Improvements in or relating to Mucilage and like Bottles or Receptacles.
Year: 1899

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by ROBERT GARDINER HOPKINS, of Somerville, in
the County of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, United States of
America, Gentleman.]
Improvements in or relating to Mucilage and like Bottles or
Receptacles.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
45, Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, 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:—
The invention relates to a liquid distributor especially adapted for the dis-
tribution of mucilage in the process of gumming surfaces, which comprises a
receptacle for the mucilage, which may be of an incompressible and transparent
material, baving a neck or nozzle and an applying brush and automatic valve of
a peculiar construction which can be inserted into the said receptacle and re-
moved therefrom for the purpose of allowing it to be filled, and which will retain
liquid no matter what position said receptacle may be in and permit the discharge
of the same from the receptacle as required.
It also relates to the form of the distributor and to the means for holding it
when not in use.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings:
Figure is a view in elevation of a liquid distributor partially filled having
the features of my invention.
Figure 2 is a view in central vertical section thereof.
Figure 3 is a view representing the receptacle as removed from its holder, and
Figure 4 is a view of the valve, valve stem and brush removed from the
receptacle.
A represents the receptacle. It is preferably globe shaped, and is made of any
desired size and suitable material and is provided with an outlet and inlet neck a.
As a rule I make the receptacle of transparent glass in order that the contents
may be seen.
repre-
B is a base or holder of suitable size, shape and material provided with a cavity
or chamber b and a rest or seat b' on the upper part of the wall of the chamber
upon which the receptacle A when not in use is placed in an inverted position
with its neck and brush in the said cavity or chamber, see Figure 2.
sents a flexible valve preferably of rubber and normally of a diameter slightly
greater than the passage in the outlet neck a, and which projects laterally from
the inner end of the combined conductor and spreader c. It is pressed against the
inner wall of the receptacle surrounding the outlet by the compressible spring
stem contained in the receptacle between the valve and the opposite wall of
the receptacle, see Figure 2, and which is slightly compressed by the act of placing
the valve into the receptacle. It is attached to the valve and removable from the
receptacle with it, see Figure 4.

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The valve is held closed by the spring and is opened by pressing the combined
conductor and spreader inwardly. The spring has sufficient force to return the
valve to its seat when the pressure is removed, and also to hold the valve and
spreader with yielding effect while the distributor is being used to gum a surface
with the valve closed or very nearly closed if so desired.
The conductor and spreader a preferably consists of felt of sufficient length to
extend from the outlet neck when the valve is closed, and which may be encased
by an envelope of rubber not extending to its applying end, and all of a diameter
slightly smaller than the passage in the outlet neck.
The requisite fluid having been placed in the receptacle the valve C which
has been previously removed from the receptacle is handled by its spreader cand
pressed through the outlet neck a so that the end of its spring stem rests against
the furthermost inner wall of said receptacle (see Figure 2) the said stem is then
compressed enough to seat the valve normally in the inner end of the outlet
neck a, and the receptacle A being then placed in an inverted position upon its
hase or holder B the device is ready for use. When it is desired to replenish the
fluid the valve is removed.
To use the distributor the receptacle A is removed from its base or holder and
the spreader c used like a brush, the receptacle then serving as a handle. This
will cause the valve C to open more or less according to the pressure upon the
spreauer and liquid is thereby supplied the spreader for distribution
Keeping the receptacle A inverted when not in use prevents liquids of a mucil-
aginous character from caking or hardening in and about the conductor and
spreader. To insure that the receptacle is restored to its inverted position upon
its base when not in use it is preferably made globe shaped, or at least its end
opposite the spreader, and it therefore cannot stand without a support, conse-
quently it is a dumb reminder that it should be returned to its base inmediately
after using.
It will thus be seen that there is provided an hermetic, simple, novel, inexpen-
sive and efficient distributor, the valve of which can be adjusted in or removed
from its outlet neck easily and quickly like a bottle cork, and which will retain
liquid under expansive pressure caused by rising temperature or under any other
condition no matter what position said receptacle may be in and permit the dis-
charge of the same when and as desired.
When the distributor is used for spreading mucilage I prefer to use a spring
which is made of aluminium as that metal is not readily attacked by the mucilage.
It will be seen that any scale or foreign substance which may find its way
into the mucilage or fluid will gravitate to the outlet and escape past the valve.
The part of the receptacle which comes into contact with the seat b¹ of the
holder may be covered with a thin layer 1) of rubber if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:
1. The automatic liquid distributor herein described consisting of a receptacle
provided with an outlet neck, a flexile valve normally of a diameter slightly
greater than the outlet in said neck and adapted to be pressed through and seated
normally and hermetically in the inner end of the said outlet neck, a compressible
stem affixed to said flexile valve and extending through said receptacle to the
furthermost inner wall, adapted to hold said valve yieldingly and to hermetically
seat it in the inner end of the outlet neck of said receptacle and the elongated
combined conductor and spreader affixed to said flexile transverse valve and
located loosely in and extending somewhat without the neck of said receptacle
adapted to open said valve in response to its brush-like movement when in use us
a spreader, all substantially as described.
2. The combination of an incompressible receptacle which may or may not be
transparent, provided with a neck forming an outlet or inlet passage and support

page_text: for a spreader, and a reservoir, of a flexible valve insertable and removable
through the said passage, a spring for holding said valve to its seat and a con-
ductor and spreader extending from said valve through the passage beyond the
outer end of the neck, as and for the purposes described.
3. The combination of an incompressible reservoir having a neck provided with
an outlet, a flexible valve yieldingly held against said outlet and a conductor
and spreader extending from said valve through and beyond the outer end of said
outlet, as and for the purposes described.
4. The combination of an incompressible receptacle having a neck provided
with a discharge passage, a flexible valve yieldingly held against said out-
let and a conductor and spreader contained in said outlet extending slightly
beyond the edge thereof sustained by it and connected with the valve, and an
independent base holder having a cavity to receive the neck and spreader and a
support for the receptacle.
5. The combination of an incompressible receptacle having a neck, valve and
spreader of the character specified, and globular in form or in that portion opposite
the spreader with an independent holding base having a cavity for receiving the
neck and a rest for the receptacle.
Botol this 3rd day of January 1899
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45; Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.