Tank sump pump installation

• US 3,316,843 A
• Filed: 04/26/1965
• Issued: 05/02/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James E. Vaughan
• Original Assignee: James E. Vaughan
• Inventors: Vaughan, James E.
• Application Number:
  US04/450,837
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• US Class Current: 417/430
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/21 with submerged injectors, e.g. nozzles, for injecting high-pressure jets into a large volume or into mixing chambers
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/752 with arrangements for converting the mechanism from mixing to discharging, e.g. by either guiding a mixture back into a receptacle or discharging it
• CPC Class Codes: F04D 7/045 with means for comminuting, mixing stirring or otherwise treating

Claims

1. A TANK SUMP PUMP INSTALLATION COMPRISING A TANK, A SUMP PUMP, ROTATIVE DISK, MEANS SUSPENDING SAID PUMP IN SAID TANK FROM SAID DISK IN A POSITION FOR BODILY ROTATION ABOUT THE ROTATIVE AXIS OF SAID DISK, A DISCHARGE PIPE EXTENDING FROM SAID PUMP UPWARD THROUGH SAID DISK, A FIRST BRANCH OUTLET PROJECTING FROM SAID DISCHARGE PIPE TRANSVERSELY OF THE LENGTH THEREOF AND AT A LOCATION ADJACENT TO SAID PUMP AND FORMING A DISCHARGE OPENING ALONG A LINE OFFSET FROM THE ROTATIVE AXIS OF SAID DISK, A SECOND BRANCH OUTLET PROJECTING FROM SAID DISCHARGE PIPE TRANSVERSELY OF THE LENGTH THEREOF AT A LOCATION NEAR THE SURFACE OF THE LIQUID IN SAID TANK, FIRST VALVE MEANS OPERABLE TO CONTROL DISCHARGE OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID FIRST BRANCH OUTLET, AND SECOND VALVE MEANS OPERABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID FIRST VALVE MEANS TO CONTROL DISCHARGE OF LIQUID FROM SAID SECOND BRANCH OUTLET.