US1686188A - Perfume container and dispenser - Google Patents

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Oct. 2, 1928.

E. s. TI PTON PERFUME CONTAINER AND DISPENSER Filed Feb. 26, 1926 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 2, 1928.

s raras PAT EDNA SIIBLEY TIPTON, OF 3ACKSON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK,

PERFUME CONTAINER AND DISPENSER.

' Application filed February This invention relates to a toilet article in the form of a small compact container and.

I forth in the following specification with suffieient clearness to enable others skilled in the art to which its construction relates, to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved container.

Fig. 2 is a central, longitudinal section of the barrel of the container showing the combined feed and vent valve or plunger in the closed position. a

Fig. 3 is a central, longitudinal section of' the barrel of the container showing the combined feed and vent valve in the open position, as in despensing the perfume.

Fig. 4: is an upper end, or plan view, of the container with the plunger or'valve taken in section on line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view showing the operation of filling the barrel of the container from a bottle of perfume;

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the device is shown considerably enlarged for the sake of clear illustration, and the size shown in Fig. 5 is about the size usually employed for my device when made of thin material, such as gold, silver, celluloid, etc.

The construction illustrated in the drawings is substantially as follows:

A barrel, 1, is provided, which, at its lower end is preferably tapered, as indicated at 2. The upper end of said barrel 1 is provided with a removable closure element or cap 3 which is centrally pierced for the reception of also passes through the lower feed end of said barrel. Said plunger 4 is, adapted toserve the purposes a feed and a vent valve in the following manner: The lower end of said plunger, is tapered at the portion 5, and for the seating of said tapered end, a correspondingly-tapered aperture or seat 6 is provided in the lower, feed end of said barrel whereby a leak-tight closure is provided for said aperas, 1926. Serial No. 90,990.

vture 6, when said-plunger is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. The upper end of saidplungr is flattened at two opposite sides, as indicated at 7, said flattening being accomplished by removing or cutting away a portion of the pe'riphery'of the plunger. Said flattened portions serve as and are-utilized for the purpose of a vent for the ingress of air into said barrel when said plunger 4 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, as in the release or dispensing of perfume from the container.

Said plunger, adjacent its upper end is provided with a rigidly-attached collar 8, between which and the adjacent, lower face of the cap 3, is interposed a compression spring -9 which is arranged and, normally acts to yieldably retain said plunger 4 in its feed and vent closing position, as shown in Fig. 2, and also serves to automatically return said plunger to said position after being manually actuated out of said closed position, for the release of perfume from the container. 'When the container is to be filled with per-. fume, its feed end is inserted into a bottle containing perfume, as shown in Fig. with the plunger point 5 resting upon the bottom.

of the bottle and suflicient downward pres-' sure is exerted upon-said barrel to actuate said plunger 4. into its open position, and, if the bottle contains a suficient amount ofperfume, it will flow by gravity into and fill the barrel 1. If, however, there is -not sufficient perfume in the bottle, a suction device, preferably in the form of a rubber bulb 10 may be temporarily attached to the upper end of said barrel,-being properly com ressed be-, fore such attachment,''and when t e reaction or expansion of said bulb takes place fluid is drawn into, and fills said barrel. When the point of the plunger is raised from contact with the bottom of the bottle, the expansion of the spring 9 will cause the portion 5 of said plunger to seat, leak-tight, within seat 6, and at this juncture the up r end of alongitudinally-movable plunger 4:, whiph; said plunger also forms a leak-tig t closure V for its carrying aperture in the cap 3, as shown inFig.-2. 4

Perfume may be dispensed from my im-' proved container and dispenser, as desired,-

-by placing the feed end of the plunger in contact wlth the article to be scented or perfumed and exerting suflicient pressure thereon to actuate said. plunger into its open and venting position, as indicated in Fig. 3,

whereupon perfume will be released from the feed end of the barrel 1.

The feed end of said barrel may be sup plied with a removable cap, if this is found to of said barrel surrounding said vent aperture being adapted for the application of a suction device thereto to fill the barrel.

2. A perfume container and dispenser comprising a cylindrical barrel adapted to contain perfume, a feed aperture at one end of said barrel, a vent aperture at the other end of said barrel, and a longitudinally-movable plunger extending through said apertures and adapted and normally positioned so as to close the same, said plunger being actuable at will to a position wherein and whereby saidapertures are simultaneously opened for the purposes set forth; the feed aperture end of said barrel being arranged and adapted to be inserted into the mouth of a perfume botthe bottom of the bottle whereby said plunger is actuated into its open position, thus allowing liquid to flow into said barrel by gravity.

3. A perfume container and dispenser comprising a cylindrical barrel adapted to contaln perfume, a tapered feed aperture at one end of said barrel the taper of which converges outwardly, a vent aperture in the other end of said barrel, a longitudinallymovable plunger having its ends respectivel positioned within said apertures with eac end normally closing its respective aperture, said plunger being formed, arranged and adapted to simultaneously open said apertures when the feed end of said plunger is actuated inwardly, and means adapted'to automatically actuate said plunger into its aperture-closing position and yieldably re-.

tain same therein; the feed aperture end-0f said barrel being arranged anda'dapted to be inserted into the mouth of a perfume bottle and into the liquid contained therein with the adjacent end of said plunger resting upon the bottom of the bottle whereby said plunger is actuated into its open position, thus allowingliquid to fiow into said barrel by gravity.

4. The construction set forth in claim 2 characterized by the adaptation that when said apertures are opened said barrel may be filled by applying suction to its vent end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature tle and into the liquid contained therein with the adjacent end of said plunger resting upon EDNA SIBLEY TIPTON.

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