US1092433A

US1092433A - Oil-can.

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Publication number: US1092433A
Application number: US80183613A
Authority: US
Inventors: Virgil C Cox
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-11-19
Filing date: 1913-11-19
Publication date: 1914-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 1931-04-07

Description

V. G. COX.

OIL CAN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.19, 1913.

Patented Apr. 7, 1914.

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OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. '7, 1914.

Application flied November 19, 1913.- Serial No. 801,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL C. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paducab, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in oil cans of the compartment type, and is designed particularly for storing oils convenient for use. i

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an oil can having a plurality of compartments, and having a member common to all of the compartments through which oil may pass from a selected compartment as desired.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts includlng a rotary lug constructed to form a valve adapted for. use with any selected one of the plurality of compartments.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles.

Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the oil can embodying my invention, some parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view of Fig. 1 on line 2--2.

The can as shown in Fig. 2, in the preferred embodiment, is rectangular in cross section, and comprises

compartments

1, 2, 3, and 4 in which kerosene oil, asolene, and foot oil respectively, may e contained. In Fig. 2 it will be noted that the compartments 1 and 2 are formed by one piece of metal bent to proper shape, the seam being soldered at 5 between the

compartments

2 and 3. The compartments 2 and 4 are formed by lates 6 and 7, respectively, which at their ends are soldered to the corners of the compartments 1 and 2, as at 8. The walls 9, 10, 11, and 12 converge at the center of the can, and form, with the outside walls, the four compartments, each of which is rectangular in cross section. In the upper end of the can the top 12 is centrally perforated for the reception of a sleeve 13, the latter'being formed with an annular flange 14 that is soldered to the top 12 of the can. This sleeve 13 is provided with a ta- .shown in perlng bore at its upper end which has four outlets as 15, 16, 17, and 18 openin each onemto a compartment of the can. permg bore of the sleeve is adapted to recelve the correspondingly tapered plug 19 which is bored out at 20, and has a port 21 which is adapted to register with a selected one of the

openings

15, 16, 17, or 18. This plug forms a valve to close three of the open ngs, and to open the fourth, and it is provided on its lower end with a stem 22 which pro ects through a perforated washer 23 restlng against an annular flange or shoulder 24 of the sleeve 13. A spring 25 surrounds the stem 22, and bears upon a second washer 26 which is held on the stem by a key 27. In this manner the plug is held' in its tapered seat because of the pressure of the spring downwardly upon the washer 26, from the washer 23. Below the stem the open end of the sleeve or bushing 13 is closed by a plate 28, and the upper end of the tapering plug has a s out 29 screwed therein by means of the t reads 30. The top 12 of the can is provided with markings to indicate the stopping point for the plug, when it is rotated to register with a selected compartment opening.

In using the oil .can the plug, which is roughened or gnarled at the head or flange 31, may be rotated and is revolved in the tapering seat of the bushing until the port 21 is made to register with the selected can opening 15, 16, 17, or 18, the port being Fig. 1 as registering with the opening 18 from compartment 2, so that cylinder oil may be expelled from the spout 29. The oil is expelled from the can by squeezing upon the side of the compartment from which it is desired to expel the oil, as will be readily understood.

From the above description taken in connection with my drawings it will be understood that I have provided a durable, compact, and easily operated oil can which is he tasimple in construction and comparatively I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with an oil can having a plurality of compartments and a hollow bushing having a single opening to each compartment, of a plug revoluble in said bushlng and having a port adapted to register with any one of said openings, a spout in the plug, and a spring holding the plug to its seat in the bushing. V

2. The combination with an oil can having a plurality of compartments and a hollow bushing having an opening into each compartment, of a revoluble plug having a VIRGIL (100x.

Witnesses:

C. C. GRossHow, FRANCES JOHNSON.