US1054534A

US1054534A - Soda-fountain attachment.

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Publication number: US1054534A
Application number: US69684512A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hugh A Griffin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-05-13
Filing date: 1912-05-13
Publication date: 1913-02-25
Anticipated expiration: 1930-02-25

Description

H. A. GRIfPIN. ,SODA FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13,' 1912.

1 ,054,534, Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ernten. l'

HUGH A. GRIFFIN, OF ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA'.

SODA-FOUNTAIN ATTACHMENT. v

Application led May 13.

To allwhom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HUGH A. GmrrlN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident. of Rocky Mount, in the countv of Edgecombe and State of North Carolina, have soda fount spigot, and a rotatable stirrer,

consisting of a rod journaled in a guide adapted to slide in the body and provided at its lower end with radial arms constituting t-he stirrer proper and having on its upper portion a series of-blades, upon which the carbonated Water is discharged when being delivered into a glass, thereby rotating the Vstirrer3 automatically during the time the glass is being filled with water. The guide in which the rod is held rotatably' and which is adapted to slide in the tubular body, is provided with springs 'which hold the rod and its attachments `retracted within the body when the stirrer is not in use.

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation `are as hereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is mainly a cent-ral vertical sec-I tion of my attachment showing it applied to a soda fount spigot.' Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. 141g. 3 is a cross section on the line 3--3 of said figure. Fig. 4 is a side view of a Aportion ot the attachment. V

l indicates a tubular body constructed ot sheet metal and provided with a lateral tubular arm Q whoseupper end 9. is adapted for attachment, by screw-thread or otherwise, with the spigot of the soda-forint.

The attachment of the hollow arm 2 is at the lower portion of the body 1, and the latter terminates in a contracted portion 1.a which 'serves as thedischarge nozzle or spout ffor the carbonated water received from the spigot Centrally within the body 1 and its nozzle Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913. 1912. serian-696,845 l la is arranged the automatic stirrer, which proper 4 attached to itslower end and its upper portion provided 'with av series of upon which the caroonated water is dis- .chargedlvvhen the attachment is being used.

The upper end of the rod is journaled in the center' of a guide 6 and the bearings are The guide may be 4made in the tormv of a hollow cylinder, or as 'a frame, or spider, as illustrated in Fig. 2. At the sides, it is providedwith guideways through Which rods 7 eXtend vertically, the said rods being encircled below the guide with spiral springs 8 which normally support the guide and thereby hold the stirring attachment retracted within the body 1, l, as shown in Fig. 1.

quantity of svrup or flavor-ing extract having been placed in thel glass y, the operator, through the medium of a projecting handle or knob 9, which is attached to the guide 6 and adapted to slide verticallv in a slot 10 formed in the side of the tube 1, pulls the guide and the stirring attachment downward until they reach the position indicated by dotted lines, and the valve of the spigot a: being then opened, a. stream of carbonated water is discharged through the bent tube 2, and, impinging on the propeller 5, causes rapid rotation. of the rod and its stirrer 4.- in the glass y. Thus the liquids in the glass are thoroughly intermixed, automatically, at the same time that the glass is being filled with carbonated water in the usual way. W hen the glass is full, the valve of the spigot being closed, the operator at the same time releases the knob 9 and the springs 8 lift the stirrer and restore it to the normal position, indicated by full lines inv Fig. 1.

, Instead of the operator holding the st-irrer down against the tension ot' the springs during the stirring operation, the knob or handle 9 may be automatically engaged with a spring catch 11, as indicated in Fig.- 1.

ally, to the right, it is obvious the knob will be released so` that the' springs may retract the st-irrer to the normal position.

In Fig. 3, I show the 'bent spigot tube 9. connected with the nozzle la atene side of the latter, :so that the stream of carbonated propeller. It is obvidus the same result provided with ant-iiriction balls as shown.

Upon pressing the heado-f this catch later.-

consists of a 'rod or shaft 3 having astirrer radial blades 5, constituting a propeller',

When it is desired to use the stirrer, a due llQ Water is delivered upon the blades of the i,

could be achieved by curving the blades laterally and arranging the bent arm 2 radial to the nozzle 1a.

Vhile Iprefer to employ the bent tubular arm 2 as the means for connecting the attachment proper vwith a spigot, it 'is apf parent the spigot might be attached at the top ofthe body 1, so that the carbonated water would discharge directly down throu h the same. In such case, however, the h ades of the propeller 5 would have to be made spiral or otherwise constructed to adapt them to be acted upon by the impact of the water.

What I claim is z- I. A. soda-fount attachment, comprising a vertical tubular body adapted to be connected with a spigot, and a liquid-stirring device comprising a shaft arranged vertbu cally in the body and having arms" at its lower end constituting the .stirrer proper, and on itsl upper portion a propeller comprising blades projectingfrom the shaft, whereby the propeller proper, upon receiving the impact of the stream of carbonated water discharged from the spigot and iowing through the tubular body, automatically effects the rotation oI the stirrer projecting from the nozzle, as described.

2. The attachment described', consisting of a vertical tubular body having a tubular lateral portion adapted for application to a spigot, and an automatic stirrer comprising a shaft arranged vertically in the body and provided with a stirrer properand propeller blades, a vertically slidable guide 1n which the shaft is journaled, and a spring attachment serving to hold the stirrer attachment normally retracted within the body, as described.

3. The attachment described, comprising l a vertical tubular body adapted for connection. with a spigot, a stirrer comprising a shaft having a stirrer proper at its lower end and propeller blades on its upper portion, a guide adapted to slide vertically within the body in which guide the shaft has its bearings, guide rods arranged within the body and passing through theperipheral portion of the uide, the latter having a laterally projecting handle and the body being provided with a lengthwise slot in which the handle is adapted to slide, and springs encirclingI the rods and normally supporting the guide 'with the stlrrer attachment, as described.

4. The attachmentdescribed, comprising a tubular body having a lateral tubular arm adapted for application to a spigot, a stirrer comprisin a shaft having a istirrer. proper and prope ling blades, a guide in which the shaft has its bearings, the same being adapted to slide within thejbody, for manually moving the guide and with it the stirrer and propelleigas shown and def scribed. l l

5. The attachment described comprising a tubular body having a discharge nozzle and a hollow lateral arm connected with the latter, a st-irrer attachment comprising a shaft arranged centrally and longitudinally of the body and having a stirrer roper at its lower end and a propeller at its upper portion, al slidable guide in which the shaft is mounted rotatab y,the arrangement being as described, whereby when the stirrer is lowered, the stirrer proper projects from the nozzle and the propeller is brought opposite the mouth of the lateral arm, so thatthe impact of the stream of carbonated water discharging into a glass impinges on the propeller and elects'rotation of the stirrer au' tomatically, as described. 6. In the attachment described, the combination with a tubular body having a discharge nozzle, of a vertically movable shaft carrying a stirrer' and propeller, of a spring for normally retracting the shaft and its connected parts and a handle operatively connected with the shaft for pushing it down to bring the propeller and stirrer into position for action, as described.

HUGH A. GRirriN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HART, HENRY V. MODLIN.

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