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Show PRACTICAL. PLAN FOR PUMPj Iowa Man Describes Apparatus Which j He Favors in Preference to Jack It Is Reliable. O. O. Brewbaker of Warren county, Iowa, sends in an illustration and description de-scription of an apparatus for pumping which he likes better than a jack and after using It for three years pronounces pro-nounces it1 reliable. The engine can be set in a building and the shaft can be run outside to connect with the cog wheel. Should the pump be several rods from the place where the engine is to be installed a counter shaft could be connected with the pitman. On the other end of the counter shaft a quadrant could be fitted and a I A Plan for Pumping. quadrant put over the pump, both of which need an arm on one end that would tip up and down, then joined by No. 4 wires. The quadrants cannot be shown very well in the illustration. To get the number o strokes per minute; suppose you want 30 strokes. Speed the engine to 300 revolutions. If there is a six. inch pulley on the engine, a 16-inch on the shaft, a 3-inch pinion and a 10-inch 10-inch cog wheel you have 33 strokes. The number of strokes can easily be varied by speeding the engine higher or lower or by putting a larger or smaller wheel on the shaft. |
