US1124495A

US1124495A - Delivery-spout for cans.

Info

Publication number: US1124495A
Application number: US78572413A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Adolph Mahn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1913-08-20
Filing date: 1913-08-20
Publication date: 1915-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 1932-01-12

Description

G. A. MAHN.

DELIVERY SPOUT FOR CANS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1913.

Patented Jan.12, 1915.

INVENTOR WITNESSES CHARLES ADQLPH MAHN, 01?- NEW YORK, N. Y.

DELIVERY-SPOUT FOR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented can. 12,1915.

Application filed August 20, 1913. Serial No. 785,724.

To all wiz am it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. MAHN, a cltizen of the United States, residing at 320 East Ninety-fourth street, New York, in the county of New York and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Delivery-spouts for Cans; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to delivery spouts for vessels, and more particularly to a delivery spout to be used (with cans containing condensed milk.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a spout for use with cans having a plug closure, the plug adapted to be used as a closure for the spout when the same is in position.

Another object is to provide a sanitary delivery means for cans of condensed milk or other fluids, and one which will prevent undue waste of the fluid through leakage.

A further object is to provide a device of the class described which will be simple, durable, efficient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and otherobjects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure 1, represents a perspective View of a can having the plug removed therefrom and showing the spout ready to be placed in position. Fig. 2, represents a perspective view showing my invention in operation. Fig. 3, represents a perspective view showing the invention as applied to a can, the spout being closed. Fig. 4, represents a vertical sectional view through a portion of a can, my invention being applied thereto.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 5 represents a can containing condensed milk, said can having one end formed with an opening 6, therein, said opening being closed when the can is filled at the factory, by a plug 7 It will be understood that the can forms no part of my invention, being shown merely to illustrate the type of can in connection with which my invention is primarily intended to be used.

The spout comprises a hollow tube 8, slightly conical shaped, the lower end being slightly less in diameter than the upper end, and said lower end is flared inwardly and is adapted to fit into the opening 6 in the can 5. A collar 9, surrounds the tube near the lower end and is adapted to engage the end of the can to limit the inward movement of the tube, and to prevent leakage of the contents of the can around the tube. The outer surface of the tube below the collar 9, is adapted to fit against the conical flange 10, formed at the opening in the top, as is usual in this type of can. The plug which closes the opening in the can, is formed of a disk of metal stamped to form a body portion 11, to fit in tlie flange 10, and a flange portion 12, adapted to bear against the end of the can.

In using the spout, the plug is removed from the can and the, spout inserted in its place. When this is done the plug is inserted in the upper end of the spout as shown in Figs. 3 and 4c, the upper end of the tube being made of a slightly greater diameter than the lower end thereof so that the plug will snugly fit said tube. By this arrangement it is evident that the contents of the can will be protected from flies and other insects which might deposit germs therein, and that a very sanitary spout is provided. It will of course be understood that when the contents of the can are to be poured out, the plug will be removed from the spout to be replaced when the can is not in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

In combination, a can having a centrally disposed opening surrounded by an inturned conically disposed flange, a conical tubular spout member having an external annular flange, said member adapted to be removably inserted into said opening, the restricted end inward, until said flange of said In testimony whereof I have signed my member rests against the outer surface of name to this specification in the presence of 1 the can and the conical body of the member two subscribing Witnesses.

snugly seats in the conically disposed flange CHARLES ADOLPH M AHN surroiinding said can opening, and a cap adapted to be removably seated in either said Witnesses:

opening or the. enlarged end of said spout SARAH M. MoNKs, member. EDWARD HOLZHAMER.