US1437197A

US1437197A - Quantitative oil-dispensing bottle

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Publication number: US1437197A
Application number: US467574A
Authority: US
Inventors: Redifer Ray; Frank E Chadd
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1921-05-07
Filing date: 1921-05-07
Publication date: 1922-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 1939-11-28

Description

R. REDIFER AND F. E. CHADD. QUANTITATIVE 0|]. DISPENSING BOTTLE- APPLICATION FILED MAY 7. 1921'.

I Pzitented Nov. 28, 1922.

INVENTORS:

\ ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 2%, 11922.

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RAY REDIFER AND FRANK E. German, or DANVILLE, INDIANA.

QUANTITATIVE OIL-DISPENSING BOTTLE.

Application filed May 7, 1921. Serial No. 467,574.

-Dispensing Bottle, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a vessel that'is designed to visibly hold a definite quantity of oil and in a convenient manner to be promptly delivered in retaining oils, especially to operators of automobiles, motor trucks and tractors, and to operators of various machines, the invention having refer ence more particularly to a vessel in which the oil may be conwniently carried and from which the oil may be readily delivered into receptacles or reservoirs and the vessel left in possession of the retailer to be refilled. i 3

An object of the invention is to provide a carrying and dispensing vessel which shall be so constructed that it may be readily filled directly from a barrel or a shipping tank without waste'of oil, so as to obviate the necessity of providing expensive tanks and pumps commonly used in dispensing 011s,

the inconvenient use of cumbersome cans or the use of funnels with consequent loss'of time of the retailer and the purchaser.

Another object is to provide a dispensing vessel which shall be of strong and durable structure and yet permit the contents to be seen, in order that the retailer and also the customer may know that the quantity purchased is being delivered, and in clean con-H dition as usually desired. v

A further object is to provide an oil-dispenserwhich shall be so constructed that the oil container thereof may be composed of glass of strong form, and have a strongly constructed dispenser spout firmly secured thereto and of sulficient length to becapable of safely supporting the container and contents, when the spout is-inserted, and left in the filling hole of a reservoir while the 011 1s being discharged into the receptaclewhere it may be required, an aim being to prevent the waste of oil during the different stages of the dispensing of the oil.

With the above-mentioned and other objects in View, the invention consists in an oil-dispensing bottle having improved structural features, more particularly relating to the features involved in the filling and the emptying of the bottle; and the invention consists also further in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings,Fi'gure 1 is a fragmentary section of a reservoir or re ceiver of .oil, such as the crank case of an explosion engine, with which the oil-dispensing bottle is arranged as when oil is being delivered to the reservoir; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the improved oil-dispensing bottle, on anenlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a *bottom plan of the spout and vent tube therein of'the improved oil-dispensing bottle, on

a relatively larger scale; 4: is an elevation of'the container on a small scale arranged in position to be filled directly from a shipping tank or barrel; and, Fig. 5 is a vertical central section of the upper portion of the oil-dispensing bottle, including the spout thereof, on a scale corresponding to Fig. 3. Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings indicate corre sponding elements or features of construction herein referredto in detail.

In practically carrying out the objects of I the invention, a container is provided which is composed of lass and has a bottom portion 1 and a wafi having a cylindrical body portion 2 permitting the containers to stand compactly together in a carrier. The wall has an inwardly curved shoulder portion 3 and a nearly straight neck portion at which has ample diameter that may be grasped in the hand when carrying or handling the container. The neck portion has an external bead or rib 5 which prevents the container from slipping through the hand when being carried. The container has also a mouth portion 6 extending upward beyond the bead and it has coarse external screw threads 7 thereon, the mouth portion having a true top or end 8. The mouth of the container is very large in diameter to permit oil to flow in a stream into the mouth without requiring the use of a funnel. A gasket or joint ring 9 composed of suitable material is placed on the top 8 to prevent leakage. An improved spout is provided which com prises an annular base portion 10 that is seated upon the gasket and has a flange 11 flange having screw threads 12 struck up thereon that engage the screw threads 7. The flange preferably has a flaring extremity 13 adapted to bear on the bead to assist in forming a firm connection of the spout with the container. The base portion has an annular neck 14 thereon and also an inwardly extending anchor plate 15 having an aperture 16 therein, the anchor plate preferably being composed of a portion of the metal of the neck 14. The spout has a body portion 17 which is preferably tapered and has considerable length, approximately two-thirds of that of the container, the larger portion thereof having a flange. 18 or suitably curved flared portion that embraces the neck 14 and is suitably secured thereto and to the base portion 10. The outlet por-.

tion 19 of the spout has sufficiently large diameter to permit oil to flow out with con siderable rapidity. A vent tube is provided which has a straight body portion 20 that extends through the aperture 16 and is suitably secured therein and it has an open inlet portion 21 arranged in the outlet end 19 of the spout, the tube extending along the inner side of the wall of the spout and being suitably secured thereto, and the tube extends into the container a suitable distance, preferably so that its outlet or inner end 22 is located in proximity to the bottom of the container. The large container neck and mouth and the large spout are ample to receive a vent tube of large diameter to permit air to rapidly enter the container so that the oil may rapidly flow out.

It is designed that each container shall hold a definite quantity of oil, either by weight or measure, one s ze having one pint capacity, anothersize having one quart capacity, and larger sizes as may be desired.

In practical use, the filled bottle is inverted with the spout insertedin' an inlet 23 of a reservoir 24, the long spout permitting oil to be easily supplied to receivers when the latter may not be readily reached when delivering from the spout of a large can as commonly, and in some cases the bottle may stand at an inclination and be bodily supported by the spout, permitting the oil to quickly flow, out. In case the receiver becomes sufliciently filled before the bottle is empty, the orifice of the neck and the vent the rising oil in the receptacle, so that the alr cannot pass into the bottle and the oil is prevented from flowing out; and in such case the bottle may be removed and the remaining oil saved therein. In case there be a strainer in the inlet opening o-f the receiver or reservoir, the oil may fiow slowly through the strainer and accumulate in the inlet opening, which will result in the closing of thevent tube and temporarily stop the flow of the oil from the bottle until acflow of the oil and cumulation passes through the strainer and permits the air to again enter the vent; I

tube, when the discharge of the oil again automatically occurs, such action occurring repeatedly until the bottle is emptied or the reservoir becomes sufliciently filled. In every case the purchaser can readily ascertain the quantity of oil delivered to him. The dealer customarily retains the bottle and therefore the purchaser is not required to pay for a container, even though inexpensive, for which he may have no future use, although in emergency the oil necessary to a long trip could be carried in the bottles and always ready for use. Customarily the dealer removes the spouts and quickly fills the containers under a faucet 25 connected to a shipping tank or barrel 26; and being enabled to see when a container is filled, he can promptly stop the and waste.

Having thus described the "invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A quantitative oil-dispensing bottle comprising a container, a straight tapered spout havlnga base portion provided with an anchor device extending inward from the side thereof, the base portion of the spout being connected to the container, and a separate straight vent pipe arranged in the spout and extending through and secured the top of the mouth wall being true, the

outside of the wall of the mouth havin' screw threads thereon, a packing ring seate upon the top ofthe mouth wall, a straight not permit overflow tapered open spout having a base port on seated upon the packing ring and aflange' embracing the mouth wall, the flange being provided with screw threads engaging the screw threads on the mouth wall, and a separate straight vent tube secured to the inner side of the spout and extending through said base portion and said ring into the container,'the vent tube having an inclined angle throughout relativelyto the con-v j tainer.

3. An oil di spensing bottle comprising a container consisting of a bottom, a cylindrical body wall portion from which extends an inwardly-curved wall portion, a-

- neck wall portion extending from the in- 1 wardly-curved portion and having a large circumferential rib thereon to afford handhold, the neck portionybeing only slightly:

smaller in diameter than the body portion and a mouth wall portionextending beyond said rib and having screw-threads on the mately tosaid rib, a packing ring between said mouth top and said base portion, and a. separate straight vent tube. arranged on the inner side of said spout and secured thereto, said tube being inclined to the longitudinal axisof the spout and extending through said base portion and said ring and freely through said mouth and neck portions and nearly to said bottom and also 4 to the smaller end of said spout.

v 4. In an oil-dispensing bott1e,the com- I 'bination with acontainer that has a neck,

of an improved spout'comprising an annular base portion to be seated upon said neck and having a neck thereon and also an inwardly extending anchor device, there being a flange on said base portion to embrace and engage the neck on the container, a straight tapered open spout that is approximately'as long as two-thirds of the length of the container and having a flared portion embracing and secured to the neck on said base portion, the smaller end of the spout being squared, and a separate straight open vent tube arranged on the inner side of said spout and secured thereto and to said anchor device, said tube being inclined to the longitudinal axis of the spout and of a length to extend nearly tothe bottom of the container.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures in presence oftwo, witnesses.

RAY REDIF-ER. FRANK E. CHADD.

' Witnesses:

I E. T. SILvIUs, M. D. STEELE.