Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of Aerated or other Liquid.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 25th Mar.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of
Aerated or other Liquid.
We, THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LIMITED, ROBERT JAMES
MOSER, Iron Merchant, and HENRY WILLIAM PHIPPS, Engineer, all of 9, Ducks-
foot Lane, Cannon Street, in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is first to provide efficient valve mechanism and
apparatus for actuating this mechanism to allow of a measuring bottle or vessel
being filled with aerated or other liquid from a large supply vessel in which
the liquid is stored and of the contents of the measuring bottle being drawn off
whenever required.
The supply and discharge valves which we use are disc valves each having a
stem projecting from it by which it can be moved towards and away from its
seat. A passage leads from the outlet chamber of the supply valve to a chamber
which opens into the measuring vessel. Preferably we form the measuring vessel
of a bottle similar to an ordinary soda water bottle held inverted. The discharge
valve also opens into this chamber. The stems of the two valves are preferably
in a line with one another-each is actuated by a lever arm acted on by cam
pieces on a disc carried by a shaft to which a partial turn can be given by a
lever handle. The lever belonging to the supply valve is also acted upon by
a light spring which tends to close the valve whenever the pressure in the
measuring vessel becomes the same or nearly so as the pressure in the storage
or supply vessel.
When the lever arm or handle is drawn down to cause the discharge of the
measuring vessel the cam on its shaft first acts on the lever belonging to the supply
valve and locks it so as to keep it closed and then acts upon the lever belonging
to the discharge valve so as to open this valve and allow the contents of the
measuring vessel to be discharged through a suitable discharge nozzle. The
reverse action takes place when the lever is returned to its normal position. A
small tube is arranged to extend upwards into the measuring vessel the upper
end of the tube being open into the upper part of this vessel and the lower end
being in connection with a loaded suift valve-which may be momentarily
opened by the action upon it of a small portion of the cam whenever the lever
commences to be moved from or to pass back to its normal position so that
whilst the supply valve is still open air may be allowed to escape from the top
of the measuring vessel and so allow this vessel to more completely fill.
When it is desired to be able to draw off a measured quantity of any one
or other of a variety of aerated liquids such as soda water, ginger beer, lemonade
or the like by the movement of one lever handle, the sanie handle serving for
all, we mount loosely upon the shaft of the lever handle as many discs carrying
cam pieces as there are kinds of aerated liquid to be supplied.
Each disc is held normally in one position by a spring holding an arm which
extends from the disc against a fixed stop. The shaft has arms fast with it

page_text: one alongside of each disc. The arm extending from the disc has jointed to
it one end of a lever catch the opposite end of which tends always to drop into
a notch in the circumference of the disc and come in front of the arm which is
fast with the shaft.
Normally all the lever catches are held. up out of the notches. in the cir-
cumference of the discs and out of the way of the arms fast on the shaft by
means of cam pieces which are fast on spindles at right angles to the shaft.
When any one or other kind of aerated liquid is required the cam spindle
belonging to the delivery mechanism for this kind has a partial turn given to it
so as to move the cam piece which it carries out of position for holding the lever
catch out of action--the lever catch then drops so as to come in front of the
arm which is fast on the shaft and when this shaft has a partial turn given to
it the disc carrying the cam pieces turns with it and give motion to the valves
for causing the delivery of this kind of liquid. ·
As the shaft completes its partial turn an arm upon it may strike against
a short arm extending from the cam spindle on the opposite side to the cam which
it carries and so turn the cam spindle and restore the cam to its former position-
the cam then lifts the catch on the return movement of the lever handle and
puts it out of action.
Each cam spindle has an arm extending upwards from it carrying a weight
which when the spindle is turned from one of its positions to the other is
moved past the vertical so ensuring that the spindle shall complete its move-
ment in one or other direction.
In order to ensure that no two discs shall ever be simultaneously locked to
the shaft and turn with it so as simultaneously to deliver aerated liquid of two
different kinds we provide links and connecting bars by which if any one diso
is made fast with the shaft so as to turn with it all the others must necessarily
be free.
If for example there are four discs mounted loosely on the shaft and there are
four cam spindles at right angles to the shaft, crank pins on arms fixed to two
of these cam spindles may pass into slots in one connecting bar and crank pins
on the other two spindles he similarly coupled by another connecting bar.
The two spindles which are coupled by one or other of the connecting bars
are made to turn in opposite directions to bring the cams carried by them into
and out of acting position and the slots in the bar are made long enough to
allow of the spindle carrying one cam piece being turned into a position for the
cam which it carries to be in action but not for the cams carried by both
spindles being in acting position at the same time.
Similarly the spindles coupled to one bar are arranged to act upon the spindles
coupled to the other bar so that if either of the spindles of one pair is turned
to bring the cam which it carries into acting position both of the other pair of
spindles must necessarily be turned into position for the cams which they carry
to be out of action.
In some cases it is required that when the actuating handle or arm has been
drawn downwards to cause the contents of any one or other of the measuring
vessels to be discharged and is allowed to resume its normal position-the parts
of the apparatus should always be brought into position for delivering one par-
ticular aerated liquid say soda water whenever the actuating handle is next
drawn downwards so that on the drawing down of the actuating handle soda
water would be delivered unless the can spindle belonging to the delivery
mechanism of any of the other aerated liquids was first turned into position to
cause the delivery of such other aerated liquid.
To effect this the lever catch in the soda water delivery mechanism may nor-
mally be always free to drop into acting position but a lever may be applied to
hold it up and out of action when any other aerated liquid is to be delivered.
The end of the lever may rest on a bar which is arranged to be raised whenever
any one of the herein before mentioned cam spindles is turned to bring its cam out
of acting position.

page_text: This may be effected by each cam spindle having an arm upon it carrying
a pin which comes below the bar--the arm being approximately horizontal when
the cam on the spindle is in acting position and being turned upwards when the
spindle is turned to move the cam out of acting position.
The lever may have a cam plate fast upon ita pin on the lever catch of the
soda water delivery mechanism may (as this lever catch is carried round by
the drawing down of the actuating handle) pass below this cam plate and lift
the lever then when the pin has been carried past the cam plate the lever
will drop and on the return movement of the lever handle the pin will ride over
the top of the cam plate and the catch will be lifted-the spring connected to
the disc by which the lever catch is carried will then complete the turning
back of the disc to its normal position and when the lever handle also regains
its normal position the lever catch will again drop into acting position.
Dated this 19th day of May 1898.
THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY LTD.
T. H. DOLBEY.
CHARLES E. MOSER,
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Directors,
ROBERT JAMES MOSER
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities of
Aerated or other Liquid.
We, THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LIMITED, ROBERT JAMES
MOSER, Iron Merchant, and HENRY WILLIAM PHIPPS, Engineer, all of 9, Ducks-
foot Lane, Cannon Street, in the City of London, 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 the invention is to provide efficient valve mechanism and
apparatus for actuating this mechanism to allow a measuring bottle or vessel
being filled with aerated or other liquid from a large supply vessel in which
the liquid is stored and of the contents of the measuring bottle being drawn off
whenever required and to allow of any one or other of a number of measuring
vessels being drawn off as required by the operation of one lever handle.
Our improvements are shewn in the drawings annexed.
Figure 1 is a plan view. Figure 2 a front view. Figure 3 an end view and
Figure 4 a vertical transverse section of mechanism for enabling the contents of
any one or other of a number of measuring vessels to be drawn off as required by
the operation of one lever handle-and for allowing the measuring vessel to be
again refilled when the lever is returned to its normal position. In these figures
the measuring vessels and the valve mechanism for controlling the filling and
emptying of these vessels are removed.
Figure 5 is a longitudinal section and Figure 6 an end view of valve mechanism
for controlling the filling and emptying of one of the measuring vessels.
In Figures 5 and 6 A is a supply pipe leading from any suitable storage or
supply vessel containing aerated or other liquid. B is a supply valve and Ca
discharge valve, the valves are as shewn in line with one another at the two
ends of a chamber D which opens into a measuring chamber E, the lower end of
which is indicated in dotted lines-this measuring chamber may conveniently
be an inverted glass bottle similar to an ordinary soda water bottle. The valves
are operated by a lever armi F1 on an axis F giving an endway to and fro move-
ment to a rod G. The axis passes out from the chamber D through a stuffiing

page_text: box and an arm Fa on its outer end is coupled by a link to a lever H which
can be depressed by the action upon it of a pin or cam piece I¹ on a disc I when
a partial turn is given to this disc in the direction shown by the arrow in
Figure 5. The disc and lever H are normally retained in the position shown
in Figure 5 by the action of springs not shown.
When in this position the discharge valve O is closed and the supply valve B
is open so that the measuring vessel remains open to the liquid supply. When
the lever H is depressed into the position shown by dotted lines the supply
valve B is first closed and held firmly against its seat by the compression of
a spring B and afterwards the discharge valve C is opened by the action of a
collar G¹ on the end of the rod G and the liquid in the measuring vessel is
discharged through the outlet nozzle J.
When the lever H is allowed to return to its normal position the reverse action
takes place the discharge valve C is first closed and held to its seat by the action
of a light spring C₁ and then the supply valve is allowed to open and a fresh
supply of liquid passes to the measuring vessel.
To allow of the escape of air from the upper end of the measuring vessel as
it fills with liquid a small tube K extends upwards into the measuring vessel
the upper end of the tube being open into the upper part of this vessel and the
lower end in communication with a snift valve L which can be lifted and held
open by a lever L' acted upon by a pin or cam 12 on the disc whenever this disc
is being turned from or returned to its normal position.
We will now describe the mechanism for enabling a measured quantity of any
one or other of a variety of aerated liquids such as soda water, ginger beer,
lemonade, or the like to be drawn off by the movement of one lever handle, the
same handle serving for all.-A separate disc I valve mechanism, and measuring
vessel is provided for each kind of liquid to be supplied. All of the discs are
mounted loosely on a shaft I* to which a partial turn can be given by the move-
ment of a lever handle M.
Each disc is held normally in one position by a spring holding an arm 1³
which extends from the disc against a fixed stop I. The shaft has arms 15
fast with it one alongside of each disc. The arm I³ extending from each disc
has jointed to it one end of a lever catch N the opposite end of which tends
always to drop into a notch I6 in the circumference of the disc and come in
front of the arm I3 which is fast with the shaft.
Normally all the lever catches are held up out of the notches in the circum-
ference of the discs and out of the way of the arms 15 fast on the shaft by means
of cam pieces 0¹ which are fast on spindles at right angles to the shaft I*.
When any one or other kind of aerated liquid is required the cam spindle O
belonging to the delivery mechanism for this kind has a partial turn given to it
so as to move the cam piece which it carries into a position indicated by the
dotted line in Figure 1 and out of position for holding the lever catch N out
of action the lever catch N then drops and enters the notch I in the circum-
ference of the disc and comes in front of the arm 15 which is fast on the shaft
and when this shaft has a partial turn given to it by the turning downwards
of the lever handle M the disc I turns with it and gives motion to the valves
for causing the delivery of this kind of liquid.
As the shaft I completes its partial turn given to it by the turning down-
wards of the lever handle M a projection 17 from the arm I which is fast upon
it strikes against a short arm 02 extending from the cam spindle 0 on the
opposite side to the cam 01 which it carries and so turns the cam spindle and
restores the cam to its former position--the cam O¹ then lifts the catch N on the
return movement of the lever handle and puts it out of action.
Each cam spindle O has an arm extending upwards from it carrying a weight 03
which when the spindle is turned from one of its positions to the other is moved
past the vertical so ensuring that the spindle shall complete its movement in one
or other direction.

page_text: In order to ensure that no two discs I shall ever be simultaneously locked to
the shaft I and turn with it so as simultaneously to deliver aerated liquid of
two different kinds we provide links and connecting bars by which if any one
disc is made fast with the shaft so as to turn with it all the others must
necessarily be free.
If for example there are four discs mounted loosely on the shaft and there are
four cam spindles O at right angles to the shaft, crank pins on arms fixed to
two of these cam spindles may pass into slots in one connecting bar such as P
shewn in the drawings and crank pins on the other two spindles be similarly
coupled by another similar connecting bar.
The two spindles O which are coupled by one or other of the connecting bars P
are made to turn in opposite directions to bring the cams (1 carried by them.
into and out of acting position and the slots in the bar are made long enough to
allow of the spindle O carrying one cam piece 01 being turned into a position
for the cam 01 which it carries to be in action but not for the cams 01 carried
by both spindles being in acting position at the same time.
Similarly the spindles coupled to one bar are arranged to act upon the spindles
coupled to the other bar so that if either of the spindles of one pair is turned to
bring the cam which it carries into acting position both of the other pair of
spindles must necessarily be turned into position for the cams which they carry
to be out of action.
In Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 we have shown the apparatus as being arranged in
such a manner that when the actuating handle or arm M has been drawn down-
wards to cause the contents of any one or other of the measuring vessels to be
discharged as is allowed to resume its normal position-the parts of the apparatus
are always brought back into position for delivering one particular aerated liquid
say soda water whenever the actuating handle M is next drawn downwards so
that on the drawing down of the actuating handle soda water would be delivered
unless the cam spindle belonging to the delivery mechanism of any of the other
aerated liquids was first turned into position to cause the delivery of such other
aerated liquid.
To effect this the lever catch N in the soda water delivery mechanism may
normally be always free to drop into acting position but a lever P₁ may be applied
to hold it up and out of action when any other aerated liquid is to be delivered.
The end of the lever P¹ may rest on a bar Q which is arranged to be raised
whenever any one of the herein before mentioned cam spindles is turned to
bring its cam 01 out of acting position.
This is effected by each cam spindle having an arm 0' upon it carrying a
pin 05 which comes below the bar Q-the arm being approximately horizontal
when the cam 01 on the spindle is in acting position and being turned upwards
when the spindle is turned to move the cam out of acting position.
If for example before turning downwards the actuating lever or handle M one
of the cam spindles O say the right hand one in Figure 4 has a partial turn
given to it so as to bring its weighted arm into the position indicated by dotted
lines in that figure then the cam 01 on this spindle will have been turned out
of acting position as above explained and the catch N which it previously held
up will be allowed to drop and come in front of the arm 15 which is fast on
the shaft I so that when this shaft has a partial turn given to it by the depression
of the lever handle M the measuring vessel belonging to the disc on the right
hand side of Figure 4 will deliver its contents into any vessel held below its
delivery spout. All the other measuring vessels being at this time restrained
from delivering their contents--the soda water measuring vessel is restrained
from discharging its contents by reason of the bar Q having been lifted as above
explained by the pin 05 on the arm 04, and by the lever P1 being thereby caused
to hold up the catch N belonging to the soda water delivery mechanism and to
keep it out of action-so that the disc I belonging to the soda water delivery
mechanism cannot be turned when the actuating lever or handle M is depressed.

page_text: The other two discs I belonging to the delivery mechanism of the two other
kinds of aerated liquid are also restrained from being turned one by the slotted
connecting bar P the other by the slotted connecting bar R.
When the actuating lever or handle M completes its downward movement the
cam spindle is caused to turn back to its normal position in the manner above
explained and when the actuating lever or handle has again been raised all the
parts will have returned to their normal position and soda-water will be delivered
when the actuating lever or handle is again drawn downwards unless one or'
other of the cam axes 0 has previously a partial turn given to it to cause any
other kind of aerated liquid to be delivered.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. Apparatus for delivering measured quantities of aerated or other liquid con-
sisting of a measuring vessel, supply and delivery valves by which aerated or
other liquid can be supplied to or allowed to pass from this vessel. a pipe opening
into the upper end of vessel and a snifting or air escape valve at the outer end
of this pipe all caused to open and close at the required times by the movement
of a lever handle.
2. Apparatus for delivering measured quantities of aerated or other liquid con-
sisting of a measuring vessel, supply and delivery valves by which aerated or
other liquid can be supplied to or allowed to pass from this vessel, a pipe opening
into the upper end of the vessel and a snifting or air escape valve at the outer
end of this pipe, a disc to which a partial turn can be given by the movement
of a lever handle and projections or cam pieces on the disc by which when the
disc is turned in one direction the supply valve is first closed and the delivery
valve then opened and the delivery valve closed and supply valve opened on the
return movement of the disc and by which the snifting valve is held open during
each movement of the disc.
3. Apparatus for delivering aerated or other liquid consisting of two three or
more measuring vessels each having its own supply and delivery valves and
mechanism interposed between the valves of the several vessels and a lever
handle, by which the lever handle when operated can be caused to first close the
supply valve of any one or other of the measuring vessels and then open its
delivery valve to discharge the contents of that vessel and on the return move-
ment of the lever to reverse the position of the valves to allow the vessel to
again fill without acting upon the valves of the other vessels.
4. Apparatus for delivering aerated or other liquid from any one or other of
two three or more measuring vessels as desired consisting of the measuring vessels
supply, delivery and snifting valves for each vessel, a series of discs mounted
loosely upon an axis to which a partial turn can be given by the movement of
a lever handle, one disc for each vessel, projections on this disc for operating
the supply delivery and snifting valves of the vessel catches by which any one
or other of the dies can be locked to the axis and caused to turn with it, and
means for ensuring that no two discs shall be locked to the axis at any one time.
5. In apparatus of the above kind-the arrangement of cam pieces on spindles
at right angles to the axis for controlling the putting the catches in or out of
action and mechanism in connection with the spindles for ensuring that one catch
only shall be allowed to come into action at any one time.
6. The arrangement of apparatus such as claimed in Claim 4 in such manner
that when the axis is turned back to its normal position one of the discs and
always the same disc becomes locked to the axis so that the contents of the
measuring vessel belonging to that disc would be discharged next time that a
partial turn was given to the axis unless before turning the axis that disc was
unlocked from the axis by the act of locking another disc to it.

page_text: 7. Mechanism arranged substantially as herein before described and illustrated
in the drawings annexed for delivering measured quantities of aerated or other
liquid.
Dated this 20th day of Wa1900
THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY LTD.
The seal of the Company was affixed in the presence of
T. H. DOLBEY,
CHARLES EDWARD MOSER,
HENRY ELFICK;
R. O. MOSER, Secretary, pro tem.
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Directors,
Witness;
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R. O. MOSER.
Witness:
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R. O. MOSER.
ROBERT JAMES MOSER.
HENRY WILLIAM PHIPPS.