US1847948A - Loose powder container - Google Patents

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H March 1, 1932. N. KASDAN 1,847,948

I LOOSE POWDER CONTAINER Filed June 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INV/E) ITOR ATTORNEY March 1, 1932. N. KASDAN "LOOSE POWDER CONTAINER Filed June 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Iii INVENTOR A 4 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1,' 1932 UNITED T INCL, on NEW YORK; 'N. Y.',- AGORPORATION or NEwYoR-K PATENT I 1. i

NATHAN KASEDAN; ornnw YORK,.N. 2.,Ass1oivon To mnmstrro METAL SPECIALTIES,

- Loose POWDER CONTAINER Application filed June 10.

My invention relates to containers and refers particularly to containers adapted for" use with powders. r p v a a While the advantages of loose face powders over powder compacts are generally reco nized, considerable difiiculty'has been ez perience'd inproducin'g'a satisfactory container for the powder in loose condition.

A container forthis purpose must be of such construction that the powder will-not escape, or sift out, when not in use, that powder in small quantities may"- be pos tively expelled feruse and that it be r adily oper- Thevdevice'of my invention possesses all of the'above, and other;yaluablefeatures, as"

will be evidentjupon a consideration ofmy specification its accompanying draw;

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one form of the deviceof myinventiomsimilar parts are indicated by similar numerals. I V Figure 1 is a top view of-one form of my .device in closed 'position.

'Figurel. I p H 7 Figures is: an enlarged topview of the'de vice of Figure l'withthe lid in open position. Figure 4 is atop View of the device of Fig-- 313 ure 3' withthe deliverymemb'er and dispenser in" open position and partlybroken away for clearness ofdescription.

Figure '5 is'a'section through the line 5 5 of Figure I. V V t v s '7 Figure 6 is a section through the 11116 6''6 of'Figurefi;

Figure 7 is a section through the line 7 J v I the 7 direction of the view of the spring oper Inthe accomp anyin'g'drawings illustrating, a

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Figure 2is a-='front view of the device of p pushed inwardly.

19,29. Serial 369,724. v which'have a normal tendency to move the plate 13 upwardly. A nonsforaminous plate, 13A is positioned above and attached toplate 13. j i i a Positioned within the bottom memberis an two sides '16 and 1 7. 7 Within the dispenser holder ring is'a fo-" raminous dispenser l8,ha ving two extended lips 19 and 20 which extend through' ope'nings in the wall 17 of the ringyallowing a. transverse movement of'the dispenser. Thedispenser 1 8'is normallyretained in its forwardposition by means of a fiatspring 21, a small projection 22 i of thevdisp'enser lip passing annular dispenser holder ring of-U-shaped cross section,'having the bottom 15 and the through anopening in the spring-21, the two" ends of the latter being split, 23,23,24, 24; o'ne split end 24"of each spring end -,enteringj 'a small depression in thewall 16 of'the dis-V An annular foraminous delivery member," I or cover, 25, is hingedly attached at '26 to the side 12 of the body member. A push button; or operating me1nber,'27,,is slidable through a bushing carriedby the side 28 of the cover 25 and carries an arc-shapedsprin'g-29. H The U-shaped'dispense'r ring fits within the delivery member 25, the operating member27 being opposite the dispenser lip20, the spring 7 29 abutting upon the side 17 of thedispenser ring and the faces of the" foraminous dispenser 18 andof the foraminous delivery member 25 abutting upon: each other. The openings in the last two members are soarranged that they are not aligned whenthe deviceis in normal or unused, positiont'bljlt which are aligned when the member 27, is The dispenser ring and the deliveryjmem ber, thus form afunit' movableiupon the hinge 26. These two members areflretained in removable connection by means of aspringf catch 30 having the push member 31' e'Xtending throughan opening in the delivery memher side 28 and an extended hook 32 which is capable of insertion into an opening in the sidefl6of the dispenser ring. I I

A lid, or cover, 33 is carried bythe hinge 26 and has a mirror 34 upon its inner. face.

As the openings 35, 35 of the dispenser 1S and the openings 36, 36 of the delivery'member 25 are in nonealignment under normal conditions, no powder can escape. .vVhen' powder is desired the operating member 27 is pushed inwardly and as the powder is pressed upwardly by the spring operated plate 13, a portion of the powder will be forced through the aligned openings and as the dispenser 18 is moved still further across the device its unperforated portions will out off this extended powder and make it avallable for use with the powder puff 37. Upon the releaseof the operating member 27, the spring 21 will return the dispenser to ts original position. From the drawings it will be seen that the walls of the perforations 36 in the cover 25 are bevelled in a manner to' assist in scooping up powder forced through the openin as in the I dispenser plate 18 and onto the cover 25. These openings have their opposite sides bevelled so asto scoop up powder with movement of the dispenser plate in either direction. Another lmportant advantage of these bev-' elled edges is to allow the powder puff to take up powder from this bevelled portion of the cover as well as from thecflat top of the cover 25. In this way practically all loose powder fed through the dispenser plate is taken up so that substantially none is left on either the dispenser or cover.

It will thus be seen that my invention presents a powder container in which the powder is completely retained when the device is not in use and in which during use a small amount of powder is forced outwardly and cutoff from the main powder mass and thus presented for application. r

It will be further noted that the amount of powder expelled through each opening of the delivery member is small, being practically that which is massed between the openings of the dispenser and the under face of the d?- livery plate, these masses being moved by the act-ion of the dispenser into alignment with the openings of the delivery plate and forced therethrough by the, pressure of the plate 13 upon the main mass of powder.

The powder in my device, therefore, is prevented from escape when it is not in use, and a small amount of it is expelled by each mov ment of the dispensing member.

From Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings it may be seen that the dispenser plate 18 moves from the position shown in Fig. 5 through a position in which the perforations of both plates 18 and 25 are open, to a position in which the perforations of both plates are closed, on continued movement of the dispenser plate. During its movement the edges of the dispenser plate perforations tend to The scrape or shave the compacted'powder. specific motion just j described provides a maximum scraping action for each of the oppositetransverse edges of the dispenser plate perforations, with minimum tendency to compact or iron down the compressed powder by the imperforate portions of the dispenser plate. V

Hence, my deviceis a median for a positive expulsion of a small amountof powder by mechanical means; i f

I do not limit myself to the particular size, shape, number or arrangement of parts, as shown and described, a fthese are given simply as a means for clearly explaining the device of my invention. i

What I claim is ,7 p r V I 1. Aloose powder dispenser comprising in combination a container forloosepowder, a. movable perforate dispensing plate across.

said container adjacent one end thereof, means for pressing the powder in sald container toward said movable plate, a stationary perforate coverl plate contiguous and outside of the movable plate, means for operating said movable plate, means for limiting themotion of said movable plate in each direction, theperforationsin each plate being substantially uniformly spaced apart in the direction of travel of the movable plate, the

extent of such travel being substantially greater than the width of a movable plate perforation plus the width of a stationary plate perforation measured in the direction of travel of the movable plate whereby each plate may function as a shutter for opening and closing the other plate perforations, and the edges of the movable plate perforations transverse to the direction of, movement may function to scrape adjacent compressed powder, said dispenser plate being movable from each extreme position of its travel with the perforations of both plates closed,through a position in which the perforations of both plates. areopen, to a position in which the perforations of both plates are closed by con- 'tinued movement of said dispenser plate in the same direction.

2. A loose powder dispenser comprising in combination a container for loose powder, a movable perforate dispensing plate across said container adjacent one end thereof, means whereby the powder in said container may be pressed toward said movable plate, a stationary perforate cover plate contiguous and outside of the movableplate, means for Y 1 eachjdirection, the perforations in each. plate being substantially. uniformly; spaced apart in the direction of travel ofthe movable.

-- iser-e 81 operating said movable plate, means.- for-.lim--- iting the motion I of said movable plate inplate, the extent of such travel being substantially greater than the width ofa movof movement may function to scrape adjacent compressed powder, said dispenser plate being movable from each extreme position of its travel withthe perforations of both plates in. one condition through a position in which ,the perforations of bothplates are in'thefl opposite condition and by continued movement of the dispenser plate in the same direction to an opposite extreme position in which 7 the perforations of both plates are in their; 25"

same condition as they-Wereat the opposite extreme position, andlthe spacing between centers of perforations of both plates, meas; uredin thetdirection of travel, being sub- 1 is stantially; the same. 7

-,-'3. A loose powder'dispensingvanity case comprlslng- 1n combination a contalner for loose powdeiya movable perforate dispensingjplate across said container adjacent one endthercof, means for pressing thep oWder in said container toward said movable plate,

a stationary perforate cover plate con-L] tiguous and outside of the movable plate, j

means, projecting through the container, for

operating said-movable plate, from outside. said container," means for limiting the motion of said movable platein"eachfdirection, the perforations in each plate being. substan tiallyiuniformly spaced apart, and atf-least the perforations in the movable plate being elongated in adirection normal to the travel of the movable plate,.the extent of such travel being substantially greater than the width .of

a' movable plate perforation, plus thewidth ofa stationary plate perforation measured inthe direction of travel of the movable plate whereby each plate may function as a shutter for opening and closing the other plate perforations, and the edges of the mov-" able plate perforations transverse to the di rection of movement may function to scrape ad acent compressed powder, sa1d d spenser plate belng movable from each extremefposi tion 'of'its, travel, with the perforations of both plates closed, through a position in which the" perforations of both plates are open, to a position in which the perforations] of both plates are closed by continued'move ment of said dispenser plate in the same di I tion "a? vbody; member; anupwardly pressed. springoperated plate withinfsaidbody meml" rection, the travel of the movable plate over what is necessary to close theperforations" in both plates, providingincreased scrapingaction "upon the", adjacent "powder: surface 7 for supplying powder to theperforationsof the-movable plate in readiness for the next openingofthe perforations of both platesand without any substantial travel ofsaid movable plate over the travel" necessary to:

close the perforationsof both plates onmove=v m ta y'f m th peaPQ t i 7 i; Ina loose powder container, in-combination a body member an upwardly pressed spring operated plate within said body momher; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser positioned abovesaid plate; a forami nous delivery -member positioned above, andabutting upon said dispenser, the openings in said delivery member being of downwardly extended conical shape, the Qpeningsin said dispenser and said delivery-member being in non-alignin ent when the device is in; normal position and capable ofibeingpo'sitionediin;

alignment when the dispenser is moved loil gitudinally and external i'neans :fo-rfmoving said'dispe-nser longitudinallyij 1 bZgIn-a loose powder container, in combiner? v t c-0 1; arbodyimember; an upwardly pressed Q springoperated platewithin said bodymem- 7 or ;c a transversely movable foraminous :dis -Y penser positioned above said plate; aforami v nous :delivery member positioned above, and;

abutting upon, said dispenser, the openings in said delivery memberbeing gof' downward- V I ly extended conical .shape, the openings'an said dispenser' and saiddelive'ry member be-f ring in non-alignmentwhen the device isiinj normal position @and capablef-of being positioned' in alignment whenthe dispenser; is i moved longitudinally, external means for. moving? said dispenser longitudinally, and causing the openings in the dispenser to move the 1 openings in the 'de- 1 7 across and beyond livery plate.- L I ice 6. In a loose powder container, in' cornbina; 7

tion; ar body member; an'upwardly pressed: spring operated platewithin said body mem ber; av Ushaped dispenser holder ring positioned'above' said plate; a transversely movi able foraminous dispenser carried Thy said I ring' and forming a compartment-with the 1' b'ottommember: a foraminous deli-Very mem-- ber positioned above,=and abutting upomsaid I dispenser, theopenings in'said delivery mem ber being; of'downwardly extended conical 1 shape, the openings in said dispenser and" said delivery member being in non-alignment when the dev ice is' in {normal position "and capable of being positionedin alignment whenthedispenser is moved longitudinally,

external means for 'moving said dispenser a longitudinally and causing the openings in I the dlspenser to move across and beyondthe openings'lin the'delivery plate;

7.1 In aloose powder container,'in combinaiber; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser positioned above said plate; a hinged foraminous delivery member positioned above, carrying, and abutting upon said dispenser, the openings in said delivery member being of downwardly extended conical shape, the openings in said dispenser and saiddelivery member being in non-alignment when the device is in normal position and capable of being positioned in alignment when the dispenser is moved longitudinally and-enter. nal means for moving said dispenser longie tu'dinally.

8. In a loose powder container, in combination; a body member; an upwardlypressed spring operated plate within said body memher; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser positioned above said plate; a hinged foraminous delivery 7 member positioned above, carrying, and abutting upon, said dispenser, the openings in said delivery member being of downwardly extended conical shape, the openings in said dispenser and said delivery member being in non-alignment when the device is in normal position and capable of being positioned in alignment. whenthe dispenser is moved longitudinally, exterior means for moving said dispenser longitudinally and causing the openings in the dis penser to move across and beyond theopenings in the delivery plate.

9. In a loose powder 'container,'in combination; a body member;ran upwardly pressed spring operated plate within said body member; a U shaped dispenser holder ring positioned above saidplate; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser carried by said ring and forming a compartment with the bottom member; a foraminous delivery mem ber positioned above, and abutting upon, said dispenser, the openings in said delivery member being of downwardly extended conical shape, the openings in said dispenser and said delivery member being in non-alignment penser is moved longitudinally, spring means for returning the dispenser to closed position, 7

external "means for moving said dispenser longitudinally, causing the openings in thedispenser to move across and beyond the openings in the delivery plate and a lid for said device.

r 11. In a loose powder container, in combination; a body member; an upwardly pressed spring operated plate within said body member; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser positioned above said plate; a foraminous delivery member positioned above, and abutting upon, said dispenser, at least one set of openings being of conical shape, the narrow portion of said openings being directed toward the other foraminous member, the

openings in said dispenser and said delivery member beingin non-alignment when the device is in normal position and capable of being positioned in alignment when the 'dispenser is moved longitudinally and external means formoving said dispenser longitudinally.

12. Ina loose powder container, in combination; a body member; an upwardly pressed spring operated plate within said body member; a' U-shaped dispenser holder ring positioned above said plate; a transversely movable foraminous dispenser carried by said ring and forming a compartment with the bottom member; a foraminous delivery member positioned above, and abutting upon, said dispenser, at least one setv of openings being 7 i of conical shape, the narrow portion of said openings being directed toward the other foraminous membenthe openings in said dis- 'penser and said delivery member being in non-alignment when thedevice is in normal positionand capable of being positioned in alignmentwhen thedispenser is moved longitudinally, springmeans for returning the dispenser to closed position and external means when the device is in normal position and for movmg sald dlspensel" longltudlnanycapable of being positioned in alignment when the dispenser is moved longitudinally, spring means for returning the dispenser to closedposition, external means for moving said dispenser longitudinally and causing the openings in the dispenser to move across and beyond the openings in the'delivery plate.

.10. In a loose powder containenin combination; a body member; an upwardly pressed spring operated plate within said body mem- 13. Ina loose powder container, in combination; a body member; an upwardly pressed spring operatedplate within said body memher; a transversely movable foraminous dis- "penserpositioned above said plate; a hinged foraminous v, delivery member positioned above, carrying and abutting upon, said dispenser, at least one set or openings being of "conicalshape,the narrowportion of said open- I ings being directed toward the other forami nous member, the openings in said dispenser and said delivery member being in non-alignment when the device is in normal. position and capable of being positioned in alignment when the dispenser is moved longitudinally, spring means for returning the dispenser to closedposition, external meansfor moving said dispenser lon itudinally, causing the openings inthe dispenser to move across and powder surface, a perforate cover above and substantially contiguous sald plate for openbeyond the openings in a lid for said device. v V p 14. A powder container comprising a perforate dispenser plate, means for moving said plate, means whereby powder may be pressed against said plate and through its perforations on movement thereof overthe the delivery plate and ing or closing the perforations in said plate, portions of said cover being bevelled to scoop up powder passing through theplate perfo rations. j v r a 15. A powder container comprising a perforate dispenser plate, means for moving said plate in two directions, means forjpressing' recess forifilling; said recess with powder whereby said plate may close the container against accidental discharge ofpowder when said recess is not in communication with said container for reception of powder.

' Signed atNewr York city, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, this 7th day of June, 1929.

- NATHAN KASDAN.

powder against said plate and through its perforations on movement thereof over the 7 powder surface, a perforate cover above and substantially contiguous said plate for o-pening or closing the perforations in said plate, portions of said'cover being oppositely bev-V elled to scoop up powder passing through the plate perforationson movement of said plate in either'direction.

16; A powder container comprising a perforate dispenser plate, means for moving said plate, means whereby powder maybe pressed against said plate and through its perfora-' tions on movement thereof over the powder surface, a perforate cover above and substantially contiguous said plate for opening or closing the perforations in said plate, the V walls of the cover perforations being shaped powder to enable a powder puff to wipe :up

from the walls of said perforatlons.

17. A powder container comprising a perforate dispenser plate, means for moving said plate, means for limiting the extent of movementof said plate, means for pressing powder against said plate and through'its perforations on movement thereof over the pow-, i

- powder as needed without the danger of powder leaking, which comprises a loose powder container having one side thereof adapted for the discharge of powder and the opposite side provided with an opening for filling the containerwith powder, a movable plate on the discharge side ofsaid conta ner, said plate being provided withfa shallow recess into which powder is discharged and cover for closing the saidfilling opening,.a

said recess having at least some of its walls e 4 bevelled to facilitate wiping up the powder therein with a puff, and means for' guiding at least a portion of the powder across and relative to said plate for cooperation with said

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