US395652A - Benjamin burton - Google Patents

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B. BURTON.. AUTOMATIC MEASURING DEVICE FOB, LIQUIDSlv N0. 395,652. Patented Janyl, 1889.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN BURTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E'DVIN A. GILES, OF SAME PLACE.

AUTOMATIG'IVIEASURING DEVICE FOR LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,652, dated January 1, 1889.

Application filed August 9, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN BURTON, a citizen of the United States, residing' at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic lvleasuring Devices for Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in automatic measuring devices for liq uids; and it consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more specifically described, illustrated in the drawing's, and pointed out in the claims. Its object is to provide a receptacle having a series of 1neasuring-chambers adapted to be placed within or beneath a support for a barrel, cask, or tank for oil, spirits, or other fiuid, and detachably connected with the barrel or tank by means ot' a pipe communicating between the barrel and measurin g-chambers, an d provided with suitable twoway cocks, whereby the iiuidmay be discharged from the cask through either or all of the measuring-chambers, desired, and automatically measured when drawn; also, in providing suitable means for ventilating or admitting air into the chambers as the fluid is withdrawn.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section with the rear of the support and barrel broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the drawer or receptacle for the measuring-chambers, designed to be placed within the support beneath the front end of the barrel. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through the central or middle measuring-chamber and supply-mpc. Fig. 5 is a detail showing' a modilication in the form and arrangement of the ventilatingtube.

Referring' more specilically to the drawings, A represents the support for the barrel, cask, or tank, and B the barrel or cask containing the fluid.

C is a drawer or receptacle, designed to be Serial No. 282,338. (No model.)

placed within the front ot' the support and rest upon cleats (L beneath the front end of the barrel.

I) D D represent a series of closed meas ming-chambers of varying capacities placed within the drawer or receptacle (l, having their front ends projecting through the front face ot' the drawer and flush therewith.

E E are partitions in the receptacle between the measuring-chambers- F represents a series oi' ventilating-pipes, each oi' which is designed to connect with one rel.

G represents a spigot or cock, one oli which is in the front of each m easuring-chamber and communicates with its interior.

II is a'horizo'ntal pipe extending across the 'front of the receptacle C slightly above the spigots, and communicating with each by a down pipe, l).

I is a vertical pipe extending upward from the horizontal pipe H, and designed to connect with the discharge-cock of the barrel or cask by means ot' an interior threaded collar or flanged union, c, at its upper end. p

My invention is designed especially for the convenience of dealers in oil and other fluids, who are by means of it furnished with a convenient support for a barrel or cask of iiuid, combined with means for automatically measuring the i'luid as drawn, and wllereby they are enabled to avoid the usual troublesome method of Iirst pumping the oil or other fiuid into a tank or receptacle.

In order to operate my invention the support A is placed in any convenient and desired position, with the drawer or receptacle C, containing the measuring-chambers, placed within and resting on the cleats a, and having' the series ot' vertical ventilating -tubes F, each one of which connects at its lower lend with the top one of the measuring-chambers.

The barrel of oil, naphtha, or other huid is then rolled or lifted upon the support A, and the upper ends of the Ventilatingtubes F are inserted into the barrel through the bung, as shown in Fig. l. The spigot L in the front or head of the barrel is then connected with the vertical pipe I by slightly raising' the recepof the measuruig-chambers and with the bar IOO tacle C, containing the measuring-ehambers, by means of the wedges inserted in the space k above the cleats until the mouth ol the spigot, which is serew-tlneaded, in contact with the collar c. The collar is then adj usted to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby connecting the barrel with the vmeasuring-chambers.

Each ot' the cocks (l is provided with a twoway valve, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so that by turning the valve in one direction an opening is aii'orded trom the ineasuring-chambcr through the horizontal and vertical pipes II I to the barrel and the outletis closed, as shown in Fig. 2. By turning the valve in the opposite direction the inlet from the barrel is cut ott and the outlet from the measuring-chamber opened, as shown in. ligx fl.

It will be observed that when the barrel is placed in position, the connections made, and the valves opened the measuring-chambers are at once automatically itilled, and any desired quantity can be drawn through its cock G by turiiingI the valve, whereby the inlet is cut ot't' and the contents ol the chamber discharged.

Instead ot a series ot' indepemlent ventilating-tubes, F, a single tubehavingbranches commuiiicating with each measuring-chamber, as shown in Ifig. 5, may be employed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure b v Letters Patent, is-

y l. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, with a support for a barrel or tank, of aseries of measuring-chambers arranged beneath or within such support and adapted to be connected with the barrel or tank by a pipe, and a cock in each measuring-chamber having a two-way valve, whereby the outlet from the measuring-chamber may be opened and the communication with the barrel cut oft', or vice versa, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, with a support tor a barrel or tank, ot a receptacle containing a series ot' measuring-chambers adapted to be placed beneath or within the support, a cock in each measuring-ehamber having a two-way valve, a pipe connecting with each cock and adapted by means ot an adjustable screw -coliar to connect with the discharge-faucet ot' the barrel or tank, and one or more ventilating-tubes connecting with the measuriiig-chambers, substantially as described.

3. In -an automatic measuring device Yfor liquids, the combination, with the support A for a barrel or tank, oit' the removable receptacle C, containing the series ot' measuring-chambers D, the cocks G, having the two-way valves, the pipes H I i), connecting the cocks ot' the measuring-ehambers, and the adjustable collar or coupling c, adapted to connect the.measuri11g-chambers with the faucet oit a barrel ortank, substantially as described.

et. The combination, in a measuring device for liquids, ot the support A for a tank or barrel, the series ot' measuring-tanks I), the removable drawer or receptacle C, containing the measuring-tanks, the series of twoway cocks G, communicating with the meastiring-tanks, the series ot ventila-ting-pipes F, connecting with the nueasuring-tanks, the horizontal and vertical pipes ll I l), connecting the two-way cocks, and the adjustable collar c, all constructed and arranged substantially as and .for the purpose described.

5. The combination, in a measuring device tor liquids, ot the support i'or a barrel or tank, the series ot' 1ncasuring-chambers, each provided with a two-way cock and with ventilating-tubes, the receptacle containing the mcasuring-chambers adapted to be placed beneath or within the support, the pipes connecting the cocks ot the 1neasuring-chambers, the adjustable screw-collar adapted to connect said pipes with the discharge-spigot ot' a tank or barrel, and the wedges designed to enter the space beneath the receptacle for the ineasuring-chambers, substantially as described.

6. In an automatic measuring device for liquids, the combination, with a' barrel or tank, ot' the independent support provided in its interior with a removable receptacle containing a series ot measuring-chambers having Ventilating-tubes and each provided with a two-way cock, and a pipe connecting said cocks having at its outer end an adjustable collar or Vflange-union for connecting it with the spigot oit' the barrel or tank, substantially as described.

7. The independent automatic measuring device for oil or other fluids, consisting of the support, the series of measuring-chambers provided with two-way cocks and Ventilatingtubes, the removable drawer or receptacle containing the chambers, and the pipe connecting the two-way cocks having at its upper or outer end an adjustable {lange-union tor connecting said pipe with the spigot of a barrel or tank placed upon the support, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony wh ereof I aix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

BENJAMIN BURTON.

Witnesses:

W. F. GARDNER, C. G. BERRYMAN.

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