US1473162A - Quick-acting closure for receptacles - Google Patents

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Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,162

B. SAGE v QUICK ACTING CLOSURE FOR RECEPTACLES Filed Nov. 17. 1921 INVENTOR 6 j 15 8 I m j I A TTOR/VE Y5 Patented Nov. 6, i923.

UNHTE STATES BRIGHT SAGE, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

QUICK-ACTING CLOSURE FOR RECEPTACLES.

Application filed'November 17, 1921. Serial No. 515,795.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRIGHT SAGE, a subject of the Kin of Great Britain, and a resident of East 6range, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Quick- Actin Closures for Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates in general to rece tacle closures and more particularly to a fil 'ing opening closure for automobile gasolene tanks.

The objects of the invention are to provide a closure of the character described embodying novel features of construction which is quick acting and eliminates screwing the closure into and unscrewing it from the opening to close and open the same to provide a closure including a body portion adapted to be permanently fitted in the opening and having an opening therethrough normally closed by a quick openin and closing cover; to provide such a c osure,

having the cover pivotally mounted on the outer end of the body "portion whereby the opening in the body portion can be opened and closed 4b swinging the cover on its pivot; to provi e a 'closure of thischaracter in which the cover is adapted to swing transversely of the bodyportion and slidably engage the outer end thereof; to provide means for maintaining the cover in snug engagement with the outer end of the body portion to tightly close said opening; to provide means for automatically limiting movement of said cover into and holding the same in closed position; to provide improved latch I mechanism including a finger piece for holding the over in closed position which is automatically released as the finger piece is 4 pushed to swin the cover into open osition; and to o tain other results an advantages as may be brought out by the following description. v Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a closure embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, showing the same mounted in the filling opening of a tank;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the closure as shown in Figure 2;

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Figure 4 is a plan. view of a modified form of my invention;

Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof similar to Figure 3, and

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional view through the cover taken on the'line 6-6 of Fig. 4:.

In the drawings I have shown my invention embodied in a closure for the filling opening of an automobile gasolene-tank, the closure comprising a cylindrical body portion 1 having an axial opening 2 .therethrou h and exteriorly threaded as at 3, so as to. escrewed into the filling opening 4 of a 'gasolene tank 5, as shown in Figure 2. Theouter end of the body portion 1 is substantially flat and formed with a polygonal flange 6 to be engaged by a wrench for screwin the closure into the filling opening. The body portion 1 is of suflicient length to 75 project a considerable distance into the tank beyond the interior wall thereof to prevent the liquid in the tank from splashmg out of the opening 2, and at the outer end of the openin 2 is formed an inwardly projecting bafile ange 7 for the same purpose.

A cover 8, shown in the present instance in the form of a substantially circular plate, is pivotall mounted as at 9 to the outer end of the b0 y portion 1 so as to swing transversely thereof and slidably engage the flat outer end of the body portion so as to close the opening 2 when in the position shown by solid lines in Figure 1 and open openin 2 when 'in the position shown by ot and dash lines in Figure 1. The pivot 9 may be of anydesiredconstruction, but in the present instance I have shown it as a stud threaded into the end of 95 the body portion .1 and passing loosely through an opening 10in the cover plate 8, the outer end of the ivot being formed with a head 11 inspace relation to the top of the cover 8. 100

For the purpose of yieldingly holding the. cover plate 8 1n snug engagement with the end of the body portion 1 to ti htly close the opening 2, I utilize a helica compression spring 12 between the cover plate and the head 11, and to limit theswlngin of the cover plate 8 into closed position t e cover plate is preferably provided on its under side with a projecting stud 13 adapted to engage a groove 14 in the outer end of the 71 body portion. The-lose connection of the cover plate 8 with the stud 9 will permit the cover plate to be swung upwardly sufficiently to remove the stud 13 from the groove 14 to swing the cover in either direction into open positlon, and the pressure of the spring 12 will cause the stud 13 to snap into the groove 14 when the cover is swung into closed position. The stud 13 and the spring pressure thus maintain the cover in closed posltion against vibration'of the tank. To facilitate the stud 13 passing the edges of the body portion 1, I may cut away the edges of the body portion as indicated at 15, and to facilitate in manipulating the cover I may proiLide-the-same with an upwardly projecting finger iece 16.

A modi ed construction is shown .in Figures" 16 inclusive in which a latch mechanism is shown for positively holding the cover' in closed position, the said latch mechanism bein automatically released when the finger piece is pushed to swing the cover into open position. The flange 6 of the body portion is provided with anextension 1 on which isformed an upwardly projecting inverted L-shaped keeper 18, under which is adapted to slide a projection 19 on the cover. The under side of the keeper 18' is formed with a notch 20 to be engaged by a pawl 21 rigidly mounted on a shaft 22 journaled in bearings 23 formed onthe cover 8.

The finger piece 24 is rigidlytmounted on the shaft 22 for actuatin the pawl 21 out of the notch 20; A heiical spring 25 is mounted on the shaft 22 and has. one end thereof connected to the cover 8 and the other end to the finger piece 24, the said spring normally holdingt-he pawl 21 in the notch 20. With this construction the cover can be swung in only one direction, the keep- 1 er 18 limiting swinging thereof in the other direction, and when it is desired to open the cover the finger piece 24 is pushed which causes oscillation of the shaft 22 and moves the pawl 21 out of the notch 20 against the influence of the spring 25. When the cover is swung into closed position,.the spring 25 automatically shape the pawl 21 into the notch 20 to lock the cover. The keeper 18 serves to prevent the cover from being swung upwardly, this construction being particularly adapted for use on automobile radiator said flat end of the body portion, sai

fiat outer end of the body portion provides a tight joint between the cover and the body portion, said frictional engagement being maintained by the spring 1 f While I have shown and described one possible embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that this is only for the purpose of illustrating the principles thereof, and that man modifications and changes can be made, in the detail construction of my invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is: 1 i

1. A device of the character described including a body portion having an opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in a receptacle or the like, said body portion having a fiat outer end, a cover having a flat surface frictionally en aging cover and body portion having a cooperat iig recess and projection, a headed pivot stud for pivotally connecting said cover at one side of said opening to said body portion to swing transversely of said opening to close and open the same, and a. spring interposed between said cover and the head of said pivot stud to maintain said cover in engagement with said body portion and automatically cause engagement of said recess and projection,

when the cover is swung into closed position.

2. A device of the character described ineluding a body portion having an: opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in a receptacle or the like, a cover mounted on said body portion and slidable transversely of said opening -to close and open'the same, a finger piece for operating 4 said cover, a pawl to engage said body portion to hold said cover in closed ition, and means for automatically releas ng said pawl when the. finger piece is forcibly engaged to open the cover,

3. A device of the character described iricluding a body portion havin an opening therethrough and adapted to be fitted into an opening in a receptacle or the like, a

cover pivotally connected atone side of said opening to the body portion to swing transversely of said opening to close and open the same. a keeper on said body portion opposite said pivot to receive said cover inelosed position beneath itself, said keemer;

having a notch on the underside thereof, a shaft-journaled in saidcover and havinga pawl rigidly connected thereto to engage said notch to hold the cover in closed position, a'finger piece rigidly mounted on said shaft for swinging the cover, so that said pawl is released from said notch when said finger piece is pushed to swing the cover,

and a spring for normally holding said pawl in engagement with said notch.

BRIGHT SAGE.

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