An Improved Measuring Pump.
Year: 1887

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring Pump.
We, WILLIAM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SIMS, Engineer, Jonx LoWETH, Miller,
CHARLES HENRY GINKINS, Commercial Agent DAVID MITCHELL ROWLAND,
Merchant. JOSEPH POTTS JUNK, Teacher, and ANDREW LAWSON, Miller, all of
Corydon, in the State of Indiana, United States of America do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
Our invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of
parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed. Reference is to be had to the accom-
panying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. Fig. 1 is a sectional eleva-
tion showing our invention applied to a tank for oil or other liquid. Fig. 2. is a similar
view taken on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 3. is a detail view of the registering
mechanism, the graduated face being removed and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view
taken on the line y y, Fig. 3. The pump A is of the usual, or may be of any approved
construction, secured in the tank B. by the braces CC. The pump shown is provided
with a hollow piston-head, D, and tube E, which is connected to the pump-lever F,
for operating the pump.
To the lever F is connected, by the connecting-rod G, the
measuring device or register H, so the movement of the lever up and down will move
the pointer I, in front of the graduated dial J, a distance bearing a certain ratio to the
distance of movement of the lever. The dial is graduated in "pints, quarts, gallons,
eie. according to the flow or capacity of the pump. The movement of the lever is
communicated to the pointer, preferably by means of the pivoted segmental rack K
and pinion L, the latier secured upon the shaft d, to the outer end of which the pointer
is secured. The shaft d is journaled at one end in the dial H, and at the other in the
cross-piece as shown in Fig. 4, and the pivot g, to which the rack K, is secured, is
also journaled in the dial and said cross-pieces, as shown in said Fig. 4, and to one end
of the pivot is secured the arm h, to which the connecting-rod G, above mentioned,
is secured, as shown in Fig. 3, so the movement of the pump-lever will, through the
said connecting rod G, arm 4, rack K, and pinion L, cause the pointer to turn.
connecting-rod G may be adjusted as to length by the turn-buckle k, fitted therein.
The

page_text: To the upper curved end of the pipe is attached the funnel M, for directing the flow
of liquid into any receptacle. In use, to draw any desired quantity of liquid the lever
F will be raised until the pointer I, indicates the desired quantity upon the dial; then
the lever is simply to be forced downward, which will cause the exact quantity to be
forced out of the pump.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :-
1. The combination, with the registering device comprising the dial-faced case
inclosing a shaft carrying a pointer or index and a pinion geared to a pivoted segment,
of the pump, piston or head, and the handle connected to said tube and to the
registering device, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the registering device comprising the dial-faced case
inclosing a shaft carrying a pointer or index and a pinion geared to a pivoted segment,
of the pump, piston or head, the handle connected to said tube, the connecting-rod
attached to said handle, and the arm connected to said connecting-rod and to the shaft
or axis of the said segment, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of March 1887
HORN & SON,
Agents on behalf of the Applicants.