US1320932A - William - Google Patents

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OIL CAN TOP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5.1919.

1 ,320,932. Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

WILLIAM AUGUST SCHMIDT, OF LEWISTOW 1\T MON TANA.`

OIL-CAN' TOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

i Application filed .Tune 5, 1919. Serial No. 301,875.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM AUGUST SCHMIDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lewistown, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana, have invented a new and Improved Oil-Can Top, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to receptacles and has particular reference to receptacles for dispensing liquids such as oil cans.

This invention constitutes an improvement over that covered by Letters Patent of the United States,rNo. 1,195,102, issued to me on the 15th day of August, 1916.

Among the objects of the present improvement is to improve the arrangement and control of the pour-out valve so as to make the same more reliable in practice and more easily manipulated.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for easily and delicately controlling the frictional adjustment of the valve actuating means.

lWith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the eXact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section' on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View partly in horizontal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show'my invention as comprising a top 10 applied to a receptacle 11 of any suitable size, design or construction. F or the purposes of this description it may be assumed that the receptacle is intended for kerosene oil from which lamps are to be filled periodically through a `pour-out spout 127 although it is to be distinctly un` derstood that the device has a broader field of usefulness. Y y

A valve 13 cooperates with the inner end of the spout 12 and is held resilientlyagainst the same for closing it, by virtue of a long leaf spring 14 whose opposite end kis secured at 15 at one side ofthe top 10. By arranging the spring thus in a substantial horizontal plane the spring may be made much longer than 1n the previous device, and consequently the valve 13 may be manipulated to its final position with less effort than if the spring were shortened.

At any convenient or desired part of the top 10 I mount the valve actuating means preferably in or in connection with a depression 10 formed in the top. This produces a neater construction and affords a shroud or guard reventing damageW to the actuating means t at might result from objects being set upon the can or otherwise coming into contact with the moving parts. The actuating means include a finger piece or actuator 16 includino` a disk 17. A lever 18 likewise is preferably formed integral with a disk 19 having a stud 20 projecting through a bearing -hole 21 formed in the top. The stud 20 includes a cylindrical bearing portion tted directly in the hole 21 and provided above the bearing portion with a polygonal shoulder 22 and having extending upward from that a reduced threaded portion 28. The shoulder 22 is fitted in a correspondingly formed hole in the center of the .disk 17, these vparts being held together firmly by means of a nut 24 fitted on the threaded end 23 of the stud. Since the actuator is thus locked from rotation with respect to the lever 18 the movement of either the actuator or the lever will cause a similar movement of the other around the aXis of the stud 20.

The upper face of the disk 19 and the lower face of the disk 17 may have any suit able character or relation to the fiat bottom portion of the depression 10, but I show said faces of the disks as countersunk formi ing pits for gasket members such as corks 25 and 26 fitted snugly in said pits and held from rotation by any suitable means such as the friction of the .surrounding fianges 25 and 26 in connection with the friction between the gaskets and the stud 2O so that the gaskets are caused to rotate with the actuator and lever and remain stationary when these parts are stationary.

The disks 17 and 19 are provided with registering' ports 27 and 28 and the gaskets 25 and- 26 are similarly provided with ports 29 registering with the disk ports. The flat bottom of the depression 10 is provided with an air port or vent 30, the same being normally closed or sealed by the gaskets 25 spout 12.

and 26 when the 'alve 13 is held closed by its spring 14E but so located that when the actuator is moved in a clockwise direction as shown in F ig. 2 to its dotted line position against a stop 31 all of the aforesaid ports register giving free admission of air to allow the free outflow of' the oil through the The lever 1S is connected by means of a link 32 with valve 13, said link of any suitable material being connected in an eye 33 at the end of the lever and in an eye 34E constituting a part of the means fixing 'the valve 13 to the spring 14. The correlation between the actuatorI 16 and the stop 31 provides for easy control of the valve during the out-pouring action. In other words while the handle or bail of the can is employed by one hand for holding the can during the process of pouring, one finger of the same hand will be employed in holding the actuator against the stop 31, the hand serving at the same time as a means for controlling the tilting of the can, three ngers grasping the bail. 'This pressing back of the actuator by the finger is an easy natural action requiring a minimum amount of force. The bail on this can is made somewhat shorter than common and the actuator may be placed toward the side of the can top opposite to the pour out spout. The other hand grasps the flange at the bottom of the can. When the actuator is released the spring 14 promptly reseats the valve 13 and returns the actuating devices to the position in which the port 30 is closed excluding dirt or dust and preventing evaporation of the contents of the can. Suitable tension between the gaskets 25 and26 and the can top may be maintained by means of a spring 35 located between the nut 24 and the actuator disk 17. This spring is shown in the form of a cross having a central hole and four arms diverging from the central portion.

I claim.: f

1. In an oil` can top having a pour-out nozzle, the combination with a valve to normally close the nozzle and a spring supporting the valve controlling its position, of actuator means for the valve comprising a disk within the can top and a lever connected to the disk, connecting means between the lever and the valve, said disk having a stud journaled in and projecting upward through a hole in the can top, and a linger piece having rigid connection with the upper end ofl the stud.

2. In a device of the class set forth, the combination with a can top having a pourout nozzle, a valve 'for the nozzle and a spring carrying the valve tending to close the valve and hold it closed, of actuating means for the valve comprising a lever within the can top, a member to which the lever is connected and an integral stud projecting upward through the top and adapted to be rotated around the axis of the stud, a finger piece fixed to the upper end of the stud parallel to the lever whereby the lever may be turned through an arc of circle around its pivot, and a stop member to limit the movement of the finger piece.

3. In a device of the character set forth, a can top having a bearing hole and a vent hole adjacent thereto, a disk within the top, a bearingstud integral with the disk projecting' upward through the bearing hole and having a reduced polygonal shoulder, a finger piece having a correspondingly formed socket fixed upon the shoulder above the top, gasket means located around the stud between the disk and finger piece, said linger piece, disk and gasket means being provided with registering air holes, the air vent aforesaid being normally held closed by the gasket means but being so located that when the finger piece is operated said vent hole will be brought into registry with the other air holes, and means cooperating with the upper end of the stud to force the finger piece resiliently toward the disk and so maintain the gasket means under proper tension.

WILLIAll/I AUGUST SCHMIDT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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