US788118A

US788118A - Liquid-distributer.

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Publication number: US788118A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis Perotti
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1904-11-18
Filing date: 1904-11-18
Publication date: 1905-04-25
Anticipated expiration: 1922-04-25

Description

No. 788,118. PATENTED APR. 25, 1905. L. PEROTTI.

LIQUID DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18,1904.

UNITED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

LIQUID-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION orming pa o L e P e N 0. 788,118, dated April 25, 1905. Application filed November 18, 1904. Serial No. 233,363.

To a, whom it may (OILRBJVLI Be it known that I, LOUIS P uno'rri, asubject of the King of Italy, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Liquid-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in liquid-distributers, particularly in medicine-distributers of the kind described in my previous application filed May 13, 1904., Serial No. 207,868, and has for its object to provide for a bottle appliance that will perniit the discharge of a liquid or a medicine in prescribed quantities, as a table-spoonful or teaspoonful, and will prevent an over-dosing of the medicine and the spilling out of the same on the floor or the clothes of the person taking the medicine.

This invention has also for its object to pro.- vide for a liquid-distributer that v ill at the same time serve as a stopper andw ll replace the ordinary corks used heretofore.

Another object of my present invention is to avoid the necessity of spoons which in most cases are used for taking in meals, tea, &c.

In order to make my invention more clear, the same is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters denote similar parts, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the medicine-distributor, showing the same as applied to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the distributer in a position when the bottle is reversed. Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the distribute! in a position in which the medicine can be taken. Fig. 4 is a top viev of the medicine-distributer. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate across-section through line m of Fig. 1, showing the rubber valve-body closed and opened, respectively.

\Vith reference to the drawings, (0 denotes an ordinary medicine-bottle; 5, its neck, which is closed by a stopper, forming a part of the medic-inc-distributer, instead of by the ordinary corks. The stopper consists of a relatively narrow glass tube (1, having on its outer surface a cork cover 0, that will in its circumference be somewhat larger than the mouth of the bottle, so as to ofier a tight closure of the latter. At its top the glass tube (Z is provided with a head a of a somewhat larger circumference than the first and serves for the attachment of the distributor proper. The latter consists of a hollow glass bulb preferably of spherical shape, having at its lower side a hollow cylindrical neck and at its opposite side a con ical nozzle 2'. A peculiarlyshaped body 1)), of elastic material, preferably of rubber, connects the glass bulbg with the stopper (Z and serves at the same time as a valve between the bottle and the glass bulb. For this end the body or is at its lower end partially ball-shaped and provided with an excavation 11, by which the head 0 of the glass tube (Z is engaged when it is pressed into the same. in order to provide for a stronger connection between these two parts, a groove 0 is cut around the circumference in the head e of the glass tube, into which the flesh of the rubber body m will engage when the latter is drawn over it, and owing to the strong contractibility of the rubber body the two parts will be securedly and tightly held together. The upper end 1) of the rubber body is formed to a cylindrical neck of such asize as to tightly fit into the hollow neck it of the glass bulb g. At its lower end the neck 7/ is provided with a eircular rib j, projecting inward thereof and adapted to catch around the neck of the rubber body 11/, and thus also form a strong and tight joint. The rubber body is provided with a longitudinal passage (1 arranged in the neck, this passage beingopen at its upper end. At its lower end the passage is separated from the excavation or gorge a of the body In by a thin partition 7', in which through the central line of the passage q a straight single cut a is made, Fig. 5. Owing to the contractibility of the material of the body m, the cut awill normally form a tight closure of the lower end of the passage (1, and the liquid in the bottle when the latter is reversed will not be allowed to pass from the gorge 11 into the bulb 9, but when a lateral pressui'e is'exerted upon the rubber body m longitudinally of the cut a in the direction of the dotted lines ;1 ;z of Fig. 5 the compression of the body will cause the separation of the parts between which the out 8 is made and an openarrangement being made so that when ing {will be formed that will connect the passage 1- in the glass tube (7 with the passage (1 of the rubber body 1/1, hence the bottle a with the glass bulb g, and thus allow the liquid or medicine to flow into the latter. To close up the glass bulb g before the liquid can be allowed to fill the same, a glass, ball I, that will exactly fit over the inner open end of the nozzle 1', is arranged. Just at one side of the nozzle the bulb is provided with a hollow hump l, adapted-to receive the glass ball, the t 1e bottle is reversed the glass ball I will rest over the nozzle andwhen the bottle is tilted over into a position in which the medicine can be easily taken the ball will roll over the shoulder 1/, formed between the nozzle 2' and the hump A, and fall into the latter, Fig. 3, in which it will rest as long as the medicine is taken. \Vhen the bottle isagain reversed and placed in the normal position, the ball I will adopt the position shown in Fig. 1 in full lines.

The glass bulb is preferably made of such a size that its volume will be equal to that of a table-spoon, while a mark won the outside of the glass body g may denote the volume of a teaspoon.

It will be clearly seen that when a pre scribed quantity of the liquid is to be taken (a table or tea spoonful) and the present liquid measurer or distributer is applied to the bottle in the above described manner the bottle is reversed so that the ball I will close up the glass bulb g, as shown in Fig. 2. Then the passage q is opened by the compression of the rubber body m, allowing the liquid to fill the bulb with the described quantity, and as soon as this is attained again closed by relieving the body 211. The bottle with the liquid-measurer is thenso tilted that the ball I will fall into the hump l and open the bulb, so that the liquid can be directly discharged into the mouth of the patient.

At the lower part of the glass bulb, around the neck It thereof, one or more openings may be arranged for the access of air, which is necessary to allow a free discharge of the liquid.

It is understood that any changes in the various parts of my present invention may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a liquid or medicine measurer or distributer, the combination with a hollow stopper fitting into the mouth of a bottle, of a glass bulb of a predetermined size to receive a prescribed quantity of the liquid, said bulb having at one end a discharge-opening and at its opposite end an open connection with the stopper, means for connecting the stopper with the glass bulb, and a valve to close the discharge-opening of the glass bulb, substantially and for the purpose as specified.

2. In a liquid or medicine measurer the comopening of the bulb, substantially bination with a hollow stopper fitting into the mouth of a bottle, of a glass bulb of a predetermined size to receivea prescribed quantity of the liquid, a connecting-piece attached at one end to the stopper and at the opposite end to the glass bulb, said piece being of contractive material and having a passage leading from the passage of the stopper into the glass bulb, said passage being at an intermediate part contracted to normally form a tight closure between the bottle and the bulb, the said contracted part being adapted to widen upon exertion of a lateral pressure thereon to open the passage, and a valve to close the dischargeand for the purpose as specified.

'3. In a liquid or medicine measurer the combination with a hollow stopper fitting into the mouth of a bottle, of a glass bulb of a predetermined size to receive a prescribed quantity of the liquid, a piece of contractive material between the stopper and the bulb, the said piece having at one end a hollow'neck for its engagement with the stopper and at its opposite end a longitudinal projection for its connection with the bulb containing a passage open to the bulb and contracted at the end which terminates in piece, and a valve to close the discharge-opening of the glass bulb, substantially and for the purpose as specified.

4. In a liquid or medicine measurer or distributer the combination with a hollow stopper fitting into the mouth of a bottle, of a glass bulb of a predetermined size to receive a prescribed quantity of the liquid, said bulb having at its one end a nozzle and at its opposite end a hollow neck, a piece of contractive material having at its one end a longitudinal projection fitting into the hollow neck of the bulb and at its opposite end a hollow neckengaging the stopper, the said longitudinal projection having a passage open to the glass bulb and contracted at the end which terminates in the hollow neck of said piece, and a valve to close the discharge-opening of the bulb, substantially and for the purpose as specified.

5. In a liquid or medicine measurer or distributer, the combination with a hollow stopper fitting into the mouth of a bottle, of a glass bulb of a predetermined size, to receive a prescribed quantity of the liquid contained in the bottle, said bulb having at one end a dischargenozzle and at its opposite end a hollow' neck, a hollow hump adjacent to the discharge-nozzle, a glass ball to close the inner end of the nozzle and to fit in its open position in the hollow hump, a piece of contractive material being at one end engaged with the hollow neck of the bulb and at its opposite end with the hollow stopper, said contractive piece having a passage leading into the bulb, said passage v the hollow neck of said 6. in a liquid or medicine distributer, the cmnbiznition with a hollow glass stopper having 2i cork mantle on its outer surface to fit into the mouth of a bottle and a head on its outer end, a piece of contractive material and partially ball-shaped, having at one end a hollow neck to engage the head of the stopper and at its opposite end a cylindrical longitudinal projection, a glass bulb having a discharge-nozzle at one end and a hollow neck at its opposite end, the said hollow neck being adapted to receive the longitudinal projection of the contractive piece, having a passage open to the glass bulb and contracted at its end which terminates in the hollow neck of said contractive piece, a hollow hump adjacent to the nozzle, a glass ball fitting upon the inner end of the nozzle and in the hollow hump, said ball being adapted to close the discharge-opening of the bulb when the bottle is reversed and to rest in the hump when the liquid is discharged from the glass bulb, substantially as specified.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 2d day of November, A. D. 1904-.

LOUIS PEROTTI.

Witnesses:

HERBERT M. JOHNSTON, ESTELLE V. WALE.