US888011A - Tooth-powder holder. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED MAY 19, 1908.

1% s. HAY, TOOTH POWDER HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 21, 1907.

196 ha uni 4 I wk UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP S. HAY, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ROBERT J. MYERS, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

TOOTH-POWDER HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

Application filed August 21, 1907. Serial No. 389,597.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PII-ILIP S. HAY, citizen of the United States, residing at Mont omery, in the county of Montgomery and btate of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tooth Powder Holders, of' which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in holding and dispensing devices or containers for ulverulent or comminuted substances, an relates 1n its present embodiment to a holder designed to contain and dispense tooth powder.

The invention has for its object a simple and efficient device of this character, the parts of which may be cheaply manufactured and easily assembled and which may be readily manipulated to dispense a redetermined quantity of tooth powder a ong the bristles of the tooth brush at each operation of the valve or cut off of the device.

With this and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certainconstructions and arrangements of the parts. that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the-novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understanding-of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a erspective view of a ortion of a tooth pow er holder constructe in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof; Figs. 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views illustrating the parts in different positions; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the cut-off; and Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of a modified form of cut-0H".

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the holder and 2 the tubular neck thereof. The said neck is formed with a longitudinally extending discharge opening 3 designed to be controlled by the cut ofl 4 which in the present instance is in the form of a lon itudmally extending plate somewhat curve in cross section as shown. The said out off 4 is formed at its ends with ears 5 and 6, said ears beingvaper- I tured to receive the shaft 7 upon which the device is mounted to turn, sald shaft being located referablyin an eccentric position within the neck 2 and journaled at its ends in the head 8 and in the strip or bar 9, as clearly illustrated in the drawing. One of the ears of the cut off is extended beyond its pivot point as indicated at 10, and a depressor rod 11 is secured at one end to sald extension and extends outwardly through the neck, being provided at its outer end with the thumb-piece or disk 12. v is encircled by a helical spring 13 bearing against the disk 12 and the outer side of the neck 2 and having a tendency to move the rod 11 outwardly so as to swing the cut off plate 4 over the openin 3 to close the latter. The cut off 4 is .provi ed with a plate like extension 14 Wlllch extends longitudinally as shown and which isadapted to abut with its edge against the inner side of the neck 2 when the cut off is moved away from the openin 3. The neck 2 is formed with an inward iy extending lip 15 at the opening 3, said lip being curved to correspond to the curvature and are of movement of the cut off 4. If desired, it is manifest that the said lip may be formed of the metal which is cut to produce the opening 3, being bent inwardly from one edge of said opening.

In the practical use of my im roved tooth powder holder and dispenser, t e user may,

- y merely pressing his or her thumb on the depressor rod 11 swing the cut off 4 awa from the opening 3, this movement ObVlously resulting in causing the extension 14 to abut against the inner Wheel of the neck 2, the pro ortions of the parts being such that When t is contact takes place the cut ofl 4 at its opposite edge will not project beyond the inner edge of the Ii 15, but will overlap .said li to an ap recia le extents Hence it is evi ent that t e discharge opening 3 will be cut off from the remainder of the neck and body portion of the holder and only. such powder as lies within the bounds of the cut off with its extension 14 will be permitted to dro through the opening 3 on the brush held un er the same.

It is clear that the amount of powder to be discharged at each operation of the device may be varied by merely changing the relative position of the plate extension 14 with respect to the main portion of the cut off. In Fig. 6 is showna modification in which the inwardly,

said plate extension, designated 14, is bent which may be easily operated and which will dispense only a certain quantity of powder at each operation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a body, a neck secured thereto and formed with a longitudinal discharge opening, a'cut-ofi mounted within the neck and extending longitudinally thereof and adapted to close said opening, said cut-off being provided at its ends with ears ivotally mounted within the neck, one 0 said ears being formed beyond its pivot with an extension, a depressor rod secured to said extension .and projecting outwardly through the neck, and a spring secured to said rod and tending to move the same outwardly.

2. A'device of the character described,

comprising a body portion, a neck secured thereto and formed with a discharge opening and a lip extending inwardly from one edge of said opening, a cut off mounted within the neck and adapted to close said discharge opening and move over the lip, and means for moving said cut off, said out off being provided at one side with an extension, and the osition of said extension with the neck and ip being such that the edge of the extension will abut against the inner wall of the neck when in the open osition.

3. A device 0 the character described, comprising a body, a neck secured thereto with an extension adapted to abut againstthe inner wall of the neck upon the actuation .of the cut off away from. the discharge opening, and the neck being formed at one edge of said discharge 0 ening with an inwardly extending lip co orming to the arc of movement of the out off.

4. A device of the character described, comprising a body, a neck secured thereto and formed with a longitudinal discharge opening, a cut off mounted within the neck and extending longitudinally thereof and adapted to close said opening, said cut off being provided at its ends with ears, a shaft extending longitudinally within the neck and on which the ears are pivotally mounted, one of said ears being provided beyond its pivot with an extension, a depressor rod secured to said extension and projecting outwardly through the neck, and a' spring encircling the outer end of said rod and tending to move the same outwardly, the said out off being provided at one side with a plate like extension, for the pur ose specified, and the neck being formed wit a li extending inwardly from one edge of the ischarge opening and conforming to the direction of movement of the cut oif away from said 0 ening.

In testimony whereo I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PHILIP s. HAY. a. 3.

Witnesses:

R. J. MYERS, B. I. DAHLBERG.

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