US44371A - Improvement in water-elevators - Google Patents

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SAMUEL F. JONES, OF ST. PAUL, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR Tt) HIMSELF AND ERASTUS L. FLOYD.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,371, dated September 20, 1864.

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. JoNEs, of St. Paul, in the county of Decatur and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Tater-Elevator 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings,and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a side central view ot' the water-elevator constructed according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a detail drawing showing the forked-lever F, and Fig. 4 is a detail drawing of the frictionblock U.

The nature ot my invention consists in the novel arrangement of the adjustable spout B, friction-block C, stationary pin m, and the To enable those skilled in the art to nia-ke and use my invention, I will proceetLto describe its construction and operation.

The curb A is the ordina-ry size of waterelcvators. The front G is straight. The back is sloped inward from the bottom. The spout B is supported at the front end by the frictionrollers v@ein the block O, Fig. 4, and is guided by the pin t' in the groove L. The pin mis placed near the inside end ot' the spout and projects above the spout. By this pin the valve e is elevated. The lever F is forked.

front end of the spout about three inches from the end, and is secured to the side of the spout by screws. The fulcrurn ot' the lever is formed by the forked pin a in Fig. 2. Th's pin is secured to the front-board by the tap n', Fig. 1. The prongs of the lever F are bent, as shown in Fig. 3. The lever is bent as shown at the forked pin n, Fig. 2. The bucket D is an ordinary well-bucket, provided with a metal bottom. There is a hole in the center of the bottom, in which the valve e op erates. The leather on the valve projects back Vand is attached to the block r, which is secured to the bottom ofthe bucket by means of screws. The valve is turned round, with a 1h nge, a, which projects and rests onthe botj tom of the bucket. The under part of the valve is oval, and projects below the bottom ot` the bucket. The leather is tacked on the ange and around the projection. The bucket D is attached to one end of the rope k and the weight Il to the other. The rope 7c rests in a V-shaped groove in the wheel E. This wheel is turned by an ordinary crank, J, Fig'. 1, the axle of which rests on bearingsf. The bar l is designed to stop the bucket, when ascend ing, at a proper height for the pin m to elevate the valve e. By the boards P and u tl.e top of the curb is raised to a proper height. n; is a sheet-iron cover. lIhe block C, Fig. 4, is attached to the curb under the spout, as shown in Fig. 1.

The operation ot my water-elevator is as follows The operator takes hold ofthe lever F by the handle h and pushes it toward the wheel E. this throws the spout out until the prongs b b ofthe lever strike the inside ofthe front ofthe curb. rIhe bucket is then let down into the well and tlls immediately through the valve. It is then drawn up until the bail strikes the bar I. The lever .is then drawn outward into the slot S, Fig. 1. rIhis thrusts the spout into the curb and under the bucket. As the spout is being thrust into the curb, the inside end rises until the pin m strikes the valve and elevates it, and the water is discharged through the bottoni of the bucket into the spout and thence into the vessel below.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation ot' my invention, what IA

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