Electric pumping apparatus with extendable drawing pipe and pump light tower

A pumping apparatus for delivering water upwardly from a holding area and over a holding area bank includes an apparatus base having an apparatus base upper surface; a water drawing pipe including a pipe intake end and a pipe discharge end and being mounted to the apparatus base and extendable from the apparatus base; an impeller rotatably mounted within the drawing pipe discharge end; an impeller motor drivably connected to the impeller at the drawing pipe discharge end; impeller motor power supply structure; and a light tower having a tower mounted end mounted to the apparatus base and a tower free end including a light source structure having at least one light source for delivering light onto the apparatus base, and a tower body extending between the tower mounted end and the tower free end.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention which may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure. Reference is now made to the drawings, wherein like characteristics and features of the present invention shown in the various FIGURES are designated by the same reference numerals. 
 First Preferred Embodiment Referring to FIGS. 1 - 9 , a pumping apparatus 10 is disclosed, for drawing water W from a low lying holding area and delivering the water upwardly to and beyond a bank on which apparatus 10 rests to any designated receiving area or means. The contents of U.S. Pat. No. 3,270,677 issued on Sep. 6, 1966 to the present applicant is incorporated by reference into the present application. Apparatus 10 includes an apparatus base 12 such as a trailer bed and includes a water drawing pipe 20 having a pipe intake end 22 and having a pipe discharge end 24 containing an impeller 102 as described and illustrated in parent application Ser. No. 09 ______,______, drivably connected to an electric motor 110 which receives electric power through an electric cable 116 within an electric cable conduit 116 a extending along the drawing pipe 20 from a generator 112 connected to a diesel engine 114 , a deployment and angling drawing pipe extending means 30 which moves the drawing pipe 20 between a retracted position on the apparatus base 12 and a deployed position extending outwardly and angling downwardly from the apparatus base 12 into the water in the given holding area, and a light tower 40 having a tower mounted end 42 mounted to the apparatus base 12 and a tower free end 44 which includes a light source structure 50 having at least one light source 52 for delivering light onto the apparatus base 12 , and a tower body 46 in the form of a tower pole extending between the tower mounted end 42 and the tower free end 44 . The tower body 46 preferably includes an outer telescoping tube 62 connected to and extending from the tower mounted end 42 and an inner telescoping tube 64 slidably fitted into the outer telescoping tube 62 and extending and connected to light source structure 50 , and tube interlocking means 66 for releasibly securing the inner telescoping tube 64 at a certain extension out of the outer telescoping tube 62 . Apparatus 10 preferably still further includes tower body pivot means 70 pivotally interconnecting the tower mounted end 42 and the tower body 46 so that the tower body 46 may be pivoted into a substantially horizontal position over the apparatus base 12 for compact apparatus 10 storage and transport, and into an upright, substantially vertical position for casting light during pump operation after sundown. The tower mounted end 42 preferably includes a tower base panel 82 for securing to the apparatus base upper surface 12 a with fasteners and a tower base tripod 84 standing upright on and secured to tower base panel 82 such as by welding, and a tower mounting tube 86 secured to and extending upwardly from the tower base tripod 84 . The tower mounting tube 86 preferably extends substantially parallel and laterally adjacent to a segment of outer telescoping tube 62 , and the tower body pivot means 70 preferably includes a pivot collar 72 engagingly encircling outer telescoping tube 62 and having an outer radially protruding axle rod 74 passing substantially horizontally through tower mounting tube 86 such that tower body 46 is pivotable to an upright orientation and pivotable to a generally level orientation. To assist in tower body 46 pivoting, a winch cable reel 90 is mounted to tower mounting tube 86 and a winch cable 92 is wound around the reel 90 and extends to a cable engaging element 94 affixed to the upper end of the inner telescoping tube 64 , so that rotating the reel 90 in a first direction withdraws and shortens the extended length of cable 92 , thereby progressively pivoting the tower body 46 upright, and so that rotating the reel 90 in a second direction deploys and lengthens the extended length of cable 92 , thereby progressively pivoting the tower body 46 downwardly to its generally level position. A tower body support stand 120 preferably is provided, spaced from the tower mounted end 42 , for supporting the tower body 46 in its generally level position. The support stand 120 preferably includes a stand base panel 122 for securing to the apparatus base upper surface 12 a with fasteners and a stand base tripod 124 standing upright on and secured to the stand base panel 122 such as by welding, and a stand mounting tube 126 secured to and extending upwardly from the stand base tripod 124 . A spaced apart pair of tower body receiving flanges 128 extend upwardly from stand mounting tube 126 for receiving between them a segment of the tower body 46 , which is preferably a segment of the inner telescoping tube 44 . A linking strut 132 preferably is secured to and interconnects the upper ends of the tower mounting tube 86 and the stand mounting tube 126 for enhanced structural integrity and strength. The light source structure 50 preferably includes a light source cross bar 142 secured to and extending substantially perpendicularly across the free end of the inner telescoping tube 44 . An outward fixture stem 144 and an inward fixture stem 146 both preferably extend from each lateral end of the light source cross bar 142 , and a light fixture box 148 having an open box end for releasing light is mounted to the free end of each fixture stem 144 and 146 and contains a light source 52 such as an incandescent light bulb and a corresponding socket. Electrical fixture wiring extends from the light source 52 within each fixture box 148 out through a box wiring port and along the given fixture stem 146 or 148 to the cross bar 142 , and along the cross bar 142 to the inner telescoping tube 64 where it joins with other fixture wires to form a common supply cable 152 . The common supply cable 152 extends along the tower body 46 , and along the tower mounting tube 86 , to the apparatus base upper surface 12 a , and extends along the apparatus base upper surface 12 a to an electric power source such as a generator 112 or to another cable connection ultimately leading to a power source. A protective cable tube 154 preferably is secured along the outer telescoping tube 62 and the common supply cable 152 extends through the cable tube 154 , and the common supply cable 152 preferably is spring coiled much like a telephone receiver cord to be extensible and retractable. Drawing pipe extending means 30 preferably includes a winch 176 secured to a mounting structure 174 on the apparatus base 12 , a first cable pulley 172 , a second cable pulley 178 , a cable connection structure 182 on or near the drawing tube intake end 22 , and a cable 170 would around the winch and extending over first and second cable pulleys 172 and 178 , respectively. Apparatus 10 preferably further includes a collapsible water hose 250 secured to the discharge end 24 of the drawing pipe 20 , and a water hose spool 252 for receiving and compactly winding the water hose 250 . The apparatus base 12 preferably is a truck bed, as indicated above, and has truck bed wheels with tires 18 and hydraulic jacks (not shown) for bearing against the ground G and lifting the truck bed off tires 18 to immobilize apparatus 10 while water is being pumped. A control panel 230 is provided, and a diesel fuel tank 240 . While the invention has been described, disclosed, illustrated and shown in various terms or certain embodiments or modifications which it has assumed in practice, the scope of the invention is not intended to be, nor should it be deemed to be, limited thereby and such other modifications or embodiments as may be suggested by the teachings herein are particularly reserved especially as they fall within the breadth and scope of the claims here appended.