US330550A - Keg-washing machine - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

H. BINDER.

KEG WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Nov. 17, 1885..

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HEBMANN BINDER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

KEG-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,550, dated November 17, 1885. Application filed April 26, 1884. Serial No. 129,417. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN BINDER, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Keg Washing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the valve, showing it closed, and Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing it open to admit warm water; Fig. 4 is a detail top view, on larged, showing the position of the parts when the valve is closed. Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the valve is open to admit warm water, and Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the valve is open to admit cold water. Fig. 7 shows a top view of sprocket-wheels and chain which may be substituted for the gear-wheels.

My present invention relates to an improvement on the device shown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 204,288, issued to me May 28, 1878; and this invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. 7

Referring to the drawings, A represents a stand or frame to support the keg-holder and nozzle, and B a stand or frame that supports the three-way valve T, which is connected to a hot-water pipe, 0, a cold-water pipe, D, and an escape or outlet pipe, I, that connects with the nozzle J,.which enters the bunghole of the keg when the keg is placed on the holder L, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 1. The holder consists of four arms, as shown in the patent referred to. On the hub of the holder is a cog-wheel or pinion, M, meshing into a similar wheel or pinion, N, on the valve stem. Through the stem may be passed a stop-pin, O, that will come against the stand or frame A when the valve is opened for either hot or cold water, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. Now, it will be seen that by simply twisting the keg to turn the holder and the gear-wheels in the direction shown by the arrows, Fig. 6, the hot-water pipe will be opened. Then by turning it in the direction shown by the arrows, Fig. 5, the cold-water pipe will be opened; and then by turning it to the position shownin Fig. 4, which is the same as that shown in Fig. 2, both pipes will be closed. Thus it will be seen that the levers (shown in my former patent) for opening and closing the valve are dispensed with, and the same end is accomplished by simply twisting the keg, which is a great convenience, for the operator does not have to leave hold of the keg until it is ready to be removed. The nozzle is the same as that shown in my patent referred to.

To avoid the danger of the valve being tightened in its seat or casing, so that it could not be turned by the kegor something striking the wheel N on top, I locate a set-screw, P, beneath, and which jams against the valve. It is supported in a cross-piece, B, of the stand or frame B. It may be turned up or down, so that the valve may always be properly seated.

An indicator, P, may be secured to the hub of the holder, if desired.

The valve and holder might be provided with a sprocket-wheel each, and a chain made use of to connect them, Fig. 7; but the gearwheels are preferred.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the hot and cold water pipes, valve controlling both pipes, oscillating holder, and connection between the valve and the holder, the whole being so arranged that by turning the holder the hot or cold water can be turned on at will and both shut off when desired.

2. The combination of the hot and cold water pipes, three-way valve controlling both pipes, oscillating or turning holder, and connection between the valve and holder, arranged and operating substantially as shown and described, whereby the turning of the holder operates the valve to permit the flow of either hot or cold water or shut off the flow of both, as set forth.

3. The combination of the three-way valve, pipes, nozzle, holder, and gear-wheels, arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

HERMANN BINDER.

In presence of- GEO. H. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT.

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