Patents Assigned to The Ellis Williams Company
  • Patent number: 4341508
    Abstract: A pump and engine assembly according to the present invention is adapted for skid mounting and incorporates a pair of engines positioned in side to side relationship and having rotary output shafts thereof positioned in substantially parallel relation. A pair of piston type pumps are also positioned in side by side relationship with the fluid ends thereof facing in the same direction and with pump drive shafts arranged in substantially parallel relation with the rotary output shafts of the engines. The pump housing of a first one of the pumps incorporates a pair of shaft receptacles receiving a pair of rotary drive shafts. One of the drive shafts is provided with a pinion gear having meshing gear engagement with the primary gear of the first pump while the second drive shaft extends from opposed sides of the first pump. The second pump is provided with a drive shaft that is adapted to be coupled to the second drive shaft of the first pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: The Ellis Williams Company
    Inventor: Leroy M. Rambin, Jr.