Apparatus for supplying liquid under constant pressure

Abstract

An apparatus for supplying a liquid under a constant pressure comprising a supply tank disposed at a higher lever than articles, i.e., containers, to be supplied with the liquid, an overflow plate partitioning the interior of the supply tank into a main tank compartment and an auxiliary tank compartment, a supply pipe having an upper end connected to the main tank compartment and a lower end position to oppose the container, replenishing means for supplying a replenishment of the liquid to the main tank compartment at a rate in excess of the rate of supply by the supply pipe per unit time, means for transferring the liquid from the auxiliary tank compartment to the main tank compartment at a rate in excess of the rate of supply, and control means for operating the replenishing means and stopping the transferring means upon the liquid level in the auxiliary tank compartment reaching a predetermined low level and for stopping the replenishing means and operating the transferring means upon the liquid level reaching a predetermined high level.

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