USRX57I2 - Improvement in apparatus for boring earth for water - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES vLEVI DISBROW, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

IMP'ROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR BORliiG EARTH [0R WATER.

l,112 dem@ De@ Speciiication forming part of Letters Patentdated November l, 1830; Reissue No. 57, dated October 20, 1843.

To aZZ whom' it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LEVI DIsBRow, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondagaand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Method of Boring the Earth for Water and for other Purposes, which is described as follows, reference being had to the annexed drawings of the same, makingpart of this. specieation.

Figure l is a perspect-ve view of themachinery to facilitate theoperatonof boring; Fig. 2, the pod, auger, or cylinder forboring. Fig. 4 represents the roaming-bit. Fig. 5 represents the rook-boriug tools. Fig. 6 represents-the sand-bucket. Fig. 7 represents a se'ction of same. sheriff for taking up broken tools. Fig. 9 represents the yoke or wrench. Fig. 10 represents" the tongs for bringing up stones.

The tubes A, for sinking into theearth as the boring progresses, are made of metal or wood, or both in part, or of any suitable material, and of a size proportioned to the-mag nitude of the work to be performed or object to be attained. A medium length is' about six feet, with a caliber of'eight inches of an equal bore throughout; The ends of the tubes are squared. and fitted/to match, and the joints are also secured with metal bands B, eachsection or piece of tube having a band put on its end and let into .it th'efthiokness o f said band'and half its width, in order to extend beyond the end of the said section of tube,

and thus form a socket to receive the end of rst or bottom tube should be prepared with great care.

I therefore make a strong wide wroughtiron band, which is well secured to the lower tube, and which is a little bellvbal; has a'key-hole ynear the endl-hereof for the -insertion of va key .or arm that is to rest upon.

.a'spanner or-erotch bar laid over th`e` upper shaped or conical, so that it is larger atthe lower end than any other tube that 'may foL Y ilow, and diminished from the inside'to the bottom to nearly a cutting-edge, forthe pur# pose of makingthe bore larger thais 'the diameter of the tube, that it'may slipdown easily as the werk progresses. f

Second. The pod, auger, or cylinder bitnG for boring the earth is made of iron orfother suitable material and .pointed with steelgand Fig. 8 represents the too1=iifter or,

large enoughfor the' tube to follow, while the pod of the auger will retain the clay, the point 'of the auger and spring being collapsed or contractedxby the concave sides of the-tnbe while being pressed or forced down through the tube to the lower end thereof, and `again extended to greater diameter than the tube as soon as the point passes't-hrough the tube. By this construction of\ auger'the operator is enabledto here a hole inthe earth bolowthe bell-shaped end of the tube of the same diam- ,eter outside,vor greater,fif required, and to' withdraw the auger with the greatest facility by the aforesaid pliabjility' of the point (the auger and the spring fon keeping it extended I or allowing it to be' contracted,

Third. The shaft Vor shank E is a, serieslbf square iron bars about twelve-feet long andj'one `inch and a quarter'squaregoonnected together bycrotch-jointsandsorews, Outheendsofeach bara crotch is formed, into which is.inserted a similar crotch formed on the next bar. The

' two are held together by screws passing each other at right angles. By this Vmeans ,any

length of rods maybe securely connected possessing the quality of both flexibility` and for cutting screws, except at theV middle portion',where it spans the shaft'. s It has at that place-a. hasp and staple, G, in the middle, and

also a thumb-screw 'hywliich .itis made totake hold'of the shaft. 'Eaeih section 'of the rod or end o'f the'tube for holding the shaft aud auger in a suspended state while adding to or taking from the shaft a section or sections of the shaft. Fourth. The spring-chiselhsecured to the lower endof the sh aft, divorgin g from thc line of said shaft and contracting in passing through the tube, and when again extending itselfbelow 'circle to the required size.

2 l RK 5r thelower end of the bottom tube so as to cut a hole of greater diameter than the tube and sufficient] y large to allow the tubing to follow, being provided with a spring, I, to confine its action to one side of the hole. The object of this tool is to break or otherwise remove stones and other hard substances that may hinder.

i of chisels, M, Fig. 5, fitted with a strong male screw at the 'top' end and pointed .at the other end.` They are made of square iron, having trimmers weldcdon thesides transversely to the cutting-edges. `These trimmers act the double part of keeping the hole straight and round. The pump or sand bucket N, Fig. 6, is a metal 'tube with a bail at the top end to fasten a. rope to, while rthe lower end has a valve, e. The up' and-down motion given to it by the rope draws the borings with the turbdarater above the valve in said metal tube,

which are thusdrawn out.

Seventh, the Vchains and levers for forcing down the tubing. The-levers P are two strong 'pieces of timber. The fulcrum endsareheld to the platform by u'ieans of chains or other common means, and' the levers are made to .act upon thetube by means of two strong chains, Q, each of which is madefast' to the tube A,opposite each other," the tube being between the levers and the chains-passing down from the top of the tube and arden@ the levers and hooked tothe'linksof the descending part of the chain, and the long ends of the lever,be ingloaded, creates a steady ,downward pressure to the tubes, as the4 earth, sremoved from below.A The platform R isV madev by laying planks on the vsills of the boring-house or by anchoring timbers to the ground,or any common means to form a .strongl fulcrum. Shear-holes may -be substituted fora boringhouse and answer for small jobs, but ropes -provided with swivel-hooks and windlass are indispensably necessary. Whenv tools accidentally break and are left below, they are taken up by atooha, which I .call a lsheriil The sheriifis made-oiiron andsteel. I. pren re two pieces of iron and weld them to a joint that its theA auger handle or shaft. These pieces .are shaped similar -to the letter t), with of the the joint welded to the bottom of the pieces'. The other two ends are made flat and are riveted to a funnel-shaped band of iron, T, the

large end being as large as the caliber of the tubes. This funnel brings the broken piece to the center and up between the legs of the first piece or letter, U. On one leg I faste'n a sharp piece of steel, V. and on the opposite side I fasten a valve, W', so that as the sheri' `'s pushed down it brings the broken tool directly between the valve and the die on the opposite side,` and if it is well arranged it is quite sure of the prisoner.

From the foregoing description of theV ma- .chinery for boring the earth for water the operation oi' the several parts will be quite evident; Vand as to the practical results produced these will be clear to the intelligent mind on reliection. Itwill be seen that wells on my system of boring and tubing can be sunk in quicksands, Y marshes, underwater, and in other places where it would be very diiiicult to dig them, and that during theloperation the influx of water from the top and sides of the well is prevented by my system of tight tubing, as is evident at Syracuse, wherev I have bored to great depths, passing through 'several descriptions of water before reaching the salt-water or strong brine,which is the ar` ticle 'sought for at that place.

` I do not claim mbe the inventor for boring for water, but

1. I do claim to be the originaland first inventor of tight tubing, thel bore or aperture made intle earth as it progresses by means of tubes made with banded or other joints'- and slipped down on the shank or stem of the' boring-tool as the work progresses, the boring being carried on below thelower or flared end o'f the bottom section ofthe tubeby means of tools madefor that.4 purpose in the manner above set forth.

I 2. 'rumanos herein described@ my omersu'bstantally the same, of constructing theinstruments o r tools employed in boring, drilling, 8vo., softhat they can .pass through the pipe or'tube and make the hole of sucient size to receive the outer diameter of the said pipe or tube.

.3. Making the lower end ofthe pipe trumpet-mouthed or bell-shaped, in 'combination with the construction of the boring-tools, by

which the hole is bored of "greater diameter than the bore of the tube orpipe, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

LEVI 'DISBRQW Witnesses:

J oHN H. Jonsson, Ins F.- GLIRK..

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