Patent ID: 6428287
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: E04F,F04B

Abstract:
A portable drywall joint compound pump station comprising:a frame; a pneumatic pump for pumping joint compound from an open mud container, wherein the pneumatic pump has a pump inlet and a pump outlet disposed directly over the open mud container and is supported by the frame at a location above a top of the open mud container; an intake tube depending from the pump inlet and having an intake tube inlet port located proximate to the bottom of the mud container when the station is in use, the diameter of intake tube being sized to allow suction of a flow of non-pourable drywall joint compound upward from the mud container through the intake tube to the pump inlet when the pneumatic pump is operating; and a valve for controlling a supply of compressed air to power the pneumatic pump, wherein the frame has four legs and the frame further comprises mounting brackets that are used to mount the pneumatic pump to the legs such that the pneumatic pump resides substantially within an imaginary peripheral surface containing outer edges of the legs to form a protective cage around the pump.