US469805A

US469805A - John j

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Publication number: US469805A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-03-01
Anticipated expiration: 1909-03-01

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(No Model.)

' J. J. HOVE.

LIQUID MIEIASUBFB.

N0. 469,805. Patented Mar. 1, 18-92.

' UNITED STATES PATENT GFFioE.

A JOHN J. HOVE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO MARTIN M. WVOLD, OF SAME PLACE.

LIQUID-MEASURE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,805, dated March 1, 1892.

Application filed April 27, 1891. Serial No. 390,531. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN J. HOVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-lVIeasures; 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 has for its object to provide a liquid-measure capable of ready application to abarrel, tank, orother reservoir, and adapted to discharge therefrom any one of several different measures of liquid. To this end Iprovide a receptacle capable of holding the largest desired measure-as, for example, a gallonand subdivide the same by partitions into several different compartments of different capacities, corresponding to the ordinary denominations of liquid-measure, as the pint, quart, and half gallon. In the receptacle, preferably near the bottom of the same, I place an inlet and outlet chamber having a discharge-spout extending to the exterior of the case, opening into the several different compartments, and a supply-pipe also extending to the exterior of the case and adapted for connection to the barrel or other reservoir. In this chamber is placed a valve for controlling theinletanddischarge of theliquid. Ator near the top of the receptacle I provide an air-valve seat and air-valve having a pair of ports, one for the inlet of theair from the exterior ofthe case and the other for the exhaust of the same. From the exhaust-port a pipe is provided, also adapted for connection with the reservoir. The valves are preferably connected by a common shaft extending to the exterior of the case, and on the head of the shaft is placed a hand-lever for moving the valves. An indicator is'also provided for locating the lever in the proper position to efiect the necessary registration to discharge the liquid from any desired one or more of the com partments. The indicator is conveniently formed by extending the sides of the receptacles beyond the cap of the same and providing the extended flange with a series of notches, With which the hand-lever is made to engage to effect the proper registration. The hand-lever is pivotally connected to the head of the shaft in order to permit this movement.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein, like letters referring to like parts throughout, Figure 1 is a vertical central section through the entire device. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line X X of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section 011 the line Y Y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section through the air-valve and its seat. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the line XX" of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 isacross-section on theline Y Y of Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the device.

A is the receptacle, shown as of cylindrical form. t

B is the inlet and discharge chamber.

0 is the air-valve seat.

D is a central tube or sleeve connecting the chamber B with the valve-seat C.

E are radial partitions extending from the central tube D to the Walls of the receptacle, which, taken together with said tube and chamber B, serve to divide the receptacle into a series of compartments do. a a which are sub-divisions of a gallon, a representing a compartment having the capacity of a pint, a that of a quart, and a a half-gallon.

The chamber B is provided with openings 1) and b, leading to the diflerent compartments, and with an outlet or discharge pipe I)".

From the chamber B extends to the exterior of l the receptacle the supply-pipe F. In the chamber B is the valve H, adapted to control the openings b from the various compartments to eifect the discharge, and the open end of the pipe F to effect theradmission of the liquid. The valve is so constructed that When turned to effect the discharge from any compartment it will close the inlet from the pipe. As shown, the openings to the different compartments are at a lower level than the open end of the pipe F. The valve H is cut away on one side, as shown at 7i, to register with the openings 19, and at a higher level is cut away, as shown at h, to register with the open end of the pipe F and the opening b.

K is the air-valve, located in the seat 0. Inletports K extend from the valve K through the valve-seat for the admission of air from the exterior of the case, and outlet ports K" extend through the case and the valve to the air-pipe L, which is attached to the case and is adapted for connection with the reservoir.

M is the shaft connecting the valves K and H.

N is the hand-lever, pivotally connected to the head of the shaft M.

P is the extended flange, provided. with the notches p to co-operate with the hand-lever N to effect the registration.

The operation is as follows: The measure having been connected with the barrel,tank, or other reservoir through the pipes F and L and the hand-lever brought into its normal position, the outlets from the various compartments and the discharge-spout b will be closed and the supply-pipe be open at its lower end. The air-valve will also be in such position that the air will pass back from the receptacle through theexhaust-ports K" into the tube L, and thence to the reservoir, the port K being closed. In this position the receptacle will be filled, the air from the receptacle displacing the liquid in the reservoir. In the filling the largest compartment in the construction shown is filled first and the others from the overflow therefrom. When it is desired to discharge a given measure, the hand-lever is turned and made to register with the proper corresponding notch on the indicator or flange P. Referring to Fig. 7, if it be desired to draw oif a pint, for example, the hand-lever will be turned toward the left and made to register with the first notch, which will open the third compartment toward the left, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, leaving all the others closed. If the lever be turned to the second notch in .Fig. 7, both the .pintcompartments will be opened, allowing a quart to be discharged; if to the third notch, both the pint and the quart compartments will be opened, dischargin g a half-gallon; if to the fourth notch, all the compartments will be opened, discharging a gallon. If thelever be turned in the other direction to the first notch toward the rightfrom its normal position, the

half-gallon compartment and the quart-compartment will be opened, efiecting the dis.- charge of three-fourths of a gallon. When the valve is turned to open any of the compartments to effect the discharge, the air-valve will also be turned, so as to close .the port K and open the port K, thus affording a free inlet of air from the exterior of the case, giving atmospheric pressure to assist in effecting the discharge. Whenever the hand-lever is brought back to its initial or normal posidesigned for use in connection with barrels or tanks which ordinarily remain in a fixed position until all their contents are withdrawn. It is especially serviceable for measuring out vinegar, cider, and similar liquids.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. A liquid-1neasure comprising a receptacle, a liquid-supply pipe,.an d an air-exhaust pipe adapted for connecting the receptacle with a barrel, tank, or other reservoir, and valves forcontrolliug the inlet and outlet of the liquid and theair, thesaid valves being so arranged that when the liquid-valve is set; for discharge the air valve is set for admisslon,

and when the liquid-valveis set foradmission the air-valve is set to close the air-inlet port and open the exhaust into said air-pipe and reservoir.

2. A liquid-measure comprising a receptacle divided into compartments of diflferent capacity, a combined inlet and discharge chamher in communication therewith, having a supply-pipe adapted for connection with the reservoir, a valve in said chamber, an airvalve seat and an air-valve therein provided -9 5 with inlet and exhaust ports, a pipe from the exhaust-port adapted for connection to the reservoir, a common stem or shaft connecting .said valves, a hand-lever carried by said JOHN J. i-IOVE.

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