Apparatus for Holding Vessels about to be Filled.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1895-Accepted 29th Feb.,
1896
Apparatus for Holding Vessels about to be Filled.
I, JOHANN EULER, Husbandmau of Rösrath in the Province of Rhineland and
Kingdom of Prussia 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 invention now to be described refers to an apparatus by means of which it is
possible to keep vessels of all kinds, into which liquids such as petroleum, vinegar,
beer and the like are to be filled from a tap or filling contrivance, with their mouth
close under the tap or discharge pipe, without being forced to hold the vessel such
as a bottle, jar, glass etc. with the hands. By this means considerable drawbacks,
which are continually showing themselves in the drawing off of liquids are done
away with, for the vessels are now kept close under the cock, so that none of the
liquid is lost by spouting up or flowing past, and the hands are not soiled by holding
the vessel under the cock.
In the annexed drawing the apparatus is represented; Fig. 1 shows a front view,
Fig. 2 a longitudinal section and Fig. 3 a cross-section.
As will be seen from Figs. 1 and 2 the apparatus consists of a bracket a which
serves to hold the vessel that is to be filled and keep it in an upright position at the
required height, and of a contrivance somewhat like a lift, which is to raise or
lower the bracket as may be wished and a mechanism for keeping it in the desired -
position.
The lift-like contrivance consists of two lateral rails ss, joined at the top and at
the bottom by cross-pieces and thus forming a frame. In these rails the bracket a
is movably guided in the guide-grooves 6 in a vertical direction. A counter-
weight c, which also slides up and down in grooves b₁ of the frame, is connected
with the bracket a by a strap (chain or cord) e running over a pulley d. This
counter-weight is suitably made heavier than the bracket itself together with a
vessel standing on it, so that the latter when standing on a is lifted up of itself.
Thus only a small amount of force is necessary to draw down the bracket a and
thereby also the vessel that is on it. An attachment-ecrew I moved by a crank
and working laterally against one of the frame-rails ss allows of the bracket being
adjusted at any desired height.
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In order to prevent the bracket or the floor or the shop-counter etc. from becoming
dirty, as well as to catch up any liquid which may flow down the vessel, when the
cock is not closed quickly enough, a vesself having a sieve-like bottom may be
arranged on the bracket and emptied from time to time of any liquid that may have
flowed over into it.
The apparatus is made in such a manner, that it can be set up on the shop-counter,
the floor etc, as well as be hung on the wall e.g. under the well-known petroleum-
reservoirs.
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 what I
claim is .
An apparatus for holding vessels that are to be filled, distinguished by the
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page_text: frame-rails as, and always raised by a counter-weight c, and adjustable at any
height by the attachment-screw. 1, the vessel to be filled being placed on the
'bracket.
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