US1376103A - Dispensing can or receptacle - Google Patents

Description

5l'. i. KGMANN. DSPENSlNG CAN OR HECEP-TAGLE. AFFLICM'ON FlLED MAR i5, 1920.. L37@ @3e 11.9215

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APPLKCATION FSLED MAIL 16| 1920.

Patented Apr. 26, i921,

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am@ Z507 FRANK J. KROGMANN, 0F EUREKA, GALIFORIN'IA.V

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Specification of Letters Patent. i

Patented Apr. 26, 192i.

` Application l'ed March 16, 1920. Serial No. 366,289.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK J. KROGMANN,

citizen of United States,residing atv Eureka,

in the county of Humboldt and State of California, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Dispensing Cans or Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the Vaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a dispensing can or receptacle and particularly to the construction of a can' for the dispensing of liquid or oil.

The object of the invention is the con struction of a receptacle or can which can be easily filled or emptied, without injury to the can, and which can will be susceptible of discharging the contents thereof from at least two of its sides.

With this and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel combinations, constructions and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view of a receptacle or can constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2 2, Fig. i.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the can shown in Fig. l with the spout turned overthe top of the can.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, of anotherk embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the top of the can, showing the-openings or apertures therein.

Referring to the drawing by numerals:

From the following description,.it will be understood that the oil contained in my can can be discharged without puncturing the can for producinga vent. Further, the funnel-shaped spout l is movable and can be placed indifferent positions such as shown in Figs. l and 3. The can can be quickly refilled by removing the cap 2; the stream of oil can also be limited to suit the demands of the person drawing the oil from the can; the can can be opened and closed without the use of any tools whatever. Now, in carrying out my invention, the body 3 is provided with a top 4, which top 4 is provided with the usual handle 5.

Contiguous to the edgey of the top, and preferably at one corner of the body, l place a sleeve 6 in the top, this sleeve being eX- f ternally threaded upon its outer end, that `projects above the top 4, and is smooth upon its inner end, which projects below the topV (Figs. 2 and 4). y sleeve, I form an elongated aperture 7 in the top, which is a vent aperture, and this `apertureV communicates with a hollow tubing 8; this tubing 8 is preferablyiwider at its inner end and is secure'd'partly to the side of the sleeve 6 (Fig. 2) and terminates short at 9 .so as to allow the aperture 7 to communicate with the interior of thevtubing; the tubing or pipe tapers throughout its length and terminates at its outer end near the inner face of the body, at the side farthest from the side contiguous to the sleeve 6, so that when the receptacle or can is turned downward or tilted for discharging the liquid through the sleeve 6 and spout l, first slightly loosening the cap 2, air will pass through the vent opening 7 into the tubing 8 and thence into the receptacle or can. The tubing` 8 is anchored at its inner end to the top 4 and the sleeve 6, by being secured thereto, as hereinbefore stated,and spaced away from the top 4 so as to place the inner end of the tubing somewhat toward the middle of the body 3 for increasing the efficiency of the device by allowance of the greatest freedom to the entrance of air into the body.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, the tubing 8a is integral with the top 4 but substantially the same function of the free entrance of the air is accomplished by elongating the end 8b to permit the ready passage of the air into the body 0f thereceptacle or can.

The cap 2 is outwardly flared at its lower end l0, and fastened by rivets l1 to the inner face of the flared end 10 is a rubber disk or wide flat washer 12; the inner edge of this washer engages the threads on the sleeve 6. Fastened within the cap 2 at its lower end is an internally threaded sleeve 13, which sleeve bears aty its lowerl end against the inner face of the wide rubber disk or washer 12.

By slightly unscrewing the cap 2, air will be permitted to enter the vent opening 7,

without permitting the liquid contained in the body 3 to escape except only through the sleeve 6 and the spout.

Contiguous to the By turning the spout 1 to one side of the body, oil can be discharged at that side, or turning the spout to the other contiguous side, oil can be discharged from this lastmentioned side, so that Aoil can be discharged from different sides of the can, or by turning the spout over the top of the can as shown in Fig. 5, the spout will not be hit by foreign objects and injured. By removing the cap 2 and its spout '1, the can can be easily filled through the sleeve 6. A

While I have described the preferred embodiments of my invention and have illustrated the same in the accompanying draw.- ings, certainy minor changes or alterations may appear ,to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, in manufacturing the device on a large scale, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes or alterations las will fairly fall within the scope ofthe appended claim..

What I claim is:

In a device of the class described, the combination with a body provided wlth a top, of a sleeve carried by said top, said top provided with a vent opening near the sleeve, a cap providedV at one side with a funnel-like spout, said cap being outwardly flared at its lower end, a broad rubber washer placed against the lower flared end of the cap, means fastening said flared end to said washer, said Washer engaging the outer face of the sleeve, and an internally threaded sleeve within the cap and engaging at its lower end theinner face of the rubber washer and being threaded upon the firstmentioned sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

i FRANK J. KROGMANN.

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