Improvements in Measuring and Registering Apparatus for the Sale of Liquids, Spirits, Wine, and the like Liquids in Hotels or other places.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 28th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 27th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Measuring and Registering Apparatus for the Sale
of Liquids, Spirits, Wine, and the like Liquids in Hotels or other
places.
We, JOHN HOLROYD, of Tomlinson Street, Hulme, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, and EDMUND WISEMAN, of Cheap Side, Luton, in the
County of Bedford, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved apparatus whereby liquids, such as spirits,
wines, and the like may be quickly, easily, and accurately measured out in pre-
determined quantities, for sale, and to means for registering or totalling the number
of times such measured quantities have been taken out.
To this end we preferably use a glass vessel or chamber in combination with a
small air vessel. This glass vessel renders the liquid, which is to be sold, visable,
previous to its been drawn off. When the liquid, which is always placed above the
glass vessel and air chamber, impinges upon the air therein contained in proportion
to its respective head or column, it compresses the air until the pressures equalize
themselves. The discharge of the liquid is effected by closing the communication
between the said air vessel and the liquid supply and the liquid subsequently
permitted to pass through a three way tap, by reason of the re-expansion of the
compressed air outwards. This three way tap is an ordinary conical shell plug tap,
having a slot which links itself with two passages and causes communication
between the said liquid column and air chamber to be established when at rest. In
a neutral position, when the plug tap is moved about 90 degrees, the slot previously
referred to is shut off from all connection and a small hole drilled crossways and
connected to a central hole or outlet, is caused to establish communication between
the pent up liquid and the atmosphere, the resulting action causes the liquid to be
ejected therefrom by the expansion of the air until it restores itself to the ordinary
pressure of the atmosphere. This three way tap has a segmental toothed wheel
which gears into a ratchet aud is also connected by means of rods, bell cranked
lever, tumbling lever or pawl, to a ratchet wheel, having a suitable number of
teeth in a division of six in the circle. This mechanism is so constructed as to
impart motion to dials, which shows a true register of shillings and pounds taken,
and the same can be read at a glance.
The moving parts are placed within a small metalic shell which has centres and
brackets to carry the spindles of the dials and an intermediate spindle geared to
suit the dials by this means the number of turns or reciprocations, if the plug has
only an oscillating or vibrating movement, are shown and totalled on the dial.
We may also provide for a small bell to ring when a certain number of charges
have been drawn, say, equal in value to one pound, or any desired sum, and at such
times a cash drawer contained in the apparatus is unlocked, for the purpose of
removing the cash therefrom.
We may also provide a coin releasing arrangement, so that the tap cannot be
released until the coin has been registered.
Dated this 07th dow of Mar 1801

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Measuring and Registering Apparatus for the Sale
of Liquids, Spirits, Wine, and the like Liquids in Hotels or other
places.
We, JOHN HOLROYD, of Tomlinson Street, Hulme, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Engineer, and EDMUND WISEMAN, of Cheapside, Luton, in the
County of Bedford, 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 an improved apparatus whereby liquids, such as spirits,
wines, and the like may be quickly, easily and accurately measured out in
predetermined quantities for sale, and to means for registering or totalling the
number of times such measured quantities have been taken out.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1, Sheet I, is a front view, Fig. 2 a vertical cross section on line X-X and
Fig. 3 a back view of Fig. 1, of one form of our measuring and registering
apparatus. Figs. 4 & 7 are longitudinal sections enlarged of the tap plug and
shell showing the plug in two different positions and respective relation of the
various pipes, ports and passages. Figs. 5 & 6 are respectively cross sections at
lines A-B & C-D of Fig. 14, and Figs. 8 & 9 at lines E-F and G-H of
Fig. 7.
Fig. 10, Sheet II, is a vertical section at line X-X of Fig. 12 of another
form of our liquid measuring and registering apparatus constructed in accordance
with our invention. Fig. 11 is a front view of the lower and Fig. 12 a plan of the
front portion thereof. Figs. 13, 17, 21 & 25 are longitudinal sections of the plug
and shell, showing the plug in four different positions and the relation of the
various pipes, passages and ports. Figs. 14, 15 & 16 are respectively cross sections
at lines I-K, L-M, N-O, of Fig. 13. Figs. 18, 19 & 20 at lines marked I-K,
L-M, N-O, of Fig. 17. Figs. 22, 23 & 24 at lines marked I-K, L―M, N-O
of Fig. 21, and Figs. 26, 27 & 28 at lines marked I-K, L-M, N-O, of Fig. 25
of the tap shell and plug. Fig. 29 is a plan of Fig. 17.
This invention may be carried out in various ways:-
According to one form and referring to Sheet I, we preferably use a glass vessel
or chamber a in combination with a small air vessel or chamber a¹ suitably
combined in a casing b. The liquid to be sold passes from a supply tank (not
shown) through a pipe c, see Figs. 2 & 3, to a passage d in the shell e of a tap,
through the plug of the latter and through another passage g in the shell e,
into the glass vessel or chamber a, which latter renders the said liquid visible
previous to being drawn. When the liquid from the said supply tank (not
shown), which is always placed at a level above the glass vessel or chamber a,
and air vessel or chamber a', impinges upon the air therein contained in proportion
to its respective head or column, it compresses the air until the pressures equalize
themselves.
The discharge of the liquid from the glass vessel or chamber a is effected by
closing the communication between the air vessel or chamber a¹ and the liquid
supply and in the meantime establishing communication between the glass vessel or
chamber a and the atmosphere thus permitting the liquid subsequently to pass
through a radial port h, central passage i and port k, see Fig. 2, out of the said
tap, by reason of the re-expansion of the compressed air outwards. This tap is an
ordinary conical shell plug tap f, e, having a slot which links itself with the two
passages & & y, see Figs. 4. & 6, and causes communication between the liquid

page_text: coluinn and the glass vessel or chamber a to be established when at rest and in a
neutral position. When the plug of the tap is moved about 90 degrees, more or
less, see Figs. 7, 8 & 9, the slot is shut off from all connection with the two
passages d&g and the radial port h communicating with the central passage i, or
outlet, establishes communication between the pent up liquid and the atmosphere,
the resulting action causing the liquid to be ejected therefrom by the expansion of
the air until it restores itself to the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere. The
front end of the tap plug is surrounded by a casing m having a bib n through
which the measured liquid leaves and a slot o through which projects the tap
handle P and which serves to limit the movement of the plug f. This three way
tap, e, may have one or more segmental toothed wheels, or their equivalent,
gearing either direct or indirectly into a rack 7 connected by means of a rod or
rods 9, bell cranked lever and tumbling lever-or preferably by a lever q² and
pawl to a ratchet wheel having a suitable number of teeth in a division of six
in the circle. This mechanism is so constructed as to impart motion to fingers in
connection with dials q which show a true register of pence, shillings and pounds
taken and the same can be read at a glance.
Referring to Sheet II, another form of our invention consists in placing a supply
vessel (not shown) containing liquid at a suitable height from whence a pipe c, see
Fig. 1, is led to a passage d formed in the tap shell e terminating in a port d'in
the top of the latter through which the liquid is conveyed by the pressure of its
column in the supply vessel (not shown) into a slot or cavity in the tap plug f,
see Figs. 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 & 27, which slot / of sufficient length to
link with it a second port y also situated at the upper part of the tap shell e
through which the liquid passes into an air chamber a preferably of glass, which
also serves as a receiver of predetermined quantities of liquid, the quantity of
liquid entering such air chamber a depending upon the capacity of the latter and
the amount of compression of the air in the same due to the height or head of the
liquid column. The ports d & g and the slot or cavity are in the position above
indicated at the time the tap is in its neutral position. Upon turning the tap
plug by the handle p to the right into position, shown in Figs. 17, 18, 19 & 20,
up to a fixed stop, which may be the part r of the casing m surrounding the end of
and
the plug, the slot or cavity is shut off from all connection with ports d' &
a port k in the plug f, which leads to the atmosphere through a central passage i
5 in the same, is brought into communication with the port in the tap shell e
leading to the air chamber a when the liquid is ejected by the expansion of the
pent up air in the air chamber a through port k of the plug f, see Fig. 17.
example shown, a passage g' leads from the top of the glass air chamber a to a
metal air chamber a' formed above it, and when this passage g¹ is in open communi-
Ocation, as in the present. instance, the two chambers a, a' practically form one
chamber of increased capacity. Upon the above conditions a fixed quantity of
liquid can regularly be drawn off.
In the
The
The tap plug fis provided with an arm f¹ which when the plug is turned to
the left, see Fig. 11, comes in contact with a movable stops carried by a flat
springt; when moved further to the left, with a second similar movable stop s¹ ;
and when moved still further to the left, with a fixed stop s². Other means may
be also employed for arresting the plug in the required position if desired.
first named movable stop s is moved out of the way by pressing a button u carried
upon the flat spring t, when the arm f' of the plug fis next stopped by the second
O movable stop s². The latter is moved away by pressing a second button u¹ carried
upon another flat spring t' and in pushing back this second button u¹the first
button u and stops are cleared or pushed back by the same operation, by
reason of the flat spring t¹ contacting with the spring t carrying the first stop s.
In order to re-supply the glass air chamber a with the predetermined quantity of
5 liquid, 'the plug f is again turned to the left from the ejecting position shown in
Figs. 17, 18, 19 & 20, to its neutral position shown in Figs. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16,
at which time the arm f' on the plug f is stopped by the above mentioned first

page_text: movable stop s. When it is desired to draw off an increased quantity of liquid, the
plug is turned still further to the left, the first movable stop s being moved away
and allowing the arm f' on the plug to come into contact with the second movable
stop s. This movement of the plug fopens two air ports v, e, in the bottom of the
tap shell e, one communicating with the before mentioned air chamber a¹ and the
other with another air chamber a² respectively by means of the conduits v² & v³
thus linking the two air chambers a' & a² together by means of a slot or cavity w
in the plug, see Figs. 21, 23 & 24, and adding to the volume of air acted upon by
the liquid column and as a result allowing an increased quantity of liquid to flow
into the glass air chamber a. When it is desired to draw off a. still further
increased quantity of liquid; the second movable stop s is moved away and the
plug turned to the left until the arm f¹ on same comes into contact with the fixed
stops to the left. This further movement of the plug f by means of a slot or
cavity y in the same, see Figs. 25, 26, 27 & 28, port and conduit vs, links a third
air chamber a³ to the air chambers a¹ & a², thus still further adding to the volume
of air acted upon by the liquid column and as a result still further increasing the
quantity of liquid in the glass air chamber a. In the plug fis formed another slot
or cavity a, see Figs. 17, 18, 19 & 20, which serves to re-link either any or all of
the air chambers a, a, a3 at the time of the ejection of the liquid and thus
permitting the simultaneous re-expansion of the air in any or all of the chambers a',
a², a³. In the above example we provide an apparatus for measuring and delivering
predetermined quantities of three different volumes, the volume obtained by
moving the plug to the first movable stop s to the left and returning it to the
fixed stop r to the right, giving say two-pennyworth of liquid; by moving the
plug from the fixed stop r to the second movable stop s to the left and back
again we obtain, say four-pennyworth of liquid; and by moving the plug ƒ from
the fixed stop to the fixed stop s² to the left and back again we obtain, say
six-pennyworth of liquid.
For the purpose of regulating the capacity of the air chambers a¹, a², a³, herein
referred to and of measuring and delivering a different combination or combinations
of quantities, say three-half-pennyworth, two-pennyworth, and three-pennyworth,
they are made of sufficient size in the first instance, and their capacity is reduced
by filling them with sand or other material to the extent required to give the
quantity of air requisite in the several air chambers, the amount of filling material
required depending upon the height or head of the aforesaid liquid column.
Holes are provided at the top of each of the said air chambers for the purpose of
filling or partially filling the same and also at the bottom thereof for the purpose
of removing the filling material or a portion of same, these holes z being fitted
with screw plugs and washers for the purpose of sealing the holes when the
amount of displacement required has been made by the filling material.
To effect the registering and totalling of the money taken for each amount of
liquid drawn a register is employed in the casing 6 and actuated from the tap
plug f, which register may be similar in construction to that shown on Sheet I,
Figs. 1, 2 & 3, or of any other suitable form.
We may also provide for a small bell to ring when a certain number of charges
have been drawn, say equal in value to one pound, or any desired sum and at such
times a cash drawer contained in the apparatus is unlocked for the purpose of
removing the cash therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim, is-
"In measuring apparatus for the sale of liquids, spirits, wines and the like liquids
in hotels or other places."

page_text: with letters of reference, from Nos. 1 to 29 inclusive and operating substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
2nd. The combination of a liquid supply tank, with one or more air chambers of
equal or varying capacity arranged to be brought in and out of communication
with each other by means of a suitable tap, which latter is also arranged to
communicate with the atmosphere in such a manner that when liquid from the
said supply tank is admitted into the said glass air chamber the head or column of
such liquid compresses a volume of air contained in the said chamber or chambers
until the pressures equalize themselves as heretofore described; and that such
compressed air, on establishing communication between the pent up liquid and the
atmosphere, expands until the atmospheric pressure has restored itself, thereby
ejecting the desired predetermined quantity of liquid, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 27th day of March 1902
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.