Improved Support and Registering Device for use with Glasses, Bottles, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1897-Accepted 12th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Support and Registering Device for use with Glasses,
Bottles, and the like.
I, WILHELM HOFFMANN, of Bramsche, near Osnabrück, in the German Empire,
Jeweller, 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 present invention relates to a support for a drinking glass or bottle with a
counting device to register the number of times the glass placed upon it has been
re-filled.
Referring to the accompanying drawing:-
Figure 1 shews a plan of the apparatus, and
Figure 2 a section thereof.
The bottom of the apparatus possesses at its middle a support b provided centrally
with an aperture. Through this aperture passes an axle which rests by means
of its projecting collar d upon the said support. At the upper half of the said
axle there is attached a sprocket wheel e and a pointer f, which pointer can revolve
in a circle over the dial plate g. Both the wheel and the pointer are rigidly attached
to the axle. The dial plate, which is attached firmly to the apparatus and cannot
revolve, can be divided into any desired number of numbered divisions. In the
drawing the plate is shewn with twelve divisions, and the wheel with the like
number of teeth. The side of the apparatus is cut out at one point, and the bottom
at this point is provided with two projections upon which is pivoted the angle lever i
at k. One arm of the lever projects outwardly, and is provided with a stud or head,
whilst the other arm of the lever projects downwards within the apparatus. The
said arm abuts against the bar / which moves in openings in the two pieces m and n,
and is continuously pressed against the end of the angle lever i by means of a
spring. The other end of the bar is provided with a wedge shaped piece o.
sprocket wheel is held in its respective position by means of a lever with a roller r
revolubly attached to the said lever, so that it touches with its periphery two teeth
of the sprocket wheel, and is pressed firmly against the same by means of a spring s.
The whole apparatus is provided with a lid, which has an aperture at its middle
of the size of the dial, and which can be covered by means of a watch glass t. The
said lid is provided with a pad u devised to absorb any liquid that may be spilt,
and so arranged as to leave the dial plate free to view.
The
In order to actuate the apparatus it is necessary to press upon the head of the
angle lever, whereby this is pressed against the bar 7, moving the same forwards,
and by this motion the sprocket wheel and the pointer are displaced by a half tooth,
that is to say, by one figure. As soon as the pressure is released the spring pushes
the bar back, and in consequence of the simultaneous operation of the lever p,
which presses the pointer and the sprocket wheel completely into their new
position by means of the roller r, the next following tooth is applied against the
wedge and so on, until the pointer advances to the Figure 12. The space between
the teeth of the sprocket wheel which normally stands before the wedge at o is

page_text: either wanting in the sprocket wheel, after the Figure 12, as shewn in the draw-
ing, or a stop may be secured under the same against which the wedge o projects,
so that the sprocket wheel cannot move any further, and thus cannot revolve into
the position marked 1. In order to replace the wheel in the commencing position
at 1 it is revolved by means of a key placed upon the axle c. The consumer cannot
tamper with the device except to his own disadvantage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
is
motion in
The improved support and registering apparatus for use with drinking glasses,
bottles, and so forth comprising a support with a revoluble sprocket wheel, bear-
ing on its axle a pointer, and movable by means of a lever to the extent of one
tooth at a time; the said wheel possesses an untoothed space which
no
devised that the lever engaging thereon creates
SO
the wheel, and consequently the turning past the last figure is only
possible by means of a special key, so that the drinker operating the apparatus
himself can only alter the count to his own disadvantage, whereas the adjustment
to zero can be effected by means of the key by turning either to the right about or
to the left about.
11 20th
f Danmhan 1807
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
322, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.