Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Milk to Houses.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Apr.. 1899
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Milk to Houses.
JOHN DIBBERN, Grocer, 1, Julia Street, Oak Village, Gospel Oak, N.W., London,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A small shield or slide (outside) covering a tube and spout (inside) under which
by a means a can or vessel may be hung to receive the milk which the vendor may
pour in to it by means of a funnel or spout can, thus enabling him (the milk man)
to deliver the milk into the house without opening the door."
So doing away with danger to health and the nuisance of leaving the milk out-
side of the house.
This invention may be made out of any metal or material and can be put in to any
convenient part of the door or frame thereof.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering Milk to Houses.
I, JOHN DIBBERN, 1, Julia Street, Oak Village, Gospel Oak, London, N.W.,
Grocer, 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 object of this invention is to provide means by which milk or other liquid
may be delivered to the consumer without the nuisance of leaving it outside the
consumer's house or necessitating his opening the door to receive it within.
In carrying out this invention an outside door, wall or other partition (hereinafter
termed partition only) of the consumer's house is provided with an aperture covered
on the outside with a flap or shutter and on the inside with a sliding shutter which
may be provided with a retaining and locking device. On the inside of the partition
and opposite the orifice mentioned above is mounted a spout which projects over a
support adapted to receive a jug or other vessel to contain the liquid to be
delivered.
The vendor is provided with a funnel or other suitable means by which the liquid
to be delivered may be introduced through the spout into the vessel placed
beneath it.
This invention may be constructed of any convenient material and in order that
it may be more easily understood will be described with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is an elevation of the interior of a partition fitted with a liquid receiving
and delivering apparatus, and

page_text: Figure 2 is a vertical section through line x-y in Figure 1.
a is a tube or spout which is carried upon the interior of a partition a¹ by means
of slots in the plate 6 or such convenient arrangement from which it may be
removed when required. c is a shutter which is maintained in its open position by
means of a spring clip d, and may be closed from the outside by means of a rod
inserted when required in an aperture e. When the rod is inserted in the
aperture e as described the shutter is pulled down and is maintained in this position
by means of a spring catch for other convenient and suitable arrangement. Tho
receptacle to receive the liquid is carried upon a support provided with the
apertures h by which it may be suspended from a pini in order that its height may
be adjusted from the tube or spout a. A plate ; is also provided with similar
apertures for engagement with a pin i, and carries a flexible band k which may be
of any suitable material. The band k is provided with apertures / through which a
locking pin m is passed. This locking pin, after passage through the required
aperture according to the size of the receptacle to be held, is rotated until it assumes
the position shewn in Figure 1, thus securing the band around the receptacle. nis
a funnel or delivery vessel which is inserted (by the vendor) as shown in Figure 2
through the aperture e' in the partition a¹ into the tube or spout a and the milk
may then be delivered into the funnel n from whence it will pass into the tube or
spout a and thence to the jug or other receptacle o. p is a plate or shutter for
covering the aperture el upon the outside of the partition a¹ when required. It will
be seen that after the milk has been delivered to the receptacle or jug o and the
funnel or delivery vessel removed the shutter c may be closed by the vendor as
described above.
Of course it will be understood that the funnel or delivery vessel is retained by
the milkman or other person delivering the liquid, and it will be observed that the
support, securing band and delivery tube or spout may be readily removed when
not required, and may be placed in position for instance, at night in order to be in
readiness for the delivery of the milk in the morning.
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 :-
1. In a milk receiving and delivering apparatus the combination with a tube a
attached to one side of a partition and adapted to receive liquid through the same
from a funnel or other device of a support g with or without a second support such
as substantially as and for the purpose described.
2. In a milk receiving and delivering apparatus an inner sliding shutter c
provided with retaining and locking devices and an outer shutter p arranged and
operated substantially as described.
3. The complete milk receiving and delivering apparatus substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of December 1898.