US2203571A - Liquid cement well - Google Patents

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June 4, 1940.

"r. N. HUTCHISON. 2,203,571 I LIQUID-CEMENT WEL Filed Dec. 6, 193a INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented June 4, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIQUID CEMENT WELL Tom Hutchison, Hobbs, N. Mex. Application December fi, 1938, Serial No. 244,291

2 Claims.

My invention relates to the handling of liquid cement and similar materials, and has among its? objects and advantages the provision of an improved well.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is an elevational view of my invention;

Figure of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the can supporting stand; and

Figure 4 is a plan view of the valve controlled fountain.

In the embodiment selected to illustrate my invention, I make use of a receptacle or can l6. The can is rectangular in cross section and comprises a standard container such as is employed for retailing liquid cement. The can includes a threaded neck 12 for connection with the original closure cap (not shown). Liquid cements evaporate rapidly so that it is important to maintain the supply in a sealed container. This is particularly true in cases where the cement is not employed immediately. The cement should not come in contact with the air until it is being applied.

My invention relates to means whereby the contents of. the can I6 may be maintained in a sealed condition while at the same time permitting withdrawal of cement from the can and delivery of the same into a well from which it may be removed through the medium of a brush or the like.

Fig. 2 illustrates an elbow M as being provided with a flange 16 arranged to lie on the end of the neck l2 and provided with a connecting element l8 rotatably related to the flange and having threaded connection with the neck l2 for connecting the elbow thereto. The original cap is removed and the elbow connected with the neck l2, after which the can I6 is inverted and placed in its supporting stand 26. 1

The supporting stand comprises sheet metal fashioned to the cross sectional shape of the can and provided with inwardly extending flanges 22 upon which the can rests. The lower end of thestand 26 terminates in laterally extending flanges 24 for supporting purposes. Flanges 22 are spaced sufliciently far from the lower end of the stand to provide accommodations for the elbow M. The latter is provided with a valve 26 which is located outside the stand 26 and adjacent the well 28 into which the contents of the container [6 flows.

Stand 26 is providedwith a vertical slot 36 for 2 is a sectional view along the line 2-2 Well 28 is preferably formed of material such as glass so that the user may see when all the cement fromthe can l6 has been drained into the well. The well is provided with a threaded neck 32 having threaded connection at 34 with the valve. The bottom 36 of the well terminates flush with' the bottom faces 38 of the flanges 24 so that the stand 26 and the well 26 may be placed on a common support. I provide the upper end of the well 28 with threads 46 for connection with a cap .42 having a handle 44 of a brush 46 fixedly secured thereto. The cap is provided with a neck 48 having an opening in which the handle is secured.

Fig. 2 illustrates the brush 46 as terminating slightly short of the bottom of the well 28. The

brush may beremoved for application purposes by unscrewingthe cap 46.

Many liquid cements are so chemically constituted asto generate pressure in the can l6. With the valve 26 open, it frequently happens that the generated pressure is such as to completely fill the well 28, so that when the cap 42 is removed, the cement will overflow the well. The

transparent properties of the well 28 permit the.

user to observe the level of the cement in the well so that the valve 26 may be closed in cases where the. generated pressure in the can I6 is such as to cause the cement to rise and overflow the well 28.

Cap 42 screws down tightly on the well 28, while the handle 44 is so fitted to the neck 48 as to completely seal the well when the cover 42 is in place. Well 28 is located lower than the can I6 so that all the contents may flow into the well. Neck 32 is located below the top wall 56 of the can I!) so as to insure complete drainage of the contents thereof. Well 26 and the elbow M are connected with the neck l2 as a unit, and the can l6 fits loosely in the stand 26 so that the parts may be connected and the can dropped into the position of Fig. 2. Slot 36 permits the elbow I4 to slide freely therein.

The upper end wall of the well 28 is provided with a depending flange 52 which acts to prevent cement from being deposited onto the wall of the well about its top. Any cement deposited on the parent about its upper end in addition to keeping the well in a neat appearing condition.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate my invention that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

1. A device of the type described comprising a liquid cement container havinga threaded neck, a stand in the nature of a socket fashioned to receive the container in an inverted position, said stand having flanges at its lower end to provide a rest for the stand, an elbow having a detachable connection with said threaded neck and. extending laterally of one wall of said container, said stand being slotted for the reception of said elbow as the said container is lowered into the socket formation of the stand, a well located to one side of said stand, said elbow being connected with the well at an altitude beneath the lower end of said container, and a valve interposed in said elbow adjacent the well for opening and closing the elbow, said elbow being of such formation and connected with said well at such an altitude as to bring the lower end of the well in a plane common with the flanges at the lower end of the stand so as to permit both the stand and the well to be positioned at rest ona common supporting surface. l

2. A device of the type described comprising a extending laterally of one wall of said container,

said stand being slotted for the reception of said elbow as the said container is lowered into the socket formation of the stand, a well located to one side of said stand, said elbow being connected with the well at an altitude beneath the lower end of said container, a valve interposed in said elbow adjacent the well for opening and closing the elbow, said elbow being of such formation and connected with said well at such an altitude as to bring the lower end of the well in a'plane common with the flanges at the lower end of the stand so as to permit both the stand and the'well to be positioned at rest on a common supporting surface, said well having a threaded neck and a flange depending from said neck inside the well, a brush having a handle, and a cap having sealed connection with the handle of the brush and detachably connected with the neck of the well to normally support the bristle por-- tion of the brush inside the well.

' TOM N. HUTCHISON.

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