A Novel Means of Raising Water from Wells.
Year: 1898

page_text: A Novel Means of Raising Water from Wells.
I, JOHN JACKS GREER, of Brocknille, Parish of Washington, State of Louis-
iana, United States of America, Farmer, 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 a novel means of raising water from wells, and the
object is to provide a simple, reliable and inexpensive device for this purpose.
To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrange-
ment of the device as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly
pointed out in the claim.
In the accompanying drawings, the same reference characters indicate the same
parts of the invention.
Figure 1 is a section of a well showing my device in operation; and
1 represents a steam-boiler, which may be either portable or stationary, as
desired.
2 represents a live steam pipe provided with a hand-valve 3, and 4 represents
a flexible pipe connecting the outer end of the steam pipe 2, with the ejector 5
mounted on the float 6 resting on the surface of the water in the well 7.
8 represents the induction pipe of the ejector, and it extends through an orifice 9
in the float 6, so as to project a sufficient distance below the surface of the water
to ensure a constant supply to the ejector.
10 represents the flexible discharge pipe leading from the ejector to the fixed
pipe 11, which terminates in the discharge nozzle 12, extending into the tank 13,
and 14 represents the discharge pipe leading from said tank, and by means of
the valve 15, the water may be drawn from said tank as required for use.
A second ejector 16 may be located in said tank 13, and connected by a live
steam pipe 17 with the boiler 1, to raise the water from the tank 13 to the tank 18
through the pipe 19.
In practice I prefer to extend an inlet pipe 20 from the ejector 16 to the bottom
of the tank 13, as shown.
21 represents the discharge pipe leading from the tank 18, and it is provided
with a valve 22 for controlling the supply.
This tank may be placed at the highest point of a building, tower or other

page_text: suitable elevation, to give sufficient head to the water, to render it available in
case of fire, and various other purposes, such as spraying trees and the like.
Although I have specifically described the construction and relative arrange-
ment of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire to be confined to
the same, as such changes or modifications may be made as clearly fall within the
scope of my invention, without departing from the spirit thereof.
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 claim is:
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1. The combination with the boiler 1, the fixed pipe 2 provided with the
valve 3 and flexible pipe 4, of the ejector 5 and the pipes 8 and 10, substantially
as shown and described.
2. The combination with the boiler 1, the pipe 2 provided with the valve 3,
the float 6 provided with the orifice 9, the ejector 5 mounted on said float, and
having the vertical inlet pipe 8 extending through said orifice, the flexible pipe 4
extending from the ejector to the pipe 2, the discharge pipe 10, and fixed pipe 11
connecting said ejector with the tank 13, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 7th day of February 1898.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.