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J.B. HERRON. SODA WATER APPARATUS.

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No. 11,313. Reissued Mar. 14, 1893.

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J. B. HERR ON. SODA.WATER APPARATUS. No. 11,313. i Reissued. Mar. 14,1893.

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citizen of 'the United States, residing at Chi UNITED. STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. HERRON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ss cn- MENTS, TO, HARVEY'S. PARK, .OF SAME PLACE.

srncnrrcarron forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 11,313, dated March 14,1893.

Original No. 452.754, time May 19, 1891. application for reissue fileli 11ml. 1, 1892. Serial no. 423.428.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it .known that I, JAMES B. HERRON, a

'cag'o, in. the county of Cook and State of, Illi nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soda Water Apparatus; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear', and exact description of the invention,wl1ich will enable others skilled in the.

artto which it pertains to makeand use the .same,reference beiughad tot-heaccomp'anying drawings, in which Figure l isacross-section through the fountain, showing acan in elevation-, Fig. 2 is aperspective sectional. elevation showing the front of the fountain. Fig. 3 is aperspective ,view of a can andits attachments.

ments. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section, of two cans in position in the fountain.

There arenow in use two well-recognizedclasses or forms of soda-water apparatus, one

in which vertical sirup-cans are used and the other in which horizontal sir'up-cans are used.

The vertical sirup-cans are inserted neck downward through the top of the fountain and thehorizontal cansare inserted by slidingthem tal cans possess the advantage of easy insertion and removal. The insertion and removal of the vertical cans are attended with the disadvantage of having to use a step-ladder in order to get at the cans and the removal of objects placed in the top of the fountain for ornamentation or other purpose, and the use of the horizontal cans is attended with the disadvantage of slow discharge of the sirup' and the liability of clogging the discharge.

Theobj ect of the present invention is to construct a'soda-water apparatus having all the Q advantages of both the vertical can and the f In the drawings, A represents the slab for the bottom of the fountain.

B is the back of the fountain.

O are the two ends of the fountain.

D is the top of the fountain, the front portion of which is hinged so as to be raised for access to the interior and the insertion of ice in the ice chamber.

E is the front of the fountain, extending only part way down. I

F is anopening at the front of the fountain, between the front E and 'the bottom A, which opening is of a height to allow a can standing vertical to slide under the front E.

G isa backing for the open front of the fountain extending up from the bottom A. Fig. at is sectional elevation of a can and, its attach- I H is a guard between the ice chamber and the can chamber, which guard is formed of an upper and lower horizontal rod and a series of vertical rods, and is for the purpose of permitting the ice to lie close to the sirupcans without danger of breaking the cans,

either in packing the ice in its chamber or .the dropping of the ice from melting.

I is the ice-chamber.

J is a metallic lining extending from the backing G across the bottom of the ice-chamher, up the back B, and over the stationary part of the top D, so as to leave a space J, and the space J is formed at the bottom of the ice-chamber I by'a bottom J of metal, as shown in Fig. 1. The space J is to be filled with any suitable non-conducting material, such as mineral fiber, charcoal, &c., and this space J is also formed at the ends of the ice ehamb'er adjacent to the ends 0 of the fountain, and-is for the purpose of preventing the chillof the ice-chamber penetrating to the walls of the fountain and causing sweating on the outside of the fountain-walls.

K is amet-al lining for the front E, between which and the front E is a space K, also filled with a non-conducting material, by which the outside of the front E will be kept from sweating. t

L is the chamber for the sirup-cupsin front of the ice-chamber. I

M are partitions separating the front of the can-chamber L into compartments M, each compartment M corresponding in width to 1 face of the intermediate partitions,

' through V 5 continued from rec'esse, and

end partitions on theinner face, as shown in Y each partition M has on each side ears 0,

into which enter screws b, which screws pass through the front E and secure the partitions M to the front E. Each partitionM at its front edge has a strip or tongue (1, and in each side adjacent to the strip or tongue d at the lower en( l,isa a recess e is; formed in the two N is .the sirup-can, one for each compartment M; As shown, these .cans'stand verticalirithe can-chamber L, and each can isprovided with a cover N and has a discharge hole n at its bottom or lower end, which hole n coincides with a hole in a cap'm, firmly secured to the bottom of the can, and this cap m is made of vulcanized rubber and receives a plug o,made of vulcanized rubber, in which is a hole 0', coinciding with the hole in the cap m, and the hole n. of the can-bottom, which plug 0 the sirup is drawn from the can. r

O is the can-support for each can N. This support has a front wall, the outer face of which can be left plain or have an ornamental design ordesigns, two. sidewalls and a rear wall, and on each side is formed a hook fiprojecting out and down from the shoulder g of the side wall h, and the side wall 'h is right angles to form the back wall i in the constructionshown in Fig. 3, and thiswallt' to the'wall of the can, 59-- curing the support rigidly to the-front of its can. The front wall of the support 0 has an upwardly-extending portion or plate j,"which, I

when the can is in place, overlaps the lower edge of the front E, as shownin Fig. 1, and the plate j can have thereon the name of the sirup contained in' the can, and when the can t N is in place the partition the hook f on each side enters the opening or recess e therefor in the side of M, as shown in Fig. 1, and is locked and held in position by gravity. The support 0 is attached to its canto have a space between its top and the bottom edge of the front E when the can is in place, and this space-is sufficient to allow the can to be raised far enough for the hooks f to enterthe recesses e, and, as shown, each can N when in place is held against forward tippingat its upper end by a spring Z,'one end of which is secured to the lining Kin each compartment M for its free end 'to bear against the can, as-

shown in Fig. 1; but this springl is not'an absolute necessity, as vertical by the locking-hooks f, which, being at the lower front corners, naturally tend to hold the can against forward tipping at the f is a chamber formed in each support 0 bythe front, side, support, which chamber P is to be filled with a non-conducting material to preventthe supa metal strip 0 on the outer face of discharge of steiaf'is operated by a handle q, and its valve which by turning the shoulder g and turned at e the can will be held slipped and back walls of'such port from sweating on the front face of the outer wall. As shown in T P is wholly inclosed, a top i extending from the plate j to the back wall 1', which is a continuous wall, while, as shown in Fig. 3, the top of the chamber P is open the back wall 1 is dividedwhere joined to he can-body. Q is a stem for the valve controlling the the sirup from the can, which p enters the'plug o,- and has an opening 11',

g the valve opens the discharge 0 for the sirup to pass from the can, as usual.-

R is a receptacle foreach can, attached to the can between-the cap m and plug 0, as shown in Fig. 4-. Each receptacle is formed of an upper and lower plate, between which is'a spacer to receive a non-conducting material and prevent the bottom of the receptacle from sweating on the outside. The receptacle R receives the drip from its can and is of a dish shape on its upper face, with a rearward slope, and its rear edge has a lip T, which when the can is in place overhangs a lip or flange 3', formed by turning up the edge ing J on top of the backing G forms a shelf s, on which the drip is deposited from the sevig. 4, the chamber of the lining J, in the construction shown at the front edge of the backing G, and this lineral receptacles to run into the bottom of the ice-chaniber-I Each can Nat its rear side is provided with a leg or legs I, on which the can rests when down, and such leg or legs 15 pass through the receptacle R and form, with the endof the support 0',a means for holding the can vertically while being filled and so that the can is held vertical withoutthe use of the hand.

f S is arosette for encircling each 'stemQ adjacent to the front of each support 0. This rosette is of the ordinary construction, as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4.

T is a draft for thesoda or other water,

i which draft is of the usual construction and operates in the usualmanner of the draft :shown. .5

U' is a rosette for receiving each draft-tube adjacent to the front E, and such rosette (shown in Fig.1) is of the ordinary construction.

The can N hasits support attached to its front side by the, wall 1', and the drip-receptacle B. is attached to the can N by the plug The sirup is placed in the can by removing the cap or coverN', and while being filled the can is held upright' by the support 0 and leg or legs 15, and in filling the plug p is .turned in the po-i sition shown in Fig. 4, closing the discharge from the'can. After being filled, the can is into the opening F at the front of the fountain to be in line with the compartment M',into.which the can is to be placed, and for the purpose of slipping the can into place-beneath the compartment, the height of the rec '0, and with the support 0 and receptacle R 'attached'the can is ready for use.

in contact, or nearly so, with the bottom of the front E,at which time the hooks f are in position to enter the openings or recesses e by pushing the can inward at its bottom,

and when the hooks have entered the can is dropped, forcing the hooks f down and into engagement with their recesses e by the weight of the can and the forceof gravity.

The raising of the .can to engage the books. also raises the lip 17: above the lip or'fiange s, so that when the can is pushed in at the bottom the lip will be carried in and by the dropping of the can overhang thelip or flange s'. i The can will be thus inserted in avertical position, and when inserted will be locked and held in a vertical position for the sirup to escape at the hole n, and in escaping have the pressure of the contents of the can to assist the discharge. "The can is readily and quickly removed for refilling or other purposes. Todo which all that is required is to raise it until the hooks f are clear of the locking part of the recesses which also raises the lip r abovethe lip 8 when by pulling the bottom of the can outward the y can can be drawn down until its support 0 and.leg or legs 15 rest on the basesA, when the can, is in position to be pulled out through the front opening F clear of the fountain, and the can is replaced in the manner described for ins'erting thecan. 1 Each can is inserted and removed independent of the other cans, and when in its compartment the sideof the shoulder g'i's in contact with the side of the tongue orstrip d, andthe edge of the shoulder g is against the I edge of the'partition M, with the side of the wall h againstthe partition, so that air cannot pass up between the support Oand its partitions M. The receptacles R, when the vcans are in position, overlap at theirrear endstthe lip or flange s andthe sidesof each recep-- tacle lie against the side of the adjoining receptacle on each side, making a continued surface and preventing the entrance of air from the under side into the can-chamber to any great extent, forming'in eifect an airtight chamber for the cans, and the admission of air at the top of the holders 0 isprevented by the contact of the plates j with the outer face of the front E when the cans are in place. The sweating of the fountain on the outside is prevented by the non-conducting materialin the spaces J K, and the sweating of the outersurface of the holders is prevented by the non-conducting filling. in the chamber I,

so that the fountain as a whole cannot accumulate moisture on the outside,and moisture cannot gather on the under side of the receptacle R by reason of the non-conducting filling in the space 1*, the result being a foun' tain which is practically moisture-proof at all points, and this feature of non-producing of moisture is very desirableand important-,as it enables'the fountain -to be kept dry and clean-looking without any trouble and expense..-

Theope'ning at the lower portion the front of the fountain in connection with a can-support enables a verticalcan to be used and inserted from the front of the fountain,

thusvgiving the full 'benefitsand ad vantages of a vertical can in discharging the sirup, and attthe same time giving the full benefits and advantages of a can which can be inserted and withdrawn at the front of, the fountain,

so that all the benefits andadvantages of a vertical can and awithdrawal of a can at the front of the fountain are obtained in :one fountain.. r t r The holder 0, as shown, is attachedxsto its can; but the holder could be made removable fromthe can, in which case in inserting the can, the can would bQ'filSl? slippedlinto place and there locked by attachingtheholder in place, and in removing the can -the l1older would have to bemfirst detached and then the can dropped down and pulledoutat the front.

The hooks f,instead of being on theholder,

could been theipartitions, and the holder would then'have the recesses, the hooks in such case standingv upward instead ot downward, and theform of the holder and manner of attaching to the can could be Varied,,a s well as-the'shape. ofthe can in cross-section, without departing from the-spiritof the invention, which consists, essentially, in having an opening at the front of the fountain for the passage of a verticalcan and raising and retaining such can in a vertical position, in the can-chamber.

As will be seen, one partof my invention consists in providing an, elevated can-chamber adapted to receive a sirup can from be-- 'low;,and' as to, this feature it is immaterial whether the'cans themselves be vertical in-' ,clined or horizontal. In otherwordsgone part of my invention contemplates raising the cans and retaining them in position above. their point ofinsertion, and this without regard to the form of the cans themselvesthe only essential thing in this respect being that the cansshall be capable of insertion'frombelow,

and of being afterward-raised and held in fixed position above the bottom asdesired.

Inserting the can from below and raisingand holding it in fixed position above the bottom, being an essential feature of my invention,it will be understood that I do not in all cases intend to limit myself to minor or detail features, or to the use of cans of any particular form or construction.

What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a soda-water fountain, an elevated can-chamber adapted to receive a'sirup-can from below and mechanism for holding the can in p'ositionabove thebottom,substantia1ly as and forthe purposes specified.

2. In arsoda-water fountain,'the combin-a-' tion of an elevated can-chamber receivinga 'sirup-can from below, a front for such chamber, an opening below the front-and extend-' ,ing beneath the can-ehambelga sirup-can adapted to enter the opening at the front, and a support for. the cau-when'raised for inserting, raising, and holding a; sirup-can from below into its chamber at the front of the fountain, and above theboftom substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination, in a soda-water fountain, of a chamber receiving asirup-can from below,- an open front for such chamber, a sirup-can inserted through the open front and I raised to position from below, a support at tached to the can, and a lock for the support when raised for holding thecan in its raised position, above the bottom substantially as and for the purposesspecifled.

4. The combination, ina soda-water fountain, of avertical sirnp-can,a supportffer such can having on each side walla locking hook,and'a.can compartment havingon each side'a partition with looking recesses receiving the locking'h'ooks of-the can sup-port, substantiall'y as and for the purposes specified.-

5. The combination, in a soda-water foun tain,"of an open front, a vertical sirn'p-cama support for such can having on each side a locking hook, and a can compartment having on each side a partition 'with a'locking recess. in its side, substantiall-y as and; for the pnr 1 posesspecifled.

6. The combination, in a soda-water foam tain, of'a vertical sirup-can inserted from below-and raised vertically at the front of a fountain, asupport attached to the lower end of such can, a lock for the support when raised, and a spring located -'to bear against the front face of the sirup-can when in its train, of an elevated can receiving chamber,-

raised position and prevent the forward tipping of such can, substantially 'as specified. '7. The combination, in a soda-water founa front for such chamber, an opening below the front and extending beneath thecan cham her for the passage of. a vertical sirup-eanjto be raisedinto. its chamber from below, a ver';

1 tical sirupcan, a support attached to the can at the lowerend, and a .front plate for the snpperthaving'an upward extension to overlap the lower edge of the front, when the can is dropped into place, for closing the space between the top ofthe support and the lower edge of 'the front provided for the admission of the can, substantially as specified.

' 8. The front E, in combination with the partitions M, each having sides, projecting ears. (1, screws b, entering-the earsaand metallic strips 0,-located'on theouter face of the front E, for attaching the partitions to the front to formseparate'eompartments, substantially as I and'for the purposes-specified.

9. The partitions M, having the strips (1. and recesses e, in combination with a verti-- cal sirup-canN, and the holder 0,-havi ng the locking hooks f, shoulders g, and side walls h, substantially as and for the purposes speci- 1 a 10. The wall E, closing the front side of an elevated can-chamber, and an opening F below the wall E-and extending'beneaththe can-chamber, in combination with the verti cal sirup-can N and holder 0, attached to the lower endrof the vertical sirup-can and hav-. ing a front plate j, with an upward extension to overlap the lower edge of the frontE, when the vertical sirup-can is in place in its chambar, for closing the opening between the lower edge of the wall E and thecan-holder O,substantially'as specified. v

I l'Lj'Th front E, opening F, and partitions formin'ga series of compartments M, in

combination with aseries of vertical cans N, having each a holder 0 for inserting and withdrawing the cans vertically'at the front of a'soda-water fountain, substantially as and for thespurposesspecified.

12." Thevertical can'N,in combination with the holder 0, having the chamber P for filling of non-conducting'material, substantially as and forthe purposes specified.

13., The holder 0, having a front wall, a

14. The partitions M, eachhaving a recess 6 in its side face, and spring l, incombination with the vertical can N and-holder 0, having v in each side a hook f substantially as and for the purposes specified.

- J AMESB. HERRON.

Witnesses: EPHRAIM BANKING,

SAMUEL E. HIBBEN.

' locking hook' f, a shoulder g, and a side wall h on each side, and a rear wall 11 for attachmentto' a vertical can, substantially as and i for the purposes specified. I

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