Dispensing device

• US 3,079,944 A
• Filed: 07/03/1958
• Issued: 03/05/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1958
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James H. Mclaughlin
• Original Assignee: James H. Mclaughlin
• Inventors: Mclaughlin, James H.
• Application Number:
  US03/746,527
• Time in Patent Office: 1,706 Days
• US Class Current: 137/453
• CPC Class Codes: D06F 39/022 in a liquid state D06F39/024 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/7498 Barometric
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86196 Separable with valved-connecting passage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/8626 Swinging outlet pipe or spout

Claims

1. A LIQUID DISPENSER COMPRISING A FIRST SUMP FOR RECEIVING A LIQUID, MEANS TO MAINTAIN A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT LEVEL OF THE LIQUID IN SAID FIRST SUMP, A SECOND SUMP, A PASSAGE FOR LIQUID CONNECTING SAID FIRST SUMP TO SAID SECOND SUMP FOR FLOW OF SAID LIQUID FROM SAID FIRST SUMP TO SAID SECOND SUMP TO FILL SAID SECOND SUMP TO THE SAME LEVEL AS THE LIQUID IN SAID FIRST SUMP, A NORMALLY OPEN VALVE IN SAID PASSAGE, ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE, A TUBE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID SECOND SUMP AND HAVING AN OPEN END TO BE IMMERSED IN THE LIQUID IN SAID SECOND SUMP, MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE OPEN END OF SAID TUBE UP AND DOWN IN SAID SECOND SUMP, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING LIQUID FROM SAID SECOND SUMP THROUGH SAID OPEN END OF AND UPWARDLY THROUGH SAID TUBE UNTIL THE LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID SECOND SUMP IS LOWERED SUFFICIENTLY TO UNCOVER SAID OPENING IN SAID TUBE AND TERMINATE WITHDRAWAL OF LIQUID FROM SAID SECOND SUMP AND MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED MEANS FOR CLOSING SAID VALVE TO PREVENT INTRODUCTION OF LIQUID INTO SAID SECOND SUMP WHILE LIQUID IS BEING WITHDRAWN THEREFROM.