An Apparatus for Drawing Off Known Quantities of Liquid and Registering the same.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Drawing Off Known Quantities of Liquid and
Registering the same.
We, FRANCIS HENRY NALDER, HERBERT NALDER, CHARLES WILLIAM
SCOTT CRAWLEY and ALFRED SOAMES all of 16 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell
in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention is for the purpose of drawing known quantities of liquid and
obtaining a register of the saine.
It consists of a tipping bucket filled from a source of supply through a cock or
valve; an adjustable stop against which the bucket rests, by which the position of
the bucket may be varied and therefore the amount of liquid necessary to make it
tip; a handle or it's equivalent wherewith to regulate the position of the stop and
then to open the cock.
The liquid now flows into the bucket and it tips and in doing so stops the supply
of liquid, and empties itself through the outlet.
The movement of the handle also advances a counter, either electrically or
mechanically, in proportion to the amount of liquid at which the bucket is set
to tip.
Instead of an adjustable stop we may use several separate stops, each for a
different quantity of liquid, one of which may be put into operation by the move-
ment of the handle according to the amount of it's movement; or we may use
several separate handles, each for a different quantity of liquid, and each one
working it's own stop or they may all operate the adjustable stop to a different
extent; or we may use one adjustable stop or several stops which may be set by
hand, and which at the same time operate the counter, and the handle to operate
the cock.
Dated this 25th day of April 1894.
FRAS. H. NALDER.
HERBERT NALDER.
C. W. S. CRAWLEY.
ALFRED SOAMES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Apparatus for Drawing Off Known Quantities of Liquid and
Registering the same.
We, FRANCIS HENRY NALDER, HERBERT NALDER, CHARLES WILLIAM
SCOTT CRAWLEY, and ALFRED SOAMES all of 16 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell,
in the County of Middlesex, Electrical Engineers, 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:-
Our invention is for the purpose of drawing known quantities of liquid and
obtaining a register of the same.
It consists of a tipping bucket filled from a source of supply through a cock or

page_text: valve; an adjustable stop against which the bucket rests, by which the position of
the bucket may be varied and therefore the amount of liquid necessary to make it
tip; a handle or its equivalent wherewith to regulate the position of the stop and
then to open the cock.
The liquid now flows into the bucket and it tips and in doing so stops the supply
of liquid, and empties itself through the outlet.
The movement of the handle also advances a counter, either electrically or
mechanically in proportion to the amount of liquid at which the bucket is set
to tip.
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The annexed drawing represents a side elevation of apparatus in accordance with
our invention. a is a pipe by which the liquor is brought from a barrel or other
source. bis a. tipping vessel capable of turning about a pivot at b. A stem b*
projects from the bottom of the tipping vessel aud carries an adjustable counter
weight. c is an abutment or stop against.which the tipping vessel rests. d is a cock
on the pipe a which when open permits liquor to flow into the tipping vessel. The
cock d in the position shown by the drawing is shut. ef and g, are three axes,
each has a handle or cross head upon it by which it can be turned for the purpose
of drawing off a measured quantity of liquor. The quantities drawn will differ
according as one handle or the other is made use of.
Each axis has upon it a
finger h to operate the cock and a cam piece i to move the counter. The finger h
when the axis is turned comes against one or other of the pins on the slide k
which can move vertically in suitable guides. The finger h thus operates to depress
the slide overcoming springs and the slide in turn presses upon the top of the trigger
piece which by a pin joint at l' is connected with the cross head d¹ of the cock d.
The cock is thus, opened and the vessel b receives the liquor. At the same time
that either of the handles is turned to draw liquid the corresponding cam piece i acts
against the lever m which is pivotted at m¹ and overcoming a light spring causes it
to move more or less according to the form of the cam piece. The shorter arm of
the lever m carries the abutment or stop c which in this way is set so as to properly
place the tipping vessel b. The surface on the vessel which comes against the
abutment c will be curved to the form necessary to give the overturn at the proper
time. The lever m at its upper. end is furnished with an arc of teeth me which
engages with a pinion n so that the to and fro movement of the lever imparts a
corresponding movement to the pinion. The pinion by a pawl engages with a
ratchet wheel o the first of a train of counting wheels. Thus it will be seen that
the turning of either handle gives a due amount of movement to the counter, sets
the abutment c to the proper position and opens the supply cock. The tipping
vessel receives the proper. amount of liquor and overturns. The liquor is then
received into a funnel and is delivered at the spout p. When the vessel tips the
adjustable finger which is fixed to its under side strikes upon the incline at the
lower end of the trigger piece / which then occupies the position shown by the dotted
lines, thus the trigger piece is caused to tip about the joint at land to escape from
the lower end of the slide k.
A spring connected with the cock then closes it and it remains closed until the
slide is allowed to rise and is again caused to descend to draw off another
measured quantity.
stop 1.
The trigger piece carries an adjustable weight which tends to hold it to the
It will be seen. that the cock cannot be opened to draw off a quantity of liquid
unless previously the slide k has been fully raised to allow the upper end of the
trigger piece. to enter beneath it. This is an important feature for otherwise the
registration might be deficient in consequence of the handles not being turned fully
to their off positions.
If desired we can apply a latch to engage with the trigger piece when it has
been depressed so that it may be held down independently of the slide k and so that
it cannot rise again until the trigger piece is moved sidewise by the overturn of the
tipping vessel.

page_text: Instead of one adjustable stop m we may use several stops each for a different
quantity of liquid and they may be brought into operation each by a separate
handle or by one handle moved different distances.
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 :-
1. Apparatus substantially as described for drawing off measured quantities of
liquid, such apparatus being provided with a tipping vessel, a moveable stop or
abutment and a handle or handles such handle or handles serving to move the stop
or abutment to its place and to open a cock admitting the liquid to the tipping
vessel which vessel overturns when it has received the measured quantity and in
overturning enables the supply cock to close.
2. The arrangement substantially as described of axes e ƒ and g so that either
when turned opens a cock d and allows a measuring vessel to fill and also moves a
lever m whereby it both regulates the quantity of liquid which the vessel receives
and moves a counter or register to a corresponding extent.
3. Apparatus substantially as described and represented by the annexed
drawing.
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1005
FRAS. H. NALDER,
C. W. S. CRAWLEY,
ALFRED SOAMES,
HERBERT NALDER,
By Carpmael & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.
FRAS. H. NALDER,
C. W. S. CRAWLEY,
ALFRED SOAMES,
HERBERT
NALDER,
By Carpmael & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.