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n STORAGE AND MEASURING TANK FOR VOLATILE LIQUIDS.- No.4`372,250. Patented Oct.. 25, '1887.

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SYLVANUS F. BOVVSER AND AUGUSTUS BOIVSER, OF FORT WAYNE, INDI- ANA; SAID SYLVANUS F. BOVSER ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, rTO SARAH F. BOVVSER, OF SAME PLAGE.

STORAGE ANoMAsUmNe'TANK Foa voLATlLe meules.

SPIECIll-"ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,250, dated October 25. 1887.

, Application tiled June 2l, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SYLvANUs F. BowsER and AUGUSTUS BOWSER, citizens of the United States, residing at Fort Wayne, in the county of -Allen and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Liquid-Storage Tank or Oan, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in liquid-storage tanks or cans which are used 1o for the storage and for measuring when the liquids are drawn outfor usemas for delivery-.- such liquids or fluids as kerosene-oil, burninguid, and the light combustible products of petroleum. i

Such tanks or cans are ordinarily used in dwelling-houses, factories, and stores. Such a tank or can should be made of durable materials, should be for all practical purposes substantially fire-proof, should have 'conven- 2o ient and durable appliances for drawing and accurately measuring the tanks contents, and in cases where the said tank or can is used for the storage of the more combustible substances hereinbefore named, which substances are more or less volatile, the said tank or can should b e made gas or air tight. The said tank or can, in order to meet a ready sale, must be constructed as inexpensivelyas possible. v

The objects of our invention may therefore be stated as follows: first, to provide a substantially tire-proof tank or can for storing to provide a convenient device for drawing 3 5 from the said tank or can its contents, and oney which is adapted to deliver the said contents either in the apartment where the said tank or can is located or by means of readily-attachable extensions be adapted to deliver the said contents in another apartment, which may be located above the one where the tank or can is located; third, t0 provide appliances for accurately measuring the contents of the said tank or can while it is being withdrawn without the use of outside measuring-vessels; fourth, to provide means by which any surplus liquid may be returned and mingled with the said liquid contents of the tank or can without admitting the escape of any gas which Serial No. 205,822. (No model.)

may have accumulated in the upper part of 5o the tank or can. Ve attain these obj ects -by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompany- `ing drawings, in which- Figure l is a side View with a portion cut away on line x to x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 isa top 55 view of the tank or entire apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the pump and measuring devices on line w, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a top view of the 'swinging gage with its radial arms U and handle L. Fig..5 is one enlarged sectional elevation of the top portion of the can, showing the method of securing the cover and attaching the case P and sink N and its cover on line x', Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional elevation of the case P on line x', Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is an enlarged View of the cover of the case P on line x', Fig. 2. Fig'. 8 is another modification of the swinging gage.`

Similar letters referto similar parts throughout the several views. y 7o In Fig. l, A represents the case of the tank or can, which is made of heavy tin or of any of the various kinds of plate-iron or other material adapted to such uses. The tank or can A is preferably made, as shown, in a cylindrical form, and its top construction will be hereinafter more .fully explained.

G represents a pressure-pump,which is fixed to a piece of wood, F, and attached in any suitable way to the side of the tank or can A a short distance above its lloor, for the purpose of admittinginto the pumpcylinder theliquid contained in the tank, and in order that the` said pump may be adapted to operate properly the upper extremity of its cylinder also has internal connection with the interior of the said tank.

At II is represented a vertical conductingpipe, the lower end of which connects with the pump G and terminates at its upper extremity in a curved delivery any desired height above the level of the cover C.

I represents a piston-rod which operates the pump, and Ja gage which graduates the movement of the said piston-rod I. rI'his gage J admits of some variation, which, though somewhat different in detail, accomplishes the same results in about the same manner, and is for all useful and practical purposes essentially the same. The preferable forni of this gage J is illustrated in Figs. l and 3.

J is a vertical rod, which is suspended in bearings at T T. Said rod J has a swinging or partially rotary motion, the direction of which is indicated by the double-headed arrow in Fig. 4. This rod J carries the radial finger-dogs U U, Figs. l and 3, and at its upper extremity the handle L, by which this mechanism is operated, as will be hereinafter fully explained. Another variety of this gage is illustrated in Fig. 8, in which I is the piston-rod, having` to it attached the adjustable collars K K. To the cover C of the tank or cam Ais attached, by means of aL nut, d', above and a nut, b, below, the bolt C', in which is pivoted the swinging arm Z, the operation of which will be hereinafter described.

C represents the cover of the tank or can, and at the top of the side of the said tank or can is secured the angle-iron B. Between the cover C and the top fiange of the angle B is placed any suitable packing, D, for the purpose of making an air-tight joint when the cover is secured by means of bolts E. YVhen it is not desired to reinove the cover C, it may be soldered on in the ordinary manner.

.At N is inserted a Sink, which may belowered into and extend above the cover C, about as shown, or varied to suit the maker, having more above or more below the cover C, as dcsired or thought best; but we prefer to place it about as shown in the drawings. In the center of the bottom of the sink N is a large opening, O, of indefinite size.

l is a case adapted in size and forni to just fill the sink II, being open at its top, and having in its side the notch or groove R, running entirelyaround the said case, and inits baseplate the pipe or tube S, the inner part of which tube S connects with the inner part of the case I). Tile tube S is open at its lower extremity and connects with the inside ofthe tank or can A. At the lower extremity of the sink N there is represented an inturning flange, upon which the case P rests, and between these parts I have shown a packing, It', which may be 4used or not, as desired, in connection with any suitable packing placed in the notch or groove R, for the purpose of forining an air-light connection between the parts II and I).

At Y is a lid forming a closing for the case P, and at the apex of the said lid is a depression forming a funnel and having connection withthe inside of the ease I), the use of which will be hereinafter fully explained.

In Fig. l this tank or can is represented as being complete, and it will be ready for use when supplied with the liquid which it is intended to store. I-Iavingbeen so supplied,the lid Y is reinoved,and any desired vessel which is to be used asa receptacle for the liquid now to be drawn from the tank A is placed in the case I under the curved delivery of the pipe H. If, now, it is desired to draw one measure,

(such as two quarts) the rod J is swung to one sidein the direction of one of the arrow-heads,

according to the side of the rod J that the` radial finger may be on, so that one ofthe radial fingers U will be disposed in a vertical line directly over the dog K, which dog K is fastened to the piston-rod I. Now, when the piston-rod I is raised a snfiicient distance,the dog K will engage the said finger U and arrest the movement ofthe said piston-rod I. The raising of the said rod I having raised the piston-head in the cylinder Gand drawn within the said cylinder the desired measure of liquid through the valve at h, a downward movement to the end ofthe stroke ofthe said piston-rod I will send the said liquid out ofthe said cylinder G and through the valve at e up the delivery-pipe II, when it will be discharged into the receptacle in the case I), before mentioned. In like manner, if two measures of liquid are desired (four quarts) to be delivered. the rod J is moved so that the upper finger U will be in a vertical line over the dog K.when the operation of raising the piston-rod I is repeated until the dog K engages the upper radial finger U and is again depressed to the end of its stroke and a double measure ofliquid has been delivered, as before described.

It is obvious that a larger or a smaller number ofthe radial lingers Umay be placed upon the rod J and set different distances apart to give different measures of liquid, representing pints, quarts, gallons, &c., or other measures. In like manner in Fig. 8 the swinging arni Z and collars K K fill the office in this mechanism which -is filled by the radial lingers U U and swinging rod J and collar K in Figs. 1 and 3. The measure of liquid having been drawn into the receptacle, as hereinbel'ore described, the receptacle is relnoved from the case I and the lid Y replaced, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, to protect the said ease I from dust and dirt.

The object of the funnel in the top of the lid is to catch any drippings which may fall from the delivery-pipe II and conduct the saine within the case l.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 5 we have illustrated the case I? having connected at ils lower extremity the pipe S, which pipe S extends nearly to the bottom of the tank or can A. The object of this pipe S is to form an airtight connection with the upper surface of the'liquid in the said tank or can and prevent tlie escape of gas which may arise from the stored liquid in the can. The further use of the said pipe S is as a conveyor through which the said tank or can A may be filled, or through which overflowing liquids from the delivery-pipe H, as well as any surplus liquid which at any time may have been drawn, may be returned to the interior of' the tank or can A. To allow the ingress of air as the liquid is withdrawn, for the purpose of maintaining thc atmospheric pressure within the said tank necessary to the proper operation of the pump, any suitable internally- IOS IIS

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I opening valve, C, may be applied to the side of the said tank, as shown at C in Fig.'5.

To get at the interior of this tank or can for the purpose of cleaning or otherwise, it is only necessary to lift the case P out of the sink N, when access to the inside may be had through the holeor large opening O.

Before any measure ofliquid is drawn from this tank or can, as hereinbefore described, it is first necessary to fill with the stored liquid the ascendingcolumn, termed'herein the det livery-pipe,77 from its base at the valve e to its overiiow at its top g. This is performed by drawing upward and forcing downward the piston-rod I, which movements force the said liquid into. the delivery-pipe H the desired height, when the proper length of strokes of the piston-rod I, under control of the graduating apparatus hereinbefore described, `will deliver the desired measures of liquid.

When it is desired to deliver the contents of this tank or can into an apartment which may be located above the apartment in which this apparatus is located, it is only necessary u to extend the delivery-pipe H, piston-rod I,

and swinging rod J the desired distance, and

, to have a suitable connection with the dripping-funnel, which is located in the cover Y.

pipe S, said pipe S communicating at its lower extremity with the interior of the can A, substantially as shown and described.

2. In combination with a liquid -storage tank or can having the cover C and case P, the cover Y, with a funnel in its upper extremity, substantially asshown and described.

3. A pump having the eylinderG and pis ton-rod I, in combination with collar` or collars K and swinging stop or stops,'substan tially as shown and described.

SYLVANUS F. BOVVSER. AUGUSTUS BOVSER.

Witnesses:

DANIEL W. SoUDEn, JACOB J. KERN.

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