An Improved Apparatus for Supplying a Measured Quantity of Fluid or Powdered Material.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1894
An Improved Apparatus for Supplying a Measured Quantity of
Fluid or Powdered Material.
I, OTTO BECK, of 7 Eschersheimer Landstrasse, Frankfurt on the Main,
Germany, Merchant, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved apparatus for supplying a measured'
quantity of material in order to avoid waste, and to be convenient in use. The
material may be in a fluid form, or in powder, and the apparatus is especially
adapted for supplying washing powder.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of an apparatus adapted to be fastened against a wall
for convenience in use.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the apparatus, and
Fig. 3 is also a vertical section showing the action of the apparatus in supplying
powdered material.
In these drawings, a cylindrical vessel g is shown having a cover, and a funnel
shaped bottom. A vertical rod & passes through the vessel from the bottom of the
funnel spout cand extends through the cover some distance outside, and terminates
in a handle or knob. Between the knob and the cover, a spiral spring surrounds
the rod s, the action of which is to lift the rod upwards, to an extent limited by the
position of a ball valve k secured to the bottom end of the rods, which closes
the mouth of the spout c, as shown in Fig. 1. Another valve ¹ is mounted on
the rod 8, so as to be movable thereon, and is attached to a second or lower spiral
spring through which the rod passes, the limit of movement being determined
by a lower collar a and an upper collar at the top of the spring f¹. Curved
wings d, d, serrated on their edges, are secured to the rods to break up the
powder or prevent its caking, but these are not required when fluid is employed.
The material contained in the vessel gis supplied (as indicated in Fig. 3).by
applying a downward pressure to the knob, thus compressing the upper spiral
spring and the lower one fl until the upper ball valve k stops the funnel
entrance of the spout c. This action carries the bottom ball valve k downward
and uncovers the mouth of the spout c, thus liberating the powder within the spout
and permitting it to drop into the hand below. When the downward pressure is
relieved, the spiral springs raise the rod to the position shown in Fig. 1, thus
admitting a fresh charge of powder to the spout c, ready for the next time a supply
is required. The relative position of the ball valves and amount of travel,
determine the measure of material supplied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is;-
An improved apparatus for supplying a measured quantity of material consisting
of the vessel g, rod s, springs and f¹, ball valves and k', arranged and
operating substantially as and for the purpose herein described and shown by the
drawings.
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Cantom 1901