Any idea what this pump is used for?

[dngrmse]

Visiting my father in Florida this week, he asked me if I could find out what this pump is from. He wants to restore it, but he has no idea what it's intended use is. I told him I'd post it up and see if I could find out for him. Thanks

 

[Cope]

IIRC, Gorman-Rupp is still in business.

 

[ex-x-fire]

Is there a patent # on it?

 

[scw1991]

Gorman Rupp is best known as a manufacturer of centrifugal pumps for water applications. The filter is throwing me for a loop though. I like the built in handle for portability.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Use.../291281000255?pt=BI_Pumps&hash=item43d1b3573f

 

[Stuart in MN]

Gorman-Rupp is still around, they make pumps for water and wastewater applications but I don't see anything quite like that on their website. http://www.grpumps.com/product Since it's portable I'm guessing it's some sort of trash pump, like what they would use on a construction site to pump water out of a ditch or similar. If you have a part number or nameplate on the pump (not the one on the motor) go to their website, find the local distributor in your area, and give them a call. They may be able to dig up some old product information.

 

[dngrmse]

Thanks everyone. Found this on a google search, after I found the plate on the other side of the pump labeled "Handy Pump": Seems it was marketed as a general purpose, consumer grade pump.

Gorman-Rupp also began to diversify within the pump category in earnest in the 1960s. It launched new lines of submersible pumps for mining, centrifugal pumps and fiberglass pumping stations for municipal sewage systems, specialty pumps for moving home heating oil and aircraft fuel quickly and safely, as well as pumps for the consumer market (i.e., the "handy pump") and a backpack pump for firefighters. These technological developments and the new markets they opened helped triple Gorman-Rupp's sales for the second consecutive decade, from $7 million in 1959 to $21 million by 1969.

 

[theknurl]

any OB/GYNs watching?
looks like it'd work there.......

 

[slip knot]

The filters probably just screwed in there to mark where the suction hose should attach. Gorman makes some really good pumps. I bet they have parts for that old pump too.

 

[MontyCC]

Just a quick update,
I did a restoration on the pump, here is a picture. It is working fine.
Regards

 

[bgarrett]

so 'restoration' means clean it off and paint it?

 

[TDLMOMOWERS]

I live in Mansfield, Ohio, home of Gorman Rupp pumps. They are a local company that is really doing well. They build a lot of irrigation pumps that are shipped to the middle east. I deliver parts to Gorman Rupp from our Napa store.

 

[G_P]

so 'restoration' means clean it off and paint it?

What else can be done to it? If it works good then all it needed was cleaning and paint.