Improved Apparatus for Delivering and Registering Measured Quantities of Liquids.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Delivering and Registering Measured
Quantities of Liquids.
I, PHILIP SOORN, of 8, Mona Drive, Central Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man,
dc hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to self-measuring or registering taps or cocks, and has for
its object to measure automatically the amount of a passing liquid.
In carrying my invention into effect, I form my device with a supply tap adapted
to fit or screw into a spirit jar, cask, drum or the like or on to a pipe, and below
this tap is a container or measure of known capacity which may be designed to hold
agill or any given quantity required. In connection with this container is a
delivery tap. The handles of both these taps are coupled together by a connecting
rod, working both taps simultaneously, the arrangement being that the upper tap
is closed when the lower tap is opened and vice versa. The cut off of the upper tap
is so arranged that it closes before the known contents of the measure are released,
and the lower tap closes before any liquid is let into the measure. Thus it will
be seen that when the handle of the taps are moved in one direction the supply
at the upper tap is cut off, while the liquid which had been filled into the measure
is released and is delivered through the delivery tap. When moved in the opposite
direction the delivery tap is closed and the supply tap opened, thus filling the
measure with another charge ready for the next delivery.
On the spindle of the upper tap is fixed a counter counting up to any required
number so as to keep tally of the amount taken from the supply. Thus each time
the taps are open and closed, to charge the measure and empty it, this counter
will register one on the dial, thus registering each ½ gill, ½ pint or whatever
quantity the measure is designed to hold at each charge, and as both taps cannot
De opened at the same time this device will correctly check every quantity taken
from the keg, cask or other supply. The container can be constructed of either
metal, glass or earthenware, and by having a union joint top and bottom between
the taps and a telescopic connecting rod or other suitable arrangements, can be
made to work with various sized measures changeable at will.
Among the advantages resulting from the use of this invention may be mentioned
the following, it does away with loose measures, checks all liquid sold, prevents
fraud and pilfering or anyone tampering with.the spirits or other liquid, and shows
at a glance the amount sold; it saves waste and mistakes as it will not deliver
more than the proper quantity at each discharge and facilitates stock taking,
telling the quantity taken from any cask immediately, and affording a quicker
way of serving liquor, as the measure is always charged ready for use and can be
delivered from the measure at any moment.
Talth: 20th J
Cantonion 1007

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Delivering and Registering Measured
Quantities of Liquids.
I, PHILIP SOORN, of 8, Mona Drive, Central Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man,
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:
This invention relates to self-measuring or registering taps or cocks, and has for
its object to measure automatically the amount of a passing liquid.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which,
Figure 1 is a general view of my measuring tap or cock;
Figure 2, a side elevation.
Referring to these figures,
"I form my device with a supply tap A adapted to fit or screw at B into a spirit
jar, cask, drum or the like, or on to a pipe, and below this tap is a container or
measure C of known capacity which may be designed to hold a ¼ gill or any given
quantity required. In connection with this container is a delivery tap D. The
handles E of both these taps A and D are coupled together by a connecting rod F,
working both taps simultaneously, the arrangement being that the upper tap A
is closed when the lower tap D is opened and vice versa. The cut off of the upper
tap A is so arranged that it closes before the known contents of the measure C
are released, and the lower tap D closes before any liquid is let into the measure.
Thus it will be seen that when the handles of the taps are moved in one direction
the supply at the upper tap A is out off, while the liquid which had been filled into
the measure C is released and is delivered through the delivery tap D. When
moved in the opposite direction the delivery tap Ď is closed and the supply tap A
opened, thus filling the measure C with another charge ready for the next delivery.
On the spindle of the upper tap A is fixed a counter G counting up to any re-
quired number so as to keep tally of the amount taken from the supply. Thus
each time the taps are open and closed, to charge the measure and empty it, this
counter will register one on the dial, thus registering each ½ gill, 2 pint or what-
ever 'quantity the measure is designed to hold at each charge, and as both taps
cannot be opened at the same time this device will correctly check every quantity
taken from the keg, cask or other supply. The container can be constructed of
either metal, glass or earthenware, and by having a union joint top and bottom
between the taps and a telescopic connecting rod or other suitable arrangements,
can be made to work with various sized measures changeable at will.
Among the advantages resulting from the use of this invention may be mentioned
the following. Neither tap is open simultaneously, no matter whether the handle
be half way up or down, one of the taps must be closed before the liquid will flow:
the device does away with loose measures, checks all liquid sold, prevents fraud
and pilfering or anyone tampering with the spirits or other liquid, and shows at
a glance the amount sold; it saves waste and mistakes as it will not deliver more
than the proper quantity at each discharge and facilitates stock taking, telling the
quantity taken from any cask immediately, and affording a quicker way of serving
liquor, as the measure is always charged ready for use and liquor can be delivered
from the measure at any moment.

page_text: 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. An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquids, consisting of a
supply tap adapted to fit or screw on to a spirit jar, cask, drum or other source of
supply, a container or measure of known capacity placed in communication there-
with, and a delivery tap in connection with the container, the handles of these
taps being so coupled together that one cannot work independently of the other
and the taps themselves so arranged that when the supply tap is closed the delivery
one is open, and vice versa, substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. The combination with the measuring apparatus described in Claim 1 of a
mechanical counter, adapted to register on a dial the quantity drawn from the
supply, substantially as set forth.
3. The apparatus as a whole substantially as set forth.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Patent Agents, of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London.