Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering or Distributing Substances in the Form of Powder.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1896-Accepted, 18th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering or Distributing
Substances in the Form of Powder.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., of The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by La Société Anonyme Française des Bascules Automatiques, of 3, Rue
Laffitte, Paris, in the Republic of France) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for delivering or distributing
substances in the form of powder but is more particularly applicable for distributing
or measuring soap for washing purposes.
According to my invention the soap or other substance in the form of powder is
stored in a vessel, preferably of glass, the lower end of which enters a cylinder and
the upper end of which passes into a collar which fixes it to a stand. The collar is
closed by a hinged cover which is made difficult to open in order to prevent the
powder being removed surreptitiously from the apparatus.
At its lower end the cylinder is connected to, or provided with, a funnel and all
the lower parts of the apparatus are enclosed in a metal casing which is fixed to
the stand by screws, bolts or by other suitable means.
The measuring or distributing device proper consists of a spherical or ball shaped
body situated at the upper end of the funnel which it closes.
The said sphere is provided with a number of recesses or cavities which come
successively, when the sphere is rotated, under the bottom opening of the vessel so
as to become filled with soap or other powder and then pass downwards so as to
discharge their contents through the orifice of the funnel.
The sphere or ball is stopped in each of the positions, which correspond to the
delivery of the soap, by a pawl consisting preferably of a spring one end of which
is fixed to the cylinder, whilst the other end is curved back so as to pass into the
recess at the bottom of the sphere opposite the funnel.
The axis of the sphere is provided with a knob outside the apparatus adapted to
be operated by hand. If therefore the sphere be turned sufficiently to cause a
recess, which was filled with powder when it reached its top position, to come
opposite the top of the funnel the powder contained in the said recess will be
discharged through the orifice.
The delivering or distributing sphere may be provided with any number of
recesses and the spring pawl may be replaced by an arrangement acting for example
from the interior of the vessel.
It will also be obvious that, if it is desired that the soap or other powder be
delivered on the payment of a coin, the apparatus may be provided with simple
coin freed mechanism whereby the introduction of a coin would allow the powder
to be delivered on pulling or pushing a suitable part of the said apparatus.
Dated the 9th day of December 1895.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Delivering or Distributing
Substances in the Form of Powder.
I, JOHN EBENEZER BOUSFIELD, of the Firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., of The
General Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of London,
Patent Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication
to me by La Société Anonyme Française des Bascules Automatiques, of 3, Rue
Laffitte, Paris, in the Republic of France), 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 improvements in apparatus for delivering or distributing
substances in the form of powder but is more particularly applicable for distributing
or measuring soap for washing purposes.
In the accompanying drawing,-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device for delivering or distributing powders,
made according to my invention :
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same:
Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2:
Figure 4 is a plan of the lower part of the device below the line 4-4 of
Figure 2.
According to my invention the soap or other substance in the form of powder is
stored in a vessel A, preferably of glass, the lower end of which enters a cylinder G
and the upper end of which passes into a collar B which fixes it to a stand D. The
collar B is closed by a hinged cover C which is made difficult to open in order to
prevent the powder being removed surreptitiously from the apparatus.
At its lower end the cylinder G is connected to, or provided with, a funnel E
and all the lower parts of the apparatus are enclosed in a metal casing H which is
fixed to the stand by screws, bolts or by other suitable means.
The measuring or distributing device proper consists of a spherical or ball shaped
body F situated at the upper end of the funnel E which it closes.
The said sphere is provided with a number (in the drawing three are shewn) of
recesses or cavities a, a which come successively, when the sphere is rotated, under
the bottom opening of the vessel A so as to become filled with soap or other powder
and then pass downwards so as to discharge their contents through the orifice b of
the funnel.
The sphere or ball F is stopped in each of the positions, which correspond to the
delivery of the soap, by a pawl c consisting preferably of a spring, one end of
which is fixed to the cylinder G, whilst the other end is curved back so as to pass
into the recess a at the bottom of the sphere opposite the outlet 6 of the funnel.
The spindle d of the sphere is provided with a knob e outside the apparatus
adapted to be operated by hand. If, therefore, the sphere be turned sufficiently to
cause a recess, which was filled with powder when it reached its top position, to
come opposite the top of the funnel the powder contained in the said recess will be
discharged through the orifice b.
The delivering or distributing sphere may be provided with any number of
recesses and the spring pawl may be replaced by an arrangement acting for example
from the interior of the vessel A.
It will also be obvious that, if it is desired that the soap or other powder be
delivered on the payment of a coin, the apparatus may be provided with simple coin
freed mechanism whereby the introduction of a coin would allow the powder to be
delivered on pulling or pushing a suitable part of the said apparatus.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A device or apparatus for delivering or distributing substances in the form
of powder, consisting of a vessel for containing the powder, and having at its lower
end a spherical or other suitably shaped body, the said body being provided with
recesses or cavities, with means for rotating it and with means for stopping the
rotation as desired, substantially as, and for the purpose, herein before described.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved apparatus for delivering or
distributing substances in the form of powder herein before described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 12th day of June 1896.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.