US984630A - Liquid-soap container. - Google Patents

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W. WILLIAMS.

LIQUID SOAP CONTAINER. APPLICATION FILED 110V. 2, 1909.

984,630. PatentedFbi 21, 1911.

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WALTER WIIJLIAMS, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR .TO PATRICK J; WALSH, OF

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LIQUID-SOAP 'C OINTAINER. I

Specification of Letters Patent Patented l eb. 21, 191 1.

Ap plicatio n filed November 8, 1909. Serial No. 526,711.

To ollwhom it may concern: p

Be it known that I, WALTER \VILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at 'Detroit, in the county of 'lVayne, State of I companyingdrawings, andto the figures of; reference marked thereon, which form a Th1s invention relates to "a container, and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more pointed out particularly in the claims. I i Y Th'e object of the invention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive con 'tainer of the character described, wherein the arrangement 1s such as to enablea given quantity of'the fiuidcontents of the con tainer'tobe discharged from timeto time as itmay be required for use, provision be ing made forf'a utomatically stopping the flow of liquid ,from the container after the operation of the gravity valve in discharging a quantity of liquidjtherefrom.

The above object is attained by the mech anism illustrated inQ the. accompanyingdraw ings, in which Figure l is' a side elevation {of a liquid soap container involvingmy invention, some of the parts .being in section'to' show the construction and arrangement thereof. Fig. 2 1s a h0r1zontal section as on line 2'2 of Fig.1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the socket member'whichcarries the bracket on which the container is supported.

Referring to the characters of reference 1 designates a globular body formed preferably of glass andadaptedto contain liquid soap. Formed in the bottom ornnder side of said container s an jopenmg 2 whlchjri s' closed by a circular disk 3 having an annularflange 4 which embraces'and is permanently secured to the neck 5 surrounding said discharge opening. The exterior of the disk'3 is threaded and screwed thereon is a depending houfsing 6 having a space 7 therein which forms a measuring chamber. Through the lower end of the housing-6 is a discharge opening 8 and surrounding said liquid soap opening within the housing is a valve seat '9 of soft metal, such 'as lead or analogous 'material. a WVithin the measuring "chamber and normally lying upon the valve seat 9 is the ballvalve 10 having a straight stem 11 depending therefrom which projects throughthe discharge opening 8 and carries upon its lower end a knob 12. The ball-valve I0 is,

comparatively large and will be formed of upon its seat and prevent the flow of'liquid thereby, except at such times'as'the valve may be raised. In the disk 3'directly'over the material of high specific gravity so that its 'weight will normally'be sufficient to hold it valve 10 is a beveled openingf13 throughi the seat 9, the chamber 7 will fill with fluid from the container so that when the valve is 'raised by'an upward pressure upon the stem 11, the contents of said chamberwill bedischarged through the opening 8 onto the hand, which in operating the valve'is'pressed palm upward against'the knob 12.Asthe valve is raisedto permit the liquidito flow from the chamber 7, it is carried into con= tact with the seatsurrounding the opening 13, thereby preventing a further flow of fluid from said chamber until released. By this arrangement there is discharged fromsaid chamber each time the valve is lifted,

only the fluid which has previously filled said chamber, thereby measuring the quan tity which is discharged from the container" at each operation. Upon releasing the valve,

it falls toits seat, thereby preventing a fur-' 'ther flow of liquid fr'omthe chamber 7 and allowing the chamber to refill througlrthe opening 13. To prevent-a possible sticking of'the valve and to insure its quick' retur-n when released,- a -helical spring 145] is employed which is attached at-15 to the ball-= valve at one end, and which at the other end bears against the under face of the disk-3 around the opening 13. This spring is slightly compressed when the ball is raised and the tension exerted therebyv assists in returning the valve to its seat when released. r

Surrounding the globular body of the container are the parallel beads 16 forming a channel thereb'etween. Lying in saidchan ml and embracing one half of the globular body are the bracket arms 17 which serve to support the container in position. The arms 17 are in the form of curved forks and extending. horizontally front the junction thereof is a cylindrical stem 18. Secured to a fixed support is a conical socket member 19 having therein a-socket which receives the stem 18 which, is fitted therein to revolve ing it outwardly so as to free the ends of the pin 21 from the notches 20, when said stem may be rotated to" place the housing 6 uppermost, and it may be unscrewed and removed with the valve 10 to enable the container to be filled through the opening 13,

after which said housing with the 'valve therein is screwed into place and the con-- tainer restored to its normal position. In order. to hold the stem inwardly so that the ends of the pin 21 shall be yieldingly held within the'notches 20, a coiled spring 22 is seen ed to the inner end of the stem 18 by l screw 23, or other suitable means, the other end of said spring being caused to engage the annular shoulder 24 within the socket. member surrounding the socket in which said stem lies, whereby an inward pressure is always exerted upon said stem to hold the ends of the pin in the notches 20. By pulling outwardly upon the container, the tension of the spring 22 may be overcome and the stem 18 drawn longitudinally through the socket member such distance as to free the ends'of the pin from the notches 20, as shown in Fig. 2, enabling the container to be inverted, when by releasing the cut ward "strain upon the container, the. tension of the spring will be exerted to withdraw the s em into the socket member, causing the ends of the pin. 21 to reenter the notches and lock the container in that position. Should it be desired to rigidly lock the stem against movement in the socket member, the set-screw 25 threaded in the wall of said member may be screwed inwardly against saidstem. i

To enable the container to be removed from the bracket arms 17, a semicirculan strap 26 is employed which is hinged at its :nds as shown at 27, to the ends of said arms.

ing in the bottom thereof.

By removing the pintle of one of said hinges, the strap 26 may. be swung outwa-rdly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, to permit the container to be removed.

Havin thus fully set forth my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A liquid soap container and dispenser comprising a reservoir, a measuring chamher on the lower side of said reservoir, the upper wall of the measuring chamber having an induct opening connecting the reservoir with the interior of said chamber, the bottom o f said chamber having a discharge opening therethrough, a weighted ball valve within said chamber having a stem of less area than said discharge opening protruding therethrough, a valve seat within the measuring chamber around. thedischarge opening, a valve seat in the under face of the upper wall of the chamber around the induct opening, said ball valve 'normally closing the discharge opening and adapted when raised from its seat to hean the upper valve seat and close the induct opening, and a spring through which the ball valve protrudes confined between the upper portion of said ball and the under face of the upper wall of the measuring chamber around the upper valve seat.

2. A liquid soap container anddispn'ser comprisinga reservoir having a bottom therein with a flaring opening therethrough, a housing below said 'bottom' forming a measuring chamber with which the opening in said bottom communicates, discharge opening through said measuring chamber in vertical alinement with the opening in said bottom, a valve seat around' said discharge openin a weighted ball valve in said chamber adapted to normally lie upon said seat, said valve having adepending stem which passes through saidopening and through the medium of which saidyalve may be raised, theball valve when lifted fitting into ,the flaring opening in the bottom of the reservoir to cutoff the flow of liquid therethrough and permitting the liquid in the chamber to'fiow out of said discharge opening, a helical spring attached to and embracing the upper portion of ,said' ball and through which said ball protrudes, said spring engaging the under face ofthe bottom of the reservoir a'round the flaring open- WALTER WILLIAMS.

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