Dispensing mechanism

Claim 1

A DISPENSING MECHANISM FOR DISPENSING LIQUID MATERIAL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS FOR STORING A SUPPLY OF MATERIAL TO BE DISPENSED, A PLURALITY OF SIPHON UNITS, EACH OF SAID SIPHON UNITS BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID CONTAINERS FOR FEEDING SUCH MATERIAL THERETHROUGH FROM SAID CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS, EACH OF SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS HAVING A PORTION MOVABLE INTO ONE POSITION EFFECTIVE TO OPEN A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SIPHON UNITS UPON ENERGIZATION OF SAID RESPECTIVE MEANS, AND MOVABLE INTO ANOTHER POSITION EFFECTIVE TO CLOSE SAID RESPECTIVE SIPHON UNIT UPON DEENERGIZATION OF SAID RESPECTIVE MEANS, ALL OF SAID MEANS BEING NORMALLY DE-ENERGIZED, AND MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS, SAID LAST-MENTIONED MEANS INCLUDING A SWITCH, SENSING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF SAID SIPHON UNITS FOR SENSING THE LEVEL OF SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF OTHER SWITCHES, EACH OF SAID OTHER SWITCHES HAVING A MOVABLE CONTACT MOVABLE BETWEEN ONE POSITION WHEREIN IT IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS, AND ANOTHER POSITION WHEREIN IT IS ELECTRICALLY DISCONNECTED FROM SAID RESPECTIVE ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS, EACH OF SAID SENSING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE TOP OF RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID SIPHON UNITS BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED TO RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS TO DISPOSE SAID CONTACT IN SAID ONE POSITION WHEN THE LEVEL OF SAID MATERIAL IN SAID CONTAINER TO WHICH SAID RESPECTIVE SIPHON UNIT IS ATTACHED IS ABOVE A PREDETERMINED LEVEL, AND DISPOSE SAID CONTACT IN SAID OTHER POSITION WHEN THE LEVEL OF SAID MATERIAL IN SAID LAST-MENTIONED CONTAINER IS BELOW SAID PREDETERMINED LEVEL.