Improved Means for the Mixture of Beverages or other Liquids in any Desired Proportions
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1900-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for the Mixture of Beverages or other Liquids in any
Desired Proportions.
THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC. DELIVERY COMPANY, LIMITED, 11, Laurence Pount-
ney Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., and CHARLES COUTTS COOPER, 11, Laurence
Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
The amalgamator is especially adapted for the mixing of beverages as a pro-
portionate quantity of any flavouring can be regulated to taste and delivered
into the glass under one operation ready for drinking. In the main delivery tube
of the liquid supply about midway a balance lever is suspended from a fulcrum
above the level of the delivery tube. Attached to this lever at the
lower end a plate is fixed facing the passage of the delivery tube. This plate
does not fill the aperture but is of sufficient surface to be carried forward when
the stream of liquid is running through the main delivery tube. At the top
end of the lever and above the fulcrum a weight is fixed so as to partially
balance the plate at lever end, but the favor of the balance is so arranged that
the lever stands perpendicular when not in action but the moment the lever is
carried out of its perpendicular by the stream the weight above will assist in
giving power to effect the object but as the stream diminishes the lever will
again fall to its perpendicular position. At the fulcrum of the lever a spindle is
carried through projecting on either side and in front of this spindle is fixed
one or more balance valves which is worked by an attachment of the spindle.
Immediately above the balance valve is a stop valve leading to the flavouring or
other liquids. The valve will regulate the quantity required to pass through
the balance valve which is held open by the stream passing through the main
delivery tube. Under the balance valve is led a tube for conveying the flavour-
ings or other liquids as may be required to the mouth of the main delivery
tube where they will amalgamate before passing into the vessell provided to
receive them.
Doted this Ninth day January 1900
THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LTD.,

page_text: Improved Means for the Mixture of Beverages or other Liquids in any
Desired Proportions.
We, THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LIMITED, of 11, Laurence
Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., and CHARLES COUTTS COOPER, of 11, Laur-
ence Pountney Lane, Cannon Street, E.C., 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 machine illustrated is constructed to deliver water mixed with one or
other of two syrups spirits or the like (or it may be plain aerated water) but it will
be obvious that the machine may be used for mixing other liquids and may easily
be modified so as to give a choice of more than two syrups.
The general operation of the main part of the machine illustrated is similar to
that described in Specification No. 20802 of 1899 and is as follows: A measur-
ing vessel situated above a valve is normally in communication with a supply
of aerated water, but when a handle is operated the connection with the supply
is closed, and the water contained in the bottle is then allowed to flow to the
delivery spout. On its way the water moves a paddle lever which operates a
balance valve allowing syrup from a container to flow down to the spout where
it mingles with the aerated water.
Figure 1 of the drawings shows a front view of the machine with the casing
removed; Figure 2 a plan of the same; Figure 3 shows the paddle lever in the
discharge pipe; and Figure 4 is a section of one of the syrup valves.
When the handle a is pulled forward it turns the spindle a carried in a
bearing a² and fast with a crosshead a³ carrying an arm at to which is pivotted
a hook a5. As the crosshead rocks the hook moves forward and rides over a
catch a pivotted at a to the frame so that as soon as the hook has passed the
point as of the catch the handle cannot return to its ordinary position until it
has been drawn far enough forward to enable the hook to pass the front end a
of the catch when it falls and as the handle then moves back the hook slides on the
part of the frame lifting and passing under the catch. On the inner side of the
cross-head is an arm b fast with it and carrying an incline 61 which as the arm
rotates presses on a curved arm 62 pivotted to the frame and thus forces in the
stem 63 of the snift valve thus allowing the snift to take place as will be readily
understood.
The measuring vessel may conveniently consist of an ordinary soda water
bottle e supported in an inverted position above the main valve d with inlet and
outlet pipes e and f.
In its passage through the pipe f to the spout 9 the water swings up the
paddle lever
to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 thus turning
the spindle f on which it is hung.
The syrups are contained in two receivers omitted from Figure 2 from which
pipes furnished with stop valves i lead to balance valves j through which the
syrups pass to pipes and then to the delivery spout where they mingle
with the water. The plugs of the valves may be adjusted by the stem 2
so as to allow the syrups to pass more or less quickly to the valves j.
One of these valves is seen in Figure 4; it consists of a cup on the top
of the main portion ; and surrounding the outlet 3 of the valve i this outlet
being normally closed by the valve proper ; when however the valve is de-
pressed as hereinafter explained the syrup flows from 3 into the cup thence
by the ports down the central longitudinal passage to the cup on the
pipe k.

page_text: The valve is depressed by means of the forked lever working in the slot j³
and fulcrummed on the pin carried by the frame. On the other arm 18 of the
lever is a slide 13 which can be moved along the lever so that a neb upon it
comes in the path of the wiper f3 on the spindle so that when the paddle
lever fis acted on by the water the wiper f³ pressing on the neb lifts the
arm of the lever and thus depresses the valve j allowing syrup to flow.
In front of the casing is provided an indicator or handle m which can be left in
its central position when plain water is desired or can be turned to left or right
according as syrup from the left or right receiver h is desired. The indicator m
is fast with a shaft m¹ carrying a forked arm.m² (Figure 2) which on the rotation
of the shaft m¹ moves a slide m³ to right or left. To this slide are pivotted
two fingers m each engaging a groove in one of the slides 13. When therefore
the indicator is pushed down to the right for instance the slide m³ is moved also
to the right causing both slides 13 to move to the right so that the neb 1 of
the right hand slide comes into the path of the right hand wiper f3.
In order to close the valves j and also to give the paddle lever fl less work
to do the weight of the valves is counterbalanced by weights n hung on the
levers 7.
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. A machine for mixing and delivering liquids in which the action of one
liquid on a paddle lever opens the valve of the other liquid.
2. The means for operating the valves
substantially as described.
3. The combination of the stop valves and the balance valves j substantially
as described.
4. Machines substantially as described and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated th
1911 1
THE GENERAL AUTOMATIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LTD.,
CHARLES E. MOSER,
HENRY ELFICK,
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Directors,
C. COUTTS COOPER,