Pump

Claim 1

A BILGE PUMP OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, SAID BASE MEMBER INCLUDING, IN THE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF, A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS, CERTAIN OF SAID OPENINGS BEING DISPOSED TOWARDS THE FRONT OF SAID BASE MEMBER, CERTAIN OTHERS BEING DISPOSED TOWARDS THE REAR OF SAID BASE MEMBER, MEANS DEFINING AN INLET PASSAGE AND A DISCHARGE PASSAGE IN SAID BASE MEMBER, EACH PASSAGE BEING ARRANGED TO INTERSECT A DIFFERENT PORTION OF SAID OPENINGS TO THE FRONT OF SAID BASE MEMBER AND A DIFFERENT PORTION OF SAID OPENINGS TO THE REAR OF SAID BASE MEMBER, INLET VALVE MEANS IN THE PORTION OF SAID OPENINGS TO THE FRONT OF SAID BASE MEMBER WHICH IS INTERSECTED BY SAID INLET PASSAGE, DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS IN THE PORTION OF SAID OPENINGS TO THE FRONT OF SAID BASE MEMBER WHICH IS INTERSECTED BY SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGE, MEANS MOUNTING IN SUPERPOSED RELATION TO THE FRONT PORTION OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER WHICH INCLUDES THE OPENINGS INTERSECTED BY SAID INLET AND DISCHARGE PASSAGES INCLUDING A DIAPHRAGM DEFINING A CHAMBER THEREWITH WHICH PROVIDES COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID INLET AND SAID DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS, MEANS DEFINING SURGE CHAMBERS FIXED ON THE REAR PORTION OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BASE MEMBER WHICH INCLUDES THE OPENINGS THEREIN WHICH ARE INTERSECTED BY SAID INLET AND DISCHARGE PASSAGES, SAID SURGE CHAMBERS BEING DISPLACED THEREBY TO AN AREA OF SAID BASE MEMBERS REMOTE FROM THE LINE OF FLOW PROVIDED BY SAID CHAMBER WHICH INTERCONNECTS SAID PASSAGES THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF SAID INLET AND DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS, AND MEANS FIXED TO SAID SUPERPOSED MEANS HAVING DRIVE MEANS THEREON WHICH ARE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED FOR ACTUATING SAID DIAPHRAGM TO INDUCE FLUID TO ENTER SAID INLET PASSAGE, MOVE THROUGH SAID INLET VALVE MEANS, SAID CHAMBER AND DISCHARGE VALVE MEANS TO EXIT THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGE.