U.S. patent number 3,789,924 [Application Number 05/261,451] was granted by the patent office on 1974-02-05 for fountain well.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Upo Osakeyhtio. Invention is credited to Lasse Aaltonen, Teuvo Salminen, Voitto Vaisanen.
United States Patent |
3,789,924 |
Aaltonen , et al. |
February 5, 1974 |
FOUNTAIN WELL
Abstract
A pipe-formed fountain (bored) well for pumping liquid from a
hole in the ground having a pump situated in the sieve section
thereof. The sieve section comprises a plurality of ring elements
arranged on top of each other. The ring elements are provided with
distance elements determining the distance between adjacent ring
elements, the distance elements being formed as projections and
recesses of stepwise heights and depths, respectively, or as
mutually collaborating wedge units so as to allow an arbitrary
setting of the ring distance.
Inventors: |
Aaltonen; Lasse (Nastola,
SF), Salminen; Teuvo (Lahti, SF), Vaisanen;
Voitto (Nastola, SF) |
Assignee: |
Upo Osakeyhtio (Nastola,
SF)
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Family
ID: |
3573833 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/261,451 |
Filed: |
June 9, 1972 |
Foreign Application Priority Data
Current U.S.
Class: |
166/105.1;
166/235 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E03B
3/20 (20130101); E21B 43/088 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
E03B
3/00 (20060101); E03B 3/20 (20060101); E21B
43/02 (20060101); E21B 43/08 (20060101); F28d
015/00 (); E03b 003/18 () |
Field of
Search: |
;166/105-105.6,235 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
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1,025,729 |
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Jan 1953 |
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FR |
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234,285 |
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Jun 1961 |
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AU |
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Primary Examiner: McGlynn; Joseph H.
Assistant Examiner: Staab; Lawrence J.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Ladas, Parry, Von Gehr, Goldsmith
& Deschamps
Claims
1. A fountain (bored) well designed to be placed in a hole drilled
into the earth for pumping a liquid, comprising:
a. a silt pipe at the lower end of the well;
b. an extension pipe constituting the top section of the well;
c. a sieve section arranged between the silt pipe and the extension
pipe and comprising a plurality of ring elements arranged on top of
each other, the ring elements being provided with distance elements
determining the distance between adjacent ring elements, the
distance elements being formed as mutually collaborating wedge
units so as to allow an arbitrary setting of the ring distance,
said wedge units being formed as wedge-faced recesses on the top
face of the ring and as corresponding wedge-shaped projections on
the face of the next ring, and the recesses and projections having
wedge-shaped side faces which are accommodated substantially
tangentially in relation to the circumference of the ring;
d. a pump arranged in connection with the sieve section; and
2. A fountain (bored) well designed to be placed in a hole drilled
into the earth for pumping a liquid, comprising:
a. a silt pipe at the lower end of the well;
b. an extension pipe constituting the top section of the well;
c. a sieve section arranged between the silt pipe and the extension
pipe and comprising a plurality of ring elements arranged on the
top of each other, the ring elements being provided with distance
elements determining the distance between adjacent ring elements,
the distance elements being formed as mutually collaborating wedge
units so as to allow an arbitrary setting of the ring distance,
said wedge units comprising wedge-shaped side faces arranged onto
the ring elements, preferably both on the top face and on the
bottom face of the ring elements, said side faces being tangential
in relation to the circumference;
d. a pump aranged in connection with the sieve section; and
3. A well according to claim 1, further comprising a framework
around which the ring elements can be arranged, guide grooves
arranged vertically on the outer face of the framework and
asymmetrically in relation to each other, said guide grooves being
accommodated with an evenly increasing
4. A well according to caim 2, further comprising a framework
around which the ring elements can be arranged, guide grooves
arranged vertically on the outer face of the framework and
asymmetrically in relation to each other, said guide grooves being
accommodated with an evenly increasing phase transfer (A) in
relation to each other.
Description
The present invention relates to a fountain (bored) well that is
designed to be placed in a hole drilled into the earth for pumping
a liquid and that comprises a silt pipe at the lower end of the
bored well, an extension pipe constituting the top section of the
well, and a sieve section arranged between these, which sieve
section is fitted with a pump, from which, on the other hand, a
piping is arranged to the drainage point of the liquid, whereby the
sieve section comprises several rings or equivalent positioned on
top of each other, the mutual distances of which rings are
determined by means of distance elements located on the rings and
corresponding to each other.
The well, which is located in a hole drilled into the earth (see
FIG. 1), comprises a silt pipel, a sieve section 2, and an
extension pipe 3. Inside the sieve section, a pump 4 is located,
from which a piping 5 leads to the drainage point of the water.
The water in the earth layers has access to the pumping space
through the sieve section 2. On the basis of the structure of the
surrounding soil and of the ground water supply, the slit size of
the sieve pipe and the length of the sieve section are determined.
This is why, from a good sieve pipe, light and easy adjustability
of the water slit and possibility of joining the components are
required.
The sieve pipes at present in use are made, among other things, of
wood, ceramic materials, metal or plastics, and as extension pipes
have been used steel or plastics pipes with threaded or flanged
joints. In all of the above constructions it has not been easy to
change the slit size of the sieve section but it has usually been
constructed as fixed.
Since in the above constructions the slit adjustment has not been
possible at the installation site, it has not been possible to
choose the appropriate sieve pipe until the drilling has proceeded
deep enough and the soil thus been studied. This is why sieve pipes
with different slit sizes must be kept on stock. The constructions
used are very expensive, because their manufacturing is difficult.
Often the shape of the slit cannot be economically manufactured so
that it would not be blocked by soil particles carried by water.
Flange, threaded etc. joints of the sieve and extension pipes
increase the pipe diameter and in this way alter the flow
characteristics especially of the sieve pipe. The joints used are
also expensive and slow to install.
A purpose of the present invention is to avoid the above
disadvantages and to produce an ever more efficient fountain well.
A bored well according to the invention is mainly characterized in
that the distance elements are formed as projections and recesses
of stepwise heights and depths, respectively, or as mutually
colaborating wedge units so as to allow any desired setting of the
ring distance.
In the following, the invention will be examined more closely with
the aid of the embodiments according to the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 shows, as has already come out, a schematic view of a well
according to the invention.
FIG. 2 shows, on an enlarged scale and as a partial cross section,
the sieve section of the well of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 shows, a partial section of one arrangement of rings of the
sieve section of the well according to the invention.
FIG. 4 shows another arrangement of rings of the sieve section of
the well according to the invention.
FIG. 5 shows a third arrangement of rings of the sieve section of
the well according to the invention as viewed from the above.
FIG. 6 shows a side view of the arrangement of FIG. 5.
Thus, the well pipe system according to the present invention
consists of an extension pipe, a silt pipe 1, a joint band 9, a
body or framework 10 of the sieve section 4, and of adjustment
rings 11, 12 around the body, made of various plastics by means of
various manufacturing techniques (FIG. 2).
The water slit 19 is in the sieve pipe 4 according to the invention
adjustable with sufficiently small steps or continuously within a
certain range. The sieve units and the extension pipes 3 can be
joined simply and rapidly to any required length. Under these
circumstances, the size of the slit 19 may be determined at the
installation site, and one basic unit is adequate for storage. In
this construction it is possible to make the water slit 19 more
favourable for the water flow. By means of shaping it is also
possible to reduce the blocking of the water slit by gravel. By
manufacturing the entire system out of plastics, corrosion,
decaying etc. troubles are avoided. Moreover, the friction
coefficient of plastics is low, and so the silt carried from the
soil by water does not block the sieve pipe construction.
The extension pipe 3 is shaped so that its components are partly
inserted into each other and that a groove 7 is formed at the
joint. The extension pipe accommodates a slot 8 at the groove 7,
through which slot the locking band 9 is inserted into the groove
7.
The sieve section 4 consists of a body or body framework 10, around
which adjustment rings 11 and 12 are piled. The top section of the
body 10 has a relieved thread section 13, and the adjustment rings
11 and 12 are tightened by means of a nut 14 adapted to the thread
section. The top and bottom section of the body 10 has jointing
units similar to those in the extension pipe 3. The bottom end of
the sieve section accommodates a silt pipe 1, as which in the
system according to the present invention, for example, an
extension pipe 3 is suitable. The bottom end of the silt pipe is
closed by a plug 15.
FIG. 3 shows one arrangement of adjustment rings 11 and 12. Ring 11
has on the surfach 16 recesses 17 of different depths, into which
the projections 18 on the ring 12 are fitted. By in this way
alternatingly placing rings 11 and 12 onto the body 10 (FIG. 2) so
that the projections 18 meet the desired recesses 17, the mutual
distance of the rings (water slit) 19 can be adjusted almost
continuously.
FIG. 4 shows another arrangement of setting the water slit 19.
Herein the ring 11 is fitted with a wedge-shaped recess 20 that the
grooves or is otherwise roughened and the ring 12 is fitted with a
wedge-shaped projection 21 that matches the recess 20. By turning
the rings it is possible to adjust the height of the water slit
19.
A well pipe system according to the invention is assembled so that
an extension pipe 3 (FIG. 2) is closed with a plug 15, after which
it is suitable as a silt pipe 1. To this silt pipe 1 a desired
number of sieve section bodies 10 are joined by means of locking
band 9. The extension- or silt pipe has a flange 22, on top of
which sieve rings 11 and 12 are placed in positions required by the
necessary water slit. Finally, the pile of rings in this way
assembled is tightened by means of a nut 14 at the top end of the
body 10. By means of the method of joining previously described a
necessary number of extension pipes 3 are joined to the top end of
the body 6.
FIGS. 5 and 6 show an additional embodiment of the invention. FIG.
5 shows the sieve pipe as viewed from above and FIG. 6 the sieve
rings.
The adjustment rings 24 have, with uniform distances, on both sides
of the ring, circumferential wedge faces 26 and projecting faces
25. The rings 24, which are in themselves identical, are arranged
on top of each other so that the wedge face sections 26 of the
rings are on every second ring narrowed in one direction and on
every second ring in the opposite direction. By locating the
projecting face 25 of one ring 24 against differnt points of the
next ring's wedge face 26, the ring distance 19 can be adjusted as
desired. The inner face of each ring 24 has a pin 27 that can be
accommodated to guide grooves 28 on the outer face of the body
framework 10, which grooves are located asymmetrically in relation
to each other. These guide grooves 28 are preferably accommodated
with an evenly increasing phase transfer A in relataion to each
other.
Thus, if pin 27 of one ring is placed in the guide groove 28 at
point 0,0 (FIG. 7) and the pin of the next ring, 27, (with the ring
upside down) in the corresponding guide groove at point 1,0, a
relatively small ring distance (water slit) is obtained. By placing
the pin 27 of the second ring in the guide groove at point 2,0,
correspondingly a double slit is obtained, etc.
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