US1072787A - Water-elevating apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

'L. STOWB.

WATER ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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L. STOWE.

WATER ELEVATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1'7 1911.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

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WITNESSES COLUMBIA PMNUGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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' WATER-ELEVATING- APPARATUS;

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Sept.9,1913.

Application filed November 17, 1911. Serial No. 660,825.

To all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, LARKIN SToWE, a cit-izen of the United States, residing at Pleasant View, in the county of Whitley and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Water-Elevating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

My improvement relates particularly to water elevating mechanism comprising a bucket, a windless, and a rope, chain, or similar device,'leading from the bucketto the Windlass. a V

The object of the, invention is to provide a cheap and durable apparatus, the

operative parts of which vmay be readily' replaced. I 7

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an upright section showing my improvement applied to a well; Fig. 2 is a detail view of a pair of weights; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a bucket; Fig. 3 is a'pla'n of the same bucket; Fig. 4 is a :detail view of a yoke engaging the hail of the bucket; Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofan ear on the said ear; Fig. .7 is a plan, portionsbeing omitted; Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation; Fig. 9 is a detail elevationlo'okin'g toward the right in Fig. 8, the crank being omitted.

Referring to said drawings, A,is the well. B is the usual housing for containing and supporting the operating members of an apparatus of the. general type toiwhich my improvement relates.

C is a hopper lnto which water is to be discharged from the bucket."- Said hopper is supported by the housing, E.

D is a spout projecting outward" from the outside of the housing and communicating with the hopper.

The bucket, 1, has an ordinary bail, 2, hinged to cars, 3, at opposite sides of the bucket. The bucket is supported by a suspension member consisting of a wire, chain, or rope, 4, secured to the bail, 2, and passing thence upward over a. guide pulley, to a Windlass or drum as will be hereinafter described. 5

At each ear, 3, of the bucket, is a swiveled tube, 5, through each of which extends an upright guide wire, 6. lThe drawings show said guide tubes, 5, secured to the ends of the bail projecting outward from the ears, 3. The upper end of each such wire is suitably secured to the housing, as by means of hooks,

7, secured to the roof of the housing, B,

(see Figs. 1 and 3). The lower end of each such guidewire 'is secured to one of two weights, 8, resting upon or. near the bottom ofthewell. Such weights are shown separated by means of a spacing tube, 9, and a binding bolt, 10, extending through said tube and said 'weights.

, Said guide wires prevent said bucket from swinging laterally and also from rotating onjan upright axis; but the turning of said bucket on an axis extending horizontally through the ears, :3, is permitted. To serve as a substitute for or to cooperate with the swiveled tube, 5, in

preventing the rotation of the bucket, a

yoke, 11, having-a middle slot, 12, and end apertures, 13, is'applied to the guide wires, -6, and the bail; 2, the latter extending "into said slot "from below andone of said guide Wires extending through one of the apertures, 13, and the other guide Wire extending through the other of said apertures. Said yoke rests by gravity onthe bail. For the tilting of the bucket at both limits of its travel, a weighted ear, 14, is secured rigidly to the portion of the rim of the Ebucket which is toward the hopper, C. Said ear' is'preferably formed by casting and secured'by a removable. bolt, 15, extending through the lower portion 'of said ear and the 'wall ofthe bucket, in order that the ear maybe removed and applied to a new bucket when the old bucket is Worn out. "The-upper portion of said ear extends above the rim of the bucket and has an opening,

16, adapted to receive a hook, 17,.secured to I the hopper and projecting towardthe'path of thebucket and extending across the path of said car, so that when the bucket rises, said. ear :meets and is. held by said hook,

while thebucket is drawn higher and made to turn on the bail hinge and on the bearing formed between said ear and said hook,the latter entering the opening, 16. While the bucket thus turns, the water which it contains is poured into the hopper, C. When the water has been dischargedthe rope and through a 5151;, 3Q, in the shift lever.

the bucket are again allowed to descend to the water. lVhen the bucketextends to or into the water, the weight of the ear, 14, tilts the bucket sufiiciently to make it dip, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. .1. I drawing the rope upward, the bucket is again righted, the weight of .the water and the bucket being so large relative to the weight of the ear, 14, as to practicallyovercome the latter and cause the bucket to assume the upright position shown in Fig. 1.

The rope, 4, passes over a'guide pulley, 18, in the upper portion of the housing and thence to thedrum, 19, to which it is secured. Said drum is loose on its shaft, 20, which rests in bearings, 21,-supported by the housing. The drum and the shaft,are joined by means of a clutch. A .toothedclutch member, 22, loosely surrounds the shaft, 20, and is secured to one end of thedrum. A shiftable clutch member, 23, is feathered around 22, and is engaged by a clutch fork, 24, .pro- 'jecting rigidly downward from the shiftbar, 25, having its endslidably supported in ways, 26, in cha' s, 27, supported by the housing, B. i I Y i At the opposite end of the drum, a brake consisting of a rigid brake :block, 28, 6X

tends downward from the shift bar, 25, in position to bear against the adjacent end of the drum when the twoclutch membersare disengaged and to stand out of engagement with said drum when said clutch members are engaged.

As will now be readily understood, the shiftable clutch member and the brake block be alternately engaged by shifting the shift-bar endwise first in one direction and then in the-other. "VV'henthe.

clutch is disengaged, the" drum is free to rotatein reverse direction in response tothe down-pull of thebucket, exceptingas the drum is restrained by the brake; r

A shiftllever, 29, is hingedbyone end to a support, 30, on the housing and extends thence horizontally acrosszthe shiftbar and is coupled to the latter by means of a bolt, 31, extending through said shift :bar and To prevent said bolt from binding the shift lever, a spacing tube or sleeve, 33, longer than the thickness of the shift lever surroundssaid bolt. 7

On the drum shaft, 20, are a hand crank, 34, and a ratchet wheel, 35. A pawl, 36,'is suitably applied to said ratchet wheel to prevent reverse rotation ofsaidshaft.

For automatically moving' the shi ft+bar in the direction for engaging the clutch, a com tracting spring, 37, is secured by oneendto said bar and by the other end-to one ofthe chairs, 27. 7

From the "foregoing description, it will be which controls the bucket is readily applicable to any ordinary well bucket. If the guide tubes, 5, are used, they can be soldered or otherwise secured to the bail outside of .each.ear,.3; butthese tubes may be omitted, yoke, 11, being suflicient for keepmg the 'Hence the-owner of a well havingithe ordinary buckettraised bya ropeor chain may apply thisfportion of my improvement by procuring the two guidewires, 6, weights, 8, yoke, 11, ear, 14, and hook, 17.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an apparatusof thenature described, the combination with a supporting structure, of two upright guide members, a bucket having azbail, a yoke engaging said bail and slidably engaging said uide members, a suspension member engaging said bail above .said yoke, andarotary member in operative relation .with-said suspension member, substantially as described; i 2. In an'apparatusof the naturedescribed,

the combination with-a supporting structure, of two uprlght gu de members, a EbllCkGt having a ball, a yoke having a slot'recelvlng said bail'and slidably engaging said guide members, ZL-SUSPGIISIOD member engaging SiLlClbitll aboveisald yoke,and a rotarymember in. operative relation with said suspensionamember, substantiallyas described.

3. In an apparatus of the nature described,

- the-combination with a. l1o-using,.of .two up- :right guide members, a bucket, guide members swiveled to theouter endsof thebucket bail and slidably engaging said upright guide members, suspension member Lsecured to='tl1e ba1l,;and a rotary member in operative relation with said suspension member, substantially. as described.

4. in an apparatusof the naturedescribed, the combination with asupporting structure,

{of two upright guide members, a bucket,

ears on said bucket, a ;bail having its ends projecting outwardthrough said ears, mem: bers swiveled to said bail ends loutside of said ears and tslidably engaging said upright guide members, a suspension member secured tosaid bail, and a rotarymember in operative relation with said suspension member, substantially as described.

'5. Inan apparatus of thenature described,

the combination with asupporting structure, of two upright-guide members suspended from saidstructuraa weight-applied to .the lower end of each such guide membergneans located betweensaid weights ,it'or spacing the llat-ter,':a r-bucket in operative relation with said guide members, a suspension member day of November, in the year one thousand secured to said bucket, a rotary member in nlne hundred and eleven.

operative relation with said suspension a member, and means for engaging and tilting LARKIN STOWE' said bucket, substantially as described. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I have signed my F. FREDRIK, name, in presence of tWo Witnesses, this first FRED MAUNEY.

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