AN APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND REGISTERING THE SUPPLY OF MILK TO HOTELS RESTAURANTS AND PRIVATE HOUSES
Year: 1884

page_text: EDWARD WHITE GILLINGHAM Dairyman of 96 Acre Lane Brixton Surrey and
FREDERICK GILLINGHAM Ironmonger's Assistant of 14 Clarence Street Clapham
Road Stockwell Surrey do hereby declare the nature of their Invention for AN
APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING AND REGISTERING THE SUPPLY OF MILK TO HOTELS
RESTAURANTS AND PRIVATE HOUSES and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
1 A stand on which the jug is to be placed to receive the milk as shewn by
Drawings A and B affixed to the inside of a door or outer wall communicating with
the outside of said door or wall by a bent tube N° 1 as shewn on Drawings A B C
and D through which the milk is to be poured by means of a funnel.
The lever 2 communicates with the right hand end of lever 4 by a chain 5 which
passes over a pulley 3 as shewn in Drawings A D and E. The lever 4 is affixed to
the plate 6 by means of the pin 7 as shewn in Drawings A C and D a weight 8 is
hung on the left hand end of lever 4 keeping the plate 6 closed over the end of
tube 1 as shewn in Drawings A C and D.
When the jug is placed on the stand as shewn on Drawings A B and E lever 2
is depressed level with the bottom of the stand counter-balancing the weight 8 on
lever 4 thereby turning back the plate 6 from the mouth of the tube 1 as shewn in
dotted lines in Drawing C and in strong lines in Drawing D.
On removing the jug the weight 8 on lever 4 returns the plate Û so as again to
cover the mouth of tube 1.
2nd It consists of a register to mark the quantities taken from time to time
during 7 days composed of a cog-wheel with 48 cogs numbered 1 to 12 representing
quaits and each cog representing pint and moving from left to right starting
from spring 10 fixed on left hand side of tute 1 and at the number 12 on cog-
wheel 9 as shewn in Drawing D spring 10 preventing cog-wheel 9 from moving
except from left to right. Cog-wheel 9 works loose on bush of cog-wheel 11
which is fixed to pin 12 as shewn in Drawings A B C D and F.
The hand 13 is fixed to the inside end of pin 12 and is pointed to act as an
indicator on dial 14 as shewn in Drawings A and B. The land 15 is fixed to the
outside end of pin 12 and moves on the inside of the plate 16 shewing through the

page_text: semicircular slot 17 in plate 16 and acts as an indicator to the dial numbers on
outside of plato 16 corresponding with those in the dial 14 on the inside of door or
wall as shewn in Drawings B and C.
The cog-wheel 11 is fixed to the cog-wheel 9 by a stop 18 and spring 19 and is
firmly fixed on pin 12 so that on moving hand 13 from left to right the cog-
wheels 11 and 9 are both moved together as shewn in Drawings D and F.
The pulley 20 is fixed on pin 12 inside cog-wheels 9 and 11 to which is attached
one end of chain 21 the other end being attached to left hand end of lever 4 as
shewn in Drawings A and D.
The indicator 14 is made a moveable plate in order to see the quantity registered
OD cog-wheel 9.
The plate 22 is a fixture enclosing the works as shewn on Drawing B.
The mode of using the milk register is as follows:-
The jug is placed on the stand by which the lever 2 is depressed level with the
bottom of stand thereby removing plate 6 from the mouth of the tube 1. on the
outside of door or wall by means of chain 5 and lever 3 thus allowing the funnel
to be inserted in tube 1. On removing the jug weight 8 closes the mouth of tube 1
by bringing lever 4 and plate 6 so as again to cover the mouth of tube 1.
Lever 4 being depressed when the jug is placed on the stand and weight 8
consequently elevated allows chain 21 to hang loose and hand 13 to be moved on
the dial 14 to indicate the quantity of milk required, the hand 15 corresponding
on the dial 16 on outside of door or wall the chain 21 being wound round pulley 20
by the act of moving the hand 13. Immediately on removing jug weight 8 falls
and draws chain 21 from off pulley 20 thereby causing hands 13 and 15 to fall
back to the starting point on indicators.
The cog-wheel 9 remains at the point to which it was moved when the quantity
required was indicated by moving hand 13 on dial 14 thereby registering the
quantities of milk taken.
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:-
The apparatus for receiving and registering the supply of milk to hotels,
restaurants and private houses substantially as described in and by the accom-
panying Specification and Drawings.
pated this 20
day or RICH FOOT
EDWARD WHITE GILLINGHAM.
FREDRICK GILLINGHAM.
Witness:-
W. C. BANKS,
Arch*,
39, Gracechurch St., E.C.