings B, B, it enters
from the suction valve i and main pipe I, as seen by the black arrows, and
leaves by the delivery valve h and forcing main pipe K, as indicated by the
red arrows. L is the steam pipe from the boiler leading into a small cylinder
e midway of its length, this cylinder e is fitted with two solid pistons m, m,
furnished with metallic packings; (if necessary) these pistons are fixed on a
rod, and connected by rod M with the lever N, which receives motion as
will be hereafter explained, the object being to admit the steam alternately
and at the proper times to the cylinders A, A', above their pistons C, C'. The
passage from pipe L is always open in cylinder e; passages n, n', are alter-
nately opened and closed, and at the moment of the change taking place both
passages and n' are closed. In the position of the pistons m shown, the
passagen is closed and 12' open, therefore steam will be admitted to cylinder
A', and consequently the piston C¹ will receive a downward movement by
the force of the pressure of the steam. The descent of the piston C dis-
places the water contained in A', and water is therefore discharged as indicated
by the red arrow, with a force and raised to a height commensurate with the
pressure of the steam. The piston having completed its descent, the steam
in A is now to be condensed, which is effected in a worm pipe P; for this
purpose a valve P is fitted in a suitable valve box 9, with which the worm P is
connected. The valve p is opened by the lower end of cylinder coming in
contact with the tail end of lever r, which lever is mounted on a fixed fulcrum
ats; the opposite end of lever is connected by rod t to lever u, mounted on
a fixed fulcrum at v, placed in connection with the rod of valve p, as seen.
Immediately the end of D strikes lever r the valve is opened, the steam then
enters the worm, and is condensed therein, the condensed water in P being
driven out by the steam at each opening of the valve, and discharged at the
top of the worm, whero there is an outlet valve to prevent the ingress of the
water. As the condensation of the steam proceeds, the piston C' rises
gradually by reason of the vacuum produced, and the lower part of A¹ is filled
with water entering by the suction valve. As the piston C' approaches the
upper part of its cylinder it comes in contact with the lower end of the

page_text: spinille or rod of valve p', which is therefore closed, at same time the steam
is again admitted at n. The action is then repeated, and so on successively,
exhausting and raising the water by suction, and then forcing it up by the
pressure of the steam. The several parts, and the action of both cylinders A
and pistons C are precisely alike, and therefore no separate description is
necessary for the cylinder on the left. w, w, are weighted arms attached to
the levers N and 2, which cause them to complete their motion so soon as they
are raised over their centre of motion. In order to give motion to the lever
N, a slot link R depends from one end, embracing a pin x in the fork of
lever E. The slot of R is in length rather less than the course of movement'
of pin a, therefore that pin, as it approaches the extremes of its motion,"
imparts a short movement to lever N, and thence to pistons m, m, as and for
the purposes described. Stops y, y, are provided to limit the motion of:
lever N; contact stops,, are also provided for the pistons C, C', or the
steam being arranged to enter just at the proper time, will reverse the motion.
The feed water of the steam boiler may be forced by a pump S, worked from
lever E, or if placed at a level considerably below the chambers B, will pass-
into the boiler as from a feed head.
Fig. 2 represents a modified arrangement of apparatus according to my
Invention. The cylinders A, A', and casings B, B', pistons C, C', cylinders
D, D', together with the suction and delivery passages and valves of the water
or fluid to be raised and forced, are the same as before, with the exception of
the cylinder A', which is itself movable to a slight extent in a vertical
direction. The general action and effect is the same as before in this case;
the admission and escape valves of the steam are differently arranged and
actuated. As before mentioned, the cylinder A' rises and falls, its specific
gravity being such that it tends to rise when the piston C¹ is at its lowest
point, and on the contrary, tends to descend when the piston C' is at the top,
by reason of the difference of displacement of water in B' resulting from those
different positions of piston C'. T is the steam pipe from the boiler, which
branches to the inlet valves 1, 2, the seat of both of which are within two
nozzle pieces 3, 4, fixed to the cylinders A, A'; valve 2, is fixed on a rod,
supported in a socket 5; from the upper part of nozzle-piece 4, the whole of
which is received within an extension of the casing B'. This valvo sent is
stationary, being formed on the end of the steam pipe T, which enters nozzle 4,
& the valve is held down by a strong spring placed within socket 5, and
oxerting its influence on a collar of the valve rod. The valve 2, it will bo
understood, moves up and down with the cylinder A', and therefore that

page_text: valve is closed when cylinder A' rises, and is opened when it descends, the
spring on the valve rod offering sufficient resistance for its perfect closure
without being actually rigid or likely to suffer damage. The valve 1 is in
connection (by its rod, which is weighted to bring it down), to a lever 6,
mounted on a fixed fulcrum at 7. This lever is connected by a rod 8 to a
crank fixed on a short shaft 9, passing through a casing B', where another
crank is fixed to it at right angles to the first, and this second crank is con-
nected by rod 10 to cylinder C. Thus the valves 1 & 2 act in accord with
each other at all times, when 1 opens 2 closes, and vice versa. p, p, are the
valves for the escape of the steam to the worms (the worm pipes P are omitted
in this Figure to avoid confusion in the Drawing. As before mentioned in
this case, the valve p is connected with lever 6, as seen; this lever 6 has
mounted upon it a weighted lever 11 on fulcrum at 12; this lever 11 has a
cranked strut 13, which catches on a rest 14 when lever 6 is in its highest
position, as seen dotted, which I may term its normal position, and which will
be the case when valve 1 is open, and steam is entering cylinder A. 15 is a
cross bar, whose boss is guided on the stem of valve p, and rests on the tail of
lover 11, as seen. The cross bar 15 is connected by rods 16, 16, to a similar
cross bar 17 at bottom of cylinder A. Cross bar 17 is guided on rod 18,
fixed in the bottom of casing B; this rod 18 sustains the piston d, instead of
rods e, c, in Fig. 1. The lever 6 being in its normal position, as shown dotted,
& steam therefore entering cylinder A through valve 1, the piston C
descends; as it arrives at the bottom, the end of cylinder D effects contact
with bar 17, and drives it down, thereby drawing down bar 15, and so
depressing the tail of level 11, which throws the strut 18 off its rest 14, the
effect of which is that lever 6 falls to the position drawn in line, and closes
valve 1, and at same time opening valve p for the escape of steam from
cylinder A to the worm. The vacuum being produced in cylinder A alter-
nately with the pressure of steam therein produces alternately the exhaustion
& pressure necessary for raising and forcing the water as desired. The
cylinder A in this arrangement is furnished with the cross bars 15 & 17,
connected by rods 16, 16, as before; in this case the descending cylinder
D produces, by contact with cross-bar 17, the depression of the tail of a
lever 19, mounted on a fixed fulcrum at 20. supported on bracket 21. This
action of lever 19 raises the weighted lever 22, having its fulcrum 28 mounted
on the moving cylinder A'. The lever 22 has a cranked end 24, which abuts
against a stop 25, but which is liberated therefrom by the rise of that lever.
The cylinder A' is thus liberated from the resistance of stops 24, 25, and

page_text: rises immediately its piston C¹ has arrived at the bottom of its course. This
rise of the cylinder opens the valve p' for the passage of steam from cylinder
A', and, as before mentioned, closes valve 2; the valve p' at samo time opens,
being stationary, and connected by its rod to bracket 21, as seen. As before
mentioned, the motion of cylinder A' is transmitted through rods 8, 10, and
crank shaft 9 to valve 1, which connection maintains the alternating action
of the pistons in unison with each other. The nozzle 4, containing the seat of
valve 2, fits and slides steam-tight on a moso piece of the steam pipe T,
entering therein from the bottom & in the casing B, thereby permitting of the
free rise and fall of piece 4, without interrupting or interfering with the course
of the steam otherwise than by the valve 2. The nozzles 3, 4, should be
covered with non-conducting material to prevent the condensation of the
steam, they being encircled by the water in casings B, B'. When the piston
C' arrives at the upper part the of cylinder A', that vessel descends; at same
time the lever 22 assumes its normal position with the strut 24 under the
stop 25. The cross bars 15, 17, are also lifted into position by same
means.
The steam boiler for this machine may be fed by feed head, as before
mentioned, or by a crank shaft similar to shaft 9, & actuated by cylinder
C' in like manner, the opposite crank being connected with a pump rod of a
force pump to force the water into the boiler. The reciprocating motion of
the pistons C, C', has the effect of raising and forcing water or other fluid by
exhaustion & pressure, as before described.
Instead of the arrangements before mentioned, the pistons C, C', may be
fitted to the cylinders A, A', to move from end to end, and without the outer
casings B, B. In this arrangement the water would be admitted and
escape by inlet and delivery valves immediately below the piston. I also
arrange valves to admit steam both above and below the pistons; steam being
admitted below, forces the piston up. It is then cut off, and gradually con-
dences, causing the inflow of water from the suction pipe, the vacuum being
maintained at the time above the piston. If the water is not to be forced to a
bigher lever, air is then simply admitted above the piston, which descends
and discharges the water: if, on the contrary, to is to be forced up, I intro-
duce a pressure of steam above the piston, and force it downwards. During
the up stroke the area above the piston is, according to this arrangement,
opened to the atmosphere or to a condenser, as will be readily understood.
Instead of admitting steam both above and below the piston, it may be
admitted above only, the condensation of which, either in the cylinder itself

page_text: or in a condenser, will produce the up stroke of the piston and the suction of
the water. Two of these pistons may be connected by a lever so as to act in
accord with each other, as before exemplified.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention, to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is the raising
of water and other fluid matters by exhaustion and forcing, by the means and
apparatus herein-before described & referred to.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jubilee Parker, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred & sixty.
G. J. PARKER. (L.S.)