Apparatus for delivering two liquids in a fixed ratio

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING TWO LIQUIDS IN A FIXED RATIO, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A SUPPLY OF EACH LIQUID, A FLOW METER FOR EACH LIQUID SUPPLY, A DELIVERY PIPE COMMUNICATING WITH ONE OF SAID FLOW METERS, CHAMBER MEANS HAVING ONE END COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER OF SAID FLOW METERS AND HAVING ANOTHER END COMMUNICATING WITH SAID DELIVERY PIPE, CONTROL MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER MEANS CONTROLLING A FLOW OF LIQUID FROM SAID ONE END OF SAID ANOTHER END, AN OPERATIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN EACH OF SAID FLOW METERS AND SAID CONTROL MEANS AND BEING OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO LIQUID FLOW THROUGH EACH OF SAID FLOW METERS WHEREBY THE FLOW OF LIQUID FROM SAID ANOTHER END OF THE CHAMBER MEANS TO THE DELIVERY PIPE IS DEPENDENT UPON THE FLOW OF LIQUID IN EACH OF SAID FLOW METERS, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING TWO ROTATING MEMBERS HAVING FLOW APERTURES THERETHROUGH EACH OPERATIVE CONNECTION INCLUDING A ROTARY SHAFT BETWEEN ITS FLOW METER AND ITS ROTATING MEMBER WHEREBY SAID TWO ROTATING MEMBERS ARE CAPABLE OF RELATIVE ROTATION, SAID ROTATING MEMBERS BEING CYLINDRICAL BODIES HAVING CLOSED BOTTOM WALLS AND BEING OPENED ON THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS, SAID CYLINDRICAL BODIES BEING TELESCOPED IN EACH OTHER AND HAVING THEIR BOTTOM WALLS CONNECTED TO THEIR CORRESPONDING ROTARY SHAFT, AND SAID APERTURE MEANS INCLUDING TWO HOLES EXTENDING RADIALLY THROUGH EACH CYLINDRICAL BODY TO DEFINE TWO SETS OF ALIGNABLE APERTURE, ONE SET OF SAID ALIGNABLE APERTURES COMMUNICATING WITH THE OTHER SAID FLOW METER, A PRESSURE OPERATED VALVE MEANS CONTROLLING FLOW OF LIQUID FROM THE SAID ONE FLOW METER TO SAID DELIVERY PIPE, AND MEANS ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE OPERATED VALVE MEANS AND THE OTHER SET SAID ALIGNABLE APERTURES.