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Letters .Patent No. 75,424, dated M'm'ctlo, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM WATER-ELEVATORS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. HORNE; of Batavia, in the county ot' Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful ImprovementI on Steam Water-Elevators and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon, which said drawings form part of this specieation,I and byl Figure 1 show, in elevation, a water-elevator, with my improvement as a part thereof, and by Figure 2 a view, by vertical section, ofthe same.

In both of these gures like letters are used to designate like parts.Y

The present invention is of the character of an additional improvement-to the invention on which Letters .Patent were granted to me onfthe 28th day' of May, 1857, wherein the water-elevator consists of an exterior -cylinder, a, and an interior valve-cylinder, b, moved, in the one direction by water, and in the other direction by steam. 1

As is shown by fig. 2 ofthe drawings of this specification, to the lower part of thc'elevator there is an inletvalve, c, for the admission'of the water, and at the upper partof th'e elevator a steam-valve, d, for controlling the steam-port e of the steam or valve-chestf. The steam-valve is atlixed to a rod, g, which passes through a hole in the cap z of valve-cylinder 6, and through another hole in the cross-bar or plate z', attached to the lower end of the cylinder b, so that when the valve-cylinder 6 is forced downward by the pressure ofthe steam, the bar z', acting upon the pin or tappet j, will draw the rod g down, and with it the valve d, closing the steam-port, and as the water elevates the cylinder b-the water coming in on the condensation of the steam-tl1e cap 7L of the cylinder will act upon the pin or tappet 7c, carrying up tho rod and valve ci,l and opening the steam-port for the admission of the steam. Fig. 2 of the 'drawings represents the parts in the condition'at the ond of the stroke of the cylinder on the expulsion of the water. 4

The steam water-elevator, constructed as herein recited, and as set forth in theLetters Patent above referred to, is liable to be interrupted in Vits regular effective action by air'or gas accumulating within it, and to avoid this is the object of the present invention, which consists in adding to or combining with the outlet or escapeport for the water, marked m, a siphon-pipe or tube, n; Whatever air or gas' is driven down by the descent of the cylinder 6 tothe port m will readily pass out through this Siphon n, and whatever air, ges, or steam may lie above the steam-valve d, will pass out through the pipe o into the siphon,so that the unter-elevator will not labor under the diiiculty caused by air or gas accumulating therein. I

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is- F The combination of the siphon n with the steam Watenelevator, constrlcted and operated substantially as herein set forth.

This specication signed this 24th day of July, 1867.

W. L. IIORNE.

Witnesses:

L. E. JONES, Trios. T. EVERETT.

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