US1638778A - Dispensing can - Google Patents

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Aug. 9, 1927. 1.638.178

J. H. MILLER DISPENSING CAN Filed July 23. 1926 IN VEN TOR ATTORNEY iIOSEPI-flH. MILLER 01* This invention relates to improvements in;

The novelty in the presentimp'roved'struc- 1 true resides in-certain features, 1n the nozzle and the stern whereby'to provide a more substantial guid efor the stem; *to enablethe' cap-end of the stem to be swungla-teral'ly out of alineinent .withl'ithe discharge-end'ofthe nozzle so that the contents maybe poured" I tfo'i' thefnozzl-ej and! is thus apermanent. part of the lattelz rzq' v ff;

A sealing gasket-22 is seated in the internal cap. "structure at: the'nndeP side: i of the,

hem the nozzlewithout. hindrance "by the capandtoenahle theca'p and'stem v'to he morereadilv operated to'reinove-or replace the cap and to perinitflm inner'end o fjth'e servefas anagitator. p

stem to he'operated in the container so asto With these;' an other objects in view, the

1 drawing; wherein i ;j invention is illustrated inZthe accompanying t the complete can in side eie; Fig. Qillust'rat'es' th'e nozzl e and the gripper portion of thefcanin don'g'itudinal section and shows the stern with its loop-end tilted 'as necessalry when entering thef-saine in w thdraw ng t from the. can end.

" move the Fig;- shows theses and nozzle in longitudinal section with the stern moved out and the outer end of the steni swung laterally to nozzle. V e

' Fig. A illustrates a cross-sectional detail through the nozzleand stem, the section be- 7 ing taken on the line Hot Fig 3.

Fig. showsanother cross-sectional detail i through the nozzle and the stern,.the seca tion being taken on the line 5 5 ofFig. 3,

and Y I a a FigQG illustratesthe outer end ofthe 1102-- z'lewith the locking not'chestherein.

Referring to, the structure sh'wn n the e 1 drawing, the numera'llO, designates the'cy.-'

lindric body of the container, which in this instance is 'presumed'to be a sheet rnetalv can.

, The head-end 11 of this can has ajhreast I 12, with a central fnipp1e 13 and this nipple Aflat ledge 16 is formed on the nipple about the opening 15 for a purpose'that will presis exteriorlyr threaded at 14 with coarse threads and has, a central. opening 15 therein.

ently be explained.

With the container or can, I provide a spout or nozzle 17 containing novel features.

larger at its 13b cap out of 'positionin frontof the This nozzle fis slightly apes, being I i its discharge-end; andat saidi attaching end,

the lnezzlie'ihas internal {cap structure oomprising a crosswise partition-1'8with a seriies U of perforationsw 'th'ereinl and: aecentr l Y OPeni g QQ- v ,1 w

nu'la'r screw-threaded flange '21 which ten The cap" structure is i permanently. sol

se or iattaching-endthan:at V i "FTThe-interna Seap structure-also has'an an dere'd or otherwise attached to" the lower end? 'ceasl gs seaa M ment with the central openihgrQOei'nthe par-- tition18 and a stem 27 extends'through the nozzle, -passing through the guide-tube 2 L and also through the opening 20in the cappartition. i

' The stem 27; is formed ofi wire" and hasa flat or elongated'loop 28 at: the inner end 7 beyond thev internal cap-structure: i The formand construction of thisloop 28, r

*inmxial time "qknozzleg liprovidefa central guide-tube *Qeh -fj which depends in. the. was and this. tube is- ;carried by a cross-bar "QEDQvvhiJclf has ;it's oppos ite ends 26' turned idown in'and permaign'ently'fastened, to the insideto the nozzle tube, F t I is precisely like that discl'osedl in m said prior patent and no claini is made herein to n this ;loop 'in itself, but briefly,;the loop. is

formed with one side 29. extending laterally r a] greater. distance from the stem '27" than the other side-30' sothat it becomes necessary :to turn the'loop to a preciseposition to. enter it "in the nipple-opening15-or tofi remove it from that opening, precisely 59 plained in mysaid patent. a

Between the partition 18 of ture and the inner end of jthecentral guidetube 24;, I provide the stein 27 with a crossplate 31 having fiat sides332, which pro-- vide passagesr 83 in the nozzle'for the inlet of air and the; outlet of fluid: during the pouringor dispensing --operation-and at two] oppositesidespthis friction rross-plate' 31 has rounded edges' 3fi which latter; when i a the capastruc-i 1 he stead-so drawn out t its 'iilaia; will lie :close to the inner wall of the nozzle.

' The ster'nfhas an outer endportion 35, which is pivotally connected "at 36 to the nozzle, Thecap 37 ispermanently attached tothe outer end portion 35 of the stem and drawing, it will be-noted that the outer- 1 end 23 of the-nozzle isprovided with a pluralityof edge-notches-39 and that when the. a stern hasbeen pulled out until the pivot. end 36 is ,p'roj.ected from the tubular 'guide 24, theouterend of thefs'teininaybe swung i laterally and iseated jonlzone of the edge notches 39 in which said end, will be held and thus prevent the stennfrom rotating or 1 I y frorn inoving backfzintoithe nozzle. Y?

The lateral displacement of the cap 37 ",by-swingingthestein endj3 5' also removes the cap from in front ofthe discharge-end 1 23 of the nozzle so that when dispensing "dressing on travelingfbeltsythe nozzle may be held close tothesbeltifland the dressing I -properly distributed .thereover.flr

s 1 During'the dispensing operatlon, air may.

enter the nozzleuand pass inwardly through one of thef passages 33 while the'dressin'gf will flow through the other-of said passages :33in a .flat ribbon forrnland bedelivered at the'nozzle-endtw r As'alltheparts are connected, loss of anyfd of them will be avoided,-itbeing unnecessary to entirely disconnectthe stem from the can even to "refill the latter. s aving described my invention, I claim,-,

11' In a. dispensing can the combination i with a can-body having a nozzle-engaging connection; of a' nozzle de'tachably connect ,ing. with said body-connection, a stem ex: an eye-or loop 38 .is-provided on the outer v I end ofs'aid stern portionto' enable theslatter ,-to be readily graspedb-ythe handto draw I thestemputv'vardly; L Bymeference, to Figs; 2 3-, was of the tending throughthe nozzle said stem having a'pivoted outer-end portion toenable/said portion tobe swung laterally when drawn outwardly from the nozzle and a. cap attached to the outerpiv'oted'end of the stei'n and shaped: to cover the nozzle end. 7

2. In a dispensing can the combination" with a cylindric body having a projection at oneend thereof said projection being i provided with an opening, of a tapered nozzle detachably connected to the projection,

said nozzle having guide-means therein and also having notches in its outer srnaller r m-edge, a stem extendlng all the Way through the nozzle and guided by said guide-means therein said stein having a i "pivoted outer end portion and capattached tothepivoted outerend -portion of L the stem and shaped to fit'the smaller endv of the nozzle said pivoted end' portion of the stem when drawn outwardly from the nozzle to unseat the cap being movableelatlerallyto seat in the riIn-edgenotch of;the

out of 'a1ineinent nozzle and hold the cap with the nozzle-end. I In testimony whereofI aflix my signature.

' JOSEPH H. LLER;

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