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Fitted to the said upper end of this pipe is a valve 18 closed. When said valve. is thus
hollow coupling 10, to which are detachably closed, any water remaining above the same
connected at 11 the inner communicating ends in pipe 9 will be drained off through pipe 33,
of a series of radially-disposed hollow branch it being apparent that at this time the valve
pipes 12, having hollow T-couplings 13 at the 36 will be at an elevated position from its seat
outer ends thereof connecting the ends of or open. In said open position of the valve
curved members 14, constituting a hollow last named air will be permitted to pass the
ring at or near the upper edge of the tank same and enter the valve-chamber 7, thus pre-
and close to the inner surface of the sides venting both valves from freezing in cold
thereof, said members having perforations 15 weather.
therein adjacent to such surface. Fitting in The tank may be provided with any suit-
the upper end of said coupling 10 is a stuff- able outlet connection, as shown in dotted
ing-box 16, through which works a valve-rod lines at 38, or, if desired, I may employ sub-
17, having at its lower end a valve 18, coop- stantially the form of outlet and cut-off shown
erating with a seat 19 therefor at the upper- and described in my former Letters Patent
end of the hollow plug 4, said rod also work- No. 737,941, granted on the 1st day of Sep-
ing in a guide 20, located interiorly of the tember, 1903.
lower part of the pipe 9 and having its upper It is thought the construction and operation
projecting end in movable connection with of my improvements will be fully understood
the slotted end 21 of the inner and shorter without further elucidation.
arm 22 of an elbow-lever fulcrumed or piv- Inasmuch as ready access to the stuffing-box
oted at 23 at the upper end of a bracket 24, 34 cannot be had when the tank is. full, I may
secured in any suitable manner at 25 to one sometimes dispense with said stuffing-box and
side of the said coupling 10, the outer and provide in its stead an ordinary pipe 40 (see
longer arm 26 of said lever extending down- dotted lines, Fig. 1) for inclosing the valve-
wardly within the tank and being provided rod 35, the lower end of said pipe being suit-
at the end thereof with a weighted float 27, as ably fitted within the casing 30 and the upper
shown. end thereof reaching near to the upper end
The valve-chamber 7 is formed in one side of the tank.
thereof with an opening 28, and fitted to said Having thus described my invention,I claim
side by means of a hollow connection 29 is a as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-
casing 30, having a port 31, communicating 1. The combination with a tank, of a sup-
with said valve-chamber, and a port 32 in ply-pipe extending therethrough, a spraying
communication with the inner end of a drain- device in the supply-pipe near the upper por-
pipe 33, leading out through an opening there- tion of the tank, a drain-pipe leading from
for in the side of the tank. The upper part of the supply-pipe below the spraying device,
said casing 30 is provided also with a stuffing- and valves in the supply and drain pipes op-
box 34, through which works another valve- erable through variations in the contents of
rod 35, having at its lower end a valve 36 for the tank.
opening and closing said port 32, the upper 2. In a supply-tank for water service, a ver-
portion of this valve-rod working in a guide tical pipe supported within the tank for ex-
37 on the bracket 24, and the upper end ternal connection with a pump, and provided
thereof being in movable connection at 38 at its upper end with a spraying device ex-
with the said longer arm 26 of the elbow-lever. tending close to the upper part of the inner
In the use of my improved structure it will surface of the tank, and a drain-pipe leading-
of course be easy to determine from the quan- through the side of the tank from the side of
tity of water taken from the tank at different said pipe.
times approximately the level of water there- 3. In a supply-tank for water service, a ver-
in at any given time, and consequently when- tical pipe supported within the tank for ex-
ever such level becomes very much reduced ternal connection with a pump, and provided
the weighted float 27 will be in a correspond- at its upper end with a spraying device ex-
ingly lowered position and the valve 18 ele- tending close to the upper part of the inner
vated or raised from its seat. To then pre- surface of the tank, and a drain-pipe leading
vent shrinking or warping of the staves of the through the side of the tank from the side of
tank, due to the drying out of theportions said pipe and provided with a valve.
thereof above the water -level, it is simply 4. In a supply-tank for water service, a ver-
necessary to force water upwardly through tical pipe supported within the tank for ex-
the hollow plug 4 and into and through the ternal connection with a pump, and provided
pipe 9 and through the branch pipes 12 into at its upper end with communicating radial
the curved members 14 of the hollow ring, arms supporting at their outer ends a hollow
from which it is discharged through the per- ring located close to the upper part of the
forations of said members against the inner inner surface of the tank and perforated ad-
sides of the staves and by flowing downwardly jacent to such surface.
and raising the level of water in the tank 5. In a supply-tank for water service, a ver-
causes the float to be again elevated and the tical pipe supported within the tank for ex-15
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Leithauser, Peter Jarome. Supply Tank For Water Service, patent, September 6, 1904; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508260/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.