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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICEo
JAMES S. ARNOLD, OF NEAR ROANOKE, TEXAS.
WELL-BUCKET.
aPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,835, dated June 23, 1885.
Application filed January 17, 1885. (No model.)To all whom it may concern :
Be it known that 1, JAMES S. ARNOLD, re-
siding near Roanoke, in the county of Denton
and State of Texas, have invented certain new
5 and useful Improvements in Buckets for Bored
Wells; and I do declare the following to be a
full, clear, and exact description of the inven-
tion, such as will enable others skilled in the
art to which it appertains to make and use the
go same, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, and to letters or figures of reference
marked thereon, which form a part of this
specification.
Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation
o5 of this invention, and is a perspective view
of the top of the well and of the buckets. The
lower portion of the well is shown in section.
Fig. 2 shows a vertical section taken through
the two buckets. Fig. 3 is a detail view to
20 show the manner of letting the water out of
the upper bucket. Fig. 4 is a perspective
view of the forked trough.
This invention relates to improvements in
well-buckets, its object being to save power
25 and time in drawing water; and it consists in
the construction and novel arrangement of
parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed
out in the appended claims.
Reference being had to the accompanying
30 drawings, and to the letters of reference
marked thereon, A represents a well, having
properly fixed and arranged at its top the pul-
ley or roller a, operated by a winch or other
proper means, in the usual manner.
35 B represents the rope passing over the pul-
ley a, the said rope being of knitted material to
prevent it from twisting. One end of the rope
B is connected to the bail e of the upper or in-
terior bucket, C, and the other end has at-
40 tached to it the chain D, made of galvanized-
wire links d, the chain being about five feet
long.
E is the exterior bucket, cylindrical in shape,
of suitable length, and having at its lower end
45 the upwardly-opening valve or valves e e. The
said lower end is formed into a frustum of a
cone, with its base upward, and has on the
outer side of its bottom plate a transverse
brace rod or plate, e', from which rises the rod
5o el, which passes through the said bottom plate
and stands in the axis of the bucket, its upper
end, which projects above the bucket, havingan eye, e3, formed upon it, in which the lowest
link d engages, the end of said link being
hooked for that purpose. There are, prefer- 55
ably, two valves e, similar in shape, and lying
upon the bottom plate of the bucket E, which
plate acts as a valve-seat.
C is the upper or interior bucket, similar in
shape to and fitting within the bucket E. c 60
is the bail of said bucket, fixed to the top plate
thereof and provided with the transverse fric-
tion-roller c', against which the links d lie, so
that the bucket C can be raised or lowered
without too much loss of power. 65
cO c' are openings in the top plate of the
bucket C to allow the entrance of air. The
lower end of the bucket C is made into the
frustum of a cone, and has surrounding it the
flange-washer c3, made of leather or other suit- 70
able material, to prevent water rising between
the two buckets.
' c' are uipwardly-opening valves in the bot-
tom of the bucket C, similar to the valves e e.
F is a tube rising centrally from the bottom 75
plate of the bucket C, and standing in the axis
of said bucket. The rod e passes through s id
tube, and is surrounded by a coil-spring, f,
having on its lower end a washer, f', of leather
or other suitable material. The said washer 80
slides on the rod e' and stands outside of the
bucket C, so that when the latter is inserted
into the bucket E the washer is forced against
its lower end and prevents water from rising
in the tube F. 85
The manner in which the invention is op-
erated is as follows: When the pulley a is
turned, the bucket E descends into the water
and becomes filled through the valves e e, while
the bucket C rises and discharges the water go
received from the bucket E. The latter then
rises and the former descends and passes into
it, and is filled with water by means of the
valves ' c. The bucket C then rises and dis-
charges its water, while the bucket E descends 95
again into the well and is filled. By this con-
struction both time and labor are saved in
raising water.
Having thus described my invention, what I
claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Ico
Patent, is-
I. The combination of the bucket E, pro-
vided with the valves e e and axial rod e, with
the bucket C, provided with the valves o' e
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Arnold, James S. Well Bucket., patent, June 23, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171007/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.