USRE11371E - Drainer for draft apparatus - Google Patents

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Reissued Oct. 3; 1

H. STRATER. y DEAINER POR DRAFT APPARATUS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAAN STRATER, OF BOSTON, MAss cHUsETTs.

DRA-INIER FOR DRAFT APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Reissued Letters Patenta Ne. 11,371, dated october s, 1893. Original No. 477317, dated June'28. 1892. Application for reissne filed December 9, 1392. Serial Ne. &54,664. i

.To all whom 't mayconcern:

.Be it known thatI, HERMAN S'rRATER, a' citizen of the United States, rcsiding at Boston, in the county of Snolk and State of Massachusetts,haveinvented certain new and'useful Improvements in Drainers for Draft Apparatus and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled iu the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the 'acconpanyingdrawin'gs, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v This inven tion relates to drainers for draft apparatus; and it consists in the peculi'ar construction and arrangement of the several parts whereby the entire structure is 'not only simplified, but with the same-sized drainer larger Capacity is created and other advantages are Secured.

The drawings represent in Figure 1 a perspective View of a drainer embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectiou of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar section of the old form for purposes of comparison.` The heavy black lines indicate sheet metal.

Drainers of the class above premised, particularl y beer on draft," contain certain preminent charactcristies, primarily a rectangular oblong box 2, provided with a series of watertight reccptacles 3 3' closed and open, respectively, arranged beneath the draft-faucets 4 4. The object of these draners is to furnish a storage-shelf for the glasses, means for wash: ing, rinsing and draining the same, also for the retention of the drip or over-flow of the beverage, and, lastly, the cooling of the'latter prior to its Consumption. To carry out these several purposes, said drainers are fitted with the open receptacles 3' 3',in which the glasses are to be washed after use. The closed receptacles 3 serve as ice-chambers, which contain coils of pipe 5, one end of which enters the barrel or source of supply, while the other extremity terminates in the draft-faucets 4, preferably grouped in line above the drainer. Since said receptacles are to contain ice, they may be double-wa1led after the nanner of re-. frigerators n general and, as shown in Fig. 2, on the front side of the drainer.

In. connection withmyinprovements adapted to be embodied in the abovearra-ngd appal ratus I have provided a removable drainer plate which serves as a cover for the ice-receptacles and consisting of an imperforate metallic sheet 6 which extends from the front rearward nearly to the back wall leaving a narrow opening 7 through which the pipes 5 pass in order that they may he connected with the draft-faucets. v

A further feature consists in dividing the npper surface of the drainer plate into `two portions a rear or drainer section 8, and a front or drip section 9. These two sections, drainer and drip, are created respectively by superinposing above the'rearportion of the imperforate plate 6 a corrugated pieceS, removable or otherwise, upon which the glasses after being washed are set to drain and there remain in readiness for immedate use; whle the drip portion onsists of a slotted, or slatted' piece prefera ly fiush with the corr gated plate 8 and located above the front portion of the ,plate 6. In the present instance this of inverted V shapein cross section. These of the apparatus' and beneath the faucets '4 and are flush or in the sameplane with the drainer surface. perforate, all liqnid, either from thedrainer surface or the drip surface, is received upon it and passed to a proper discharge, while to prevent such liquid from passing into the ice c'hamber, thecorrugatons in the plate 8 are preferably transversely of the drainer-plate sIghtIy, so as to compel the drainage to enter the front part of the plate 6, whence it is conveyed away by means of a discharge consistmouth. Connecting with said pipe is the,

in the ice-chamber and is supplied with outlet openings 15 to permit the water from the melting ice to escape.

waste beverage or drip from the fa'ucets and the water drainagefron the washed glasses cannot have access to the ice-chamber, but is passed away through the tube 13, which serves as a common wa ste-pipe for both.

In order-to showethe more readily my imdrip surfaceis made up of a series of bars,

bars are 'disposed preferably longitudinally Since the plate 6 is inproper and are intended to pitch forward over-flow tube 13, which is rigidly positioned a ing of a short pipe 10 with a funnel shaped By the above-described arran-genent the' provements and the advantages obtained .thereby, a cross-section of the old form of drainer is illustrated in Fig. 3. In such drainer the corrugated plate was made removable, while the front was a fixture, proj eoted beyond the ice-chanber and was supported by a longitudnal bar 14. Furthermore, the drip-plate was made of a fiat pan with a num ber of perforations; but owing to the con:

struction and the spatter tlerefrom it was necessarythatthetop of said drip-plate should be considerably below the surface used for the drainage of the glasses. Anotherprominent feature consisted in having two wastepipcs, one for the ice-box, the other for the waste beverage and water from the glasses. Necessarily this pipe appeared in front. XVith my present improvements this is concealed, while the front wall of the drainer is a uniform plane surface in lieu of having a projecting bar l-'t thereacross.

A further advantage from my im provements is that the ice-chamber is enlarged,

while the entire drainer-plate composed of the inperforate cover 6, the drainer section 8 and the drip section 9, can be lit'ted off, allowing full access for filling with ice or fo repairs. only the back part S' or corrugated portion is removable, and since the faucets project ove" the same the space-by which the ice-chamber is replenished is necessarily very limited.

In lieu of makingthe corrugated portion S separate from but attached to the cover 6 the latter may be corrugate'd, in which eventthe upperpiece 8 can be omitted.

From the above description it will be understood that my drainer plate which extends from the front to the rear of the apparatus, and is removable is made up of an imperforate plate and two other plates or pieces superimposed which respectively form a draier and a' drip surface in one and the same plane. By such arrangement the appearance of the apparatus is greatly improved while all spatter is prevented and access to the ice-chamber is more readily ob- A tained while its capacity in the sane apparatus provided with my invention is much en- Iarged.

Conversely, in the old apparatns' hat I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a drainer-box composed of a rectangular receptacle or ice-chanber adapted to receive coils of pipe and closed by a removable cover provided with transverse corrugations on the rear portion and with longitudinal drainage apertures in the front portion, and a single waste-pipe communicating with the ice-chamber and .with the drainer-plate, substantially as described' 2. In combination with a group of open and closed Water-tight receptacles and draft faucets thereabove from a' suitable supply, a transversely corrugatetl plate lengthwise of the closed receptacles at the top rear portion, a series of drainer-plates composed of longitudinal bars with apertures therebetwecn and flush with the corrugated plate at the front portion of said closed receptaclc, and means for discharging waste beverage and melted ice through a common pipe, substantially as stated and explained.

3. In a drainer, a group of open and closed vessels, conveying-pipes in part within the closed vessels, and the draft-faucets therefor, combined with a removable cover for the closed vessels, a transversely-corrugated plate Secured on the rear part of said cover, and detachable draincr-plates raised above the front portion of' said cover, with a waste pipe common to the drainer-plate and the closed reeeptacle, substantially as described and set t'orth. i

4:. In adraft' apparatus, adrainer box pro-` vided with an ice chamber or receptacle dapted to receive cols of pi pe through which the liquid to be drawn passes, said receptacle having a removable cover the rear part of the upper surface of which is corrugated,and .the front portion of which is apertured to serve as a drainer, combined with a Conduit to convey away the waste liquid from the drainer.

Intestimony-whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I-IERMAN STRA'FER. Witnesses FRANCIS C. STANWooD, II. E. LODGE.

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