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bucket and the contents thereof emptied into
a vessel desired to be filled by simply raising
the rod,with its attached valve,and permitting
the water to pass through the central aperture
5 of the removable bottom. When the bucket
is lowered into a well, the moment the same
comes into contact with the water contained
therein the pressure on the bottom of the valve
will raise the same, and in this manner the
io bucket may be readily and conveniently filled,
and on raising the same the weight of the wa-
ter contained therein will of course again close
the valve.
From the foregoing description, taken in
15 connection with the accompanying drawings,
the operation, construction,and advantages of
my improved well-bucket will be readily un-
derstood.
It will be seen that it is simple in construe-
20 tion and exceedingly durable, the cylindrical
casing or body thereof being protected by the
outer top and bottom rims or hoops, thus
preventing wear and damage to said cylindri-
cal casing by contact with the walls of the well.
25 By employing a removable bottom, as de-
scribed, I can readily replace the same when
worn or otherwise injured with but a mini-
mum of expense, being able to substitute a
new bottom with much less difficulty than is
30 the case with buckets having rigidly-secured
bottoms.
It is obvious that my improved bucket may
be applied to any purpose to which it may be
found useful, and I do not, therefore, confine
35 myself to its employment as a well-bucket.Having thus described my invention,Iclaim
and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the
United States-
The combination of the cylinder or body,the
flaring bottom rim or hoop provided on its in- 40
ner surface with suitable screw-threads, and
also having on its lower peripheral portion
diametrically-opposite lugs or projections,the
perforated bottom piece provided with suit-
able threads upon its peripheral portion, the 45
upper curved or arched guide-arm having a
central perforation and provided with screw-
threaded ends having shoulders bearing against
the upper side of the bottom of the bucket,
said ends also passing through perforations in 50
the rim of the bottom, the lower curved or
arched guide-aria having central perforation
and provided with laterally-extending perfo-
rated ends extending outwardly a greater dis-
tance than the periphery of the bottom of the 55
bucket and adapted to bear against the lugs
upon said bottom, nuts adapted to engage the
screw-threaded ends of said upper guide-arm,
the valve or disk having a centrl perforation
or hole, and the valve-rod passing through 6o
said central perforation and rigidly secured
thereto.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my
own I have hereunto affixed my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
JOHN LLOYD VAN HOOK.
Witnesses:
B. F. YATES,
C. C. BRADFORD.
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Van Hook, John Lloyd. Well Bucket., patent, August 28, 1888; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171838/m1/3/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.