Improvements in and connected with a Stationary Stand for the Withdrawal of Aerated Waters.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with a Stationary Stand for the
Withdrawal of Aerated Waters.
I, JOHN ECKERSLEY of Silvermine Road, St. Arnaud, in the Colony of Victoria,.
Eucalyptus 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide an improved glass stand for the distribution
of aerated waters which may be attached to the counters of houses of refreshment..
Hitherto it has been the practice to dispense soda and other liquids from portable.
siphon bottles placed upon the bar counter. But a grave objection to this method
was the expense since the bottles were subject not only to injury but also to
destruction in their handling. But with my invention the glass stand from which.
the liquid is liberated is not portable but is secured to the counter and does not
contain the liquid in its base but in a reservoir which may be placed in any
convenient position. In appearance this glass stand very much resembles the
ordinary siphon bottle now in use since it has on its top a discharge spout and
lever by which the discharge is opened or closed. There also passes down the centre
of the stand a glass tube which does not however end at the base of the stand but
passes right through the counter and is connected to the reservoir aforesaid. The
glass stand though very much resembling a siphon bottle in appearance is without a.
bottom and is secured to the counter by a flange, an annular ring and a base-
plate.
My invention consists of a glass stand which in appearance resembles a bottle and
which has on its top a discharge spout and a lever for opening or closing the
discharge. In the centre of the stand is a pipe through which the liquid passes.
upwardly.and is conveyed from an adjacent reservoir to the spout. At the bottom
of the stand and round its outside edge is a flange by which the said stand is secured
to a metallic base plate provided with an annular waste well.
But in order that my invention may be better understood I will now refer
to the accompanying sheet of drawings which are to be taken as part of this specifi-
cation and read herewith.
Figure 1 represents a view partly in section and partly in elevation of the stand
shewing the discharge spout on the top of the stand and the lever by which the
discharge of the liquid is controlled. There is also seen the flange on the outside
of the bottom of the stand by which the said stand is secured to the base plate. In
this base plate is an annular waste well in which accumulates any liquid that may
escape from the discharge spout. This may be drawn off by a pipe or drain into
any suitable receptacle placed beneath the counter. On the inside of the metallic
base plate is a retaining ring for preventing any of the waste liquid trickling down
the central hole. Beneath the counter is also seen the reservoir from which the
liquid is taken which reservoir is under pressure and may be charged or replaced in
any well known way.
Figure 2 represents a plan of the stand shewing part of the annular ring removed
and exposing the waste well represented by a broad black line.
On reference to the drawings it will be seen that A is the glass stand to the top of
which is the discharge spout B and the discharge controlling lever C. Situated in
the centre of the stand is the supply pipe D which passes through a hole E in the
counter G and a similar hole in the base plate F. This pipe communicates with the

page_text: reservoir H. At the bottom of the stand A is an outside flange 1 which rests upon
a flexible ring J placed upon the base plate. On the top of this flange bears an
annular ring K which is secured to the base plate by two or more screws L. It is
by this ring K that the stand is secured to the base plate, which in turn is fixed to
the counter by the screws M. Around the said base plate is the annular waste well N
from which the liquid may be run off by the pipe O. In order to prevent the
drippings from the spout (which fall down the side of the stand and gather in the
well N) from percolating through the flexible ring J and trickling down the central
hole E there is raised or cast inside the base plate a retaining ring P. There are
also beneath the ring K two or more grooves or channels by which the drippings
instead of accumulating between the inside of the ring K and the stand A fall down
into the well N. In a modification of the foregoing a diaphragm is placed across the
base of the stand and for the purpose of rendering it more attractive in appearance
the stand is partially filled with water or other liquid. By this means it more
perfectly resembles the portable siphons now in use.
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 :-
1st. In improvements in and connected with a stationary stand for the withdrawal
of aerated waters, a glass stand as A having an open bottom with an outside flange
as I on its bottom edge for securing it to a base plate all as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the drawings.
2nd. In improvements in and connected with a stationary stand for the withdrawal
of aerated liquids a stand as A having a diaphragm across its base above which may
be placed water or other liquid as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
3rd. In improvements in and connected with a stationary stand for the with-
drawal of aerated waters and in combination a base plate as F having a central
hole as E, an annular waste well as N, retaining ring as P, discharge pipe as O, to
which base plate is attached the annular ring as K which locks the flange as I
of a glass stand as A all as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as
illustrated in the drawings.
4th. In improvements in and connected with a stationary stand for the withdrawal
of aerated waters and in combination an open bottomed glass stand as A having
spout as B, a lever as C, and an outside flange as I, a central supply pipe as D
and a reservoir as H, a base plate as F having a central hole as E, an annular
waste well as N retaining ring as P and discharge pipe as O, to which base plate
is attached the annular ring as K which locks the flange as I of the said stand A
all as and for the purposes herein before described and as illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of September 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.