US1781035A

US1781035A - Dispenser

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Publication number: US1781035A
Application number: US231423A
Authority: US
Inventors: William A Schatz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-11-07
Filing date: 1927-11-07
Publication date: 1930-11-11
Anticipated expiration: 1947-11-11

Description

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DISPENSER Filed Nov; 7, 1927- 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 w w 0 0 v N INVENTOR.

Nov. 11, 1930.

W. A. SCHATZ DISPENSER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. '7, 1927 I N VEN TOR. W 0/.

W A TTORNEYS.

Patented Nov. 11 1930 WILLIAM n. sonnrz, or AsronrA, NEW "YORK msrnnsnn I g Application filed IlTovember 7, 1927. Serial No. 231,423.

This inventionrelates to dispensing devices, and more particularly, to dispensers forbeverages in'which the beverage isboth displayed and either refrigerated or heated. A-general object of the invention is to provide a device of the type described which may be easily and economically manufactured, shipped and assembled, which efficiently displays and dispenses the beverage, which lends itself to long-continued operation in that it refilled and re-iced when used forcooling, and may be readily cleaned. l A more specific object is to provide a device which is portable, light and compact, and in which the beverage may be completely surrounded by cold or hot treating liquid while being displayed to advantage therethrough. I

Other objects of the invention will in part be obviousand in part will appear hereinafter; a i

The invention accordingly comprises the may be quickly and easily features of construction, combination of ele ments and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the claims.

For a fullerunderstanding of the nature and objects of the invention reference should be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a quartered rear elevational I view of one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 1 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line fr-4: of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4:100ki11gin the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing a slightly modified form of the device;

Fig. 7 is a view similar'to Fig. 5, showing another modification; and

tween the Walls.

8 is fragmentalvertical sectional view of a further modification taken along; a

plane corresponding to the sectional plan of Fi .3.

Tn the drawings, the numeral 10 designates generally the outer casing of the device whichis provided with a top 11 and may be mounts ed upon a base 12. Thecasing 10 iscomposed of upper and lower.- sections 13:and l l'which have. heat-insulatingproperties, and, in a preferred form, are composed of two sheet metal walls, between which is interposed-an insulating material 15. .In the bottom sec tion l l,'the insulating. material is also car- .ried across the bottom of the device, as at 15.

Disposed between the sections-13 and 14, and comprising athird section of the exters nal casing 10, is a. circumferential,transparent portion 16, which is made of gla'ssor the like. The edges of the member 16 vare'disposed snugly within the adjacent ends of the members 13 and 14:, which, in turn, are clamped onto the member 16 by suitable clamps or members 17. The casing 10 is liquid tight andis adapted to holda treating llquid, i. e., either a' refrigerant or a heated liquid, around a beverage-containing compartment, aswill be hereinafter, described. In order to prevent leakage of saidtreating l1qu1d, suitable ga'skets'18 preferably are disposed between the member 16 and the members 13 andli. ,LAlso, if desired, the section" '16 may be double-walled, as shown at .16 in Fig. 8; With this construction,accumulation of moisture on, and clouding of, the'outside surface 1s revented, and improved insula tion 1sattamed, dueto the dead air space be- Disposed within the external casing 10 is a transparent beverage container 19, which preferably has a. relatively slender neck-por- I the periphery thereof-so that the portion 23 is disposed concentrically to the-member 16.

It will thus be seen that the space between the .tion 20 and is tightly closed by a gasket 21 r and top 22.

' neck and the section 13, may, when the device is used for dispensing'beverages cold,

- be filled with ice and that ice water will soon Also, although itmay be positioned as'dee arounditheneck'of thebeverage container 19,

' since in this positionit not only effectively and the member23.i r

Theportion of the member 19-which is not fill the annular space between widened is deformed so'as toform an ice pockf 'et 24: anda relatively flat portion 25 through which the faucet connection 26 may bepassed.

As is obvious, whenice isaplaoed around, th ;neck*20 of the member19 aportion' thereof will slidedownwardly into the ice pocket 2%];

- and will .efliciently cool the beverage in the onliiariner 1'9; and in the} bottom part of the; faucet'connection 26. V l l A faucet 27 is disposed externally of .the

member 14: and passes therethrough to. con

nect with the anember-26L Although this faucetimaybeof any suitable construction, it is preferred that'it'should be constructed substantially-in accordance with the device shown i-n my copending; application-{Serial With this construction there is provided an agitating member 28 supported upon a shaft 29 whichis connected. to the faucet handle 80,

whereby when: the" faucet is opened by turn- I ing-"the handle the member 28 agitates the beverage Such constructionisparticularly -desirablein the case of beverag'es whichcon- I "tain:suspendedlmatter-which tendsto settle I out, whereby a liquid of uniform consistency may: bedrawn and also aids in maintaining V a uniformity ofteinperature inthe beverage. v 'As-isusual in beverage dispensers,-the device is provided with a water drain 31. 'Also,

'asrisshownin Figs. 6 and/7, the beverage container 1 9 may be provided with a plurality of icingpockets 24c, or it maybe replaced by a through whichele'ctric current'may be passed.

sired, sit: is. particularly eifective when positioned within the insulated section-15 and heats the: beverage, but, if" by chance'the treating liquid should boil, this action will not obscure the display of the beverage." .Fur-

thermore, when, positioned adjacent the neck 20 9f the beverage container or the .--inside wall of the section.l5 of the casing'10, this ele ment-mayI beallowed to remain in the device even ,when 'dispensing,cold beverages, and

Will not appreciably interfere with the icing f-thedevice. I Y Y the member 16 Although reference has been made above to i an electrical heating coil-and to ice as a refrig- V erating agent, it will be readilyunderstood to one skilled in the art that, if'desired, other heating or refrigerating meanscan'be utilized without departing fromthe spirit'of this in-, r vention; for eXample,the, coil-32 may comprisea coil pipe, which, .whenidispensing hot bev.erages,may carry steam or other heat- I p q ing fluid, and when dispensing cold beverages may carryjacooli'ng medium, such as brineor 'thel keQ in, elther c ase',' as will be underst,ood',;the coil must be surrounded by a liquid which comes-within the generic term treating liquid above referred to.

It" will thus be seen that particularly efii' cient type. of :cooler is provided: which is so T constructed that it maybe-placed on; counter -V with the, faucet and ice water drain extend-.- v

ingsinwardly, whereby anlunobst'ructedlview ofthe contents ofthe main portion of'the bev} P .7 erageacontainerican be viewed by-the cus-Q tomer at tlie-frontiside ofthe'counterr Itmight alsohere'be pointed out that, 0w,

'ingtonthe concentric construction: of the,"

transparent memberlfi with-the wall 2311f the, a

beverage container,ithe ice .wa-ter forms'afluniform film of liquid whichis interposed be- 1 tween the beverage and the customer whereby the appetible appealis .enhanced. Although" the external casing:l0'hasbeenshown as havmg an annularcross section, it is to beunderspiritoftheinvention. 2

' Since'certaln. changes may ments of the invention could be .made with out rdeparting from, the scope thereof itl is intended: that all. matter contained in the above description or shown in theaccompanyinggdrawingsshallbe interpreted as illustraa P tive andjnot infa limiting sense,

ltis a soit l eu d ood t t b ingclaims are intendedto cover all of-the- 'stoodthat any equivalent-configuration may 1 be employed withoutv departingfrom; the 7 3 100. e bem de ath s; above construction, and different embodi generioand specificgfeatures of the inven tion;,;herein described andfall statements ofv the scope of the inventionwhich asa matter, i n u ge mights elsa d to f rebe M v be: 2115 Having described my invention, what l tween; 1

claim as newanddesire to secure byLetters 'Patentisz,

1. A device of; the r lassdes rib d,"inlud- I ing, in combination, a beverage container :composed of transparent material and an externally d sposed l quid-tight container hav-v mg a circumferential transparent portionin 1 registry withja portion of said beverage container and disposed substantially parallel to the walls thereof; said beverage container-being relatively free from lighteimpedinggele ments wherebylight may pass freelyand diametrically through the device in the" area j of the circumferentialtransparent portion, 7

2. A device of the class described, comprising in combination a liquid-tight container having upper and lower insulated sections, a transparent section intermediate said insulated sections, a beverage container disposed in said first-mentioned container and having a transparent wall adjacent said transparent section of said first-mentioned container.

l 3. A device of the class described, comprising a liquid-tight container having an insulated and a transparent section a beverage container disposed in said first-mentioned container and having a transparent wall adjacent said transparent section of said first-mentioned container, said transparent portion of said beverage container being disposed substantially parallel to said transparent portion of said first-mentioned container for a considerable portion of its area, the remainder of its area being'deformed to provide a pocket.

4. A device of the class described, comprising an annular liquid-tight container having upper and lower heat-insulated sections and an intermediate transparent secion, each of said sections forming an. annular band, a beverage container disposed within said first-mentioned container, said beverage container having a transparent portion disposed adjacent to and substantially concentrically with said transparent portion of said first-mentioned container for a considerable portion of its periphery, and being deformed for the remainder of its periphery to provide a pocket.

5. A. device of the class described, comprising an annular liquid-tight container having upper and lower heat-insulated sections and an intermediate transparent section, each of said sections forming an annular band, a beverage container disposed within said first-mentioned container, said beverage container having a transparent portion disposed adjacent to and substantially concentrically with said transparent portion of said first-1nentioned container r'or a considerable portion of its periphery, and being deformed for the remainder of its periphery to provide a pocket, the upper part of said beverage container having a relatively small neck-portion whereby a considerable space is provided between this portion and the first mentioned container.

6. A device of the class described, comprising an annular liquid-tight container having upper and lower heat-insulated sections and an intermediate transparent section, each of said sections forming an annular band, a beverage container disposed with in said first-mentioned container, said beverage container having a transparent portion disposed adjacent to and substantially concentrically with said transparent portion of said first-mentioned container for a considerable'portion ofits periphery,'and being deformed for the remainder ofitsperiphery to provide a refrigerant pocket, the-upper: part of said beverage container'having'a rel ativel'ysmall neck-portion whereby a cone siderable space'is provided between this portion and the first-mentioned container, said neck-portion being provided with a .close fit ting 1 A device of the class described,-com-- in said first-mentioned container, said beverage contalner having atransparent portion disposed adjacent to and substantially con centrically with saidtransparent portion of said first-mentioned container for'a'considerable portion of its "periphery, and compris'-- ing a plurality of deformed portions forming pockets.

'8. A device' 'of the class described, comprising an annular liquid-tightcontainer having upper and lower heat-insulated-"sections and an intermediate transparent section, each of said sections forming an annu lar band, a plurality of beverage, containers, each of said beverage containers having a transparent portion disposed adj acentto and substantially concentrically for a'considerable portion of its periphery with a por-,

tion of said transparent portion of said firstmentioned container, and each having a deformed portion forming a plurality of pockets.

9. A device of the class described, comprising an annular liquid-tight container having upper and lower heat-insulated sections and an intermediate transparent section, each of saidsections forming an annular band, means for releasably retaining said sections of said first-mentioned container in assembled position, a plurality of beverage containers, each of said beverage containers having a transparent portion disposed adjacent to and substantially concentrically for a considerable portion of its periphery with a portion of said transparent portion of said first-mentioned container, and each having a deformed portion forming a plurality of pockets.

10. A device of the class described, comrising, in combination, a beverage container iaving a curved transparent portion and an externally-disposed curved liquid-tight container having a portion in registry with said first-mentioned transparent portion and disposed substantially concentrically therewith,

said second-mentioned portion being transparent and composed of spaced walls.

11. A device of the class described, comprising, in combination, a beverage container having a curved transparent portion and an o a o iaernssyf externallydisposed-o curved liquid-tight'gcon tainer: having a portion in registry with, said first-mentioned transparent portion 'anddisposed. substantially concentrically therewith I vsaidsecondsmenti'oned portion comprising spaced transparent Wall-members having an v air space-.therebetween.

v -12.1.A device of the class descriloed, inclnding; :in combination, a beverage container,

7 haninga :c'urvedftransparent portion, an externallyedisposed curved liquid-tight con-w tai'nerj, having a transparent portion in- .reg istry with said first-mentioned transparent 1 portion and disposed substantially parallel r 5; thereto,--and a temperature-controllingjooil disposed between'said containers.

-13. A deovic e of/ the class described,vcom--. prising Ian'annular liquidrtightcontainer having an upper heateinsulated section and myaotransparent section" positioned beloW=the same, eachof said sectionsforming an annu larband,;abeVerage-container disposed Within saidf'first mentioned container, :sai d" beveragecontainer havingla transparent porto provide a pocket; 7

tion disposed adjacent to {and substantially concentrically with said transparent portion of said first mentioned container for a'considerable portion of its periphery, and being v deformed'for the remainder of its periphery I "In testimony whereof I'afli'x iny'signatnrd i WILLIAM vA. SCHATZ. Y o

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