US1229771A - Liquid-sprayer. - Google Patents

Description

A. MATTERN.

LIQUID SPRAYER.

l APPLICATION FILED 1AN.27|1917. 31.9%@997711 u Patented June 12, 1911.

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ARTHUR MATTERN, 0F WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

LIQUID-SPRAYER.

for use in spraying or sprinkling clothes,'

iiowers, etc. A further object is to provide a device of this class that may be adjusted to make a fine or coarse spray as desired. A further object is to provide a device otthis class that is simple in constriictioii. efficient in operation and cheap to manufacture.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention feonsists in the combination and arrangement ofparts to be hereinafter fully described in this specification,

pointed out in the appended claim and illusv trated in the accompanying. drawing which Figure 1 is aside elevation, partly in secforms a part of the specification and in which-- tion, of one embodimentof my invention.

l made of any suitable material andthe saine g is formed with an orifice 2 in its 'top 3 Fig. 3 is a top plan view Fig. Q is anenlarged'fragmentary secv tional view detailing the construction ofthe spray-adjusting medium.

lof Fig. Like reference' characters denote corre- The reference numeral 1 container of any7 preferred size or shape and through which its -liqiiid contents are introduced. 'A-tiibe or pipe'eextends from a point a-short` distance above the bottom 5 of the container to the top 3 thereof, the upper l end of said tube being threaded for engagenieiit'\vi'th a threaded opening in the said Y container top, the bottom end of said tube being closedv except for a small orifice 6 in alinement with a similar orifice formed in the terminal screwv cap 7 with. which said v tube is provided; The-bottom ot the conta'iiier is removably carried. by .that member. y to permit the installation 'of the said tube 4. j The tube 4,l further, at its. -upper end is` provided with the partition ors'eat 8 formed with a tapered opening 9` to receive the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled January 27, 1917.

denotes a liquid Patented June l2, 119117.

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l pointed stem 10 of the needle valve 11, said stem l0 being of substantially smaller diaiiietei' than the tube, -l and formed with a transverse port 12 extending therethrough and communicating with the port lil that extends `longitudinallyof said needle valve above the' said port l2. The needle valve, further, is-threaded exteriorly for engagenient with the interiorly threaded upper end of said tube 4.

A lug or ear 14 is carried b v the container top 3 and to the said lug a tube l5 is fulcriimed the larger end 1G thereof forming a mouthpiece and the smaller end 17 thereof resting upon said needle valvell at a point adjacent the port 1?. said tube 15 being yieldingly retained in engagement with said valve through the medium of a contractile spring 1S connecting said tube and the container top 3. 'Whenthe container 1 is partly filled with a liquid the sani(` may be caused to rise through the tube Jand needle valve. 11 by placing the larger end of the tube l5 in the mouth and forcing air therethrough. the rising liquid. being passed in the forni of a spray through the atmosphere. By raising or lowering the needlev valve in its seat and -increasing or diniinisliing'tlie size ot the as devits ends in engagement with an apertureill portion of said top and extending into the `interior of said container. closing means arranged i'n the upper end of said tube. for

' varying the size of the opening therein. a

tubular member fulcrumed upon sai-d container top and having one of its ends projected over said closing means. and a spring connecting said vvcontainer top and tubular member whereby one end of the latter is vieldingly retained in engagementV with said closing means. n

' ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed in v signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR iiiiifrniiu.

`V 1Witnesses l GEORGE lV. SALLADA,

ANDREW lDANNEKER.

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