US1237100A - Condiment-holder. - Google Patents

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CONDIMENT HOLDER APPLICATION man NOV. 5. 1915.

1,237, 100. Patented Au 14, 1917.

Ui'rEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. ROSS, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

GONDIMENT-HOLDER.

Application filed November 5, 1915. Serial No. 59,853.

. o aZZ whom it may concern."

v and break u I invention consists in the construction and- Y portion and minor details of construction Be it known that I, JOHN C. Ross, a-citizen of the United States, residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condiment-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, .and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention'relates to improvements in condiment holders.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of condiment holders and to provide a simple, practical, and comparatively inexpensive condiment holder equipped with a cap provided with a valve and with an agitator and adapted to keep the contents of the holder absolutely dry .and at the same time protect the contents from contamination by germs and loss or deterioration through constant contact with the atmosphere.

A further object of the invention is to provide a condiment holder of this character adapted to agitate the contents of the holder lumps of material and capable also 0 cleaning the perforations of the cap during the operation of shaking the material from the holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a construction adapted to lend itself advantageously to decorative effect especially where a monogram or analogous ornamntation is desired. I I

With these and other objects in view the novel combination and arragement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claim hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, prothe spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawingv Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a condiment holder constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of valve being removed,

Fig. 3 isa plan view of the agitator, the valvestem being in section,

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Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the agitator and valve stem,

Fig.- 5 is a vertical sectional view illustrating amodification of-the invention.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings in which .is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, 1 designates a-cap designed to be constructed of any suitable material and interiorly threaded at 2 and adapted to screw on a receptacle 3 which may be made of glass or any other suitable material to enable the condiment holder to contain salt or any other condiment or like material to be shaken at intervals from the receptacle. By threading the cap at .2 to engage an upper threaded portion 4 of the receptacle,

the device is adaptedto be applied to standard receptacles of anymaterial and does not require any modification of thecom struction thereof. The cap is provided with a to wall 5 constituting a valve seat and;

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 14:, 1917.

10 to" fit the exterior of the top wall of the cap" for covering the perforations and posit vely excluding dust, dampness and ;germs and protecting the contents of the receptacle from the action of the atmosphere so that the contents will not deteriorate or become caked or otherwise objectionable.

The valve 9 is preferably provided with a convex outer face to conform to the general configuration of the top of the capand the lower end of the stem is preferably threaded and screwed into a central socket 12 of an agitator 13 but it may be secured to the latter in any other desired manner. The threading of the lower end of the stem in the agitator enables assembled. v

The agitator which acts as a weight in of the materialto cause the same to be disthe parts to be readily I '10s seating the valve and to break up any lumps preferably consists of armsl arranged diametrically but instead of employing four arms the number may of course be varied as y will be readily understood. Thearms 14: of

the agitator are oppositely beveled to provide inclined sides or faces 15 to prevent the 1 material accumulating upon the upper face of the-arm but the surfaces may be arranged in any other desired manner as will be a readily understood and the arms are prov. vided with spurs or-projections 16 arranged to correspond with the perforations of the.

valve seat and adapted during the operation of shaking material from the condiment holder to clean the perforations whereby a positive discharge of the materialis assured;

In Fig. 5 is illustrated a, modification of the invention in which the ca 17 is pro' vided with. a concaved exterior ace or valve seat 18 to coeperate with a valve 19 presenting a lower rounded face and an upper convex or rounded face, the valve being in substantially'the shape of a slightly flattened or depressed ball but the configuration of the valve may be varied as will be readily understood. The cap 17 is provided with per- I forations 20 which are covered by the valve 19 when, thelatter is seated and the valve has a stem 21 which carries an agitator 22 constructed similar to that heretoforedescribed, The spurs or projections 23 may be varied in length to enable themto rojeet into the perforations 20 the desired extent. a

lhe agitator acts asa weight for-seaung clean the the receptacle.

memoo the valve and for holding the same in its closed position and in the operation of the shaker or condiment holder the agitator moves toward and from the top wall or valve seat of the cap and it is adapted to perforations thereof and at the same time it will operate to crush or break up lumps and pulverize the material within jor portion of the surface of the top of the 4 i cap, and forming a closure for the said perforations, a stem extending from the valve and an agita' and slidable through the cap tor carried by the stem and consisting of radially arranged arms having oppositely inclined side faces and provided at their apexes with spurs or projections-adapted to clean the perforations, said agitator being adaptedto return the valve to its seat and the oppositely incllned faces of the arms forming wedge-shaped portions adapted to cut their way through the material.

In testimony whereof ll afix my signature .in presence oftwo witnesses.

' JTQHN GROSS;

Witnesses:

' FRANK Nana, lMlARGARET Hannah.

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