Improvements in connection with Apparatus for Measuring and Delivering Liquids.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Apparatus for Measuring and
Delivering Liquids.
I, JOHN MILLS, of 8 Tibbington Road, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide measuring vessels with means whereby
the number of times the vessel has been used can be indicated and recorded and it
consists in mounting the vessel in a suitable support in position with respect to
the source of supply in such a manner that it can be brought into position to receive
a charge of the liquid and the charge then be delivered into a receptacle without
the necessity of detaching the said vessel from its support, the vessel being also
connected to a counter in such a manner that each time the vessel is moved to
discharge its contents, a record of such movement is made on the counter. By a
convenient arrangement according to my Invention the measuring vessel is pro-
vided with trunnions which are mounted in bearings on a frame attached to the
vessel from which the liquid is supplied or to other suitable support, the said
measure being capable of being turned on the trunnions into position to receive.
a supply of liquid from the supply vessel and being tilted so as to discharge its
contents into a receptacle. On one of the trunnions there is provided a gear
or other suitable mechanism by which motion is transmitted to a counting device
so as to indicate on the counter the number of times the measuring vessel has
been tilted. Or instead of the counter being operated by the trunnion of the mea-
suring vessel the said counter may be carried on the vessel itself and connected
to a weighted rod or pendulum in such a manner that each time the measuring
vessel is tilted the counter will be operated.
DL: 19th day of Lon
1907
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JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in connection with Apparatus for Measuring and
Delivering Liquids.
I, JOHN MILLS, of 8 Tibbington Road, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Accountant, 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:-
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My Invention has for its object to provide measuring vessels with means whereby
the number of times the vessel has been used can be indicated and recorded and it

page_text: consists in mounting the vessel in a suitable support in position with respect to the
source of supply or in such a manner that it can be brought into position, to receive
a charge of the liquid and the charge then be, delivered into a receptacle without
the necessity of detaching the said vessel from its support, the vessel being also
connected to a counter in such a manner that each time the vessel is moved to
discharge its contents a record of such movement is made on the counter.
In order that my invention may be well understood, I will describe the
same with reference to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1
represents in front elevation and Figure 2 in side elevation a combined
measuring vessel and counting device arranged according to my inven-
tion, the measuring vessel being shewn in Figure 1 in position for
being filled and in Figure 2 in the position for discharging its contents.
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 shewing the frame, which carries the
measuring vessel, fixed to the tap through which the liquid is drawn from the
source of supply. Figure 4 is a front elevation and Figure 5 a section on
the line 12 Figure 4, of an arrangement wherein two measuring vessels and
counting devices are mounted on a rod or bar so as to be capable of being slidden
into position to receive a supply of liquid from either one or, more supply taps
so that a mixture of liquids may be obtained in the same measuring vessel, this
arrangement also permitting of measuring vessels of different capacities being
brought into position to receive liquid from the same source of supply and Figures 6
and 7 are views at right angles to each other of a tilting measuring vessel with
a counting device attached thereto and movable therewith the said counting device
being operated by a weighted pendulum each time the vessel is tilted.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, A. represents the vessel containing the liquid to
be supplied. B is a tap through which the liquid is discharged from the vessel A.
C is a frame secured by screws or other suitable means to the vessel A in which
frame is mounted, so as to turn on trunnions d, a measuring vessel 1), preferably
provided with a handle a by means of which the vessel may be conveniently tilted
on the trunnions d. The trunnions are situated so that the measuring vessel will
normally assume a vertical position with its mouth or open end uppermost and
beneath the discharge spout or nozzle of the tap B, spring clips b being provided
on the frame C to engage the handle, when the vessel D is in the vertical posi-
tion, to prevent the said frame from being accidentally tilted. Projecting from the
frame C is a stop c against which the handle a comes into contact when the
vessel D is tilted to its full extent and so prevents the said vessel from turning too
far. One of the trunnions d on which the vessel D turns is connected by a rod e
to the wheels of a counting device E, which may be of ordinary construction, so
that each time the vessel D is tilted to discharge its contents a record of such tilt-
ing is registered on the counting device. The frame C may be fixed to the vessel A.
as shewn in Figures 1 and 2 or it may be fixed on the tap B as shewn for
example in Figure 3 and the counting device E may be carried on the frame C,
and operated by a rod from one of the trunnions d as shewn in Figures 1, 2 and 3,
or the counter may be arranged so that the trunnion will enter directly the
counting device as shewn in Figures 4 and 5 and operate the wheels thereof, or
the said counting device may be situated in any other convenient position to be
operated by the measuring vessel D. In the arrangement illustrated by Figures
and 5 two measuring vessels D D² of different capacities are shewn but more than
two may be provided if desired. Each vessel DD is mounted on trunnions d
in a frame C as before described, but instead of the frames being fixed in posi-
tion as hereinbefore described they are suspended at f from a bar or rod along
which they can be slidden, so as to bring the measuring vessels carried thereby
into position to receive liquid from any one or more of a series of taps B, so that
a mixture of liquids may be obtained in the same measuring vessel if desired; the
said vessel when tilted, to discharge the contents, registering on the counter E,
in connection with the said vessel, each tilting operation thereof.
Instead of operating the counting device from the trunnions of the measuring

page_text: vessel, the counting device may be fixed to any convenient part of the body of
the said vessel for instance as shewn in Figures 6 and 7 the said counting device
is fixed to the bottom of the vessel and is operated by a weighted pendulum g
contained within the case of the counting mechanism; a projection or pawl on the
pendulum acting on the counting mechanism each time the measuring vessel is
tilted, so as to register the operations of the said measuring vessel.
Although I have referred to A as being the vessel containing the liquid to be
supplied it may represent a beer engine, or simply a wall or support for the tap
or taps B which taps may be connected to pipes communicating with the source
of supply situated at a considerable distance from the tap or taps.
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 apparatus for measuring and delivering liquids the combination with a
tap or discharge passage for liquid from a container or source of supply, of a mea-
suring vessel supported in a frame in position to receive liquid from the container
and capable of being tilted to discharge the contents of the measuring vessel
without removing the said vessel from the frame; and a counting device operated
by the tilting movements of the measuring vessel to record on the counting device
the number of times the measuring vessel has been tilted substantially as herein-
before described.
2. In apparatus for measuring and delivering liquids, a measuring vessel
mounted in a frame so as to be capable of being tilted therein, the frame being
carried on a rod or bar, or rods or bars, along which the frame can be slidden to
bring the measuring vessel into position to receive liquid from any one or more
of a series of delivering taps without removing the vessel from its carrying frame;
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The combinations and arrangements of parts constituting means for measur
ing liquids and recording the number of times the measuring vessel has been
operated, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the accompany-
ing drawings.
Dated th: 1941, 1 of Ontalon 1907
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents