US1220689A

US1220689A - Measuring-container.

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Publication number: US1220689A
Application number: US1147915A
Authority: US
Inventors: Eugene W Sanderson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-03-02
Filing date: 1915-03-02
Publication date: 1917-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 1934-03-27

Description

E. W. SANDERSON.

MEASURING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. 1915.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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M W m EUGENE W. SANDERSON, 015 SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

MEASURING-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2?, 191%..

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EUGENE W. SANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Nor-walk, county of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut,-have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring- Containers, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in receptacles adapted to hold granular or powdered material, from which a predetermined amount of such material may be measured out from the receptacle.

It is the object of the invention to produce a construction of this kind in which the measuring devices shall be independent of the receptacle and so made and assembled that they may be readily taken apart for cleaning or filling, and in which narrow passages and pockets through which the material must pass are avoided as far as possible, so that the receptacle may be properly cleaned, and to provide free passage of the measured out charge, whereby all the measured outcharge will be delivered and none retained in the devices by which it is measured or through which it passes.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a receptacle of this class in which the measuring devices are all located and supported entirely within the receptacle, so that the device shall be sanitary.

It is a further object of the invention to produce a construction for effecting these purposes which shall be simple, consisting of few parts, which can be practically and cheaply made, and easily and quickly assembled.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a construction embodying the invention in one ofits preferred forms;

Fig. 2 is a sectional the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view, taken through the measuring device, the section being taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, the detail being on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the con struction shown in Fig. 3, the section being taken on the line 44 of the latter figure;

Fig. 5 is a vertical section, showing anlated or powdered sugar.

plan view, taken on other embodiment of certain features of the invention;

- Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view on a somewhat smaller scale of a modification and the means employed for supporting the thimble;

Fig. 7 is a top view of the construction shown in 6, and

Fig. 8 is a sectional detail, the section being taken on line 88, Fig. 6.

Referring now to these drawings, and first to Figs. 1 to 4, there is provided by the invention a container or receptaclefor granular or powdered material, the receptacle being especially designed for holding granu- While this container or receptacle may vary widely in its form and construction, in the construction illustrated the container is in the form of a two-part glass bottle, the parts of the bottle being marked 1 and 2. In the construction illustrated, the part 1 is enlarged to form a body portion, and the part 2 is shaped to form a neck or pouring portion. These two parts of the bottle are united in any suitable manner so as to form a joint sufliciently tight to prevent the escape of the granular material held in the receptacle. As illustrated,

the parts are united by a threaded collar 3 having a flange 4 taking over a bead 5 formed on the neck of the bottle, the collar being screwed onto a threaded portion 6 of the body portion of the bottle.

The material, such as sugar, to be measured out, is maintained, as indicated, in the lower or body portion of the receptacle. In accordance with the objects of the invention, means are provided for measuring out from this mass of sugar a certain predetermined amount, and these measuring devices are independent of the receptacle, so that they may be readily removed therefrom to clean them, and, furthermore, will be so constructed that the entire measured out charge of material will be delivered from the bottle, narrow passages and pockets through which the material must pass being eliminated so that a free pour is obtained. The specific construction by which these results are obtained may be somewhat varied. Devices embodying the invention in its best form, however, will include a measuring thimble and a receiver for receiving the material from the thimble, the receiver being independent of the receptacle so that it may be removed therefrom for the purpose of being cleaned, In the best constructions, furthermore, the receiver will be so formed as to provide a considerable area on which the of the material. This plate or tray 7 is or may be secured within the receptacle in various'ways. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the side walls 9 of the tray have around them a flange 10 which rests on the top edges of the lower portion 1 of the bottle. The bottom edge of the top portion 2 of the bottle seats in this tray, as shown in Fig. 3, and whenthe collar 3 is screwed into position the tray is clamped firmly in the bottle. If desired, however, where the bottle is not a two-part bottle, a construction such as shown in Fig. 5 may be employed. In this construction the bottle 11 is cast with a groove 12 on its inner wall into which is sprung the walls of the tray which, in this instance, are formed with a part, as head 13, to firmly hold the tray in-position. When a receptacle of the type shown in Fig. 5 is employed, to facilitate loading, it is formed with a removable bottom piece 13'.

The tray is provided with a central opening 14 through which communication may be had with the body portion of the bottle and the measuring device. In the particular construction illustrated, the tray acts as a support for the measuring device. While the measuring device may be supported on this tray in any suitable manner, in the particular construction illustrated, the tray is provided with an upwardly extending central flange 15 on which is fitted a member 16 which forms part of the measuring device. A pin 17 may be used, if desired, to hold the parts in place, this pin working in a slot 18 (see Fig. l) in the member 16, forming, in efiect, a bayonet joint.

The measuring device may be of any suitable character. In the particular construction illustrated, it consists of a thimble shaped member 19 formed of any suitable material, as nickel plated metal, which is heldv in position in the holding member 16- by a bayonet joint 20, shown in Fig. 1, the slot of the joint being formed in the'holding member 16.

As before stated, the means for'supporting the thimble may be of various characters. In the construction shown in Figs.

6 to 8-, one such modification of the 'rnea'nsv for positioning the measuring thimble is shown. This modified construction is intended for use with containers in which the receiving tray is held in position by springing it into a groove formed in the container walls, as by this modified construction the thimble may be removed from the container and the receptacle filled through the aperture in the receiving tray, this being articularly useful, in that the necessity o inverting the bottle to fill it is done away with. In the particular construction illustrated, there is provided a spindle or rod 23 which may be provided, if desired, with an enlarged end 24 acting as a handle to seize the rod. This rod is securely held in position by fixedly securing it to the flanged metal disk 25 arranged to be sprung into a groove 26 formed in the mouth of the bottle. This disk 25 has a solid central portion, through which the rod passes, and in which is secured, by means of a nut 27, the rod 23, the latter being threaded for a portion of its length. The flanged disk 25 is provided with arms 28, between which are formed pouring openings to give a free pour from the bottle. The spindle at its other end is fixedly secured to the top of the thimble in any suitable manner, as by soldering it thereto. The thimble is or may be centered, if desired, When returned to its container, by arms 29 formed on the top thereof, which are in contact with the inner walls of the container and keep the thimble in correct position with respect to the pouring opening through the receiving tray. The height of the thimble to and from the pouring opening of the receiving tray may be varied, and consequently the amount of sugar or other granular material varied, by adjusting the spindle 23. To remove the spindle, it is only necessary to spring the disk 25 out from the groove 26 in the bottle neck When the spindle, disk and thimble may all be removed from the container and the hqitainer filled through the aperture in the receiving tray.

Communication is effected from the body of A the receptacle through the central opening 14 to the thimble upon tipping the bottle. Provision is made for the delivery of the measured material, from the thimble to the receiving tray. While this may be effected in various ways, in the particular construction illustrated the holding member 16 forms the bottom of the thimble and is in the form of a spider, as shown in Fig. 4, between the legs of which apertures 21 are formed, through which the'material escapes from the measurer to the receiving tray, this being effected when the bottle is returned to upright position. On the succeeding tipping movement,

the material escapes from the tray through the open neck of the bottle, and at the same time a fresh charge is measured out into v y H 1,220,889

the thimble, which in turn passes to the tray on the next righting movement of the bottle.

It will thus beseen, from the construction so far, described, that by'making the receiverv independent of the bottle and of wide area, and so located as to be readily accessible, a very effective and, at the same 7 time, very sanitary, construction, has been produced. The narrow passages and corners found objectionable in prior constructlons have been eliminated, and at the same time device supported within thereceptacle andin communication with the bodythereof,

and a receiver independent of the receptacle and removably supported therein, said receiver being in communication 'th the measuring device and with the mo receptacle. x 1 I 2. In a deviceof the character described,

the combination with a receptacle, of a measuring thimble'supported in the recep tacle and in communication'with the body thereof, a receiver independentlof the receptacle and removably located therein, said receiver being positioned in the receptacle below the thimble and in communication with the thimble and the mouth of the receptacle, said receiver acting as a support for the thimble.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a receptacle having a body portion and a narrowed neck portion,

of a ,measuring thimble located in the neck portlon of the receptacle and in communica.

tion with the body portion thereof, a receiver independent of the receptacle located below the thimble and" in communication therewith and with the neck of the bottle,

thof the and means for removably supporting the receiver in the interior of the receptacle.

4. In a device of the character described,

the combination with a receptacle having a body portion and a neck portion, of a measuring thimble supported in the receptacle and in communication with the body portion thereof, a receiver independent of the receptacle removably supported interiorly' of the receptacle and having sloping walls and in communication with'the'thimble and the neck of the bottle, said thimble being mounted on said receiver and in communication with the body of the receptacle through an aperture in the receiver.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with a two-part bottle and means for securing the parts together, of a receiving tray held in position between the parts of the bottle, and a measuring thimble -mountedon the tray and in ,communlcation with the body of the bottle through an aperture in the tray, said thimble being in communication with the top of the tray through suitable apertures leading into the thlmble.

6.,In a device of the character described,

the combination with a two-part bottle and means for securing the parts together, of a receiving tray. clamped in positlon between the parts of the bottle and extending across the bottle, said tray having a central aperture, a thimble mounted on the tray and in communication with the lower part of the bottle through the aperture, and openings through which the thimble is in communication with the tray through which material may be delivered to the upper surface of Q the tray. y

In testimony whereof, I have hereuntoset myhand, in the presence of two subscrib ng witnesses. Y

I EUGENE W. SANDERSON. ,Witnesses:

' 5 P..N. TIIDEN,

' A. WHITE.