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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOHN C. McKALLIP, OF HOUSTON, TEXAS.
GASOLENE-MEASURING DEVICE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Jan. 25, 1921.
Application filed March 20, 1917, Serial No. 150,127. Renewed March 4, 1920. Serial No. 363,283.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN C. MCKALLIP,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
-Houston, in the county of Harris and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and
useful Improvements in Gasolene-Measur-
ing Devices, of which the following is a
specification.
This invention relates to an improved gas-
10 olene measure particularly designed for use
at gasolene service stations and has as its
primary object to provide a device of this
character employing a transparent measur-
ing vessel so that the consumer may be
15 assured of receiving the amount of gasolene
purchased and wherein the gasolene will, by
air pressure, be forced into the measuring
vessel from a storage tank and then out of
the measuring vessel by air pressure from a
20 pressure tank to be delivered to the con-
sumer, thus making it unnecessary to manu-
ally handle the gasolene in the delivery-
thereof.
The invention has as a further object to
25 provide an arrangement wherein the gaso-
lene will be quickly delivered to tie con-
sumer so that a minimum of evaporation and
wapte will occur.
The invention has as a further object to
30 provide a device of the above described char-
acter having a hydrometer associated there-
with so that the consumer may be apprised
of the quality of the gasolene.
And the invention has as a still further ob-
35 ject to provide an improved mounting for
the measuring vessel.
Other and incidental objects will appear
as the description proceeds and in the draw-
ings wherein I have illustrated the preferred
40 embodiment of the invention and wherein
similar reference characters designate cor-
.responding parts throughout the several
views.
Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective
45 view particularly showing the mounting of
the measuring vessel of my improved de-
vice.
Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken
on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
50 Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional
view particularly showing the mounting of
the closure plate at the upper end of the
measuring vessel as well as the cheek and
safety valves carried by the said plate, andFig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view 55
particularly showing the mounting of the
measuring- vessel upon the supporting plate
therefor as well as the construction and ar-
rangement of the storage and pressure tanks
employed. 60
In carrying out the invention, a gasolene
storage tank 10 is employed. This tank is
preferably buried in the ground, as now
commonly practised, and is provided with an
upstanding filling casing 11 closed by a plate 65
12, this plate being preferably arranged on
a level with the floor which has been con-
ventionally illustrated at 13. Upstanding
from the tank within the casing 11 is a sup-
ply pipe 14 for the tank and arranged in 70
the said supply pipe is a suitable check valve
15. Communicating with the supply pipe
14 below the valve 15 is an air supply pipe
16 in which is arranged a check valve 17.
Projecting downwardly from one end of the 75
tank 10 at the lower side thereof is a sump
18 and leading from the lower end of this
sump is a drain pipe 19 carried up through
the floor 13 and in which is interposed a
shut-off valve 20. 80
Mounted upon the floor 13, at some suit-
able point adjacent the tank 10 is a pres-
sure. tank 21 having a pipe 22 extending
therethrough and loosely surrounding said
pipe within the tank is a pressure float or 85
bell 23. Mounted upon the said bell are one
or more weights 24, it being observed in this
connection, that the tank 21 is closed, at its
upper end, by a removable cover so that the
weights 24 may be easily reached for re- 90
moving one of the weights or adding addi-
tional weights.
Connected with the sump 18 of the tank.
10 is a simply pine 25 for the measuring
vessel employed. This pipe is arranged to 95
extend up though the floor 13 and through
the pine 22 in the pressure tank 21 and is
provided, at its upper end, with a three-way
valve 26. Communicating with the pipe 22
below the valve is a pressure gage 27 and 100
connected to the lateral outlet of the valve
is a discharge pipe 28 arranged substan-
tially parallel to the supply nine. Connect-
ed to the lower end of the discharge pipe, is
a relatively short pipe section 29 providing 105
a sediment chamber and leading from the
said chamber is a drain cock 30 threaded
into the lower end of the pipe section. The1,366,814.
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McKallip, Jonathan C. Gasolene-Measuring Device., patent, January 25, 1921; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1256443/m1/3/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.