An Improved Water Filter.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water Filter.
I WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn & Son of 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from William T. Floyd of Clinton in the State of Illinois
United States of America Inventor) to be as follows :-
:-
This my invention relates to an improved water filter and its object is to
facilitate the filtration of water obtained from wells and similar sources but it may
also be applied for use in a cistern or similar reservoir.
My invention consists of a series of pipes of any requisite length connected
together longitudinally by any convenient means.
The lower section of the said pipes is formed with a number of perforations and
is provided with an inwardly-extending flange. The said flange supports a filtering
chamber having a removable top, secured by a brace, and provided with an eye to
facilitate its removal by any convenient means when required.
The whole of the above mentioned pipes are suspended by means of hooked rods
from any convenient support.
Dated this 31st day of December 1890.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Water Filter.
I WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn & Son 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion (a communication to me from William T. Floyd of Clinton, State of Illinois
United States of America Inventor) 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 certain new and useful improvements in water-filters,
and it has for its object amongst others, to provide a simple cheap and efficient
device of this character which can be readily applied to a cistern or well, and from
which the filtering chamber may be readily removed and cleaned and replaced
without disturbing the remaining parts.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and
the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.
The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with
the letters of reference marked thereon form a part of this Specification, and in
which
Fig. 1 is a side elevation illustrating my filter applied to a well, with parts
broken away to better shew the construction.
Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line z z of the Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line y y of Fig. 1.
Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.
Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter-
A designates a portion of a platform or support around the top of a well, and
B are vertical rods, screw threaded at their upper ends and passed through the said
support or platform and provided upon their upper ends with nuts a by which the
parts are held together and tightened when necessary-the lower ends of these rods
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page_text: are formed into hooks b as seen clearly in Fig. 1, and are designed to receive and
support the sections of tile hereinafter described. C is a section of tile
perforated, as shewn, and having its lower edge resting in and supported by the
hooked ends of the vertical rods as shown in Fig. 1. This tile is provided a short
distance from its lower end with an inwardly-projecting flange or lugs c, as seen in
Fig. 1, adapted to form a support for the filtering-chamber. This chamber D is
arranged to fit quite snugly within the section of tile and has an opening in its
bottom covered with some suitable reticulated medium d. It has also a removable
top E, provided with an opening covered by a reticulated medium e, as seen in
Figs. 1 and 2. This top or cover is removably held in place, preferably by the
substantially X shaped brace F, two or more arms of which are designed to engage
lugs or loops on the chamber which pass up through openings in the top or cover
as seen in Figs: 1- and 2. The brace is provided with a central enlargement g,
provided with a hole i to receive a hook or other suitable device for the purpose
of raising the same when it is desired to clean it.
G are sections of imperforate tile, as many being employed as necessary owing
to the depth of the well, and i preferably place between each two tile sections
rubber or other packing rings H, which serve to prevent chipping of the sections as
they are brought together.
The operation will be readily understood. The water from the well or cistern
must pass through the perforated tiling, where it will be filtered, the filtering
chamber being filled with charcoal or other suitable filtering material. The
chamber is easily removed by a hook or other device engaged in the hole in the
brace as will be readily understood from Fig. 1, and when cleaned may be as readily
replaced.
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,
1. The combination, with the rods hooked at their lower ends, of the perforated
tile section supported upon the hooked ends of the rods and provided with inwardly
projecting extension and the filtering chamber supported thereon substantially as
described.
2. The combination with the vertical rods having hooked lower ends, of the per-
forated tile-section supported by the said hooked ends, and formed with inwardly
extending flange, and the removable filtering chamber supported upon said flange,
and having removable top secured by a brace provided with means for its ready
removal when desired substantially as set forth.
Dated this 30th day of September 1891.
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.