US1080320A - Oiler. - Google Patents

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K. A. BOGGS.

OILER.

APPLICATION FILED 001231, 1911.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

WITNESSES ATTHNEYS IIITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

KIRKWOOD A. BOGGS, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA.

OILER.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Kinnwoon A. Bocos, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort Dodge, in the county of Vebster and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oilers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oil cans designed for lubricating purposes,

1a and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and ecient oiler consisting of few parts which are readily assembled and taken apart and one in which no screw-threads are used to connect the several parts.

My invention consists primarily of a twopart spout whereby different size discharge orifices may be provided for use with oils of different degrees of thickness.

My invention consists further in certain 2o novel features of construction, arrangement,

and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional View of my complete can. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one spout member detached from the body of the can. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the other spout member.

In carrying out my invention I use a can body A of the shape shown having its upper end turned in as at A to form a vertical annular flange A2. In the space between the body and annular flange A2, the upper portion of a coiled spring B lits, the lower portion of said coil spring B lying on and bearing against the bottom of the can, the lower end of said spring being bent and carried across the can, the coils bearing against the inner walls of the can from top to bottom. Fitting frictionally into the inturned top of the can is the outer spout member which consists of the short spout C rigidly secured at its lower end to the domeshaped base C which has its lower edge turned inwardly and then downwardly forming a vertical flange C2; this iange may be pressed or stamped integral with the dome-shaped part C or it may consist of an angled ring soldered into the base C; this vertical iange C2 is to tit oiltight by frictional contact with the iange A2 forming the upper open end of the cany body A.

The inner spout member shown in Fig. 3

consists of a relatively long spout D tapering upwardly and having a comparatively Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 31, 1911.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

serial No. 657,760.

small discharge opening (Z at its upper end; at its lower end it has the base portion D with which it may be integral or soldered thereto, the lower end of the spout being flush therewith. This base portion constitutes an inverted bowl. the flange I)2 being substantially vertical and projecting downwardly. rl`his flange D2 is of such size that it must have au oil-tight frictional iit within the flange C2 of the outer spout member C.

-To assemble the parts of my improved oiler, the spout member shown in Fig. 3 is inserted into the spout member C from below and pulled upwardly until the flange D2 snaps into the opening formed by the flange C2; the two spout members now form practically a single spout, all parts which come in contact with each having a tight frictional tit which will prevent any oil leaking past the joints. The spout is now forced into the upper open end of the can body, the flange C2 litt-ing tight frictionally within and in contact with the flange A2. The can having previously had the coil spring B put in position and filled with oil, is now ready for use.

In using light oils where small points or openings are to be lubricated. the form of device shown in Fig. l is used; that is, the two spout members are used in conjunction, the small discharge opening (l of the spout D readily reaching the desired point. When heavy and thick lubricant is used, it is diilicult to get it to flow properly from a small discharge opening. To meet this objection is the object of the outer spout member C, the upper end of which is quite large in comparison to the spout D: to adapt the spout member C for use, it is necessary to pull smartly on the spout D which will release the base C from the upper end of the can body. The spout member D is now slid inwardly through spout C and separated therefrom, and the spout member C forced back again into the upper end of the can.

The flanges of the various parts are preferably pressed from a single piece of metal, the relative sizes of which must be such that adjacent parts fit each other oil tight. The coil spring in my oiler is of such diameter that the coils tit against the outer walls of the can body` thereby strengthening it and at the same time offering no obstruction to the free flow of oil; the upper end of the spring lying within the space or channel A3 at the upper end of the can and the lower end bearing on and across the bottom of the can, needs no extraneous fastening or securing means. rlhe lower end of the spout D is flush with the bowl D', so that every drop of oil may pass through said spout.

By making the spout in two members, my oil can is exceptionally strong at what is known as the neok, a point that is commonly the weakest in cans ot' the usual construction. There are no projecting parts in my improvement to strike against and break, and as the points are comparatively short there is little or no leverage by which they can be wrenched apart. rlhe outer or short spout member is particularly useful in winter when the oil. thickens; a-nd it may also be used in lilling other oil cans. Furthermore, as the joints in my oil can are all friction joints, there are no screw-threads or other connecting means to become clogged up or get out of order.

l claim l. An oil can consisting of a base and body portion, said body portion having an inwardly curved breast portion provided with an inwardly and downwardly' turned flange at its upper end, an outer spout section having a dome shaped lower end and a vertical iange itting within the aforesaid inwardly and downwardly turned flange of the breast portion of the body of the can, and a removable inner spout section having a horizontal base and a downwardly projecting);` flange adapted to litriotionally within the downwardly projecting flange of the outer spout section.

2. An oil can consisting of a base and a body portion, said body portion having an inwardly curved breast portion provided with an inwardly and downwardly turned flange at its upper end, a coil spring having a lateral extension resting on the base of the can, the coils bearing against t-he inner walls oit the can and the upper coil resting in the space between the breast and the inwardly and downwardly turned flange thereof, and a two-part spout, the outer section of the spout litting trictionally within the breast iiange and the inner section ot the spout itting rictionally within the outer spout section.

KlRlWOOD A. BOGGS.

Vitnesses L. B. Bocos, B. A. FLEMING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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