US1132350A

US1132350A - Reserve-supply valve.

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Publication number: US1132350A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas B Hyatt
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1914-06-05
Filing date: 1914-06-05
Publication date: 1915-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 1932-03-16

Description

T. B. HYATT.

RESERVE SUPPLY VALVE. APPLCATION FILED JUNE 5,1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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BESERVESUPELY VALVE.

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The upper elrtrei'nilsf)r of the tube 13 within'the chamber 6 is knurled as as 16 an formed with a non-circular portion 17 whereby a wrench may be applied to the tube to rotate tbe letter 'when nec enemy ln practice, the tube 13 is rotated and owing to 'theueonnection between the upper portion of sb tube and tbe bottom well of the chamber in the ensure plug the lower elosee tbe openthe tube commumentuui between the tank carburetor byrway of such openings.

feed through e e'ipnnings l e'xully :dining tubes 13 and supply pipe 3, to the carburetor or mporizing device ol' the hydrocarbon When, of the T .e tank drops below the open- Y engine rut olf, the engine und advising the fluid within the tank dropped below the prescribed point. r new removes the oep 9 and tube lll will :foto

, s tbe eil/eet to e er tin) openings; #but tbe uueizlity of e bottom oi tbe trink will fpenings rk, d suppl.7 pipe to tre enginev e distance between the openings l and 'thrbottom of the trink. such that the quon titv of lmnd retained in tbe tank ,ie Quiliu point of supply previous within tbe tink becoming exi n fu el feed In tbe modified form of my invention illustrated in Fig', 2, I employ n single verv tion? tube 18 bay'ing the lower end thereof screw thi-ended ne en passed through the outlet/opening@ und threaded into the adjacent end, of the supply pipe 3, Formed in tbe tubes 18 below the bottom Well of the froiffu'f'oir are one or morel openings 20* While for'fxefl En the tubo et u. suit-able distance einem tite bottoni Wall of tbe reservoir en.. on?"I or more openings The upper und of the tube 18 passes through the opening 'l in the bottom wall of the elmrnlxtr in the closure p and the outer surface l tube frictionallv openinfr.

engage? the Wall suppl)7 pipe so as to limit form an effective Huid tight joint at this point.

'If desired, the lower end of may be passed through the opening 2 and into the pipe 3 and frictionelly engage the lutter, as illustrati-rd in lf 1g'. 3.

n t e use of tbe tube 18, the latter is passed through the opening 2 :1nd 'the npe1- tures or openings 20 in tbe lower end of the tube disposed below tbe bottom wall of the tank. Under normal emiditions, the liquid Within the tank lion/'s tl 2l, tube 18 f reter or other drocarbon engine. liquid within the tank drops below the op ings Q1, tl vengine is cui; off, therebystoppng the lutter and advising the J Within the tank has dropped below th The tube 1S is now minted with the ell'eetrto elevate tbe openings 3Q in the lower end thereof above the bottom Woll of the tank so that tbe quantity of fuel trapped in the tank will l tbz "5b the o; 1 2f?, bottom portube onu supply pipe l to tbe the tube 1S ,f tion of the engine,

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