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US 9,810,193 B2Granted
Convertible water pump
OwnerMichael Ingleinventor
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Abstract
A convertible pump formed of wound flexible tubing having an inlet communicating water to an outlet at an opposite end of the tubing. A paddle wheel with collapsible fins provides power to rotate the pump when in a vertical position. A planar surface of the wound tubing forms a table when pivoted on a stand to a horizontal disposition with the support surface for the stand.
Claims8
A pump device comprising:
- a Wirtz pump including a scoop, flexible tubing wound in a circular configuration;
- said wound tubing in said circular configuration, said wound tubing having an inlet end communicating through an axial passage with an outlet;
- said wound tubing having a first planar surface and second planar surface;
- a paddle wheel operatively engaged to said wound tubing adjacent said first planar surface;
- said paddle wheel having a base and a plurality of paddles each of said paddles having a proximal end and a distal end;
- each of said paddles in a pivoting engagement with said base, at a respective proximal end thereof;
- said paddles pivotable from a collapsed position with said distal ends thereof adjacent said base, to a projecting position with said distal ends distanced from said base by a length of said paddles running between said proximal end and said distal end;
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- a stand having a vertical member for supporting said wound tubing and said paddle engaged therewith, in an elevated position above a support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.