US1030353A - Dispensing-fount. - Google Patents

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J. M. TRAVIS.

DISPENSING 'FOUNT. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1910.

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UNITED STA'1 ES PATENT OFFICE JOHN M. TRAVIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DISPENSING-FOUNT.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented June 25,1912;

Application filed September 10, 193.0. Serial No. 581,58.

. To all whom it may concern.

Be .it known that I, Jon: M. TRAVIS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dispensing-Fo'unts, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing founts, and has for its'principal ob ects to produce a fount for dispensing beverages,.

syrups, and other liquids, which is of simple construction, automatic in its operation, easily filled. and cleaned, and arranged and adapted to automatically measure and deliver a predetermined quantity of the contents; and to attain certain advantages hereinafter more fully appearing.

The invention consists in the parts and in the arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this specification, and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dispensing fount embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in vertical-section and partly in front elevation; and Fig. 3 isv an enlarged vertical section through the measuring chamber and associated parts of.

the device.

As shown in the drawings, the fount is mounted on a stand comprising a base 1 extending upwardly from which are posts or. supporting rods. The rods or posts are; preferably arranged in triangular relation to each other. That is, there are preferably three of the posts, two of which are in par- 1 allel relation at opposite sides of the base,

as at 2, while the third is located at the rear of the base midway between the posts 2, as

indicated at 3. The upper end portions of these postsare bent inwardly in a horizontal plane and secured to a ring 4.

Fitted in thering 4 is a hollow. member 5 whose upper portion 6 constitutes a receiving chamber, and whose lower portion? constitutes a measuring chamber. The hollow member 5 is circular in transverse section. Its cylindrical intermediate portion 8 slidably'fits' the interior of the ring 4, and the enlarged upper portion rests on top of said ring 4. The lower portion 7 which constitutes the measuring chamber is contracted and of smaller area than the upper or receivin chamber.

In the bottom of the member .5 1s a central vertical bore, and surround ing the same is a downwardly extending tubular portion .9. Slidably fittedin-the vertical here is a cylindrical valve 10 whose lower portion is bored axially as at 11, and provided with lateral openings or ports 12 at the top portion of said axial bore 11. The intermediate portion of the valve 10 above the port openings 12, is of enlarged diameter to provide an annular shoulder 10 which rests on the buttomof the chamber 7. A ring or gasket 13 is preferably provided on the shoulder which bears against the bottom of the chamber -7 .1

Extending axially above the enlarged intermediate portion of the valve 10- is a cylindrical stem 14 which is adapted to enter a central perforation 15 in a horizontal division plate or partition 16 which separates said chambers-Sand 7 and a spring 17 is coiled about said stem 14 so that its oppo-' site ends bear, respectively, against the under side of said plate16 and the shoulder 10 at the top of the enlarged portion of said valve 10, and thereby normally holds the 7. The distance from the bottom of the splate. 16 to the top of the stem 14 is the same @as or a little less than the distance -from the bottom of the gasket 13 and top edges of the lateral .ports '12 in said valve member 10, so that when saidtvalve member'is raised, the stem portion 14' will close the perforation 1 5 %in said plate 16 before communication isopened between saidchamber 7 and the ports 312 in said valve. member. Extending trans- -versely on opposite sides of the bottom portion of said valve member 10, through ver- '80' valve seated on the bottom of said chamber tical slots .18 in the tubular extension 9 of the member .5, are arms or bars 19. These arms or barsi19 are provided so-that the edge portion'of a ,glass or other receptacle may be pressed thereagainst to raise the valve 10'; andto prevent the glass or re- 'shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and .3 of the 'alwaysnormally filled as long as there is a supply from said receiving chamber. As

' portion 14 enters the perforation 15 in said' soon as the valve 10 is raised and the stem division plate 16, communication is established through the port openings 12 between the chamber 7 and axial bore in the lower portion of the valve, and the contents of said lower or measuring chamber are drained of]? through said bore in the valve into the glass or other suitable receptacle which has been placed thereunder, and

through theinstrumentality of which, the

valve has been raised. When the valve is released, the spring 17 restores it to normal position and the ports 12 are closed before the stem 14 passes below the opening 15 in said plate 16.

Preferably, a semispherical or cupped strainer is mounted on top of the plate 16 over the central perforation 15 therein; and

a vent pipe 21 has its lower end secured in a perforation near the margin of said plate" 16, while its upper end extends to the top portion of the upper or receiving chamber 6 to a point above the normal liquid level therein. Bythis arrangement, the lower or measuring chamber will quickly fill.

Mounted on the member?) is a detachable reservoir 22.' This. reservoir. comprises,

preferably, an inverted globular bottle which may be of glass, porcelain or any other suitable material. The bottle is pro- L vided with a flat portion or pedestal 23 so that it maybe stoodthereon when it is removed from the dispensing device or memv The sleeve 26 is .-an annular shoul or 27 at its inner end which rests on an annular seat 28 which surand sleeve may be secured in place by ce-' any other suitable manner.

menting or in referably provided with rounds the central openin in the top of the dispensing device 5. lidably mounted through 'a cross bar or spider 29 in the bushing24 is a stem 30 which carries on its mner end. a disk valve 31 whose peripheral is beveled to cooperate with a counterpart beveled seat 32 on the inner end of said bushing 24. The valve stem is also provided with a stop 33 which is adapted to contact with the cross bar 29 when the bottle is stood onits pedestal portion 23, and thereby limits theopen osition of the valve and portion prevents the same rom falling into .the ,bot-

I tle. This valve is provided for the purpose of closing the bottle when it is inverted,

preparatory to placing it on the dispensing device 5. The valve stem 29 is of a suflicient length to bear upon the apex of the semispherical strainer when the .bottle is placed on the dispensing device, so as to raise said valve 31 from the bushing '24 and thereby permit the contents of the bottle to flow into the collecting chamber 6 and into the measur'ing chamber 7 through the opening 15 in 'the partition plate 16.

The syrup or liquid from the reservoir will flow into and fill the chambers in the dispensing device 5 until the syrup or liquid reaches alevel on or slightly above the plane of. the mouth of the bottle, and -thereby effects a seal, and prevents further flow from the'bottle until the contents are drawn ofi from the chambers 6 and 7. As hereinbefore stated, the vent pipe 21 is provided to permit the escape of air from the measuring chamber 7 so that the latter may become filled; and vent openings '34 are provided in the top of the member 5 adjacent to the annular seat 28, and a concave ring 35 having a multiplicity of openings 36 is placed over said openings 34:. The openings in the ring 35 are preferably in greater number than the openings 3 1, and individually of smaller area, but collectively of larger area than said openings 34. The object of this arrangement is to properly vent the chamber, and at the same time keep out flies and other insects.

Obviously, the device admits of considerable modification without departing from my invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the specific construction and arrangement shown.

What I claim is:-

1. A dispensing fount comprising a vertically disposed circular casing having a receiving chamber inits upper portion and a measuring chamber in its lower portion, said two mentioned chambers being normally in communication with each other, saidmeasuring chamber having an opening in its bottom, a vertical reciprocatory valve slidably fitted in said opening in the measuring chamber andprojecting below the bottom of the same, said valve having an axial bore in its lower portion and lateral ports communicating with said axial bore and being located normally below the bottom of said measuring chamber, said ports being arranged and adapted to open communication between said measuring chamber and said axial bore when the valve is raised, said said slots.

bers, said measuring chamber having a vertical opening in its bottom and a tubular extension surrounding said opening, a valve 'slidlable vertically in said opening and adapted to exhaust the contents of said measuring chamber, said valve being also arranged and adapted to close the opening in said partition prior to exhausting the contents of said measuring chamber, said valve being extended through the bottom of said -measuring chamber and having oppositely 25, 4 r a ect so that the edge portlon of a receptacle extending lateral arms on its lower end portion, saidtubular extension having vertical slots'through which said parallel arms promay be pressed thereagainst to actuate said valve, and a spring for restoring said valve .When said lateral arms are relieved of pressure. v v.

' 3. A dispensing fount comprising a casing which is provided with a recgiving chamber and a measuring chamber, said two mentionedwhambers being normally in communication with .each other, said measuring chamber having a verticalbore and a vertical reoiprocatory valve having a tubular lower portion which is slidably fitted in said vertical bore, said valve having lateral ports which are arranged and adapted to establish communication between its tubular portion and said measuring chamber when said valve is in raised position, said ports being arranged so as to lie below the bottom of said measuring chamber when the valve is in lower position, said valve being also arranged and adapted to cut off communication between said receiving chamber and said measuring chamber before its port openings are raised above the bottom of said measuring chamber, means for resiliently holding said valve in normal lower portion, a tubular extension on said casing surrounding said valve, said extension having vertical slots therein, and lateral extensions on the lower end of said valve arranged so that the edge portion of a receptacle may be pressed thereagainst to raise said valve.

4. A dispensing fount comprising a vertically disposed casing having a receiving chamber inits upper portion and a measuring chamber in its lower portion, said two mentioned chambers being separated by a horizontal partition having a central perforation therein, a vertical reciprocatory chamber so that the liquid contents of the latter will seal the mouth of the bottle, and an inwardly opening valve in said bottle, said valve having a stem portion arranged and adapted to rest on the apex portion of said strainer'when the bottle is in position von the caslng so as to raise sald valve and establish communicatlon between said reservoir and said receiving chamber.

5. A dispensing fount comprising a vertically disposed casing having a cylindrical middle portion, the upper portion of said casing \being of larger diameter than said cylindrical'portion and the lower portion being of smaller diameter and having a depending tubular extension, the bottom of the casing having a vertical opening communicating with said tubular extension, a horizontal partition in said cylindrical middle portion of the casing whereby the upper portion constitutes a receiving chamber and the lower port-ion ameasuring chamber, said partition having an opening through which communication is normally established between said two mentioned chambers, a valve member slidably fitted in the opening in the bottom of said casing, the lower portion of said valve member being tubularv and open ended and extending into said tubular extension, said valve member also having a lateral'openingcommunicating with the upper part of its tubular portion, the middle portion of said valve member being of larger diameter than the portion which works in the opening in-the bottom of the casing so as to provide an annular portion adapted to rest on the bottom of the casing, said valve member also having an upward extension adapted to slidably fit the opening in said horizontal partition, the end port-ion of said upward extension which fits in the opening in the horizontal partition and the lateral openings in the tubular port-ion of the valve being so correlated with respect to the enlarged portion of said valve that when said enlarged portion is seated on the bottom of the casing the end of the upper extension of said valve is below said parti tion and when the valve is raised said upward extension closes the opening in the partition whereby the upper port-ion of said (-asmg constitutes a receiving chamber and the lower portion a measuring chamber, said having vertical slots on opposite sides, a

vertically movable valve member slidably fitted in the opening in the bottom of the casing and having a tubular lower portion which extends normally into said tubular extension, said tubular valve portion having lateral openings, an annular shoulder on said valve member above said lateral openings adapted to rest normally on the bottom of the casing, an upward extension on said valve member adapted to slidably fit the opening in said horizontal partition, the upper end portion of said upper extension and said lateral openings in the tubular portion of the valve member being so correlated with respect to said annular shoulder on the valve member that when said annular shoulder is seated on the bottom of the casing the upper end of said upward extension is below the horizontal partition and when said valve member is raised said upper end portion of the upward extensioncloses the opening in the partition before said lateral openings in the valve move above the bottom of the casing, and lateral arms on said valve member projecting through the vertical slots in said tubular extension on the bottom of the casing so that the edge portionof a receptacle may be pressed against them to raise the valve member.

7 A dispensing 'fount comprising a vertically disposed circular casing, a horizontal partition det-achably fitted in said casin said partition having an opening therethrough and the bottom of the casin having an opening in line with said opening in the horizontalipartition, a vertically movable valve member having a tubular open ended portion slidably fitted in said opening in the bottom of'the casing, said valve men1- her having an annular seat portion adapted to rest on the bottom of the casing and lateral openings in its tubular portion below said annular seat portion, the upper portion of the valve member being extended up in proximity to said horizontal partition and adapted to slidably fit the opening therein, and resilient means acting against the underside of said horizontal partition and said valve member' to yieldingly .hold the latter in normal position.

Signed at St. Louis, Mo., this 5th day of September, 1910. v

JOHN M. TRAVIS.

Witnesses:

G. A. Pmvnrne'rov, A. H. CROISSANT.

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