US383486A - Portable force-pump apparatus - Google Patents

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J. A. PARSONS.

PORTABLE FORGE PUMP APPARATUS. No. 383,486. Patented May 29, 1888.

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JOSEPH A. PARSONS, OF ROCKY RIVER, OI-IIO.

PORTABLE FORCE-PUMP APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,486, dated May 29, 1888.

Application filed February 24, 1888. Serial No. 265,152.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JosErH A. Pnnsons, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Rocky River, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Force-Pump Apparatus, of which the following is a specication, the principle of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle, so' as to distinguish it from other inventions.

The object of my invention is an improved form of garden or tire engine, consisting in certain new featuresof construction, hereinafter described, and embodied in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure lis a plan view of my improved portable force-pu mp apparatus. Fig.2 is a side elevation ofthe same. Fig. 3 isa detail View ofthe bottom ofthe pump and pump-fastener. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an obverse plan view of the bottoni of the pump. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the journal and journalcap as secured to the handle. Fig. 7 is a sectional view ofthe parts shown in Fig. 6. Fig. Sis a plan View of the bottom of the tank, showing the radial arms secured thereto.

A is a tank, preferably constructed of galvanized iron and made of differing sizes to suit varying needs and requirements. Riveted to the bottom of said tank are the radial arms a, said arms castintegral with each other, and three of them terminating in the feet a', on which the tank or can rests when in lowered standing position, the fourth arm extending rearwardly to the back of the tank and termihating in the fender c2, which passes upwardly from the bottom of the tank along the back side of the same.

The carriage consists of the wheel B, provided with the journals b, the forked journal and handle bearings O, and the handles D, secured to the rear portions of said handle-bearing by means of rivets. rIhe forward and lower portion of said fork is provided with the bifurcatedjournal-bearings c,resting on thejournals b, and secured to the same by pins c', passing through the two ends` of the bifurcations below the journals. To the backward side of the cross-bar e is secured, in any suitable manner, downwardly-proj eoting fender e', that engages with the fender c2 when the outer (No model.)

extremities of the handles are sufliciently elevated to cause the lower portion of the tank to swing into vertical line with the adjacent periphery of the wheel. The hose Z is represented as broken away both in Figs. l and 2.

Riveted to the two upper side portions of the tank are the ears d, provided with the journalbearings d', against the under side of which the handles D respectively rest. To secure the said handles to the said journal-bearings and prevent any dropping down of the handles When the tank is resting on the ground, I provide ajournal-cap, f, having at its upper portion the projecting journal-bearing f', and shoulders]f2 at its lower portion having the shoulder g. A set-screw, g, is threaded vertically through the lower portion of said journal-cap, and secures the latter to the handle D without in any way binding thejournal-bearing d. At the rearward portion of the tank I secure by rivets to its bottom the pump-fastener h, provided at one end with the overhanging lug h', and at its opposite end with lug h2, through which is threaded setscrew j. The pump K, of ordinary portable force-pump construction, is inserted in an opening formed in the top of the can and close to its rearward edge between the handles. The flaring bottom k of said pump is set onto-said fastener, so that said fastener rests in the opening lc between fianges k2 on said bottom .7a. The flaring portion of the bottom fits below said overhanging lug and the set-screw is then screwed up tightly, gripping said pump and preventing any movement of the same when the pump is operated. It will be noticed that the location of said pump is very convenient for the operator, as itis between the handles, in close proximity to the operator as he stands, when the apparatus is lowered after being wheeled from place to place. It is also apparent that as the center of gravity of the tank is so far below the pivotal point there is no liability of capsizing the vehicle; and another good result of pivoting the tank so far above the center of gravity is that the tank always assumes a vertical position as it is lowered to the ground, thus insuring the several feet striking the ground at the same time and sustaining the tank in an upright position.

The foregoing description and accompanying drawings set forth in detail mechanism in IOO embodiment of my invention. Change may therefore be made therein, provided the principles of construction respectively recited in the following claims are retained and employed.

I therefore particularly point out and distinctly claim as my inventionl. In a portable force-pu1np apparatus, the combination of a forked journal and handle bearing cast integral, aWheel journaled in the forward portion of the same, handles secured to its opposite ends, atank having bearing on said handles, said tank provided with radial arms, one of said arms terminating in a fender, a second fender secured to said fork, the tWo said fenders engaging with each other When the tank is in elevated position, substanti'ally as set forth.

2. In a portable force-pump apparatus, the combination of a tank provided with ajournal, handles on either side of said tank engaging With said journals, and journal-caps secured respectively by set screws to the handles and having pivotal engagement with said journals, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing to be `my invention I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of February, A. D. 1888.

JOSEPH A. PARSONS. Witnesses:

E. J. CLIMo, J. B. FAY.

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