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N. H. SHERBURNE, or' stein, AND JAMES T. Win-riens, or CHICAGO,

' ILLINOIS.

Letters PatentvNo. 60,578, dated December 18, 1856.

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TO LL WHOM4 IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it Known that we, N. H. SHERBURNE, of Elgin, in the county ,of Kane, and State of Illinois, and JAMES T. WHIPPLE, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State aforesaid, have invented a certain new and use'i'ul Improvement in Well Tubing; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description gf the constructionv and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisv specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view. i

Figure 2 is a verticalsection through the same, with its parts adjusted and screen attached, showing the relative position of each when complete.`

Figure' is a vertical section through the same, showing the relative position of the tubes (as regards the perforations therein,) as the same is driven into the ground.

Figure 4 is a transverse section on lines vk.

Figure 5 is a section of the rod employed in adjusting the screen.

Figure 6 is a view of the screen detached. v

Similar letters of reference as they 'occur in the several` figures denote like parts in each of the drawings.

Our invention relatesto an improvement in that class of wells which is formed by sinking or driving a metallic tube or pipe into the ground to any given distance, that is to say, until a course of water is reached which will `furnish the required amount, thus avoiding the great amount of labor and expense of sinking and finishing the common well; and the nature of our improvement consists- I First, in attaohing'or'suspend-ing to the bottonroi` the mainpipe externally a short sectionoi` pipe or hollow cylinder to which the point is attached, the sine of cavity in said cylinder being such as to allow the main pipe to pass down through the same, and thus bring the lower end ofthe pipe in contact with or against the upper end of the point, said cylinder and the lower end of said pipe being perforated transversely, and so arranged that as thelpipe is forced down through the cylinder the perforations in one are irmlyiolosed by the solids ofthe other, thus preventing the earth, sand, or any like substance from filling the'pipe while being driven, but by slightly adjusting or tilting the main pipe upward the perforations in both are opened, thus allowing a free ingress of Water.

Second, inserting at the bottom of they main pipe, and within said cylinder, -a screen or l-ter, in the manner and ofthe form of construction hereinafter more fully explained. I

To enableothers skilled in the art to construct and use our invention, we will proceed tordesoribe the same with reference to the drawings. n

A represents the main pipe, which is of iron, and having acavity therein, from one and a quarter inch to two inches in diameter, as may be required; said pipe being formed in sections from four to six feet in length, and coupled one to the other by means of a socket S, Awhich is providedwith a thread internally which takes into a like thread upon the outside of the pipe. At the bottom of the rst section of said' pipe we attach a collar or flange, C, which is shrunk around the end of thc saine, and the end of the pipe riveted or upset, or may be attached by any equivalent means that will insure the required amount of strength. From the lower end of this pipe we attach or suspend asecond short section of pipe, or, vin otherwords, a cylinder, B, which is also provided with alike flange, C, internally attached at tho top, and so arranged as to rest orbe suspended upon ange C of the main pipe, the cavity in said cylinder' being of sutlicient size to admit of the main pipe passing down through the same and resting upon the upper end or shank ofthe point, which is attached to the lower end of said cylinder by means of n. thread cut therein, which takes into a like thread upon the shank of the point. We provide the `lower end of pipe A with series c? periolations, the same passing through'and in a horizontal line round the pipe, and of equal distance one from the'other. Said cylinder, B, is also provided with like series of perforations, of equal or graduated distance ono from thc other, and so arranged, as regards the distance from the point upward, as to bring the pcrforations n the one against the solid or the other, as the main pipe is forced down through the cylinder while being driven' into the ground, as is shown by iig. 3. We insert within the cavity. of said cylinder a fiat or dish-shaped piece of iron, L, which rests upon the upper end of the shank of thc point, its size being such as to be capable Iof Vertical adjustment, or, in other words, admits of itbeing drawn up from the bottom through the pipe and cylinder by means of a part ot the same protruding up'ward from the centre in a cone-like shape, which is provided with a thread externally that takes into `a like thread within the socket attached 'to the lower end of rod K, (when the same is applied for the purposefof withdrawing said disk.) We also insertwithin said pipe and cylinder a screen, m, which is formed of perforated tin, or of any equivalent metallic substance, its length being such as hto extend from the first or upper series of perforations i-n pipe A, downward the entire length of cylinder B, and thus be supported by resting upon the end of the upward protruding part of disk L; the size of said screen `at the upper end being such as to closely ill thecavity in the main pipe, the lower end of the samev bein g less in size, laterally, near 'one-halt` its length, which forms a vacant space of from on e-half inch to three-quarters of an inch in diameter round the screen `between its sides and the sides of the cylinder.

u The objects of ythis style of arrangement are several first, the-cylinder being suspended to the main pipe, and the lines of perforations in the one being so arranged as to come against the solid of the other, thus excluding the earth while being driven; second, should the water be found in quicksand, the vacant space formed between the screen and cylinder Iwill fill with the coarser particles of sand, the nerpassing through the screen until said vacant space is filled, which then forms a lilt'er, and nothing but the pure water'will pass through into the pipe -and third, should the water be found in clay, as is often the case, there will be a sediment settle in the pipe and screen; for removing this, we withdraw the screen by means of rod K, draw disk L up through the pipe by means of sa'id rod, thus removing the sediment therefrom; replace the several parts and the well is asclear as when new.

The plan of sink-ing our tubing and its operation' are as follows: Cylinder B being attached or suspended to pipe A, in the manner herein described, point n is then attached and the pipe placed'in a vertical position allowing the pipe to pass down through the cylinder, and the lower end rests upon the shank of the point. The rst section is driven, a second is -tlien attached by means of socket S, and so on until the required denth is attained. The main pipe is then drawn up the length ofthe cylinder, which opens the perforations in each; a pump is then attached to the upper end of the pipe,`and a cavity formed round the cylinder for the water to collect, by means of pumping up the sand andgravelv through the pipe; screen m is then inserted from the top by means of rod K, allowing said screen to pass vdown through the cavity in the pipe and the lower end of the same to rest upon disk L; the pump is then again attached.A andthe well is completed.

We are aware that a patent was granted to John H. Duch and James T. Whipple, for an improvement in well tubing, wherein the screen is suspended within the main pipe by means of flanges thereon, but such we do not claim. v l l l Having fully 'described the nature and eifect of kour invention, what we claim as new, and desire to securegby Letters Patent, is`- The combination of cylinder B, pipe A, screen m, and thedisk L, the whole constructed, arranged, and operated substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

N. H. SHERBURNE, JAMES T. WHIPPLE.

Witnesses:

E. SLossoN, vC. L, JENKs.

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