Tiltable bottle mounting attachment for powder measuring devices

Claim 1

IN A POWDER MEASURING DEVICE COMPRISING AN OPEN TOPPED HOPPER STRUCTURE AND A POWDER MEASURING AND DISPENSING MECHANISM CONNECTED WITH SAID HOPPER STRUCTURE FOR RECEIVING GUN POWDER THEREFROM AND FOR MEASURING AND DISPENSING PREDETERMINED AMOUNTS OF GUN POWDER, A BOTTLE MOUNTING MECHANISM INCLUDING A MOUNTING PLATE HAVING AN APERTURE THEREIN ADJACENT ONE SIDE THEREOF AND HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE, MEANS HINGEDLY CONNECTING SAID PLATE WITH SAID HOPPER STRUCTURE TO PERMIT SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, SAID PLATE WHEN IN SAID FIRST POSITION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED AND TRAVERSING THE OPEN TOP OF THE HOPPER STRUCTURE, AND BEING VERTICALLY SWINGABLE (ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS) AWAY FROM THE OPEN TOP OF THE HOPPER STRUCTURE, TO SAID SECOND POSITION WHEREBY SAID UPPER SURFACE IS INVERTED, AN ANNULAR BOTTLE ENGAGING MEMBER SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE AND FOR SHIFTING MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO BETWEEN BOTTLE DISPENSING AND CLOSED POSITIONS AND HAVING AN INTURNED HELICAL EDGE FOR THREADEDLY ENGAGING THE THREADED NECK OF AN INVERTED POWDER BOTTLE, SAID BOTTLE ENGAGING MEMBER WHEN IN SAID BOTTLE DISPENSING POSITION BEING DISPOSED IN REGISTERING RELATION WITH SAID APERTURE AND BEING SHIFTABLE TO SAID BOTTLE CLOSED POSITION SO THAT SAID PLATE IS DISPOSED IN OBSTRUTCING RELATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MOUTH OF THE POWDER BOTTLE, AND COOPERATING GUIDE AND RETAINING ELEMENTS ON SAID BOTTLE ENGAGING MEMBER AND PLATE RESPECTIVELY FOR GUIDING SHIFTING MOVEMENT OF SAID BOTLE ENGAGING MEMBER BETWEEN SAID BOTTLE DISPENSING AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND BEING URGED INTO RELEASABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER TO LOCK SAID BOTTLE ENGAGING MEMBER IN ONE OF SAID POSITIONS WHEN THE NECK OF THE POWDER BOTTLE CARRIED THEREBY IS PROGRESSIVELY THREADED INTO SAID BOTTLE ENGAGING MEMBER.