US886596A - Dispensing liquid-holder. - Google Patents

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PATENTED MAY 5; i908.

H. P. GORMAN'. "DISPBNSING LIQUID'HOLDBR. APPLICATION FILED MAY v15, 1907.

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A TTQRNEYS -render the junction between the cap HORACE PFOUTS GOBMAN, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANlA,

DISEENSING LQUD-HQLBER.

Application led May 15, 19m, Serial No. 378,758.

To all whom z'imczy concern:

Be it lniown that I, Hormon PFoU'r-s Goau MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hazleton, in the county of Luzerne/and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Eispensing Liquid Holder, of which the following is a specification. A

rl"his invention has reference to improvements in dispensing liquid holders, designed more espepciallvT for the serniautoniatic dispensing or liquid soap or similar inateriai.

The-invention consists essentially of a suitable receptacle with a simple means for removably attaching the saine to a support, and, in addition, the receptacle is provided with a puinp or soap-expelling ineans so arranged that a pressure will be established to force the soap from the receptacle in such quantities as may be deemed expedient Provision is iliade wherebyv the soap will be directed upon the hand of the user within a circuinscribed area, and ineans 'are provided whereby the device may be adjusted to regulate the pressure established before the soap is allowed to escapeand also to regulate or lliinit the amount of soap expelled at each operation ci the device.

The invention will be fully understood from the following detailed description taken Ain connection with the accompanying drawings t'orining 'part of this speciiication, in whichf- `Figure 1 is a central, vertical section through the device; and Fig. 2 is a face View oi' the wall support, with the removable bracket for: the soap-holder shown in section.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a receptacle 1 which may, if desired, be of glass or may be constructed of metal. This receptacle is in the forni of a jar or bottle having a wide mouth with exterior screwthreads on the neck, and to this threaded portion is adapted a cover '2, also formed with screwthreads, while the interposed gasket 3 of rubber or any other suitable'inaterial serves to the neck of the receptacle fluid-tight. V

Surrounding the receptacle is' a collar 4 made of a band of metal having its free ends brought into juxtaposition and there held by a bolt or rivet 5 while the extreme ends are bent at right angles, as shown at 6-5 soas to enter between two stiff wings 7 7 with the ends 6 resting behind the saine. These wings are formed as upturned bottoni exten- Speeication of Letters Patent.

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sions oi a wall plate 8 provided with suitable perforations 9 for screws or other fastening means, While a -pivoted latch inernber 10, which majT be niade or' wire riveted to the wall plate 8 but capable ot' turning thereon, is provided for holding the ends 6 of thecollar 4 roin accidental displacement from behind the wings 7. The latch may be formed of a single piece of stiff wire bent on itself near one end to forni a loop 11 with the free end u-p-turned, as shown at 12, the loop being of sufficient size to extend across the wall plate S to engage and bear against the upper edge of the end pieces 6, while the upturned end `12 permits the latch to be moved about its pivot without catching on these ends 6, and the loop which, as shown, is open-ended, has

sufficient resiliency to establish the requisite frictional Contact with these ends 6 to hold the loop securely in place in the locked posi.

threaded to receive a threaded, closure 15,'.

4while at a point adjacent to the (lished por'- `tion of the Aca 2 this cylinder 14 is provided with a throng slot 16.

Passing through the central portion of the dislied section of the ca 2 is a sleeve 17 en-` tering thecylinder 14 or a short distance,

and exterior to the c a 2 this sleeve is provided with diametricaly opposite, longitudinal slots 18 extending to-the end oiD the sleeve remote from the junction oi" the sleeve with the dished portion 13 ofthe ca This sleeve 17 is concentric with the cy inder 14, and extendin through this sleeve and inovable therein t ere is a tube 19, o en at both ends. One end 20 of this tu e extends above the u per end of the sleeve i7 and is.

ranged to niove snugly Within the cylinder 14.A The other endof the tube 19 extendsy for distance below the lower end of thc vits axis coincidentwith the axis of the tube,

and this ring is connected to said tube bv two lic arms 24 which may be brazed or' solderedto said ,tube These arms, at their junction with the tube, are shaped to enter the slots 18 and the construction is such that these- 5 arms at this point are always Within the slots but are capable of moving longitudinally within said slots. v v

The sleeve 17 forms a long bearing for the tube 19, and the slots18 permit the travel of cylindrical plug on one end of a rod 26 ex tending upward through the tubeand centrally through the cylinder 14-and closure 15. This rod is threaded at the upper end for a distance within the cylinder and totheextreme upper end, as. indicated at 27, and the passage in the closure15 is formed with`a nut through which the rodis screwed, while within the cylinder V14 on the screwfthreaded portion 27v of this rodjthere is applied a lscrew .e collar 28.v Within Vthe cylinder 1.4 is coniined 305el spring 29,'bearingatjone end against the closure 15 andatft fe; other'end a ainst the piston 21. Now, let it be assume( f that the rod 26 is screwed through the closure 15 to the desired 9position,l with the plug 25 within the tubevl ata point somewhat removed fromthe flaring open end 22. And also let it be assumed that the collar v28 is adjusted on the threaded end 27 of the rod 26 tosome desired osition, andl that the receptacle 1 contains iquidjsoap.'-

The parts .are so proportioned andy adjusted that whenvthe piston 21 is resting on the* upper end ofthe sleeve 17 the upper end ofthe slot 16 is uncovered't'o put the interior of .the cylinder 14 into communication with the interior of the receptacle 1. Under these conditions, a certain amount of liquid soap ,will flow into the interior of the cylinder 14 above the piston 2-1 and also down.l into the .30 tube 19 luntil stopped by the plug 25. Now, suppose that a person desires to procure a charge of soap upon one of thehands. The hand ofthe user is placed against the under side of the ring 23, which, in practice, is of such size as tobe easily contained on the alm of the hand, and ressure is exerted to korce the ring 2,3 upwar it being understood that the whole device is in the position shown inthe drawing.v The first result of this movement is to move the piston-21 past the upper end ofthe slot'16 and so close the cylinder 1.4 againstcommunication with the interior of the receptacle except below the iston 2,1. At the same time the tube, 19 is a so moved upwardly but the plug 25 is .so located that the piston 21 must move for a considerable distance into the cylinder 14 before the tube 19 will move to a position to be above the plu@ 25. The result of this is that the air within the cylinder 14 is compressed to an 70 extent and-the liquid soap contained therein v is put under stress. Now, as soonl as theplug '25 has, relatively speaking, passed through the flared end 22 ofthe tube 19 the soap will be forcedV out through the lower end of the tube under the force exerted by the air pressure within the cylinder 14, and this flow ol soap understress'continues so long as .the piston 21 is lmoved upwardl andv there still remans'soap within t e cylinder 14 or tube 80 19. Theupward movement of thepiston 21 may be continued until stopped by the collar 28, the spring 29 being at the same time correspondingly compressed. Now, 'when the hand of the user is'removed from the ring 23 85 theexpansive force ofthe spring 29 comes 'into action and causes the movement of the tube 19 to its normal position until the piston 21 is arrested by contact with the upper end ofthe sleeve 17. In the meantime the plug 9o 25 has again entered the tube 19 through the flaring end thereof, being assisted in this' movement not only, by the shape of the ilaring end but the junction between the plug 25 and rod 26 may be shaped as indicated at 30 95 and conform ina manner to the flaring end of the tube. n

By suitably screwing the rod 26 to agreater or less extent through the closurey 15 the relative position of the plug 25. within the `10Q tube 19 maybe adjusted so that a greater or less com ression of the air within the cylinder 14 may e established before the soa is allowed to esca ethrough the lower en of the tube 19, and y suitably adjusting the collar l 28 the extent of movementof the tube 19 and piston 21 may be controlled.

. As soon as the plug25has' entered the tube 19, which is before the piston 21 has reached the slot 16, there is created a partial vacuum' in thecylinder 14 as the piston descends," and, consequently,` when the upper end of the slot 16 is o cned to establish communication between tlhe'interior of the upper end of the cylinder 14 and the interior of the 115 receptacle 1, the soa Within the receptacle will rush into the cylinder, due to the partial vacuum therein.

- 1. Aliquid dispensing ap aratus com rising asuitable receptacle for t e liquid, a Xed supplemental container for the'liquid within the receptacle, means for permitting access from the receptacle to the supplemental container, a movablepiston within the supplemental container and arranged to close the latter to the main receptacle and to establish an air pressure within the supplemental con-` tainer, and positively operated means inde-v pendent ofthe air pressure for opening the l lio normally unclosing the port but arranged to close 'the port when moved in the proper di" rection in said cylinder, -a hollow piston rod i for the piston, and aplug or closure normallyhoused ln-said piston rod and arranged to be moved out of the same after the pistonv hasV -completed a predetermined range of move` y ment.

closed cylinder in said receptacle providedV '20 3.I`Aliqui`d dispensing ap aratus comprising a suitable receptacle or the liquid,a`

with a port near oneend, a plston wlthin-.the cylinder normally unclosing said ort7 a hollow piston-rod connected to sai piston, a

Y slotted guiding sleeve for said hollow pistonrod, a fixed plug normally within the-hollow piston-rod and past which the rod is movable, .and a hand-rest fast on said pistonfrod in the. axial line of the same. I

4. A liquid dispensing apparatus compris-7 ing a suitable receptacle` a cylinder therein closed at both ends` and having a ort near:v

one end, a iston movable -in sai cylinder and provide With a hollowiston-rod, a plug for said 'hollow piston-rod4 normally con-v tained therein, anda threaded rod carrying said plug and extendingthrough a nut formed in one end -of' the cylinder.

5. A liquid dispensing ,apparatus conslsty ing ,of 'a suitable receptacle, means; therein for Aputting the liquid to' be dispensed under pressure, an outlet for the liquid under preserated means timed to' o en the outlet after a redetermined pressure. as been established ,L

`and means for adjusting the closure operatingmeansl to varythe time; relation of discharge. v-

6. A -liquid dispensing ing'a suitable.` receptacle, a` single stroke li uid'discha'rge pump'there'in,.means for a justing thelstrok'e' of the ump, a discharge apparatus compris- '--su1e,' a closure forv said outlet'7 positively opmeans coperating'-with t e pump and posll tively operated lby thev movement of 'said um g and anadjustng means for establishpump and the time of discharge;

^ mg t e relation between the movement of the. l

7 A liqu'idl dispenslng apparatus comprising". a suitable receptacle, a pump therein i having a' piston movable in one direction under'y the impulse of the hand, a spring for retrning the pistongto its normal' position, means' for limiting. the extent of movement ofthe piston, a' closurefor' the discharge end of the pump,arranged to open saiddischarge endlate'r'fa predetermined movement of the ation-between the movement of the pump, and the opening of the .discharge end of the '.fngtestlmony that I claimtheiore'gomgas my ownggi have hereto ffixy d y signature inftheipresence oitwowitnessesyjj" x ,Ho-RACE .BEQUTS eoRMAN; Wiaiess'es warns,

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