IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR RAISING AND FORCING FLUIDS
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR RAISING AND FORCING FLUIDS."-
A communication.
Sealed the 20th July 1855, and dated the 24th January 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th January 1855.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR RAISING AND FORCING
FLUIDS to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel construction of pump, whereby a continuous
stream of fluid may be discharged during the action of the pump, and that
with an economic application of motive power. To effect this object, which is
attainable only in a double-action pump, two valve pistons with independent
rods are caused to work in the same barrel, the upper piston sliding over the

page_text: rod of the lower piston. Motion is transmitted to the pistons by means of
vibrating segment racks, and thus the pistons are caused to recede from and
approach each other alternately, and alternately lift a column of fluid, which
is discharged from the pump in a continuous, and copious stream.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in tlie Great Seal Patent Office on
the 24th July 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Williani Edward Newton, Her special license that I, tlie said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, and such
others as I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors," "administra-
tors, 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,..exercise, and xend, within the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR RAISING AND FORCING FLUIDS,"
being a communication from abroad, upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Edward Newton, by" 'an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, 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 William Edward, Newton, 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 thereon: (that is to say);
:

page_text: This Invention, as communicated to me from my; foreign correspondent,
relates to a novel construction of pump, whereby a continuous stream of water.
or other fluid may be discharged during the action of the pump, and that with
an economic application of motive power.
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To effect, this object, which is attainable only in a double-action pump, two
valve pistons with independent rods are
fitted in the same: barrel, and caused
to work simultaneously, the upper piston sliding over the rod of the lower
piston. Motion is transmitted to the pistons through vibrating segment racks
by means of a lever, and thus the pistons are caused to recede from and
approach each other alternately, and alternately lift a column of water or
other fluid, which is discharged from the pump in a continuous and copious
stream.
In the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the im-
proved pump; and Fig. 2.is a plan view of the same, with the cover removed.
a, a, is the pump barrel.; and b, b, are.. the pistons, connected. respectively to
the extremities of the piston rods c, c. These rods are provided at their
upper ends with racks, into the teeth of which gear the toothed segments d, d*.
The fulcrum pins of these segments are carried by the pump casing, and they
are both situate in the same plane to ensure the proper working of the seg
ments. Situate between the two piston rods is an axle e, which carries a cog
wheelf, the opposite sides of which are in gear with a second set of teeth and
the segments d, d*. This axle receives motion from a lever or handle 9, which
when rocked will impart to the cog wheel ƒ an axial motion alternately in
opposite directions, and thereby cause the vibration of the segments d, d*.
This movement of the segments will give an up and down motion to the piston
rods by reason of their connection with the rack teeth, and thus the valve
pistons b, b, will be alternately caused to recede from and approach each
other, and thereby create a continuous ascending stream, which will find a vent
from the pump barrel at the outlet pipe h. Mounted loosely on the axle e is
guide frame i, in which two grooved anti-friction rollers & are carried. These
grooved rollers are intended to receive the backs of the racks on the piston
rods, and guide them in their vertical movements, and keep them up to their
work. The piston c* as it passes through the centre of the piston 6 will also
form a guide to that piston, and thus the smoothness of working of the several
parts will be ensured.
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Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improved Machinery
for Raising and Forcing Fluids," as communicated to me by my foreign cor-
respondent, and explained the manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish
it to be understood that, under the above in part recited Letters Patent, I lay

page_text: no claim to any of the parts detached, nor to any special principle of action
embodied in the improved pump; but what I claim is, the general arrange-
ment of the parts as above described, whereby I am enabled to supply a
continuous stream of fluid, and that by the economical exercise of power.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Twenty-fourth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)