US1075025A

US1075025A - Liquid-gage.

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Publication number: US1075025A
Application number: US75600013A
Authority: US
Inventors: Peter Drautzburg
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-03-21
Filing date: 1913-03-21
Publication date: 1913-10-07
Anticipated expiration: 1930-10-07

Description

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P. DRAUTZBURG.

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APPLIGATION FILED ',MAR. 21, 1913.

' Patented 0013.7, 1913.

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PETER- DRAUTZBURG, 0F CNCINNATI, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application led March 21, 1913. Serial No. 756,000.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that l, PETER DRAUTZBURG, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county ot' Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented new and uset'ul Im rovements in Liquid-Gages, of which tiefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to liquid gages tor casks, barrels or like receptacles; and it has for its primary object the provision of a tube which may be arranged in direct communication with the receptacle so that the level of the liquid will be clearly visible at all times, and further the association of the tube with a scale or graduated bar whereby the gage may be efectually used to accurately measure the portion of liquid during the operation ot drawing the liquid from the receptacle.,

Another object of the invention is the provision of a liquid gage which may be connected with any Standard form of Cask andA arranged through a convenient and simple form of connecting member with the faucet so that the required communica tioigi between the tube and the cash is established.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view ot' the gage, showing the application of the same to a cash; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figi; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. /i is a section on line iL-4 ot' Fig.

The device comprises a tube holder l, which is preferably constructed of metal stamped in its main length to form a vert-ical channel 2 having one ot its walls provided with embracing fastening devices 3 which may be sprung across the channel and made to impinge against the tube ft and thereby hold the latter against lateral displacement, The lower end of the channel may be closed by an integral scat 5, against which the bottom of the tube is designed to rest. The tube holder has its wall 6 oliset into a gage bar 7 which extends throughout the length oit the tube and which is graduated at 8 so that a quantity of liquid within the cask may be readily ascertained exteriorly and the liquid measured while the latter is drawn oli.

At the upper end the bar 1 is provided with a lateral threaded stud 9 which extends t-hrough a vertical elongated slot 10 in the lower end of the 'clamping hook 11. At the opposite end the bar 7 is provided preferably with an .integral hook l2, the

latter being designed to fit over the lower edge of the cask, while the clam 11 as is obviously seen on reference to Figs. 1 and 3 is adapted to be arranged over the upper edge of the cask and then adjusted so thaty the tube holder is vertically disposed and operatively mounted. The stud 9 carries a clamping nutr13 which may be made to impinge against the lower portion of thel clamp 11 so as to hold the latter in the required adjusted position.

`l `rom the seat portion 5 the tube 4 is offset laterally as at '14 and then extended into an exteriorly threaded attaching p0rtion 15 having a coupling sleeve 16 adjustably mouutetl thereon and provided with a bottom fiange 17 which may be advanced against a sealing gasket 18 and thereby cause the latter to be yieldingly engaged against the flange 19 of a nipple 20, The nipple carries a neck 21 to which one end ot' a hose 22 is connected. The opposite end ot the hose is connected through a coupling 23 with a short pipe 24 which extends from the bottom of the attaching end 25 of the drawot faucet 26. The pipe 2e carries a suitable pct cock 27 by means oic which con'imunication between the gage tube 4: and the Cask 28 may be cut oiii when desired.

From this construction it is seen that the level of the liquid within the cask 28 will be clearly visible through the gage tube 4 and the quantity of the liquid may be thus measured accurately during the operation of drawing the liquid from the Cask. Owing to the simplicity of the device it may be applied to casks or vliquid receptacles of any standard formation and then connected with the draw-ott' portion 26 without requiring any great changes in the construction of the latter.

From the foregoing description, taken in. connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of construction may stamped be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advanta es of this invention, as claimed.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim is A gage comprising a tube holder constructed from a single piece of metal in its main length to provide a tube receiving channel, a tube mounted in the channel, a seat closing the bottom of the channel, the said tube having an intake end oiset from the seat and then extended downwardly therefrom, a nipple located at the lower end of the tube, a coupling for advancing the nipple against one edge ofi" the tube, the tube holder having a graduated portion extending throughout the length of the tube channel, and a hose eX- tending from said nipple and provided at one end with acoupling device.

Tn testimony whereof I ailix my signa-