Rain and like precipitation gauges

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC MEASURING AND RECORDING GAUGE FOR RAIN OR LIKE PRECIPITATION, A RAIN WATER COLLECTION FUNNEL, A METERING MECHANISM INCLUDING FIRST MEANS RECEIVING WATER FROM THE FUNNEL FOR DISCHARGING THE WATER IN A BATCH OF A PREDETERMINED VOLUME WHEN SAID BATCH HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED THEREIN, AND INCLUDING FUNNEL MEANS RECEIVING WATER FROM THE FIRST MEANS AND RESTRICTIVE ORIFICE MEANS FOR DISCHARGING THE WATER FROM THE FUNNEL MEANS IN A RESTRICTED, METERED FLOW AT A PREDETERMINED POINT, A FIRST MEASURING CONTAINER HAVING AN IMPERFORATE PORTION OF A VOLUME GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED VOLUME AND A DISCHARGE OPENING, A SECOND MEASURING CONTAINER HAVING AN IMPERFORATE PORTION OF A VOLUME GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED VOLUME AND DISCHARGE OPENING, PIVOT MEANS MOUNTING EACH OF THE CONTAINERS PIVOTALLY BELOW SAID POINT FOR ALTERNATE MOVEMENT TO A RECEIVING POSITION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE WATER FROM THE METERING MEANS IN WHICH THE DISCHARGE OPENING IS ABOVE THE IMPERFORATE PORTION THEREOF AND A DISCHARGE POSITION IN WHICH THE DISCHARGE OPENING THEREOF IS BELOW THE IMPERFORATE PORTION THEREOF TO COMPLETELY DRAIN THE CONTAINER, THE PIVOT MEANS MOUNTING THE CONTAINERS IN COUNTER BALANCING RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH EACH OF THE CONTAINERS, WHEN IN ITS DISCHARGE POSITION UNTIL THE IMCONTAINER IN ITS RECEIVING POSITION UNTIL THE IMPERFORATE PORTION OF THE LAST-MENTIONED CONTAINER IS SUBSTANTIALLY FILLED WITH WATER, STOP MEANS FOR LOCATING THE EXTREME POSITIONS OF THE CONTAINERS SO THAT THE CONTAINERS PIVOT FROM ONE EXTREME POSITION OF THE OTHER EXTREME POSITION WHEN THE CONTAINER WHICH IS RECEIVING WATER HAS RECEIVED AND IS HOLDING A VOLUME OF WATER GREATER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED VOLUME SO THAT RECEIPT OF MORE THAN ONE BATCH BY THE CONTAINER RECEIVING WATER IS REQUIRED TO PIVOT THE CONTAINERS, AND INDICATING MEANS OPERABLE BY MOVEMENT OF EACH CONTAINER FROM ITS RECEIVING POSITION TO ITS DISCHARGE POSITION.