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US3171570A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dispenser

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-10-16
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Granted: 1965-03-02
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Expires: 1981-10-16
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Willis E Reed

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 18:11
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01F; G01F11/00; G01F11/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 385 words
IN A LIQUID COMPOUND DISPENSER, A RECEPTACLE OPEN AT THE TOP FOR COMPOUND IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF HAVING A REMOVABLE COVER AT THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE, A PLATE AT THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH A SUPPORT EXTENDING UPWARDLY, AN ELECTRIC LAMP AND OPERATING SWITCH MOUNTED ON THE UPWARD SUPPORT, A BRACKET EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PLATE HAVING AN INCLINED PORTION AT THE BOTTOM, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTED ON SAID PORTION ABOVE THE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY IN THE INCLINED PORTION ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID LIQUID COMPOUND, A CIRCULAR FEEDING DISC MOUNTED ON THE ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT ON THE INCLINED PORTION AND ADPATED TO DIP INTO A LIQUID COMPOUND AT ITS BOTTOM AS ROTATED BY THE MOTOR AND HAVING DIPPER AT THE PERIPHERY TO RECEIVE AND TO RAISE THE COMPOUND AND DISCHARGE IT FROM THE TOP THEREOF WHEN THE DISC IS ROTATED, A DISCHARGE TUBE EXTENDING THROUGH THE RECEPTACLE AND HAVING ITS UPPER TERMINATION BELOW THE TOP OF THE DIS A DISCHARGE TRAY MEANS ADJUSTABLE AT THE TOP OF THE TUBE TO RECEIVE SAID COMPOUNT SPILLED BY GRAVITY FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE DIPPER MOUNTED ON THE DISC, THE DIPPERS EACH REMOVABLY SECURED NEAR THE PERIPHERY AT THE RELATIVELY UNDER SIDE OF THE DISC AND ROTATING BY SAID INCLINED WITH THE DISC FROM THE BOTTOM POSITION TO THE TOP DISCHARGING POSITION, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRAY AND MOVABLE INTO THE PATH OF THE LIQUID COMPOIND DISPENSED BY THE DIPPERS TO GUIDE IT INTO THE TRAY AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PATH ON THE DISC, A MAGNETIC VALVE LOCATED IN THE LINE OF THE DISCHARGE TUBE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AND OPERATED TO OPEN WHEN THE MOTOR IS ENERGIZED, A SECOND MOTOR MOUNTED UPON THE COVER AND HAVING A LONG SHAFT WITH A PROPELLER THEREON EXTENDING INTO A LIQUID COMPOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE, MEANS ADJACENT THE PROPELLER FOR LIMITING THE FLOW INDUCED THEREBY TO A CERTAIN DIRECTION IN THE CONTAINER, THE LAMP MAGNETIC VALVE AND THE SECOND MOTOR BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO RECEIVE CURRENT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DISC ROTATING MOTOR AND THE LAMP BEING VISIBLE TO INDICATE THAT THE LAST NAMED MOTOR IS IN OPERATION, THE VALVE IS OPENED, AND TO OPERATE THE SAID SECOND MOTOR WHEN THE COVER IS APPLIED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE LOWER RECEPTACLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 385 words
IN A LIQUID COMPOUND DISPENSER, A RECEPTACLE OPEN AT THE TOP FOR COMPOUND IN THE BOTTOM THEREOF HAVING A REMOVABLE COVER AT THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE, A PLATE AT THE TOP OF THE RECEPTACLE WITH A SUPPORT EXTENDING UPWARDLY, AN ELECTRIC LAMP AND OPERATING SWITCH MOUNTED ON THE UPWARD SUPPORT, A BRACKET EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PLATE HAVING AN INCLINED PORTION AT THE BOTTOM, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTED ON SAID PORTION ABOVE THE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY IN THE INCLINED PORTION ABOVE THE SURFACE OF SAID LIQUID COMPOUND, A CIRCULAR FEEDING DISC MOUNTED ON THE ELECTRIC MOTOR SHAFT ON THE INCLINED PORTION AND ADPATED TO DIP INTO A LIQUID COMPOUND AT ITS BOTTOM AS ROTATED BY THE MOTOR AND HAVING DIPPER AT THE PERIPHERY TO RECEIVE AND TO RAISE THE COMPOUND AND DISCHARGE IT FROM THE TOP THEREOF WHEN THE DISC IS ROTATED, A DISCHARGE TUBE EXTENDING THROUGH THE RECEPTACLE AND HAVING ITS UPPER TERMINATION BELOW THE TOP OF THE DIS A DISCHARGE TRAY MEANS ADJUSTABLE AT THE TOP OF THE TUBE TO RECEIVE SAID COMPOUNT SPILLED BY GRAVITY FROM THE UPPER EDGE OF THE DIPPER MOUNTED ON THE DISC, THE DIPPERS EACH REMOVABLY SECURED NEAR THE PERIPHERY AT THE RELATIVELY UNDER SIDE OF THE DISC AND ROTATING BY SAID INCLINED WITH THE DISC FROM THE BOTTOM POSITION TO THE TOP DISCHARGING POSITION, MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRAY AND MOVABLE INTO THE PATH OF THE LIQUID COMPOIND DISPENSED BY THE DIPPERS TO GUIDE IT INTO THE TRAY AT THE UPPER PORTION OF THE PATH ON THE DISC, A MAGNETIC VALVE LOCATED IN THE LINE OF THE DISCHARGE TUBE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AND OPERATED TO OPEN WHEN THE MOTOR IS ENERGIZED, A SECOND MOTOR MOUNTED UPON THE COVER AND HAVING A LONG SHAFT WITH A PROPELLER THEREON EXTENDING INTO A LIQUID COMPOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEPTACLE, MEANS ADJACENT THE PROPELLER FOR LIMITING THE FLOW INDUCED THEREBY TO A CERTAIN DIRECTION IN THE CONTAINER, THE LAMP MAGNETIC VALVE AND THE SECOND MOTOR BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO RECEIVE CURRENT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DISC ROTATING MOTOR AND THE LAMP BEING VISIBLE TO INDICATE THAT THE LAST NAMED MOTOR IS IN OPERATION, THE VALVE IS OPENED, AND TO OPERATE THE SAID SECOND MOTOR WHEN THE COVER IS APPLIED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE LOWER RECEPTACLE.

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