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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JESSE W. SIMMONS, OF ALVARADO, TEXAS.
PUMPING APPARATUS.
ZPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,496, dated June 17, 1902.
Application filed January 25, 1902, Serial No, 91,261 (No model,)Do alt whom, it may comeerm:
Be it known thatI, JESsEW. SIMMONS,a citi-
zen of the United States, residing atAlvarado,
in the county of Johnson and State of Texas,
5 have invented new and useful Improvements
in Pumping Apparatus, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
My invention relates to improvements in
pumping or water-elevating apparatus, and
io contemplates the provision of a simple and
inexpensive apparatus through the medium
of which a solid stream of water under con-
siderable head may be forced from a well,
stream, or other source of supply for home
r5 consumption or protection against fire, and
this with but a minimum amount of effort on
the part of the operator or operators.
With the foregoing in mind the invention
will be fully understood from the following
20 description and claims when taken in con-
junction with the annexed drawings, in
which-
Figure 1 is a vertical section, with parts in
elevation, illustrating my improved appara-
25 tus in its proper operative position with ref-
erence.to a well. Figs. 2 and 3 are horizon-
tal sections taken in the planes indicated by
the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1;
and Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of a por-
3o tion of the ratchet-bar of the apparatus.
Similar letters of reference designate cor-
responding parts in all of- the several views
of the drawings, referring to which-
A is a well.
35 B is an upright cylinder supported by arms
a or other means in the water in the well and
having an induction-opening a'; controlled by
a clack or other suitable 'non-return valve b
and also having a discharge-pipe c, designed
40 to lead to a dwelling-house or other point of
use.
C is the curbing or top of the well, which
may be of wood, stone, or other material suit-
able to the purpose, and is provided with a
45 central opening d.
D is a piston arranged in-cylinder B and
having the usual packing e and rod f.
E is a ratchet-bar connected by a union g
to the piston-rod f and extending through the
50 opening in the curbing or well-top C, and F
is a frame, preferably of metal, which is ar-ranged on and connected to the top or curb-
ing C.
The ratchet-bar E is provided on each of
_ two opposite sides with two parallel sets of 55
beveled teeth h h', the bevels of the teeth h
-being disposed opposite to those of the teeth
h', as best shown in Fig. 4, for a purpose pres-
ently described. Said ratchet-bar is also pro-
vided at is upper end with a reduced and 6o
threaded portion i, on which is secured, by a
nut j or other means, a head G. This head is
designed to engage the upper end of the frame
F, and thereby linitthe downward movement
of the ratchet-bar E and piston D, and it is 65
also adapted by virtue of the radial projec-
tion k with which it is provided to serve for
the connection of suitable weights (not shown)
when it is necessary to employ the same with
a view of accelerating the downward move- 70
ment of the piston.
As best shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the draw-
ings,the frame F comprises a base-plate 1, hav-
ing a central aperture m, coincident with the
aperture d of the well-top, and also having 75
standards n, disposed at opposite sides of said
aperture, a tubular upright p rising from said
base-plate and arranged in line with the ap-
erture in and having-slots q in two opposite
sides and upright webs r interposed-between 8o
the tubular upright and the base-plate. ~ The
tubular upright p receives the ratchet-bar E,
and the slots q are provided for the play of
latches H and dogs I, arranged to engage the
teeth h' at opposite sides of said ratchet-bar. 85
The latches H are fulcrumed at an interme-
diate point of their length in the upper por-
tions of the slots q and are normally retained
in the positions shown by springs s, this to
enable them to hold the ratchet-bar against 9)
casual downward movement. Said springs s
surround studs on the upper arms of the
latches and are interposed between said arms
and bars t, which bars are connected to oppo-
site sides of the tubular upright and have 95
bifurcations in their lower portions, as shown,
to permit play of the latches.
The dogsI are pivotally connected to the
inner ends of levers J, fulcrumed on the stand-
ards n, and are also connected to rods V, mov- Ioo
able in guides w on said levers. They are
normally held in engagement with the teeth
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Simmons, Jesse W. Pumping Apparatus., patent, June 17, 1902; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510439/m1/3/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.