US1053169A - Syrup-measuring faucet. - Google Patents

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Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

William H.' GYM/ole ath-umu,

. 'PrENT OFFICE.

WAILLAM n. q ILIiEsPmyoF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

' sYnUr-*MEASUBING FAUCET.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM H. GILLES- riiz, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Svrup-L'Ieasuring Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for measuring fluids and particularly for measuring the necessary quantity of syrups for mixing soda fountain drinks.

My object is to provide a measuringr valve which has a means to vary its capacity so that it will, for each operation, measure any desired quantity of the syrup, such means being preferably adjustable from without the casing in which the valve is seated.

My invention further comprises the features of construction and arrangement of parts, all of which are hereinafter more particularly described and claimed, reference beinglhad to the accompanying drawings, in whie Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention attached to a receptacle for holding syrup. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through Fig. 1, with the valve inverted. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse cross sectional view taken through the center of the inverted valve and its casing.

Similar reference numerals refer to similar parts throughout t-he drawings.

I provide any suit-able form of receptacle or retainer for the fiuidv to be measured, preferably a glass jar or vessel 1 having a removable cover 2 and having its bottom edge externally threaded at 3 to receive a threaded ring 4 which engages the bottom face of an annular flange 5 on the valve casing 6. A packing ring 7 is interposed between the bottom of the jar 1 and the flange 5 so that when the ring 4 is screwed up tight. a close joint is made. The valve easing 6 is provided with a central port 8 which opens into the top of a horizontal cylindrical-valve chamber 9 in which is seated a hollow cylindrical valve 10. An outlet port 11 in the bottom of said valve seat 9 communicates wit-h a discharge pipe 12. A screw threaded plu 13 is threaded into the open end of the va ve chamber 9 and is provided with a central opening through which projects a stem 14 which is made integral with or suitably fastened to a plunger 15 which is provided with peripheral threads which Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1918.

Applicationlled March 22, 1812. Serial No. 685,587.

mesh with internal threads at the end of the valve left open for the insertion of the plug 15. The chamber in the valve is preferably cylindrical. The valve is provided wit-h a single port. 16 which opens into the chamber therein and is in alincment with the ports 8 and 11, so as to register with one or the other, according to the position of the valve. The valve has a stem 1T projectin; r through an opening in the integral end wall of the valve easing and is provided with a handle 1S for turning the valve. The closed end of the valve is provided with an annular ridge 19 which bears against the adjacent end wall of the casing and serves to reduce the friction at that point. The valve stem also has attached to it a stop pin 2O adapted to engage stop shoulders 21 and 22 which are attached to or cast integral with the end wall of the valve casing. The stem 14 is adapted to be engaged by a suitable imple ment and turned to adjust the plunger 15 in the valve to regulate the capacity of the chamber in'the valve so that it will measure the desired quantity of syrup.

In operation, the valve normally stands in the position shown in Fig. 1, with its port 16 registering with the port 8. In this position the valve effectively closes the port 11 as it makes a Huid tight fit in its valve seat. The chamber in the valve fills with syrup and when it is desired to discharge its contents, the valve stem 18 is swung to its lowered position, the pin 20 engaging stop 21 and arresting the valve with its port 16 registering with the port 11 when the valve will discharge its measured contents through the discharge pipe 12 into a glass. It will be noted that the ports 11 and 16 are made larger than the port 8 to expedite the discharge of the valves contents. The screw plug 13 engages the open end of the cylindrical valve and holds it against longitudinal movement in its seat.

The details of construction may be varied within the scope of my invention and I therefore do not desire to limit myself specifically thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a casing having -side openings and provided at its ends with Huid tight heads, one of which is removable and both of `which have contracted openings, of a measuring valve receptacle adapted to l be inserted,within-the casin Aand being open at'ithe sideto coperate wit) thencasing side openings, sald receptacle being open at one lend whichis internally threaded, an adjust-v able'plug which is threaded into the lopen cud of said receptacle and hasa reduced stem which )rojects through the opening in one head o the casing, und au operating member for the receptacle which projects through the opening in the other head of the casing, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing open at one end and` provided at the oppositeend with a head in which is an opening,there being inlet and outlet openingsinthe sides ofthe casing, of a measuring valve receptacle within the easing and open at the Side and atl same end as the casing, a spindle carried by the receptacle and project-lng through the opening 1u the. head, an operating member on said spindle, a detachable closure for the open end of the casing and having a contracted opening, an adjustable member movable in the open cud of the receptacle to vary its volumetric capacity, a round stem of relatively smail diameter which is connected to said member and projects through the contracted opening in said closure, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a casing having side openings and end openings, one end opening beingr contracted and the inner wall of the. casing being threaded at the other end, of a measuring valve receptacle within the casing and having a side opening adapted to register with one or the other of said casing side openings and an end opening at the threaded end of the casing, an operating device for the receptacle which projects through said contracted opening, an apertured closure adapted to be screwed into the threaded end of the casing and engage the open end of the receptacle, and an adjustable plu r which closes the open end ot' the receptaclbe and has a stem which projects through the aperture in said closure.

4. 1n a measuring faucet, the combination with. a, casing having openings in its sides and at one end and bein provided at the opposite end with a hea 1n which is a contracted opening, of a measuring receptacle rotatably mounted within said casing and having an opening ada ted to register with eitherside opening in t e casing, an operat in member for the receptacle w iichv extends with a tluid tight tit throu h the contracted opening in the casing head, said receptacle. haring an interirly threaded end which is open at the same end as the casing, a screw p ng which is threaded into the open end of the receptacle and has a reduced round operating stem, and a detachable screw cap which closes the open end of the casing and has a contracted opening through which said stem projects with a fluid tight fit. said stem having a tool engaging portion at its outer end.

5. The combination with a casing having side openings and provided at its end with fiuid tight heads. one of which is screwed into an end of the casing and both of which heads have contracted openings, of a mensuring valve receptacle adapted to be inserted through the open threaded end into the casing and being itself open at the side to cooperate with the casing side openings and at its end adjacent. to the threaded end of the casing.` an adjustable plug which is screwed into the open end of said receptacle and has a reduced stem which projects through the opening in one head of the casing, and an operating member for the receptacle which projects through the opening in the other head of the casing, said receptacle havin an annular bearing tiange at one end an at its other end being adapted to engage the head which is screwed into the casing to be held in Cposition thereby, substantially as describe In tcstimon whereof I aiiix my signature in presence o two witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. GILLESPIE. iVitnesses Nome XVELSH, R. D. JOHNSTON.

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