An Improved Sprinkler for Liquids, Powders, or other Substances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1894-Accepted. 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sprinkler for Liquids, Powders, or other Substances.
I, STAFFORD HILL, Bottle Merchant, of 6 and 7 Long Lane Aldersgate Street
London E.C.
An improvement in sprinklers for perfumery, powder or other substances,
composed wholly or partly of metal, earthenware or other suitable material, which
obviates the necessity of entirely removing the cap and at the same time gives a
clear way through for the ejection of the contents; the sprinklers are fitted with a
tube on which is affixed a cork ring for securing them in the bottles or other
vessels, the tube is closed at the top with the exception of a hole of any desired
size placed between the centre and the circumference and a similar hole is made
through the cap that is fitted over the tube & held in position by means of a male
of female screw; this cap is so constructed that by slightly turning it in one
direction the 2 holes are brought into juxtaposition & the contents of the vessel
can be ejected, by turning in the reverse direction the holes are removed from
one another and the hole in the top of the tube is closed, the action of the screws
on neck of tube & inside cap presses the cork lining of cap firmly on to the hole
in the top of tube thereby herinetically sealing same, by the peculiar construction
of the cap; viz., a small projecting lug and by a corresponding projection on the
neck of sprinkler below the screw, the hole in the cap and the hole in the tube
are stopped immediately opposite to one another.
Dated this 20th dex of July 1802
STAFFORD HILL.
An Improved Sprinkler for Liquids, Powders, or other Substances.
I, STAFFORD HILL, of 6 and 7, Long Lane, Aldersgate Street, London, E.C.
Glass Bottle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved sprinkler which effectually stoppers the
bottle, tube, or other vessel when it is closed and which is opened without
entirely removing the cap, and when open gives a clear way through for the
ejection of the contents:
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In the accompanying sheet of drawings:
Fig. 1, is a plan view of one of my sprinklers adapted for a bottle, in the
open" position. Fig. 2, is a like view in the "closed" position.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section in the " open" position, and Fig. 4, is a like section
in the "closed" position.
Fig. 5, is an elevation of the screw cap separately and Fig. 6, is an elevation of
the other portion.
The sprinkler is formed with a tube A on which, when it is to be applied to a
bottle or the like, is affixed a cork ring B for securing it in the bottle or other
vessel. The tube is closed at the top with the exception of a hole C of appropriate
size according to the nature of the article the bottle, or other vessel, is intended
to contain, such hole C being excentric with the outer, or cylindrical portion, of
the tube A and so that no part of it reaches to the centre; D is a screw-cap made

page_text: to work on a thread formed on the outside of the tube A, such cap D being
provided with an excentric opening d corresponding with the hole C, so that when
the two are in juxtaposition as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the tubular passage is open
from the interior of the bottle and the contents can be poured out or ejected;
and so that when the screw cap D is rotated, a portion of a revolution, the hole C
is closed, the opening d being on the opposite side as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 or
at some other point, so only, that the two openings no longer correspond. The
cap D, when used for liquids, has a lining or washer e of cushioning material, 1
find that cork answers for this purpose better than any other material I am
acquainted with, and when the cap D is rotated in one direction on the tube A,
it is by the action of the screw threads carried down on the top of the tube so
that the cork lining is pressed firmly over the hole C and thoroughly and
effectually closes it, while if it be rotated in the opposite direction the cap rises
on the screw thread so as to slightly separate the cork lining e of the cap from
the top of the tube A, and the two orifices c and d are brought into juxtaposition
and the contents can be ejected.
The limit of motion of the cap D in one direction is made by the downward
action of the screw pressing the lining e hard on to the top of the tube, and the
limit of motion in the opposite direction is made by the burring over the edge of
the cap into a recess below the end of the screw-thread on the tube, or by a
lug, or stop, and a corresponding stop, or projection, on the cap and the tube
respectively which come into contact with each other when the point is reached
at which the orifices c and d correspond, or by a pin fixed in one of these pieces
working in a slot or recess in the other of them. F is a flange which more or
less completely covers the top of the cork ring, or which in the case of a collapsible
tube forms one end of the tube. The passage through the stopper being, when
open, continuous and free from obstruction renders the sprinkler well adapted for
use with powders. My sprinkler is also well adapted for use as a top, or cap, for
collapsible tubes used for plastic compositions such as ointments, paints and the
like, and for jars.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. Stoppers of the kind commonly known as "sprinklers" for bottles, jars,
collapsible tubes, and the like constructed substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described and set forth.
2. Stoppers of the kind commonly called sprinklers, for bottles and vessels,
having a tubular opening excentric at the top, and a cap with a corresponding
excentric opening, the cap and the tube having corresponding screw-threads by
cap
is made, when it is rotated in one direction, to close down on the
opening in the tube and close it substantially as and in the manner hereinbefore
described.
which the
3. A sprinkler-stopper for bottles comprising a screw-cap which may or may
not be lined, having an excentric orifice, and a tube with a corresponding excentric
orifice and an exterior screw-thread, substantially as described.
4. The application of the hereinbefore described apparatus for closing collapsible
tubes used for plastic compositions such as ointment, paint and the like constructed
and acting substantially as and in the manner set forth.
Dated the Fifth day of Anril 1904
STAFFORD HILL.