US4810A - Windlass - Google Patents

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A UNTTED sTATns PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY W. SABIN, OF RUSHVILLE, NEW YORK.

WINDLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 4,810, dated October 10, 1846.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HARVEY W. SABIN, ot

accompanying drawings, making part ofY this specification, in which- Figure l is an isometrical view of the machinery with the sides of the curb removed; Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the same.

The same letters indicate like parts in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists in raising weights and in raising and disch arging water from a well by two alternating buckets, and regulating the height to which they are raised by a double windlass, or windlass in two parts which can be clutched together so as to allow the weights to balance each' other for any distance required. In raising water by this method it is not necessary to touch the buckets with the hand, the object being accomplished by a crank, endless cord, or any of the usual ways. c

The construction of one modification (as shown in the drawings) is as follows: A well house or curb (au) is formed over a well, and near the top thereof a horizontal double windlass (b) is placed, or a windlass in two parts one of which can be coupled to or disconnected from the other at pleasure by any ordinary clutch as shown at (s.) On said windlass two cords (c) are wound, one o-n each part but in contrary directions so that when one cord is wound well or to the gro-und; their lower ends being attached to the buckets (e). These buckets are similarly formed to those no-w in use but to their sides there are fastened guard pieces of iron or wood to prevent their striking the sides when used in wells and also to facilitate pushing back the movable spout to be hereafter described. The bottoms of the buckets may be furnished with valves (f) the stems of which project below the bottom so that when the bucket rests on a flat surface its contents will be discharged as shown in Fig. 2; below the pulleys above named an oblong trough'or movable spout (g) is suspended on arms (it) that extend up and are attached to the sides of the house on pivots at (i) this'spout is as wide as the space occupied by both' buckets when suspended and can be swung back by means of the rod (1c) which has notches onl its underside to hitch onto a catch (l) in the house and hold back the spout as shown by the rdotted lines in Fig. 2.

A hole is made in the center of the front rim of the spout at (m), which is opposite a stationary spout (a) in front against which it swings to deliver the water through. The bucket ropes pass down through what I denominate a trigger which is a T shaped pin (o) the leg of which extends back over the windlass and is .jointed to the back of the house; from this in front of its fulcrum a rod (p) descends with a hook on the end thereof that hooksaround the rod thus when the movable spout is drawn back into the position shown rby the dotted lines in Fig.` 2 and the bucket is full of water itwis raised above the movable spout till the bail strikes the trigger and throws off rod (le) ,by raising it and the spout swings forward under the bucketV What I claim as my invention and desire to suit the depth to which the buckets, &c.,

to secure by Letters Patent is-1- are to descend, substantially as described.

Arrangn@ the two ropes to Wind on the 2 drums o1' Wndlasses in opposite directions, HARVEY W' SABIN' When this is combined with one of the drums Witnesses: i made to clutch and unclutch for the pur- A. P. BROWN,

pose of regulating the length of the ropes CHS. M. KELLER.

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