US890912A

US890912A - Soda-fountain.

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Publication number: US890912A
Application number: US39912007A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles F Kurz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1907-10-25
Filing date: 1907-10-25
Publication date: 1908-06-16
Anticipated expiration: 1925-06-16

Description

No. 890,912. 'PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908. 0. F. KURZ.

SODA FOUNTAIN. APPLICATION FILED 009?. 25.1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES rfrhifzib ctgvhiann, OHIO. I

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Specificatiombf Letters Patent. a Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed omber'sa'im. Serial No. 399,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. KURZ, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda- Fountains; and I 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 pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in soda fountains.

The primary object of this invention is to reduce to a minimum the quantity of ice required in maintaining the various com artments or chambers and rece tacles o the soda fountain in a cool condition.

Another object is to keep the water in the water-sup lv pipes ade uatel cool without liability oi freezing in t e coi ed portions of the pipes.

Another object is to advantageously arrange the various compartments or chambers so as to render the soda fountain compact,

convenient and simple in construction.

With these objects in view, and to the end of realizin other advantages hereinafter aparing, t invention consists in certain eatures of construction, and combinations of parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the said drawin s, Figure 1 is a front side elevation of a'so a fountain embodying my invention, and ortions are broken away and in section in t is re to. more clearly show certain features 0 construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 1, 100 in the direction indicated by the arrow.- ig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3, 1,100 in the direction indicated by the arrow. i 4"is a vertical section on line 4-4, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated by the arrow... y

Referringto the drawings A indicates the counter of my improved soda fountain. At the inner side of'theco'unter A are formed threecompartments or chambersB, C and D. The chamber D is arranged over the chamber'C, and both chambers C and D are salt (not shown) are packed around the receptacle b. The chamber B is therefore the main refrigerating chamber of the soda fountain. The side walls of the chamber B are provided ad'acent the upper portion of the counter wit upwardly facin shoulders 5 which afford su port to a rac or holderG employed in ho ding syrup-bottles g, and a lid H is arranged over the receptacle b and can E and removably supported in any approved manner, which lid is provided with an aperture h affording access to the interior of-the can.

K represents a soda-water-supply pipe which extends upwardly into the chamber- C and is coiled, as at K, next above the bottom of the said chamber, and the said pi e extends from its coiled ortion K upward y to and is connected wit a suitably supplied faucet K from which soda water can be drawn when required.

R indicates a pipe for su plying unchar ed water, which pipe is coiled as at R, wit in the-lower portion of the chamber C and extends above its coiled portion It upwardly to and is connected with a suitably applied faucet R from which water supplied by the said pipe can be drawn.

The chamber B has a lateral outlet B at its lower end, which outlet discharges into the chamber C ab .ve the coiled portions of the pi es K and R. That is, the chamber C exten s far enou h below the outlet B to accommodate the ocation of the coiled portions of the pipes K and R within the said chamber below the said outlet. Any brine or cold water resulting from the melting of ice within the chamber B flows into the chamber C from the chamber B at the outlet B of the last-mentioned chamber and keeps the coiled portions of the pipes K and R in a desirably cool condition, and obviously the said coiled portions of the said pipes are ke t submerged in the said water thus received by the chamberC, and I indicates the level of the liquid.

in which the said coiled portions of the said pipes are thus kept submerged. One of the walls of the chamber C is rovided with a doorway C which is normal y closed by suitably a plied doors C, which doorway is arrange above the liquid-level I to be maintained within thesaid chamber. observed therefore that the chamber C constitutes the water-pipe-cooling chamber of the soda fountain.

The bottom of the chamber 1) is formed by It will be a sheet metal plate d which is supported in any approved mannerand participates inthe formation of the top wall of the chamber C so that any ice placed upon the said bottom will cool the said bottom and thereby particiate in cooling the said chamber The ower with c ipped or crushed ice J which is suit able for use in the pre aration of iced beverages and introduced nto the said chamber through a doorway D with whichone of the walls of the said chamber is provided, which doorway is normally. closed by a suitably applied door D..

The top wall of the chamber D is provided with apertures D and the surrounding walls of the said apertures are beveled to form desirable seats for bowls or dishes Q in which fresh fruit is kepton hand. The chamber D, although constltuting primaril the crushedice-sup ly compartment of t e soda-fountain, a so operates as the fresh-fruit-cooling chamber of the soda fountain.

The chamber D is rovided in its bottom d with an outlet d at which any waterresulting from'the melting of ice within the said cham-. ber passes into the "chamber C and is there added to the water received by' the said chamber C from the chamber B and hence utilized in cooling the coiled portions of the pipas K and R. i e

y the construction hereinbefore described. it Wlll be observed that the requirement if ice within the pipe-cooling chamber D is avoided that the water in the said pipes is therefore not'liable to be frozen because the coiled portions of the said pipes are not in contact with ice; that none of the water resulting from the melting of ice in the chambers B and D is wasted until after it has been advanta eously utilized in cooling the said ipes; t at the amount of ice required in coo 'ng the different chambers is reduced to a minimum, and that the various portions of the soda fountain are compactly and conveniently arranged.

T indicates a drain pipe which has a branch T arranged to carry off water from a sink 8 arranged to receive the drip from the faucets K and R and is provided with another branch T having its receivin end communicatin r with the chamber C an arranged substantia ly in line horizontally with the outlet B of the chamber B and consequently above the coiled portions of the pipes K and Rso that the maintenance, above the said coiled portions of the pipes, of the liquid-level in the chamber D is not disturbed.

What I claim is:

1. A soda-fountain comprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the inner side of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-containing can or the like and ice;'another chamber arra ed at one side of and extending a suitab e distance below the first-mentioned portion of the chamber D is supplied chamber and in communication a suitable distance above its bottom with the said first- -to be 3 drawn therefrom, and a drain-pipe h'a'vin its receiving end communicating with t e second mentioned chamber and arranged above the coiled portion of the sald pipe.

or the like and ice; which chamber has an outlet at its lower end ;'.'another chamber arranged at one side of and extending a suitable distance below the first-mentioned chamber, and in' communication with the aforesaid outlet; a liquid-sup ly pipe extendin into and coiled within t h tion 0 the second-mentioned chamber be low the said outlet and thence rising up wardly to the place from which liquid is to be drawn therefrom, and a drain pipe having its receiving end communicating with the second-ment1oned chamber and arranged above the coiled portion of the said pipe.

3; A soda fountaincomprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the inner side of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-laden can or the like and ice, which chamber has an outlet at its lower end; another chamber arranged at one side of and extending a suitable distance below the first-mentioned chamber and in communication with the aforesaid outlet; a liquid-sup ly pipe extending into and coiled within the. lower portion of the second-mentioned chamber belowthe said outlet and thence rising upwardly to theplace from which liquid is to be drawn therefrom, and .a drain-pipe having its receiving end communicating with-the secondmentioned chamber and substantially in line horizontall with the aforesaid outlet.

4. A so a fountain comprising a counter; a chamber arranged at the inner side of the counter for receiving an ice-cream-laden can or the like and ice; a pi e-cooling chamber arranged at one side 0 and extending a suitable distance below the first-mentioned chamber and in communication a suitable distance above its bottom with the firstmen'tioned chamber at the lower end of the first-mentioned chamber; a liquid-supply ipe extending into and coiled Within the ower ortion of the second-mentioned chamber be ow the point at which the said secondmentioned chamber communicates with the first mentioned chamber and risin up- 'wardly to the place from which li ui is to be drawn therefrom,-and a crushe -ice-supply chamber arranged above the pipe-cooling A soda fountain comprising a counter; 'a chamber arranged at the mner side of the counter for recelvmg an lce-cream-laden can e lower'por- I chamber and provided with a. water-discharging outlet communicating with the pipe-cooling chamber.

5. In a soda fountain, the combination, with a pipe-cooling chamber, and a liquidsupply pipe extending into and coiled within the lower portion of the said chamber-and thence rising upwardly to the place from which liquid is to be drawn therefrom, of a drain-pipe having its receiving end communicating with the pipe-cooling chamber at the level of a body of cooling liquid to be maintained in the said chamber; a crushedice-sup ly chamber arranged above the ipe-coo m chamber and provided with an v outlet at w ich water resultin from melting of ice within the said ice-supp 'yingchamber passes into the pipe-cooling chamber, and

end of the pipe-coolin chamber to locate its said outlet substantia ly in line horizontally with the receiving end of the aforesaid drainpi e..

n testimony whereof, I sign the foregoing specification, 'in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES F. KURZ. Witnesses C. H. Donna, Vr'oroR 0. LYNCH.