US1263682A - Oil-can. - Google Patents

Description

0. KRlNER.

OIL CAN.

APPLkcATIoN FILED sEPT.26. 1916.

INVENTOR ATTO R N EY Patented Apr. 23, 1918. I

OSCAR KEINER, 0F MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr.. 23, 191%.

` Application filed September 26, 1916. Serial No. 122,274.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OSCAR KEINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Martinsville, in the county of Morgan and State of indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

e This invention has relation to oilA con tainers or the like, and has for its object to provide a container particularly adapted for kerosene, gasolene, etc., an embodying means for preventing splashing out ofthe contents through the filling opening of the container when the same is inverted for the purpose of discharging its contents through the spout into another receptacle.

f Another objectV of the invention is to provide a container having the above named characteristics wherein the `anti-splashing` means as above setforth also constitutes a closure in one position forthe container thereby obviating the necessity `for an additional closure Y 5 s In addition to the foregoing, my invention comprehends improvements: in the details of construction,"and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described and particularlyset forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, in` which similar and corresponding parts are designated .bythe same characters of reference throughoutthe several views in which they appear:

Figure 1, isV a view in vertical section of anV oil container Constructed after the manner of my invention. i

Fig. 2, is a view thereof 1n end elevation, Fig.y 3,r is a view of the container in plan, and

y Fig. A, is a view, invertical section of a modified form of oil container.

With reference to the drawings, 1 indicates the conventional type of oil container having an integrally formed top, 2, which4 in the resent instance is pressed upwardto forma emispherical hollow container top 3. The hemispherical container top is` formed adjacent one side portion thereof with a filling opening 4, surrounded with a vertically extending ange v5, while the container top 3 at an opposite-point of the filling openingA is 'formed with a discharge pipe 6.

A movable baffle member. 7 is provided interiorly vof the container, said baiie member 7 beingin the form of a heinispherical shell, havingits outer surface curved to conform to the innercurvature of the hemispherical container top 3 as illustrated in Fig. l of the accompanying drawings. The baffle member7 is provided at its zenith with afvertical 'stem 8 extending from the exterior of said member in a substantially radial direction through an opening provided therefor in the hemispherical container top 3. A cam lever 9 is provided in the nature of .a single strand of wire bent upon itself to form a handle .portion 11, thestrands adjacent their ends being bent at Substantially right angles to the handle portion as indicated at 11, the extremities of the strands being further bent to form loops 12 which encircle a horizontal portion 13 formed at the upper end of the stem 8. AA cam lever guide .14 is provided in the nature of a bridge piece adaptedk to extend transversely above the handle portion lOfof the cam lever adjacent its bent portion 11, said bridge piece being secured at itsend to the exterior surface of `the; container top 3A as indicated at 15.`

It will be obvious, upon reference to Fig.

1, that with the camlever disposed as indiface of the hemlspherical top 3. 1n this Y manner a closure for both the filling opening 4 and the spout 6 is provided.

When it is desired to discharge the contents of the container, the cam lever is rocked toward a lposition indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l thereby disposing the looped terminal 1 2 thereof in engagement with the` con`- tainer` top 3, thereby depressing the stem 8, and consequently the heinispherical baffle member 7 toward a position indicated in dotted lines in said figure. ln this manner, when the container is inverted to discharge its contents through the spout 6, the splashing of the contents through thelling openi ing et is absolut-ely prevented by reason of i 6. Thus the member 7,;not only serves asa batfle-plateto provent splashing of theV oil from thecontainer, but also to provide a clo-Y sure V'for Vbeth the spout'and the filling opening when the container yis -tobe transported.

In Fig. AL, of the drawings I have illus- 'trated 7a modified form of my invention wherein "the Vsame-principle set Jforth above is embodied, however ina container of a different type. v"In this form of container, thebody portion 16 isfformed'with a conical cover-17 having its apeXeXtended vertically and threaded as at 18to receivea correspondinglyqthreaded top 19.Y A spout'QO is provided and :is formed 'upon the cover 17 adjacent itslower periphery.

Aconical baiiie member 21 isdisposed interiorl'y ofthe containensaid baiie member having itssides eonstructedupon an angle to correspond to the configurationof the container cover 17 the baille memberbeing disposed thereinso as to space its exterior sides fromlthevinterior-surface of the cover membe-r17, the annular .edge'22 of the balile member vbeingl closely spaced romthe top edge otthemain-container portion lsoas to providea constricted annular passage 22. Lugs formed integrally with the edge'of the 'balile lmember Y21 maybe provided to aordV a means whereby saidbaile member is secured to the interior ofthe container.

Thethreaded extension 180i the container top and *the'top 19 Which'is applied-thereto 'areboth provided with'openings 24: and 25 which be brought into registration when the cap is rotated for that purpose.

- In the operation of this vform of my invention, when it is desired `to discharge the contents 'of the can, the cap`19, is rotated as "betere ,described to bring its opening and the opening 24 in Yregistration thereby establishing'a 'vent -to permit entrance of air to displace contents of the can issuing from the 'spout when. the can 1s inverted.V The *splashing 'oiithe contents during the discharging operation is howeverjprevented Y because of thebaflle member-.21 .ina manner similar .tothebailiejmember 7 of the form l'first' described. VIn the present instance, the

contents of the container must effect an'eXit l through-the annular space 22 vbefore reach- "ing the spout 20 therebyreducingany wavelike.motionwhich the contents of the can may have and' permitting itsflow from the spout to be ina smoothstream. This efiet of an even flow-ot' oil from-the spout, is similarlycarried out in the form of my invention first described .through themedium Vofthe"hemispherical baille member 7. In

opening 24; thereby preventing loss of fiuid through said opening. VVhile Ihave illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity,

I realize that in practice various alterations v,theremjer .may be made, and I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the lformofthedetails oiE construction, or

otherwise altering the arrangement of thc correlated parts without departing from the Vspirit of the invention, or the scope of the appended claims.

A`Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters lIatent is:

1. A n oil container having a substantially Yhemispherical 'cover plate, a spout leading from -`said cover plate, and a hemispherical baillefmember within the container for lit tingyengagement with the cover plate and movable -into contact with the inner surface ofthe cover plate, to'form aclosure 'for the spout, and movable -in spaced relation to said cover plate to form a batlie to retard the velocity of the How-of oil to said s aoutl '2. An oil container having a hemisp iericaltop plate, said top plate having a filling opening anda dischargetspout, and a hemispherical baile member within the container for' movement into fitting contact vwith the inner surface ofithe top to form a closure to the filling opening andspout, said baillemember-being movable to space the sides of the same lfrom the ltop -plate toreftard the `velocity of 'the flow of'oil toward Y ber and the rim of the hemispherical top to retard the` velocity of the flow of oil toward said spout when the can is inverted, and to 'prevent splashingof its contents through `the illing opening, ,Y

4:. In an Voil container, a hemispherical cover-plate, having a discharge spout at one side, a iillingropening at the opposite side, ,anda central opening, a hemispherical bat* vle member. within the can, a stem mounted on said baille member toextend 'through Ythe. central opening l'of the lhemispherical top, `a T-shaped head'on the projecting end of said stem, a cam member formed of a ispherical member or depressed in spaced 10 pair of parallel strands of Wire. bent at one relation thereto.

end at right angles, and having eyes formed In testimony whereof ll aflX my signature at the terminals of said bent ends to receive in presenece of two witnesses.

' the terminals of the T-shaped head, and a OSCAR KEINER'.

bail secured to the hemispherical top to re- Y ceive the handle end of the cam shaped Witnesses:

member whereby the baffle member may be ALFRED M. BAIN, moved to a position in contactwith the hem- BELLE HELTON.

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