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UNTMED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
THOMAS W. MALONE, OF MADISONVILLE, TEXAS.
GASOLENE-SUPPLY-TANK ATTACHMENT.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented July 10, 1917.
Application filed June 30, 1916. Serial No. 106,897.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS W. MALONE,
citizen of the United States of America, re-
siding at Madisonville, in the county of
5 Madison and State of Texas, have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in
Gasolene Supply - Tank Attachments, of
which the following is a specification.
In well known gasolene stations, now lo-
10 cated at various points along the highways,
mechanical measuring means are employed
for supplying motorists with a given
amount of gasolene, the mechanism being in
charge of an attendant, and is operated by
15 a crank. In this form of apparatus, the
amount of gasolene delivered is gaged by
the number of turns of the crank.
The purpose of my invention isto provide
means adapted to control the usual gasolene
20. stations in such manner that by depositing
a check or coin in the machine, only a pre-
determined amount of gasolene will be de-,
livered, and then the machine is automati-
cally locked and cannot be operated until
25 another coin is deposited.
A further object of the invention is to
provide means for regulating the quantity
of gasolene delivered, according to the value
of the coin deposited.
30 A still further object of the invention' is
to provide means for automatically locking
a gasolene statioii, the unlock being effect-
ed by depositing a coin, hence dispensing
with the service of an attendant, the mecha-
35 nism being so arranged that the customer
once a coin is deposited can operate the
pump, and can only obtain a supply equal
in value to the coin deposited.
The invention also comprehends improve-
40 ments in-the details of construction and ar-
rangement of parts which will be herein-
after described and particularly pointed out
in the claims.
In the drawings:-
45 Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section
of a machine constructed in accordance with
my invention.
Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the
operating parts removed from the casing;
5C the said parts being distorted somewhat to
better illustrate the invention.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section on theline
3-3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 4-4,
of Fig. 1. 55
Fig. 5 is a detail section of the sectional
cone.
1 indicates a casing, and mounted therein
is a spring housing 2, and a bearing 3. Ro-
tatably supported in and extending beyond 60
the spring housing, and- in the bearing is
a shaft 4. The end of the shaft beyond the
bearing is threaded at 5, and secured to the
shaft and inclosed within the housing is a
spring 6, the opposite, end of the spring 65
being secured to a wall of the housing.
Fixed on the shaft 4 is a ratchet wheel 7,
and engaging therewith is a spring actu-
ated pawl 8, pivoted to the side of the hous-
ing, the pawl preventing rotation of the 70
shaft under the influence of the spring 6,
as will be presently explained.
Mounted on the opposite end of the shaft
4, is a sectional cone shaped wedge 8a, and
encircling same is a spring 9, which nor- 75
mally holds the sections together. In rear
of the sectional cone is a ratchet wheel 10,
which is fast on the shaft, and loosely
mounted on the shaft in rear of the ratchet
wheel 10 is a gear wheel 11. On the face 80
of the gear wheel 11, are several spring
pressed pawls 12, designed to engage the
ratchet wheel 10, in the operation of the
apparatus. Also on the face of the gear
wheel are teeth 13, with which a latch 14 is 85
designed to engage. The latch is provided
with an extension 15, the end of which con-
tacts with a latch 16, one arm of which en-
gages the inner face of the pawl 8.
The threaded end of the shaft 4, engages 90
an elongated nut 16a, provided with a cen-
tral threaded opening. 17. Fitting in. the
opposite end of the threaded. opening 17,
is a threaded plug 18, having a boss 19, for
a wrench to adjust its position in the nut 95
with reference to the shaft.
The elongated nut is provided on its edges
with gibs 20, which fit in guides 21, sup-
ported in the casing 1.
On the free end of the shaft 4, adjacent 100
the 'sectional cone is a sleeve 21, which slides
in a tubular guide, 22. The front face of
the sleeve 21, .is formed with a coin seat
23, which, at the proper time, registers with
an opening 24, in the bottom of the tubular 305
guide. Communicating with the tubular1,233,094.
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Malone, Thomas W. Gasolene-Supply-Tank Attachment., patent, July 10, 1917; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853807/m1/4/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.