US124279A - Improvement in sinks for oil-casks - Google Patents

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Sinks for Oil Casks. y Patented March 5, 1872.

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Nrrnn STATES THOMAS MILLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SINKS FOR OIL-CASKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,279, dated March 5, 1872.

To all to 'whom these presents may come:

Be it known that I, THoMAs MILLER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Sink or Case to be Applied to Oil-Casks, 85e.; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specitication and represented in the accompanying drawing, of whicht Figure lis a side elevation of my invention as applied to an ordinary oil cask or barrel; Fig. 2, an end view ofthe same; a-nd Fig. 3, a central and loi'igitiulinal section taken through the waste-receiving pipe and pump. y

The object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, and portable device or apparatus which can be readily applied to any ordinary cask, barrel, or receptacle containing oil or other liquid, and which shall not only .inclose the drawing and measuring devices,

but provide a means whereby the oil can be economically dispensed with regard to time and labor, as well as all waste ot' the oil prevented; and my invention consists in the combination of an adjustable and detachable case or sink with an oil receptacle or barrel and pump, in manner and for the purpose as hereinafter specied.

In the said drawing, A denotes a structure or case of a rectangular shape in horizontal section, and mounted upon an oil reservoir or barrel, B. The said case has a sloping top and is provided with a cover, O. The lower part ofthe said box is made of the proper form to fit the outer surface of the barrel or oil-receptacle. To each end of the case and near the lower edge thereof is adixed an adjustable clamp, made in two parts, a b, and provided with a setserew, c, the parts being so made and applied as not only to enable the case to be applied to barrels of different length, but of different lthickness of chines. Wlithin the said case is a sink or compartment, which is formed with a sloping bottom, D, which has an opening through the same, and is furnished with a waste-receiving tube, d, whose top may be provided with a strainer. The sink may also be provided with a foraminous stand to support the measures while the oil is being drawn. The said tube cl is inserted within the bung-hole of the barrel and extends down into the interior thereof. E is a suction-pump of the ordinary construction, the barrel of which extends down through the tube d, and

is supported within another tube, d', securely aftlxed to one side of the waste-tube d. Furthermore, the said pump is further supported by means of an arm, e, projecting from the side of the pump and connected by a screw, f, with a post, g, extending up from the bottom ot' the sink, as shown in Fig. 3, such connections enablin g the pump to beA readily removed from or applied to the case and the barrel, as may bey desirable.

My invention can be applied with good effeet to the head of the oil receptacle or barrel, should such be provided with an opening to v receive the waste-receiving tube and pump. Under such circumstances the case should be of circular form in horizontal section, and rest directly upon such head when, by means of the adjustingclamp, such case can be aiixed with equal facility thereto and to barrels of different capacities.

In applying my improved device to a barrel, as shown in the drawing, the same is to be placed upon the top ofthe barrel and thewastereceivin g tube inserted in the bung-hole of the barrel. The clamps are next brought to bear against the chines of the barrel and the setscrew adjusted with respect to the thickness of the chines and then screwed into or against the head of barrel. The pump is next inserted within the tube d, and the parts e-and g connected by the screw f.

My invention possesses many advantages. In case of lire the device can be readily removed from the barrel, and the latter bun ged up and rolled into the street or to a place of safety. It enables the oil to be drawn from the original cask with great facility and without waste, instead ot' being transferred to a tank, as required in that class of oil-holders termed oil-cabinets. It secures most it' not all the advantages of the latter at about onehalt' the cost thereof.

Having described my invention, whatI claim is as follows:

The portable sink or structure A, (provided with adjusting devices a b, as described,) the waste-receiving tube d, the stand-pipe d', and the pump E, when constructed, arranged, and combined together in manner as shown, and for application to a barrel or liquid-receptacle, as set forth.

Witnesses:

F. P. HALE, F. G. HALE.

THOMAS MILLER.

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