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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1986
Joe A Harbison, Gladstone, MO (US);
Nyle D LaGrange, Lenexa, KS (US);
Darryl M Nielsen, Lenexa, KS (US);
The Marley-Wylain Company, Mission Woods, KS (US);
Abstract
A tank mounted discharge conduit assembly for use with a submersible pump unit comprises a base member connected to the tank as well as an upright body having a fluid conduit therein. The base member has an upwardly extending portion which is complementally received within a lower portion of the upright body, in order to provide support against lateral deflection of the body as well as to prohibit the flow of fluids through a lower end of the conduit. The body also integrally includes a pair of upright, spaced, elongated, U-shaped guides which are configured to slidably receive an outlet flange of the pump and shift the latter toward a position of fluid communication between the pump and an opening in the body communicating with the fluid conduit therein. The guides advantageously include yieldable wall portions which accommodate lateral movements of the pump unit to facilitate raising and lowering of the pump by a rope-equipped hoist when the latter is unintentionally vertically misaligned with the center of gravity of the pump unit.