Liquid dispensing apparatus

Claim 1

LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS COMPRISING A DISPLACEMENT METER, DRUM TYPE COUNTER MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF DRUMS ARRANGED TO INDICATE A SERIES OF DIGITS HAVING SEVERAL ORDERS ORDERS CONTITUTING A SINGLE NUMBER AND TRANSFER GEARS COOPERATING WITH GEARS ON THE DRUMS TO TRANSMIT MOTION FROM EACH OF SAID DRUMS TO THE NEXT HIGHER ORDER DRUM, SETTING MEANS TO SET THE DRUMS OF SAID COUNTER MEANS TO SHOW A QUALITY OF LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED, DRIVING MEANS FOR SAID COUNTER MEANS OPERATED BY SAID METER TO DRIVE SAID COUNTER MEANS TO THE ZERO POSITION, A VALVE TO CONTROL THE FLOW OF LIQUID THROUGH SAID METER, MANUAL OPENING MEANS FOR SAID VALVE, AUTOMATIC CLOSING MEANS FOR SAID VALVE OPERATED BY THE RETURN OF THE COUNTER MEANS TO THE ZERO POSITION, AND A CLUTCH IN SAID DRIVING MEANS TO FREE THE COUNTER DRUMS FOR SETTING, THE SETTING MEANS COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL AND INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE SETTING MEMBERS CONNECTED TO SEPARATE DRUMS FOR INDIVIDUALLY SETTING MORE THAN ONE DRUM SO THAT A LOWER ORDER DRUM NEED NOT BE MOVED TO ARRIVE AT A DESIRED SETTING OF A HIGH ORDER DRUM, AND THE TRANSFER GEARS BEING MOUNTED FOR MOVEMENT OUR OF MESH WITH THE COOPERATING GEARS ON THE INDIVIDUALLY SEATTABLE DRUMS TO RELEASE THEM FOR SETTING.