Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 13th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 15th Nov., 1887
I THOMAS HENRY WARD of the Firm of Lee Howl Ward & Howl Engineers
Tipton Staffordshire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
My Invention has for its object chiefly the production of a single acting lift & forco
pumping apparatus, such that without reducing the nominal or commercial size, yet
that it shall be more compact, complete, & efficient, that all the working parts shall be
thoroughly accessible, & that it shall contain within itself its own air vessel, in short
that it shall satisfy more thoroughly both the commercial & the engineering demands.
In order the better to explain this my Invention I shall proceed to describe it first
in its best form, & then certain modifications in order the more nearly to point to the
real boundary of my field. This I shall do in the nature of examples only of the
several expressions to the same real invention.
In order to accomplish this my object, I provide a casting the cross section of
which in plan consists of a vertical pump barrel at the one side, & a delivery port at
the other, whilst the space or area between which two forins the air vessel when
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pudding bagged" at the top of course. In elevation these run about
parallel with each other, & by preference the suction & the delivery valve are situated
the one above the other, & immediately under the delivery port, yet within the same
casting & communicating with the barrel at the bottom side of same, so that the
water or other liquid enters & discharges in & from the cylinder at the under side of
the piston.
Preferably the suction inlet flange is situated immediately below the suction valve,
& the delivery flange immediately above the delivery port, in order that the suction
& the delivery pipes may be lineable with each other, thereby leaving free access to
the top or bottom of the cylinder without the necessity of disconnecting such pipes
for the purpose, whilst a sid or valve lid is provided to the valves for the like
purpose.
As a self contained hand lever pump, I provide a fulcrum at the extremity of an
arm projecting upwards & outwards from a lid provided for the top of the barrel & to

page_text: it a handle lever is pinned after the nature of a lover of the second kind, i.e. having
the piston load situated between the fulcrum & handle, & this lever is connected
directly to the piston by means of a connecting rod, by suitable pins insuring thereby
that the suction water is drawn in & the delivery water discharged out by the upward
& the downward stroke of the handle respectively.
As a self contained reciprocating pump actuated by rotary motion, I provide that
the delivery port or the air vessel or both combined in the pump casting shall bo
raised somewhat above the pump, serving thereby also as a pillar frame for carrying
through it a crank shaft or its equivalent, which shaft is situated so that the crank
pin overhangs the piston, to which it is connected free for vibration by suitablo
connecting rods, & to the other end of this shaft the fly wheel, & handle, or driving
pulley is provided as the case may be.
Either of these arrangements may be provided as fixed to a suitable base plate,
preferably open at one side for access to the suction flango, thereby producing a most
complete self contained pump.
To meet the demand for what is known as a "plank pump" actuated by rotary
motion, I provide that the pump shall be secured to the plank, & up above I provide a
suitable gear capable of rotation in a direction about parallel to that of the surface of
the plank. In order to do so I provide a crank (preferably in the nature of a crank
pin fixed to a fly-wheel) rotating upon a stud or pin fixed to a plank-plate or bracket
in a suitable boss thereon, & situated between the connecting rod & the said plank.
Now as a hand pump a handle is provided secured to the outer end of such crank
pin, whilst as a power pump the periphery of the fly wheel may serve as a belt-pulley,
or even the fly wheel may be substituted by it altogether.
Now in order to get a firm grip for the stud pin upon the plank supporting the
same, & yet to have as long a stud bearing as possible, & to avoid overhanging the
plank as much as possible, & where desirable to avoid of removing the plank itself
from the supporting wall for example, in order to dismantle the parts thereof, I
provide that the plank-plate or bracket shall have its boss suitably large enough in
diameter which boss shall be sunk into the plank, & that a corresponding washer plate
shall be provided at the back of such plank, & that these two plates shall be bolted or
otherwise secured together by pins or bolts, so that a comparitively large area of the
wood of the plank shall be nipped up tightly between the two.
Cases there are where either such arrangement of self contained pump as before
described would be extremely useful & commercial, provided only that it could be
produced in a portable form on wheels, but would not be accepted otherwise.
To meet such cases I provide a platform preferably of sheet iron to which the
pump is secured, & which platform is supported on either side by duplicate bars
preferably angle bars, to which it is secured.
Now the front of cach such bar is turned downwards, raking & pointing forwards,
for the purpose of securing the axle bar carried by its corresponding wheel or wheels,
whilst its rear end is likewise turned down but more so than that of the front end, raking
& pointing forwards also, i.e. towards the axle; & forming thereby a leg. At the
knee or bend of such leg, two straps preferable of iron bar are provided about the
width of the angle bar itself, & affixed thereto situated respectively top & bottom of
the bend, one lineable with the platform, & the other with the leg, whilst the outer
extremities of such straps extend tangentially upwards & backwards, & grasps between
them the hommock end of a wooden handle or other suitable material to which they
are secured.
Dated this 13th day of January 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pumps and Appendages thereto.
I THOMAS HENRY WARD Engineer 31 High Street Tipton Staff. & late of the Firm
of Lee Howl Ward & Howl of Tipton, 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 :-
My Invention relates to improvements in single acting pumps & appendages,
whereby superior commercial & mechanical qualities are obtained. It more particularly
relates to self-contained hand pumps, actuated either by hand-lover or by hand-wheel;
but of course either arrangement may be modified as desired.
I will explain my Invention with reference to the accompanying drawings as a
hand-lever-pump in the first example, & as a hand-rotary-pump in the second.
Figures 1 & 2 represent, in its entirety, a self contained hand-lever-pump, the
former being a side sectional elevation on line A B to be found in the drawings, & the
latter its corresponding front view, half of which is shown in sectional elevation on
line CD & half in full. Figures 3 & 4 represent, in its entirety also, liko views as
a developement of the above in the form of a hand-rotary pump; whilst Figures 5 & 6
are sectional plans, clothed & otherwise, common alike to both arrangements on
line E F.
As a hand-lever-pump I provide a casting G the cross section of which in plan is
seen more readily in Figure 6, & which consists of a vertical pump barrel G 1 at the
one side, & a delivery port G 3 at the other; whilst the space between forms an air
vessel G 2. In elevation these run about parallel with each other & much the same
height, whilst the suction & the delivery valves are situated immediately beneath, the
one above the other, yet within the same casting, & are accessible by a side
lid H1 H2 & H3 respectively, having communication with the pump below the
piston J 1. Preferably, the suction & the delivery pipe-joints M1 M 2 respectively are
provided upon the same axis as their corresponding valves H1 H2, thereby leaving
a clear access to the piston J1 without disturbing the pipes, which piston is attached
to a hand-lever J 2 of the second kind, by means of a pair of connecting rods J3 J3,
the fulcrum of which handle is connected at R1 to & within the extremity of a
trough-shaped projecting lid R provided to the top of the pump G1, the radial
position of which fulcrum lid is capable somewhat of lateral adjustment about the
axis of the pump G 1 before fixing with the set-screw R 2. This pump may further
be mounted upon a stand or baseplate K, forming thereby a short, symetrical, self-
contained & compact pump with air vessel to boot; whilst the lever being of the
second kind insures that the power applied thereto is divided between the up & the
down stroke, requiring thereby less force upon the handle.
As a rotary-hand-pump, I provide that the chambers G 2 & G 3 as before mentioned
are somewhat lengthened, & are provided to carry a crank shaft J 4 which is connected

page_text: to the piston J 1 (somewhat thicker now than before) on the one side by a connecting
rod J 3, & to a fly wheel J 5 on the other, actuated by handle or if desired by belt
power.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
& in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I claim is:
(1) In vertical single-acting-pumps & appendages thereto, a pump body G whose
somewhat oval section & rectangular outline compactly contains the pump barrel G1,
air vessel G 2, outlet G 3 surmounting the valves H 1 & H 2 which communicate with
the pump-barrel below the piston, & which together with that piston are accessible
without removing any part other than their corresponding lids, substantially as & for
the purposes herein before described & illustrated in Figures 1, 2 & 6 of the accom-
panying Drawings.
(2) The combination with the means claimed in the preceeding claiming clause, of
an adjustable pump-lid, the top extremity of which carries a hand-lever of the second
kind, substantially as & for the purposes hereinbefore described & illustrated in
Figures 1 & 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
(3) In vertical single-acting rotary reciprocating pumps & appendages thereto, the
self samo pump body as provided in the first claiming clause, excepting that the
chambers G2 & G 3 are projected, & that a crank-shaft is carried through same,
which is connected to the piston on the one side & to a fly wheel & handle, or its
equivalent belt pulley, or both, on the other, substantially as & for the purposes
herein before described & illustrated in Figures 3, 4 & 6 of the accompanying
Drawings.
(4) The combination of means claimed in either of the preceeding claiming
clauses No. 1 or No. 3 as the case may be, of the base plate K substantially as & for
the purposes hereinbefore described & illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 5 & 6 in the one
case, & in Figures 3, 4, 5 & 6 in the other, of the accompanying Drawings.
(5) The arrangement & combination of parts constituting the several constructions
of pumps & appendages thereto hereinbefore described & illustrated in Figures 1, 2
5&6 & in Figures 34 5 & 6 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 7th day of October 1887