US1494572A - Gasoline-deeding device - Google Patents

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May 20, 1924. 1,494,572

w. S. BARRY GASOLINE FAEEDING DEVICE Filed March f5 1922 higher level than the other,

Patented May 20, 1924.

UNITI-:n STATES VVILITIAM` S. BARRY, OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI.

eAsoLINE-rnnnrne DEVICE.

Application inea March 3, 1922. rserial No. 540,813. f

To all w/mfm, t may conce/m.'r

Be it known that I, VVILLTAM S. BARRY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at` Greenwood, in the county of Letloreand State ot' Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gasoline- Feeding Devices, of which the following is a specification. y y

This invention relates Lto improvements in gasoline supply means for internal combustion engines and the like, and it has for its objects among others to provide simple and efficient means whereby the gas or oil or other liquid in a tanker container may be delivered to a stationary gas engine or an automobile engine, the said means embodying a combined gasoline refinery, f

settling tank and reserve tank, without dividing the container or having two sep-- arate tanks or containers. i

By my present improvement the oil or gas is purified and a settlingtank is created and also a reserve tank simply by taking the oil or gas from a level several inches, more or less, above the bottom of the tank and leaving a residue of gas or oil below the pipe which feeds the engine, in

which all the water and settlements or impurities are precipitated and retained; this also creates a reserve tank, so that by opening a valve located at the proper place the gas or oil therein can be used in case of emergency, to carry the car to a iillingstation or the garage or other destination.

Broadly considered, the invention comprises means for providing two independent supplies of gas or oil from the same tank or container, the one from a relatively but either readily placed in position for immediate use as occasion may require. y n

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

As will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention is capable of embodiment in a variety of forms, by which the same end is attained, and while I have herein shown a variety of forms it is to be understood that the present invention is not restricted to such particular forms. those herein shown being merely by way of illustration to make clear the object and result attained without relying upon the exact embodiments of the invention which pipe from the bottom of the i I have `chosen to illustra-te in the present y invention.

y The invention, in such preferred forms of embodiment, is clearly illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 isa substantially central longitudinal section through a container or tank showing one form of the invention.

Figure 2 is a. similar View showing a diierentv form.` y

. Figure 3 `is alike view of another form. Like numerals of" reference indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings, i 1, infFig-ure l, designates a tank or container of any desired shape and capacity, adapted to contain gasoline, or oil, `or other fluid, and from `which the same is to be fed by means of a as pivotallyV mounted at 3` near the bottom of the tank and adapted to vbe turned upon such pivot. This may be done in a variety of ways.; in the ,Y `present instance I have chosen to show ya rod or the like 4 having its inner end arranged to slidably engage the inner end of the pipe in any suitable manner so that by raising the rod the said inner end of the pipe maybe raised when desired, or by lowering-the rod the pipe maybe placed'in a lower plane. Any suitable means may `de, provided for :holdingthe rod in its adjusted positions. In the present instance the said rod is shown, merely as by way of illustration of one method of securing it where desired, as provided with teeth or serrations 5 which are adapted to engage the walls of the opening in the tank through which the rod passes, being held to such position bya suitable spring or the like 6 which may be enclosed within a suitable housing 7. The rod may be provided with a knob or the like 8 for obvious purposes.

The dotted line position of the pipe in said Figure l is the proper position for general use, to supply the gas or oil to the engine. The height of the inner end of the tank may vary; twelve inches or so will be found satisfactory in most instances. The full line position of the pipe shows its position for draining olil the water or other impurities or settlings in the lower portion of the tank, the pipe being raised or lowered as yoccasion may require. When the pipe is in its pipe 2. This pipe is shown f raised position, that shown by dotted lines, there is created a settling and emergency tank and filter to cleanse or purify the gasoline while the motor is; operating. When the gas in the tank falls to a position where it is below the level of the open end of the pipe while in its dotted linev position then the pipe is lowered and if it be necessary to supply gas tothe engine it can iiow from the reserve supply within the bottom portion of the tank until the garage or filling station is reached. The water and impurities may be withdrawn from the settling tank in any suitable manner.

1n Figure 2 is shown substantially the,

same arrangement except that the parts are practically reversed; Athat is, the pipe 9 is arranged to enter the tank 10 near the top thereof, being mounted 'for movement, as at l1, and adapted to be raised and lowered by means of a rod or the like 12 which has.. its lower end arranged to slidably engagethe inner end of the pipe and the rod provided with teeth or thelike 13 to engage the wall of the opening through which the rod passes and there retained vby suitable p means as a spring 14 encased, as seen at 15.

Theoperation is substantially the same. The dotted line position is that of general operation, taking the liquid from the higher level. The full line position Vis that for emergency use.

In Figure 3 I haveshown the pipe 16 as entering through the bottom of the tank, being of angular form, the portion withinthe tank being adapted to-be raised or lowered by meansl of the rod 17 having teeth 18 av spring 19, in a housing 20, being provided, similar to the arrangement shown in Figures 1=and2 and above described. The pipe is pivotallymounted adjacent its ang1e,`as

seen at 2]., to permit of the necessary movements thereof. The dotted line position of -the pipe is that for general use. The dotted the structural embodiments of the `invention Vas hereinbefore disclosed are what I at the presenty time consider preferable, it will be evident that the` same is subject to changes, variations and modifications in detail, proportion of parts, etc., without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and 1 therefore do not intend/to restrict myself to such de- '1 tails, proportions or parts, etc., but reserve the right to make such changes, variations land modifications'as come properly within the scope of the protection prayed.

What is 4claimed as new is 1. A container, 1a feed pipe leading therefrom, a pipe pivotally mounted on said feed pipe within the container, and means connectedwith said 'pivotally mounted pipe near its free' end for moving the pivoted pipe on its pivot to change the level from which the liquid will flow from the container through the first-named pipe.

- 2. A container, a feed pipe extending (ifi therein, a pipe pivotally mounted on said feed pipe, and means extending into the container slidably connected with said pivotally mounted pipe in the container adjacent its free end tomove the same on its pivot, and

means cooperating with said last-named means to hold the pipe in its adjusted positions., In testimony ,whereof I aiiix my signature.

VVILLIAM S. BARRY;

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