USRE9028E - John matthews - Google Patents

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J. MATTHEWS. Soda-Water Apparatus.

No. 9,028. I Reissued Jan. 6,1880.

0: u re 4 IJETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAFNER. WASHINGTON. D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MATTHEWVS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SODA-WATER APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 9,028, dated January 6, 1880.

Original No. 50,255, dated October 3, 1865. Application for Reissue filed December 10, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN Mar'rnnws, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Soda-Water and Sirup Cooling and Draft A 'iparatus, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is an elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same from back to front. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same, parallel with the back andfront, in

the plane indicated by the line or a in Fig. 2.

This invention consists in a novel construe tion of the soda-water cooler and a novel arrangement of the said cooler, the ice-chamber, the sirup-vessels, and a chamber for the tumblers within the box or casing of the apparatus, whereby the cooling of the soda-water, sirups, and tumblers is performed by a small quantity of ice, facility is afforded for cleaning the sirup-vessels, and thedraft-outlets of the said vessels are protected from flies.

Ais a box of wood or other material, of suitable form and size to stand upon a counter or table, having a vertical partition, to, extending from top to bottom at a suitable dis tance from the draft side I), a horizontal partition, 0, extending from the partition a to the face I), and an inclined partition, 01, extending from the lower part of the partition 0, to the top. These partitions divide the box, as shown in Fig. 2, into four compartments, 6, f, g, and h. The chamber 6 contains the sodawater cooler, surrounded with ice, and extends down to the lower level of the apparatus. The middle chamber, f, also containsice. per chamber, g, contains the sirup-vessels, and the lower chamber, h, contains the tumblers. The chamber h is in line with the. lower part of chamber 0 and below the sirup-discharge faucets t i The top of the box is composed of or provided with one or more hinged or otherwisemovable lids, which are opened for the intro- The up The cooler consists of any suitable number of long, narrow, upright, open-bottomed, and close-topped vessels, B B, and pipes j j and k 7:. The said vessels are arranged in a suitable frame, 0 D E, on the bottom piece, 0, of which the said vessels are firmly held by means of set-screws l I screwing through the top piece, D, and pressing upon caps mm applied on the tops of the vessels, the said screws pressing down the edgesof the open. bottoms of the vessels upon india-rubbcr or other soft packingrings a n inserted into annular grooves ,in the piece G, for the purpose of forming water-tight joints.

The pipesj 7c of each vessel are united by a flan ge-piece, 1), Fig. 2, which is secured, with a water-tight packing, tothe piece 0, and the said pipes are inserted into thevessel through an opening in the piece 0.

The inlet-pipe j enters the vessel but a short distance; but the outlet-pipe It extends nearly to the top, and by this means the soda-water is compelled to pass up and down the whole height of the vessel, which is completely immersed in ice or water, and gas is prevented from accumulating and remaining in any considerable quantity in theupper part of the vessel.

The pipe from the fountain is connected at q, Fig. 3, with the inlet-pipe of the first vessel of the train, and the outlet-pipe of that vessel connected with the inlet-pipe of the next one, and the outlet-pipe of the latter with the inletpipe of the next one, and so on through the whole t-rain, as may be seen by tracing the connections from the left toward the right of Fig. 3, so that the soda-water m aypass through the several vessels in succession.

The outlet-pipe 7c of the last vessel is connected with the draft pipe T, which passes through the ice-chamberf and siru 'i-cooling to enable the sirups to be drawn into tumblers G placed in the chamber h.

The sirups are drawn off by opening valves 1? tin the bottoms of the vessels, the stems t of the said valves beingextended upward through the top plate, to, of the stand, where they are furnished with handles.

The sirup-vessels which I propose generally to employ in this stand, and which are represented in the drawings, are of peculiar construction for .measuring the sirups; but as this feature constitutes a separate invention, no further description of it is here necessary.

The opening provided in the partition (1. for thepassage of the draft-pipe 0* has the said pipe fitted snugly into it; but the opening u, Fig. 2, provided in the partition d for the said pipe is larger than the exterior of the pipe, that the ice-water may flow from the icechamberfinto the cooling-chamber c and fill the said chamber to the level of the tops of the vessels B 13. There is also an opening, y, Fig. 2, of larger area than u, from the lower part of the ice-chamber to the sirup-cooling chamber 9, for the flow of ice-water to the latter chamber. One or more pipes, 'v, 2, form a communication between the upper parts of the chambers g and e, the said pipes passing through the ice-chamber f. The chamber e is also furnished with waste-pipe e.

The connection of the fountain being made at q, Fig. 3, and the chambers f and 0 being kept filled with ice, the operation is as fol lows 2 As the ice in the chamber f melts, its water runs through the opening y into the sirup-cooling chamber 9 and surrounds the sirup-vessels F, and owing to the pipes t be- 'ing kept cool-by being covered with ice there will be a constant upward circulation of warmer water from the lower part of the chain.- ber g through the said pipes into the chamber 0, from which it escapes by the waste-pipe 6, along with the water resulting from the ice melting in that chamber.

The chamber h not only forms a convenient place for keeping the tumblers in when not in use, but serves as a cooler for them, and when its door or shutter i is closed protects the outlets t of thesirup-vessels from flies.

WVhen it is desired to remove the sirup-vessels for refilling or cleaning them, it is not necessary to make any disconnection of cocks or pipes, for when the lid which covers the top of the chamber g is opened or removedthe said vessels can be lifted out of their places.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The soda-water cooler consisting of one or more open-bottomed and close-topped vessels, B B, fitted and secured in a frame, 0 D E, within the cooling-chamber, and havinginlet and outlet pipes j it applied and arranged for the circulation ot' the soda-water through them, substantially as herein described.

2. The arrangement of the sirup cooling chamber g, cooling-chamber e, ice-chamberf, and communications y and '2; within the case or box A of the draft apparatus, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

3. The tumbler-chamber h, arranged within the box or case A of the draft apparatus below the dischargefaucet t and in line horizontally with the ice-chamber c, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The sirup-vessel F, havin g an outlet at the bottom, in communication with an opening in the bottom of the containing-chamber, substantially as herein specified, whereby its re moval is facilitated.

5. In a dispensing apparatus, the ice-chamber 0, made to extend downward behind the tumbler-recess, substantially as herein shown and described.

6. The horizontal partition G, containing the vertical discharge-faucet 1?, in combination with vertical valve-rod t and valve t, for opening and closing the faucet i from above, substantially as herein shown and described.

7. An apparatus having its front portion to contain an overhanging recess or chamben g, containing the sirup valves and faucets, which are operated through the cover of the chamber and discharged into a recess, it, within which the drinking-tumblers are placed to receive the sirups or beverage.

S. The faucet-inclosing cell or recess g, communicating with the main ice-chamber c of the apparatus, and provided with a lower plate pierced with openings through whichthe sirups are discharged.

9. A plate or cover, to, surmounting the fancet-inclosing recess, pierced with openings through which the movement of the sirupvalves is effected.

JOHN MATTHE\VS.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK MA'rTHnws, TOMPSON B. MosHER.

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