A glass filler defines a main body having a lower surface. An inlet and outlet are each defined in the lower surface of the main body. An outlet chamber is defined in the main body and contains an outlet valve, which includes an outlet valve housing defining a castellated edge. The outlet valve incl
A glass filler defines a main body having a lower surface. An inlet and outlet are each defined in the lower surface of the main body. An outlet chamber is defined in the main body and contains an outlet valve, which includes an outlet valve housing defining a castellated edge. The outlet valve includes a cylindrical sleeve that defines an inner surface that is crenellated and configured to receive an implement that can be inserted and used by the operator to rotate the cylindrical sleeve in a manner that controls the amount of liquid exiting the outlet of the glass filler.
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What is claimed is: 1. A glass filler for connection to a source of drinking water, comprising: a main body defining an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, said main body further defining a rear surface extending generally between said upper surface and said lower
What is claimed is: 1. A glass filler for connection to a source of drinking water, comprising: a main body defining an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, said main body further defining a rear surface extending generally between said upper surface and said lower surface; an inlet defined through one of said the lower surface and said rear surface of the main body; an outlet defined through the lower surface of the main body; an inlet valve disposed within the main body and between the inlet and outlet, the inlet valve defining an actuator button that is biased to project outwardly from within the main body; an inlet passage connecting the inlet into fluid communication with the inlet valve; an elongated arm having one end pivotally connected to the lower surface of the main body and disposed between the actuator button and the outlet; an outlet passage having a first end connected into fluid communication with the inlet valve and a second end disposed opposite to said first end; an outlet chamber having a free end defined by said outlet, the outlet chamber having an interior end connected into fluid communication with the second end of said outlet passage; an outlet valve disposed in said outlet chamber and including an outlet valve housing defining on one free end thereof a castellated edge portion defining at least a first opening disposed in communication with said outlet chamber, said outlet valve including a cylindrical sleeve defining through a first end thereof at least a second opening, said cylindrical sleeve being disposed in said outlet valve housing with said first end disposed against said castellated edge portion of said outlet valve housing, said cylindrical sleeve defining an exit of said outlet valve, said exit of said cylindrical sleeve being disposed axially apart from said first end of said cylindrical sleeve, said cylindrical sleeve being configured to be selectively rotatable relative to said outlet valve housing, wherein rotation of said cylindrical sleeve effects a change in the degree of flow permitted through said exit of said outlet valve. 2. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein: rotation of said cylindrical sleeve effects a change in the area of said second opening that is hooded by said castellated edge portion of said outlet valve housing. 3. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve is configured to be biased against rotation relative to said outlet valve housing and said cylindrical sleeve defines an inner surface that is configured to receive an implement that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 4. A glass filler as in claim 3, wherein: said inner surface of the cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive a hex wrench that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 5. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve defines an inner surface that is configured with a crenellated surface. 6. A glass filler as in claim 5, wherein: said crenellated surface defines at least two crenellations and a merlon disposed between said two crenellations, said second opening defined in said edge of said cylindrical sleeve being aligned with at least one of said two crenellations. 7. A glass filler as in claim 5, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve is configured to be biased against rotation relative to said outlet valve housing and wherein the crenellated surface of the cylindrical sleeve is further configured to receive an implement that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 8. A glass filler as in claim 7, wherein: the crenellated surface of the cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive a hex wrench that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 9. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein: the arm defines an arm stop that is disposed in opposition to a portion of the lower surface of the main body, the arm further defines a cam that is disposed near the arm stop and that is configured to engage and depress the actuator button when the arm is pivoted so as to move the stop toward the lower surface of the main body. 10. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein: the upper surface of the main body is configured to define a single point that is vertically disposed at a reference distance from a horizontal reference plane, which is disposed beneath the lower surface of the main body, that is greater than the vertical distance between any other point on the upper surface of the main body and the reference plane. 11. A glass filler as in claim 1, wherein said inlet is defined through said lower surface of said main body. 12. A glass filler for connection to the open end of a hollow, vertically disposed stanchion that carries drinking water vertically upward to the open end of the stanchion, comprising: a main body defining an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface; an inlet defined through the lower surface of the main body, the inlet being configured to be selectively connected to the open end of the stanchion; an outlet defined through the lower surface of the main body; an inlet valve disposed within the main body and between the inlet and outlet, the inlet valve defining an actuator button that is biased to project outwardly from within the main body; an inlet passage connecting the inlet into fluid communication with the inlet valve; an elongated arm having one end pivotally connected to the lower surface of the main body and disposed between the actuator button and the outlet, the arm defining an arm stop that is disposed in opposition to a portion of the lower surface of the main body, the arm defining a cam disposed near the arm stop and configured to engage and depress the actuator button when the arm is pivoted so as to move the arm stop toward the lower surface of the main body; an outlet passage having a first end connected into fluid communication with the inlet valve and a second end disposed opposite to said first end; an outlet chamber having a free end defined by said outlet, the outlet chamber having an interior end connected into fluid communication with the second end of said outlet passage; an outlet valve disposed in said outlet chamber and configured and disposed to control the flow from said outlet passage to said outlet; said outlet valve including an outlet valve housing having an exterior surface that is connected to said outlet chamber, the outlet valve housing having on a free end thereof a castellated edge portion defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart first openings disposed in communication with said outlet chamber, said castellated edge portion further defining at least one merlon between two of said first openings; said outlet valve including a cylindrical sleeve defining through a first end thereof a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart second openings, said cylindrical sleeve being disposed in said outlet valve housing with the first end with said plurality of circumferentially spaced apart second openings being disposed against said castellated edge portion of said outlet valve housing that defines the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart first openings, said cylindrical sleeve being configured to be selectively rotatable relative to said outlet valve housing wherein said outlet valve is configured so that rotation of said cylindrical sleeve effects a change in the area of at least one of said second openings that is hooded by said at least one merlon of said castellated edge of said outlet valve housing. 13. A glass filler as in claim 12, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve is configured to be biased against rotation relative to said outlet valve housing and said cylindrical sleeve defines an inner surface that is configured to receive an implement that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 14. A glass filler as in claim 12, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve defines an inner surface that is configured with a crenellated surface. 15. A glass filler as in claim 14, wherein: said crenellated surface defines a plurality of crenellations and a plurality of merlons, each merlon being disposed between two different adjacent ones of said crenellations, each of the second openings defined in said edge of said cylindrical sleeve being aligned with a different one of the crenellations. 16. A glass filler as in claim 15, wherein: the circumferential width of each merlon is about twice the circumferential width of each of the two crenellations on each opposite side of that merlon. 17. A glass filler as in claim 14, wherein: said cylindrical sleeve is configured to be biased against rotation relative to said outlet valve housing and wherein the crenellated surface of the cylindrical sleeve is further configured to receive an implement that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 18. A glass filler as in claim 17, wherein: the crenellated surface of the cylindrical sleeve is configured to receive a hex wrench that can be inserted and used by the operator to apply leverage sufficient to overcome the anti-rotational biasing of the cylindrical sleeve relative to the outlet valve housing. 19. A glass filler as in claim 12, wherein: the upper surface of the main body is configured to define a single point that is vertically disposed at a reference distance from a horizontal reference plane, which is disposed beneath the lower surface of the main body, that is greater than the vertical distance between any other point on the upper surface of the main body and the reference plane.
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