Year: 1897

page_text: I, JOHN SYMINGTON, of Central Hotel, Glasgow, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machinery which combines together in a novel manner
and as one apparatus special pumping gear, winding gear and motive mechanism for
driving the gears.
The combined apparatus is very suitable for use in gold and other mines where an
economical winding and pumping plant is required.
In carrying out my invention I arrange preferably at one side of the apparatus an
engine of any well known and suitable construction which may be driven by steam,
compressed air, gas, or other suitable or available motive power. This engine drives
a primary shaft having preferably one or more fly wheels thereon and also, by
preference, a helical pinion which drives a helical wheel on an intermediate shaft
baving a reversing clutch motion thereon and also a spur pinion which drives a spur
wheel on the winding drum shaft. This shaft has, preferably, two drums on it and
also a toothed or other clutch located between the drums for throwing them into and
out of gear.
A loose spur wheel on the winding drum shaft is driven by a spur
pinion on the second motion shaft. The spur wheel, which acts as a crank, operates,
the connecting rod and bell crank of the pumping machinery.
The pumping mechanism consists of a hollow barrel or casing having an automatic
valve at its lower end. Working in this barrel, through a stuffing box, is a hollow
plunger provided with an automatic valve at its upper end. The hollow plunger
is connected directly to hollow pump rods. The movements of the bell crank raise
and lower the hollow pump rods and the plunger whose action is such that at each
up stroke water is drawn into the barrel and at each down stroke the water is forced
up the hollow pump rods to the surface. Valve boxes are provided on the barrel and
plunger for giving access to the valves.
The whole arrangement of the gearing is such that the winding drum shaft is made
to run at a much slower speed than the engine shaft, whilst the crank shaft for.
driving the pump is made to run at a lower speed than the winding drum shaft.
The pumping gear is so arranged as to be easily disconnected from the winding
gear at any time.
Dated this 26th day of February 1897
1
:
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.

page_text: Improvements in Combined Pumping and Winding Machinery.
I, JOHN SYMINGTON, formerly of Central Hotel, Glasgow, now of 20, Buccleuch
Street, Glasgow, 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:—
This invention relates to machinery which combines together in a novel manner
and as one apparatus special pumping gear, winding gear and motive mechanism for
driving the gears.
The combined apparatus is very suitable for use in gold and other mines where an
economical winding and pumping plant is required.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended two explanatory sheets of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a plan view of one form of my combined
apparatus.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the pumping mechanism.
Referring to the drawings whereon the same reference letters wherever repeated
indicate the same or similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I arrange, preferably at one side of the apparatus,
an engine a of any well known and suitable construction which may be driven by
steam, compressed air, gas, or other suitable and available pressure fluid. The
engine a drives a primary shaft b carrying, by preference, one or more fly wheels c
and also a helical pinion d which drives a helical wheel e on an intermediate shaft ƒ
having a common form of clutch reversing motion thereon consisting of the clutch fl
sliding on the shaft, the lever f2 for operating the clutch, and the screwed
spindle fs with hand wheel for operating the lever, also the bevel gear wheels f³, ƒ³,
and intermediate wheel fo. The sleeve ƒo has a spur pinion g on it which drives
a spur wheel h on the winding drum shaft i. The shaft i has, by preference, two
drums, j, j, on it and also a toothed or other clutch k located between the drums
and operated by the lever ¹ for throwing the drums into and out of gear. w, w¹,
are the usual brake levers for the winding drums. A loose spur wheel 1, on the
winding drum shaft i is driven by a spur pinion m on the second motion shaft f.
The spur wheel l, which acts as a crank, operates, by means of the crank pin n', the
connecting rod n and bell crank o of the pumping machinery.
x, x¹, are the drum indicators.
As illustrated in section at Fig. 3 the pumping mechanism consists of a hollow
barrel or casing p having an automatically acting valve q at is lower end arranged
in the bottom of the valve box and over the chamber pl of the pump barrel.
The suction pipe p² communicates with the chamber p¹. Working in the barrel,
through a stuffing box r, is a hollow plungers provided with an automatically
acting valvet at its upper end arranged in the valve box v¹ which is made as an
enlargement of the plunger 8. The box is connected directly to hollow pump
rods of which there may be any desired number according to the depth of the
mine or other place to be pumped. These pump rods are made of steel or malleable
iron tubing with, by preference, welded flanges. Such tubes can be made very thin
and light and yet at the same time very strong.
The valve boxes v; v, are provided with doors ² for the purpose of giving access
to the valvest and q.
The top section of the hollow pump rods is connected to a chamber u into which
is fitted a swivelling delivery pipe u² resting upon a roller u³. The chamber u¹ is
jointed to the bell crank o.

page_text: The movements of the bell crank o raise and lower the hollow pump rods u and
the plunger 8 whose action is such that, at each upstroke, water is drawn into the
barrel p and, at each downstroke, the water in the barrel is forced up the hollow
pump rods u to the surface.
y is the cage with a hutch y¹ therein. It is suspended by the rope y².
The whole arrangement of the gearing is such that the winding drum shaft i is
made to run at a much lower speed than the engine shaft b whilst the shaft f for
driving the pump is made to run at a lower speed than the winding drum shaft.
The pumping gear so arranged as to be easily disconnected from the winding
gear at any time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I consider novel
and desire to claim is :-
1. The combination as one apparatus of pumping machinery having tubular pump
rods which constitute the rising main, winding machinery and an engine for driving
the winding and pumping machinery simultaneously, the whole being combined
together and operating substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the
drawings annexed.
2. The general arrangement and combination of parts of the combined pumping
and winding machinery, substantially as hereinbefore described and as shown on the
drawings annexed.
Dated this 26th day of November 1807