New or Improved Appliance for Supplying Spirits and other Liquids and Registering the Quantities Supplied.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
New or Improved Appliance for Supplying Spirits and other Liquids
and Registering the Quantities Supplied.
We, THEOPHILUS TOGHILL WEST, no occupation, and RACHEL JOYCE INNES, no
occupation), both of 1, Macaulay Buildings, Bath, Somerset, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:
Our invention relates to a new or improved appliance for supplying various
kinds of liquids, such as spirits, oils, and the like, and registering the quantities
measured and sold, whereby a check will be provided against any dishonest
practices of the attendants, and a record kept of the sales or quantities 'drawn.
Our invention consists in the provision of a container connected with the cask,
jar, or vessel in which the liquid is stored, the container being filled automatically
when the lever on the tap is in its normal position, and discharged by turning the
lever of the tap in the usual way, a recording meter of any suitable kind is fastened
near the container with a projecting click or trigger so arranged that every time
the lever is turned in a forward direction, a finger at the back of the lever will
engage in the click of the meter, and a unit be recorded, at the return of the
lever, the finger will pass over the click, and the container be immediately refilled.
In carrying this invention into effect, the container is made with a cone shaped
central chamber, connected at the top by a tube to the vessel containing the liquid,
a small hole being provided for the admission of air to the tube and container,
two valves are made to fit in the central chamber, one at the top and the other at
the bottom, the two being connected by a spindle, the length of which is arranged
according to the depth of the container, around the central chamber, a cylinder of
any suitable material, preferably glass, is fixed by caps at each end, apertures
from the chamber to the cylinder permit the latter to be filled simultaneously
with the space between the valves in the chamber, this space and the cylinder form
the measure for one unit of liquid. The bottom valve forms a tap for discharging
the liquid, this is actuated by the usual lever placed on the nib of the upper
valve; the two valves being connected, they are both opened and closed by the
same lever. The lever is fitted with a finger or arm having a catch or spring at
the short end, and by the turning of the lever in a forward direction, this finger is
pressed against a click or trigger attached to any suitable meter, and the catch
on the finger allows it to pass back over the click without actuating it; the forward
motion of the lever discharges the container, and the backward motion opens
he upper valve and refills the container from the cask, vessel, or jar. The inlet
und outlet of the central chamber are so arranged that no liquid can be withdrawn
until the finger on the end of the lever has actuated the click of the recording
neter.
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page_text: New or Improved Appliance for Supplying Spirits and other Liquids
and Registering the Quantities Supplied.
We, THEOPHILUS TOGHILL WEST, no occupation, and RACHEL JOYCE INNES, no
occupation, both of No. 1, Maculay Buildings, Bath, Somerset, 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:-
Our invention relates to a new or improved appliance for supplying various
kinds of liquids, such as spirits, oils, and the like, and registering the quantities
measured and sold, whereby a check is provided against dishonest practices of
attendants, and a record kept of sales or quantities drawn.
Our invention consists in the provision of a container which will hold a specified
quantity of liquid connected by valves and tubes to the vessel, cask, or jar in
which the liquid is stored, the container being filled automatically when the lever
on the tap has been placed in its normal position, and discharged by turning the
lever in the usual way; a recording meter of any suitable kind is placed on or near
the frame which supports the container with a projecting click or trigger so
arranged that every time the lever is moved in one direction, a spring finger at
one end of the lever will actuate the click of the meter, and one unit will be
recorded on the dial plate of the meter, while at the return of the lever, the finger
being pivotted, and partly held in position by a spring, will pass over the click
without recording, the container being alternately filled and discharged by the
movement of the lever in opposite directions.
The means employed in putting this invention into operation will be more fully
described in connection with the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1
is a front view of the appliance complete, with an ordinary recording meter attached
thereto; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showing fuller details of construction;
Fig. 3 is a central barrel; with a tapering chamber therein to receive the plug;
Fig. 4 is a cup to screw on the central barrel; Fig. 5 is a conical plug to fit in the
barrel, with ways cut therein for the passage of the liquid into and out of the
container; and Fig. 6 is a view of the hand lever for turning the plug, with a
projecting spring controlled finger at the end for engaging with the trigger of
the meter.
The principal supporting part of the appliance is the central barrel A with a
conical chamber to receive the plug B, a couple of flanges C, D, are formed on the
barrel a cup E is also formed on the upper part, and a corresponding cup F is
made to screw on the lower part of the barrel; rubber washers are placed in
recesses near the periphery of these cups, and a cylinder G, preferably of glass, is
placed between the two cups and made air tight by screwing the cup F and nut f
on the lower end of the barrel, thus forming a liquid proof container; the plug B
is made with ways H H and II for the passage of liquid from the vessel to the
container and from the container to the outlet pipe J, corresponding ways being
made in the barrel, and as the plug is turned, the apertures are opened or closed
is may be required vent holes are provided as shown, to permit the liquid.to flow
freely in and out of the container; a hand lever M is provided to operate the
plug, a spring finger m is placed on the end of the lever, which allows it to pass
over the trigger in one direction without moving it, while it is impossible for it
to be moved in the other direction without actuating it, thus a register is kept of
the number of times the tap ist turned for the supply of liquid.
The meter employed may be any of the well known recorders having a pro-
jecting trigger or click, operated by a finger or catch at the end of a lever or

page_text: key, the dial being conveniently marked to readily indicate the number of times
the trigger has been actuated.
The appliance being provided as described, with the meter fixed conveniently in
position near the back of the barrel, and the tube K continued to the vessel or
cask containing the liquid, the plug is set in the normal condition and the liquid
will flow into and fill the container G through the ways and apertures H H, h,
the ways
I 'I being closed, these ways and apertures not being coincident; when it
is required to supply a measure of the liquid, the plug is turned by the key M and
the ways h h are closed and the lower ways i i are opened, and the liquid discharged
through the outlet pipe J.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is-
In measuring and recording appliances for liquids, attaching a suitable register-
ing meter to a self filling container, with a lever or other key for turning the
plug in such a manner that every time the container is discharged, the key will
operate the trigger of the meter, and the index of the dial of the meter will
indicate the number of units measured, drawn off, and sold, thus affording a check
on any dishonest practices of the attendants, substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this 30th day of August 1898.
G. J. WESTLAKE,
Applicants' Agent, 2, John Street, Bristol.