US2100990A - Liquid dispensing apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Nov. 30, v1937.

w. VALENTINE 2,100,990y -LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS MST m Mgg/M2322.

ATTORNEYS NOV. 30, 1937. w, VALENT|NE 2,100,990

LIQUID DI SPENS ING APPARATUS Filed April 29, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR Patented Nov. 30, 1937 UNITED 4STATES PATENT Y OFFICE LIQUID DrsPENsING APPARATUS.

` Y Leonard W. Valentine, Baltimore, Md. Application April 29, 1035, serial No. 18,901

1 Claim.

The invention relates to a liquid dispensing apparatus and more especially to a beer dispensing attachment for bottles.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an attachment of this character, wherein liquid, such as beer or other beverages, within a vessel or container, such as a bottle, can be readily dispensed at the will of the user of such apparatus or attachment.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an attachment of this character, wherein the manner of fastening it to the mouth oi the bottle is novel in kind, the attachment in its entirety being novel.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an attachment of this character, wherein through the instrumentality of an air pump the container can be charged with pressure for the dispensing of such contents, the pump being hand operable and is conveniently located for the opleration of the same.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an attachment of .this character, which is comparatively Vsimple in construction,

thoroughly reliable and efficient in its operation, substantial to afford durability and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction,

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,;which disclose the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of the attachment constructed in accordance with the invention showing the same applied to a bottle, the bottle being broken away to a considerable extent.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the attachment, portions of the same being in side elevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of 45 Figure 2.

Figure 5 is an exploded perspective view of a clamp ring.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary perspective View of the open mouth end of the bottle.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the attachment.

Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of a delivery hose and faucet coupling therefor.

vFigure 9 is an enlarged sectional View of ra. modiiied inlet port.

Similar reference characters indicate correnates generally a vessel, in this instance in the Y form of a glass bottle, having the contracted neck I0 forming a mouth rim having externally thereof a mutilated bead or rib I I which extends circumferentially of said rim. This rim I9 externally thereof is also provided with a lug i2 rising from the bead or rib II to the top edge of the rim. Adapted to be placed upon the neck I0 of the bottle is a skirted cover I3 of disk form, its skirt I4 being telescoped over the neck I0 and has in the inner face thereof a notch I5 for receiving the lug I2 to prevent the turning of this cover I3 upon the neck of the bottle A. Embracing the neck I0 of the bottleA below the bead or rib I I is aY clamp ring including half circular parts I6v which Vare formed with an inwardly directed bottom flange I1 this lying beneath the bead or rib II on the neck Ill and .affords a seat for a resilient gasket I8 to prevent the ring from damaging the bottle neck `III when wearing such ring. These parts I6 at their ends carry external ears I9 accommodating adjustingscrewsA 29, these being in threaded engagement with the ears on one part and loosely engaged with the ears on the other part of said ring so that in this manner the ring can be made secure about the neck I0 of the bottle A. Swingingly connected with the adjusting screws'Zll are binding posts 2l having threaded thereon winged nuts 22, the posts being received in seats 23 provided in the periphery of the cover I3 and in thismanner by a tightening of the nuts 22 against the cover I3 it can be firmly sealed upon the mouth end of the bottle, there being provided in this cover I3 a sealinggasket 24 which rests upon the upper edge of the neck Ill of the bottle A and thus a seal can be had between the neck I0 and the cover I3 to avoid any leakage at such point.

Secured to the cover I3 is a spigot orfaucetlike body 25 having aflow passage 26 therethrough to adischarge nipple 21, this being a part of thebody 25 and in thispassage 26 is a valve seat 28 engageable by avalve 29 having afeed screw stem 30 so that thevalve 29 can be moved to or away from the seat. Thestem 30 extends without thebody 25 and is fitted externally of the latter with a handle 3| for manual manipulation thereof. Thevalve 29 controls the ow of liquid through thepassage 26 in the dispensing of such liquid from the bottle A. There is tted in the passage 26 atube 32 which extends downwardly into thebottle A close to its bottom for directing the flow of liquid within the bottle to thepassage 26 in thebody 25.

The nipple 21 carries aseparable coupling 33 for a supply hose 34 of exible kind. The hose at its outer end has fitted therewith a dual coupling including the parts 35 and 36, respectively. 'Ihis coupling including the parts 35 and 36 is serviceable for the attachment of the hose to a dispensing faucet (not shown) of a bar fixture or to a container from which the liquid is dispensed into the bottle A.

Mounted upon the cover I3 is an air pumpof the hand operated piston type, itsbarrel 31 being connected with aunion 38 which is made secure in the cover I3 and thepiston 39 operates within saidbarrel 31. Thestem 46 of the piston outside of thebarrel 31 carries a handhold 4| so that the pump can be manually operated. Thebarrel 31 of the pump is built with an air feed nozzle 42 which extends into theunion 38 and is equipped with areturn check valve 43 so that air from the pump will enter the bottle A through theunion 38 and will be checked against return ow. In this manner the contents of the bottle A can be placed under pressure for the dispensing of such liquid. Theunion 38 has formed therewith a pressure release extension or nipple 44l having an outlet port 45 whichis controlled by anadjustable needle valve 46 the same being manually regulated and this valve engages a seat 41 provided within the nipple 44. On engagement of the Valve 46 with the seat 41 the outlet port 45 is closed so that pressure cannot escape therethrough. The nipple 44 is equipped with apressure gage 48 of any standard type so that the pressure within the bottle A can be readily determined therefrom. The air passing through the nipple 44 will escape through the port 45 to the atmosphere. In the union `38 concentrically of the nozzle 42 and formed in the bore of said nipple is a chamber 56 so that air under pressure within the bottle A can make its escape about the nozzle 42 to the atmosphere through the port 45. It is, of course, understood that the pressure within the bottle A can be relieved on the opening of the port 45 and in doing this the bottle A can be readily filled to the desired level therein.

Vv'hen the pump is operated it places the contents of the bottle A under pressure. The attachment is serviceable in the dispensing of beer or other liquid beverages. K

In Figure 9 of the drawings there is shown a slight modification wherein the nipple 5| which corresponds to the nipple 44 serves as an inlet nipple containing aninlet port 52 and acompressor coupling tip 53, the latter being equipped with areturn check valve 54 so that air from a compressor (not shown) can be drawn into the nipple 5I to place the contents of the bottle A under pressure and in the use of the compressor the operation of the pump is entirely dispensed with, this being the oase when the capacity of the equipment is increased.

The vacancies as provided by the mutilated bead or rib II on the bottle neck l0 affords clearances for the post 2| when fastening the cover I3 to the said bottle neck.

The liquid contained within the bottle A is dispensed therefrom through thespout 55 and the 'flow 0f such liquid is controlled by thevalve 29 as herein before described. Thisspout 55 is applied when the hose 34 is removed.

What is claimed is:

Means for mounting a pump and faucet pres,- sure-tight upon a container, including a cylindrical neck integral with the container, an annular bead extending circumferentially around the neck about midway between the container and the rim of the neck, said bead having a pair of gaps disposed diametrically opposite each other therein, a lug on the neck rising from the bead midway between the gaps and extending to the top of the neck, a disc cover for supporting the pump and faucet on the neck having a skirt telescopioally receiving the neck, there being a notch formed in the skirt receiving the lug'and anchoring the cover against rotation, a clamp ring having a pair of half circular sections encircling the neck and having inwardly directed bottom anges disposed beneath the bead, a resilient gasket on the flanges engaging underneath rand embracing the bead and preventing the clamp ring from damaging the neck, the clamp ring sections having perforated ears disposed at the gaps in the bead, adjusting screws for drawing the` ears together to tighten the clamp ring, binding posts pivoted at the lower ends on said adjusting screws, the cover having a peripheral flange provided withv seats receiving theupper ends of the binding posts, nuts on the binding posts engaged with the cover to hold the cover tightly down upon the neck, and a gasket between the cover and the rim of the neck compressed by the cover to prevent pressure leakage from the container.

LEONARD W. VALENTINE.

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