Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring out Liquids.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Dec., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring out Liquids.
I, HENRY SUTCLIFFE, of the firm of Wright Sutcliffe & Son, Adelaide Street,
Halifax, Brass Founder & Sanitary Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for measuring out liquids, and
consists of a tap which may be fixed in a bottle, jar, decanter, barrel or other vessel.
The plug of the tap is attached to the screwed or plug end of the tail of the tap which
is fitted to the bottle jar, decanter, barrel or other vessel, by suitable means, with inlet
and outlet ways communicating with the body part of the tap, to which is fixed the
cylinder or measuring vessel, in which is a piston weighted according to the force
required for ejecting the liquid or fluid, either for perfumed or other waters, ornamental
or other fountains, or into glasses from the bottle jar, decanter, barrel or other vessel
or receptacle, where measuring or controlling is required.
When a glassful or a small quantity of liquid or fluid is required it is only necessary
to turn the measuring vessel, which is attached to the body of the tap, bottom to top,
or upside down, when the weighted piston will eject the liquid or fluid with considerable
force, and according to the weight of the piston within the measuring vessel will lift,
pump or force the liquid or fluid as the piston graduates to the bottom or opposite end of
the cylinder or measuring vessel, and at the same time closes the outlet and keeps the
vessel perfectly tight, thereby preventing any possibility of leakage.
Dated this 24th day of December 1889.
HENRY SUTCLIFFE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Measuring out Liquids.
I, HENRY SUTCLIFFE, of Adelaide Street, Halifax, Brass Founder and Sanitary
Engineer, 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 improvements in apparatus for measuring out liquids, and
has more particularly reference to improvements upon former patents granted to me
for inventions relating to the same subject, viz.: Nos. 2303 of A.D. 1886 and 2752 of
A.D. 1889. In both the latter patents there is a loose piston within the measuring
cylinder which is fixed in a horizontal position, and the piston is moved, from one
end to the other of the cylinder, by the pressure of the liquid behind it.
Now, according to my present invention, the plug of the cock is in one piece with
the tail of the cock, and is axially aligned with it. Inlet and outlet ports are formed
therein. The barrel of the cock is movable about the plug, and the two said ports
are continued through the barrel, (but in opposite directions), and thence, through
suitable pipes, into the respective ends of the measuring cylinder which is, therefore,
fast to the barrel and movable with it about the axis of the plug. When the cylinder
is in a vertical position, the plug will be at the bottom, and the cylinder full of liquid ;
but, when the latter is inverted, the weight of the piston takes it to the bottom of
the cylinder, expelling the charge of fluid, and, at the same time, pumping a second
charge in.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same is to be carried into
practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will now describe them in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying figures which are to be taken as part of
this Specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a sectional plan illustrating my invention as applied to a barrel tap, and

page_text: Fig. 2 is a front elevation corresponding therewith.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation illustrating the application of my invention to a counter
spirit jar.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the head of the barrel; and B, the tail of the cock.
So far, the parts mentioned are of the usual construction.
C is the plug of the cock; and D, the barrel. E is the inlet port. It is shewn
partly in dotted lines, and partly by the square port in the plug. F is the outlet
port and G, the delivery. The relative disposition of these two ports, E and F, is
shewn in elevation by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.
d, dare the ports in the barrel. These are set opposite to each other, so as to
coincide with the ports E and F, respectively, at one and the same time. H, Hare
pipes connecting the ports d, d' with the respective ends of the measuring cylinder J.
Kis the loose piston. It is weighted to enable it to operate quickly, as well as
effectively.
L is a suitable counter. It is actuated twice in each revolution of the barrel
about the plug by a finger m. Provision is made to prevent the barrel being turned
in the wrong direction by a ratchet n and pawl o, or any other equivalent mechanism.
The operation of my invention is as follows:-
:-
So long as the cylinder is in the horizontal position, both ports E, F, are closed
bui, if it is moved into the vertical position, the descent of the plug will pump a
charge of liquid in through the inlet port E. When the cylinder again inverted,
the descent of the piston expels the charge of liquid through the outlet port F and
delivery G, and, at the same time, pumps in a second supply.
;
Referring to Fig. 3, p. is an air-supply. The dotted lines shewing the vertical position
of the measuring cylinder, and the two ports E, F, together illustrate clearly that it
is only when the cylinder is in a vertical position, at which time the piston can act
in obedience to gravity, that the said inlet and outlet ports are in communication
with the opposite ends of the cylinder, respectively.
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. The combination of cock-barrel; measuring cylinder, and loose piston, as and for
the purpose set forth.
2. The combination of cock-plug, inlet and outlet ports formed therein, a barrel
adapted to be rotated about the plug, a measuring cylinder, ports adapted to place
the opposite ends of the said cylinder in communication with the inlet and outlet
ports, respectively, when it is in a vertical position, and a weighted piston adapted
to work within the said cylinder and by its descent therein to expel one charge of
liquid and to pump another in, as set forth.
Dated th: 001 L
1900
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.