Albiez Perfume Atomizer Hardware Patent Info c1900

The image below is a patent drawing for an atomizer (on left) and fancy perfumery sprinkler cap (on the right). The hardware was patented on July 3, 1900 by Joseph Albiez. 

Albiez was a New York manufacturer of atomizers during the 1890s-1910s period. His company was located at 148 Duane Street, New York City. I found him listed as a maker of atomizers at this building in 1896 and in 1897 the building suffered a fire.

"December 5, 1897 - No 148 Duane street a five story brick and stone building 25 x 75 occupied by a [J. Albiez] manufacturer of atomizers,  [Julius Wile Brothers & Co, importers of wines and liquors; Rice Brothers & Tiffany, manufacturers of perfumery; J Albiez, manufacturer of stomachers and by the Whiting Paper Co.] etc.  Fire originated on the second floor and extended to the third fourth and fifth floors considerably damaging the building The services of twelve engine and four hook and ladder companies and one water tower were required and the fire was under control in about three and one quarter hours The first alarm was received at 8.15 PM and at 8.26 and 8.351 PM respectively second and third alarms were sent out Cause of fire not ascertained Estimated loss 56,000."

In 1892, the Richard D. Young Perfumery Company was also headquartered in the building along with Rice Brothers & Tiffany, also manufacturers of perfume in 1897.

The atomizer shape is the usual "Aladdin's lamp" design we often encounter. The sprinkler top is a fancy sculpted rose shape with two holes to shake out the perfume.

Below is an excerpt from the patent text:

No. 653,193. Patented July 3, 1900. .J. ALBIEZ.
STOPPER FOR ATOMIZERS OR PERFUMERY BOTTLES. (Application filed Da c. 21, 1899.)
(No Model.)
STATES,-
JOSEPH ALBIEZ, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.
STOPPER FOR ATOMIZERS OR PERFUMERY-BOTTLES.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 653,193, dated July 3, 1900.
Application filed December 21 1899. Serial No. 741,098. (No model.) 

To all whom it may concern: 

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ALBIEZ, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stoppers for Atomizers or Perfumery-Bottles, of which the following is a specification. 

The object of my invention is to provide a stopper for fancy atomizers and fancy perf umery-bottles which shall be cheap, durable, and not liable to leak air either through, in, or around it and which further provides a perfect fit. 

The bottles ordinarily used for fancy atomizers and fancy perfumery-bottles are imported generally from Europe, and the necks and shoulders of said bottles are not exactly uniform, and in ordinary stoppers great care must be exercised or otherwise air will be allowed to either enter or escape from the bottle and prevent the requisite action of the atomizer when placed on the bottle. 

The atomizers and perfumery-bottles commonly used consist of a bottle having rigidly secured around its neck a collar or stopper which is screw-threaded internally,into which is fitted the atomizing-orifices supported by the said collar and which connects with or forms part of the liquid-tubes. 

My invention consists in rigidly affixing to the neck of the bottle a collar which is screw threaded externally and terminating at its lower edge in a flange which curves or flares outwardly. Then the cap or stopper which contains the atomizing device and the liquid and air tubes is screw-threaded internally, so as to correspond with and engage with the threading on the rigid collar, and this cap or stopper has on its bottom or lower end a flange which flares or curves outwardly in such a curve so as to exactly fit the flange or outward curve on the collar when the cap or stopper is in its proper place. It is then placed on the rigid collar and screwed down, so as to make an air-tight connection with the collar affixed to the neck of the bottle. A small washer either of leather, rubber, or cork is placed in the interior of the stopper, so that when the stopper is screwed on the collar attached to the neck of the bottle it comes between the outside portion of the collar and the bottom of the interior portion of the stopper. 

When my invention is used on fancy perfumery-bottles, the stopper is formed of a hollow cap, on the interior of which is placed the small washer heretofore spoken of, and this cap is screw-threaded internally and has at its bottom or lower end a flange which curves or flares outwardly, so as to exactly fit when screwed down upon the collar the flange or curve on the collar attached to the bottle. 

It is my intention to use my invention in connection with fancy perfumery-bottles, so that the perfume can be sprinkled from the bottle by merely shaking it, and the contents are then ejected from the two small ducts in the fancy cap, and in order to do this the stopper is cast in one piece and is screw threaded externally at its top, and the cap or Figure l is a side view of the atomizer embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my invention, showing the same when used as a sprinkler. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of my invention, showing the same when used as a stopper for fancy bottles. 

In the drawings, A designates the bulb; B the glass bottle, on the top of which is rigidly screwed a collar O, having at its lower end an outwardly curving or flaring flange D.
E indicates the cap or stopper, which is screw-threaded internally and at its bottom or lower end has an outwardly or curving flange F. 

G indicates the washer, placed between. the upper edge H of the collar and the bottom edge I of the cap or stopper. 

J indicates the liquid-tube. 

K indicates the air-chamber. 

L indicates the opening in the cap or stopper when used as a sprinkler. 

M indicates the fancy cap. 

N, Fig. 4, indicates-the whole cap when used on fancy perfumery-bottles. 

O indicates the air-pipe. 

What I claim is in a device of the character described, a bottle having an external threaded neck with tapering shoulders there beneath, a sleeve threaded on the neck of the bottle with its outwardly-flaring lower edge fitting against the tapering shoulders and its upper edge turned over the mouth of the bottle, a washer seated on the upper end of the sleeve, screw threads formed on the outside of the sleeve directly opposite the internal threads thereof, and an atomizer having a socket provided with internal threads fitting the external threads of the sleeve, an outwardly-flaring flange on its lower end seated in the flaring edge of the sleeve, and an inwardly-projecting shoulder seated in the washer, substantially as described. 

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses,this 25th day of November 25, 1899. 

JOSEPH ALBIEZ. 

Witnesses: H. D. MCBURNEY, M. MEILBER

 

Edwardian Cut Glass Perfume Atomizers c1913 Advertisement

Cut glass perfume atomizers shown in an advertisement from a 1913 William Whiteley Ltd catalog.

Quadruple Plate and Cut Glass Victorian Era Atomizers c1896 Advertisement

Quadruple Plate Atomizer Perfume Bottles and Vinaigrettes shown in an antique Victorian 1896 Advertisement from the Busiest House in America (Lapp and Flershem, Chicago).

Three Victorian c1890s Green Glass Bohemian Perfume Atomizers

Three antique Victorian c1890s green glass perfume atomizers from Bohemia. One of them has a gorgeous satinized finish and is cut to clear. All three have hand-applied enameling. These bottles would be equipped with metal siphons. Notice that two of these have their original Aladdin's lamp hardware.

Bohemian Colored Glass Perfume Atomizers 1901 Advertisements

Bohemian colored glass perfume atomizers from an antique Victorian/Edwardian 1901-02 A. C. McClurg & Co. publication. Many of the atomizers are gilded and the designs are reminiscent of Moser. I also like the ones that have the ormolu footed mountings. Note that they have the "Aladdin's lamp" style atomizer hardware. Some of the atomizer bulbs are netted, some are not. One example is a combination puff box and atomizer.

Quadruple Plate Perfume Atomizers 1896 Advertisement

Quadruple Plate Atomizer Perfume Bottles and Vinaigrettes shown in an antique Victorian 1896 Advertisement from the Busiest House in America (Lapp and Flershem, Chicago).

Ingram's Patented Perfume Atomizer c1890s

Sprays ten different perfumes.

(No Model.)

F. P. INGRAM.

ATOMIZER.

No. 481,951. Patented Sept. 6, 1892.

FREDERICK F. INGRAM, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

ATOMIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,951, dated September 6, 1892.

Application filed March 12, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK F. INGRAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Atomizers; and I 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in atomizers, and has for its objects, more particularly, the construction of a stock or sample atomizer in which a variety of perfumes may be conveniently stored in readiness for use, means being provided whereby any desired perfume may be atomized. My invention does not, however, limit the use to which the atomizer may be applied, whether for sampling a stock of perfumes or otherwise; but it is obviously a great convenience in selling perfumes especially to have means at hand whereby a stock of perfumes may be readily tested or sensed one after another by the purchaser.

To these ends my invention consists of the devices and appliances, their construction, combination, and arrangement, hereinafter specified and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of a device embodying my invention on the line so 00 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a separate View of the label.

As shown in the drawings, A represents a metal casting constituting a body or case constructed with a series of perfume cells or receptacles a, ten receptacles being indicated herewith. These receptacles are closed at their base and are provided, in the form indicated in the drawings, with a contracted neck at a to receive a stopper or cork B. While I do not limit myself solely to such a construction, I find it convenient, economical, and desirable for many reasons to construct the body or case A of an integral casting with the receptacles or cells a cast therein. In this casting as first taken from the mold both ends of said cells are open. The base of the cells are closed in any desired manner, as

Serial No. 424,666. (No model.)

by soldering or otherwise, applying thereto a metal plate A to seal the bottom of the receptacles. In the form shown, moreover, the center of the casting is left hollow, as shown at A At a central point in the top of the casting a socket a may be formed, whereby the device may be suspended and rotated upon a spindle 0' upon a standard 0.

While the body A may conveniently be made cylindrical and rotatable, yet my invention is not limited thereto, as the body containing the cells may be stationary, the base 0 and spindle 0 being dispensed with. So, also, the cells may be arranged in a linear series or in any other desired form, instead of in a circle, without departing from my invention, which contemplates the arrangement of the cells in any desired form; nor do I limit myself to the formation of the perfume cells or tubes a in an integral casting alone, as a series of perfume bottles or other receptacles may be grouped in a corresponding manner, so as to be operated as hereinafter specified. I prefer to engage with each of the stoppers B atomizer-tubes D of any desired construction.

E denotes an ordinary elastic bulb. The tubes D and bulb E are so constructed that the bulb may be readily connected with any one of the tubes D and disconnected therefrom, as by a slip-joint at cl, so that the one bulb may operate all the tubes D in any order desired. By so constructing the device that one bulb will answer to operate all the atomizer-tubes the construction is rendered more compact, neat, and economical.

I do not limit myself to the use of a bulb alone to operate the atomizer-tubes. The bulb acts practically, as is well known, as an air pump. Any other form of a pump desired and suitable may be used instead thereof.

F denotes a label, made of any suitable material, perforated, as shown, at f for the passage of the stopper, the outer edge of the label projecting forward of the stopper and bearing thereupon the name of the perfume contained in the corresponding cell. As so constructed the stopper holds the label in place. The stoppers B are each provided, preferably, with an elongated stem or tube 1), as shown.

While I have described this invention as an atomizer for perfumes more particularly, the body or case may be used for other purposes, if desired, without departing from my invention, either with or Without the atomizer tubes, or with simply a stopper of any desired construction.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In an atomizer, a series of receptacles, each provided With atomizer-tubes, and a bulb or pump having a detachable connection with any and all of said tubes, substantially as described.

2. In an atomizer, a body or case having a series of integral receptacles, each provided with atomizer-tubes, and a bulb or pump to engage and operate any and all of said tubes, substantially as described.

3. In an atomizer, a body or case constructed of an integral casting having a series of receptacles therein, each receptacle provided with atomizer-tubes, and a bulb or pump to' operate said tubes, substantially as described.

4:. In an atomizer, a metal body or case constructed with a series of cells or receptacles closed at the base and each formed with a neck at the upper end, stoppers engaged in said necks, said stoppers each provided with atomizer-tubes, and a bulb or pump to operate said tubes, substantially as described.

5. In an atomizer, a revolving body or case provided with a series of receptacles, said receptacles each provided with atomizer-tubes, and a bulb to operate said tubes, substantially as described.

6. In an atomizer, a cast-metal body or case provided with a series of receptacles formed integral therewith, the interior of the body formed hollow, and a standard supporting said body, substantially as described.

7. In an atomizer, a body or case provided with a series of receptacles, stoppers provided with atomizer-tubes engaged in said receptacles, a pump or bulb to operate said tubes, and labels held in place by said stoppers, substantially as described.

8. The case or body herein described, consisting of a casting provided with a series of cells cast integral therewith, said cells arranged in an annular series about the outer portion of said body, said casting provided with a hollow center open at the base and covered at the top, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK F. INGRAM.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, J. F. MILLER.

Robert Heller's Perfume Vaporizer c1865

Robert Heller's Perfume Vaporizer dates to 1865. I saw a small ad in an 1865 newspaper that mentions this is a new device. Though one can also find these in the same shape, packaged in the same manner and manufactured by Gilbertson of London, England.

The device consists of two glass tubes, held together by gilded brass mountings.

In order to use the device, you would insert the longer tube into the perfume bottle, the hold your finger over the area where the two tubes connect, then put the other end between your lips and blow, then the perfume is expelled from the bottle.

Victorian Bohemian Enameled Glass Perfume Atomizer

Victorian era Bohemian Enameled Glass Perfume Atomizer. Satin finished vaseline shading to camphor glass.

Photo by Skinner