US746866A - Perfumery-atomizer. - Google Patents

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No. l746,866.l

UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903.

RUSSELL W. MOORE, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

PERFU MERY-ATOM IZER.

EEECIFEGATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,866, dated December 15, 1903.

Application iled epril 9,1903. Seria-l No. 151,767. (No model.)

To all whom, t may cou/cern.-

Be it known that I, RUSSELL W. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Orange, in the county of Essex and State= of New Jersey, have invented certain new.

employed to preserve the liquid perfume and.'

to atomize it.

Perfumes which consist of essential oils or extracts mixed with or dissolved in volatile' solvents, such as alcohol, become thick and sticky from the constant evaporation of the solvent around the outlet of the bottle or other receptacle in which they are contained, and this deposit oxidizing by contact with the air causes the odor to deteriorate.

The purpose of my invention is to keep such a perfume out of contact with the air and also to provide means whereby it may be sprayed oratomized ou its discharge from the receptacle, so as at once to be dissipated on the airin a light cloud,which disseminates the perfume and reduces the strength of a strong odor.

In carrying out my invention I place the perfume which has been dissolved in or mixed with a volatile solvent in the usual manner in a bottle, in which it is charged with a neutral'gas under pressure. By neutral I mean a gas which has no odor in itself and one which sets up nopdeletereous reaction with the body of liquid perfume. In most cases cabonic-acid gas or carbon dioxid is entirely suitable for this purpose, and as it is cheap, readily obtained, and the handling of it under pressure is well understood it is best adapted for such use. Having been introduced into the bottle containing the perfume, it there remains until it is desired to use the latter, when the opening of the discharge-valve permits it to escape either in a solid stream or in ine spray, as may be desired.

The atou'iizing mixture, by a requirement of the Patent Office, is made thesubject of a separate application for Letters Patent.

l have illustrated-in the accompanying drawings a suitable form of apparatus in which to carry my mixture and to discharge it as stated.

In the drawings, Figure l is central vertical section of the discharge-nozzles of the ap paratus and the upper portion of the bottle. Fig. 2 is a detail showing= the valves open and the atomizing operation going on, and Fig. 3 is a detail showing the' valve closed.

In the drawings, l is the upper portion of a strong receptacle made of glass or other suitable material strong enough to normally resist the internal pressure of the duids to be contained therein. It is threaded at the top externally at 1l to receive the head 2, which is made of metal and is threaded at .21 to engage with the threads ll ot' the bottle and is also provided with a lateral threaded aperture to receive the discharge-spout 80. This discharge'spout is also internally th readed and adapted to receive the block 3l,to which are attached the nozzles L and 5, 4 being the gas-nozzle and 5 the perfumery-nozzle.

The perfumery-nozzle 4 is bent downward and secured to a cylinder 6, with which it comm un icates through a passage 5l and which is provided with a transverse diaphragm 52 and with a dependent tube 53, which extends almost but not quite to the bottom of the bottle l.

A valve 7 is secured to the lower end of a vertical valve-rod 70, passing through suitable apertures in the head 2. At its upper extremity the rod is provided with a pushbutton 7l and between the top 22 of the head 2 and the lower diaphragm 24 of the cover 23 is encircled by a coiled spring 25 and is provided with an annular lug 26. The valverod 70 is also provided wththe gas-valve 40, extending laterally therefrom and adapted to press against the terminal opening 4l of the gas-nozzle 4 to close it.

The head 2 is provided with a cover 23, which is provided also with the transverse intermediate diaphragm 24. The purpose of this cover is to protect the valve-rod and button from accidental injury.

The mode of operation of my device is as follows: Supposing the bottle l to be filled with the liquid perfume, in part, and in part with carbonio-acid gas under pressure, Athe pressure of the gas Within the tube 53 and underneath the valve 7 will lift 'the latter IOO against the seat formed by the under surface of the diaphragm 52 and Will close the inlet to the perfume-nozzle 5. Similarly the gasvalve would press against the nozzle 4 to Now if the push-button 71 be pressed downward the valve-rod 70 and the valve 7 are moved downward and the valve 40 is moved away from the inlet 41 of the gas-nozzle 4. The free gas in the upper part of the bottle immediately begins to rush out of the nozzle 4, and as it leaves the tip 42 in a fine stream it creates a vacuum in front of the tip 54 of the nozzle 5 and atomizes the outowing current of liquid which has been forced upward through the pipe 53, the opening in the diaphragm 52, and the nozzle 5. This spray continues to be delivered so long as the valve is held open and the pressure of the gas is sufficient to maintain it. Now if the pressure upon the button 71 be relieved the pressure within the bottle, if suflcient, presses the Valves 7 and 40 upward and closes the ports 41 and 51, leading to the nozzles 4 and 5. If the pressure within the bottle should be insufficient to close these valves by reason of the exhaustion of the gas, the resilience of the coiled spring 25 will be sufficient to press the lug 26 against the diaphragm 24 and keep the valves shut.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. AnV atomizer for perfumery-bottles, adapted to contain perfumery in solution and gas permanently under pressure, comprising a gas-nozzle and a perfumery-nozzle arranged to atomize when in operation, and inlet-valves to each nozzle having a common stem.

2. An atomizer for perfumery bottles, adapted to contain perfumery in solution and gas permanently under pressure, comprising a gas-nozzle and a perfumery-nozzle arranged to atomize when in operation, and inlet-valves to each nozzle having a common stem, in combination with means for keeping each valve normally shut. y

3. An atomizer for perfumery bottles, adapted to contain perfumery in solution and gas permanently under pressure, comprising a gas-nozzle and a perfulnery-nozzle arranged to atomize when in operation, and inlet-valves to each nozzle having a common stem, in oombination with means for keeping the Valves shut when the pressure of the gas Within th bottle is not sufficient to do so.

Witness my hand this 8th day of' April, 1903, at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York.

RUSSELL W. MOORE.

Witnesses:

HERMAN MEYER.,

BARTLETT J. SMITH.

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