US1190325A - Dispensing-can. - Google Patents

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HARRY RosENTHAL AND'ISADOR RosEN'rHAL, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPENSINGCAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 6, 1915. Serial No.'12,543.

vide a dispensing can with discharge openf.

ings and means for normally covering the same, said means being constructed so as to act as a stirring device associated with an automatic actuated structure for resiliently maintaining the covering member over the discharge opening. y

A. further object of the invention is to provide a dispensing can with a manually operated pin and associated parts which may be operated by the same hand which holds the can for discharging any desired quantity at any desired time. l

In the accompanying drawingsuFigure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a section through Fig. 1 on line Q-Qg Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the can shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 1 is a detailed perspective view of the moving parts arranged in the can shown in Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a can having preferably a removable top Q and a bottom 3 provided with a plurality of perforations 4 as shown in Fig. 3. Bottom 3 is convex so as to readily receive a convex covering member 5 which is connected with shaft 6 and with bracing arms 7. Bracing arms 7 act as stirring means as well as bracing members for holding the cover 5 tightly against the bottom 8. Shaft 6 extends upwardly and is held in place by a suitable bracket 8, which bracket has connected therewith one end of spring 9, the opposite end being connected with shaft 6 and tending to hold the shaft 6 and parts connected therewith in the position shown in Figs. l, 2 and 4. Arm 10 is connected with shaft 6 in any desired manner and extends through an arc-shaped slot 11, whereby the arm may be swung around to move the shaft 6 therewith tolfreely iow through the apertures.

gether with bottom iso as to uncover the apertures 4. A suitable knob 12-may be secured to the outer end of arm 10 for permitting an easy operation ofthe arm.' In order that the slot 11 may vnot present an'opening a .covering strip 13 is provided, said strip bemg formed of resilient material, as for instance a strtpip of metalA whereby the same hugs or presses the sides of the'c'an 1. Arm

10 extends through the'strip 1,3 and moves the strip whenever the arm is moved.

In operation the lid Q is removed and can 1 is filled or partially filled with the desired matter to be dispensed, as for instance soap 1n a powdered form. talcum powder or any other desired powder could be dispensed from the cany without departing from-the spirit of the invention. After thecan has been supplied with powder and it is desired'to secure a quantity, arm 10 is swung around from the position shown in Fig. 2 until all of the aperturesa, or a` desired number thereof have been uncovered, whereupon the powdered matter in the can will drop through the apertures. The arms 7 act as stirring means so that the powder will not become clogged and will therefore As shown particularly in Fig. 1, the bottom 3 is concave. This structure is particularly desirable where soap isbeing dispensed as the'wet hand cannot engage any of the apertures and thereby the apertured section of the bottom will be left perfectly dry. In moving the arm from the position shown in l oFFicE.

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It is yevident that'A Fig. 2 the same will cause a winding action of the spring 9, which spring will of course unwind as soon as the arm 10 is released.

The construction of the dispensingcan is such as to adapt the same to dispensing various kinds of material, as for instance, tooth powder', talcum powder or powdered Soap. The construction'shown in the drawings is especially adapted for use in dispensing powdered soap and when used for this purpose is preferably mounted on ya suitable bracket so that the arm 10 may be moved back and forth freely by one hand while the other hand catches the soap.

What we claim is- 1. In a dispensing can of the class described, a body portion formed with .an apertured bottom and a slot adjacent the top, av

portion, said disk being cut away except Where the same covers said apertures, whereby when the disk is rotated for part of a to cause the disk to normally cover the aper-y tures in said bottom, a crank arm secured to said shaft, said crank arm extending through said slot, and a covering `plate arranged interiorly of the body portion secured to said crank arm. said plate being formed of such a size as to maintain closed the slot in said body portion.

2. In a dispensing can of the class described, a body portion, a bottom arc-shaped in cross section provided with a plurality of apertures arranged on opposite sides of the bottom, a disk fitting said bottom, said d isk being cut away except at the part covering said apertures, a shaft connected with said disk for rotating the same, a pair of bracing and stirring arms connected with said shaft and with the outer edge of said disk for stirring the contents of the can when the disk is being moved, an operating crank arm connected with said shaft and extending through said body portion, said body portion having a slot for accommodating said crank arm, a slide mounted on said arm for maintaining said slot closed, anda spring acting on said shaftfor resiliently maintaining said shaft in a predetermined position and for returning said shaft to said position when moved therefrom. l

3. In a dispensing can of the class described, a body portion, a bottom for said. body portion formed partiglobular, said bottom having a plurality of sets of openings, a disk fitting against said bottom and conforming to the contour of the bottom, said l disk being cut away on opposite sides whereby the disk normally covers that part of the bottom provided with apertures so that when the disk is moved to a ditferent position the apertures will be uncovered, a shaft connected with said disk and extending to near the top of the body, a pair of bracing arms connected with said shaft and with the outer part of Said disk for bracing the disk and for acting as stirring members, an operating handle for partially rotating said disk, and a spring member acting on said shaft in the double capacity of causing the shaft and the diskconnected therewith to return to its original position and for causing the disk to press against the bottom.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in-the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY ROSENTHAL. SADOR ROSENTHAL.

`Witnesses y A. L. lxITCHIN, PHiLIP D. RoLLHAUs.

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