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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
ELIGA MORAN THOMAS, OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGN-
MENTS, OF FOUR-TENTHS TO WALTON H. ECTOR AND ONE-FIFTH TO ROBERT E. RAIN,
BOTH OF TEXARKANA, TEXAS.
WELL-BUCKET.No. 862,032.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ELIGA MORAN THOMAS, a citizen
of the United States, residing at Texarkana, in the
county of Bowie and State of Texas, have invented cer-
5 tain new and useful Improvements in Well-Buckets, of
which the following is a specification, reference being
had therein to the accompanying drawing.
This invention relates to improvements in buckets
for bored wells and consists in the novel construction,
10 combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter
fully described and claimed.
The object of the invention is to provide a bucket of-
this character which will only sink into the water a dis-
tance sufficient for it to become quickly filled and will
15 hence not stir up the mud and sand in the bottom of the
well.
Further objects and advantages of the invention, as
well as the structural features by means of which they
are attained, will be made clear by an examination of
20 the following specification, taken in connection with
the accompanying drawing, in which similar reference
numerals denote corresponding parts throughout the
several views, and in which,
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved well
25 bucket; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the
same; and Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on
the plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.
In the practice of my invention, I provide upon the
usual cylindrical bucket 1 for use in bored wells, a float
30 2 which may be of any desired form and construction
and which is of sufficient size to support the bucket.
The float as here shown is in the form of an inverted cup
having its upper end or top closed or air tight and its
open lower end or bottom spaced from the upper edge
35 of the body of the bucket. The float is thus spaced
from the bucket and connected to it by straps 3 and the
lower ends 4 of the usual bail 5 of the bucket. These
parts 3 and 4 are secured by rivets or similar fastenings
6. On the bail 5 is a ring 7 to which the usual rope is
40 attached, and in the bottom of the bucket is the usual
valve 8 for use in dischargingits contents.
The construction, use, and advantage of the inven-
tion will be readily understood from the foregoing de-Patented July 30, 1907.
scription, taken in connection with the accompanying
drawing.' It will be seen that when the bucket is low- 45
ered into a bored well, the float 2 will permit it to sink
only to a depth sufficient to allow the water to rush
through the space between the bottom of the cup or
float and the top of the bucket, so that the latter will
quickly fill, the float being of sufficient size to support 50
or float the bucket. By thus preventing the bucket
from sinking to the bottom of the well, the sand and
mud therein will not be stirred up, and the water drawn
up in the bucket will be clear.
While I have shown and described the preferred em- 55
bodiment of my invention, it will be understood that I
do not wish to be limited to the .precise construction
herein set forth, since various changes in the form, pro-
portion, and the minor details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacri- 60
ficing any of the advantages of the invention,-as defined
by the appended claims.
Having thus described my said invention, what I
claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of
the United States, is, 65
1. A well bucket comprising a body having an open top,
a float arranged above the open top of said body and straps
secured to said bucket and to said float for uniting the *
same and spacing them apart, substantially as described.
2.. A well bucket comprising, a body having an open top, 70
an inverted U-shaped bail having its ends secured to op-
posite sides of said bucket, and a float secured in said bail
and spaced by the latter above the open top of said bucket,
substantially as described.
3. A well bucket comprising a body having an open top, 75
a bail thereon, and an inverted cup secured to said bail
and having its open bottom spaced from the open top of
said bucket, substantially as described.
4. A well bucket comprising a cylindrical body having
an open top and an aperture or valve seat in its bottom, a 80
valve to coact with said valve seat, a bail secured upon the
top of said body, an inverted cup in said bail and having
its open bottom spaced from the upper edge of said body,
and straps connecting said body and said cup, substan-
tially as shown and described. 85
In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
ELIGA MORAN THOMAS.
Witnesses :
M. D. EcTon,
R. E. RAIN.Specification of Letters Patent.
Application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,825.
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Thomas, Eliga Moran. Well-Bucket., patent, July 30, 1907; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510608/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.