US1282081A - Distributer for powdered material. - Google Patents

Description

F. C. HELBING.

DISTRIBUTER FOR POWDERED MATERIAL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 20, I916.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Fi OZO UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK C. HELBING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,

ASSIGNOB, OF ONE-FOURTH TO PETER GEITH AND ONE-FOURTH .TO CHRISTIAN SCHLICKEB, BOTH OF ROCHESTER,

NEW YORK.

DISTBIBUTEB FOB POWDERED MATERIAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK C. BING, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Distributers for Powdered Material, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to distributers for powdered material and more particularly to the type adapted to agitate the material in order to permit the same to pass through small discharge orifices, the present construction being designed for use by barbers for discharging powdered soap. An object of this invention is to provide a construction which will prevent waste by discharging an amount equal substantially to that required for shaving one person. A further object of the invention is to provide a container which is adapted to be used with or without a supporting means. Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved supporting means. A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved agitating means.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:--

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the container showing the latter carried by a supporting means;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1;

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views of one of the attaching brackets and one of the split rings, respectively; and V Fig. 5 is a 1perspective view of the agita ing and disc arging means removed from the container.

The container embodies an open-ended cylindrical portion 1, and a flanged end wall 2 connected to the portion 1 by a bayonet joint 3, and adapted to act as a support for the container when the latter is inverted and removed from the supporting means to be described. This end wall is also removable in order that the container may be filled.

without removing it from the supporting means. An end wall 4 is provided at the opposite end of the container of concavoconvex formation having a surrounding flange 5 which connects with the portion 1 by a bayonet joint 6. This concavo-convex Wall has a plurality of discharge orifices 7 which are adapted to be closed by a cover plate 8 having orifices 9 movable into and out of register with the orifices 7. To sustam the cover plate pivotally in position, a hollow pivot member 10 is provided, connectmg the cover plate 8 and the end wall 4.

For the purpose of agitating the material wlthln the container, there is provided an agitator and distributing device comprising a shaft 11 having its end 12 journaled in the hollow pivot 10 and its opposite end Journaled in the cross piece 13 to be hereinafter described. Extending radially from the shaft 11, are substantially U-shaped arms 14, the lower portions of which operate in close proximity to the orifices 7 and tend to agitate the material in such a manner as to cause it to drop through the orifices provided, of course, the cover 9 is open.

The cross piece 13 is preferably formed of sheet metal and has its ends 15 bent laterally and fastened at.16 to the flange 5. The opposite sides of the cross piece may be turned inwardly at 17 to provide guides, and on these guides operates a slide 18 which is extended through the flange 5 to the exterior of the container and is provided with a finger piece 19. On the slide 18 a rack 20 is provided which meshes with a pinion 21 on the upper end of the shaft 11. A spring 22 is secured at one end to an upwardlyextending arm 23 on the cross piece and has its other end secured to an upwardly-extending arm 24 on the slide. By this arrangement the spring normally tends to project the slide to the limit of its outward movement and yields when the slide is pushed inwardly.

With the end in view of protecting the operating parts of the agitator and distributer, a cover or casing 25 is employed which has a top wall provided with diverging surfaces 26 so as to prevent the lodgment of material on the top of the cover. The ends of this cover or casing are spaced from the flange 5 of the end wall 4t so that the container member 1 may be engaged by the flange. Packings 27 and 28 are located at the end walls to prevent the entrance of material below the cover while the sides of the cover have two flanges 29 and 30 which interlock with the sides of the cross piece 13, the flange 30 being shorter than the flange 29 in order that it may slip over or ed the cross piece, but will hold the cover in position against accidental displacement.

The supporting means embodies preferably two split rings 31 and 32, each having hooks 33 at its ends for engagement with a supporting bracket. Each bracket pref erably is formed from a single strip of sheet metal having an attaching portion 34 from which two arms 35 extend, each arm having an outwardly-extending portion 36 formed with an inwardly-extending hook portion 3? for engagement by a hook 33. Each inwardly-extending hook portion has its upper portion beveled at 38 and its lower portion bent inwardly at 39 to provide a rest for the hook or the ring.

In using the invention, either end wall is removed to fill the container, which may be supported on the end wall 2 or by the supporting means. The latter hold the container 1n a position with the end wall 4 downwardly, each split ring 31 having its two ends detachably engaging a supporting bracket. To discharge the materia, pressure is applied to the finger piece 19 to move the slide 18 inwardly. This transmits motions to the shaft/11 causing the agitating arms 1 1 to sweep over the openings 7 in one direction, the spring 22 moving the slide 18 in the opposite direction when the finger piece 19 is released, so that the arms-1d swing in the opposite direction. With this constructiononly substantially the required amount of soap is discharged when the agitating means is operated once. The agitating means is housed so as to be protected against the powder, and it is so located that it does not interfere with the discharge of the material. Either end of the container may be opened and. the agitating means is carried entirely by one of the end walls.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A distributer for owdered material, comprising a container aving a plurality of discharge openings, a closure for said openings, a hollow pivot connecting the closure to the container, and an agitator arranged within the container and having a shaft turning in said pivot.

2. A distributer for powdered material, comprising a container having a removable flanged .end wall provided with discharge openings, a cross plece having its ends bent in one direction and secured to the flange of the end wall and its sides bent to form guides, and spaced at its sides from the flange of the end wall to permit the material to pass about it in order to reach the discharge openings, a slide guided between the guides and having an operating portion extending through the flange of the end wall, and an agitator having a shaft iournaled in the end wall and the cross piece and operated by the slide.

.3. A distributor for powdered material comprising a container, a flanged end wall removably secured to the container and provided with discharge openings, a cross piece secured at its end to the flange of the end wall and spaced from the flange of the end wall to permit the material to pass about it in order to reach the discharge openings, guides extending longitudinally of the cross piece, a slide movable on said guides and extending through the flange of the cover, and an agitator mounted between the end wl al and the cross piece and moved by said s 1 e.

4. A distributer for powdered material comprising a' container having an end wall provided with discharge openings, a cross piece within the container spaced from the side walls to provide passageways by which the material will reach the discharge openings, an agitator having a shaft journaled in the end wall and the cross piece, a pinion on the shaft, a slide guided on and longitudinal of the cross piece, extending to the exterior of the container and having a rack cooperating with the pinion, and a cover inclosing the upper side of the cross piece to prevent the clogging of the operating parts by the contents of the container.

5. A. distributer for powder comprising a container, a flanged end wall for the container provided with discharge openings, a cross piece having laterally-turned ends secured to the flange of the end wall and inwardly-turned guides along the sides thereof spaced from the flange of the end wall to permit the material to pass about it in order to reach the discharge openings, an agitator having a shaft journaled in the end wall and the cross piece, a slide movable between the guides of the cross piece and extending through the flange of the end wall, a rack on the slide, a pinion on the shaft of the agitator, engaged by the rack, aspring connecting the cross piece and the slide, and a cover for the operating parts secured to the cross piece with its ends spaced from the flange of the end wall, the cover having that wall thereof disposed toward the top of the container, provided with diverging faces.

6. A distributer for powdered material sides of the container so that the material may pass to the discharge opening, an agitator journaledin the cross piece and arranged between the latter and the discharge opening, operating mechanism for said agitator supported by and mounted on said cross piece, and having a portion extending 1 t0 the exterior of the casing, and a cover for said operating mechanism.

FREDERICK C. HELBING.

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