HORSE WHIMS FOR RAISING WATER

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 246, 17 October 1872, Page 9

HORSE WHIMS FOR RAISING WATER

As we have recently received spverai inquiries relative tot ie improved hor-e whims mentioned in the priz - <m-.iv *• Mr James Styles, we will orif ily <hcribethe machines in question Tl - first has the mountings similar to t*. ordinary whim, excepting that a ? pulley and wire rope are substitute! for the cumbrous drum and hemp i Manilla rope, the V pull"; "c Hie -, the height of the whim by a.;>out 1 j feet; it is made in segments of t ici c same diameter as the drum would Srut, to be, and is laid horizontally on th.; horse beam ; the segments art- in t\w thicknesses of 3-inch pine plank, break ing joint, and bolted securely together If the V is properly formed, the h-ic-tional surface of the groove in contact with the wire rope is quite sufficient to prevent slip, and no round turn is necessary, which d is pe uses with considerable wear and tear, besides rondorinjj the whim more effective. In the event of the water varying, it ia only requisite to have a few short lengths of rope ready for coupling as occasion may require it. The cost of this whim does not exceed that of the ordinary kind, and it is much lighter, and less expensive for wear and tear. The other improved whim isaltogetherdifferentfrom any in use hitherto ; no rope is used, and the horse is not required to turn, the motion of the buckets being rever-~ sed by a self-acting arrangement. The span beam and studs fo:* supporting it are of the usual kind, but the horse beam is formed of pine in two thicknesses, bolted together, and the upright in the centre is of iron. At the top of this a crown wheel is fixed, and two pinion wheels gear into it ; these are fitted upon a short hollow abaft sliding on a sunk feather in a horizontal shaft, the whole of these being of iron also. This horizontal shaft extends iv convenient lengths to the framing over the well, where a chain wheel is fitted fo it, and mounted with a chain ami two buckets. The pinions are so fitted that when one is in gear the other is out ; and these serve to reverse the motion of the buckets without the horse stopping or turning. A disengaging clutch is connected to the pinions, and a rod is carried alongside the horizontal shaft to the top of the well by which the attendant can reverse the motion with a lever, or by an ingenious application of the link tbe buckets are made to change the motion on reaching the required height for emptying. The difficulty of turning yonn^ or unbroken horses in whims is well known, and although it would not be advisable to work a horse always the same way, the change need only be made once a day. The cost of this whim is, of course, more than tbe other, but then it is a piece of machinery throughout which has nothing about it affected by climate, and is so substantial anil permanent in its construction, that ia worth the squatter's while to cou«i let 1 whether it is uot the most economi'ul in the end. It is also adapted for working " Bastier's patent pump."-— " Australasian."