US1471621A - Soap-dispensing device - Google Patents

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Oct. 23, 1923. 1,471, 21

A. W. M CORD SOAP DISPENSING DEVICE Filed Feb. 18 1922 Patented on. 23,1923,-

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ARTHUR W. 110C031), OFWASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

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Application med February 18,1922. Serial No. 587,544.-

To all whom it may concern:

a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap-Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices, and particularly to devices for dispensing flake or powdered soap.

Devices of this kind including a receptacle and a rectilinearly movable valve manually shiftableto dispense a predetermined amount of the soap or other commodity are common, and the object of my invention is to improve upon certain details of construction of dispensing devices of this character, and to provide a very simple, cheap, easily operated, and effective dispensing device of this character.

A further object is to provide means whereby the material at the point where the material is discharged into the valve may be agitated and kept from clogging.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a soap dispensing device constructed in accordance with my invention, the upper portion of the container-and cap being broken away Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the' lower end of the container andthe valve mechanism;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the base of the container;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4.-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 ger valve;

Referring to these drawings, 10 designates the receptacle having an interiorly screw-threaded neck 11, and 12 designates a casting constituting a base for the receptacle and also constituting a valve casing'. The base is supported by means of a "bracket 13 having a base 14 adapted to be attached to the wall in any suitable manner. is inserted in a socket 15 in the side of the casing and is held in place by a set screw 16, this set screw being in the form of a key actuated set screw, and when in place disposed entirely within a socket so that is a top plan view of the plun- This bracket 13 in the form of a rod fingers and it will require a peculiar tool or key 'in order to remove the set screw.

The casting 12 provides an annular base or socket into which the lower end of the receptacle 10 sits and is cemented in place,

the floor of this socket inclining centrally downward and opening into a discharge opening 17 at its center. This discharge opening is approximately pear-shaped, in other words it is circular. with a triangular portion 18 extending radially from it. Be-

low this opening 18 the casting is formed with a horizontally extending valve chamber 19 closed at one end and containing within it a coiled spring 20. A discharge passage 21 extends from the opening 17 downward through the lower end of the casting and intersects the valve casing 19.

Disposed within the valve casing 19 is a valve 22. This valve 22 is rectilinearly movable against the force of the spring and has extending diagonally through it the discharge passage 23. ormally the upper end of this discharge passage registers with the lower end of this discharge passage being at this time out of register with the passage 21. .When this valve 21 is pushed fully inward, the upper end of the passage 23 is moved out of alignment with the opening 17 and the lower end moved into alignment with the passage 21 so that the material within the passage 23 may be discharged. In order to prevent the pulling out of the valve and also provide means foragitating the material immediately above and adjacent to the opening 17, there is attached to the valve the upwardlyprojecting pin 24 which extends upward through the opening 17. When the spring 20 pushes this valve 21 outward, the pin 24 is disposed at the apex of the triangular extension 18 of the opening 17 When the valve is pushed inward, however, the pin may have lateral movement and the valve may be oscillated by the the opening 17 fingers of the operator so that the pin may.

move back and forth or made to move substantially in a circle so as to thoroughly break up any material which may have 'collected around the opening 17. At the same time when the valve is released by the is urged outward by the spring 20, the pin 21 will always bring the valve back to its proper position by engaging in the triangular extension 18, as illustrated o it cannot be removed therefrom and preferably the upper end of the receptacle is closed by a cap 25 which is also cemented or otherwise securely attached in place, this cap 25 having an opening in its upper end normally closed by a screw-threaded plug 26 which can only be removed by a wrench of a peculiar form. This prevents the soap from being stolen or meddled with.

The operation of the device will be obvious. Normally the plunger valve 21 is forced outward and as a consequence the flow of material from the receptacle is prevented. When it is desired to use the soap, the plunger valve is forced inward and the charge 0 soap which has accumulated within the measuring passage 23 is dischar ed through the passage 21 onto the hand. e passage 23, it w1ll be seen, constitutes a charge measuring device and only one charge of soap can be dispensed upon each inward movement of the plunger valve 31. With each inward movement of the valve, the agitator is reciprocated so as. to more or less break up the material above the openin 17 and if t is material is very much coagu ated around the openin 17 or tends to clo this opening and a su cient discharge 0% terial does not occur, then the valve may be oscillated around its axis as well as reciprocated,'which, as beforeremarked, will cause the pin 24 to'thoroughlj clear the opening 17 and to operate all round the edge of this opening, thus preventing the area of the o ening 17 from becoming reduced unduly.

he pin 24, of course," limits the inward as well as the outward movement of the valve,

valve, assage ali this movement being just sufiicient to cause the passage 23 to clear the opening 17 for the passage 21.

While I have illustrated certain details of construction and. arrangement of arts which have been found thoroughly e ective and which make for cheapness'and effectiveness, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as it is obvious that many changes might be made in these details of construction-without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim a '1. A dispensing device of the character described comprising a receptacle having a vertically extending discharge passage intersected by a valve casing, a reciprocable 'falve therein, a spring urging the valve outward, and a pin carried by the valve and extending upward through the discharge passage into the receptacle, the discharge passage and the o ening in the receptacle being approximate y ovoid, with the small end of the passage directed forward whereby the pin may have free movement in a plu'ralit of directions upon a reciprocation and osci lation of the valve but the valve will be centered when released.

2. A dispensing device of the character described COmPIISIDg a receptacle having a discharge neck formed with a v'erticalpassa g and a valve ca ing intersecting said passage, a reciprocable valve disposed in said casing, a spring urgin the valve outward, said valve havlng 'a (Iiagonally extending passage through it, the receiving end of the in with the passage from t e ,receptac e w on the valve is 1n its projected position and the discharge end of the valve passa ealigning with the lower portion ofthe nec when the valve is out of -1ts projected position, the valve carrying an upwardly projecting pin extending into the discharge openin 1n the receptacle, limiting the longitudina movement of the valve and having lateral movement when the valve v is oscillated upon its axis. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR w. MoCORD.

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