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g @Him t-5 prima @ffm WILLIAM L. HRNE, OF BATAVIA, ILLINOIS Laim Patent No. 65,082, rated Mag, 28, 1867` IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM WATER-ELEVATORS.

ro ALL WHoM IT'MAY eoNoERN:

Be it known 'that I, WILLIAM L. HORNE, of Batavia, in the county of Kane, and State of Illinois, have invented va certain new and improved Water-Elevator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon, which said drawings form' part of this specilication, and by -Figure 1 giveaview by vertical section of a water-elevator constructedvunder my invention; and, by

Figure 2, a'view in elevation of the saine.

'The-se drawings show this elevator to have a cylindrical form, but, as 1s evident, the special form does not constitute an essential part of the invention, as it may have some other than a cylindrical form exteriorly, and the several parts, interiorly, may also be diiferent from what is here shown without departing from or going beyond the scope of my invention.

' As represented by the drawings, within an exterior cylinder, a, there is an interior cylinder, and a valve or head, c, with an exterior, d, below the cylinder, having'an outlet guarded by-a valve, e, such devicesor appliances being attached to the valve e as will adapt it to and cause it to meet the diiferent conditions and circumstances ofv the-operation of the elevator, with a further extensiomf g, at the bottom of that, g, there being an inlet, controlled by a valve, z. From the upper portion of the cylinder a a pipe, z', extends to a valvechest,j, this pipe z' making the steam communication between the interior of the cylinder a and the valve-chestj. A valve, c, within this chest 7' is attached to 'a rod, Z, passing through the top and bottom ofhthe valve-chest, andhaving suitable stuffing-boxes around it, which rod l continues on down through valve or head e and through a bar, m, affixed to the plate 'n of 'tbefeylinder a. The rod Zhas tappets or studs o p and q that aid in limiting its motions and in controlling the valves. `The valve'or head surrounds and moves on the rod Z; 'lhe cylinder I has a movement from the bottom to near the top of the cylinder a, the upper and lower lsurfaces of cylinder'b being bevelled, as shown, and ot' the character of a valve, the seat for the lower bevelling being at r, and the upper bevelling, at certain times, resting against the lower face of the valve or head c. The part indicated by the blue lines or marks between the cylinder a and the cylinder b will be occupied by oil, forming packing, and lubricating the surfaces thereabout, the oil rising and lowering with the cylinder b, and thus being between the surfaces of the two cylinders at whateverv point of elevation or depression the cylinder b may be'. 'Ihe rods s, attached to the bar m, limit the downward motion of the valve or head c. Supposing the interior ot' this' elevator'filled with water, the valve or head c and the cylinder would, by theirbuoyancy, be neurthetop of the cylinder a, the outlet-valve e being closed and the inlet-vulve h being open. 'Ihe valve 7c, controlling the admission of the steam, having been properly adjusted on its stem to meet the condition and positionot` tbe parts as here recited, would be off from its seat and admitting steam into thepipe z', which steam would press upon the valve or head c and the upper edge of the cylinder b, or upon so much thereof as was exposed, forcing the bead and cylinder and water downwards,closing the inlet-valve h and opening the outlet-valve e, the water passing out to a chute or to such place as was desired. Under the pressure of the steam thehead c and cylinder b will be carried down together until the head c comes in contact with the rods s,.\vhich rods will prevent the further descent of the head e, and the steam then will act upon the cylinder b and directly upon the surface of the water. The water, being discharged, the steam will be condensed, and a vacuum then existing the outlet-l valvee will be closed and the'inlet-valve L opened, the water coming in, illing the cylinder, elevating the cylinder b and valve or head c, and, by the coming of the head c against the tapp'et 0, operating the valve/c, and thus putting the parts in the conditiortrst herein recited for the discharge of the water. A low degree of pressure, even as low as one pound, may be used it'. the elevator be properly constructed. Any higher degree of pressure of the steam may also be used; so that elevators constructed under my invention may be made' andadapted to the raising and elevating of wat-erand other fluids to meet any condition and circumstances.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A. water-elevator, consisting of the exterior cylinder. a, and the interior valve-cylinder b and valve c, operated in the one direction by steam and in the other direction by water, combined and arranged as set forth.

This specification signed this 31st day of' July, 1866. y

' W. L. HORNE. Witnesses:

Tues. T. EVERETT,

T. SMITH.

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