US1485553A - Supporting frame for liquid-dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

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E. CROUSE SUPPORTING FRAME FOR LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS March 4 1924.

Filed Oct. 30. 1922 A gnve'rflob Emory Grouse. I

611101 u cg Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

EMORY CROUSE, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

SUPPORTING FRAME FOR LIQUID-DISPENSING APPARATUS.

{Application filed October 80, 1922. Serial No. 597,902.

To all whom it may concern w Be it known that I, EMORY CRoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, county of Sedgwick, and State of- Kansas, have invented certain new and use- 'ful Improvements in Supporting Frames special reference to the supporting frame work thereof. It is becoming an almost universal custom to dispense gasoline by means of a dispensing apparatus having afglass container at its top into which-the gasoline is pumped and from which it flows into the gasoline tank of the automobile by the action of gravity. One form of liquid measuring and dispensing apparatus of the type referred to is described in my co-pending application Serial No. 538,171, filed February 21, 1922. The object of this invention is to produce a simple and substantial framework for the purpose of holding the measuring reservoir in its elevated position. My invention in its broadest aspect consists -in employing the supply and overflow pipes for, the support ing member. n order to more clearly describe my invention, I shall have reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows my invention incorporated in three specifically different types of dispensers, and in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of a dispenser embodying my invention and employing compressed air for the purpose of elevating the liquid to the reservoir;

Fig. 2 shows my invention embodied in adispenser employing a rotary hand operated pump for the purpose of elevating the liquid; and

- Fig. 3 shows a device similar to that shown-in Fig. 2, but employing an electric motor to elevate theliquid to the-reservoir.

The same reference numerals will be employed to designate the same parts throughout the several views.

Numeral 1 represents the basering, which has an upwardly extending annular flange 2,

against which the steel housing-3 rests.' A

bracket 4 is cast integral with the;base rin 1, or may be made in a separate piece an secured thereto by rivets. The bracket is provided with upwardly extending tubular members 5 and 6, which are adapted to re-.

ceive respectively the overflow pipe 7 and the supply pipe 8. A glasslbowl base 9' having a downwardly extending flange 10 serves to receive the u per end of'the steel housing 3. The glass owl base has a bottom 11, through which the pipes 7 and 8 extend and which is. connected to the latter in any suitable manner, as by being threaded thereonto. An-annular upwardly extending flange 12 serves to support the glass measuring bowl 13. The supply pipe 8 extends into the bowl 13 and is provided with means,

not shown, for causing the liquid to enter the bowl near the bottom thereof. The

overflow pipe 7 extends upwardly into the bowl to the level of the .liquid when the bowl is filled to its maximum capacity, which is usually five gallons. The gasoline or other 'liquid maybe transferred from the'underground storage tank by any desirable means,

such as a hand pump, an electrically operated pump, or by compressed air. The dispenser shown in Fig. 1 is provided with compressed air-means for elevating the gasoline, but as this forms no part of my present invention, I shall not describe the same further than-to say that 14 represents the air controllingvalve.

In Fig. 2, 15 represents a rotary hand pump connected in serieswith' the supply pipe 8, and in Fig. 3 Ihave shown a rotary pump 16 which is driven by a motor 17 through the medium of a chain 18. A drain pipe 19 (Fig. 1 is connected to the overflow pipe at" 20' an' is provided with a central valve 21. A pipe 22 connected to the pipe 19 just below the bottom 11 is connected to the dispensing hose (not shown). In Figs 2 and 3 I have shown a meter 23 connected between the 'drainpipe 19 and the hose connection 22. .The pipes 7 and 8 are made of substantial size so as to have the requisite strength and serve as the main framework for supporting the dispensing bowl 13 and the base 9 upon which it rests. When the steel housing 3 is put in place, it

will add tothe r i idity of the structure, butit is not depende upon and can be entirely removed if desired. The pipes 7 and 8fform the supportin framework and therefore perform a dou le function. 7

It is evident from the above that I have reduced a disguising apparatus that is so esigned that t e supply and the overflow pipes thereof constitute the sup orting' members of the framework, and at the cost of the resultant structure is therefore great] reduced, as these pipes must be employe even if other means were employed to support the measurin bowl, and by making them serve as a ramework a much sim ler construction results.

aving now described my invention, what I claim as new is: 1. A liquid dispensing and measuring apparatus comprislng in combination a base rin adapted to be secured to a foundation,

a wl supporting base and means for i, was

rigidly spacing said base ring and said bowl supporting base said means consisting of the supply and the overflow ipes.

2. A iquid dispensing an measuring apparatus com rising in combination a base ring adap to be secured to a foundation a transverse bracket secured thereto, sai

bracket having upwardly extending tubular and said

portions adapted to receive the supply the overflow pipes, means carried y tubular ggrtions for clamping said pipes inplace, a wlsuppor ti base and means for securing said base to t e pipes at a point above said base ring, whereby said pipes will serve to hold the latter inplace with respect to the base ring.

In testimony whereof I afixny signature.

EMORY CROUSE.

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