Improvements in Apparatus for Dispensing Liquids.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Dispensing Liquids.
I WILLIAM MILES FOWLER of No. 15 Vandewater Street in the City of New
York in the State of New York United States of America Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improvement in apparatus for dispensing liquids
especially those used as beverages and more particularly to apparatus adapted to
use in connection with the bottles of ordinary size and shape commonly employed
for holding beverages in stock.
My invention contemplates a conveniently portable frame or support within
which a bottle of ordinary size and shape may be locked subject to removal only by
the person holding the key and from which drinks or doses may be drawn and a
permanent record thereof made.
A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying
drawings in which,
Fig. 1 is a view of the apparatus in elevation with its handle and indicating
apparatus presented toward the eye showing a bottle in position as in use.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view.
Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section through line X X of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a view in detail of the stopper, reservoir, operating lever and parts
immediately connected therewith, in side elevation, partly in section.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section in detail through the stopper, reservoir and lever, the
section being taken through the port leading from the reservoir to the interior of
the bottle.
Fig. 6 is a vertical section in detail through the stopper and reservoir the section
being taken through the port leading to the spout and the position of the lever
being shown in dotted lines, and
Fig. 7 is an enlarged view in elevation of the mechanism for operating the
indicator hands.
A represents a hollow base or pedestal of such size and shape as to furnish a
stable support for the superstructure fixed thereto and for the bottle when locked
therein.
To the upper margin of the base A the lower portion of a rim a is fixed the said
rim a extending upwardly and forming a socket for receiving and retaining the
lower portion of a bottle B.
The space enclosed by the rim a is intended to be somewhat larger in diameter
than the diameter of the bottle to be received therein, and the bottle is centred
within such space upon a vertically movable plate or support C within the
pedestal A conveniently by means of beveled faced lugs c adapted to engage the
margin of the bottom of the bottle. The number of such beveled shaped lugs is
preferably three. The vertically-movable plate or support C rests upon supporting
springs which tend to hold it in a normally elevated adjustment above the bottom
of the pedestal A.
The said plate C forms the top of a bellows D, the bottom a³ of the pedestal
serving as the bottom of the bellows, and being provided with a valve d for the
admission of air through the bottom a' into the bellows.
From the side of the pedestal A, a standard here shown as a channel bar E,
extends upwardly, its lower end being fixed to the base and the back of the bar
being conveniently provided with a handle e for convenience in handling the
apparatus. The said upwardly extending bar E is preferably curved inwardly, as

page_text: shown above the position which the larger portion of the bottle is intended to
occupy, in order to bring its upper end into closer proximity to the axial line of the
nozzle.
The channel bar E is located with its open face toward the position which the
bottle B is to occupy and within said open face between the sides of the channel
bar there is located a bar F fixed at its lower end to the vertically movable plate
or support and free to move up and down within the bar E as the plate C is
elevated or depressed within the pedestal.
The edges of the sides of the channel bar E along its upper portion are provided
with teeth e¹ and the upper portion of the bar F is also provided with teeth f on the
side toward the position of the bottle. The teeth are preferably formed as shown
of the saw teeth type, for the purpose of receiving a locking dog, while the teeth e¹
on the bar E are of the blunt type as the said bar is to be employed at this portion
as a rack bar.
That portion of the stopper which is adapted to enter the nozzle of the bottle, is
denoted by a and the head portion which is preferably formed integral with the
portion g is denoted by G. The latter or head portion of the stopper is provided
with an opening therethrough in a direction transverse to the vertical axis of the
bottle when in position, for the reception of a reservoir H. The reservoir H is
preferably of cylindrical form with oval end portions as indicated clearly in 2
Figure 2, and the head G is preferably split at the top and provided with upwardly
extending lugs h adapted to receive therethrough draw bolts or adjusting screws h¹
for the purpose of regulating to a nicety the freedom with which the revoir shall
be allowed to rotate within the head.
The head G is further provided with an opening transverse to the direction in 2
which the reservoir H is to be inserted, which opening extends to a point below the
position which the reservoir is to occupy within the head and is intended to receive
therein ringlike branches i of the bifurcated end of the operating lever I. The
branches i of the operating lever are shown in the present instance as embracing the
reservoir H and are intended to be fixed thereto by means of set screws i¹ or other 3
well known fastening device. The head G of the stopper is provided on opposite
sides of the opening which receives the bifurcated end of the handle with lugs g¹
adapted to embrace the opposite sides of the channel bar E and receive through
their free ends back of the channel bar, a fastening pin K. The pin Khas mounted
thereon between the lugs g¹, a sleeve & adapted to form a bearing against the back 3
of the channel bar and when the pin K is in position said sleeve serves to hold the
head of the stopper in the desired position relatively to the toothed portion of the
channel bar. The portions of the branches i of the handle which are located toward
the toothed edges of-the channel bar are provided with teeth forming in effect
toothed sectors adapted to engage the toothed edges of the channel bar, when the 4
head is locked in its position.
Between the branches of the handle and loosely surrounding the reservoir H
there is located a ring or collar L. provided at its upper portion on the side toward
the channel bar with a tooth or nose l adapted to interlook with the teeth fon the
bar F, and at its lower portion on the same side is provided with a square-faced 4
lug adapted to hear against the face of the bar F and serve as a guide to prevent
the said ring L from rotating on the reservoir. The reservoir H is provided with
a port h³ adapted to register with a channel g leading through the stopper to the
interior of the bottle and with a port hadapted-to-register with a channel g³ leading
through the head of the stopper to the spout g. The ports and are adapted 5
to be brought into position to register with their respective channels at predeter-
mined intervals as will be hereinafter more fully described.
The stopper is further provided with a channel g' which communicates at one
-end with the interior of the bottle and at its opposite end with a tube Mextending
downwardly along the side of the bottle and telescoping at its lower end with an 5
upwardly extending tube m which communicates at its lower end with the interior
of the bellows and is fixed to the vertically movable plate C. The telescopic

page_text: connection between the tubes M and m admits of the downward and upward move-
ment of the plate C without breaking the connection between the tubes and also
serves to adapt the apparatus to bottles of varying height. A tube N connects at
its upper end with the channel in the stopper and its lower end is open and
located at a point in proximity to the bottom of the bottle.
In operation, the stopper and the parts fixed thereto being removed from the
bar E, a bottle such as B for example may be placed in position with its bottom
resting upon the guide lugs c upon the support C. The stopper may then be
inserted in the nozzle of the bottle, the tube M telescoping with the tube m and
the head of the stopper with the parts connected thereto being lowered along down
the bar E until the lower portion g of the stopper is tight within the nozzle. The
head G of the stopper may then be moved toward the toothed faces of the bars E
and F bringing the nose or tooth l into engagement with the teeth fand the teeth on
the branches of the lever into engagement with the teeth on the edges of the
bar E, and in this position the head may be locked by inserting the pin K through
the lugs g and sleeve k and locking it in position, as for example by a padlock O.
In this position the bottle will be locked against removal except by the possession
of a key which will open the padlock since the nose is interlocked with the bar F
and the latter being elevated to its uppermost limit, it will not be possible to
release the head of the stopper from it, or to release it from the bar E fixed to the
pedestal.
If now it be desired to draw from the bottle the drink or dose, the lever I may
be depressed thereby rotating the reservoir H and bringing the port h' into position
to register with the channel g' open to the interior of the bottle near its bottom
through the tube N. This same rotation of the reservoir H by the depression of
the lever I will also by the engagement of the teeth with the rack teeth on the
bar E force the bottle bodily downward compressing the bellows D and thereby
forcing the air therein upwardly through the tubes m and M into the bottle B, and
the pressure of the air on the liquid within the bottle B will force the liquid therein
When the
up through the tube N, channel g, and port, into the reservoir H.
reservoir H has been thereby charged with the desired amount, the continued
depression of the lever I will cut off completely the port from the channel y' and
after such cut off is completed will bring the port to register with the channel g
leading to the discharge spout g' through which the liquid in the reservoir H will
pass into the glass or other receptacle placed under the spout. When the lever I
is released the springs c¹ under the movable plate C will return the parts to their
elevated or normal positions in position to have the operation repeated.
The means for recording the delivery of a drink or dose, are as follows:-
In the back of the bar f there is formed a recess f¹ adapted to receive the nose p
of an operating bar P. The bar P has a limited longitudinal movement and its
nose p extends through an elongated slot e in the back of the bar E and also
through a corresponding slot q in the back of a casing Q adapted to contain the
recording mechanism.
A pawl p' pivoted to the bar P is adapted to rest in normal engagement with a
tooth on the pinion R and when the bar P is forced downwardly, carrying with it
the pawl p' the pinion R will be thereby rotated. A. pin p' set in the back of the
casing Qis so located with respect to the weighted end of the pawl p' that when
the pawl has been carried downwardly a sufficient distance to rotate the pinion R
one tooth, its end will engage the pin p and the pawl will thereby be rocked out of
engagement with the pinion R during the further downward movement of the
bar P.
A dummy spur wheel communicates the motion of the pinion R to a spur
wheel R'. It is intended that the relation between the pinion R and the wheel R'
shall be such that the wheel R' shall be capable of recording by one revolution the
results of several revolutions of the pinion R. In the present instance a single
rotation of the pinion R will turn the wheel R' one fourth of a revolution and as
the pinion R is here shown as provided with twenty five teeth and as a movement,

page_text: the distance of one tooth, corresponds to the delivery of one drink or dose, the
wheel R¹ will be capable of recording one hundred drinks or doses. Suitable
indicator hands fixed to rotate with the pinion R and wheel R¹ over suitable dial
plates as shown in Fig. 1, will serve to indicate to the observer the relative
movements of said pinion and wheel. The dial plate corresponding to the wheel R'
may be, if so desired, concealed and locked in concealment in any well known or
approved manner subject only to inspection by the party holding the key. A
spring S in engagement with the bar tends to hold the bar normally in elevated
adjustment and to return it to such position when the bar F is elevated.
In order to ensure the entrance of the liquid into the reservoir H before the
record is made, I provide for lost motion in the recess f¹ in the back of the bar F
so that the bar F shall be allowed to descend under the impulse of the operating
lever to a point to bring the port to register with the channel y before it begins
to carry with it in its downward course the bar P.
The further downward movement of the operating lever I will however through
the bar F' carry the bar P downwardly and thereby rotate the pinion R and record
the delivery of the drink or dose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In combination, a seat for a liquid receptacle a stopper for the liquid receptacle
having a movement toward and away from the seat for the liquid receptacle, an air
receptacle, means for communicating the movement of the stopper to the air
receptacle to force the air therefrom, an air conduit leading from the interior of the
air receptacle to the interior of the liquid receptacle through the stopper, a liquid
conduit lending from the interior of the liquid receptacle through the stopper to the
discharge opening and means for operating the stopper substantially as set forth.
2. In combination, a bellows, a seat on the bellows for a liquid receptacle, a
stopper adapted to close the liquid receptacle, an air conduit through the stopper to
the bellows, a liquid conduit through the stopper to a discharge opening, means for
compressing the bellows and an indicator under the control of the bellows com-
pressing means, substantially as set forth.
3. In combination, a base or pedestal, a bellows located within the base or
pedestal, a seat on the bellows for a bottle, a standard fixed to and uprising from
the base, a stopper adjusted to close the nozzle of the bottle when the latter is in
position in the bellows, means for locking the stopper in engagement with the
standard, an air conduit through the stopper to the bellows, a liquid conduit through
the stopper to a discharge, a reservoir interposed in the liquid channel, and means
for compressing the bellows, substantially as set forth.
4. In combination, a base or pedestal provided with a guard rim, a bellows
within the base a seat on the bellows for a bottle, a standard fixed to and uprising
from the base a stopper engaged with the standard, a bottle forming when in
position a connection between the stopper and bellows, an air conduit through the
stopper to the bellows, a liquid conduit through the stopper to a discharge, a
reservoir interposed in the liquid conduit in the stopper and means for depressing
the stopper and bottle, and thereby compressing the air in the bellows, substantially
as set forth.
5. The combination with a suitable supporting base or pedestal and means for
locking a bottle therein in yielding adjustment, of a bellows under the control of
the yielding bottle and its operating mechanism, an air conduit adapted to com-
municate between the interior of the bottle and the bellows a liquid conduit adapted
to communicate between the interior of the bottle and a discharge, and means for
operating the bottle and hence the bellows, substantially as set forth.
6. The combination with the base, and the uprising bar or standard fixed thereto,
of the bellows within the base, a bar fixed to the bellows and uprising therefrom, a
seat on the bellows for a bottle, a stopper, means for locking the stopper to the bar

page_text: fixed to the bellows, conduits through the stopper adapted to establish communica-
tion between the interior of the bottle and the bellows, and a discharge respectively,
and means for depressing the stopper and thereby compressing the bellows, sub-
stantially as set forth.
7. The combination with the base and the channel bar uprising therefrom and
fixed thereto of the bellows, an uprising bar fixed to the bellows and extending
upwardly within the hollow face of the channel bar, a seat within the base for a
bottle, a stopper, means for locking the stopper to the bar connected with the
bellows, means for forcing the stopper along the face of the channel bar, and
conduits adapted to establish communication between the interior of the bottle and
the bellows and a discharge substantially as set forth.
8. The combination with a suitable base, a bottle seat having a movement up and
down therein and a bellows under the control of the bottle seat, of a bar uprising
from and fixed to the base, a stopper having a rotary reservoir seated therein,
means for locking the stopper in engagement with the uprising bar, means for
rotating the reservoir and thereby depressing the stopper inlet and discharge ports
through the wall of the reservoir inlet and discharge channels in the stopper with
which the ports in the reservoir register, and an air conduit through the stopper to
the bellows substantially as set forth.
9. The stopper, comprising a portion adapted to enter the nozzle of the bottle,
and a head portion provided with a seat for a reservoir, a channel leading from the
reservoir, seat through the end of the stopper to be inserted within the bottle, a
channel leading from the reservoir seat to a discharge spout and a channel leading
from the end of a stopper to be inserted within the bottle to the exterior of the
stopper, in combination with a reservoir seated within the stopper and provided
with ports adapted to register with the channels leading from its seat, an operating
lever fixed to said reservoir, to rotate it into position to bring its ports to register
with the channels, an uprising bar means for holding the operating lever in engage-
ment with the bar, means for retaining the bottle in position to receive the stopper,
and means for forcing air into the bottle as the reservoir is rotated, substantially as
set forth.
10. The combination with the base provided with a seat for a bottle, and a
standard fixed to and uprising from the base, of the stopper provided with a
reservoir seated in its head, a locking device loosely mounted on the cylinder,
a vertically movable bar adapted to engage said locking device, an operating lever
fixed to the reservoir and provided with a toothed sector, rack teeth on the uprising
bar fixed to the base, means for holding the toothed sector on the operating lever
in engagement with the rack teeth on the bar, ports in the reservoir adapted to
establish communication with the interior of the bottle and with the outside air,
and means for forcing air into the bottle as the stopper is depressed, substantially
as set forth.
11. The combination with the base, the bar fixed thereto and uprising therefrom
and the bellows located within the base, of a bar fixed to the bellows and uprising
therefrom, a seat on the bellows for a bottle, a stopper provided with lugs adapted
to embrace the opposite sides of the uprising bar fixed to the base, a locking device
on the stopper adapted to engage the bar fixed to the bellows, a pin extending
through the lugs on the stopper to lock the stopper to the bar, and a lock for
holding the pin in position whereby the bottle when placed in position is locked
against removal from its seat until the stopper is released from the uprising bars,
substantially as set forth.
12. The combination with the base provided with an uprising rim fixed thereto,
a bellows located within the base and a seat on the bellows for a bottle, of an
uprising bar fixed to the base, a stopper for the bottle, means for engaging the
stopper with the uprising bar, tubes leading respectively upwardly from the bellows
and downwardly from the stopper, and having a telescopic connection with one
another, air and liquid conduits through the stopper, and means for depressing the
stopper and thereby depressing the bottle when in position & forcing the air in tho

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NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.