US2584927A

US2584927A - Base construction for dispensers

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Publication number: US2584927A
Application number: US711489A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank E Sanborn
Original assignee: Dole Valve Co
Current assignee: Dole Valve Co
Priority date: 1946-11-22
Filing date: 1946-11-22
Publication date: 1952-02-05
Anticipated expiration: 1969-02-05

Description

Feb. 5, 1952 F. sANBoRN 2,584,927

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Frank E'. mzbofw HT IYS Feb. 5, 1952 F. E. sANBoRN BASE CONSTRUCTION FOR DISPENSRS y 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov. 22, 1946 EAV IN VEN TOR. Fmfz/r E Sanborn HTTYE.

Feb- 5, 1952 F. E. sANBoRN 2,584,927

BASE CONSTRUCTION FOR DISPENSERS Filed Nov. 22, 194el s sheets-sheet s Patented Feb. 5, 1952 UPM'FED" STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,584,927 v n BASE coNs'rnUcrIoN rolt else-Ensens Frank E; Sanborn, Chicago, nl., assign-br to The Dole Valve Company, Ghic'ago, Ill., a corpora- Application November` 22, 1946, Serial No. 711,48'79 1-1 Claims. 11

The present invention relates generally tobase construction for dispensers and more particularly' to the construction of a base for supporting av drink dispenser on a soda fountainvbar in a manner to leave the counter free and of the same type as shown in Tweed Patent No. 2,157,154.

Drink dispensers have been mounted, 0 1 supported on soda fountain bars'by meanso'f a base member which occupies the space of several syrup jars, the base having means for spanning the distance between the ledgeand wall con'stituting,y the jar support and' which base is' provided with means for accommodating it to bars in which the jar supports may vary in width and also in which the jar supports may vary in angularity with respect to the horizontal.

A fountain bar of the usual type has a counter for general use of the customers, back ofV the counter and along it, for a portionpof the length of-the counter, means are provided for supporting a plurality of syrup jars'in a row, the jars tilted to permit ready access by the counter, man. Usually such a fountain bar has a ledge or shoulder for engagement by rear flanges of the syrupjars and spaced from it a distance toreceive thejars is, a rail or wall parallell to the ledge, withl the upper margin of the wall below the horizontal plane of the ledge so that thevjars may bev supported in inclined or tilted position with re-, spectto the horizontal.

The base construction of the present invention, includes one part which has meansresting on the ledge and on the'wall, spanning the distance between them, in inclined position'. Another par-t of the base, which directly supports the dspensen' is adjustably supported on the rst mentioned part to be positioned with its upper marginY in a horizontal plane. The spanning means are adjustable" to accommodate themv to, whatever' the width of the jar space may be in asoda fountain.4

bar to be equipped with a dispenser.

Itis therefore an object of the present invenf,

tion tov provide a dispenser base which maybea dispenser with the dispenser inerectA position.

Another object of the present inventonisto provide a base construction Withmeansfor positively clamping the base 'to theV ledgefandr wall of a syrup jar compartment.

AVA further object of the presentin'vention, iste`` provide, in a dispenser base, endwisev adjustableA parts, for spacing they distance,y between the ledge andqwall of a syrup jar compartment.

The invention has, for an additional object the provision of slotted links and cooperating fastening` devices for angularly adjusting the partsv of the base to x the upper margin of the upper portion in a horizontal plane.

Another and yet further object of the present invention is to provide a dispenser base with means for clamping the base to the edge of a. soda Vfountain bar by a` lever of the, third. class.

A, still further object of tliepresnt invention is to provide a base for a dispenser to support the dispenser in aY soda fountain bar, in which the front plate of the base is secured in place by snapon action and which plate carries a' support for. a. glass orfa cup.

Anotherk and yet further object of the present invention is to provide,vin adispenser base, means for spanning the distance between the ledge and wall of a syrup jar compartment of a soda fountain bar,5which` means include channel members endwise, adjustable, one member for resting on the ledge and the otherr member for resting: on the wall.

The inventionhas for an additional object the provisiomin a base for supportingA a drink dispenser on a. soda fountain bar, of means for spanningJ the distancevbetween the ledgeV andwall of ajsyrupjar compartment, which means include endwisemovable members, means for securing the members in adjusted relationship, and. positive clampingmeans. on the outer ends ofthe members'tos-engage respectively the ledge and wall of the j arjcompartment.

Thel above, other, and furtherk objects of the presentinvention will be apparent from the following:l description and accompanying, drawings.

An embodimentof the Ypresent invention isgillustrated in the accompanying drawings and,l the viewsthereof are` asfollows Eigure 1v is. a vertical sectional View throughthe syrupjar. compartment of a soda fountain bar, with parts in elevation, and showing in side elevation a base of; the present invention xed in place, and showing a fragmental portion of a dispenser, in elevation, onthe base.

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken in the plane of lineIL-II of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view ofthe base, and

Eigure 4is a vertical sectional view, with some partsA in elevation, taken in the plane of: line IV.-IV. of Figure 3.

As shown on `the drawings:

Referring to Figure 1, I0 designates general-` ly a soda fountain bar, having a front wall II, a counter I2 and a syrup jar compartment I3. In order to support a plurality of syrup jars in the compartment there is provided a ledge I4 along the rear margin of the counter I2, and a wall I5 laterally spaced from the ledge. It may be noted that the wall I5 is inclined to the right as shown in Figure l, to conform to the inclination of the syrup jars when inserted in the compartment I3. It will be noted, also, that the top margin I8 of the wall I5 is below the ledge I4. The ledge I4 is shown as provided with an inclined surface I1 which lies in an inclined plane including the top surface I 6 of the wall I5.

For convenience, the space between the ledge I4 and the wall I5 will herein sometimes be designated as the throat I8 of the syrup jar com- A partment I3. l

Referring to Figure 3. A designates the skirt portion of the base of the present invention. The skirt portion A is illustrated as a casting having side walls I9 and 20 and a rear wall 2|. The lower portion of the rear wall 2l is formed with a footing 22 which, when the base is in place on a soda fountain bar, rests on top of the counter I2 adjacent the ledge I4 and constitutes a support for the counter end of the base. A ange 23 is formed along the upper margin of the rear wall 2I, as may be noted in Figures 3 and 4.

Generally speaking, the skirt A may in top plan be somewhat in the form of U-shape, although in the construction illustrated the side walls I9 and 20 converge towards the open end of the skirt. Between the side walls I9 and 20, and near the top thereof, is a cross brace 84, formed as an integral part of the side walls.

The side walls I9 and 20 are herein illustrated as having inwardly

offset portions

24 and 25, respectively, the inner surfaces of which are parallel, as may be noted in Figure 3.

For spanning the space between the ledge I4 and the wall I 5 bridge members are provided.

Referring to Figure 4 a bridge member comprises two endwise adjustable channel members designated generally as B and C.

There are two separate members B and one member C. A channel member B is formed with its side walls 26 and 21 projecting upwardly, which walls are of unequal height, the wall 21 being higher. It will be noted that the height of the side wall 26 varies in its length. The top margin of the side Wall 26, at the left hand end of the member B, in Figure 4, tapers upwardly and then downwardly and then in a direction parallel to the web of the channel member B. 'Ihe left hand end of the wall 21 tapers upwardly and horizontally and thence downwardly merging with the straight portion adjacent the right hand end of the channel member.

The channel or bridge member C, or sometimes herein mentioned as the hook member, is formed of sheet metal of U-shape in plan, with two marginal

parallel channels

89 and 90 as the legs and an intermediate body portion including a hood 46. The channel 89 is entered in the channel of one of the members B with the `channel 99 entered in the channel of the other member B, as may be noted in Figure 3.

The

channels

89 and 90 have walls of equal height and are assembled within the troughs of the channel members B. Referring to Figure 3 it will be noted that the webs of the channels 89 and 99 are slotted lengthwise as at 28. The web 29 of a channel member B is provided with a bolt hole 29a.. A bolt 3I is entered through the slot 28 of a

channel

89 or 90 and the hole in the web 29 of the channel member B. A nut 32 is threaded onto the bolt to tighten it when it is desired to x the channel members B and C in relatively adjusted position.

In order to prevent a bolt 3| from turning, as its nut 32 is manipulated, a Z-shaped washer is provided on the bolt under its head with one flange 33 extending downwardly through the slot 2B in a

channel

89 or 90 and its other flange 34 upstanding against the bolt head againstl one face thereof, as may be noted in Figures 3 and 4. The lengths of the channel members B and C are such as to span the widest throat I8 of any commercial soda fountain bar in use.

Referring to Figure 3 it will be noted that there are two bridge members B used in the base construction of the present invention.

For connecting the bridge members to the adjacent walls of the skirt A, in a manner for angular adjustment between the bridge member and the skirt member A the following construction is employed. To the higher wall 21 of each of the bridge members B three slotted links 35, 36 and 31 are pivoted. The link 35 is secured to the wall 21 by a pivot 38. The links 36 and 31 are connected to the wall 21 by a single pivot 39. It will be noted that the link 3S crosses the link 35. Projecting through suitable apertures in the offset portion 24 of the side wall I9 of the skirt A are bolts 40 and 4I. The bolt 40 passes through the slots in the links 35 and 36, as shown in Figure 4 while the bolt 4I passes through the slot in the link 31. A washer 42 is applied about the bolt 49 while a similar washer 43 is applied about the bolt 4I. A nut 44 is threaded onto the bolt 40 and a similar nut 45 is threaded onto the bolt 4I.

As a clamp means for securing the outer end of the bridge member C to the wall I5 a hood mem ber 46 formed as an integral part of the bridge member C has a downwardly and inwardly turned ange 41 to engage the outer surface of the wall I5. Inwardly of the wall I5 the hood member 46 has a flange 48 which is downturned and threaded to receive a bolt 49. The bolt carries on one end a swivel cup 50 for engagement against the inner surface of the wall I5, and at the other end a sliding pin 5I is arranged within an aperture in the end of the bolt to serve as a handle for rotating the bolt 49 to tighten or loosen the clamp with respect to the wall I5.

The illustrated means for clamping a bridge member B to the ledge I4 includes the following: welded or otherwise secured to the under surface of the web 29 of a bridge member B is a U-shaped clip 52 having registered apertures in its anges through which a pin 53 passes.

A lever D is formed from sheet metal into substantially U-shape in section having a web 54 and side walls 55 and 56 which are laterally spaced from each other, as may be observed in Figure 2. The walls 55 and 56 are provided with a plurality of registering apertures 51 to receive a pin 56 for securing a foot member 59 to the lever. The pin 58 has a head 60 and its other end apertured to receive a cotter pin 6I for preventing displacement of the pin and the foot when assembled in the lever.

The pin 53 has a head 62 and is held in place by a cotter pin 63.

' In order to move the lever D with respect to the bridge member B the following means are employed: a pin 64 is entered in registering apertures, of Walls 2,6. ,and 2l of the bridge member. Centrally of the pin there is a bore through it. A pin 6 .5 is arranged in registering apertures 66 in the side Walls 55. and 56 of the lever D. This pin hasV a threaded bore through it. A long screw 61, having a head 68, is introduced 4in the bore in the pin 64 and is threaded through theV pin 65, thus the lever D is moved toward and'away from the bridge membel` B about the pin 53 as a pivot, as the screw is rotated. The. pins 64 and 65 rock in their apertures as the screw is manipulated, advanced or retracted, so that there'is always a-straight line of stress between the lever D and; the bridge member B.

Thev open end of the skirt A is normally closed by-av front plate 69 which is removable. Referring to Figures 3 and 4 lugs 'IIJ and 'II are formed projecting from the inner surfaces of the side walls I9 and 2|] respectively, near their upper and right hand corners. with side flanges 12 and 'I3 which t against the end margins of the walls I9 and 20 of the skirt A and when in position is inclined as shown in Figure 4. The upper ends of the flanges 1.2 and 13 are notched to receive the lugs 'I0 and ll when the plate is applied to the skirt.

Extending inwardly from the offset

portions

24 and 25 of the side Walls I9 and 20 are lugs I4 andv'i5, which lugs are short as may be noted in Figure 3. Between the lugs 'I4 and 15, and endwise spaced from each, is a bar 'I6 connected to the lugs by bridge pieces 'I'I and 'I8, which bridge pieces are triangular in side elevation with apertures at their apices. The front plate 69 is provided with headed tongues 'I9 and 80 to make snap engagement with the bridge pieces 'l1 and 'I8 respectively when the front plate 69 is applied to the skirt member A. The manner of retaining the plate member 69. in place may be readily observed in Figures 3 and 4. 1

Secured to the front plate 69 is a shelf or ledge 8| constituting a support for a glass or cup while the glass or cup is being filled from the dispenser. The shelf 8I is illustrated as having a vent 82 through which waste liquid may pass through an outlet 83, in the event any liquid spills out of the glass or cup While being filled.

Integral with the walls I9 and 20 of the skirt A, and near the upper margins thereof, is a cross-brace 84. At mid-length of the brace there is a horizontal hole 85. through it. In one side face of the brace is a vertical recess 8S. with its center line at right angles to the hole axis. A- hex nut 81 is seated in the recess with its threaded opening in register with theA hole 85. A screw 88 is threaded into the nut 81. The screw 88 engages a depending plate on the bottom of the dispenser, when the dispenser is applied to the skirt A to fasten the dispenser to the skirt.

lIfhe manner of applying the` base structure of the present invention to a soda fountain'bar-v is as follows:

Having removed from the throat I8 of the syrup jar compartment a suflicient number of syrup jars, and with the front plate 69 removed, the

screws

44 and 61 are manipulated so that the hood 46 may be applied over the Wall I5 and levers D appliedV underneath the ledge I4, as may be noted in Figure 4. If the length of the bridge members comprising the channel members B. and C be insuicient to span the throat I8, then the nuts 32 are loosened on the bolts 3l and the members B and C moved endwise to provide a suilicient length to support the base on the ledge and. wall.. Whereuppn. thel nuts. 3.2. are .tightened to.

The end plate 69 is formed 1.

, 6 hold the members B and C against relative movement in the then adjusted relation. When the bridge members have been applied as mentioned, the screw 49 is manipulated to tighten the clamp against the wall I5 and the screws 61 then manipulated to swing the levers D in a direction to force the foot members 59 against the underside of the ledge I4 and thus clamp this end of the bridge member to the ledge. It will thus be observed that the bridge member is securely fas'- tened to the ledge I4 and the Wall I5. When the bridge members are securely clamped to the ledge I4 and wall I5, the nuts 44 and 45 are loosened so that relative adjustment may be made between the skirt member A and the bridge members to bring the upper margin ofthe sk-irt member into a horizontal plane. When the member has been so adjusted the nuts 44 and 45' are tightened thus securing the bridge members and the skirt member in a desired adjusted position.

So far in this description of the present invention but one of the bridge members B has been herein described. It is to be understood that the other bridge member- B is identical in construction and operation therefore it is assumed a description of the companion bridge member is unnecessary.

After the base member has been secured to the fountain bar, in the manner described, the dispenser F is applied to the skirt member A. The dispenser has a lug to engage underneath the flange 23 of the rear wall ZI of the skirt member and also has a flange to contact the cross brace e4 and to be fastened thereto by the screw SS. l

After the base has been mounted on the soda bar and the dispenser F secured to the base. then the front plate 69-is snapped in place.

The dispenser F has an outlet 95, Figure l, through which liquid, under control of the Valve not shown, may enter a glass on the shelf 8| It will, of course, be understood that various details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention and it is, therefore, not the purpose to limit the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a soda fountain bar having syrup jar supporting means adjacent one edge of a counter' and including two parallel laterally spaced mem'- bers arranged to support a row of coaxially disposed syrup jars, the improvement of a drink dispenser supporting base adapted to be supported on said two spaced members, said base including bridge means spanning the space between said two members, and said bridge means having at each end adjustable clamping means for obtaining a selectively variable clamping purchase on said two parallel spaced members.

2. In a soda fountain bar having syrup jar supporting means back of and along the counter, said means including two parallel laterally spaced members between which the syrup jars are supported, a two-part drink dispenser supporting base supported on said two members,l said base including an upper part and a lower part, said lower part comprising two separate and laterally spaced parallel channel members disposed with their` flanges upstanding and a one-piece hook member having marginal channel portions slidable in the said two channel members with the flangesl of said` marginal channel portions down-` turned.. the. said two channel members andsad ascissa? hook member having cooperating in'ris for' 'securing them in endwise adjustment, said hook member having a transversely elongated downturned hood for engagement over one of said two parallel jar supporting members and having means for clamping said hook member to said one of said two parallel jar supporting members, each of said two separate channel members having means for clamping it to the other of said two parallel jar supporting members, the upper part of said base having sidewalls outwardly of the outer anges of the said two channel members, and the outer flanges of said two channel members and the side walls of the upper base part having cooperating means for adjusting the upper base part with respect to the lower base part to level the tops of the side walls of the upper base part.

3. A base of the character described for securement to the ledge and wall defining the throat of a syrup jar compartment of a soda fountain bar, comprising a U-shaped skirt, means spanning the space between the ledge and wall of said bar and having end clamps for engaging the ledge and wall to fasten said spanning means in place, slotted links and cooperating fastening means for adjustably securing the skirt to said spanning means so that the upper margin of the skirt is in a horizontal plane, and a snap on end plate for closing the open end of said skirt, said A end plate carrying a support for a glass or cup.

4. A multi part base for supporting a drink dispenser on a soda fountain bar comprising an outer skirt having two side walls and a back wall and open at its front and bottom and constituting an upper part, two channel members having upwardly extending walls of unequal height disposed with the higher walls against the inner surface of the walls of said upper part, slotted links pivoted to said higher walls of said channel members, fastening devices secured to the Walls of said upper part and extending through the link slots to fasten said channel members to said upper part in adjusted relation, other channel members endwise movable in said rst channel member to vary the distance between the outer ends of saidchannel members, each of said first channel members having means for clamping similar ends of said channel members to a fountain ledge and each of said second channel members having means for clamping similar ends of said second channel members to a wall, and means for fastening said channel members together in adjusted endwise relation.

5. In a soda fountain bar having syrup jar supporting means comprising a ledge along the bar counter and a wall spaced from the ledge and parallel to it to denne a space for the Jars, the upper margin of said wall being below said ledge, bridge means for spanning the distance between said ledge and said wall comprising extension means including a channel member with its walls of unequal height extending upwardly from the channel web, a second channel member within the walls of the rst member with the margins of the walls of the second channel member against the web of the first channel member, the web of the second channel member having an elongated slot in it and the web of the rst channel member having a bolt hole in it, a bolt through said slot and hole, a nut on said bolt to tighten it to hold said members in desired adjusted position, a Z-shaped washer having one ilange in the slot and the other flange against the bolt head to prevent turning of the bolt as the nut is manipulated, slotted links pvoted to the higher wall of said rst channel member, and a second part having fastening means in the slots of said links to relatively adjust said second part with respect to said first channel member and separately adjustable clamping means on each of said channel members to obtain a clamping purchase on the ledge and on the wall.

6. In a soda fountain bar having syrup jar supporting means comprising a, ledge along the bar counter and a wall spaced from the ledge and parallel to it to define a space for the jars, the upper margin of said wall being below said ledge, bridge means for spanning the distance between said ledge and said wall comprising extension means including a channel member with its walls extending upwardly from the channel web, a second channel member within the walls of the first member with the margins of the walls of the second channel member against the web of the first channel member, the web of the second channel member having an elongated slot in it and the web of the rst channel member having a bolt hole in it, a bolt through said slot and hole, a nut on said bolt to tighten it to hold said members in desired adjusted position, a Z-shaped washer having one flange in the slot and the other iiange against the bolt head to prevent turning of the bolt as the nut is manipulated and clamping means on opposite ends of said bridge means to obtain a clamping purchase on said ledge and upon said wall.

7. In a mounting for attaching a dispenser to a soda fountain syrup jar support, upper and lower sections between the dispenser and support and means for adjustably clamping said sections together and for attaching them to said support, said means including an adjustable lever device detachably clamped with one side of the support, a clamp engaging the other side of the support, and elongated scissor-like slotted links interconnecting said sections and adjustable for relative movement of the sections.

8. In a mounting for attaching a dispenser to a soda fountain syrup jar support, upper and lower sections between the dispenser and support and means for adjustably clamping said sections together and for attaching them to said support, said means including an adjustable lever device detachably clamped with one side of the support, a clamp engaging the other side of the support, and elongated scissor-like slotted links interconnecting said sections and adjustable for relative movement of the sections, said lever device including screw means for tightening it in position between said support and said sections.

9. A base for supporting a dispenser unit over two spaced apart ledges comprising a U-shaped housing having upright wall defining a horizontal support surface receiving the dispenser, a member supported between said ledges, and adjustable means for connecting said member to said housing including cross arms pivotally mounted on said member having slots receiving bolts connected to the wall of said housing.

10. In a soda fountain bar of the type having two parallel laterally spaced members adjacent one edge of a soda fountain counter and between which syrup jars may be supported, the improvement of a drink dispenser supporting base adapted to be supported on said two spaced members, said base including adjustably extendible bridge means to span the space between said members, a first adjustable clamp having a variable clamping throat to receive one of said members on one end of said bridge means and a second adjustable clamp having a variable throat to receive the other of said two members, whereby said adjustable clamps may obtain a selectively variable clamping purchase on said two members to place said supporting base in rm assembly therewith.,

11. A base of the character described for Securement to the ledge and wall dening the throat of a syrup jar compartment of a, soda fountain bar, comprising a U-shaped skirt, extendible,

means spanning the space betweenv the ledge and=YV wall of said bar and having end clamps for engaging the ledge and wall to fasten said spanning means in place, slotted links and cooperating fas-vV y tening means for adjustably securing the skirt tov 15 2,209,057

said spanning means so that the upper margin of the skirt is in a horizontal plane, and a snap-` on end plate for closing the open end of said skirt,

said end plate carrying a support for a glass or cup, and said extendible spanning means being selectively adjustable endwise, whereby different widths between a ledge and a wall may be accommodated.

FRANK E. SANBORN.

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