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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
CHARLES B. FLEET, OF QUINLAN, TEXAS.
WELL-BUCKET.
984,656. Specification of Letters Patent; *Patenmtd Feb. 21, 1911.
-Application filed .Tily 5, 1910.. Serial No. 570,256.To all whom it may conce n:
Be it known that I, CIIRuLss B. FLEET,
citizen of tle United States,. residing al'
Quinlan,.in the county of Htint and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Well-Buckets, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
well buckets.
10 The object.of the invention is to provide
a bucket such as are used in bored wells,
and equip -said bucket with a j rticular
form of valve mechanism.
A further object resides in the particular
15 shape of the bucket.
Finally the object of the invention is to
provide. means of the character described
that: will be strong, durable, efficient, and
easy of operation, simple and comparatively
20 inexpensive to Sonstruct, and also in which
the several parts.will not be likely to get
out of working order.
With the above and other objects in view,
the invention has relation to certain novel
25 features of construction -and operation, an
example of which is described in .this speci-
fication and, illustrated in the accompany-
ing drawings, wherein:
Figure 1. is an elevation of the improved
30 bucket, Fig. 2. is a longitudinal section of
the same with the valve mechanism in ele-
vation, Fig. 3. is a plan view, the bail being
omitted, Fig. 4. is a vertical section of the
valve, Fig. 5. is a cross sectional view taken
35 on the line S-I) of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6. is
an underside view of the bucket.
In the drawings the numeral 1 designates
an elongated cylindrical bucket formed of
. suitable metal. At its upper end the bucket
40 has its walls converged as indicated. at 2.
A bail 3 is secured to the upper end of the
bucket and on the outside- thereof. , It is
obvious that the body portion of the bucket
fits comparatively close in the casing of. the
45 well and if the tapered portion 2\was not
provided the'bail could not be attached to
the outside of the bucket. The bucket also
has a converged or tapered lower'end 4 closed
by a bottom 5, which- latter however has a
59 central opening 6. Bysreason of the tapered
end 4 the bucket. may be more readily. in-
sorted in the well casing and the taper is
sufficiently long and the bottom of such di-
ameter as to protect the valve in inserting
55 the bucket in the well casing. ,The bottom 5is preferably made integral with the body of.
the bucket and is flat.
' Within the bucket a disk valve 7 is ar-
ranged.. This valve has such a diameter as
to rest on the bottom 5 but to have only a 60
limited play thereon. On the underside of
the valve a layer 8 of yieldable nuitei-al
such as leather or rubber, is secured, and'
this layer contacts with the bottom 5. Op-
posed vertical legs 9 are secured to the ditk 65
7 and extend through the opening 6 of .the
bottom. Outwardly directed feet 10 extend
at substantially right angles from the lower
ends of the legs.
The outwardly directed feet limit the up- 70
ward mlovelnent of the valve by engaging
with the bottom 5. It is obvious that when
the bucket is lowered and the feet 10 brought
into contact with any fixed surface the valve
will be raised in the bucket and by reason 75
of the converged walls of the portion 4,.the
contents-of the bucket will pass out through
the opening 6, or if the bucket is submerged
water will pass in through the opening 6
and fill the bucket. In the latter case when 80
the bucket is raised the valve will, seat on
the bottom and be held in place by the con-
tents of the bucket.
An eye bolt 11 is passed through the valve
7 and secured in position by a washer 12 85
and a nut 13, the eye of the bolt projecting
above the valve. This eye is engaged with
the eye 15 on the lower end of a vertical
rod 14 passing centrally up though the
bucket. Across the upper open end of the 90
bucket a brace 16-as is shown in Figs. 2 and
3 is secured. This brace is. secured to the
inside of the bucket, but mi y be attached
by the same fastenings that hold the bail 3.
The rod.-14 passes through the brace and 95
has a ring 18 above' the -same. Below the.
brace .a ball 17 ;s 1 xed oi the 'od 14 as is
shown in Fig. 2.
By means of the rod 14 the valve may be
raised or unseated without bringing the feet 100
10 of the legs 9 into contact with some sur-
face and the ball 17 will limit the upward
movement of the rod and obviate bending
of the feet 10 if the same should be forcibly
brought into contact with the bottom of the 105
- bucket. The advantage of the' rod. 14 will
be apparent in instances where it is desirable
to discharge the contents of the bucket into
a vessel or receptacle and one does not wish
to submerge the bucket in the vessel or Ie- 110
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Fleet, Charles B. Well Bucket, patent, February 21, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513278/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.