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duced and installed at a low cost. When in use it will be found highly efficient for the purpose for which it is designed. Having thus described the invention, 5 what is claimed as new is: The combination with a tank, and a pump discharging into the tank, of a container mounted for free vertical movement at the side of the tank, means for connecting the 10 container with a gear-shifting mechanism
whereby to control the operation of the pump, a conduit connecting the upper end of the container with the upper end of the tank, a conduit connecting the lower end of the container with the tank at a point 15 below the upper end thereof, a cut-off valve for the lower conduit, and a float-controlled lever within the tank operating said valve. In testimony whereof I affix my signature. JOSEPH W. BRADFORD. [ L. s. ]
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