Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Liquids.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1891-Accepted, 1st Aug.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities
of Liquids.
I, CHRISTINA WATSON CORBETT of 65 Jamaica Street in the City of
Glasgow, Teacher of Music, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This bucket is
This invention relates to improved apparatus for delivering measured quantities
of liquids such as spirits or beer or milk and it is designed to be operated either
through the intervention of coin freed locking mechanism or directly by hand
in substitution for an automatic measuring tap. The improved apparatus com-
prises a small covered bucket preferably of approximately conical form and
adapted to hold the desired measure of liquid to be delivered.
fitted to slide on vertical or inclined guides within a cask or vessel containing
the liquor to be supplied and is dropped into the liquor and raised to discharge
its contents into and through a hopper provided with a delivery nozzle by means
of a cord or chain attached to it. The bucket or vessel has a delivery nozzle
at its lower end and an air orifice at its upper end the said air orifice being
closed by a valve which is normally held shut when lifting but is opened to permit
the discharge of the contents of the vessel when the latter is raised and comes in
contact with a stop piece and which opens automatically to permit the vessel to fill
when it is lowered into the liquid. Instead of the valve arrangement the bucket
may be open and arranged to tilt and discharge its contents by a mouthpiece. The
cord or chain for raising and lowering the measuring vessel is operated either
directly or by a wheel or pulley over which it passes or by a quadrant, lever or
like means to which it is attached the pulley being rotated or the quadrant or lever
vibrated by a second cord or by a rack and pinion or other means from a handle
outside a casing within which the apparatus is fitted.
When adapted for operation through the intervention of coin freed locking
mechanism a ratchet or locking pins is or are fitted on the side of the cord pulley
quadrant or lever and is locked to prevent movement of the operating handle by a
detent or lever having an arm engaging the teeth of said ratchet or pins or the
detent or lever may engage the teeth of the rack or pinion when such is used,
the detent or lever being tilted to free the apparatus on dropping the proper coin
or coins through a tube the lower end of which is in proximity to the end of the
lever or detent. For the purpose of preventing thin coins choking the coin tube
there is fitted at its lower end an oscillating flap which is suitably weighted or so
hung that the first coin dropped through the tube rests on a ledge at the lower end
of the flap and tilts it so that the next coin rests on a ledge at its upper end instead
of resting on the first coin. The last coin projects through a slit in the side of the
coin tube and bears on the detent or lever so as to disengage the wheel or rack and
permit the operating handle to be actuated. Then in the movement of the wheel
or rack a cam piece on it is brought into contact with a lever or arm on which the
oscillating flap is fitted and by tilting said arm permits the coin to drop into a
receptacle below. A small orifice is provided in the casing of the apparatus
through which a pin may be pushed to tilt the lever and flap and discharge the
coins in the event of their not having been freed from the flap.
In the operation of the apparatus the measuring bucket or vessel is by preference
left immersed in the liquid after each action and on dropping the proper coin or
coins through the slit or tube the releasing detent or lever is tilted and the cord or
chain mechanism freed whereupon the bucked is raised by means of the cord
or chain and its contents discharged through the hopper and discharge nozzle.

page_text: Two or more buckets or measuring vessels of different sizes may be fitted to
draw liquor from the same or different casks or vessels placed within a single casing
which may be glazed to shew the action of the apparatus.
Dated this Seventh day of October 1890.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities
of Liquids.
1, CHRISTINA WATSON CORBETT, of 65 Jamaica Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Teacher of Music, 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 improved apparatus for delivering measured quantities
of liquids such as spirits or beer or milk and it is designed to be operated either
through the intervention of coin freed locking mechanism or directly by hand in
substitution for an automatic measuring tap. The improved apparatus which is
represented in the accompanying drawings in vertical section and elevation at
Figures 1 and 2 and in a modified form in like views at Figures 3 and 4, comprises
a small covered bucket A preferably of approximately conical form and adapted to
hold the desired measure of liquid to be delivered. This bucket is fitted to slide
on vertical or inclined guides B fitted within a cask or vessel C containing the
liquor to be supplied and is dropped into the liquor and raised to discharge its
contents into and through a hopper D provided with a delivery nozzle d by means
of a cord or chain E attached to it. The bucket or vessel A has a delivery
nozzle a at its lower end and an air orifice a' at its upper end the said air orifice
being closed by a valve a² which is normally held shut when lifting but is opened
to permit the discharge of the contents of the vessel when the latter is raised and
comes in contact with a stop piece at a³ the valve opening automatically to permit
the vessel A to fill when it is lowered into the liquid. Instead of the valve
arrangement the bucket A may be open and arranged to tilt and discharge its
contents by a mouthpiece as indicated at Figure 3. The cord or chain E for
raising and lowering the measuring vessel is operated either directly as shewn in
dotted lines at E¹, Fig. 1, or by a wheel or pulley F, over which it passes or by
a quadrant lever or like means to which it is attached the pulley F being rotated
or the quadrant or lever vibrated by a second cord G as indicated at Figs. 3 and 4,
or by a rack H and pinion I, the rack being conveniently formed as shown at
Figures 1 and 2 on the end of a lever J having a handle extending outside a
casing K within which the apparatus is fitted.
When adapted for operation through the intervention of coin freed locking
mechanism, a ratchet L or locking pins is or are fitted on the side of the cord
pulley as indicated at Figures 3 and 4 or as shown at Figures 1 and 2 on the
quadrant or lever J and is locked to prevent movement of the operating handle by
à detent or lever M pivotted at m and having an arm m' engaging the teeth of
said ratchet or pins or the detent or lever may engage the teeth of the rack or
pinion when such is used the detent or lever M being tilted to free the apparatus
on dropping the proper coin or coins through a tube N the lower end of which is
in proximity to the end of the lever or detent M.
For the purpose of preventing thin coins choking the coin tube there is fitted at
its lower end an oscillating flap O, centred at o and which is suitably weighted or
so hung that the first coin dropped through the tube rests on a ledge p at the
lower end of the flap and tilts it so that the next coin rests on a ledge pl, at its
upper end instead of resting on the first coin. The last coin projects through a slit

page_text: at n in the side of the coin tube N and bears on the detent or lever M so as to
disengage the ratchet wheel L or rack H and permit the operating handle J' to be
actuated. Then in the movement of the cord wheel For rack H a cam piece P on
it is brought into contact with a lever or arm Q pivotted at 7 on which the
oscillating flap O is centred and by tilting said arm permits the coin to drop into a
receptacle R below. A small orifice q' is provided in the casing of the apparatus
through which a pin may be pushed to tilt the lever and flap O and discharge the
coins in the event of their not having been freed from the flap. In the operation
of the apparatus the measuring bucket or vessel A is by preference left immersed
in the liquid after each action and on dropping the proper coin or coins through
the slit or tube N the releasing detent or lever M is tilted and the cord or chain
mechanism freed whereupon the bucket A is raised by means of the cord or
chain E, the delivery nozzle a acting on the lid of the hopper to raise it against the
action of a spring and permit of its contents being discharged through the hopper
and discharge nozzle.
In the modification shewn at Figures 3 and 4 the measuring vessel is an open
bucket sliding on vertical guides B whose upper ends are curved so as to tilt the
bucket and discharge its contents through the hopper D and nozzle d when the
cord or chain is drawn taut.
When the requisite coins have been dropped into the coin tube N, and the detent
thereby released the handle S, to which is attached a cord Gr, passing over a second
cord pulley G fixed on the same spindle as the large cord pulley F is pulled
turning the cord pulley F in the direction indicated by the arrow (Fig. 4.) and by
means of the cord or chain raising and tilting the measuring vessel.
Instead of a second cord pulley the spindle of the cord pulley F may be brought
through the casing K and have a handle T attached to it to operate the pulley
direct. Two or more buckets or measuring vessels of different sizes may be fitted
to draw liquor from the same or different casks or vessels placed within a single
casing which may be glazed to show the action of the apparatus.
The apparatus is applicable on a larger scale for supplying measured quantities
of water for flushing water closets urinals and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. Apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquids constructed and
arranged to operate substantially as described.
2. Apparatus for measuring and delivering liquids in combination with coin freed
locking mechanism substantially as described.
3. In apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquids a guided bucket or
other measuring vessel adapted to be automatically filled and operated by the pull
of a cord or chain to discharge its measured contents from a tank, barrel or other
supply vessel substantially as described.
4. In apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquids the several
arrangements of devices for raising the measuring vessel after filling substantially
as described.
5. In apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquids the several
arrangements of devices for raising the measuring vessel in combination with means
for locking the same substantially as described.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of June 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.