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of the two casings for maintaining them in In testimony whereof I have hereunto
relatively fixed positions during the opera- signed my name in the presence of the two
tion of the mechanism, and means whereby subscribed witnesses.
the shaft and discharge casings may be ad- MAHLON E. LAYNE.
5 justed relatively in a vertical direction 'to Witnesses:
place the shaft casing under tension and JNo. ILFREY,
maintain it in vertical alinement. H. MALscH.
9 J98,186.-y1ah E Lan, Houston, Tex. - WELL MEC AN SM Patent dated
July 18,1911. Disclaimer filed July 2, 1912, by the patentee.
r Enters this disclaimer-
.0 "To the subject matter of claims 4 and 6 of said Letters.Patent, which claims are
0 in the following words, to wit:
"4. In combination in well mechanism, a.well pit casing, a rotary pump in the
+ well pit casing, a drive shaft therefor, substantially concentric -shaft and. discharge
w casings secured to the pump a' their lower ends and supported from the well pit
c casing at their upper portions, and means whereby the shaft and discharge casings
may be adjusted k' a vertical direction to place the shaft casing under tension
, and maintain it in vertical alinement.
"6. In combination in well mechanism for use in a' vertical pit, a rotary pump
comprising a casing and blades or runners, a drive shaft carrying the said blades or
runners.of the pump and extending upward therefrom,, shaft and discharge casings
placed one inside the other and secured to the pump casing at their lower ends, the
.E said shaft casing being sectional and provided with .bearing means engaging the said
shaft, supporting means for the upper ends of the two casings for maintaining them,
C in relatively fixed positions during the operation of the mechanism, and means
E whereby the shaft and discharge casings may be adjusted relatively in a vertical'
3 direction to place the shaft casing under tension and maintain. it in vertical
C alinement.
D6[ facial Gazette, July 16, 1912.]8
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Layne, Mahlon E. Well Mechanism., patent, July 18, 1911; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510051/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.