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IMPROVEMENT IN SPIRIT-METERS.

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. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ISAAC Tron, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement on Spirit-h'Icters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming .part of this specification, and in which- Figures 1 and 2 represent sectional elevations, at right angles to each other, of a spirit-meter, or meter inpart, embracing my improvement.

This, my improvement, has for its object the weighing and measuring of the whole or running products of a still, for ascertaining the quantity and proof of the spirit passing through the meter, and embraces, as a prominent feature, a measuring-can, that, without the aid of valves, empties itself by inclination of the can; and my invention consists in a measuring-can or cans provided with discharging-siphons, operated or having their flow established by the tilting of tho can; also, in a diaphragm measuring-can, in combination with siphonic discharge-pipes; likewise, a diaphragm measuring-can, operating or discharging as specified, in combination with a weighing-device also, in the use of air-dash pots or cushions to relieve the moving parts of a'spirit-meter from concussion; and furthermore, in a certain combination of floats, catches, and tilting-hopper, in combination with a ,measuring-can, operating or discharging by siphons.

, Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the hopper, into which the products of the still are run, and from which they'are deliveredby a spout or outlet, a, to one or other chambers, B B, of a measuringeau or cans, made up of said chambers B B, and lower chambers, C O, separated by a vertical diaphragm, 6, extending up into and forming a division of the upper chambers B B, which are further separated from the lower chambers by diaphragm c 0, through which are openings or passages d cl. The measuring-can or cans are hung on a horizontal shaft, 8, and are tilted on opposite sides alternately by the spirit flowing into either of the chambers 13 B, and their respective under chambers G O, the tilting of such cans also causing the hopper A, with its spout a, to tilt so as to deliver into either end or division of the can alternately, as it is brought to occupy a raised or elevated position, the hopper A resting on a rocking-shaft, g, and being connected by a jointed frame, I, with the measuring-cam Each end division of this measuring-can, or chambers 13 and C and B C, composing the same, is provided, at or near its ohter end, with siphons Dand E, of which there may be any desiredinumberythe shorter legs of such siphons extending from near .the bottom of the chambers C 0 up through the diaphragm c c, where the tubes forming the siphons'are bent over to form the longer legs, which are arranged to pass through or project below the bottom of the chambers C 0. Furthermore, the chambers B B are provided with floats, F F, connected with weighted levers G G, and which, as they are raised,' serve to unlock weighted catches H H, that are self-locking on pins ff, connected with the measuring-can, as either end of the latterfialternately is elevated.

This construction so far pertains to the measuring-portion of the meter, the operation of which is as follows: Spirit passes, say from the hopper A' into the chamber 13, and through the opening, (2, into the chamber O, till the latter is filledflmd a-surplus rests on the diaphragm c, suflieient to elevate the float F, which unh ooks I the catch H from the pin), and causes such end of the measuring-can, by the weight of the spirit in it, to drop,

tilting up at the same time the empty and opposite end of the can into lock with the catch H, and changing the position of the hopper so as to deliver into the chambers 13' O. The chambers 13 C being thus depressed, will :ause the siphons D, by the level of the fluid in the chamber B, to draw or run oh" the spirit from the measuringchamber 0, into a receiver, J, below, and while this is being done the chambers B 0 receive spirit from the hopper till such end of the measuring-can, in its turn, is depressed by or on its float F, tripping the catch H,

and the siphons E, made to discharge the contents of" the chamber 0, and so on for each end of the measuringcan alternately. In this way it will be seen that the whole product of the still is or may be measured by the opposite inclination given alternately to the measnringcan, which empties itself without the aid of valves, it only being necessary to connect said can with a suitable registering-apparatus, which, noting the number of tilts, will record the number of chambers C C of, discharged contcnts,each tilt not discharging more into the receiver, J, than a chamber, C or C, the surplus or overflow spirit contained in or B, and resting on the diaphragm C or 0, being by the-inclination of the can restrained from running through the apertures d or 42 into the chamber 0 or C below, as either of such latter chambers assumes itslowered and discharging-position. Suitable stops may be provided the measuring-can to control its tilting-stroke or action.

To ascertain the proof by weight and quantity, it is only necessary to connect the devices just described with a weighing-device which may beef any suitable description. Thus the spirit passed from the measuringchambers G G into the receiver J, mayrbe conveyed therefrom by an opening, 7z,' into a vibrating or tilting weighing-can, K, working on an axis, as at i, in a beam, L, and made up of chambers j k, as other weighingcans have been made and operated, or as described in previous Letters Patentissued to .me, said can discharging a chamber, j or 7:, each tilt, into a lower receiver, M, whenever the weight of spirit insuch chamber exceeds a given weight placed upon the outer arm of the beam L, and said can, which may be controlled by suitable stops, indicating on a register the number of discharges made by the can It, and consequently the weight of spirit passed through the meter, which, taken. in connection with the register of quantity, as given by the measuringcan, gives data for ascertaining the proof. Certain of the siphons D and E may be made to discharge into a tray, S, provided with a spout, m, for giving the finishing supply in a small or light streamthrough a valve or tube, N, which, as the inner end of the beam L is depressed by spirit flowing through the orifice, it, into the weighing-can, is lowered so as to cover or encircle the aperture h, and restrict the supply through said tube, the latter again being raised, after the can has tiltedor emptied, by a beam, 0, and rod, 11, connecting the valve or tube with the beam L. In this way a copious snpplyis givento the weighing-can at first, but a lighter or smaller one towards the close or finishing of the filling of either chamber j k, which contributes to accuracy in weighing.

To prevent concussion of the moving parts of the meter, such as the weighing and measuring-cans, which aflects the accuracy of the meter, and is otherwise objectionable, I provide such parts with air-dash pots or cylinders, P P, containing pistons, which are operated by projections on said cans striking a collar or collars on their rodsas the cans complete their tilting-strokes, and thus form air-cushions, which prevent concussi0n.

What I here claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A measuring-can, provided with a discharging-siphon or siphons, operating or having flow through them established by the tilting of the can, substantially as specified.

2. A diaphragm measuring-can, forming distinct measuring and surplus-chambers, in combination with siphonic discharge-pipes, essentially as shown and described. 7

3. A diaphragm measuring-can, operating substantially as described, in combination with a weighing-can or device for ascertaining the proof by weight and quantity, as spccified.- I

4. Providing the measuring-can and weighing-can, or either, with air-dash pots or cushioning-devices, essentially as herein set forth.

5. The combination of the floats F F and catches H H, or the equivalents of these devices, and tiltinghopper, with a measuring-can, having a siphonic discharge, substantially as specified.

ISAAC P. TICE.

Witnesses:

A. La CLERC, J. W. COOMBS.

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