US1300432A

US1300432A - Liquid-receptacle.

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Publication number: US1300432A
Application number: US21658218A
Authority: US
Inventors: Alexander Mcdonald
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-02-11
Filing date: 1918-02-11
Publication date: 1919-04-15
Anticipated expiration: 1936-04-15

Description

A A. McDoNALD. LIQUID RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. Il. i918.

.Patented Apr. 15,1919.

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ALEXANDER McDoNALp, 0E DULUTH, MINNEsoTA.

'LIQUID-RECEPTACLE.

Application'lediFebruary 11, y1918. .Seria1No. 216,582..

To all whom may concern Be `it known that 1,. ALEXANDER MC- DoNALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, inthe county .of St. V#Louis and State of Minnesota, ,have invented certain :new and useful Improvements Vin Liquid-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference lbeing had therein to .the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates lto ra combined liquid container, cooler and stand and has special referenceto a rotatable device of this character vhaving a plurality of radially Varranged compartments-or containers about an auxially disposedcooling compartment.

The lprincipal objects of the invention are to provide asimple containerof this type in which the constituent parts thereofiare readily separable for cleansingpurposes and one ofpractical and lefficient construction.

Other objects and advantages of the-novel construction willappear in the ifurtherdescription `of `the invention.

In theaccompanying vdrawings forming part of this application and in which like reference characters indicate .like parts:

Figure 1 is a central ,-verticalsection of a receptacle embodying my invention, and:

Fig. 2 ;is atransverse sectional .view on the line 2 2 Fig. 1.

l represents the base of the stand, being circular in plan view and having an upwardly extending gracefully shaped central portion 2 terminating in a flat disk-like member 3. Centrally within the portion 3 is screw threadedly mounted the axial tubular shaft 4, there being an enlarged central boss 5 formed on the member 3 for suitable reception of the shaft 4. Within the top of the shaft 4 is screw threadedly mounted a conically shaped plug 6 forming a pivotal point upon which the balance of the device is pivotally supported. 7 represents a cap surmounting the plug 6 and the upper end of the shaft 4 and from which the rotatable portion of the device is suspended by the tube 8 surrounding the shaft 4 and being screw threadedly attached within the lower end of the cap 7.

To the lower end of the tube 8 is secured in any desired manner the circular bottom member 9 of the central cooling receptacle 13 and which also constitutes the supporting shelf for the liquid receptacles by that portion extending beyond the central receptacle.

About lthecircumferential edge of themember 9 is a rim or ange extending vboth above .and below vthe member as at .-10 and 1.1 respectively. The extension 10 acts as a guard tothe :lower end of the individual containers 1 2 Vand the dependingextension 11 acts'as a covering to the space intermediate of the members 3 and 9 Vas kthey are spaced vapart to make room for the y.pipe connection indicated at 14 for draining the waste liquid from the cooling receptacle 13, said y,pipe having a 'suitable faucet or cock 15 A,onthe outer end thereof through vwhich the liquid 4may be Adrawn `at times when necessary.

{Ihe Ycooling :receptacle is made starshaped in crosssectionjandA as a preferable form I. have shown same as Alikened `to a six pointed star, each point of which is surrounded by and extends vwithin one of the liquid containers 12, the inner wall of each of vwhich ,is substantially theform of the letter lI am :aware ythat radially disposed containers v,have been .arranged'about a starshaped axial cooling.rece-ptacle,l but not having thepointsof,the.cooling receptacle extending within the center of the radial containers and therefore considered lacking -lin cooling efliciency in respect to the liquid within the containers. Adjacent the upper end of the tube 8, fastened thereto and extending radially therefrom are rigid braces 17 fixed to the outer end of the inwardly extending angular portions of the side walls of the cooling receptacle for the purpose of strengthening same. The upper end of the cooling receptacle is entirely open for the convenient reception of ice such as commonly used in similar devices.

A removable ring like cover 18 rests upon and covers the upper ends of the containers, it having a central cylindrical barrel portion 19, which lits inside of the innermost angular portions of the walls of the cooling chamber. A depending annular ange 20 is formed integral with the outer edges of the cover and serves to hold the containers in place when mounted upon same.

A hole and stopper in the cover as indicated at 21 is provided for filling the containers and through which hole any one of the latter may be conveniently filled when desired as the cover may be rotated in either direction for-such purpose and the upper ends of all of the containers are entirely open as indicated. v

Above the portion 19 is fitted a second cover 22 which is held tightly thereupon by the 'bolt 23 being screwed into the upper end of the cap 7, the opposite end of the bolt having applied thereto a suitable decorative nut 24 which is drawn down tightly upon the second cover when the two covers are in place and the complete device properly assembled. l Y

I have shown the bottom 25 of the containers as being inclined downwardly and each container having a spring push faucet fixed thereto through which the liquid in the container is drawn off.. However, any desired style of faucet may be employed. Having thus described my invention, what 'f' I claim as newv and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: Y

l. The combination with a standhaving `a rotatable aXial cooling chamber star shaped in horizontal cross section, of a plurality of independent removable circumferential liquid containers having their sides abutting each other and their innermost walls each surrounding a point of the star from the center of the stand into the tube of the cooling chamber, a pivotal plug attached tothe upper end of the tube, a cap pivotally mounted upon the plug supporting all Vof the rotatable portion of the device, and a cover common to the cooling chainber'and containers carried by the cap.

3. Inwcombination, a stand, an upright central shaft fixed to the stand, a tubular shaft surrounding the xed shaft and pivotally supported thereupon, a circular bottom member fixed to the lower end of the tubular shaft and forming the bottom of a central cooling receptacle, said bottom eX.- tending beyond the cooling receptacle and forming an annular supporting shelf, radially disposed liquid containers carried by said shelf and a rotatable cover acting as a closure for the containers and the cooling receptacle. Y

4. The combination with a kdevice of the character described comprising acentral cooling receptacle having an' axial supporting member therein, and a plurality of radially disposed containers about the cooling receptacle, of a rotatable cover for the devicey comprising an annular section covering the containers, a vertically disposed axial cylindrical portion fixed to the annular section and extending somewhat above and below same and a second cover section resting upon and acting as a closure to the cylindrical portion substantially as described. I

' Inv testimony signature in the presence of two witnesses. v ALEXANDERMCDONALD.

Witnesses: v Y

H. L. LALIBERTE, S. GEO. STEVENS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for-five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Y Washington, D. G. v

whereof I hereunto afIiX myv