Improvements in Water Posts, Stand Posts, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Posts, Stand Posts, and the like.
I, PHILIP BRIGHT, of 2 Newgate Street, in the City of London, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
It is well known that great waste of water takes place at water posts, stand
posts, drinking fountains, troughs for watering cattle, hydrants and the like, not
only on account of the unavoidable derangement, by ordinary wear and tear, of the
valves or taps which govern the supply of water, but also on account of such valves
or taps being wilfully left open longer than necessary, or tampered with till they
will not close efficiently, or being imperfectly closed by the persons drawing water.
In hot countries and other places where water is more or less scarce, this waste
becomes a serious evil, and the object of my invention is to overcome the same.
In carrying out my invention I provide, preferably at the base of the water post
for example, a tank or sumph adapted to contain a convenient quantity of water
the level of which is constantly maintained by means of a ball valve or other
convenient device fitted to the supply or inlet pipe in the well known manner.
In connection with this tank or sumph is fitted a hand pump or other water-raising
apparatus so arranged as to draw water from the said tank or sumph and deliver it
to the outlet spout of the water post when actuated by a lever or otherwise from
the outside of the post by the person drawing water.
As the ball valve or other regulating device is not accessible to the public, it
cannot be tampered with and remains in working order for a great length of time,
and, as a certain small amount of trouble and exertion is necessary in order to raise
the water to the outlet spout, there is far less risk of wilful and mischievous waste
of water than in posts as heretofore constructed. On the other hand, the distance
through which the water has to be raised need be so small that the necessary
trouble and exertion would not be objected to on the part of those drawing water.
The ball valve or other regulating device also affords means of limiting the quantity
of water drawn from the post in a given length of time.
Dated this 14th day of November 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water Posts, Stand Posts, and the like.
I, PHILIP BRIGHT, of 2 Newgate Street in the City of London, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, that is to say :-
It is well known that great waste of water takes place at water-posts, stand-
posts, drinking fountains, troughs for watering cattle, hydrants and the like, not
only on account of the unavoidable derangement, by ordinary wear & tear of the
valves or taps which govern the supply of water, but also on account of such valves
or taps being wilfully left open longer than necessary or tampered with till they
will not close efficiently or being imperfectly closed by the persons drawing water.
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page_text: In hot countries & other places where water is more or less scarce this waste
becomes a serious evil, and the object of my invention is to overcome the same.
In carrying out my invention I provide, preferably at the base of the water-post
for example, a tank or sumph adapted to contain a convenient quantity of water
the level of which is constantly maintained by means of a ball valve or other
convenient device fitted to the supply or inlet pipe in the well known manner.
In connection with this tank or sumph is fitted a hand pump or other water-raising
apparatus so arranged as to draw water from the said tank or sumph and deliver it
to the outlet spout of the water post when actuated by a lever or otherwise from the
outside of the post by the person drawing water.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1. is a front elevation and Fig. 2. a longitudinal
section of a water post constructed in accordance with my invention. A is the
water post at the lower part of which is arranged the tank or sumph B, which is
supplied with water from any convenient source through the valve C, the ball C¹ of
which regulates such supply and maintains the water at the required level in a
manner well understood. D is a pump of ordinary construction, the piston rod D'
of which is carried through the cover B' of the tank B, and is provided at its
outer end with a bandle D'. E is the delivery pipe of the said pump which
terminate at the outlet spout or orifice E¹ of the water post as shewn.
When it is required to draw water (into the vessel F for example) the handle D'
of the piston rod D' is worked up & down whereby water is drawn from the tank
or sumph B through the inlet valve of the pump and forced through the outlet
valve thereof, up the delivery pipe E and to the outlet spout or orifice E' whence it
flows into the vessel F for example. As the water is thus drawn from the tank or
Bumph B the ball C₁ falls & allows the valve C to open and admit a further supply
from the main or other source of supply.
In some cases the ball valve C, C may be dispensed with and the level of water
in the tank or sumph B be maintained constant by other means. For example, if
the water level at the source of supply never rises to the level of the top of the
tank or sumph B of the water post, it will be understood that no valve wonld be
required.
As the ball valve or other regulating device is not accessible to the public, it
cannot be tampered with & remains in working order for a great length of time,
and as a certain small amount of trouble & exertion is necessary in order to raise
the water to the outlet spout, there is far less risk of wilful and mischievous waste
of water than in posts as heretofore constructed. On the other hand the distance
through which the water has to be raised need be so small that the necessary
trouble & exertion would not be objected to on the part of those drawing water.
The ball valve or other regulating device also affords means of limiting the
quantity of water drawn from the post in a given length of time.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said iuven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
In combination with a water post, stand post or the like, a tank or sumpl.,
furnished or not with a ball valve or other device for maintaining the level of the
water therein, and a pump or other water raising device actuated by manual power,
arranged and operating substantially as described with reference to the drawings
and for the purpose specified.