Patent ID: 8075214

Claim:
An apparatus adapted for raising a liquid from a container to a rotary powered drum that is capable of being rollingly contacted with an independent, liquid absorbing roller, said apparatus further comprising: (1) an endless belt adapted to adhere the liquid and wherein said endless belt further comprises a friction-receiving interior surface that engages with a friction-creating exterior surface on a rotary powered drum and wherein said rotary powered drum (a) is journaled in a housing, (b) has an exterior surface capable of being rollingly contacted with an independent, liquid adsorbing roller and (c) has a friction-creating exterior surface that engages with the friction-receiving interior surface of the endless belt such that, when the rotary powered drum is put into powered rotation, the endless belt is adapted to be driven vertically into and out of the liquid in the container; (2) an electric motor for powering the rotary powered drum; (3) a scraper adapted for removing the liquid from the endless belt; (4) a liquid distribution device adapted for receiving and laterally distributing the liquid removed from the endless belt; and (5) a housing having a journaling system adapted to place the rotary powered drum in close proximity to the liquid distribution device such that any liquid—which has fallen into the liquid distribution device—will be laterally distributed over the exterior surface of the rotary powered drum.