Improvements in Apparatus for the Delivery of Powders and the like for Toilet Purposes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th May, 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Delivery of Powders and the
like for Toilet Purposes.
We, JOHN MURRAY TAYLOR, of 100 Worcester Street, Kidderminster, in the
County of Worcester, Chémist, and ARTHUR ROBERT WADDELL, of Lion Street,
Kidderminster aforesaid, Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to an apparatus or means for the delivery or automatic
delivery of powders and the like for toilet purposes, such for example as toilet
requisites for the delivery of tooth powders, puff powders for children, scent
powders, disinfecting powders, face powders and the like.
We will describe our invention in connection with an automatic apparatus for
the delivery of tooth powder to a tooth brush.
We take a supply or hopper, suitably mounted upon a frame or carrier, and
which supply or hopper is adapted to contain the material to be delivered.
This said hopper has a perforated or reticulated bottom, and sliding upon the
outer side or upon the inner side of the same is a like reticulated shutter or slide,
which in one position cuts off the powder from being delivered, and when in
another position, or when the piercings or reticulations are coincident, the delivery
of the powder is permitted.
This shutter or slide has connected with it, pivoted lever, jointedly or otherwise
connected to the shutter or slide, and the other arm depending downwards
for carrying a tray, rack, or rest, upon which a tooth brush can be placed or
impinge.
The act of placing of a brush upon the said tray or rack and slightly pressing
or depressing the same operates the lever, and brings the piercings within the
shutter coincident with the piercings in the bottom of the supply or hopper, which
allows the powder to be momentarily delivered by falling through the coincident
apertures onto the brush placed beneath it.
Instantly the brush is removed, the powder is cut off by recision of the slide or
shutter actuated by a spring which was either compressed or distended by the act
of working the slide in its forward or delivery movement.
We propose that the foot of the frame carrying the hopper and other accessories
should have a supplementary tray or other receptacle upon which a uail or other
brush may be placed.
The clogging of the powder within the hopper or supply may be prevented, or
the running-out or delivery of the same facilitated, by providing the shutter or
slide with wires or inward extensions, which loosen the powder, and keep the same
free, so that immediately the slide or shutter is operated, the said material freely
runs through the holes and is delivered without interruption.
These loosening devices may, if necessary, be made to perform a gyratory
motion, by connecting crankwise the connection ends of them to the slide, and
when the same partake of the motion of the slide, then if the same comes outside
the bottom of the hopper, clearances are left in the said bottom for the wires to
work through.
When given quantities of material are required to be delivered, we propose that
the shutters or slides should be made in double order, so as to comprehend a given
space wherein a fixed quantity of material is stored prior to delivery.
In such a case, we propose that the slides, in their motion, should precede one

page_text: another, so that the one slide should cut off the lower part of the hopper from the
upper part, whilst the other slide should open after the first named is closed, and
so deliver a given quantity of material.
As a still further form of our invention, the weight of the tooth brush may
be made to operate a slide or slides, and so deliver the material upon the said
article.
As a still further form of our invention, we may fit the lower end of the hopper
or supply with a truncated chamber or short tube, and with the upper and lower
parts of the same crossed by slide valves or shutters having links or connections at
their outer ends jointedly connected to the arms of a jointed lever, to one arm of
which a coiled or other spring is connected.
The lever may have upon its lower and depending arm, a rest, so that when a
quantity of powder is to be delivered, a tooth brush or other article is pushed
forward upon the rest, and the lever turned upon its centre or fulcrum, turning the
same from one position to another, and withdrawing the lower slide valve and
shutting the upper one.
Immediately the cut-off is made, so the powder or like material falls through the
mouth of the hopper, hence delivery.
Instead of the slide valves or shutters being opened by a reciprocating movement,
they may be opened by a rotatory movement, produced by making the connection
end of the lever cranked, and with the same acting excentrically.
The chamber at the exit of the hopper or supply may be fitted with adjustable
and hinged divisions, so as to contract or diminish the cubical capacity of the said
parts, hence the supplying of varying quantities, as the user may dictate.
Instead of employing levers for actuating the slides or shutters, we may employ
links or knee joints, or we may employ tooth sectors in combination with a
pinion, or a pinion in combination with a rack, so that any swinging motion of
a tray shall operate the slide, so that the weight of the tray and its cognate
parts may afford the means of returning the slide to its normal and cutting-off
position.
Dated this 30th day of July 1893,
JOHN MURRAY TAYLOR,
ARTHUR ROBERT WADDELL,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Delivery of Powders and the
like for Toilet Purposes.
We, JOHN MURRAY TAYLOR, of 100 Worcester Street, Kidderminster, in the
County of Worcester, Chemist, and ARTHUR ROBERT WADDELL, of Lion Street,
Kidderminster aforesaid, Doctor of Medicine, 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 apparatus or means for the delivery or automatic
delivery of powders and the like for toilet purposes, such for example as toilet
requisites for the delivery of tooth powders, puff powders for children, scent
powders, disinfecting powders, face powders and the like.
We will first describe our invention in connection with a semi-automatic apparatus
for the delivery of tooth powder to a tooth brush.
We take a supply or hopper, suitably mounted upon a frame or carrier, and
which supply or hopper is adapted to contain the material to be delivered.
This said hopper has a perforated or reticulated bottom, and sliding upon the

page_text: outer side, or upon the inner side of the same is a like reticulated shutter or slide
which when in one position cuts off the powder from being delivered, and when in
another position, or when the piercings or reticulations are coincident, then delivery
of the powder is made.
The shutter or slide has connected at the back part of it, an arm, or at the front
part of it, a pusher, by means of which the shutter or slide for the delivery of
powder is operated, either through the medium of a tooth brush pressed against
the arm, or through the medium of the finger or thumb applied for operating the
said arm.
Thus in one form, the act of pressing a brush against the arm, slides the same
and the shutter plate carried by it, and brings the piercings within the shutter
coincident with the piercings in the bottom of the supply or hopper, which thus
allows the powder to be momentarily delivered by falling through the coincident
apertures onto the brush placed beneath it.
Instantly the brush is removed, the powder is cut off by recision of the slide or
shutter actuated by a spring which was either compressed or distended by the act
of working the slide in its forward or delivery movement.
The foot of the frame carrying the hopper and other accessories may have a
supplementary tray or other receptacle upon which a tooth or other brush may be
placed.
The clogging of the powder within the hopper or supply may be prevented, or
the running-out or delivery of the same facilitated, by providing the shutter or
slide with teazers, wires or inward extensions, which loosen the powder on the
movement of the slide, and keep the same unclogged, so that immediately the
slide or shutter is operated, the said material freely runs through the holes, and is
delivered without interruption.
Instead of employing an arm by means of which the reciprocating shutter is
operated, we may employ a jointed lever.
Instead of the slide valves or shutters being opened by a reciprocating movement
they may be opened by a rotatory movement.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents, partly in elevation and partly
in vertical section, a toilet requisite for containing and delivering tooth powder,
and constructed and arranged according to one form of our invention.
Figure 2 represents a complete vertical section of the same, taken upon the
dotted lines A B Figure 1, but without the tooth brush, and showing the reticulated
shutter or slide in its normal position and the apparatus cut off by the reticulations
of the said slide coming in front of the solids in the bottom of the hopper.
Figure 3 represents a like vertical section as Figure 2, but with portions of the
bracket and supply hopper in elevation, and with the slide shown forced back by
the impingement of the tooth brush head against the arm, the apparatus opened
and the powder in the act of being delivered.
Figure 4 represents an underside plan of the said apparatus.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section upon the dotted lines CD Figure 2.
Figure 6 is a horizontal section upon the dotted lines E F Figure 3.
a is a supply or hopper, suitably inounted upon a bracket, frame or carrier b, by.
means of which the apparatus is supported or hung. This said supply or hopper,
which contains the powder d, to be delivered, has a perforated or reticulated and
fixed bottom a², and sliding upon the inner side of the same, is a like perforated or
reticulated slide or shutter c, which, when in its normal position as in Figure 2,
cuts off the powder from being delivered, but when in the position as in Figure 3,,
the holes or reticulations c¹, of the slide c, come coincident with the holes or
reticulations a¹, of the fixed bottom of the slide, by which delivery of the powder
to a tooth brush e, placed below it, is made.
The slide, which works within suitable guides, and passes through a hole or
slit a³, in the back of the casing of the hopper, has agitators or teazer spikes or
wires f, directed upwardly from it, which loosen the powder on each reciprocation.
of the slide and keep the same from clogging.

page_text: This said slide has at the back of it, a depending arm or hanging limb c³, located
at the back, of an attachable and detachable receiver or tray a with side sleeves or
sockets a, which fit upon the legs as, of bracket wires a', secured to the back of
the carrier b immediately under the bottom of the supply, which said tray has at
the back of it, a spring, or a coiled spring g, which, after being compressed, re-acts
upon the slide and forces the same back into its normal and cutting-off position.
propose that the said depending arm c³, when made of thin sheet metal,
should be corrugated for strengthening the same. The receiver or tray is con-
tracted at a, to prevent the wet bristles of the brush from coming in contact with
the underside of the receiver, which if allowed, would clog or cake the powder.
We
OPERATION.
Assuming that the parts of the apparatus are in the positions represented in
Figure 2, pass the brush into the receiver or tray a, and force the fore end
of the same against the depending limb or member ², of the slide or shutter c,
which is forced back to a stop, and the holes c', are brought in front of, or
coincident with, the holes a', in the hopper, and the powder runs through the said
holes upon the brush, during the time that the said slide is held back, so that a
person using the toilet requisite, has simply to give a momentary push to the arm,
when the necessary amount of powder is delivered onto the brush, and on the same
being taken away, the supply of powder is cut off by the recision of the slide
through the spring.
We wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves to the form of the
receiver or tray, nor to the exact position of the slide, as the same may come upon
the underside instead of the upper side of the bottom of the supply, which may be
of any form as required, and the said apparatus, instead of being carried by a
bracket, may be supported by a stand.
Figure 7 represents another form of toilet requisite for the delivery of tooth or
like powder and constructed according to our invention.
In this arrangement, the slide or shutter is operated for opening by a hanging
or swinging lever, and is returned and the supply cut off through the aid of a spring,
located between the back of the lever, or the back of the slide, and the frame or
carrier of the apparatus.
a is a supply or hopper, having a reticulated bottom a³, in which the holes are
marked a', and sliding upon the top or inner side of the said bottom is a slide, plate
or shutter c, having holes or reticulations c', made through it alike unto the holes a¹,
in the bottom of the hopper or supply a. The rear end c³, of the said slide, (which
has a hole c³, through it) passes through a hole a³, in the back of the supply casing,
and through the said hole c³, a jointed arm or lever ', passes, with its upper end h³,
jointed to a bracket or equivalent, carried either by the casing a, or by the frame
or carrier b. 9 is a coiled spring, located between the frame or carrier b, and the
lever ', against the lowest end h³, of which, the tooth brush impinges. a is the
receiver or tray which may be either a fixture or detachable. By pressing the brush
upon the tail end of the lever h¹, the slide is worked for opening and delivery, and
on taking away the said brush, the recision of the slide is performed and the supply
is cut off by the re-action of a coiled spring.
Figure 8 represents a lever made from wire.
Figure 9 represents a toilet requisite constructed according to a still further form
of our invention.
In this arrangement, the slide or shutter is worked through the medium of a
jointed angle or bell-cranked lever, which lever is worked by downward pressure
applied by the end of the brush instead of by a push.
a is supply or hopper, a' the bottom, with reticulations or holes a', through it, c is
the slide or shutter, pierced. with holes c', alike unto those through the bottom a³,
and is a rear portion of the slide, which works through the casing and has a
hole c³, through it, wherethrough the end, of a bell-cranked lever h, jointed at h³,

page_text: and having a forward arm 7, passes, upon which latter, the head of the brush is-
pressed when powder is required to be delivered.
Thus, assuming the parts to be in the positions as represented in Figure 9, by
passing the brush into the receiver, tray or chamber a, under the supply a, and
pressing the head of the brush upon the arm h', the reticulated slide or shutter c, is-
forwardly traversed, and the holes or reticulations of it are made to come coincident
with the holes in the bottom of the supply. Immediately the brush is removed,.
then the parts resume their normal positions and the powder is cut off by the recision.
of the slide through the medium of the spring 9.
Figure 10 represents a toilet requisite constructed according to a still further.
form of our invention.
Figure 11 is a section of the same, upon the dotted lines X-X Figure 10..
In this modification, the reticulated slide or shutter has imparted to it, a rotatory
movement for bringing the holes of it coincident with the reticulations in the
bottom of the supply or hopper.
a is the supply, a the bottom, a¹ the reticulations therein, c is a rotatory shutter,
pivoted at c, and with its reticulations c', of the same shape as the reticulations a¹.
c is an excentrically mounted inclined plane or oblique abutment, depending
from the underside of the shutter c, and with the shank e, working through a
quadrant slot a³, in the bottom a², of the supply a. a is a tray or receiver, and
is a coiled spring for bringing back the shutter to its cutting-off and normal
position.
Assuming that the end of a tooth brush is pushed against the depending
impingement c, then the shutter is slightly rotated and the piercings or reticulations
of it brought coincident with those in the bottom. On the pressure of the
brush being relieved, then the reaction of the spring takes the parts back to their
normal positions.
Instead of the shutter being on the inside of the casing or hopper, it may be
located on the outside.
Figure 12 represents a still further form of our invention.
In this arrangement, the reticulated slide or shutter is operated by hand or by a
pusher, so as to bring the reticulations or holes of it coincident with those in the
bottom of the supply, and in order to reduce the cost of making, I fashion the
forepart of the slide into a spring pusher end, although a separate spring may be
employed for bringing back the slide.
a is the supply, a' the casing or tray wherein the tooth-brush is placed, a² is the
bottom of the supply and c is the reticulated slide working above it. g is 8
combined pusher and spring.
Figure 13 represents the pusher principle applied to the first arrangement
Figures 1 to 6.
Figure 14 represents a like arrangement as in Figures 1 to 6, but mounted upon
a base, and having a reticulated and removable guard fitted within the casing
adjacent to the bottom, to prevent the wet bristles of a tooth brush from coming
into direct contact with the openings through which the powder passes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
First. A toilet requisite, consisting of a powder supply or hopper, having a
reticulated bottom, fitted with a reticulated slide, operated through the medium of
a tooth brush or equivalent, or by hand, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly. A toilet requisite, consisting of a powder supply, having a
reticulated bottom, a reticulated slide or shutter reciprocated over it, which said
slide is operated for delivery by an arm or limb, or a depending arm, or limb and
taken back by a spring, substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1 to 6.
Thirdly. In toilet requisites, the general construction, arrangement and
combination of the parts, whereby the delivery of powder is performed by a push

page_text: or pressing action, and the cut-off is performed by the action of a spring which
parts operate and co-operate substantially as described and set forth in Figures 1
to 6.
Fourthly. In toilet requisites, operating the slide for delivery through the
medium of a jointed arm, lever or equivalent, substantially as described and set
forth in Figures 7 to 9.
Fifthly. In toilet requisites, delivering the powder by a turning or partly-
rotating plate, operated either by a pushing action through the medium of a tooth
brush or equivalent, or by moving a thumb-piece by hand, substantially as described
and set forth in Figures 10 and 11.
Sixthly. In toilet requisites, the general construction, arrangement and
combination of the parts, substantially as and for the purpose as described and
set forth.
Deted this 3rd day of May 1894
JOHN MURRAY TAYLOR,
ARTHUR ROBERT WADDELL,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicants.