Improvements in Apparatus for Dispensing Liquids.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1892-Accepted. 6th Aug.. 1892
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 apparatus for dispensing liquids, in which a primary
supply of the liquid to be dispensed is connected with one or more secondary
supplies within reach of the customer or bar-tender, or both, and provision is made
for forcing the liquid from the primary supply to the secondary supply or supplies.
My invention more particularly contemplates the arrangement of a series of
dispensing devices where they may be manipulated by the customer, as for example
along the front bar; another series of dispensing devices accessible to the bar-
tender only, as for example along the back bar; a primary or general supply for
one or more of each of the series of dispensing devices; and means to furnish
sufficient head to cause the liquid to flow freely from both series of dispensing
devices.
A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying
drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 represents a front and back bar, with provision for locating a series of
dispensing devices along each, and showing a scries of secondary reservoirs for
supplying the necessary head to both series of dispensing devices; and
Fig. 2 is a view, in end elevation, of a front and back bar, showing a sub-chamber
or cellar in which the primary or general supply may be located, and showing a
device for compressing air to supply the head, instead of the series of secondary
reservoirs.
A represents a front bar, B a back bar, and C a sub-chamber or cellar. Along
the front bar A, I locate one or more independent dispensing apparatuses a, such
for example as shown, described, and claimed in English Patent No. 16,564 granted
to me on the 29th day September 1891. These apparatuses a are preferably located
along the rear edge of the bar, and are pivotally secured, as shown at a¹, Fig. 2,
so that they may be turned down behind the bar when not in use.
The cooling chamber a² extends along within the casing of the bat A, and serves
to cool the liquid passing through the coiled pipe d² therein, on its way to the
dispensing apparatus a.
Along the back bar B, I locate one or more dispensing apparatuses b, such for
example as shown, described, and claimed in English Patent No. 13,555 granted
to me on the 11th day of August 1891, and simply indicated in the present case by
a measuring receptacle and operating lever.
In Fig. 1, I have shown a series of secondary reservoirs E, for supplying both
the apparatuses and a, and furnishing the necessary head for causing the liquid
to flow into the measuring receptacle of said apparatuses, while in Fig. 2 I have
shown the liquid as conducted directly from the primary supply to the measuring
receptacle of the dispensing apparatuses, the head or necessary pressure in the
latter case being supplied by means of compressed air in communication with
the liquid in the primary supply reservoirs.
D represents one, there may be several,-of the primary supply reservoirs
located in the chamber or sub-cellar C. A pipe d leads from the reservoir D, and
supplies liquid to the dispensing apparatus 6, either by its communication with
the reservoir E, or by its direct communication with the measuring receptacle, as
in Fig. 2. A branch pipe d' leads either from the reservoir E, as shown in Fig. 1,

page_text: or from the pipe d, as shown in Fig. 2, to the dispensing apparatus b, the said
pipe being provided with the coil of pipe d², as hereinbefore referred to.
When the secondary reservoirs E are employed, I provide a force pump F
interposed in the pipe d, for the purpose of drawing the liquid from the primary
supply D, and forcing it into the reservoir E. By this means, the supply in the
reservoir E may be kept up, as desired, while at the same time there is no access
to the liquid on the part of the operator. I also provide a connection between
the pipe and the branch pipe d', for allowing the liquid to flow from the
reservoir E, and coil ², back into the primary supply reservoir. When it is
desired to remove the dispensing apparatuses for cleansing or other purposes, the
connection is provided with a stop cock f
In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2, where the pipe d leads from the primary
supply directly to the measuring receptacle of the dispensing apparatus b, I furnish
the necessary head to raise the liquid to the apparatuses a and b, by means of
compressed air from the air chamber G. I prefer to make the air chamber G
of cylindrical form, and supply it with a valve piston g, weighted sufficiently to
give the necessary compression, and connect the chamber G with the several
primary supply reservoirs D at the point above the liquid therein, as, for example,
by pipes g¹ provided with stop cocks g². To raise the piston g, to admit the fresh
supply of air within the cylinder G, I find it convenient to provide a crank wheel H
having a flexible connection with the piston y.
The above arrangement admits of placing any one of the apparatuses a within
convenient reach of the purchaser, so that he may help himself to such an amount
of any one of the several kinds of drinks that he may call for, and at the same
time admits of the bar-tender drawing from any one of some of the apparatuses b
along the back bar, as, for example,in mixing drinks, or in preparing drinks for the
purchaser, as may be required. In either instance, the liquid is securely closed
against access thereto on the part of the tender, as the conduit for its passage
from the supply to the dispensing apparatuses, has a permanently closed wall
wherever exposed to said tender.
The form represented in Fig. 2 has the further advantage of being adapted to
be set up in places where the back bar is provided with expensive panelling or
ornamentation, without hiding such ornamentation by the series of reservoirs.
For convenience in Hushing the pipes, I provide a branch pipe d³ leading
from the pipe d to the water main, and furnish the pipe d³ and pipe d with the
stop cocks and do respectively, so that the communication between the reservoir
and pipe d may be cut off, and the water from the main allowed to rush through
the pipes d and d', and through the apparatuses connected therewith.
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 :-
:-
The combination with a front and back bar, and a liquid dispensing apparatus
located on each, of a supply reservoir, a conduit leading from the supply reservoir
to each of the dispensing apparatuses, and. provided with a permanently closed
wall, wherever exposed to the bar-tender, a movable pressure device in open
communication with the liquid, and means for operating the pressure device,
substantially as set forth.
Davad #1: 5041 1
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1005
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.