Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities, of Liquid.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1893-Accepted, 12th Aug.,
1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities,
of Liquid.
I, CHARLES HENRY STANBURY, of Hops House, Hookwood Common, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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For this purpose I construct an apparatus as follows:-it consists of an outer
case of any shape preferably cylindrical in the interior of which is a conical
chamber into this conical chamber a corresponding conical hollow plug is fitted and
this contains the greatest amount of liquid it is desired to deliver at one time.
apparatus in its normal position is open to the main supply of the liquid and
directly the conical plug is turned this is cut off. In the hollow chamber and in
the hollow plug corresponding holes are formed for the delivery of the liquid.
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On the top of the casing and also of the plug is a plate-this plate turns loosely
on both the casing and plug but is capable of being locked to the plug by the
insertion of what may be called a key. For this purpose slots are formed spirally
in a projecting part of the plate and corresponding slots in a corresponding part
of the hollow plug by the insertion of the key which may be a disc of metal, the
plate and the hollow plug are locked together and the plug may then be turned a
distance according to slot into which the key has been placed when the plug has
been turned the required distance the key drops into a suitable receptacle the plate
is then unlocked from the plug and is incapable of further movement the liquor
then flows through the holes in the conical chamber and conical plug into the outer
casing for which it is delivered to the customer on releasing the handle the hollow
plug is brought to its normal position by a spring or other means.
Dated this 12th day of August 1892.
CHARLES HENRY STANBURY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Measured Quantities
of Liquid.
CHARLES HENRY STANBURY Hops House Hookwood Common, in the County
of Surrey, Gentleman 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 :-
For this purpose I construct an apparatus as follows,-It consists of an outer
case of any shape, preferably cylindrical, in the interior of which is a conical
chamber. Into this conical chamber a corresponding conical hollow plug is fitted,
and this contains the greatest amount of liquid it is desired to deliver at one time.
The apparatus in its normal position is open to the main supply of the liquid, and
directly the conical plug is turned, this is cut off. In the hollow chamber, and in
the hollow plug, corresponding holes are formed for the delivery of the liquid.
On the top of the casing, and also of the plug is a plate, this plate turns loosely
on both the casing, and plug, but is capable of being locked to the plug by the
insertion of what may be called a key. For this purpose slots are formed spirally
in the plate and corresponding slots in a flange on the hollow plug. By the insertion
of the key, which may be a disc of metal, the plate and the hollow plug are locked
together, and. the plug may then be turned a distance according to the slot into
which the key was placed. When the plug has been turned the required distance,

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus,
Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 1. 1 Fig. 1,
Fig. 3 is a plan of the plug of the cock and the slide carried thereby,
Fig. 4 is an underside view of the upper slide,
Fig. 5 is a part plan, and
Figs. 6 and 7 are details,
Fig. 8 is a portion of the flange a' of the outer casing a and shews the position
of the slots 1 2 and 3.
Similar parts are marked with the same letters of reference in all the figures.
a is the outer case having in its interior a conical shell a¹ into which fits the
hollow plug b, this hollow plug forms the measure into and from which the liquor
to be delivered is admitted. When the plug 6 is in its normal position, liquor is
free to enter its interior through the nozzle 6, which is suitably connected with the.
supply.
The air displaced by the entry of the liquor into the interior of the plug passes
into the flexible bag 6, from which it. returns on the delivery of the liquor.
Attached to and forming part of the plug b, is a circular plate or slide b³, in this
plate are three or other number of slots, three are shown. Above this plate 6³ is
another plate or slide c carried by the cover d of the apparatus, this has the same
number of slots as the plate 3, and is capable of being turned quite independently
of it. In the flange of the cover are slots of the same size and number as those
previously described, and in their normal position, all these slots lie exactly the one
under the other, as shewn in Fig. 6.
In the flange a³ of the outer case, are also three slots each spirally in advance of
the other (as shewn by Fig. 8), but each in the path of the slots in the plates or
slides 6 and c.
In order to deliver an amount of liquor I make use of a key z to lock the two
plates or slides together, this key consists of a token, or piece of metal or other
material, preferably of circular form, this is put through the proper slot in the
cover, and falls into the position shewn by Fig. 6, resting on the flange a' of the
.outer casing the two plates are now locked, and if the handle e be turned, will
move together, carrying the key or piece of metal with them, at the same time the
interior of the plug will be cut off from the supply, after moving a certain
distance the piece of metal falls through a slot in the flange a' of the outer case a
into a receptacle f, which may be of glass, so that the number of pieces of metal
may be seen and counted.
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At the same time a hole 6 in the plug of the cock, is brought to agree with a
hole a in the conical shell a', and a certain amount of liquor flows from the interior
of the hollow plug, into the outer casing, and through the delivery nozzle g into a
receptacle placed to receive it. After the delivery of the liquor, the handle is
turned in the reverse direction, and the end of the slide c, coming against a
projection 6 on the end of the slide , carries it back to its normal position against
the stop 6 fixed into the rim of the cover d. h is a stem carried by a plate h¹, and
is placed into the interior of the hollow plug b, it serves to carry pieces of glass, or
other suitable material, to regulate the capacity of the hollow plug.
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The lower ends of the receptacles for the keys or pieces of metal are closed by
screw plugs i, each carrying a ring, through these rings a suitable lock is passed,

page_text: it is then impossible to remove any of the keys or pieces of metal without the
master key.
kis a stop inserted through the side of the cover into the path of the pieces of
metal, its point k¹ acts on the piece of metal in the slot marked 1,-causing it to
fall into its receptacle and unlocking the parts 6' & c, its point on the piece of
metal in the slot marked 2 causing it to fall out and unlock the parts as before, and
when the slide turns its full extent the piece of metal in the slot marked 3 will fall
out unlocking the parts. is a stop regulating the total movement of the slide, this.
stop is also fixed into the rim of the cover d.
In order to prevent fraud, by inserting a key or piece of metal into a wrong slot,
and moving the plug a short distance, and then bringing it back, I insert on the
interior of the cover, a small latch lever, which allows the key to pass, and then
springs into the path of the key, and prevents the return of the plug, until the key
has fallen into its receptacle.
By means of this apparatus, it will be impossible to deliver more liquor than is.
represented by the particular slot into which the key or piece of metal is placed.
Thus the number of sales effected will be recorded by the number of pieces of
metal in the respective receptacles.
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 I do not
confine myself to the precise details herein shown and described, but that what I
claim is,
1. For delivering a certain amount of liquor the use of a series of slots into.
which pieces of metal are placed, said pieces of metal forming keys, which lock
parts of the apparatus together, and, after these parts have been moved into a
certain position, fall into suitable receptacles, at the same time unlocking the parts,.
and preventing their further movement together.
2. The use of pieces of metal for the purpose of locking together parts of an
apparatus such as described.
3. A cock or tap for the delivery of an amount of liquor, the parts of which are
locked together by the means herein before described.
4. The apparatus for the delivery of measured quantities of liquor substantially as.
herein shown and described.
This 11th day of Mov 1802
C. H. STANBURY.