US901433A - Liquid-receptacle. - Google Patents

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c. w. P0X. 4 LIQUID BBGEPTAGLE. APPLICATION TILED OCT. 13, 190 5.

Patented Oct. 20, 190

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE W. FOX, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

LIQUID-RE GEITAGLE To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE W. Fox, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Liquid-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to containers for various fluids, and more particularly to those in which the liquids are refrigerated. Such containers are employed for dispensing syrups and beverages of various kinds and are usually displayed upon counters or in connection with soda Water fountains.

The object of the present invention is to provide a composite container consisting of separable sections, which are so arranged as to form an inner receptacle which may be utilized for various purposes, such as for containing ice for the refrigeration of liquids contained in the sections.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the retainer that it will be ornamental in appearance, and so that it will be most efficient in the refrigeration of the liquids contained in the receptacles.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a plurality of separable receptacles having abutting edges, the outer walls of said receptacles forming the outer wall of the container, and the inner walls of the receptacles forming an intermediate chamber. These receptacles are preferably formed of glass, so that their contents may be identified, and so that the container as a whole forms an attractive appearance. Each of the receptacles is provided with a faucet or spigot so that its contents may be withdrawn. The receptacles themselves rest upon a base which forms the bottom wall of the inner compartment, said base serving to bind the receptacles together at their lower ends. At the upper ends of the receptacles, there is a cap ring which also binds the receptacles together, said cap ring being connected with the base by tension rods which are located near the side edges of the receptacles or between them. Upon the ring is placed a cap which closes the upper ends of the chamber and the receptacles, this cap being provided with an aperture through which ice or other substance may be introduced into the intermediate chamber. A removable cover is utilized to close this opening. The cap is rotatable and is provided with a removable cover or closure, through which access may Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 13, 1905.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Serial No. 282,599.

be had to the interior of each of the receptacles in turn. The cap ring and the base are so separated as to expose practically the entire length of the receptacles.

On the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention,-Figure 1 represents a side elevation, the parts being broken away and in section. Fig. 2 represents a horizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Proceeding to a more detailed description of the container shown upon the drawings,- 10 designates a base preferably of circular form, which may be supported upon legs 11 secured to the base in a manner which will be hereinafter described. The base has an upturned peripheral flange 12, near which are sup orted tanks or receptacles 13 convenient y of glass. These are shown as three in number, and are of generally segmental contour, their curved sides lying next to the flange and presenting a substantially continuous surface, their vertical reduced edges being preferably somewhat rounded and lying closely adjacent to one another. Rest ing upon the upper edges of the receptacles is a cap member or ring 14, having a circular flange 15 surrounding the upper ends of the receptacles. In the ring and base, at points between the meeting edges of the receptacles are alined o 7 enings to receive tension-rods 16 which are sliown as in the form of bolts provided with nuts 17, by which the tension may be varied. T hose rods hold the parts of the container proper together, and when thus assembled the receptacles form between their inner flattened sides a generally triangular receptacle or chamber 18. To render this chamber water-tight, gaskets 19 are inserted between the edges of the receptacles, the proper co-action being secured by the fit of said receptacles within the base and cap flanges. For the same purpose a gasket 20 is inserted between the receptacles and the base, this joint being tightened by the tension-rods. The gasket 20 and a similar gasket 21, inserted between the upper ends of the receptacles and the cap-ring, also serve to cushion the contact of the base and cap with the frangible receptacles. The tension-rods also pass through openings in the legs, the nuts of the rods being below these elements and this securing them to the base. It should be noted that the tension-rods occupy positions between the edges of the receptacles, thus causing the cylindrical contour to remain practically unbroken. Each of the receptacles referably has a draw-oil 0 ening in whic is inserted a spigot 22, W ile the intermediate compartment is shown as provided with a central opening-in which is inserted a drip-pipe 23.

Rising from the cap-ring at its outer edge is an upturned flange 24 to receive a cover 25 for the entire container. In this cover is a central opening situated above the compartment 18, and from the edge of this opening a flange 26 extends for a short distance above the cover and also downwardly be tween the receptacles 13. The last-named portion directs material within the central compartment and prevents its passing into the other receptacles, while the upper portion is adapted to receive a cover 27. Be tween the central cover-opening and its edge is a similar opening shown as closed by a swinging closure 29 pivoted upon a lug 30 rising from the cover. As a consequence of the circular contour of the ring and cover, the latter may be turned until this lastnamed opening is brought into alinement with any one of the receptacles, thus allowing the introduction of a liquid.

In use, the receptacles may be filled, as has been indicated, with syrups, for example, while in the central compartment ice is introduced to suitably chill them. The liquids may then be drawn off from the spigots, and the melted ice passes away through the dripp l rom the foregoing description, it will be apparent that, when ice is introduced into t e intermediate chamber, it comes into di rect contact with the inner Walls of the receptacle, so that the liquids in the receptacles themselves may be kept at the low temperature desired without waste of the ice, and so that a given quantity of ice will be much more effective in refrigerating the li uids than if the inner chamberwere separated 'l'rom the receptacles by an air space.

The invention not only provides an attractive and effective way for manufacturing a composite container, but also allows for one of its receptacles, if broken, to be replaced at a much less ex ense than if the parts were formed integral y. The transparency of the receptacles, as previously indicated, greatly adds to the attractiveness of the container and enables an observer, not only to see the contents of the receptacles, but also to see the ice or other substance in the intermediate chamber.

The invention also provides a sanitary structure because it is one which can be kept clean easily and certainly. This is because the structure is what may be termed a knock-down one because the parts can be readily separated. There is no separate ice receptacle or other container excepting the members 13, and consequently when the parts are separated and the tanks or rece tacles 13 are cleaned inside and out, the wa ls of the ice receptacle are cleaned at the same time because said ice receptacle walls are formed by the backs of the receptacles or tanks 13.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention, and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or all of the modes of its use, what I claim is:

1. A fluid container comprising a plurality of separate and independent receptacles the backs of which are combined to constitute an ice receptacle, and means for holding said receptacles juxtaposed to provide said ice receptacle.

2. A fluid container, comprising a plural- V ity of independent receptacles cooperating to form an intermediate chamber, and means for making a fluid-ti ht joint at the meeting edges of the receptac es.

3. A fluid container, com rising a plurality of independent receptac es having abutting edges, each receptacle having a rear wall at an angle to the rear wall of the adjacent receptacles to form an intermediate chamber for the reception of ice or other material, so

that the ice may come into direct contact with said rear walls for the effective refrigeration of the substance contained in said receptacles, and means for securing said receptacles in the relation described.

.4. A fluid container, com rising a plurality of separable receptacles aving abutting edges and cooperating to form an intermediate chamber, means outside of said chamber for holding said receptacles in their cooperat ing relation, and means for making fluidtight joints at the abutting edges of said receptacles.

5. The combination with a base, of a plurality of receptacles supported by said base and forming therewith a chamber, and gaskets situated between the receptacles and between the receptacles and the base to render said chamber fluid-tight.

6. The combination with a base, of a plurality of receptacles supported by the base and forming therewith a chamber, means for making a fluid-tight joint at the edges of the receptacles, and means for drawing the receptacles toward the base.

7. The combination with a base, of a plurality of receptacles supported by the base and forming therewith a chamber, gaskets situated between the meeting edges of the receptacles and between the receptacles and the base, and means for drawing the receptacles into contact with said gaskets.

8. A fluid container, comprising a plurality of outer receptacles which form an intermediate receptacle, means for making fluidtight joints between the outer receptacles,

a cover for the container provided with an opening situated above one of the receptacles, and a second cover for the opening.

9. The combination with a base, of a plurality of .eXposed independent transparent separable receptacles supported by the base and forming therewith the walls of an intermediate chamber, a cap member carried by the receptacles and holding them in 006pcrating relation, and tension rods connecting the base and cap member, said base and cap member being separated to expose the said receptacles.

10. The combination with a base, of a lurality of receptacles supported by the ase and forming therewith a chamber, a cap member carried by the rece tacles, tension rods connecting the base an the cap member, and gaskets situated between the edges of the outer receptacles and between said receptacles and the base.

11. The combination with a base and a plurality of independent transparent recep tacles supported by said base and having abutting edges and cooperating to form an inner ice chamber, the walls of which are the inner walls of said receptacles, and means at the 11 per ends of said receptacles for securing t em together, said means being separated from said base to expose said receptacles, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE W. FOX.

Witnesses:

E. BATOHELDER, SYLVANUs H. COBB.

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