Floating suction for submersible pump

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING LIQUID FROM A CONTAINER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FUNNEL-SHAPED GUIDE SUPPORTED BY AN INNER SURFACE OF THE WALL OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID GUIDE HAVING AN OPENING THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH WITH ITS AXIS VERTICALLY ORIENTED, THE LARGER DIAMETER END OF SAID GUIDE BEING OPEN UPWARDLY, A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE ATTACHED TO THE SMALLER DIAMETER END OF SAID GUIDE AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, A FLANGE EXTENDING AROUND THE LOWER END OF SAID SLEEVE AND HAVING A SMALLER INNER DIAMETER THAN THE INNER DIAMETER OF SAID SLEEVE, A COLLAR WITHIN SAID SLEEVE AND COMPANIONABLE WITH SAID FLANGE, A CONDUIT HAVING ONE END POSITIONED FLUID-TIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FLANGE, THE OTHER END OF SAID CONDUIT BEING A FLOATABLE SUCTION END, A SWIVEL OPERATIVELY CONNECTING THE FLOATABLE SUCTION END WITH SAID ONE END OF SAID CONDUIT, A PUMP HAVING ITS DISCHARGE END UPPERMOST AND A BOTTOM SUCTION END SEATED FLUID-TIGHT WITH RESPECT TO SAID COLLAR, A VERTICALLY POSITIONED DISCHARGE TUBE LEADING FROM THE DISCHARGE END OF SAID PUMP TO A LEVEL ABOVE THE TANK AND MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PUMP.