US1551577A - Liquid keceiving and conveying device - Google Patents

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Sept. 1, 1925.

J. H. LOWDEN LIQUID RECEIVING AND CONVEYING DEVICE 14, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet L Filed Aug.

JOSEPH H.LOWDEN INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y.

Sept. 1, 1925.

J. H. LOWDEN LIQUID RECEIVING AND CONVEYING DEVICE 2 Shoots-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 14 1923 JOSEPH H.LOWOEN INVENTORv 'A TTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES .rosnrn H. Lownnu, or ELYRIA, OHIO.

LIQUID RECEIVING AND CONVEYING DEVICE.

' Application filed Aug'ust 14, 1923. Serial No. 657,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. LowDnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elyria, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid Receiving and Conveying Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to liquid receiving and conveying devices, and particularly to such a device for use in garages, or at filling stations and similar places, for catching oil as it is drained from the engine of an automobile.

The objects of this invention include the construction of a device capable of being moved at will in a horizontal plane to the desired position under a liquid discharging receptacle, as the engine of an automobile,

and which is adjustable vertically to be maintained the desired distance from the receptacle.

Other objects will appear and be pointed out in the following specification, in which a device constructed in accordance with'my invention is disclosed.

In the drawings attached to and forming a part of this specification, I

Fig.1 is a top plan View of my invention as applied to an oiling platform for an automobile Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partially in section, taken on line A-A of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to that of Fig. 2 illustrating the container in raised vertical adjustment;

Fig. 1- is a side elevation of the device (le-' tached from the tracks. In the drawings, a movable frame is com posed of angle iron side members 2 having the flange portions extending upwardly, and angle iron ends or cross members 3 with the flanges extending downwardly. To the depending flanges of member 3 are secured wheels 4 adapted to seat on substantially parallel tracks or runways 5 upon which the frame 1 may thus be moved. Tracks 5 are supported by brackets 6 which hook over the top of, or are otherwise suitably secured to members 7 comprising a part of an oiling platform such as is commonly employed. at filling stations.

It will of course be obvious that instead of securing brackets 7 to the draining platform as illustrated in Fig. 2 they might equally well be elongated sufliciently to extend to and be supported by a superstructure above the top of an automobile. Side members 2 and end members 3 of frame 1 are preferably braced at the corners as by plates 9 (Fig. 1) so that the frame is strong, rigid and not easily distorted in use. 1

Mounted upon the frame 1 to move lengthwise thereof is a carriage comprising angle iron side members 10, each having the flange turned downwardly and each carrying in the flange one or more wheels 11 adapted to support the carriage movably on side members 2 of the frame. These side members 10 are secured together at the ends by a plate 12 which-extends thereacross and projects beyond one side thereof at 13. The projecting portion of the plate is provided with openings 14 of various sizes in which the operator can hang. tools, "such as wrenches. The plate 12 is also provided with an opening 15, which is preferably annular in shapeto receive a liquid receiving vessel or'bucket 16, which is supported upon the plate by a flange 17 extending outwardly from the top thereof. Suitable handles 18 are secured to the top of the vessel by means of which item be, lifted into or out of the opening in the platform. A screen 19 passing into the vessel, and becoming lost when the drained oil is emptiedfrom the vessel.

A bracket 20 extends beneath, and parallel with, the bottom of the vessel 16, and is secured to the spaced frame members 10 by upwardly extending arms 21. A rod 22 extends through an opening in the bracket 20 and is arranged to slide vertically therethrough. A vessel engaging member 23 is secured to the upper end of the rod, and a lever 24 is pivoted to the lower end of the rod for moving the supporting member up and down. .One of the arms 21 has outwardly extending flanges 25, and a ratchet member comprising bars, 26 having a toothed bar 27 secured therebetween, projects downwardly from and is secured between said flanges. The operating lever24= is pivoted at 28 to the lower end of the ratchet member,

and a pawl 29 is pivoted thereon toengage.

with the teeth 30. Suitable means,- such as a pivoted spring pressed hand grip 31 having a connecting member 32 pivoted theretov and to sfaid pawi, provided it inaintaih the lever and the vessel support in desired vertical elevation relative to its supporting plate when in engagement It will be observed that my improved device is capable of use in draining pas or with draining platforms such asare noyv in common use in garages and filling stations and elsewhere and thatit is adapted for use with any type or size of automobile since the ,movable frame 1 and the carriage 2 can .be brought beneath any desired portion oi, the automobile so as to catch liquid or oil drained ,fro any part thereof. The frame 1 is adapted to move in directions at right angles to that in which the carriage mounted thereon ,is moved, vand hence any desired location of the vessel 18 can be obtained. l A

In operation it is only necessary to move the frame 1 along, rail 5 until it is beneath the discharge outlet as. theauto-mobile or other mechanism containing liquid to be discharged. and then by suitable movement of the carriage .to; locate the vessel 18 exactly beneath the liquid outlet. When the vessel 18 has been located beneaththe liquid Out e 9 befo t a be n le e l sired, by pressing down upon the outer end 0f. th ha dl the d 22 i m v p,- ward and the member 23 will engage and move the vessel vertically tothe desired lieightjn which position it is secured by the spring pressed pawl and ratchet mechanisn M When it is desired to lower the vessel the hand grip is pressed toward thehandle to release the pawl, whereupon the, outer end of; tlie lever. can be raisedto lower the vessel. After the liquid has been drained into the vessel.1 6,'the vesselmay belifted from its mounting by the handles 18 and emptied of it's contents. This vertical adjustment permits the vessel to be adjusted in close proximity to the receptacle which is being drained, which relation is desirable to prevent splashing, and to insure that all of the liquid, while draining, will be caught by e. vess l i i r,

It will be evidentfrom the foregoing description and drawing that my device can be readily and cheaply constructed since practically all ofthe parts are standard stock material. l heangle irons 2, 3 and 10 as well as tra clrsgf) are standard equip- Inent, B rack ets '6, plate laland hangers i3 maybe quickly formed of flat metal or easily cast desired. The wheels a and 11 are of ,course "standard equipment and the vessel 16 is eitther a standard stock article or and easi y ro r d Having thus described one form of my invention, what I'desire to secure by Letters Patent is defined in what is claimed, it being uh d ei st'ood that various 'cl'ianges or alterationsin the exact form of the dev'ce shown not "amounting 'to invention are included in my invention, the scope of which is set forth in what is claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class described, in combination, substantially parallel runways forming a track, a frame having wheels adapted to engage said tracks, a carriage movably mounted on said frame to run at substantially right angles to said track, a liquid receiving receptacle mounted on said carriage, and adjustable mechanism for maintaining said receptacle. in any one of a plurality of vertical positions relative to said carriage,

2.,In a device of the class described, in combination, a movable carriage, a liquid receiving receptacle mounted with said carriage, mechanism for raising and lower if;

said receptacle relative to said carriage, an

means for securing said mechanism in a po sitionto maintain said receptacle in desired vertical position. I

In a device of the character described, I l

in combination, a movable carriage, 1. receiving receptacle mounted in said carriage, a brac et secured to said carriage extending beneath said receptacle, :1 l means mounted in said bracket to support said receptacle in anyone of a plurality of vertical positions. 1

4. In a device of the character described in combination, amovable carriage, a in 7 receiving receptacle extending throng opening in said carriage, a receptacle sup porting member mounted with said carriage beneath saidreceptacle, and a lever pivotally carried. by said carriage for moving said supporting member vertically to engage and maintain said receptacle in any one of a plurality of vertical relations relative to said carriage.

5. In a device of the character described, in combination, a movable carriage, a liquid receiving receptacle extending through an opening in said carriage, a recep'tacle supporting member mounted with said carriage beneath said receptacle, and a lever pivotally carried said carriage for mov ng said supporting member vertically to en ga'g e'and maintain said receptacle in a plurality of vertical relations relative to said carriage, and pawl and ratchet mccl'ianism cooperatingwith said lever to secure said supporting member in desired vertical position. H

In testimony whereof I hereuntoaiiii; my signature this 9 day, of August, 1923.

JOSE-PH H. LQ W PIX.

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