US1118263A - Reservoir for oil-stoves. - Google Patents

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LS. BRENNAN. RESERVOIR FOR OIL STONES. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1914.

1,1 1 8,263, Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

UNITED STA-rigs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BRENNAN, 'OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. LINDEMANN & I-IOVERSON (70;, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

RESERVOIR FOR OIL-STOVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2 4, 1914.

Application filed August 21, 1914. Serial No. 857,930.

arrangement is such that a rigidly supported open mouth auxiliary reservoir is positioned to sustain the downward load strain of a main reservoir, which main reservoir is held against side play by an independent crown bracket that is shiftably connected to the stove and provided with means for nested engagement with the top end of said main reservoir.

Other objects of my invention are to provide a crown bracket that may constitute part of a standard swinging end shelf, and to provide a seat support in connection with the mouth rim of the auxiliary reservoir, which seat support is adapted to receive the bottom shouldered end of the main reservoir to form a space or air passage between said reservoirs.

With the above and other minor objects in view the invention consists in what is herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 represents an elevation of a portion of an oil burning stove having afiixed thereto an oil reservoir embodying the features of my invention, parts of the same being in section and broken away to more clearly illustrate structural features; Fig. 2, a sectional plan view of the reservoir supporting means, the section being indicated by line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, another plan sectional view of the reservoir mechanism, the section being taken upon a plane as indicated by line 33 of Fig. 1 to illustrate the auxiliary reservoir element and means of attaching the same to the stove. Fig. 4, a detailed fragmentary elevation of a portion of the companion reservoir elements showing means whereby an air space is formed therebetween, the direction of the view being indicated by line 4.4= of F ig. 1; Fig. 5 illustrates an inverted plan view of a modified form of crowning bracket embodying one of the features of my invention; Fig. 6, a longitudinal sectional new of the same, the section being indicated by line 66 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7, a plan view partly in section of still another form of reservoir crowning bracket.

Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents a portion of an oil burning stove provided with a burner 2 of the wick type, which burner is supplied with oil from,

an auxiliary reservoir 3, the same being connected to the burner by a supply pipe 3. The auxiliary reservoir thus comprises a cup-like basin having an unfinished edge; The cup is supported by its pipe connection 3, which pipe extends through one wall of the stove and is further braced by feet 5,

the same being bolted to the juxtaposed wall of the stove and face of the auxiliary reservoir, as best shown in Fig. 3. The upper edge of said reservoir is unfinished and serves as a rest for the shouldered lower end of a main reservoir 6, which main reservoir is of the bottle type, having a neck 6 and a mouth that is closed by a valve-controlled cap 7 A stem 8 of the valve is arranged to abut the bottom of the auxiliary reservoir,

whereby the valve is opened to deliver the contents of the main reservoir in to the auxiliary reservoir in proportion to the consumption Thus it will be seen that the main reservoir is loosely seated upon the auxiliary rese'rvoir'and between its shouldered bottom and the rim of the auxiliary reservoir to prevent said auxiliary reservoir from becoming air bound, there is sufficient space to form an air passage.

In order to prevent the main reservoir from being inadvertently tipped from its.

seat, I provide a' crowning bracket 9 for the top end of said main reservoir, which crowning bracket in this instance, is shownin the form of a swinging .end shelf. The inner edge of the shelf is arranged to rest against the downturned flanged top 1' of the stove and is provided with tongue memhere 10, which tongue members extend through slots 10' that are formed in the stove top flange, versely bowed intermediate of their ends, whereby they are locked in their slot seats when the shelf is swung downward to the position shown in Fig. 1 and, in order to The tongues are trans-- prevent sagging of the shelf, its flanged edge 9 is match tapered to abut the downturned flange of the stove.

The above described construction of shelf forms no part of my present invention except so farthat it is, in this instance utilized as a crowning bracket for engagement with the upper end of the reservoir, whereby the latter is held against lateral movement. With this in view the lower face of the shelf has projecting therefrom a series of yieldable gripping fingers 11, the free ends of which are, as shown, preferably curved outwardly, whereby they will-more readily center over the rounded edge of the reservoir with which they have engagement.

From the foregoing description it is obvious that in placing the main reservoir in position the shelf or crowning bracket is first swung upwardly, whereby access can more conveniently be had to the mouth of the auxiliary reservoir. After the main reservoir has been approximately seated,.the shelf is swung down to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the gripping fingers are thus caused to engage the top end of the aforesaid main reservoir and center the same with relation to the auxiliary reservoir. Thus the load strain is maintained entirely by the auxiliary supporting reservoir and the main reservoir is held in its correct position against play laterally by the crowning bracket mechanism. This crowning bracket mechanism can readily be applied to standard types of stoves without alterations and at a small maunfacturing cost.

Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a swinging shelf constituting a crowning bracket for the main reservoir having attached to its lower face a ring member 12, which may be made of thin spring metal, having transverse kerfs at intervals extending inwardly from its reservoir engaging edge. By this arrangement the ring or band, is rendered flexible, whereby it will more effectually grip the circular surface of the main reservoir to which it is applied.

Fig. 7 illustrates a crowning bracket in the form of a circular bail 13, which bail is nuance iL-shaped in cross-section for lapped engagement with the top and side faces of the main reservoir. The ends of the bail terminate with tongue ears 13' which engage slots in the downturned flange of the stove top 1'. I may, in this type of my invention, form a convexed seat 1" about the flanged edge of the stove top intermediate of the tongue slots, which seat, inconnection with the bail, will serve to rigidly center the main reservoir.

I claim:

1. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouth auxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of the stove, a pipe connection between the burner and said reservoir, a crown bracket shiftably connected to the stove positioned above the auxiliary reservoir, and a main reservoir interposed .between the crown bracket and said auxiliary reservoir.

2. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouth auxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of said stove, a pipe connection between the burner and said reservoir, a main reservoir adapted to rest upon the mouth of the auxiliary reservoir, and means carried by the stove for nested engagement with the upper end of the main reservoir whereby the latter is held against side play. I

3. The combination of an oil stove having a burner, an open mouth auxiliary reservoir projecting from one wall of the stove, a pipe connecting the burner and said reservoir, a crowning bracket in hinge connection with the stove positioned above the auxiliary reservoir, and gripping means extending from the bracket for engagement with the upper end of the main reservoir.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two WitDQSSQS.

.ionN s. BRENNAN.

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