# Transcript of Record — Layne & Bowler Corp. v. Western Well Works, Inc. > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/brief%3Amicro_IA40386005_0222%3A3 ## Record - **Collection:** Supreme Court brief - **Document type:** Transcript of Record - **Published:** January 1, 1923 - **Citation:** 261 U.S. 387 ## Text Vol. II TRANSCRIPT OF RECORD. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, OCTOBER TERM, 1922. No. 278. LAYNE & BOWLER CORPORATION, PETITIONER, + 98. WESTERN WELL WORKS, INC.; ROTARY DRILLING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, STANLEY M. HALSTEAD, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. SARE SSR RATE Re Sa MORN RN Ee TE RAE APE GAL te vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 915 Plaintiff’s Exhibit No. 2. METHOD of INSTALLING on LUBRICATING . CENTAIFUCAL PUMP... 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United States Cireuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cireuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. Plaintiff’s Exhibit No. 3. CONTRACT. THIS CONTRACT, made this first day of Octo- ber, 1914, between THE LAYNE AND BOWLER CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the STATE of California, and having its principal place of business at Los Angeles, California, hereimafter referred to as first party, and STANLEY M. HAL- STEAD, of San Jose, California, and P.. E. VAUGHAN, of Los Angeles, California, herein- after referred to as second parties, WITNESSETIHI: WHEREAS the first) party is extensively en- gaged in the manufacture, sale and use of certain patented pumps, screens, and other appliances used in the making and developing of wells throughout California, Arizona and New Mexico, and WHEREAS the second party, S. M. Halstead, who has been heretofore employed by the first party in various capacities, and the second party, P. E. Vaughan, are desirous of starting up together in a separate and independent business, contemplating CO eee ae! vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 917 the purchase of said patented pumps and screens from the first party, and the subsequent use thereof in the building, developing or equipping of wells, in the manner and subject to the conditions herein- after specified , NOW THEREFORE, the Parties Agree as fol- lows: PROVISIONS. 1. The first party agrees to sell to the second party, its Sereens, Pumps and Parts of Pumps for the purposes of repairs, replacement or extensions, and the second parties agree to accept delivery thereof fob. cars Los Angeles proper (not Los Angeles Harbor). The second parties agree to pay therefor according to first party’s list price at date of order, less the special discounts below mentioned. The first party, however, reserves the right to change its list prices at any time and in any particular, with- out notice, but after such time as the second par- tics have actual notice of the change in first party’s list price, the second parties shall be entitled to make purchases hereunder to the amount of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars at the old list price. The first party shall not be obliged to accept, on any one day, orders from the second parties aggre- gating more than Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dol- lars. For Pumps, the second parties agree to pay first party’s list price at date when order is received by first party, less the special discount of twenty-five (25°C) per cent from said list prices. Such list | i ee ea 4. > POET LI HEP FN NE NN EN ET * oo - . . ae 918 Western Well Works, Ine., et al. prices shall, approximately, be the first party’s re- tail selling price. For Wire Wound Sereen, the second parties agree to pay first party’s list price at date when order is received by first party, less the special discounts of fiftv (50 ) per cent and twenty-five (25°) per cent from said list prices. Such list prices, less fifty (50% ) per cent, shall, approximately, be first party’s retail selling price. For Shutter Screens, the second parties agree to pay first party’s list price at date when order is re- ceived by first party, less the special discounts of twenty-five (25 ) per cent and twenty-five (25% ) per vent from said list prices. Such list prices, less) twenty-five (25%) per cent, shall, approxi- mately, be first party’s retail selling price. The above clauses reading in effect that ‘Such list prices shall, approximately, be first party’s re- tail selling price,”* shall be construed as having been inserted into this contract for the purpose of insur- ing the second parties that first party will adhere to its present policy of selling its pump at list when it can, and its wire wound screens at list, less fifty (50°7 ) per cent, when it can, and its shutter screens at list less twenty-five (25° ) when it can, and when the first party cannot sell at these prices, then to sell as close to them as circumstances will admit. Said clauses are also inserted into this contract for the purpose of insuring the second parties that the first party will act in good faith and will not arbi- trarily change its list prices for the sole purpose of closing the second parties off the market or of deliberately handicapping or abridging the second : FERRI TONES ae J vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 919 parties’ business contemplated hereunder. It is un- derstood, however, that the first party’s ‘‘list price,”’ which is mentioned and referred to, and according to which the second parties will pay less the dis- counts mentioned, shall be its actual list price ae- cording to the ordinary commercial meaning of this term, and shall not be an average of its retail selling prices, or anything else like that. Also, the above quoted clauses shall not be construed as limiting the first party to sell its pumps at list, or its wire wound sereens at list less fifty (5067) per cent, or its shutter screens at list less twenty-five (25° ) per cent. The first party never has sold exactly at these prices, but has only endeavored to do so, and has sold as close to them as the circumstances of each particular case would admit, and it is not con- templated by either party that the execution of this contract shall require the first party to in anv way change its policy concerning this relation between its list prices and its retail selling prices. The first party shall make delivery promptly, but shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatever caused by accidents, fires, strikes, civil or military authority, or by insurrection or riot, or by any other cause beyond first party’s control. » If the second parties contract with one of their customers to furnish a pump, on condition that the customer may return it to them if the well in which it is to be installed does not furnish a specified amount of water, or that the customer may return it to them for any other reason previously stated by the second parties to the first party ind accepted 920 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. by the latter in writing, the second parties may state such condition or reason, and the particular amount of water specified, in their order for the pump from the first party, and if this has been done and the pump is returned to second parties on account of the well not furnishing the amount of water speci- fied or on account of any of the other reasons pre- viously agreed to in writing with the first party concerning that particular pump, then the second parties shall have the right to return such pump to the first party, provided it is delivered up at first party’s factory in Los Angeles, free of all expense to first party, within ninety (90) days from the time when first party delivered it to second parties, un- less the second parties have previously made special arrangements in writing with the first party, ex- tending the time within which that pump may be returned. In event a pump is so returned, either within the ninety days, or within the time period covered by said special arrangements in writing, the second parties shall be allowed credit on such pump amounting to the invoice price thereof, less One ($1.00) Dollar per foot for its total depth, but this minimum deduction of credit on any one pump shall be Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. However, if first party’s expenses in putting said pump in re-salable condition exceed the total deduction for credit com- puted as above, then the minimum deduction shall be first party’s actual expenses incurred in this re- gard. 3. On the fifteenth day of November, 1914, and on the fifteenth day of each and every month there- ee Saag EO DRL? Sar vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 921 after, the second parties shall deliver to first party a sixty (60) day, seven (7%) per cent note, signed by both of the second parties, and of bankable form satisfactory to the first party, covering all purchases and other indebtedness of whatever kind or form incurred by the second parties of the first part throughout the preceding calendar month, and all such notes shall be paid in cash at maturity. For this purpose, all delivery of pumps f.o.b. cars Los Angeles, as hereinbefore provided, shall be deemed a purchase on the part of the second parties, even tho the latter have a right to return the same under the provisions herein. However, the total credit Which the first party will extend to the second par- ties, including all of the second parties’ notes, open accounts, and all their other outstanding obligations Whatever to first party, shall lie wholly within the discretion of first party, which shall have the right at any time to demand cash on delivery for further purchases made by second parties hereunder. How- ever, if such demand for cash is made, and the same is paid upon delivery, the second parties shall be entitled to an additional discount of five (5% ) per cent from the cash due. For the guidance of the second parties in estimat- ing the total amount of credit which may be antici- pated under this contract, it is hereby certified that first party's Board of Directors has duly and for- mally passed the following resolution : RESOLVED: That, under the contract this day authorized between this Corporation on the one side and Stanley M. Halstead and P. E. Vaughan on the other side, and contingent upon x = De : f rs & + FED ALE CES eemenussteccrsesrresgcrange CISC ENR I oe GAY rar bo Western Well Works, Inc., et al. a satisfactory statement signed by said Hal- stead and Vaughan, being delivered to first party, and showing that their net assets, over and above all their liabilities, reasonably amount to Twenty-five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars, the Credit Department of this Corporation is hereby authorized to extend such credit as in its discretion may seem proper, but not to ex- ceed Eleven Thousand ($11,000.00) Dollars, unless authorization for credit in excess of this amount is first obtained from the Board of Directors. This total credit of Eleven Thou- sand ($11,000.00) Dollars, shall include all notes, open accounts, and outstanding indebted- ness of any sort whatever, due this Corporation under said contract, and also the indebtedness now due or owing to this Corporation from S. M. Halstead personally, but shall not include any indebtedness whatever which may arise be- tween S. M. Halstead and this Corporation under the former’s contract to purchase the well rig which has been heretofore delivered to him, nor shall it include the indebtedness which shall be incurred by the said S. M. Hal- stead and P. E. Vaughan on account of their taking over the automobiles or furnishings of this Corporation now used in conjunction with its San Francisco and San Jose offices. The tak- ing over of said automobiles and furnishings, if at all, shall be under separate contract which shall provide the terms of payment. 4. In event the second parties send in any orders BAB Hae a vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 923 to be shipped them at points where there is no au- thorized Railroad agent to collect the freight, and the first party advances or prepays the freight thereon for the second parties, the second parties agree to remit in cash the amount of freight so advanced, within ten (10) days from the date when first party mails the second parties the freight bill covering the same. Money which has been thus advanced on freight shall not be left to go into the next sixty (60) day note mentioned in Provision 3, but shall be paid in accordance herewith. Also, it is under- stood that delivery shall be deemed to have been made by first party to second parties at Los Angeles as hereinbefore provided, and that at this point re- sponsibility for the shipment shall cease in the first party. 5. In consideration of the foregoing provisions, the second parties agree not to sell or use any other pumps, screens or perforated casings of whatsoever kind or form, in the building or equipping of wells, except the patented pumps and screens purchased of the first party in accordance herewith. 6. It is mutually understood that the second party shall have the right to drill and equip wells com- plete anywhere throughout the States of California, Arizona, and New Mexico, provided the first party’s pumps and screens are used exclusively throughout. The second parties shall also have the right to sell pumps for installation in wells drilled by other par- ties in California, north of the Thirty-fifth (35) Parallel, which line the parties agree to use as ex- a SAAR EES 7 i airs wages PR net Sear ~ EERIE AL EIT Ss ge oe ee ee eee snort so “ * x0 = — 924 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. actly demarking the so-called TEHACHAPI LINE across California. The second parties agree not to sell or furnish to others, sereens delivered hereunder, for installation in wells to be drilled by other parties in Arizona or New Mexico, or in California south of the line just mentioned, and the second parties also agree not to sell or furnish pumps delivered hereunder, for in- stallation in wells that other parties have drilled in Arizona or New Mexico, or in California south of said line. The second parties further guarantee that such screens or pumps shall not be used or installed | in violation of this provision, in Arizona or New Mexico, or in California south of the line mentioned. The second parties further guarantee that the pat- ented pumps or screens furnished them hereunder, shall not be resold or used outside of California, > erereEE~ Arizona or New Mexico, unless the written license or authority for such re-sale or use has been first ob- tained from the party owning the patents thereon in the place where such re-sale or use is made. 7 The second parties hereby acknowledge the valid- ity of the following patents covering the above-men- tioned Pumps and Screens, and which patents are owned by the first party in and throughout Cali- fornia, Arizona and New Mexico. The second par- ties also acquiesce in, and agree to acquiesce in said patents, throughout the life of each patent men- [ tioned. This provision embraces and applies to the | following patents: Patent No. 750,206, dated Jan. 19th, 1904, to M. E. Layne, for Wire Winding Tool. ANTE APOE or vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 925 Patent No. 805,211, dated Nov. 21st, 1905, to M. E. Layne, for Well Sereen. Patent No. 806,416, dated Dec. 5th, 1905, to M. E. Layne, for Screen Device. Patent No. 820,507, dated May 15th, 1906, to M. E. Layne, for Wire Winding Machine. Patent No. 821,653, dated May 29th, 1906, to M. E. Layne, for Well Mechanism. Patent No. 1,001,655, dated Aug. 29th, 1911, to M. E. Layne, for Well Strainer. Patent No. 1,079,679, dated Nov. 25th, 1913, to J. A. Wintroath, for Well Mechanism. Patent No. (Re-issue) 13,467, dated Sept. 24th, 1912, to M. E. Layne, for Well Mechanism. Concerning the above patents which cover the pump, the second parties agree that the term ‘‘en- closed line shaft,”’ or the term ‘‘a closed casing sur- rounding the pump shaft from the pump to the top of the well,” ncans and embraces any pump shaft for a deep well centrifugal pump, which is surrounded by a casing extending substantially from the pump to the top of the well and is provided with bearing parts for the shaft along its length, and which casing is sufficiently closed to allow the feeding of a lubricating fluid down thru said cas- ing to the various bearing parts for the shaft therein. 8. The second parties agree not to sell or use any of the patented screens furnished hereunder, for use in oil wells or in any other kind of wells except water wells, and the second parties guarantee that iS Sy = “a Bettstresss saan cess oS RSS oR KAY, YB LN LL Eo EN ol Te eee rca eek en wiser 926 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. such screens shall not eventually be used in oil wells in violation of this provision. 9. The second parties enter upon this contract jointly and severally, and agree to be bound jointly and severally by each of its provisions. Furthermore, for the purposes of this contract, and for the giving of orders, the receiving of notices, and for the doing of anything which may arise in connection herewith, each of the second parties hereby appoints the other as his agent, so that both of them shall become jointly and severally bound by the acts or agree- ments of either in the course hereof, the same as tho they were partners. 10. This contract shall not be assignable by the second parties, or either of them, unless the second parties first obtain the first party’s written assent thereto, duly executed under the authority of the first party’s Board of Directors. EL. It is a specific condition, and part of the consider- ation, upon which the first party enters upon this contract, that the second parties shall abide strictly in each and every guarantee, condition, provision and part of a provision, contained throughout this contract, and any violation whatever of any such guarantee, condition, provision or part of a provi- sion, shall entitle the first party to revoke and can- cel this contract entirely, so that no business shall vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 927 thenceforth be done hereunder. In order to so cancel or revoke this contract, however, the first party shall give notice to that effect by registered letter mailed and addressed to either of the second parties at their last known address, within thirty (30) days from the time when first party first obtained knowledge of the breach or violation, and if such notice is not served within said thirty (30) days, the first party shall be deemed to have waived right to cancel or revoke this contract on account of that particular breach or violation. Upon the giving of such notice, the cancellation and revocation of this contract shall be immediate and complete, and no procedure whatever, either in law or equity, shall be required on the part of the first party, in order to cause such cancellation or revokation to take effect. If the contract is canceled or revoked, how- ever, the same shall not effect or change in any man- ner, any liabilities previously created hereunder on either side. 12. The life of this contract shall be for four vears from the date hereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the parties have caused these presents to be executed in duplicate, the day and year first above written, the first party signing its corporate name and affixing its seal thru its President and Secretary, thereunto duly author- = as > opening J Ses a oe St Mt Re gE, BI OPEL ELIT RA Finer 928 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. ized by its Board of Directors by resolution passed on the 7th day of October, 1914. THE LAYNE AND BOWLER CORPORA- TION, By P. D. BOWLER, President. [ Corporate Seal ] By W. E. BOWLER, Secretary, First Party. S. M. HALSTEAD, P. KE. VAUGHAN, Second Parties. [ Endorsed]: No. 485—Equity. Layne & Bowler Corpn. vs. Western Well Works et al. Plaintiff’s Exhibit No. 3. Filed Sept. 3, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No. 3627. United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cireuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. PUES aa eam us. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 929 Defendants’ Exhibit ‘‘A-1.’’ [Endorsed]: In the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Southern Division. In Equity—No, 485. Layne & Bowler Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Western Well Works, Inc., a Corpora- tion, et al., Defendants. Defendants’ Exhibit “A-1."’ Hattie B. Lehman, Notary Public. Filed Sep. 2, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No, 3627. United States Cireuit Court of Ap- peals for the Ninth Cireuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. ea ae | peaieete ge teens eS tee Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 930 PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. MEANS FOR ALINING PUMP SHAFTS IN WELL CASINGS. No. 735,690. APPLICATION FILED HOV. 17, 1908. 2 OHEETS—SHEET: Go MODEL Yventor Otte.ney - ca OO A ° fo) ot —= ~ © 2 PE CPE NII OKA EEO OO OSS OES © - ZZ 4 ” von witha >: Sst thet a — ZO ZZ (hs ems: LMA I — SS =~ f= = = = -----—----> / pea 4 ' > = Ce REEDED > > >>> et OO OOOO LOE Oo rT _=_—==—=—_—_—_———————————————————————_——={_——=—>—_== = = — = — AOA ALAA ALL ALAA OAL AOA AOA AAP OA AP AP POPPA AAP PAPAL P= i x ! ~ % t vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 931 No. 735,690. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. MEANS FOB ALINING PUMP SHAFTS IN WELL CASINGS. APPLIOATION FILED BOV. 17, 1902 WO MODEL 2 SHEETS—SBLET 2 16 Anventoe Wrtwarses Othe: COWRA, Jonna Aho . My Loman Gf i tale Ae asl beach TSC EE Fa ie ani bdo a tee 932 No. 735,690. Western Well Works, Inc., et al. Patented August 11, 1903, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN WATSON ALVORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. MEANS FOR ALINING PUMP-SHAFTS IN WELL-CASINGS. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,690, dated August 11, 1903, Application filed November 17, 1902. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JouN Watson ALVoRD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Alining Pump- Shafts in Well-Casings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This invention relates to rotary pumps for deep wells; and its object is to provide means for automatically alining the pump-shaft. The easing of a deep well, by which T mean a well having a depth of one hundred feet or more, is usually slightly erooked or sinuous, so that the shaft of a rotary pump located at or near the bottom of the well will not be equidistant from the casing throughout its entire length, but will be nearer to one side of the casing or the other at different points. It is of course necessary for the shaft to be absolutely straight in order to reduce the friction of the bearings toa minimum, My invention aims to keep the shaft perfectly straight, and yet support it rigidly in the easing by automatic alining devices. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a portion of a well- casing, pump-shaft, and shaft-tube, with a shaft-bearing and a self-alining support for the tube. Figs. 2 and 3 are cross-sections at the lines 2 2 3 3, respectively, on a slightly larger scale. Fig. 4 is a cross-section at the line 4 4 on a still larger seale and showing the tube eecentric to the casing. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the same seale at the line 55, showing the tube and casing concentric. The well-casing 1 is a metal pipe of suit- able diameter and circular in cross-section. It may or may not be perfectly straight throughout its entire length. The rotary pump (not shown) is located at the bottom of the well and is driven by a vertical shaft 2, rotated by any suitable means. (Not shown.) The shaft is made in suitable lengths united by rigid couplings, comprising, preferably, a sleeve 3, fitting the reduced ends 4 of the Serial No. 131,663. (No model.) shaft-sections, and fastened by the transverse keys 5 and cotters 6. The shaft is inclosed in a shaft-tube 7, made in suitable lengths § coupled together and considerably less in di- ameter than the well-casing, so as to leave an annular space & between them for the water to flow up through. At suitable points in the tube are bearings for the shaft, consist- 6 ing, preferably, of a bushing 9, rigidly secured in the tube, as by the screw-threads shown, and slightly tapered internally. Segmental carriers 10 are placed in the bushing, having flanges 11 12 at each end to confine the seg: & mental bearing-blocks 13, which are prefer- ably made of lignum-vite and fit the shaft Ad justing-screws 14 are swiveled in the flanges 1] and mesh with tapped holes in lugs 15 on the adjacent end of the bushing, 7 so by turning the screws the carriers and their blocks can be slid lengthwise in the tapering bushing, and thus be set. in or out to fit the shaft, The heads of the screws are accessible through holes in the tube. Hinged to the outside of the shaft-tube, at points adjacent to the upper end of the sleeve 3, are a plurality of braces 16, preferably sharpened along their under edges to reduce the resistance to the rising column of water. $ The braces extend upwardly, and as each brace is independently hinged it will natu- rally fall outward in a radial plane until its end rests against the inside of the well-cas ing. If the shaft-tube happens to be eecet tric to the easing at that point, as shown in Fig. 4, the braces will stand at different an- gles. Means are provided for locking each brace independently in whatsoever position — it assumes, so that the tube will be rigidly % supported in the easing whether it is com centrie or eecentrie therewith. The locking deviee which I prefer consists of a wedge or chock 17, preferably forked and fitting — against the outside of the shaft tube and hav: $ ing a shank IS sliding in a longitudinal slot 19 in said tube behind the brace. Inside the tube is a segmental weight 20, fastened to the shank and causing the chock to drop until it wedges in the angular space between the tube ! and the back of the brace. In this positon of the chock the brace is rigidly held against inward movement, and the codperation © the several braces supports the tube firmly closely, Pa SV 23) ako = vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. against any lateral displacement. To release the braces when the tube is to be raised or jowered in the casing, the shaft is so con- structed and arranged as to be capable of an jupward lengthwise movement sufficient to bring the upper end of the sleeve 3 against the lower ends of the segmental weights 20 and lift them and the chocks, thus unlocking the braces and leaving them free to move in ) and out as they slide up or down in the casing with the tube. When said tube has been re- located, the shaft is dropped, and the chocks again fall into place and lock the braces in whatsoever position they may happen to be. 5 It is thus evident that my invention pro- vides means for automatically alining a pump-shaft in a well-casing whether the lat- | ter is straight or crooked. It will be understood that a plurality of sing devices and locking and unlocking means will be provided, according to the length of the shaft. Having thus described my invention, what T claim is— 1. The combination with a well-casing, of a straight rotary pump-shaft therein, and a plurality of independent, automatic adjust- ing devices located between the shaft and the casing, whereby said shaft is automati- cally braced in proper alinement irrespee- tive of any deviation of said casing from a straight line. 2. The combination with a well-casing, of a straight rotary pump-shaft therein, bear- ings for said shaft, and a plurality of auto- matic, inlependently-adjustable devices serv- ing to brace said bearings automatically in proper alinement in said casing, irrespective of any deviation of said casing from a straight line. 3. The combination with a well-casing, of a straight rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclosing said shaft, bearings in said tube, and a plurality of automatic, independently- adjustable devices between said tube and casing, whereby the former is automatically braced in proper alinement irrespective of rd deviations of the latter from a straight ine, 4. The combination with a well-easing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inelos- ing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces between said tube and casing, and means fer adjusting said braces independently of each other. : es eee eee, meee b . 735,690 ee ia Li AS eh 933 5. The combination with a well-casing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclos- ing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces between said tube and casing, and means for adjusting and locking each brace independently. 6. The combination with a well-casing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclosing said shaft, bearings for said shaft, braces between said tube and easing, means for lock- ing each brace independently, and means for unlocking said braces simultaneously. 7. The combination with a well-easing, of arotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclosing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces hinged to said tube, and means for locking said braces. &. The combination with a well-casing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclos- ing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces 7 hinged to said tube, and a chock for wedg- ing each brace, 9, The combination with a well-casing of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inelos- ing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces hinged to said tube, a choek for wedging each brace, and means for lifting said chocks. 10. The combination with a well-casing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclos- ing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces hinged to said tube, and a chock for each brace having a shank projecting into said tube and adapted to be lifted by an upward movement of the pump-shaft. 11. The combination with a well-easing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein, a tube inclosing said shaft, bearings in said tube, braces hinged to said tube, a chock for wedging each brace having a shank projecting into said tube, and a weight secured to said shank. 12. The combination with a well-casing, of a rotary pump-shaft therein having a sleeve thereon, a tube inclosing said shaft and hav- ing longitudinal slots therein, braces hinged to said tube, a chock for wedging each brace having a shank projecting through a slot, and a weight secured to said shank inside said tube and adapted to be lifted by said sleeve when said shaft is lifted. In testimony whereof I affix my signa- ture in presence of two witnesses. JOHN WATSON ALVORD. Witnesses : Ropert O. HARPER. Frep G, WILBER. =I ~ ™ 934 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. Defendants’ Exhibit ‘‘A-2.”’ [Endorsed]: In the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Southern Division. In Equity—No. 485. Lavne & Bowler Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Western Well Works, Inc., a Corpora- tion, et al., Defendants. Defendants’ Exhibit A-2. Hattie B. Lehman, Notary Public. Filed Sep. 2, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No, 3627. United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cireuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. EF. D. Monckton, Clerk. vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 935 Ho. 735,631. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. 3. W. SBVORD. 08 SPEED ROTARY PUMB. SPCHONNTEE FELTY VEO. ga. rv02. a EDTA. fi 4 4 wat. 7 Ah i! 429 . we 28 g 1 i i 1 is VAY emyd?? ; e+ t | 3 Os I 2s§p2e ' / > a y 30 2+ Hy 8 6) 26Ches "| 25 1s ‘i | it 4 S20 Nn 8 Ee - 7 l 2 om a 3 3 iH 6 4 ; +t Ruven ot Aiiades : » meena Nonna State 936 No. 735,691. Western Well Works, Inc., et al. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. Patented August 11, 1903 HIGH-SPEED To all whom it may concern: a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi cago, in the county of Cook and State of Ili nois, have invented certain new and usefu and I do declare the following to be a full clear, and exact description of the invention 10 to which it appertains to make and use the panying drawing, and to the reference marked thereon, part of this specification. This invention relates figures to more in depth. In such wells the pump is lo- cated far below the surface of the ground and rotates in a horizontal plane, the shaft ex- tending to the surface, where it is connected to a suitable motor, The weight of this up- right shaft and the other rotating parts, to- gether with the superimposed water column, is very great, and it is a serious problem to guide and support the shaft. In another ap- plication recently filed I have set forth means for maintaining such a shaft in proper aline- ment. The present invention has to do with the supporting of the superimposed water column, the shaft, and other rotating parts. It has been proposed to balance the weight of such shafts and superimposed water col- umn by the pressure of the water column in the uptake or delivery pipe. My invention consists in certain novel con- structions and arrangements of parts where- by this result can be effectively accomplished and automatically regulated. The shaft is journaled in bearings which permit it to have a certain amount of lengthwise play. Secured to the shaft is one or more pistons, which fits or fit in a cylindrical portion or portions of the stationary pump-casing and each forms one end of achamber. The under side of the piston is exposed to the pressure of the water column in the uptake, while its upper side is subjected to the pressure in the chamber. There is an outlet from the chamber to the suction side of the pump, and this outlet is o or JOHN WATSON ALVORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,691, dated August 11, 193 Application filed December 24, 1902. Be it known that I, JoHN Watson ALVORD, Improvements in High-Speed Rotary Pumps; such as will enable others skilled in the art same, reference being had to the aeccom- of which forms a centrifugal pumps, and especially to those that are run at high speeds and lift water from deep wells, by which I mean wells a hundred feet or ROTARY PUMP. Serial No. 136,465. (No model.) closing gradually as the shaft rises and opening when it falls, As there is a constant smal] leakage past the piston into the cham. § ber, the pressure in said chamber tends to gradually inerease, thus lessening the effect- ive upward pressure on the under side of the piston. The shaft therefore moves slowly downward until it causes the outlet to open # and relieve the pressure in the ehember, whereupon the fall of the shaft is checked. Thus by a series of constant adjustments and readjustments of the relative pressures on the two sides of the piston the differential § pressure tending to lift the shaft is kept ap proximately constant, so that the shaft re mains floating on the water column in sub- stantially a constant position irrespective of the fluctuations in the actual pressure of 7! the water column. This invention is applicable to pumps having a great variety of impellers and can be carried out in many different ways. The accompanying drawing illustrates one mode % of applying it to a rotary pump having a plain serew-impeller, the view being a longitudinal section of the pump. The easing of the pump is made in sections, the lower section 1 being cylindrical to snugly # inclose the impeller, which has a conical body 2 and helical blades 3, by means of which the water is given an upward motion when the impeller is rotated. The section 1 has de- pending arms 4, supporting the lower bear § ing 5 for the impeller-shaft 6. This section also has a flange 7, on which is mounted the preferably eylindrical body-section 8 by means of the flanges 9 and bolts 10, The up- per section 11 is preferably conical and is ¥ fastened to the top of the body-section 8 and also to the lower end of the uptake or de livery pipe 12, preferably by the flanges and bolts shown. The body-section has a con centric inner shell 13, preferably united with % the outer shel] by radial webs 14, cast inte- gral with both shells, The inner shell is pro- vided at each end with a head, the upper one 15 carrying a bearing 16 for the impeller-shaft and also supporting the lower end of the 1! shaft-casing 17. The lower head 18 has a bear- ing 19 for the impeller-shaft and also a cylin- drical flange 20, inclosing a piston 21, on said 1 » controlled by the lengthwise play of the shaft, shaft just above the body of the impeller and vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 735,691 said body. 9» htly less in diameter than jway’ of the inner shell is a diaphragm =+ shiclh is a bearing 23 for the shaft 6. This phragm divides the shell into two cham- s, in each of which is a piston 24, secured the shaft 6 and fitting the inside of the I Below each piston one or more holes are made in the shell, preferably by drill- through both shells, the holes in the outer Il being afterward closed by screw-plugs It is evident that more than two cham- rand pistons may be used, if desired. The impeller-shaft 6 is tubular, its lower end ing cllosed by a screw-plug 27, while its up- rend! is closed by the inwardly-projecting ser omd of the pump-shaft 28, which fits in 9 shaft 6 and is secured thereto by trans- rse pins 29, The pump-shaft is preferably lid to give a maximum torsional strength. ts 30 are cut at suitable points in the im- Jler-smaft just below the lower bearing 5 14 the bearings 26, 19, amd 23. The operation of the pump is as follows: he impeller is rotated at high speed and ees the water up through the annular space tween the outer and inner shells of the oly-seetion S of the easing. The water ases freely through the holes 25, and the ressure due to the weight of the rising Wa- column in the uptake-pipe is thus trans- ‘itted to the under side of the pistons 24. iy properly proportioning the area and num- erof said pistons to the total weight of the stating parts and the superimposed water olumn said weight can be balanced by the ift on the pistons. Hence no step-bearing srequired for the shaft. There isa little leak- we of water past the pistons into the cham- ers above them, and this water in time fills he chambers. In order to prevent it from | quiring a pressure equal to that on the un- | ler side of the pistons, and thus neutraliz- ing the lifting ports 30 are so arranged with reference to the tationary shaft-bearings that when the pres- sure in the chambers reaches a_ predeter- mined limit the consequent drop of the shaft | vill bring said ports below said bearings. thus permitting the water in the chambers to enter the tubular shaft and eseape through the lower ports into the well on the suction side of the impeller. By closing the lower end of the shaft and providing the lower set of port’ ? form an intermediate chamber be- tween ce casing and the well, and thus pre vent too sudden changes of pressure in the chambers; but as soon as sufficient water has escaped to permit the resultant increased pressure on the under side of the piston to lift the pistons and shaft the ports will be closed and the equilibrium reéstablished, The shaft, pistons, and impeller thus have a constant slight motion up and down as these adjustments of pressure occur. Tt will be noticed that they are independent of the ac- tual pressure in pounds per square inch, effect of the water column, the j an upright ferential pressure on the under side of the piston and not to the actual pressure of the water column, It will also be noticed that 70 by means of the piston 2] and its chamber and escape-ports the area of the impeller sub- jected to a downward pressure is no greater than that of its blades and that this is par- tially balanced by the upward pressure of 75 the water column on so much of the conical body of the impeller as lies above the blades. lam aware that it has been proposed to provide the shaft of a rotary pump with a balancing piston and to utilize the water leak- 80 ing past said piston to lubricate the adjacent shaft-bearing; but my invention aims to util- ize the leakage to set up a differential pres- sure on the under side of the piston, so as to automatically balance the rotating parts ir- $5 respective of the height of the water col- umn—a result not possible in the aforesaid proposed construction. I claim— 1. In a rotary pump, the combination with 90 an upright axially-movable shaft, of a bal- ancing-piston secured thereto and having its under side exposed to the pressure of the water column, a stationary easing containing a chamber above said piston, and means con trolled by the axial movement of the shaft for permitting the escape of water from said chamber to the suction side of the pump, and thus regulating the pressure in said chamber, 2, Ina rotary pump, the combination with 1 an upright axially-movable shaft, of a sta tionary casing containing a chamber concen trie with said shaft and having means to ad- mit the pressure of the water column in the uptake, a piston seeured to said shaft and 1 fitting the walls of said chamber, and eseape- ports above said piston controlled by the axial movement of said shaft. 3. Ina retary pump, the combination with axially-movable tubular shaft, of 1 a stationary casing eontaining a chamber concentric with said shaft and having holes in its walls, a piston secured to said shaft and fitting the walls of said chamber above said holes, and eseape-ports in said shaft above 1 said pistons, 4. Ina rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable tubular shaft, of a stationary casing comprising two coneen- trie shells, the inner one being closed at the top and bottom and having holes in its walls, one or more pistons in said inner shell above said holes and secured to said shaft, and es- cape-ports in said shaft above said pistons, controlled by the axial movement of said 1 shaft. 5. In a rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable tubular shaft, of a stationary casing, comprising two concen- tric shells, the inner one having a diaphragm and provided with holes in its walls above and below said diaphragm, heads closing the top and bottom of said inner shell, shaft-bear- 1 since the balancing effect is due to the dif- ings in said heads and diaphragm, pistons ~ uw 20 93 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 735,691 : secured to said shaft above said holes, and escape-ports in’said shaft adjacent to the lower ends of said bearings. 6. In a rotary pump, the combination with an axially-movable tubular shaft having its lower end closed and provided with ports, of a bearing adjacent to and above said ports, a balancing-piston secured to said shaft and having its under side exposed to the pressure of the water column, a stationary casing con- taining a chamber for said piston, and means for putting said chamber in communication with the interior of said shaft when the re- sultant pressure on the under side of the pis- ton falls below a predetermined limit. 7. In a rotary pump, the combination with a stationary casing comprising two concen tric shells, of a shaft concentric with said shells, an impeller on the shaft having a con- ical body carrying a piston fitting a chamber at the lower end of the inner shell, means for ¥ permitting the escape of leakage-water fnz said chamber to the suction side of the pum and a balancing-piston in the inner shell e posed underneath to the pressure of the wate column and above to the pressure in a chan ber in said shell. 8. In a rotary pump, the combination wit a stationary pump-casing, of an impeller, it shaft, a balancing-piston secured on the shaf a easing surrounding said piston and con municating below the piston with the uptake and means for automatically regulating th pressure on the top of the piston, whereby the differential pressure on its under sid will remain substantially constant. In testimony whereof I affix my signatur in presence of two witnesses. JOHN WATSON ALVORD. Witnesses : ARTHUR MCLEAN, Cuas. B. Burpick. en ter st cetera, AEE Rha end . ea LE pantie ia hag aaa te ee ee ee aoe | 939 a o 2 = = : ° = =) 2 = HOR —— ° ies a - iq Hy ..-. > : S g = m EAS enean n ccconaier ; Be 2 2 5 Bs ¥) BE = > Ss a % > Be. 796,001. mm. o BW ituresses ou or r—) 940 No. 735,691, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN WATSON ALVORD, HIGH-SPEED ROTARY PUMP. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed December 24, 1902, To all who mit may concern: a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- | Beit known that I, JOHN WATSON ALVORD, | | cago, in the County of Cook and State of Lli- | 5 nois, 1ave invented certain new and useful | gradually increase, thus lessening the effeet- Improvements in High-Speed Rotary Pumps; and I do declare the following to be a ful}, clear, ind exact description of the invention, such is will enable others skilled in the art to whch it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aceompany- ing dmwing, and to the figures of reference markel thereon, which forms a part of this | specification. This invention relates to centrifugal | pumps, and especially to those that are run at | high speeds and lift water from deep wells, by which I mean wells a hundred feet or more in depth. In such wells the pump is lo- eated far below the surface of the ground and rotates in a horizontal plane, the shaft ex- tending to the surface, where it is connected to a siitable motor. The weight of this up- right shaft and the other rotating parts, to- gether with the superimposed water column, is very great, and it is a serious problem to guide and support the shaft. In another ap- plication recently filed I have set forth means for maintaining such a shaft in proper aline- ment. The present invention has to do with the supporting of the superimposed water column, the shaft, and other rotating parts. It his been proposed to balance the weight of such shafts and superimposed water col- umn by the pressure of the water column in | the uptake or delivery pipe. My invention consists in certain novel con- structions and arrangements of part, whereby | this result can be effectively accomplished | and artomatically regulated. The shaft is journaled in bearings which permit it to have a certain amount of lengthwise play, Secured to the shaft is one or more pistons, which fits or fit in a cylindrical portion or portions of the stationary pump-casing and each forms one enl of a chamber. The under side of the piston is exposed to the pressure of the water columr in the uptake, while its upper side is subjeced to the pressure in the chamber. There is an outlet from the chamber to the suctior side of the pump, and this outlet is Western Well Works, Inc., et al. controlled by the lengthwise play of the shaft, Patented August 11, 1903, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, Patent No. 735,691, dated August 11, 1903, Serial No, 136,465. (No model.) closing gradually as the shaft rises and open- ing when it falls. As there is a constant small leakage past the piston into the cham- % ber, the pressure in said chamber tends to ive upward pressure on the under side of the piston, The shaft therefore moves slowly downward until it causes the outlet to open and relieve the pressure in the chamber, whereupon the fall of the shaft is checked. Thus by a series of constant adjustments and readjustments of the relative pressures on the two sides of the piston the differential 6 pressure tending to lift the shaft is kept ap- proximately constant, so that the shaft re mains floating on the water column in sub- stantially a constant position irrespective of the fluctuations in the actual pressure of the 7! water column, This invention is applicable to pumps hay- ing a great variety of impellers and can be carried out in many different ways. The accompanying drawing illustrates one mode 1 of applying it to a rotary pump having a plain secrew-impeller, the view being a longitudinal seetion of the pump. The casing of the pump is made in sections, the lower section 1 being cylindrical to snugly § inclose the impeller, which has a conical body 2 and helical blades 3, by means of whieh the water is given an upward motion when the impeller is rotated. The section 1 has de vending arms 4, supporting the lower bear § ing 5 for the impeller-shaft 6. This section also has a flange 7 mounted the 7, on which is preferably cylindrical body-section 8 by means of the flanges 9 and bolts 10, The up: ner section 11 is preferably conical, and is ® fastened to the top of the body section 8 and also to the lower end of the uptake or de- livery pipe 12, preferably by the flanges and bolts shown, The body-seetion has acon centric inner shell 13,’‘preferably united with § the outer shell by radial webs 14, cast inte gral with both shells. The inner shell is pro vided at each end with a head, the upper oie 15 carrying a bearing 16 for the impeller-shaft andalsosupportingthe lower end of the shaft: | casing 17, The lower head 18 has a bearing 19 for the impeller-shaft and also a cylin: drieal flange 20, inclosing a piston 21, on sal shaft just above the body of the impeller and aa BR vs. payne we power Vorporanon. ——— — IFt 735,691 btly less in diameter than said body. way of the inner shell is a diaphragm 22, shich is a bearing 23 for the shaft 6. This h divides the shell into two cham- phragm Myeige . ‘ in each of which is a piston 24, secured the shaft 6 and fitting the inside of the |, Below each piston one or more holes are made in the shell, preferably by drill- ‘through both shells, the holes in the outer I) being afterward closed by screw-plugs It is evident that more than two cham- sand pistons may be used, if desired, The impeller-shaft 6 is tubular, its lower end ng closed by a serew-plug 27, while its up- end is closed by the inwardly-projecting rer end of the pump-shaft 28, which fits in . shaft 6 and is secured thereto by trans- se pins 29, The pump-shaft is preferably id to give a maximum torsional strength. rts 30 are cut at suitable points in the im- ller-shaft just below the lower bearing 5 d the bearings 16, 19, and 23, The operation of the pump is as follows: e impeller is rotated at high speed and rees the water up through the annular space tween the outer and inner shells of the dy-section 8 of the casing. The water sses freely through the holes 25, and the essure due to the weight of the rising wa- rcolumn in the uptake-pipe is thus trans- itted to the under side of the pistons 24. y properly proportioning the area and num- tof said pistons to the total weight of the tating parts and the superimposed water lumn said weight can be balanced by the ft on the pistons. Hence no step-bearing required for the shaft. There is a little leak- ge of water past the pistons into the cham- rs above them, and this water in time fills ve chambers. In order to prevent it from quiring a pressure equal to that on the un- er side of the pistons, and thus neutraliz- ig the lifting effect of the water column, the orts 30 are so arranged with reference to the lationary shaft-bearings that when the pres- wre in the chambers reaches a predeter- tined limit the consequent drop of the shaft ill bring said ports below said bearings, hus permitting the water in the chambers denter the tubular shaft and escape through he lower ports into the well on the suction ile of the impeller. By closing the lower al of the shaft and providing the lower set f ports I form an intermediate chamber be- Ween the casing and the well, and thus pre- tnt too sudden changes of pressure in the tambers; but as soon as sufficient water has saped to permit the resultant increased ressure on the under side of the piston to ift the pistons and shaft the ports will be and the equilibrium — reésti.blished. ¢ shaft, pistons, and impeller thus have a onstant slight motion up and down as these djustments of pressure occur. It will be otieed that they are independent of the ac- tal pressure in pounds per square inch, ince the balancing effect is due to the dif- ferential pressure on the under side of the piston and not to the actual pressure of the water column, It will also be noticed that by means of the piston 21 and its chamber and escape-ports the area of the impeller sub- jected to a downward pressure is no greater than that of its blades and that this is par- tially balaneed by the upward pressure of the water column on so much of the conical body of the impeller as lies above the blades. I am aware that it has been proposed to provide the shaft of a rotary pump with a balanecing-piston and to utilize the water leak- ing past said piston to lubricate the adjacent shaft-bearing; but my invention aims to util- ize the leakage to set up a differential pres- sure on the under side of the piston, so as to automatically balance the rotating parts irre- spective of the height of the water column—a result not possible in the aforesaid proposed construction, I claim— 1. In a rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable shaft, of a bal- ancing-piston secured thereto and having its under side exposed to the pressure of the water column, a stationary casing containing a chamber above said piston, and means con- trolled by the axial movement of the shaft for permitting the escape of water from said chamber to the suction side of the pump, and thus regulating the pressure in said chamber. 2. In a rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable shaft, of a sta- tionary casing containing a chamber concen- tric with said shaft and having means to ad- mit the pressure of the water column in the uptake, a piston seeured to said shaft and fitting the walls of said chamber, and escape- ports above said piston controlled by the ax- ial movement of said shaft. 3. In a rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable tubular shaft, of a stationary casing containing a chamber con- centrie with said shaft and having holes in its walls, a piston secured to said shaft and fitting the walls of said chamber above said holes, and escape-ports in said shaft above said pistons, 4, Ina rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable tubular shaft, of a stationary casing comprising two concen- tric shells, the inner one being closed at the top and bottom and having holes in its walls, one or more pistons in said inner shell above said holes and secured to said shaft, and es- cape-ports in said shaft above said pistons, controlled by the axial movement of said shaft. 5. In a rotary pump, the combination with an upright axially-movable tubular shaft, of a stationary casing comprising two concen- trie shells, the inner one having a diaphragm and provided with holes in its walls above and below said diaphragm, heads closing the top and bottom of said inner shell, shaft-bear- ings in said heads and diaphragm, pistons 75 1 _ —_ — 942 and the secured to said shaft above said holes, escape-ports in said shaft adjacent to lower ends of said bearings. 6. In a rotary pump, the combination with 5 an axially-movable tubular shaft having its lower end closed and provided with ports of a bearing adjacent to and above said ports, a balancing-piston secured to said shaft and having its under side exposed to the pressure of the water column, a stationary casing ¢on- taining a chamber for said piston, and means for putting said chamber in communication with the interior of said shaft when the re- sultant pressure on the under side of the pis- ton falls below a predetermined limit. 7. In a rotary pump, the combination with a stationary casing comprising two concen- tric shells, of a shaft concentric with said shells, an impeller on the shaft having a con- ieal body carrying a piston fitting a chamber at the lower end of the inner shell, means for Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 735,691 permitting the escape of leakage-water fro said chamber to the suction side of the pump, and a balancing-piston in the inner shell ex: posed underneath to the pressure of the water column and above to the pressure in a cham- ber in said shell, 8. In a rotary pump, the combination with a stationary pump-casing, of an impeller, its shaft, a balancing-piston secured on the shaft, a easing surrounding said piston and com municating below the piston with the uptake, and means for automatically regulating th pressure on the top of the piston, whereby the differential pressure on its under side will remain substantially constant. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. JOHN WATSON ALVORD. Witnesses: ARTHUR MCLEAN, Cuas. B, BuRDICK. vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 943 Defendants’ Exhibit ‘‘A-3.’’ [Endorsed]: In the United States District Court, Northern District of California, Southern Division. In Equity—No. 485. Layne & Bowler Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Wester Well Works, Inc., a Corpora- tion, et al. Defendants. Defendants’ Exhibit “A-3.°? Hattie B. Lehman, Notary Public. Filed Sep. 2, 1920. W. B. Maling Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No. 3627. United States Cireuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. Sy ees Editions An India ead Comp A Division of Information Handling Service CARD HI > 3 - 7 « . A : = 5 eo rm) nied = 7 $ a 3 & a be a 65 & a Zz S > . - So ~ Oo a3 ss aa 2 Am «a ; a} . aa3 = 223 Vy WY as ey ViLiLiee> Viti = "8 a | ~~ . 2 & : C "~aos ~~ mm 3 — os ioe] ; S DB x | | Ned ps ) ee ; | 4 s #3 o = 2 « : 944 vs. Layne & Rowler Corporation. 945 No. 735,692. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 30. 1903 BO MODEL. ® SHEETS—SHEET 2. 49.2. a Aig +3. Jiventos AV tresses Neh W, Aled 946 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. No. 735,692. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 30. 1903. Bo MODEL 8 SELETS—SEEST 3. a >A NY we S \ ‘ NA is fj vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 947 No. 735,692 PATENTED ADG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 30. 1903 Bo MODEL ' 8 SHELT®—SHEET 4. 2 Tnventor Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 948 PATENTED AUG. 11, 1908. ALVORD. 1. W. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. No. 735,692. APPLICATION TILED MAB. 30. 1908. 6 SHLESTO—SHEES 6. Sg. 74. BO MODEL. a % 4 \ 2 Oo eMacarcos (FOSS SOOM EBAL POPOL OL Oey S Z ' iy ca nagp eras astOUE sees Anventor Qi tresses us. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 949 No. 735,692. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. APPLICATION FILED MAR 30. 1903 WO MODEL 8 SELETS~SELET SO Suventos Orr W. Alvwrd, 2, trrgones 950 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. No. 735,692. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 30. 1903 FO MODEL 8 SBELTS-SHEET 2 41G.23.- AC Bresces Ss oy Bi itiie oF vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 951 No. 735,692. PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903. J. W. ALVORD. HIGH SPEED ROTARY PUMP. APPLIOATION FILED MAB. 30. 1903. BO MODEL @ SHLBTS—SBLET 3. 71g. 25. Witrrerses \ . wus western wet works, Inc., et at. No. 735,692. Patented August 11, 1903 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN WATSON ALVORD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. HIGH-SPEED ROTARY PUMP. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,692, dated August 11, 1903. Application filed March 30, 1903. Serial No. 150,184. (No model.) 0 all whom it may concern: mined limit, the impeller and shaft will dre : Be it known that I, JouN WATSON ALVORD, | slightly, thereby opening an eseape-port az a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi- | relieving any excess of pressure in the ¢ eago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- | ber, so as to keep the differential balaneig nois, have invented certain new and useful | pressure at about the same point at all tims Improvements in High-Speed Rotary Pumps; | irrespective of the fluetuations in the aetul and I do declare the following to be a full, pressure of the water column. In anotbe clear, and exact deseription of the invention, | form of impeller the water column is not com such as will enable others skilled in the art] pletely reversed, but is diverted from an up to which it appertains to make and use the} right longitudinal direction in the casing » same, reference being had to the accompany-|a_radially-lateral direetion while passizg ing drawings, and to the figures of reference | through the impeller and is then turned up marked thereon, which forms a part of this | ward again through the upper part of th specification. easing. This impeller is provided with th This invention relates to high-speed rotary | same balancing-chamber and escape-pors pumps for deep wells, by which I mean wells | automatically controlled by the rise and fal a hundred feet or more in depth. In such] of the impeller as have been described it wells the rotary pump is located far below | connection with the reversing-impeller. the surface of the ground, being operated by It will be readily understood that. othe an upright shaft rising to the surface ani | forms of impeller may be employed, but ther there driven by some suitable motor. In] must be such as to produce an upward by deep wells the weight of this long shaft and | drostatie pressure on the under side of th its attached parts is very great, and many | impeller, and this must be partially balane schemes have been proposed for supporting | by leakage-pressure in a chamber controll! it or for counterbalancing it. by the longitudinal movement of the iz My invention relates to that mode of coun- | peller due to the slight variations in the dif terbalancing which utilizes the hydrostatic | ferential pressure. pressure of the rising column of water in the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 118 uptake or delivery-pipe of the pump. In or-}| a longitudinal section of the reversing-it der to cause this column to exert a lifting | peller and its easing. Fig. 2 is a bottom effect upon the shaft and its attached parts, | plan view of the impeller. Fig. 3 is at I so construct the impeller that the water] plan view of the same. Figs. 4, 5, 6, and! eolumn is reversed in direction in passing | are diametrical sections of the same on th through the impeller, so that at the point | correspondingly-numbered lines in Fig. * where the water leaves the impeller it is flow-) Fig. & is a side elevation of said impelle ing downward, being subsequently reversed | Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a developmet! again in passing through the impeller-casing, | of the web and flange-wall of the impeller > so as to thereafter pursue an upward course | Fig. 10 is a top plan view of the lower s& into the uptake. The hydrostatic reaction | tion of the easing. Figs, 11, 12, 13, 14 ih) on the impeller at the point of delivery there- | and 16 are radial sections of the same on thé from is sufficient to lift and sustain all the | correspondingly-numbered lines in Fig. 1 rotating parts. In order to automatically | Fig. 17 is a top plan view of the upper s* regulate the lifting effect within predeter-| tion of the casing. Fig. 18 is a side elev® mined limits, so as to maintain the shaft and] tion of the gland for the stuffing-box on 4 impeller in substantially the same position | larger scale. Fig. 19 is a diametrical sectiot while running, I provide above the impeller | of the same. Fig. 20 is a bottom plan vieF a chamber into which the water under pres- | of the same, Fig, 21 is a diametrical sectitt sure can leak past the periphery of the im- | of the upper section of the casing. Fig. = peller. When the pressure in this chamber | is a ton plan view of the same. Fig. 23188 reaches a given value and the consequent | side elevation of the inner shell of the sam differential pressure on the under side of the | and the radial helical partitions. Fig. 24¥ impeller has been lessened to the predeter-| a top plan view of the same. Fig. 25 18! or —_ = — uo ts — te ur va —J 60 65 5 shown. 3 cross-section vs. Layne cw power Vorporatron. 735,692 2 longitudinal section of the radial impeller and its easing. Fig. 26 is a perspective view of said impeller partly broken away. The rotable pump-shaft 1 passes down through the uptake or delivery-pipe 2, being preferably inclosed in a easing 3. The shaft bas bearings 4 5 in the upper and lower sec- tions of the casing respectively. In the lower ends of the upper section is located the im- peller, which is a cireular structure concen- trie with the shaft, to which it is firmly keyed or otherwise secured. The impeller has a hub 6, surrounded by a «disk-shaped body 7, which is provided with a peripheral flange 8, containing packing-grooves and fitting snugly inside the cylindrical lower end 9 of the in- ner shell 10 of the upper section of the ¢cas- ing. Said cylindrical end 9 is long enough to allow the impeller to have a certain amount of longitudinal play. Referring now especially to the figures of the drawings illustrating the reversing-im- peller, it will be seen that between the hub and the periphery »f the impeller is a cylin- drieal flange 11 extending preferably down- ward below the bottom of the flange 8 and having a rotating fit inside the upper end of the inner shell 12 of the lower section of the casing. The joint is preferably a rabbeted one, as shown, and the flange 11 has a water- packing groove in it. At certain points, preferably two, a web 13 connects the flange 1] with the hub, whose surface below the disk 7 is preferably tapering and coneaved, as The outer edge of the web 13. re- mains always in the same transverse plane, but its inner edge rises in a regular helical line along the surface of the hub, departing | farther and farther from the center as it rises until it reaches a point longitudinally in line with the flange 11. That portion of said flange above the plane of junction with the web also veers outwardly, similarly to the web, so that a space of substantially uniform is maintained between them, the flange-wall moving downward as the web rises until at the point where the web as- sumes a position parallel with the axis of the hub the flange-wall becomes horizontal and terminates. The relative positions of the web and flange-wall are illustrated in Fig. 9, which is a perspective view of them as they would look straightened out instead of following the circular contour of the hub, as they actually do. In the drawings two webs are shown starting at diametrically op- posite points and each continuing for three- eighths of the cireumference of the hub, It will be seen from this construction that the water rising through the supply passage in the inner shell 12 will be continuously lifted by the radial edges of the two webs and car- tied from a point inside the inner shell and flange 11 first upward, then outward, and finally downward to a point outside the flange 11 and between it and the peripheral flange 8. Here it enters an annular cham- YOS — ber in the lower section of the casing concen- trie with the supply-passage 12. The walls of this chamber 14 are twisted on helical 7 lines in a fashion similar to the web and flange-wall of the impeller, so that the stream of water is carried first downward, then out- ward, and then upward through an outer concentric annular chamber 14’. By a care- ful study of Figs. 11 to 16, noting that they are successive radial seetions of Fig. 10 through a quarter of its circumference, it is thought that the course and operation of the chamber-walls_ will be understood. From the outer chamber 14’ the water passes up through the annular space 15 between the inner and outer shells of the upper section of the casing, whence it flows into the up- take. In order to counteract the rotary mo- 8 tion of the water as it issues from the cham- ber 14’, the space 15 is divided into segments by helical radial partitions 16, uniting the two concentric shells of the upper casing- section and so inclined as to check the whirl of the water and send it into the uptake in substantially longitudinal lines. It will be seen that at the point in the im- peller where the water is reversed from an upward to a downward direction there will be an upward hydrostatic pressure due to the weight of the water column in the uptake. This pressure tends to lift the impeller and its shaft, and by properly proportioning the parts this lift can be made to counterbalance the rotating parts, so that the shaft will re- quire no step-bearing, but will float, as it were, on the water. In order to regulate this counterbalancing effect so as to maintain the impeller automatically in substantially the same position irrespective of the fluctuations in the water-pressure, I provide above the | disk of the impeller a chamber 17, formed = inside the inner shell of the upper section of © the casing. At its upper end the chamber is made water-tight by a stuffing-box surround- | ing the shaft 1. The gland 18 of the stuffing- 4 box is flanged, forming a cup to receive the upper end of the hub 6 of the impeller, which 4 has a snug fit in the flange 19. Through said j flange are cut ports 20, and the longitudinal motion of the hub inside the flange will open and close these ports. One or more eseape- duets 21 are made through the impeller from the upper end of the hub to points below the # disk 7 and opening into the supply-passage 12. 9 In the operation of the pump the pressure § of the water column causes a certain leakage of water past the periphery of the impeller into the chamber 17. As this leakage accu- mulates in the chamber it counteracts the lifting effect of the pressure on the under side of the impeller, and if allowed to go on unregulated it would soon become so great as to balance that pressure and destroy the value of the water column as a balancing agent for} the rotating parts. The ports 20 are there- fore so located that when the back pressure in the chamber 17 reaches a predetermine 954 point, at which the differential pressure on the disk of the impeller is just sufficient to properly balance the rotating parts, then the downward movement of the impeller has been sufficient to open the ports 20 and permit an escape of all subsequent leakage into the chamber to the suction side of the impeller. The device is thus self-regulating, and the im- peller will maintain its normal position irre- spective of the actual pressure of the water column in the uptake. This automatic regu- lating action is also secured by the impeller shown in Figs. 25 and 26, which operates by forcing the water outward in radial lines into the lower end of the upper section of the easing. Said upper section is similar to that used for the reversing-impeller; but the lower section is less intricate, being merely a pedestal 22, containing a lower bearing for the shaft 1 and having at its upper end a ecy- lindrical shoulder 23, into which fits a cylin- drical packed flange 24 on the impeller. The peripheral flange 8 on the impeller extends upward instead of downward, as in Fig. 1. Under the disk 7 are one or more eccentric webs 25, beginning at the flange 24 and end- ing at the periphery of the disk and joined to the flange by horizontal plates 26. When two such webs are used, as shown in the drawings, they each run half-way around the impeller. When this impeller is rotated, these webs, whose inner ends are in advance, continuously cut the water and force it ra- dially outward into the upper section of the casing, where it passes up through the com- partments between the helical partitions, and so on to the uptake. The hydrostatic pressure of the water column is exerted in- wardly on the webs and upwardly on the disk and plates. The water leaking past the flange 8 is received in the ehamber 17. and its escape is regulated by the ports 20 and the ducts 21 and hub 6, just as in the ease of the reversing-impeller hereinbefore described. In using these pumps in deep wells I place two or more of them at different depths, each delivering water into a common uptake, or I May arrange them tandem, all acting on the same water column, so that the lower pumps each deliver into the one next above. Having thus described my invention, what I claim is— 1. In a rotary pump, the combination with an impeller having its under side exposed to the hydrostatic pressure of the water column in the uptake, of a casing having a chamber above said impeller and in which said im- peller is free to move longitudinally, and means controlled by the impeller for regulat- ing the pressure in said chamber. 2. In a rotary pump, the combination with an impeller having its under side exposed to the hydrostatic pressure of the water columi in the uptake, of a casing containing a leak- age-chamber above said impeller, and means now Western Well Works, Inc., et al. : arcs era“: “ie / > ° A psp provided mith a closed driving shaft ot ing: extending to the tep of the well froa the pump, a pipe ox ‘ tendin, downward from the pus ca: ing and means for fixing’ the " pmp at any desired point i. the well casings substantially describec. 2 eae rae! eee x A) OA pump provided with a closed ariving|ahagt ear cas-m ing extending to the top of + the well from the pump, @ Pipe. ar é . sz Cy pending ro at 2p Be cus: rg and reans for fixing tt of a ee ot talon an a 2.4. LE a at a:f/Gesffed fat in’ tie center of the soli ae supstentially & es desorited. Sa é J bk. The ccmbination with a puxp of an extensible= R, > purp shaft therefor ania means for supporti rg ‘the purp at ‘any % w« +/ Gesired point in the wel ly orued, greet porendontl woffa fore “{ The combination with a_rotery pump of an wae. Bek. Veisible pump shaft: therefor ant-méand_for r_suprorting the, pug ; at any desired point An the well. ©, =. ae os : Fo ” =F v %. The coubinat _ withag racy yor a soot isha * att casing surround irejeetd pup shart ant Srecting to. » ght eee See 2a: ae PO. _ vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 973 ee FE Ty. ee ee ace RES ete, PA top of the well and. means for tixine the pop in position at; - ee any desired Point of the well caging... om, Tete Atte’ ae Re Oe > , d pee Re “tn wil nechanism i cobinaton it a Baas a as then-tethe-piyly 2." Page isa * serics of wedges operated fron the! t top. of: the ‘weil: Dy means: of) bo a links, @ series of. wedges carried by. the pump Casing and operat 7 | __ ed by toggle links attacked to's rod extended tothe top of = bY the yell ; for. the purposes spevitied? © = Ae Ras =. ee with rolatiott te sect b.. * other to wedge the ‘said pump.éasing 16 sides oF bin ee — tall casing, substantially as feasts : Lui pws Soa nex 4 te. In combinat ior with a well casing anda . 1 a sertes of wedges suspended by réds from the top of “the | operating the same to wedge the pump easing against the ¥ casing, subetantiafly as atcennegs Wa, ie . : ee a ¢ nN, “Te well. ‘noshonien ry pop Saning provided ity a4 ‘ series of wedges mounted upony toggle links theréin tot dg a . said casing against. the side walls of the well faving, a r. ; stantially as aesor ited. ‘ > pl Oe ; . ne. xs Ps ere: > by “g oa ¢ ‘te. Ty. well necbanien the hocks a ; pump. af a jointed pump shaftaad ‘8 Otused. casing rropnding iid 2s i Mh pump shaft feos the ° wap te ‘theitop, ‘of me wi. eS * 24 lrwverntor.- Makin £ hagoe, 1 byt Amal ay vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 999 No. 821,653 PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. M. E. LAYNE. WELL MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED APR. 28, 1903, 4 SHELTO—SELET 2. %- 44-33 thhresses: ae, Hh ober k . Tne., et al. orks ‘ Western Well W 1000 No. 821,653 PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. M. E. LAYNE. WELL MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED APB. 28. 1903 4@OHEETS—SHELT 3 vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1001 Mo. 82) ,653. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. M. E. LAYNE. WELL MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED APR. 38. 1003. 6 QERSTS-SEEST ¢. i oe Alle 62 HN oo TT TI > Ub ses, kao. HEheok_ 7) Crean Sfiurmagl, Sy ke Kosrncetroe i Ke iatiaintice atte poe On 8 eat Meroe 1002 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. MAHLON E. LAYNE, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS. WELL MECHANISM. No. 821,653. Application filed April 28, To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, MAHLON E. LAYNE, & citizen of the United States, residing at Hous- ton, county of Harris, and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Well Mechanism, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to the apparatus used for drawing water from driven or Artesian wells, and particularly to the means for ad- justing a pump therein, The objects of the invention are, to provide means by which the piping and the pump may be all assembled in proper shape before inserting it into the well; to provide means by which a pump may be placed in any desired position in a well, centered, raised or lowered and fixed in position by manipulating from the outside entirely; to provide means for adjusting the length of the piping leading from the pump to the surface at will and to lower the pump from time to time without taking it out of the well; to provide improved means for cen- tering and fixing the pump in proper position in the well casing; to provide improved means for manipulating the packing of the pump shaft, and proper adjustment of the pump in place by means at the surface of the ground; to provide for the proper action of a pump without stopping up the well, so that water may be either flowed into or pumped out of the same at pleasure; to provide a su- perior mounting for a centrifugal pump in the well, manipulated from the surface of the ground; to provide an extensible pump shaft separately supported at intervals along its length; to provide an automatic center: ing device for the pump in the well; to pro- vide for mounting the pump and the shaft in a closed easing which is open to operate from the top; to obviate the necessity of making large wells for descending into them in order to arrange the pump, and to generally im- prove and cheapen the apparatus used for the above purposes. The above objects, as well as other advan- tages which will hereinafter appear, I attain by means of the construction and assem- blage of parts as illustrated in preferred forms in the accompanying drawings, where- in— Figure 1 represents a section of a well showing the preferred form of my apparatus in place therein. Figures 2, 3 and 4 are horizontal sections Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 29, 1906, 1903. Serial No. 154,704. of the shaft casing respectively taken on lize 2 of Figure 1, and lines 3 and 4 in Figur 5 raged Me — enlarged central vertices section taken through the pu ; ing of the well. . aetna ae ‘igure 6 is a horizontal secti ‘igure j taken along the line 6. oe Figure 7 is a section of a top of the wel casing containing the pump shaft and its mounting; Figure 8 isa similar section taker| at one of the joints of the pump shaft casing Figure 9 is a section taken through th casing containing the pump shaft at the cd: lar 28 in Figure 1 ; Figure 10 is a vertical section of a well bar ing a modified form of the apparatus therein Figure 11 is a side view and partial sectio of a centrifugal pump mounted by a modified method, Pi get 12 - a half plan and half section of the pump shown in Figure the line 12 ‘therein, : Pas Figure 13 is a partial vertical section takes through the shafting and its mounting show in Figure 10 at the point marked 68, For convenience of illustration the apps ratus is shown as applied to a well whic passes through two water bearing strat separated by an impervious stratum, the to surface of the ground being also an impe: vious layer of earth. The upper chamber 15 of the well may be protected by wooler framing as customary, or it may be buts continuation of the chamber inelosed by the casing 16, which may be carried to the sur face if desired, and the chamber 15 dispens! with, Below this is a sereen 17 in the sani layer, and still below the sereen 17 is another casing 18, into which extends the suctit pipe 22, from the pump 21, and below thi another screen 19. In the approved form as illustrated in Fig ure 1, I use a centrifugal pump 21, single in a series, as may be desired, and having! top discharge. It is attached to a casing 2) which runs to the top of the well and incloe the driving shaft 39 of the pump, which my be driven by a pulley 25, mounted in th framework 24, in any approved manner. A! outlet pipe 23 leads from the pump to t® surface to carry off the water. An shown it Figure 2, the shaft casing 20, and the outkt pipe 23, are bound together by means of th block-and-strap arrangement 26. These cor necting devices are distributed at interval vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1003 2 821,653 along the length of the shaft easing. In or- jer to previously assemble all the parts and then put the pump into the well and fix it in position therein, I provide a system of wedges 33, which serve to fix the pump in place and hold it in the proper vertical posi- tion, designed to be operated by means from the top of the well, avoiding the necessity of ,man’s going into the well in order to fix the ump in place. Pivoted to an extension on the head of the centrifugal pump casing 37, | provide a series of toggle links 34, which are tarried in slots in the extension 36 of the cas- ing, and at their euter ends bear wedge blocks 33, which embrace and codperate with the vertically movable wedges 33, placed against the easing 16. The wedges 33 may be at- tached to links 29, which are carried by a diding collar 28 on the casing 20, the collar 28 being operated by a rod 27, which runs to the top of the well, so that from the top the wedges 33 may be raised and lowered into place and ean be tightened therein. The tog- ie links may be also connected by links 32, toa collar 31, and the collar 31to a rod 30, which extends to the top of the well as be- fore, in order to manipulate it without going into the well. Thus in order to obtain greater power and fix the wedges more se- curly in place, it will be observed that by pulling up on the rod 32, the toggle links 34 will eause the wedge blocks 35 to press with great power against the wedges 33, and thus fx the pump casing in place wherever de- sired, The pump shaft 39 is inclosed in a shaft easing 20, which latter is made in joints and may be of any desired length. The pump shaft also is made in sections 39, 39’, 39”, shih are attached together by means of diding keys so as to allow of some vertical play with relation to each other. From Fig- ure 5 it will be seen that the shaft 39 passes through a block 47, and at its top is fixed in the bearing block 48 by means of the pin 50, as shown in Figure 4. The next section of the shaft, 39’, is inserted into the block 48, and prevented from rotating by means of the tey 49, which is splined therein, The weight of the shaft and pump below the block 47 is carried by the block 48; and from Figure 8 it rill be seen that a similar arrangement is made at the top of the next section of the staft casing, where the block 47’ supports the weight of the section of shaft 39° by means of the collar 48’, connected by a pin and key 38 before. At the top, the casing 20 is closed and is povided with a stuffing box 50, closed by the ap 51, at the top of the shaft 39”. The taft 39 is fixedly keyed to the vanes 38 of the centrifugal pump, and below the pump ‘sing 21 is a pipe 22, which extends down teow the water level and is extended any isired depth in the well. The casing 20 also contains a tubular rod 44, which has a bearing in the block 47 on top of the pump casing 37, as shown in Figure 5, and is provided with a square opening which codperates with the head of the screw 42, used for adjusting the cap 41 of the packing box 40 for the pump, and compressing the packing in place. In order that this cap 41 may be raised and lowered evenly, the screw 42 is provided with a sprocket wheel, and two other screws of a similar kind are dis- tributed about the cap, as shown in Figure 6, and connected by means of the sprocket chain 46, so that by means of the tubular shaft 44, all three of said screws 42 may be turned at once to compress the packing in box 40. This pipe or tubular shaft 44 also serves the purpose of providing convenient means for forcing the liquid out of the pump shaft casing. By forcing air in at the top of the casing 20, by means of the pipe 52, the liquid can be foreed down to the bottom of said eas- ing 20, and by means of the small opening 45, in the bottom of the tubular shaft 44, the fluid can be forced out at the top 54, and keep the casing clear in order to leave the bearings clean therein and not interfere with the working of the pump, or by forcing fluid in at the top 54, the operation will be re- versed, and the fluid ejected from pipe 52. It will be noticed that the weight of the pump and its shaft is supported at each end of the sections of the casing by the blocks 47, 47’, etc. By reason of this arrangement the pump shaft and the shaft casing can be made in separable sections, and consequently the pump may be inserted at any desired depth and the parts assembled before putting them into the well. The wedge system illustrated for tightening the pump easing in place may also, if desired, be used to center it with re- spect to the easing. The outlet pipe 23 is also preferably made in sections to corre- spond with the sections of the pump shaft casing. In Figures 10 to 13 I have shown a modi- fied form of the apparatus which uses a sim- ple series of wedges for fixing the pump in place, as illustrated best in Figure 11. The pump easing has a platform 61, and a de- pending ring flange 66, and a series of wedges 63 are placed around the depending flange 66, and are connected to the top platform by means of a series of screws 65. A series of cooperating wedges 62 may also be provided, suspended from the platform 61 by means of the serews 64, and the two series of wedges surround the whole casing. It will some- times be convenient to dispense with the out- let pipe 23, and extend the casing 16 to the top, to act itself as the conveying channel for the liquid. In each case, of course, the pump casing 21 and platform 61 will be made water-tight within the casing 16, and for this 85 | 95 _ — os el 1004 purpose the wedges 62 will be made in over- lapping sections, in order to break the joints seen in Figure 12. The pumps will then de- liver directly into the upper casing. It will be plain that by turning the screws 65, the bottom wedges are drawn upward against the wedges 62, by which the casing of the pump is fixed in any desired place and tight- ened in the well casing 16. The screws 65 may be operated by means of a_ socket wrench placed upon a long rod and reached from the surface of the ground, or may be ex- tended to the surface of the ground, as de- sired. In the case illustrated, the top of the pump shaft may be provided with a pulley 25, as before, and a bearing fixed on some part of the framework, as on the cross beam 57. Extending downward from the beam 57 may be provided a timber 56, and part way down a bearing and support provided for the cas- ing of the pump shaft 60, by means of the block 67, which is carried upon a cross frame 68; and a packing box therein, 71, is closed by a screw 70, the whole being attached to the timber 56 as shown in Figure 13. Be- low this point the shaft 39 may be inclosed in a casing 60, which is screwed in the block 67, as shown in said Figure. For additional security the block 67 may be attached to the timber 56, by means of the strap 69, which surrounds the same. The casing 60 may be in sections and of any desired length. I prefer, generally, to allow for free flow of water down the well outside of the pump cas- ing and the pump, in order that the water may be drained into the well when desired, rather than pumping the water out; which | attain by dropping the wedges 63 and thereby loosening the wedges 62 from the casing 16, permitting water above pump to pass into the strata supplying the well. I generally prefer to extend the piping 22 entirely through the first water bearing stratum and into the second, as shown in the screen 19; it being understood that the water from the first stratum will flow down the casing 18 to the second when the water level falls sufficiently therefor. In general I prefer the form of apparatus as shown in Figure 1, both because the means for fixing the pump in place is more easily ad- justed, and because of the superior mount- ing of the pump shaft inside its sectional cas- ing as therein shown, and making the pump shaft in sections. But in cases where the pump will not be moved for a long time, the device of Figure 11 may be used for wedging it in place. It will be seen that by fastening the pump within the casing in such position as to leave an unobstructed passage around it, I pro- vide for draining water into the well in cases where this is desired, as often happens when fields are flooded, and when it is desired to Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 821,653 3 drain the fields. The whole apparatus be ing self-contained, can be put together in proper form and lowered into the well a once. It will be seen also that the to levers used for actuating the wedges Px. used or not, as desired, since the w alone will be amply sufficient in the appara- tus of Figure 1, as wellas in that of Figure 10, I consider it of great advantage also to ar range the pump shaft in a closed casing with? stuffing box at surface of ground at top of pump, so that by the use of the packing boxes an air-tight chamber can be maip- tained, and water kept out of the casing 20, or kept filled with clean liquid, if desired, thereby providing an efficient lubricating system for all bearings of the pump. The many advantages of this apparatus will be apparent to those familiar with the use of such devices, from inspection of the § drawings. Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following: 1. A pump provided with a closed driving § shaft casing extending to the top of the well from the pump, a pipe extending downwari from the pump casing and means for fixing the pump at any desired point in the well casing, substantially as described, ’ 2. A pump provided with a closed driving shaft casing extending to the top of the well from the pump, a pipe extending downward from the pump casing and means for fixing the pump at any desired point in the center! of the well casing and sealing said shaft of from water in the well, substantially as de scribed. 3. The combination with a pump of an er tensible pump shaft therefor means for sup-! porting the pump at any desired point in the well, and independent supports for the shaft 4. The combination of a rotary pump, and extensible pump shaft and protecting casing for the shaft, and means for supporting the! pump and shaft and casing at any desirel point within the well. 5. The combination with a rotary pump, of a sectional pump shaft easing surrounding the pump shaft and extending to the top of! the well and means for fixing the pump it position at any desired point of the well cas ing. 6. In well mechanism in combination with a pump, a series of wedges operated from the! top of the well by means of links, a series of wedges carried by the pump casing and op erated by toggle links attached to a rod ex tended to the top of the well, for the pur poses specified. | 7. In combination with a well casing and a pump, a series of wedges suspended by rods from the top of the well for operating the same to wedge the pump casing against the well casing, substantially as described. | vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. ‘ 821,653 8, In well mechanism a pump casing pro- sided with a series of wedges mounted upon toggle links therein to wedge the said casing inst the side walls of the well casing, sub- stantially as described. 9, In well mechanism the combination sith a pump casing, of a rotary pump of a jointed pump shaft and a closed casing sur- rounding the pump shaft from the pump to the top of the well. 10. In well mechanism in combination sith a pump and a closed shaft casing, a pump shaft supported at intervals by blocks pinned thereto and having splined joints in sid blocks whereby the different sections of the pump shaft may have vertical play with relation to each other. ll. A pump casing provided with a stuff- ing box and stuffing box plug, a closed shaft casing protecting the bearings from the wa- ter screws for raising and lowering said plug and means for moving all of said screws at one and means for operating the screws from the top of the well, substantially as de- scribed. 12, In pump mechanism the combination with wedges for fixing the pump in the well casing, of a casing for the pump shaft, a col- lar thereon and Jinks extending from said cllar to the top of the well and to the said wedges. 13. The combination with a pump and its actuating shaft of a sectional casing therefor provided at each end of each section with a fred block with bearings for the shaft, the asing being closed at the top and provided with an air vent. 14. The combination with a pump of a pump shaft casing closed at the top and bot- tom and provided with an interiorly disposed hollow rod for the escape of liquid from the staft casing and an air inlet at the top of the casing. 15. In well mechanism the combination rith a rotary pump of a pump shaft made in sections independently supported and joined ty blocks and keys in the blocks and ends of the shaft sections, and a closed casing around the shaft. 16. A pump shaft made in sections, each section being suspended on a bearing by means of a block pinned to the shaft section and the next section being splined into said block to rotate therewith. 17. The combinatioin of a rotary pump, of a pump shaft and shaft casing surrounding the shaft, the shaft and casing being in sec- tions and connected by bearings at each end, and the shaft section being separately sup- ported in each section of the casing, as de- scribed, 18. In well apparatus the combination with a pump and means for suspending it from the top of the well, of a casing separat- ing the pump and bearings from the well, and devices for fixing it at any desired point in the well casing, and means for operating the fixing devices from the top of the well. 19. A pump shaft made in independently supported sections and suspended in a closed 7 pipe and provided with bearings and means for lubricating the same. 20. The combination of a well casing, a ro- tary pump therein, and a line shaft for the pump entirely closed off from the water in the well. 21. The combination of a well casing, a ro- tary pump therein, means for fixing it at any desired point in the well, an extensible line shaft for the pump and a shaft casing en- 30 tirely inclosing the shaft and bearings. 22. The combination of a well casing, a ro- tary pump therein, means for fixing it at any desired point, a shaft casing, and a discharge outlet from the pump independent of the &§ shaft easing and communicating with the pump easing only at the bottom of the well. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 3d day of April, A. D. 1903, at Chicago, Illinois. MAHLON E. LAYNE. Witnesses: PauL CARPENTER, ALBERT ©. HOWARD. I TE Te at ae a an ee 1006 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. 2—421. DIVISION IX. 1903 CONTENTS: Application O. K. papers. 1. Rej. June 1/03. 2. Amendt. A, Feb. 1, 1904. 3. Rej. Feb. 15/04. 4. Amendt. B, Dee. 9, 1904. 5. Rej. Dee. 20/04. 6. Amendt. \/ Dec. 23, 1904. 7. Amendt. C, Dec. 31, 1904. 8. Rej. Jan. 13/05. 9. Amendt. \ Oct. 24, 1905. ee PLUS chee h ee tase ees A Bion ee eer ray Peg ir Sy ete ng Ahh pene Mate: a a Era ne are aI AES PE ee Re Seton, Seton tan re Pe Pe OE eee eR rn sols sree eA ae te IC ne a Sea a eek canes Kaas Ok DES cities Cenk ecw DE icncs bation Cina eakeas MEG kes heen tae Sakae ek AE ER Ren tp Wein Me Sate SOE Sohee aos Cees TITLE: Improvement in Well Mechanism. Class 103-PUMPS. Rotary Single Piston. 154,704. vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1007 [Endorsed]: No, 485—Eq. Layne & Bowler Corpn. vs. Western Well Works et al. Defts. Ex- hibit “‘D.’”? Filed Sept. 3, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No. 3627. United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals for the Ninth Circuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. Defendants’ Exhibit ‘‘E.’’ In the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. No. 925—IN EQUITY. MAHLON E. LAYNE et al., Plaintiff, Vs. FRED I. GETTY, Defendant. OPINION. This is a suit brought by Mahlon E. Layne, pat- entee, and Layne & Bowler Company, his licensee, for infringement of patent, with the usual prayer for injunction, and an accounting for damages and loss of profits. A preliminary injunction was re- fused, and on appeal the ruling was affirmed with- out prejudice on final hearing (222 Fed. 918). The object of the patent in controversy is a pump- ing apparatus for use with a rotary pump in a drilled well, designed primarily for irrigation pur- ~— Soa Gy ah at ie EAR POY AH Lee ht ata A SRR ANID NOEL MRI TRIE TENT RIAA “' 1008 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. poses. The invention claimed is not in the pump it- self, but in the apparatus for the protection, lubri- cation and alignment of the revolving shaft through which the power is transmitted from the surface of the ground to the blades of the pump near the bot- tom of the well. From this rotary or centrifugal pump, a pipe for discharging the water leads to the ground, and this pipe and the shaft from a point im- mediately above the pump are inclosed in a metal easing extending from the pump casing to the sur- face. In this shaft casing bearings spaced about six feet apart, and at each end, where the shaft passes out of the casing, the specifications of the patent call for an air tight packing box. This packing box, however, has long since been abandoned and a sleeve bearing, or bushing, is used in its place. The shaft is oiled at the end above ground, and the oil passes from bearing to bearing on down to the end of the shaft where it escapes through the last sleeve bearing or bushing, the clearance between the shaft and the bushing being sufficient to permit the passage of the oil. The patent originally pro- vided a method of forcing the oil out of the eas- ing from time to time by air pressure, but this is not found necessary in actual use, since the sub- stitution of the bushing for the packing box. The effect of the constant feeding of oil during the operation of the pump is to cause a pool to collect above each of the bearings and the pressure of this head of oil through the bearings and the bushing at the bottom of the shaft keeps the water from vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1009 entering. Thus, the casing is practically a closed one against the entrance of dirt and sand which would cut and wear out the bearings. These bear- ings further serve the purpose of holding in a straight line the shaft which otherwise would have a tendency to bore out, or whip, when revolving at high speed. These functions of the apparatus, lubrication, protection and alignment, it is claimed, are infringed by similar construction in the Getty pump. The specifications covering the features of the patent alleged to have been infringed are num- bers 9 and 20, which read as follows: **9. In well mechanism the combination with a pump casing, of a rotary pump, of a joined pump shaft and a closed casing surrounding the pump shaft from the pump to the top of the well. 20. The combination of a well casing, a rotary pump therein, and a line shaft for the pump entirely closed off from the water in the well.”’ These two specifications, as held by the Court of Appeals in Van Ness vs. Layne (213 Fed. 804), are in effect the same, the only difference being that in number 9, a jointed shaft is called for. No in- fringement, however, is claimed because of defend- ant’s use of a jointed shaft. Consequently, the two specifications may be regarded as one and the same. The defendant in answer first denies the validity of the patent, anc second, denies, if the patent is valid, that the Getty pump is an infringement. It is claimed by defendant that several prior inven- 1010 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. tions, and particularly the Crannel pump, patented several yeats before the Layne pump, embraced substantially the same features as Layne’s patent, and so anticipated the latter. In the suit of Layne vs. El Campo Machine Com- pany, from the Southern District of Texas (195 Fed. 83), involving this patent, the Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, modified the decree of the lower court sustaining the validity of claims 9, 13, 20 and others of the patent, by striking out the finding of infringement as to all of the claims except 18. The validity of claims 9 and 20 was not passed on, but these claims were held not to have been infringd. Subsequently, in the case of Layne vs. Van Ness, this court sustained the validity of claims 9 and 20 and held them infringed by the Van Ness pump. The decree was affirmed by the Court of Appeals (213 Fed. 804). The contention in the Van Ness case, as in the case at bar, was that claims 9 and 20 of the Layne patent were invalid, having been in effect, covered and anticipated by the Crannel pump, previously patented. The Crannel apparatus, which was not a com- mercial success, provided for a closed casing around the shaft transmitting power to a rotary pump, but did not provide intermediate bearings along the line of the shaft. This absence of intermediate bearings is practically the only difference in prin- ciple between the two mechanisms in so far as claims 9 and 20 are concerned. It is urged by the defendant that the adding of intermediate bearings 1 WR de Ante ee | ue : : vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1011 to prevent the shaft from whipping does not in- volve invention; that it is something that would occur to anyone skilled in the art, and that, like- wise, the method of oiling by letting the oil run down from bearing to bearing, would occur to any- one, and had always been the method of oiling vertical shafts. The Court is much impressed with this argument. The insertion of additional bearings to prevent whipping of the shaft where the distance between bearings is too great, is as simple and natural a thing to do as the putting in a fence of extra posts to prevent sagging of a barbed wire, where the posts of the panels are too far apart. Were the ‘ question a new one, I should be inclined to hold the patent invalid, but the same issue was raised and i = ; f PIPES FR PRM SVX directly passed on by this Court and by the Court F of Appeals for this circuit, in the Van Ness ease : sustaining the patent. : It is contended by the defendant herein that the ‘ evidence in the Van Ness case was to the effect that the Crannel pump would not work, whereas, by physical demonstration on the trial of this case, the contrary was shown, and the court therefore should not feel bound by the ruling in the Van Ness case. The opinion in the Van Ness case, however, does PEPER GS TOI NE PINT IO LY 8 not appear to have been based on the evidence that ; the Crannel patent would not work. The Court held: ‘1. It seems quite clear that the idea of a protected casing of a pump shaft without re- strictive interpretation would contain no ae ol « 1012 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. novelty and would not be patentable, and, if this element in the patent is given the unre- stricted meaning that its language admits of, it would destroy the claim. The contention of the defendant is that it should be given the unrestricted generic meaning suggested by its broad language, and that of complainant, that the specifications should be looked to to inter- pret the claim, and that it should be held to mean only a protective casing of the kind and with the functions set out in the specifications. It seems that the complainant’s contention is supported by the authorities cited in his sup- plemental memorandum and that the argument that the patent granted by the Government should be construed so as to prevail rather than be forfeited, since that must have been the intention of the Patent Office, is a sound one, for limiting the breadth of the language of the claim to the disclosure of the specifiea- tions of the patent, if necessary to sustain the patent. If so limited, it would seem that the protective casing intended to be covered by the claim was one of the kind described in the specifications and having the three functions attributed to it by the specifications, namely: (1) To exclude water and detritus from the shaft and its bearings; (2) to provide a means of lubricating the bearings of each section of the shaft from the top of the well without re- moving the apparatus from it; and (3) to align the bearings and the shaft so as to prevent vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1013 lateral displacement in the well and keep the shaft in a vertical position. 2. Giving the claim this significance, it fairly appears from the record, as we see it, that there was no protective casing in the prior art of the kind and with the functions of that of the patent in suit. It also seems fairly to appear from the record that such a pro- tective casing as that set out in the specifica- tions contained novelty enough to constitute in- vention, ”’ Accepting the view of the Court of Appeals as to the validity of the patent, there is left only the question of infringement. The structure of the Getty pump consists of a shaft with casing held in alignment by bearings and connected with a rotary pump resting on the bottom of the well. The shaft is oiled in practically the same manner as the Layne pump shaft, the oil passing on down the line of the shaft from bearing to bearing and past the last sleeve bearing to the outside. The chief difference urged is that the shaft casing in the Getty ap- paratus, is not entirely closed; that no packing box is used, as provided in the Layne patent; and, therefore, that there is no infringement. While it is true that water might ordinarily pass up between the bushing or sleeve bearing, and the shaft while the pump is not in action, when it is in operation, and the oil is being constantly fed in at the top of the shaft, the weight of the column of oil pressing downward between the shaft and the bushing, would keep the water out, just as in the case of the rote ae: ExSe SS IEY OPS I ORR ret pete RA au HEE ae Se er ray ne a en , ae Kg 1014 Western Well Works, Ine., et al. Layne pump, except in small quantities. The same contention was thus disposed of in the Van Ness Case: ‘If the idea is considered patentable, the last question is whether the defendant’s pump in- fringes; that is, whether his pump contains the element of a closed shaft casing in the sense to be attributed to that element in the claim of the patent in suit, i. e., one of a kind described in the specifications of the patent and having the same three functions. The defendant denies that his pump shaft casing performs any one of the three functions attributed to that of the patent in suit. He denies that it is a closed casing in any true sense. It seems not to be closed so far as concerns the entrance of air. However, the proper interpretation of the words ‘closed casing’ is a closure only against What is necessary to be excluded for the sue- cessful operation of the invention, and_ that, in this case, as we understand it, is water and sand, because when not excluded the first cor- rodes and the second wears the shaft and _ its bearings. It seems also true that the closure against water is only partial, since the lower bearing of defendant’s apparatus is not within the inclosing casing, though the intermediate and top bearings are. So it seems doubtful whether the defendant's pump casing keeps the water from the shaft and bearings when it is not in operation, and the argument is that in the rice country, where it is principally used, vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1015 it remains out of service nine months of the year. For these reasons, it is argued that the defendant's ‘asing is not a closed one, even against water and sand. However, the record shows that protection against water and sand is afforded by defendant's ‘asing to all but one of the bearings and to the shaft in the same degree as by that of the patented casing, at least during the period of the pump’s opera- tion, and that the protection afforded by de- fendant’s casing is different only in degree from that afforded by the patented casing. The closure in the patented casing is effected by stuffing boxes as well as by the presence and downward pressure of the oil between the bear- ings and the shaft, which serves to keep the Water from pressing upward into the shaft casing between the bearings and the shaft. The closure in defendant’s casing is effected by the last method only, and Without the use of pack- ing or stuffing boxes. Each ‘asing serves to affect at least a partial closure against the water and sand. The difference is one of method and degree only, and for that reason it seems that the defendant’s casing infringes this element of the patent, at least to some ex- tent.”’ 5 LAGAN SRON A RR NEN REISS > tps th SE a POE a en ener sanse eS ew TRE fe Gar RPA IES IS. rar Ca There is this difference between the Van Ness and the Getty apparatus. In the former the Weight of the shaft is largely sustained by a thrust bear- ing near the bottom of the casing, so that the pres- sure on the thrust bearing would tend to make 1016 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. the casing nearer water proof. In the Getty ap- paratus, which rests on the bottom of the well, there are no thrust bearings, but all the bearings are of the ordinary kind, so that, as argued by counsel, more water would pass into the shaft casing of the Getty pump than into that of the Van Ness pump. Each casing, however, as was said by the Court of Appeals in comparing the Van Ness and the Layne casing, ‘‘serves to affect at least a partial closure against the water and sand. The difference is one of method and degree only.’’ As stated by the Court in the Van Ness case, the questions both as to patentability and infringe- ment are close ones. The evidence on the first ques- tion is practically the same in the case at bar as in the Van Ness case, and on the second question, I think there is no substantial difference in the features of the Van Ness and Getty pumping ap- paratus as to which infringement is claimed. Following the ruling in the Van Ness ease, speci- fications numbers 9 and 20 must be held to be valid and to be infringed by defendant’s pump. A decree will therefore be entered ordering an injunction as prayed for and an accounting for damages and loss of profits. GEO. WHITFIELD JACK, Judge. [ Endorsed]: No. 925. U. 8S. Dist. Court, West. Dist. of La. M. E. Layne et al. vs. Fred I. Getty. Opinion of Court. Filed Feb. 15, 1919, 11:22 A. M. W. B. Lee, Clerk, U. S. District Court, West. Dist. of Louisiana. - ee ee vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1017 CERTIFICATE OF CLERK OF COURT. United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Clerk’s Office: I, W. B. Lee, Clerk of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing seven pages, num- bered from one to seven, inclusive, contain a true, full and correct copy of opinion of court in a cause entitled Mahlon E. Layne et al., versus Fred I. Getty, No. 925 on the docket of said court, as the original of same appears on file in this office. WITNESS my hand and seal of office, at the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, on this the 12th day of March, A. D. 1919, [Seal] W. B. LEE, Clerk United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. [Endorsed]: No. 925. United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Mahlon E. Layne et al. vs. Fred I. Getty. Opinion of Court. Copy Certified Under Seal. Filed Feb. 15, 1919, 11:22 A.M. W.B. Lee, Clerk United States Dis- trict Court, for the Western District of Louisiana. No. 485—Eq. Defts. Exhibit “E.”’ Filed Sept. 3, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk, By J. A. Schaert- zer, Deputy Clerk. No. 3627. United States Circuit Court of Ap- Peals for the Ninth Circuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk, 1018 Western Well Works, Inc., et al. Defendants’ Exhibit ‘‘F.’’ [Endorsed]: No. 485—Eq. Layne & Bowler Corpn. vs. Western Well Wks. et al. Defts. Exhibit “FR.”? Filed Sept. 3, 1920. W. B. Maling, Clerk. By J. A. Schaertzer, Deputy Clerk. No. 3627. United States Circuit Court of Ap- peals for the Ninth Cireuit. Filed Jan. 6, 1921. F. D. Monckton, Clerk. + vs. Layne & Bowler Corporation. 1019 (No Model.) S. N. EISLER. ROTARY PUMP. No. 522,518. Patented July 3, 1894. x Sig 5. Uuacsses Suvenror. Crd Ad/. 5 Whew i sher. Ao Seirek. Hester Attorney, STEPHEN N. To all whom it may concern: Be it known that 1, STEPHEN N. EISLER, @ citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and use- ful Improvements in Rotary Pumps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, refer- ence being had to the annexed drawings, mak- ing a part of this specification, and to the let- ters and figures of reference marked thereon. My invention relates to certain improve- ments in rotary pumps, and has for its ob- jects to provide a novel construction and com- bination of parts whereby the forcing of the water upward to the point of delivery is in- sured, and to provide novel means for oiling or lubricating the parts of the structure w ith- out dismemberment and while in operation. To these ends my said invention consists in the novel construction and combination or ar- rangement of parts hereinafter deseribed and claimed, reference being made to the accom- panying drawings, in which— Figure 1, is a vertical section of a pump constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a bottom plan view of the lift and force piston. Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the same, and Fig. 4, is a sectional view, taken on the line r—z, the piston being shown in dot- ted lines. In the said drawings, the letter A, indicates the pump-casing or framing, which is com- posed of a bottom or base-piece 12, from the 5 four corners of which rise standards or beams 0 5 0 6, secured to which are interior and exterior walls 4 and 7, which are separated from each other to provide water-passage-ways or con- duits 3, of which four are shown in the draw- ings, (see Fig. 4.) The interior walls 4, ex- tend upward beyond the exterior walls 7, as in Fig. 1, to prevent the water passing up the conduit 3 from overflowing into the interior of the casing or framing A. Secured to the exterior walls 7, at or near their top edges is a trough 5, of which there may be four, one to receive the water flowing from each conduit or passage 3, or one con- tinuous trough extending around the casing A may be provided. This trough or troughs receive the water from the conduits 3, and EISLER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF TO JOHN D. BELTON AND SHAKESPEAR & SWOOP, OF SAME PLACE, ROTARY PUMP. Western Well Works, Inc., et al. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. OF SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,518, dated July 3, 1894. Application filed June 15, 1893. Serial No. 477,745. (No model.) may be suitably connected with means of cor- veyance, (not shown herein and forming no part of the invention,) for carrying the wate to any desired point of use. The numeral 24, designates a shaft verti- cally arranged within the pump-casing A, At its lower end, this shaft rests upon a ste plate 13, set into the base-piece 12, and r volves or rotates in a bearing 14. — ‘ A collar or cap 15 is seeured by a set-serer to the shaft 24, and lies upon the top edge of the bearing 14, preventing the access of sani or other foreign matter to the bearing of the shaft. The shaft is supported and steadied laterally by floors or partitions 8, 9 and 10, arranged at suitable intervals vertically, and provided with openings through which the shaft 24 passes, and bearings 19 and 23, ar ranged in connection with the floors or parti-' tions 8 and 9. In order to retain the shaft in proper vertical position for operation and prevent any vertical movement which might otherwise be induced by the work performed, I firmly secure collars 20 and 22, to the shaft’ by set screws said collars being arranged in contact with the bearings 19 and 23, as showa in the drawings, one of said collars being ar ranged above the bearing 19, and the other below the bearing 23; in this manner it wil be seen that the shaft is prevented from any vertical displacement or movement. In prior pumping-apparatus it has been i ficult and inconvenient to lubricate the bear ings of the propelling shaft, since it was e& sential that parts of the structure be remove for that purpose. By my invention, I avoil the inconvenience and provide a novel lubr: eating means by which the shaft-bearing can be lubricated automatically so long as the supply of oil lasts, and whereby oil ean be supplied without dismemberment of the ap paratus, said means consisting of a vertical pipe 26, arranged interiorly of the pump-ta* ing as shown and communieating at its up per end with the outlet of an oil supply cup 25, _Branch pipes 27 extend from the vertied pipe 26 and lead to the shaft-bearings 14, IS 19 and 22, so that the oil or lubricant is a tomatically fed to said bearings. The 0 supply-cup 25 is arranged so that oil can b placed therein without taking apart the cas- ug or any of the supports of the shaft. A water-inlet opening 1, is provided at the bottom of the casing A, which extends on all sides of said casing, and extending inwardly in said casing immediately over said opening is an intercepting-plate la, above which an opening 2, is provided in the inner wall 4, of the casing, leading to the passage or con- duit 3. The numeral 17, designates a combined lift and force piston which is secured to the shaft 4, so as to rotate therewith, by means of a st screw, or in any other suitable manner aid piston being located in the compartment formed by the partition 10 and the intercept- , the form thereof being illus- . 2 and 3, wherein it is shown asa solid piece of material, the periphery or alge being shaped or formed into a series of inlined pushing surfaces 17a, The shaft 24 is rotated by means of a belt (not shown), tuning upon the pulley 21, and driven from any suitable source [Text truncated at 120,000 characters. 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