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PATENT SPECIFICATION No. 2583. APPLICATION DATE: 6th February 1894. SPECIFICATION ACCEPTED: 12th December 1894. TITLE: IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND DELIVERING LIQUIDS AND PREVENTING FRAUDS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR USE IN PUBLIC HOUSES. APPLICANT:JOHN HOOKER of Lancaster Place, Station Road, Beccles, Suffolk. Size: 195mmx270mm. No. of pages of text: 7. No. of pages of drawings: 5. Size of page of drawing/s: 300mmx225mm (4) & 140mmx225mm (1). Brief Description of Patent: The apparatus has a measuring vessel to which liquid is admitted by a cock normally closed with its handle locked - the handle however being freed on the insertion of a coin, or preferably a token, into the apparatus , and it can then be turned admitting liquid into the measuring vessel,being again locked in the new position. Condition: Slight crinkling. Wear to left hand edge where removed from volume, no loss to text or drawing. This was sold by Manchester Library and has their stamp impression on some of the pages/drawings.Drawing pages loose. Multiple Item Postage: Patents can be combined for postage costs, the cost is the same whether you purchase one or several, so check out our Ebay Shop patent listings as well. This patent specification has been disbound from a volume of 100 different patents. This is an original HMSO published item at the time, not a modern copy as are being sold elsewhere. The drawings are often ideal for framing. It is part of a collection of several volumes from the 1907 & 1920/50's that I have from which individual patents will be sold over the next few years.