US1522172A

US1522172A - Plant sprayer

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Publication number: US1522172A
Application number: US649897A
Authority: US
Inventors: Asbill Fletcher Gladstone
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-07-06
Filing date: 1923-07-06
Publication date: 1925-01-06
Anticipated expiration: 1942-01-06

Description

F. s. ASBLLL PLANT SPRAYER Filed July 6, 1923 IN VENT'OR G: Jae/1,1

, ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 6, 1925.

PLAN '1 SPR-AYER.

Application filed July 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLETCHER (fr. Asinnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ridge Spring, in the county of Saluda and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plant Sprayers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to plant spraying devices, and is more particularly a device of this general nature which includes a bottle for holding spray materials and a holder for the bottle whereby the latter may be conveniently supported and agitated to bring about a gradual discharge of its contents.

My invention is thus a hand spraying device having for its primary object the provision of simple and inexpensive means whereby a bottle may be held and manipulated to the desired end above set forth.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my present invention and forming a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the practical application of the invention,

Figure 2 is a side view partly broken away and in section,

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section taken substantially on line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the holder adjacent to its bottle supporting end, and

Figure 5 is an end view of the bottle and distributor.

Referring now to these figures my invention contemplates the distribution of a suitable liquid insecticide from a bottle 10, whose cork 11 as indicated in Figure 5 may be grooved as at 12 for the delivery of a liquid material upon a flexible distributing apron and the like 13 one end of which is secured in any suitable manner to the bottle neck, this flexible apron depending freely from the mouth of the bottle so as to receive the liquid discharged by lengthwise shaking movement of the bottle, through the grooves 12 and the apron serves in turn to distribute the fluid as it swings back and. forth during such agitation of the bottle.

The holder consists of an elongated flat body 1 1 preferably formed of a single strip of suitable material as for instance Wood 1923. Serial No. 649,897.

and recessed at one end to form an outwardly presented shoulder 15 against which the base of the bottle 10 engages when the bottle is seated within the recess. To effectively support the bottle the body 14 of the holder has supporting strips 16 secured along opposite sides of its recessed portion which with the adjacent edge of the body presents a concaved bottle receiving surface such as clearly seen in Figure 4. At spaced points along its recessed portion the body 14 is also provided with apertures 17 for the reception of embracing cords or wires 18 which are extended around the bottle as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 to hold the latter securely upon the seat and in abutting relation against the shoulder 15.

Intermediate its ends, in fact at an approximately central point, the body 14 of the holder has an inclined slot 19 which constitutes a hand hold, in the clasping of which the arm of the operator overlies that portion of the holder rearwardly beyond the hand hold 19 or in other words toward its end opposite to that provided with the bottle seat. It is for this purpose that the last mentioned or rear end of the holder has a transversely flat bearing piece .20 set into and securely fastened to the same, which forms an arm rest, the forearm of the user adjacent to his elbow engaging the arm rest 20 as clearly seen in Figure 1 so as to thus easily sustain the leverage imposed by the mounting of the bottle 10 at a point materially beyond the users hand.

The device as thus constructed permits of easy reciprocating movements of the holder to agitate the bottle for the purposes above set forth and the device is not only simple and inexpensive in first cost but is practically without cost as far as upkeep is concerned, is strong and durable, and is highly effective in use.

I claim:

1. A spraying device including a bottle having provision for the gradual discharge of its contents, and a holder therefor having a bottle seat at one end and a hand hold intermediate its ends, and having an arm rest at its opposite end as described.

2. In a spraying device, a bottle holder and shaker having a lengthwise disposed hollow seat and a handle the latter including an arm rest and hand hold and means in connection therewith for securing a bottle on said seat.

3. A bottle holder and shakerroonsisting of a strip of material having a bottle seat at one end and a shoulder at the inner end of said seat, said holder having apertures at spaced points along the seat, bottleencircling ties extending through said apertures said holder having a slotted opening inter- 19 mediate its ends and inclined With respect to its longitudinal axis, forming a hand hold. and having at its other end a cross piece forming an arm rest for the purpose described. I I FLETCHER GLADSTGNE ASBILL.