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Plural liquid containing bottles of differing sizes are simultaneously held in a cabinet in an inverted position so that the liquid flows by gravity from an orifice at the top of each bottle. A tension spring controls the vertical position of a first, fixed bearing surface for the top of each bottle

Plural liquid containing bottles of differing sizes are simultaneously held in a cabinet in an inverted position so that the liquid flows by gravity from an orifice at the top of each bottle. A tension spring controls the vertical position of a first, fixed bearing surface for the top of each bottle relative to a second bearing surface for the bottom of the bottle to facilitate insertion of different sized bottles between the surfaces. A valve is selectively opened to enable liquid to be dispensed by gravity from the bottle through a dispensing tube extending through a stopper in the orifice. A vent tube attached to the stopper has an open end exposed to the atmosphere above a liquid-air interface in the bottle to assure the flow of liquid to the valve. The second surface carries the stopper and is on a plate that is detachable from the remainder of the holding structure and is horizontally slidable toward and away from a door through which bottles are inserted into the cabinet.

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A structure for enabling liquid to be dispensed by gravity from orifices at the tops of a plurality of bottles adapted to be inserted simultaneously in situ into the structure, differing simultaneously inserted bottles being susceptible of having differing heights along longitudinal axes thereof bet

A structure for enabling liquid to be dispensed by gravity from orifices at the tops of a plurality of bottles adapted to be inserted simultaneously in situ into the structure, differing simultaneously inserted bottles being susceptible of having differing heights along longitudinal axes thereof between a bottom surface thereof and the top, comprising means for simultaneously holding the plurality of bottles in an inverted position so that the orifices of the bottles are below the bottom surfaces thereof and the longitudinal axes of the bottles are substantially vertical, said holding means including a stationary, horizontally extending first surface against which the bottom surfaces of all the bottles simultaneously bear, a separate horizontally extending second surface for each bottle, each second surface being arranged so a portion of the bottle removed from the bottom surface of the bottle bears against it, each of said second surfaces being vertically translatable relative to the first surface to accomodate bottles of differing heights, spring means for separately controlling the vertical position of each of the second surfaces and for maintaining the bottom surface and the removed bottle portion of each of the bottles in a bearing relation against the first surface and the separate second surfaces, valve means in fluid flow relationship with liquid at the orifice of each bottle for selectively enabling liquid to be dispensed by gravity from each of the bottles, and vent means for each of the bottles extending through the orifice of each of the bottles for applying sufficient pressure to an air-liquid interface in each bottle to cause the liquid in each bottle to flow by gravity to the valve means of each bottle.