US702133A - Soda-water apparatus. - Google Patents

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SODA WATER APPARATUS.

I (Application filed Feb. 25. IBOIJ (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l I F a-tented June It), I902.

R. M. GREEN &. R. M. GREEN, JR.

SODA WATER APPARATUS.

{Application filed Feb. 25, 1901.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

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' twenty-four tilting syrup-tanks and the-six UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

RoBERT M. GREEN AND ROBERT n. GREEN, JR, or PHILADELPHIA,

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,133, dated June 10, 1902. Application filed February 25, l. l. Serial No. 48,767. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT M. GREEN and ROBERT M. GREEN, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing in thecity and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soda- Water Apparatus, of which the following is a specification;

Draft-tubes in tilting-can fountains-have heretofore been located either on that part of:

is usually about three inches in width and.

the space occupied by which serves no other purpose than to carry a draft-tube. The portion of the panel under the tube and the space in the fountain back of the same is unused or lost. As compactness is one of the things of most importance in a soda-fountain, the loss of this space is of considerable moment. (not an uncommon number) and the panel allotted to each is threeinches wide there are eighteen inches of the fountain -case that serve no other purpose than to carry the draft-tubes. Furthermore, it is obvious that if these six spaces were used for syrup-tanks and the fountain was otherwise designed for syrups instead ,of twenty-four without" in-; creasing the space occupied by the fountain andwithout increasing the length thereof,

thus utilizing what has been heretofore a serious waste of space and awaste of costly material, which 1s even more serious.

It is the object. and purpose of our invention to utilize the spaces under the drafttubes by the insertion of a syrup-tank, preferably of the'fsliding or drawer type, shown in the drawings attached to this specification.

The invention-consists in locating all the draft-tubes on the panels between the tilting For instance, if there are six drafts .municates with the latter.

ber' G is placed the horizontally-arranged,

wise vacant space below the draft-tubes by inserting a sliding or horizontal tank, thereby acquiring an additional syrup for every draft-"tube without increasing the length of thefountain. The draft-tube is connected with a'portion of the wall of the casing in front of the main chamber 0, said wall being cut away below said portion, forming an -'inlet to the supplemental chamber G below said main chamber.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a'soda-water apparatus embodying our invention. Fig. 2 represents a front view there- ,of on a reduced scale. Fig. 3 represents a verticalsection thereof on line a; 00, Fig. 2.

.Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame or casing of a soda-water apparatus; B, the ice-box therein; 0, the front chamber, in which is located'the tilting syrup-tanks and through which passes the supply-pipe D of the draft-tube E, and F the coils for coolingthe vcarbonated waters.

G designates a chamber which exists below the iee-box B and chamber 0 and comsyrup'jar'or tank H, which is provided with the faucet J and supported on the base-plate K, the latter having hinged to it the drop- .door L for said jar H and having journaled therein a handle J to operatethe dischargeplug of said faucet J It will be seenthat provision is made for the employment of an additional syrup-jar, as at H, below the drafttube, where such jar has not heretofore existed.

M designates tilting or upright syrup jars or tanks, and N the usual holders therefor, saidholders having facings P thereon. I It will also be noticed that the chamber G is set out from the bottom portion of the casing A, as. are also the chambers aside of said chamber G, so that the several chambers overhang the space in front of said bottom portion, thus providing a place for the glasses or drinking vessels. The'axis of the door L isparallelwith the axes of those of the side chambers at the front of the base-plate K of the chamber.

In said cham- We prefer the horizontal type of syrup tank because of the facility with which the same can be replenished with syrup. As is well known, the mouth or open side of a tilting or upright tank is located at or near the top of the apparatus, and to replenish the same with syrup the operator, unless he be very tall, is obliged to use a ladder or box, which is in his Way when he is through with the same and is a general nuisance in front of the fountain. By using the horizontal tank (which may be replenished by the operator while he is standing on the floor) for the leading syrups (those requiring replenishing the most frequently) it is obvious the operator will be spared the use of the ladder or box for replenishing his syrup-tanks in a large number of instances.

We do'uot limit ourselves to any particular type of syrup-tan ks in the spaces under the drafttubes, as it is obvious any form of ROBT. M. GREEN. ROBERT M. GREEN, JR.

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FRANK D. GREEN, W. R. Hoovnn.

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