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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN LLOYD VAN HOOK, OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS.
WELL-BUCKET,
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,747, dated August 28, 1888.
Application filed October 11, 1887. Serial No. 152,035. (No model.)To aZl wThom it may conccer,:&
Be it known that I, JooN LLOYD VAN HOOK1
of Round Rock, in the county of Williamson
and State of Texas, have invented certain new
5 and useful Improvements i nWell-Buckets; and
I do hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
which will enable others skilled in the art to
which it appertains to make and use the same,
to reference being had to the accompanying draw-
ings,which form a part of thisspecification,and
in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im-
proved well-bucket. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal
15 vertical section taken through the line x x,
Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view in perspective
of the removable bottom and attachments, and
Fig. 4 is a bottom view.
Similar numerals of reference indicatecorre-
20 sponding parts throughout the several views.
My invention has relation to well-buckets;
and it consists in the peculiar construction and
arrangement of parts of the same, as herein-
after more fully described and set forth.
25 Referring to the several parts by their desig-
nating-numerals, the numeral 1 represents the
cylindrical easing or body of my improved
bucket.
2 represents the upper flaring hoop or rim
30 of the same, with the usual handle or bail, 3,
and 4 represents the lower flaring rim or hoop,
having screw-threaded inner surface 5. The
upper edge of the upper hoop and the lower
edge of the lower hoop are each thicker than
35 the opposite edge, and the thinner edges of
the hoops are each provided upon its inner
surface with a recess, the one upon the upper
hoop being shown at 2' and that upon the lower
hoop at 4'. The top and bottom of the cylin-
40 drical body of the bucket are secured in these
recesses, respectively, so that the inner sur-
faces of the hoops and of the bucket will be
flush or even.
6 is the removable bottom, having its edge
45 or periphery screw-threaded and provided on
its upper surface with an annular flange, 7,
and also provided with a central aperture, S.
Bearing against the upper side of the remova-
ble bottom is a valve, 9, having a central per-
50 foration or hole, 10. An arched or curved
guide-arm,11,spans the central aperture,S,andthe ends thereof pass through perforations 12
12 in the removable bottom to the under side
thereof. These ends are provided with shoul-
ders 13 13, bearing against the bottom to pre- 55
vent said ends from passing through the per-
forations too great a distance. This curved or
arched guide-arm is further provided at its
highest point or crown with a perforation, 14.
A second curved or arched arm, 15, is secured 6o
to the under side of the removable bottom, and
is also provided with a central perforation,16.
The laterally-extending ends 17 17 of this arm
are beveled, said beveled ends being provided
with perforations 18 18, which fit over the 65
screw-threaded ends of the upper archedguide-
arm, thumb-screws 19 19 engaging said screw-
threaded ends. These beveled ends 17 17 of
the lower guide-arm protrude out a greater
distance than the periphery of the removable 70
bottom, and, when the removable screw -
threaded bottom is driven home, are adapted
to bear against lugs or projections 20 20 upon
the peripheral portion of said bottom. These
lugs or projections are preferably of the shape 75
shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. It will be
seen that the removable bottom 6 is first
screwed into the flaring bottom rim until flush
with the edge thereof, after which the lower
guide-arm is adjusted upon the ends of the 8o
lower extended ends of the upper guide-arm,
the ends of said lower guide-arm bearing, re-
spectively,against the vertical or perpendicu-
lar portion of the diametrically-opposite lugs,
thereby effecting a secure lock for the remova- 85
ble bottom and obviating all danger of its be-
coming unscrewed.
Rigidly secured within the central perfora-
tion of the valve 9 is a valve-rod, 21, said rod
being screw-threaded at a point immediately 90o
above the central perforation of the upper
guide-arm, a nut, 22, thereon serving to re-
tain the rod in its proper position above said
perforation. Upon the under side of the valve
9 is arranged a suitable packing, 23, being 95
held in place by a nut, 24, turning upon the
screw-threaded lower portion of the valve-rod.
If desired,the valve-rod 21 maybe extended
upward a suitable distance,as shown in dotted
lines in Fig. 2, or a supplementary or con- Too
necting rod attached thereto, whereby the
valve may be regulated from the top of the
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Van Hook, John Lloyd. Well Bucket., patent, August 28, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171838/m1/2/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.