US117854A - Improvement in taps for oil-cans - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

MATTHEW ANDREW, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAPS FOR OIL-CANS.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MATTHEW ANDREW, of Melbourne, Victoria, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Taps for Oil-Gans, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- Figure l represents a vertical section of this invention when the tap is closed and protected by its capsule. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the salue when it is open.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a tap composed of a tubular cylindrical plug iitted into a socket at tached to a metallic plate, which plate is then soldered or otherwise secured to the outside of the can, the whole being inclosed by a metallic cap.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a can or package of that class generally used for transporting kerosene-oil or other liquids of a similar nature. This can is hermetically sealed on all sides, and to one of its sides is secured a socket, B, soldered or otherwise secured to ametallic or other suitable plate, j', which communicates with the interior ofthe can through a hole, c, and which is bored out to receive a cylindrical plug, O, which is tubular and provided in its side with a hole, I), its top being closed and furnished with a handle for the purpose of facilitating its operation. Said plug, being cylindrical, can be raised and lowered in its socket, and when it is raised and turned to the position shown in Fig. l ofthe drawing the hole I) of the plug does not match with the hole a leading into the can, and the can remains closed; but when the plug is depressed and turned to the position shown in Fig. 2 the hole b matches the hole a', and the contents ofthe can are free to discharge through the tubular plug, the bottom end of said plug being in such a position that the liquid discharging through it is prevented from coming in contact with the side ofthe can. IVhen the plug is raised to the position shown in Fig. l it, together with the socket B, can be covered by a capsule, D, which is intended to be soldered to the side of the can, so that the plug can not be depressed and turned in its socket before the capsule is unsoldered and removed.

By these means a very cheap tap is obtained, which, when protected by the capsule, is absolutely safe, and which, when the capsule is taken off, allows of drawing off the contents ofthe can with the greatest ease and facility and without soiling the sides of the can.

The socket B may also be attached to the can in an oblique position, as shown in Fig. 3, and in this case the plug requires no sliding motion. It, together with the socket, can be covered up by the capsule, and when the capsule is taken oil and the plug turned to the proper position the liquid discharges Without soilin g the side ofthe can.

I disclaim, in this present application, everything shown and described in a patent for capsule-tap, granted to meAugust 24, 1869, and numbered 94,057 but Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tap for oil-cans, consisting ofthe exterior socket B upon the plate j', which is soldered to the can, the plug C within the socket, and the capsule I) inclosing both the tube and socket, as herein described, for the purpose speciiied.

This specification signed by me this 10th day of March, 1870.

MATTH. ANDREW.

Witnesses W. HAUEF, E. F, KASTENEUBEE.

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