Electric pumping apparatus with extendable drawing pipe and pump light tower

Abstract

A pumping apparatus for delivering water upwardly from a holding area and over a holding area bank includes an apparatus base having an apparatus base upper surface; a water drawing pipe including a pipe intake end and a pipe discharge end and being mounted to the apparatus base and extendable from the apparatus base; an impeller rotatably mounted within the drawing pipe discharge end; an impeller motor drivably connected to the impeller at the drawing pipe discharge end; impeller motor power supply structure; and a light tower having a tower mounted end mounted to the apparatus base and a tower free end including a light source structure having at least one light source for delivering light onto the apparatus base, and a tower body extending between the tower mounted end and the tower free end.

Description

FILING HISTORY[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09 / 444,626 filed on Nov. 22, 1999, and a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09 / 971,398 filed on Oct. 5, 2001.[0002] 1. Field of the Invention[0003] The present invention relates generally to the field of pumping mechanisms. More specifically the present invention relates to a pumping apparatus for drawing water from a low lying holding area and delivering the water upwardly and over the bank of the holding area to any designated receiving area or means. The apparatus includes an apparatus base such as a trailer bed and includes a water drawing pipe having a pipe intake end and having a pipe discharge end containing an impeller drivably connected to an electric motor which receives electric power through an electric cable within an electric cable conduit extending along the drawing pipe from a generator connected to a diesel engine, a deployment and angling cable means which moves the dr...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] It is another object of the present invention to provide such an apparatus in which the light tower telescopes to taller and shorter heights and pivots into a generally vertical upright position for use and pivots into a generally horizontal position for compact storage and transport.

Problems solved by technology

The most notable such pump assembly is U.S. Pat. No. 3,270,677 issued on Sep. 6, 1966 to the present applicant, which functions very effectively, but is limited as to the depth of water it can reach in a holding area.

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