Liquid proportioner

Claim 1

A LIQUID PROPORTIONING APPARATUS COMPRISING A TANK, MEANS SUPPLYING A FIRST LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID TANK, AN OPEN TOP RECEPTACLE, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID RECEPTACLE ADJACENT A WALL OF THE TANK, MEANS SUPPLYING A SECOND LIQUID TO SAID RECEPTACLE FOR AUTOMATICALLY MAINTAINING A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL OF THE SECOND LIQUID WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE, A PIPE, MEANS FULCRUMING SAID PIPE AT A POINT SPACED FROM ITS ENDS ABOVE THE LEVEL OF SAID RECEPTACLE, A MEASURING CONTAINER CONNECTED TO ONE END OF SAID PIPE AND COMMUNICATING THEREWITH AND SUPPORTED THEREBY FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT WITH SAID PIPE END INTO AND OUT OF THE RECEPTACLE, SAID MEASURING CONTAINER BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE SECOND LIQUID WHEN SAID MEASURING CONTAINER IS DISPOSED WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE TO BE FILLED WITH A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF THE SECOND LIQUID, AN OPEN TOP CONTAINER SUPPORTED ON AND DISPOSED BENEATH THE OTHER DISCHARGE END OF THE PIPE AND SUPPORTED THEREBY WITHIN OR ABOVE THE TANK, A CONDUIT HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS AND AN OPPOSITE END DISCHARGING INTO SAID OPEN TOP CONTAINER WHEREBY WHEN LIQUID IS SUPPLIED TO THE OPEN TOP CONTAINER THROUGH SAID CONDUIT SAID PIPE WILL BE ROCKED ABOUT THE FULCRUM MEANS TO ELEVATE THE MEASURING CONTAINER ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE DISCHARGE END OF THE PIPE WHEREBY A PRE-MEASURED QUANTITY OF THE SECOND LIQUID WILL BE DISCHARGE FROM THE OUTLET END OF THE PIPE TO BE MIXED WITH THE FIRST LIQUID WITHIN SAID OPEN TOP CONTAINER, AND MEANS FOR DRAINING THE CONTENTS OF THE OPEN TOP CONTAINER INTO THE TANK WHEN THE SUPPLY OF THE FIRST LIQUID THERETO IS SHUT OFF FOR LIGHTENING SAID OPEN TOP CONTAINER WHEREBY THE WEIGHT OF THE MEASURING CONTAINER WILL ROCK THE PIPE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ABOUT THE FULCRUM MEANS TO RETURN THE MEASURING CONTAINER TO A POSITION WITHIN THE RECEPTACLE TO BE FILLED WITH THE SECOND LIQUID, SAID TANK HAVING AN OUTLET IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF FROM WHICH THE MIXED LIQUIDS ARE DISCHARGED, A VALVE CLOSING SAID TANK OUTLET, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID VALVE TO SAID PIPE WHEREBY THE VALVE IS MOVED TO AN OPEN POSITION WHEN THE DISCHARGE END OF THE PIPE IS ELEVATED AND RETURNED TO A CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE DISCHARGE END OF THE PIPE IS LOWERED FOR DISCHARGING THE SECOND LIQUID FROM THE MEASURING CONTAINER INTO THE TANK.