US1968173A

US1968173A - Spraying device

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Publication number: US1968173A
Application number: US644699A
Authority: US
Inventors: Russell Matthew
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1932-11-28
Filing date: 1932-11-28
Publication date: 1934-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 1951-07-31

Description

July 31, 1934. M. RUSSELL v SPRAYING DEVICE Filed Nov. 28. 1932 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 31, 1934 UNITED STES ATENT OFFICE SPRAYING DEVICE Matthew Russell, Springfield, Mass. Application November 28, 1932, Serial No. 644,699

6 Claims. (01. 29987) This invention relates to improvements in spraying devices and is directed more particularly to-spraying apparatus wherein material is sprayed by means of steam. One object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus for spraying liquid disinfectants, odoriferous substances, insecticides and the like. According to a special feature of the invention, acarrier is provided for a receptacle-for the ma- 0 terial in liquid form which is to be sprayed and a receptacle for spraying liquid. The carrier is arranged in such a way that should either of the receptacles become broken or otherwise injured so as to leak, the carrier will collect liquids from either. I

According to another feature of the invention a nozzle structureis provided to which the receptacle carrying the material to be sprayedmay infectants, odoriferous materials, insecticides, and the like may be interchanged and the amount of the material sprayed by the apparatus is varied. I

" ,"According. to another novel feature of the inventionprneans for vaporizing the sprayingmedium is provided in the form of electrodes which are arranged in a horizontal plane and spaced I from one another so that as the spraying medium is consumed for the spraying function the elecratus embodying the novel features of the invention. w

V Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged partial elevational view ofthe nozzle construction of the apparatus with parts unfixed for 'clearness, and

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the lower part of the container for the spraying medium show-- ingthe relation of the electrodes therein. Referring to the drawing in detail the invention will now-be fully described. I A carrier or container 2 is provided which con sists of end and side walls 4 and 6 and'a lower wall .8. A shelf '10'is provided between the side wallsadjacent one' end ofthe carrier for supporting a receptacle 12 for the material to be be connected and certain parts thereof are ad-- justable. In this way various containers for dis-,

sprayed and which may be a liquid. A door 14 is hinged as shown at one side edge to one of the side walls so as to permit the removal andinsertion of the container 12. A window 16 is provided in the door 14 so that the level of liquid in the receptacle 12 may be seen.

Another container 18 for containing water or the like is also supported in the carrier and rests on the bottom wall 8 thereof. This receptacle may have a screw threaded top or cap '20 for screwing on the upper side of the receptacle.- A: fitting 26 receives an electrical wire or wires 29 which are in some suitable manner, connected to downwardly'depending electrode members 28. The members 28 are preferably insulated as by suitable tubing of some sort and carry on their lower ends horizontally disposed

electrodes

30 and 31 which may be of carbon' or some similar material.

-A plug 23 is shown in association with the member 22.so that it may be removed for filling the receptacle-and a safety valve of usual form is indicated at 24.

With the receptacle filled with a liquid such as water inwhich the electrodes are'submerged the said electrodes are short circuited whereby the water is heated and in this way steam is created to function as a spraying medium.

The

electrodes

31 and 33 are disposed in 2; horizontal position so that the heating of the water may be discontinued rather abruptly.- That is, when the level has reached the point where it ceases to contact with the underside of the upper electrode the heating action is arrested. This is to be distinguished from structures wherein the electrodes are in a vertical position and wherein there is more or less bubbling and partial heating'instead of steaming as the water level approaches the lower end of the electrodes.

Amp 40 is provided for the receptacle 12 and may of course be made to fit more than one of such receptacles at a time; A coupling is as sociated'with the cap 40 and has a tube 44 as: scending'therefrom for insertion in the recep tacle 12. The coupling is rotative relative to the cap and has an upper threaded end 44' as shown in Fig. 3. J

. A member 50 has diverging

arms

52 and 54, the latter of which is hollow, and is secured to the member 22 by means of a screw end '56. The

A hollow spindle member 60 has a lower threaded end 62 for screwing into the opening 53 in the end of the arm 52. It is arranged so that by rotating the same by means of a knurled portion 64, its upper end may be moved up and down. The said upper end 66 is slidable in a lug 68 associated with the arm 54. The arm 54 which is hollow carries a tubular nozzle member 70 in its upper end as shown.

In the'operation of the device with a receptacle such as 12 coupled to the member 60 and with the electrodes being supplied with electrical energy, water in the receptacle 18 is heated and vaporized so that steam passes upwardly throughthe member 54 and outwardly through the nozzle 70. The steam is thus directed transversely to the end 66 of the member 60 whereby' liquid in the receptacle 12 is drawn from the receptacle so that it is mixed with and sprayed by'the steam.

By moving the member 60 up or down so as tochange the relation of its upper end with respect to the nozzle 70 the steam will draw more or less of the liquid from the receptacle 1-2 and in this way it is possible to vary the amount of the material or the rate of the material being sprayed by'the steam pressure.

It will be noted that the receptacles l2 and 18 are enclosed in a carrier so that should either become broken or leak to any extent the liquid therefrom will tend to flow downwardly over the sides of the shelf 10 and be received in the bottom of the carrier.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the form of the invention without departing from the spirit and scope thereof and therefor it is desired to be limited by the following claims if at all rather than by the foregoing description.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, separate receptacles, separate cap members thereon, a bracket secured to one of said cap members having upper and lower arms in diverging relation, said upper arm being provided with an opening therethrough in communication with one of said receptacles, a nozzle at the upper end of said opening, a screwthreaded socket in the outer end of said lower arm, a hollow member rotatable in the other cap member and having an upper end threaded in said socket and a lower end portion extending into the other of said receptacles, a second hollo-w member having its lower end in threaded engagement with said socket of the arm and the axis of its upper end disposed at an angle relative to the axis of said nozzle, all adapted and arranged whereby said upper end and said nozzle are in aspirating position.

2. An" apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, separate receptacles, separate cap members thereon, a bracket secured to" one of said cap members having upper and lower arms in diverging relation, said upper arm being provided with an opening therethrough in communication with one of said receptacles, a

' nozzle at the upper end of said opening, a screwzlev being disposed in relatively angular positions,

and adjusting means associated with said second hollow member for changing said relative positions, all adapted and arranged whereby said upper end and said nozzle are in aspirating position.

3. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, separate receptacles, separate cap members thereon provided with openings extending into said receptacles, a bracket member secured to one of said cap members and provided with an opening in its lower side which leads into the said opening thereof, the said bracket member having a pair of outwardly extending diverging arms, one of said arms having a longitudinal opening extending therethrough to connect with said opening in the bracket member, a nozzle at the upper end of said longitudinal opening, a screw-threaded socket in the outer end of the other arm, an upwardly extending hollow member rotatable in the other cap member having its upperend threaded in said threaded socket and a lower end portion extending into the other of said receptacles whereby the receptacles are connected to one another, an upwardly extending second hollow member having its lower'end' in threaded engagement with said socket of the arm,

all adapted and arranged whereby the axis of the upper end of said second member is disposed at an angle relative to the axis of said nozzle in an aspirating position.

4. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, separate receptacles, separate cap members thereon provided with openings extending into said receptacles, a bracket membersecured to one of said capmembers and provided with an opening in its lower side which leads into the said opening thereof, the said bracket member having a pair of outwardly extending diverging arms, one of said arms having a longitudinal opening extending therethrough to connect with said opening in the bracket member, a nozzle at the upper end of said longitudinal opening, a screw-threaded socket in the outer end of the other arm, an upwardly extending hollow mem-- ber rotatable in the other cap member having its upper end threaded in said threaded socket and a lower end portion extending into the other of said receptacles whereby the receptaclesare connected to one another, an upwardly extending second hollow member having its lower end rotat able in said socket of the arm, all adapted and. arranged whereby said second member may be moved upwardly and downwardly so that its upper end is disposed in various positions relative to said nozzle.

5. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, a receptacle and a cap on said receptacle, a bracket on said cap having lower and upper arms extending therefrom, the said bracket and upper arm being provided with an opening therethrough in communication with said receptacle and the arm having a nozzle on its. outer end, a second receptacle and a cap thereon, the said lower arm having a socket in its outer end, a hollow coupling member extending upwardly from said second-named cap the upper end of which is receivable in said socket and having a lower part extending into the second-named receptacle whereby the said second-named receptacle is coupled to said lower arm, a hollow spindle member having its lower end in said socket with its upper end disposed in aspirating relation with respect to said nozzle, and adjusting means associated with said socket and the lower end of the hollow spindle whereby the upper end thereof may be moved up and down relative to the nozzle.

6. An apparatus of the class described comprising in combination, a receptacle and a cap on said receptacle, a bracket on said cap having lower and upper arms extending therefrom, the said bracket and upper arm being provided with an opening therethrough in communication with said receptacle and the arm having a nozzle on its outer end, a second receptacle and a cap thereon, the said lower arm having a socket in its outer end, a

hollow coupling member extending upwardly from said second-named cap, the upper end of which is receivable in said socket and having a lower part extending into the second-named receptacle MATTHEW RUSSELL.