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Bubbler

Bubbler is a trademarked name that refers to a drinking fountain.

History of device

The Bubbler was developed in 1888 by the then-small Kohler Water Works (now Kohler Company) in Kohler, Wisconsin, which was already well-known for its faucet production. While Harlan Huckleby is credited with the actual design, it was Kohler that patented it and trademarked the name. The original Bubbler shot water one inch straight into the air, creating a bubbling texture, and the excess water ran back down over the sides of the nozzle. It was several years later before the bubbler adapted the arc projection, which allowed the drinker to partake more easily.

The Bubbler concept took off and there were many copies. Since the name was trademarked, other companies named their fountains "The Gurgler" and "The Gusher". In the end, the generic terms "water fountain" and "drinking fountain" became the standard terms used in American English for a device that shoots water into the air for purpose of drinking.

Current usage of term

The term is still used in several regional dialects of the United States, originating in eastern Wisconsin. The Upper Peninsula of Michigan, states in New England, and Australia also use the term. Oregon is also known to be quite familiar with the term, specifically in the Portland region where in the late 1800s Simon Benson installed 20 fountains which are now known in the Portland area as "Benson Bubblers".

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BubbleMania and Company
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COLUMN: Dictionaries validate the word 'bubbler'
Apr 23, 2001; Elizabeth Weishan University Wire 04-23-2001 (Badger Herald) (U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. -- This week I -- a Wisconsinite -- became...
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Nevada Inventor Develops Covered Bubbler Head
Nov 13, 2006; ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 13 -- Sam T. Hong of Sparks, Nev., has developed a covered bubbler head for a drinking fountain. According...
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THE BUBBLER The talk of Wisconsin Businesses
Feb 02, 1998; What's big and white and empty all over? The Bubbler likes the name of the newly formed company Ivory Tusk LLC that is buying the...
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Refreshing bequest is back; Street-corner bubbler, a young man's gift, returns in his memory
Oct 01, 2007; Whitefish Bay - The day she buried her 24-year-old son in 1989, Jeanne McCue got a call from the Whitefish Bay Foundation asking...
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Avensys' Intelligent Bubbler System Selected by Hydro-Quebec for Critical Water Level Measurement Applications.
Jul 29, 2005; MONTREAL -- Avensys Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Manaris Corporation (OTCBB:CCHI)(Frankfurt WKN:255471), announced today...
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