US1226033A - Mechanism for making and dispensing drinking-cups and dispensing liquids. - Google Patents

Description

F. H. VICK.

MECHANISM FOR MAKING AND DISPENSING DRINKING CUPS AND DISPENSING LIQUIDS.

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F. H. VICK- MECHANISM FOR MAKING AND DISPENSING DRINKING CUPS AND DISPENSING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-7,1914.

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MECHANISM FOR MAKING DISPENSING DRINKING-CUPS AND DISPENSING LIQUIDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1am.

Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,441.

' drinking cups, or other containers, primarily from a roll of paper, dispensing said cups, dispensing material, usually liquid in the cups, and so disrupting the cups after use as to preclude their reuse. It will be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted to a machine for accomplishing all of the functions specified, but that 1 may, under certain conditions, employ certain parts of the mechanism separately, or in conjunction with other devices not herein specifically described.

Within the past few years, the so-called sanitary drinking cups have gone into quite extensive use, but it will be manifest to those who have given the matter reasonably careful consideration, that the methods of handling and dispensing, as well as-gtheir customary manner of use, are open to numerous objections from a sanitary or hygienic standpoint-e. 9., they are necessarily handled several times before they are in the machine ready to be dispensed, and, moreover, after initial use are not destroyed, but can be, and usually are, reused.

A further disadvantage inherent in the present individual cups is the fact that they are comparatively expensive, and this factor has very materially militated against their general use. The invention herein overcomes the numerous disadvantages incident to the present methods of manufacturing, handling and dispensing sanitary drinking cups, as well as obviating the unsanitary features of their reuse, and these results are accomplished in a simple, elficient and economical manner.

The invention, from a more specific standpoint, embodies a cup-forming die, means for feeding strip paper into cooperative relation with said die, a cup holder movable toward and away from the die, which, on its forward movement, in conjunction with the die, shapes the paper strip into the form of a cup, whereupon the cup holder is withdrawn from the die, carrying the paper, cup With it, and thereafter serves as a holder for use in handling the cup. Means is also provided, in combination with the foregoing devices, whereby the liquid to be dispensed is delivered within the cup, immediately on the formation thereof, and additional means which operates to disrupt and discharge the used cup from the cup holder before the next cup can be formed.

A salient feature of the invention resides in the fact that the elements cooperate in such manner that the machine is rendered inoperable by the displacement of any of its parts, or because of the paper strip becoming torn or exhausted.

Numerous features of the invention, incidental or necessary to the operation of those heretofore described, will appear from the hereinafter description read in conjunction with the annexed drawings. The drawings illustrate one practical embodiment of the invention, but it will be understood that the structure therein shown is typical of the invention rather than definitive of its limits, the scope of the invention being set forth in the accompanying claims. Referring to said drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a preferred form of'the device with the front plate broken away.

Fig. 2 is a right side elevation taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan section taken on the line 38 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 3 illustrating, the cup forming and stud 23.

thence to a substantially horizontal table or partition 14. e

A pair of feeding rolls 15 and 16 are positioned one above and one below the plane of the upper surface of the table 1 4, and are mounted on shafts 17, and 18, respectively, journaled in suitable bearings 19, the said rolls being so relatively positioned that their circumferences contact with one another. The function of these rolls is to feed the paper from the paper supporting roll 11, to a position wherein it may be subsequently operated upon to form a drinking cup. The upper roll 15 is provided on its circumfen ence with a longitudinally extending knife blade or cutter 29, which coiiperates with the roll 16, whereby the paper fed between said rolls is cut or parted at each revolution of the roll. Accordingly, the circumference of the cutting roll 15, and the consequent rotation of the complementary roll 16, determines the length of the paper strip employed in forming a single cup. Thus, when the rolls 15 and 16 are given a single rotation by the means, now to be described, the result of such rotation will be to feed and cut off a strip of paper to be subsequently formed into a drinking cup, which strip is depositedon the table 14 forwardly of the feeding rolls, in substantial alinement with the means for forming said piecev of paper or blank into cup shape.

The roller 16, is mounted within the housing 10, upon the transverse shaft 18, which is supported on brackets 19, and extends beyond the wall of the housing, being provided at its outer end with a suitable handle or crank 20. I

Fixed to shaft 18 is a segment21 in mesh with pinion 22, mounted on stud 22*. Pinion 22 meshes with idler 23 mounted on a Idler 23 meshes with pinion 24 fixed on the shaft 17 which supports the feed roll 15. Thus, when crank 20 is rotated, the shaft 17 is turned and the feed roll 15 revolved. As heretofore stated. the roll 16 'is loose upon its supporting shaft 18, and said roll is turned in synchronism with the roll 15 by complementary gears 25 and 26 mountedupon the ends of the rolls 15 and 16 respectively. a

Laterally adjacent to the segment 21 and affixed thereto is a plate'27 (see Fig. 5) which is formed complementary to and cooperative with the juxtaposed plate 28 fixed on shaft 22. These cooperating plates 27 and 28 serve to lock the-shaft 22 against rotation for that portion of the rotation of the segment 21, when said segment is not in mesh with pinion 22. Accordingly, as

the shaft 18 is rotated by crank 20, gears 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 will be actuated only when segment 21 is in mesh with pinion 22. For the remainder of rotation of Said shaft 1 18, '5. 0., that period during which the complementary plates 27 and 28 are in eng'agement, the pinion 22 is locked against rotation and thus the feeding action of the advancing rolls is temporarily stopped.

Fixed on the shaft 18 is a segment 47 which is so positioned with respect to the segment 21 that it operates on that portion of the \rotation of the segment 21 when the teeth of said segment are out of engagement with the teeth of the pinion 22, so that segment 47 operates while rolls 15 and '16 are disconnected from the source of power. The segment 47 coiiperates with an idler 48 which is in mesh with a rack 49. This rack is mounted on a suitable slide 50 which operates in a vertical slide-way 51, and on the slide 50, on which rack 49 is supported, is a laterally projecting arm 52, having a pin 53. Positioned within the casing 10, and in close proximity to the end of arm 52, is a vertically disposed plunger-way 56 adapted to receive a plunger 54. The plunger-way is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 55 through which the pin 53 of the arm 52 extends into an aperture in the plunger 54. Thus, as segment ,47operates rack 49 through the intermediate idler 48, the arm 52 is raised, thereby causing plunger 54 to move upwardly.

The upper end of the plunger 54 is provided with a depression in which is seated the base of a cup-holder 58, hereinafter more fully described, and positioned immediately above said cup-holder and in the upper portion of the housing 10 is a cup-forming die 96. The cup-forming die 96 is supported in cup-former head 90 which is secured, by a suitable member 98, to the top of the housing 10.

The liquid to be dispensed is contained in a suitable reservoir or supply, not shown, and is fed to the device through pipe 91 leading to the interior of the cup-forming die 96, which ismade hollowto form a liquid measure 94. The passage of liquid from the pipe 91 into measure 94 is controlled by a slide valve 88, which is normally closed by a spring 89 mounted on the stem thereof. The

stem of the valve 88 is provided with a pivoted stop 87 which co6perates with one arm 86 of a bell-crank lever 83, pivoted at 84 on a bracket 85. The other arm of the bell crank 83 extends to a point above-rack 49 so as to lie in the path of said rack when moved upwardly. Thus, wheniack 49 is raised, simultaneously with'the plunger 54, through the impulse of the idler 48, the upward movement of said rack imparts pivotal movement to the bell-crank 83. This movement of the bell-crank, with its arm 86 in engagement with the pivoted stop'87, causes the valve 88 to be retracted against the tension of spring 89, thereby bringing the port 92 of the valve into register with the duct in the pipe 91 which leads to the measuring chamber 94. In order that the liquid measure 94 may be filled only to a predetermined extent, the cup-former-head upwardly so as to fit over the cup-formingdie 96, but, in being raised to this position said cupholder will first engage with the paper blank 11 which has been previously cut by coiiperating cutting and feeding rolls 15 and 16. Thus, as the cupholder 58 which, in reality, comprises the female member of the die, fits over the cupforming die 96, the paper blank will be molded or formed into conformity with said die. To facilitate this operation, the periphery of the die 96 is provided with a pluralityof paper creasing grooves formed between ribs 96*. These ribs are, preferably, helical in form and help to fold and crease the blank into\conformity with the inner surface of the holder 58.

The die head 90 is preferably of greater diameter than the diameter of the cup forming die 96' and the overhanging portion of said head forms a supplementary die 97 which when the plunger 54: impels the cup holder upwardly to form the cup around die 96, said supplementary die folds over the edges of the paper blank 11 thereby completely covering the upper edge of the cup holder with the paper blank, leaving a smooth sanitary drinking surface.

In that embodiment of the invention hereinafter disclosed, the liquid to be dispensed is delivered into the drinking cup immediately after the formation of said cup. To effect this end, the bottom of the cupforming die 96 is provided with an opening 102, coiiperating with which is a valve 101,

the stem 100 of which extends upwardly and is guided in the die-holder 90. At points diametrically opposite in the die 96 are vertically disposed slots 99, and a pin 98 is secured to the valve stem 100, and projects through the slots under the wall of the die. Thus, as the molding of the cup nears completion, the upper edge of the cup-holder comes in contact with the projecting pin 98 with the result that the valve 101 is lifted from its seat 102, thereby allowing the passage of liquid from the measuring chamber 94 to the newly formed cup.

Simultaneously with the forming of the 4 cup, a bell-crank 83 is operated to actuate the valve 88 to permit of the measuring chamber being filled with liquid, but, as the rack approaches the upward limit of its travel, the arm 86 of the bell-crank slips from the end of the pivot stop 87, whereupon the valve 88 assumes its normal position under the impulse of the spring 89. The valve is, however, providedat its end with a small outlet or air duct 93, so that the return of the valve to its closed position is gradual, thereby leaving ample time for the flow of liquid into the measure before the valve closes.

The cup having been formed within the cup-holder, and valve 101 raised to allow the passage of liquid into the cup, the upward movement of the rack 49 is completed, and segment 47 releases the gear 48, whereupon the rack drops by gravity. This dropping-of the rack, and consequent lowering of the plunger and cup-holder carried thereby, is aided by the weight of the liquid'contained in the cup. As the cup draws away from the die 96 it is essential that valve 101 remains open until all of the liquid has been passed therefrom into the cup and, to insure this result, valve stem 100 is provided with a piston 103 which works within a cylinder. The piston is provided with a small aperture 103 through which the air compressed between the piston and blind of the cylinder is allowed to slowly escape, thereby rendering a downward movement of the valve stem very gradually.

It will be noted that in the invention thus far described no means is provided for gluing or otherwise securing the cup together, since I have found that the weight of the liquid, when delivered therein, is more than suflicient to retain the cup in its correct form.' Moreover, the weight of the liquid within the cup obviates any tendency of the cup to cling to the die 96 so that it retains its proper position within cupholder 58 upon the descent thereof.

In order to preclude a too rapid descent ofthe liquid laden cup, the lower end of the plunger-way 56 is closed except for a small duct 62 which serves the dual purpose of slowly allowing the exhaustion of theair compressed beneath the plunger, and at the same time allows the drainage of any liquid which may have been spilled on the top of the plunger.

' The cup holder 58 is provided with .a suitable handle 158, whereby said cup-holder and paper cuptherein contained may be simultaneously lifted from its depressed seat on the top of plunger 54 to the lips of the one operating the machine. It is essential, however, that the cupholder be replaced to its initial position after the person using the same has finished, and I have, therefore, provided means to automatically effect this result. This means embodies a flexible cord or the like 76, which is secured at one end of the lug 7 5 of the cup-holder, and extends downwardly through duct 61. through an aperture 77 in the plunger way 56, whence, after passing around a guiding pulley 78 is wound around the spring actuated drum 79. Drum 79 is mounted on shaft 80 to which motion is imparted by spring 81 (see Fig.2).

The present invention embodies means for removing the cup from the cup-holder after the same has been used, and before a successive cup can be molded or more liquid dispensed. In achieving this result, it is preferable that the recess in the top of the plunger 57, which forms a seat for cupholder 58, be squared so that the cup-holder will, when returned to the plunger head, be

in position to be readily operated on the means for accomplishing said result.

Positioned on the table 58 is a slide 43, the function of which is to eject the used paper cup from the cup-holder, and for this purpose the cup is provided with cut-away portions 59 to allow passage of the slide 43 through the cup-holder. To insure maximum efiiciency of slide 43 it is provided with an enlarged end 44, and said slide is operated from pinion 22, through crank arm 39, connected by link 40 to swinging arm 41, which in turn is linked to the slide 43 by link 42. v

Thus, the rotation of the pinion 22 operates through the connections just described to move the slide forward and through a pair of diametrically positioned apertures 59 in the cup-holder thereby forcing the used cup out through side of the cup-holder whence it is adapted to fall through an aperture in the table 58 into a waste receptacle 45. This receptacle is drained by duct ,63 leading to the main drainage duct 62. The interior bottom of the cup-holder is flush with the table 58, so that, as the slide passes through the cup-holder to force out the used cup, the'lower edge of the slide 43 passes over the bottom of the cup and in contact therewith. The slide thus serves as a retainer to maintain the cupholder properly spaged during-the operation of the ejector s 1 e. a

It will be noted that the cup ejecting operation will take place while feed rolls 15 and 16 are turning to feed and cut off blank 11? so that by the time a blank has been fed .to its proper position and cut off, the slide 43 will have moved forward, ejecting the used cup, and returned to its initial position.

It will be manifest from the foregoing description that during the operation of the ejector mechanism, the cup-holder must be so positioned that apertures 59 in the wall thereof will be in alinement with the slide 43 otherwise the slide, when moved forwardly, would engage with the wall of the cup-holder andhave a tendency to destroy the same. To this end the recess in the top of the plunger 54, which forms a seat for the cup-holder, is square and apertures 59 in the cup are so positioned relative to the square base thereof that, when said cup is seated in the recess 57, some one pair of apertures will be in alinement with the ejector slide. It is, therefore, advisable to insure the inoperativeness of the device when said parts are not in operative relation. Accordingly a safety locking means is employed which precludes the operation of the slide and also the remaining parts of the machine iintil the cup-holder is properly 1 positioned.

This safety device includes a pin 64, which slidably projects through the opening in the enlarged upper end of plunger-way 56, and plunger 54 is provided with an enlarged aperture 65, so that said pin projects into recess 57 at the head of the plunger. The pin 64 is secured at its lower endto the forked end of an arm 66, which is'pivoted,

into engagement with the aperture in the slide 43.

When the cup-holder is properly positioned within recess 57, it engages and forces down pin 64, with the result that the locking member 71 is withdrawn from the aperture 73 in slide 43, thereby allowing said slide to operate.

Having thus described the means for rendering the machine inoperative when the parts are not properly positioned relative to one another, attention will now be directedto other safety ,expedients whereby, when the paper roll is exhausted, or the strip accidentally torn, the machine is likewise rendered inoperative. This means consists of an arm'31 which is pivotally mounted on bracket 30, one end of' this arm being provided with a roller 32, which operates as a follower, normally riding on the paper strip as it is fed by the rolls 15 and 16. The upper end 31 of arm 31 engages with a stop 33' on spring impelled plunger 34. This plunger, when released, shoots forward,

under the impulse of the spring 37, so that its forward end 35 projects through the wall of the housing 10 into the path of the crank 20, thereby precluding its rotation. As long as the paper is feeding smoothly, the arms 31 and 31 hold the stop plug 35 in retracted position, but should the paper tear, or become exhausted, the roller 32 at the lower end of arm 31 will fall through aperture 38 in the table 14. whereby the arm 31 will be operated to release spring 37, and allow plunger 34 to preclude rotation of the arm 20.

Having described the invention, as well as its general mode of operation, the specific iiperatlon may be brieflydescribed as folows:--

Assuming that a drink has been dispensed, the person desiring a successive drink grasps the handle of crank 20 and makes one complete rotation thereof. Through substantially the first half of the revolution the feed rolls 15 and 16 advance and cut off the desired amount of paper to form blank 11. Simultaneously with this operation the ejecting slide 43 makes a complete movement, thereby destroying the paper cup previously used, and ejecting it into waste receptacle 45. Upon continuing the rotation of the crank arm 20, for the remaining half of its circle, rack 49 is oper-- ated to raise plunger 54: and cup-holder, 58 into cooperation with die 96, thereby forming a receptacle. At about the time the formation of the cup is completed, cupholder 58 operates valve 101, and allows the passage of liquid into the cup and immediately thereafter plunger and cup recede by gravity to initial positions, whereupon they may be removed by the person desiring to drink, as will be readily apparent.

I have described mechanism whereby the device may be manually operated as by crank 20. It will be manifest, however, that I am not limited to this specific means of operation, since the device might, if desired, be actuated by any well-known and common coin controlled mechanism, or even power mechanism.

I, furthermore, anticipate, in one embodiment of the invention, to provide the housing 10 with a sliding or other closure, which will be operable to render the cup-holder inaccessible during the periods that it is in operation.

It will be obvious that the specific embodiment of the invention described, can be 'modified in details, and by substituting equivalents, without departing from the substance or spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

The operations hereinbefore described for making the cup or receptacle, as well as the resulting receptacle, are also a part of, the present inventions, and will be made the subject matter of subsequent divisional applications.

Having thus fully described the invention, whatI claim as new, and desire'to se cure by Letters Patent is 1. In a machine of the class described, a cup-holder, means for forming a cup within said holder, and means for dispensing a liqluid into the cup when formed, said 0. der, containing the liquid-filled cup, be

ing thereafter manually withdrawable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the contents of the cup.

2. In a machine of the class described, a cup-holder, means for forming a cup within said holder, and means for dispensing a liqluid into the cup when formed, said 110 der, containing the liquid-filled cup, be ing thereafter manually withdrawable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the 7 contents of the cup, in combination with means for returning the cup to its normal, operative position in the machine.

3. In 'mechanism of the class described, means for forming a cup from a blank, in 30 combination with means for delivering liquid into said cup, and means for disrupting the cup after the liquid has been removed therefrom, I

4. In'mechanism of the class described, 5 means for forming a cup from a-blank and positioning it interiorly of a holder, means for feeding liquid to said cup while positioned in the holder, and means for disrupting the cup prior to the reuse of the holder.

5. In a machine of the class described, cup-forming mechanism embodying a cupholder, a hollow forming die adapted to contain a liquid, said holder anddie being relatively movable'whereby said parts cooperate upon a blank to position said blank, in the form of a cup, within the cup-holder, and means for releasing the liquid in the die and depositing it in the on thus formed, said holder, containin the hquid-filled cup, being thereafter with rawable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the con tents of the cup.

6. In a machine of the class described, cup-forming mechanism embodying a cupholder, a hollow forming die adapted to contain a liquid, said holder and d1e being relatively 'movable whereby said parts co operate upon a blank to position said blank, in the form of a cup, within the cup-holder, and means for releasing the liquid in the die and depositing it in the cup thus formed, said holder containing the hquid-filled cup, being thereafter withdrawable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the contents of the cup, in combination with means for assuring the placement of the cup in proper operative position within the machine subsequently to the drinking of its contents.

7 In a machine of the class described, a cup-holder removably seated on the machine,,a. die-positioned in-alinement with said holder, means for feeding a blank of poslting a, li id i the cup thus form d, 139

.cup-holderremovably seated on the machine, a die positioned in alinement with said holder, means for feeding a blank of material into a position intermediate the die and holder, means for imparting relative movement between the die and cupholder for positioning the blank, in the A form of a cup, within the holder, and means for depositing a liquid in the cup thus formed. said holder, containing the liquid- -filled cup, being thereafter removable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the contents of the cup, in combination with means, operable upon the return of the cup and its holder to normal position within the machine, for ejecting the used cup from the cup-holder.

9. In a machine of the class described, the combination of male and female die members, the latter of which is removable from the machine, means for positioning a blank intermediate said members, and

' means for moving one of said die members into engagement with the other for the purpose of positioning the blank, in the form of a cup, in the female die member, said female die member, with the cup formed therein, being thereafter manually removable from the machine to allow of the drinking of liquid adapted to be contained therein.

10. In mechanism of the class described, a hollow cup-forming die, means for feeding liquid into said die, a cup-holder movable toward and away from said die, means for imparting movement to the cup-holder,

means for positioning a blank of paper intermediate the cup-holder and the die, whereby the movement of the cup-holder toward the die and into cooperation therewith forms the papervblank mto a cup, and means operable by the cup-holder for discharging the liquid contained within the die into said cup.

11. In mechanism of the class described, a hollow cup-forming die, means for feeding liquid into said die, a cup-holder movable toward and away from said die, means for regulating the feeding of liquid into said die, means for imparting movement to the cup-holder, means for positioning a blank of paper intermediate the cup-holder and the die, whereby the movement of the cup-holder toward the die and into cooperation therewith forms the paper blank into a cup, means operable by the cupholder for discharging the liquid contained within the die into said cup, and means operable by the movement of the cup for the cup-holder, means for depositing liquid within said cu'p,-and means for disrupting said cup and discharging it from the cup-' holder before another cup can be formed, or further liquid dispensed.

13. In mechanism of the class described, a hollow cup-forming die, means for feeding liquid into said die, a cup-holder movable toward and away from said die, means for imparting movement to the cup-holder, means for positioning a blank of paper intermediate the cup-holder and the die, whereby the movement of the cup-holder toward the die and into cooperation therewith forms the paper blanki'nto a cup, and

means operable by the cup-holder for discharging the liquid contained within the die into said cup, said cup-holder being thereafter removable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the liquid contents of the cup.

14. In a machine of the class described, a cup-holder, a die cooperating therewith, means for positioning a blank intermediate the die and cup-holder, means for relatively moving said parts for positioning the blank, in the form of a cup, within the cup-holder, a reservoir, a source of liquid supply, means, operable by the relative movement between the cup-holder and the die, for controlling the flow of liquid from the source of liquid supply to the reservoir, and means for subsequently depositing the liquid, contained in the reservoir, into the cup, said cupholder being thereafter removable from the machine to allow of the drinking of the liquid contained in the cup.

15. In mechanism of the class described, a stationary cup-forming die, a plunger positioned in alinement with said die and movable toward and away therefrom, a cupholder positioned on said plunger, means for moving the plunger toward said die, means for positioning the blank of paper intermediate the die and the cup-holder, whereby, upon the movement of the cupholder toward said die, the paper is formed into a cup, means for depositing liquid within said cup, and means positioned in cooperative relation to the cup in its retracted position for disrupting and discharging the cup from the cup-holder after the liquid has been removed.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination of co perating male and female die members, means for positioning a blank intermediate said members, means for moving one of said members into engagement with the other member to fold the blank into the form of a cup, one of said die members being provided on its operating face with helically disposed ribs whereby the folding of the blank is facilitated, and means, operable by the cup forming means, for introducing liquid into the cup at the conclusion of the cup forming operation.

17. In a machine of the class described, a withdrawable cup-holder, means for forming a cup within said holder, a source of liquid supply, means operable by the cup forming means for depositing liquid in the cup after the cup has been formed within the holder, whereby the holder, containing the filled cup, may be thereafter withdrawn from the machine as a unit and the liquid contents imbibed, the holder serving to retain the cup in form during such use.

18. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocable piston, a cup-holder detachably seated on said piston, a die cooperating with the piston, means for positioning a blank intermediate the die and cup-holder, and means for reciprocating the piston, whereby the movement of the piston toward the die forms the blank into a cup and positions said cup within the cup-holder, said cupholder and cup being thereafter removable from the piston seat, as a unit, for use as a drinking cup, the holder retaining the cup in form during such use.

19. In a machine of the class described, a reciprocable piston, a cup-holder detachably seated on said piston, a die cooperating with the piston, means for positioning a blank intermediate the die and cup-holder, and means for reciprocating the piston, whereby the movement of the piston toward the die forms the blank into a cup and positions said cup within the cup-holder, in combination with a liquid containing reservoir, and means, operable upon said movement of the piston, for depositing the liquid in the cup thus formed, said cup-h0lder and cup being thereafter removable from the piston seat, as a unit, to allow of the drinking of the liquid contained in the cup.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK H. VIGK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE CARTER, F. L. HOUGHTALING.

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