Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1895 — A HORSE-POWER PUMP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A HORSE-POWER PUMP.

It May Be Used to Force Water to Any Height. The illustration represents a simple, strong and highly efficient horse power and pump, which has been in general use on the Pacific coast for the past eight years. It Is described in the Scientific American. The flanges of the entire casing are bolted to timbers over or at one side of a well, and the large gear or master tv heel as it revolves sets In motion the pinion shaft and large chain gear which runs the pump, a sectional view of which is shown in the small figure. It comprises a pair of corrugated cams working together in an oval

case, the ends of long teeth being packed with blocks of metal inserted in grooves and pressed out by springs, insuring a perfect vacuum and taking up wear. The water enters at the botton by suction, the stream dividing and filling the chambers made by the long teeth as the cams revolve, and discharging at the top. The rotary motion is steady and continuous, there being no dead points, and the pump may also be used as a force pump to force water to any height or distance from the pump.

HORSE-POWER PUMP.