US1062035A - Automatic registering-faucet. - Google Patents

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H. W. RITGHEY. AUTOMATIC REGISTERING FAUCET. APPLICATION FILED 135911912 1 62,035. Patented May 20, 1913.

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ATTORNEYS m y concern? I Ursa STAES HARRY w. nrrcnmz, or va'nnnncnrrr', rnnnsvnvamae incense.

,Be it known that I, HARRY Ri'rcnnr,

'' a. citizen of theUnited States of America,

residing at Vandergrift', in the county of NVest'moreland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Im-- rov'ements in Automatic Registeringaucets, of which the following is a speci- *fication; reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. Thl5 iI1Vent10D relates to an automatic registering faucet, and the primary object of m invention ISiO provide a faucet that can advantageously used in connection with soda fountains and at bars and liquid dispensing counters to maintain a record of the number of glasses of liquid withdrawn from the receptacle or reservoir.-

Another object of this invention is to provide a valve actuated register than can be easily installedin connection withoutlet pipes to maintain a record of the number of times liquid is withdrawn from the pipes. y I

A further object of this invention is to accomplish theabove results by a mechanical construction that i is inexpensive to manufacture, durable, and highly eiiicient for the purposes for which it is intended.

1., With the above and other objects in view theinvention resides in the novel constructhenclaimed.

combination and arrangement of parts tion,

hereinafter specifically described and to be I Y Reference Wlll now be-had to the drawing,-

1 is a side elevation of a register" Figure v ing' faucet in accordance with this-invelr. tion, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same,

Fig. 3is an elevation of a ratchetmecha- I nisr'n; and Fig. 4 is a plan of the register.

Further describing my invention in detail a with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals denote corresponding parts throughout: 1 denotes a ,"counter orv other support provided with a depending channel -.shaped hanger 2 and extending through this pipe 3 having a faucet hanger is an outlet 4; at the outerend thereof. I

5 denotes a slide. movably mountedqm grooves 6 provided therefor in the hanger screw limiting the movement, of the slide "2"and said slide has a pin or screw 7 at the inner end thereof extending into a slot 8 in the bottom of said hanger, said pin or Specification of Letters fatent.

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downwardly, as at 9 and provided with a glass holder 10, adapted to accommodate a glass 11 or other receptacle.

- l2 denotes a two-way valve located upon the outlet pipe 3, within thehanger 2 and one end of the plug or view: stem13 of said valve is provided with a crank-14. This crank is pivotallyconnected, as at 15 to alink 16 and said link is pivotally con nected, as at 17 to a lug 18, carried by-the slide 5. i j

' The opposite end of the valve stem or plug l3.is' provided with, a crank 19 and the outer end of said crank supports a pivoted gravity pawl 20 that engages a ratchet or star wheel 21.

5. The outer end of the slide 5 is bent i The wheel 21 is mounted extends .into a register 23, carried. by a strap 24 secured to the hanger 2. The register 23 is of the ordinary and well known type employed for maintaining a record.

Assuming that the faucet a is open, it is only necessary to push the toward the hanger 2 in order to open the valve 12 and allow a portion. of the contents of the outiet' pipe 3 to flow into the glass 11, which has been positioned beneath the faucet by an inward movement of the slide 5, as shown in Fig. 1. VVheu the two-way valve 12 is opened the gravity pawl 20 moves the ratchet wheel 21 one space and it is this intermittent movement of the ratchet wheel that operates the mechanism within the register 23 which counts, the number of times ihe-two-Way valve 12 is opened.

Of course the faucet at can be open-av glass holder and faucet 4 being manually operated while the Valve 12 is automatically operated by mow ,ing theslide 5 and positioning the glass-11 beneath the faucet. As an instance of the use of the faucet no better example can be cited than that of a saloon keeper for checking the'number of glasses of beer drawn by a bar-tender. By comparing the register of the faucet with the cash register it can be determined what quantity of beer has been wasted or freely dispensed.

One embodimentof my invention has been illustrated, but it is to be understood that structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:-

1. In a registering faucet, in combination,

'giipa. extending through "-16 cmriefl theta moves, means mment of said myriad by the slixie exf I, a verticaily disposed i :0 one side of said valve, :1, r1 Wififdr the imnger, means .7? side 01? amid valve for and insiined link wk and is slide for an the slide L3: .1 a, registering faucet, in eomrination,

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counter arranged within hanger, "neans actuated by file other side said yak/a for operating i313 counter, an inclincdfink 00nnectei 1:0 "the crank and to said salie for 0 pening and dosing the valve when 'uh slide is shif zed, sa'iri sublet, pipe p2=0ectng forward] of said; hangg, and a Emmet con.- necteu t0 5:115. prcqem; psrtlon.

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