AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING OR DISPERSING IN SPRAY, SCENTS, DISINFECTANTS, AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Hermann Schildberg, of Moorgate Street, in the City
of London, Merchant, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
SPRINKLING OR DISPERSING IN SPRAY, SCENTS, DISINFECTANTS, AND OTHER
LIQUIDS."
Sealed the 24th April 1878, and dated the 26th October 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Hermann Schildberg at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th October 1877.
"
HERMANN SCHILDBERG, of Moorgate Street, in the City of London, Merchant.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING OR DISPERSING IN SPRAY, SCENTS,
DISINFECTANTS, AND OTHER LIQUIDS."
The object of my present Invention is to disperse or sprinkle in spray or sprays,
scents, disinfectants, and other liquids, the scents for perfuming rooms and other
places, apparel, handkerchiefs, and the like; also whenever and wherever desired;
and the disinfectants for fumigating or purifying rooms, carriages, apparel, bedding,
waterclosets, and other infected places and things.
I attain the said object by the following simple arrangements:-I take a con-
venient-sized vessel, say, a small bottle, for example, through the cork or other
stopper in which I pass and fit a small tube reaching, with its adenda, very nearly
to the bottom of such bottle; on the lower end of which tube is a plate or disc,
under and to which plate a hoop or short cylinder is soldered, or otherwise fitted.
On the said hoop I secure the wide end of a short leather or other elastic tapering
tube, or an elastic disc with a small hole in its centre, the other or smaller end of
which tube is fastened round a hollow cylinder or rod passing through the aforesaid
small tube and carried a trifle below the end of the said elastic tapering tube. The
upper end of the said hollow rod projects some half inch (more or less, according to
the size of the apparatus), above the said small tube fixed in the stopper. I then

page_text: solder on the said plate or disc, at the bottom of the tube, a small cylindrical or
other shaped cap or chamber, enclosing the said hoop and elastic tapering tube or
disc. This cap has a small hole in its bottom, over which, and inside the cap, a self-
acting valve is fitted. On or near the upper end of the said hollow rod I fix a very
small tube, at any suitable angle to such rod, and either straight or curved, as
desired. This is the spray tube, and its internal diameter is made to suit the size or
quantity of spray desired.
The top of the said rod may be either simply flanged, or be fitted with a ball or
any desired ornament, and the spray tube may pass through the same.
Instead of using the elastic tube or disc I fix a metal or other hard plate, flanged
or not, to the lower end of the said hollow rod, and place a spring in the cap or
chamber under such plate. In this case the said tube in which the rod works is
pierced with a hole or holes to allow any overflow of fluid from the said chamber to
pass through in the interior of the bottle when the apparatus is being operated; or
the said tube may be dispensed with.
My improved spraying apparatus is operated as follows:-By simply pressing
down the said hollow rod the fluid in the chamber is forced up such rod, and thence
through the small spray pipe, the same operation closing the valve in the said
chamber. On the rising of the said hollow rod, which is effected by the elastic tube
or disc, or by a spring suitably placed or fixed, the fluid in the bottle forces open
the said valve and rushes into and fills the said chamber. By simply rapidly
tapping the upper end of the said hollow rod downwards, intermittent jets of the
fluid contents of the bottle are sent out in spray as desired, or until the fluid in the
bottle is nearly all extracted.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Herrman Schildberg in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th
April 1878.
HERMANN SCHILDBERG, of Moorgate Street, in the City of London, Merchant.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING OR DISPERSING IN SPRAY, SCENTS,
DISINFECTANTS, AND OTHER LIQUIDS."
The object of my present Invention is to disperse or sprinkle in spray or sprays,
scents, disinfectants, and other liquids; the scents for perfuming rooms and other
places, apparel, handkerchiefs, and the like; also wherever and whenever desired ;
and the disinfectants for fumigating or purifying rooms, carriages, apparel, bedding,
waterclosets, and other infected places and things.
I attain the said object by the following simple arrangements:-
In order that my said Invention may be more clearly and more fully understood,
I will explain the same with the aid of the accompanying Drawing, which forms
part of this Specification, reference being made thereto by the numerals and letters
marked thereon, and which reference applies to each Figure of the said Drawing
where the same index numerals and letters appear.
Figures 1, 2, and 3, are respectively sectional elevations of my improved
apparatus shewing variations in the details thereof..
I take a conveniently-sized vessel a, through the cork or stopper a¹ in which I
pass and fit an exterior tube b, reaching, with its adenda, very nearly to the bottom
of such vessel, see Figures 1 and 2. On the lower end of this tube is a plate or
disc c, under and to which plate a hoop or short cylinder c' is soldered or otherwise
fitted. On this hoop c¹ I secure the wide end of a short leather or other elastic
tapering tube c², or an elastic disc with a small hole in its centre, the other or
smaller end of which tube is fastened round and near the lower end of a small
interior tube d. On or to the said plate c I solder or fix a small cylindrical or
other shaped cap or chamber cs enclosing the said hoop c' and elastic tube or disc c²
this cap has a small hole in its bottom, say, at c, over which and inside the cap c³
a self-acting valve is fitted. The said interior tube d passes through the exterior
tube b, and projects some half inch (more or less, according to the size of the appa-
ratus), above the said tube b. On or near the upper end of the interior tube d I
fix a very small tube d¹, at any suitable angle to such tube d, and either straight or
curved, as desired; this is the spray tube, and its internal diameter is made to suit
the size or quantity of spray desired.
The upper end of the interior tube d may be either simply flanged or be fitted
with a ball, or any desired ornament, through which a spray tube or passage may be
fitted or made, as at d².
In order to produce a very fine or "dust" spray, I fit the upper end of the interior
tube & with a hollow ball or ornament, and perforate one side. of such ball or
ornament with a number of very fine apertures, which on the apparatus being.
operated in the usual manner produces the desired result.
Instead of passing the liquid through this moveable tube d I fit a suitably-sized
tube on one side (outside or inside) of the exterior tube b, and connect such fixed
tube at its lower end with the interior of the chamber containing the liquid, the
other end of such tube being provided with a proper spray pipe or pipes, or per-
forations; by this arrangement the jet or spray pipe is made stationary.
Instead of using the elastic tube c² or disc, I fix a metal or other hard plate e,
Fig. 2, flanged or not, to the lower end of the tube d, and place a spring f under
such plate e and within the cap c³. In this case the tube b is pierced in any con-
venient part with one or more holes to allow any overflow of liquid from the
chamber to escape into the interior of the vessel a; or the saide hole or holes may
be made in the capes, when there is no valve therein, or both holes and valve may
be used together; or the valve in the cap may be dispensed with, and a simple hole
or holes be formed through such cap. The liquid passes through such holes in and

page_text: out of the chamber c³ without interfering with the free operation of the apparatus,
and the liquid is forced up the interior tube d or the side tube when such tube d
is forced downwards.
In order to produce a cheaper article I propose to still further simplify my said
improved apparatus by dispensing with the hoop c¹, the elastic tube or disc c², and
the cap c³, and instead thereof to enlarge the exterior tube b so as to admit the
plate e and spring within it, see Fig. 3. In this case the bottom of the tube b is
covered with a perforated plate 6', similarly to the bottom of the cap c³; also the
upper part of the interior tube d is provided with a flange, ring, or stay g to prevent
the said tube d being forced by the spring f too high up. This stay g is placed to
suit the stroke of the tube d.
My improved apparatus is operated as follows:-By simply pressing down the
tube & the liquid in the chamber e³ is forced up such tube and thence through the
spray pipe, pipes, or perforations. The tube d when relieved of the downward
pressure is immediately raised by the elastic tube or disc c², or by the spring f, when
the chamber cs or the lower part of the exterior tube b, as in Fig. 3, is filled with
the liquid rushing therein from the vessel a. By more or less rapidly tapping the
upper end of the tube d downwards, intermittent jets of the said liquid are sent out
in spray as desired, or until such liquid is nearly all extracted.
Having thus fully described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and.the method of performing the same, without restricting myself to the precise
details and dimensions or shape of the apparatus now illustrated; I claim as my
Invention and desire to secure by the aforesaid in part recited Letters Patent,
the method of sprinkling or dispersing in spray, scents, disinfectants, and other
liquids, substantially as and for the purposes herein described, and shewn in the
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Hermann Schildberg, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.