US150819A - Improvement in oil-cans - Google Patents

Description

l. H. BROWN.

Oil-Gans.

Patnte'd May 12, 1874.

JOHN HAMILTON RRowN, OE NEw YORK, N. Y., AssreNoR To RORERCL1 NAPIER ANnERsON, OE sAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent B10515051@ dated May 12, 1871i; application filed April 21, 1874.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, vJOHN HAMILTON BROWN, of New York, in the' county of New York and `State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Gan Gaps and Nozzles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willV enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention embraced in this patent consists in the combination of a reversible screwnozzle, projecting wholly within the can, with a sealing-plate, soldered in position over4 the nozzle, to seal the same for transportation of the can, and by the removal of said sealingplate allow access to the nozzle to withdraw it from the can, and screw it in reversed position within the can-collar for the use ofl the consumer, the object and advantage of the invention being to obtain a nozzle with the can which shall be secured for use within the top opening, but entirely concealed by a sealing-plate, iiush, or nearly so, with the cantop, so that neither cap nor nozzle'can be removed from the can in transit for sale, and yet allow both to be removed by. the consumer, the device being simple, easily applied, and eective in securing the contents of the can.

In the accompanying drawings, Figiue l represents a vertical section of a portion of a can with the nozzle sealed in place for transportation; Fig. 2, a similar section with the sealing-cap removed, and the nozzle in place to pour out the contents; and Fig. 3, a view in perspective of the reversible screw-nozzle.

Within the openin g in the top of the can A a screw-collar, a, is secured by a rim, b, by which to solder it fast.

This collar may project above or within the top; when the former, it only stands up about a quarter of an inch.

A reversible separate nozzle, c, is screwed into the collar a, so that the spout is entirely within the can, and the screw end cl ush with the screw-collar a, in which position it is a lixture of the can for shipment. It, however, performs no function of sealing the can; but this is effected, when the can is filled, by a separate cap-plate, e, soldered Onto the top A, over the open nozzle c, which hangs by its screw-thread d within the liquid.

When the collar a is flush with the iiat top A, as in Fig. 1, this sealing-cap e is a flat plate; but when used with a raised collar, it must t over it by a raised cap, as in Fig. 4.

To open the can the sealing-plate e is cut Off, and the nozzle c is unscrewed, withdrawn, and reversed, and its screw-threaded end d screwed into the iixed collar a, to form a spout through which the oil can be poured. When the can is empty, the nozzle can again be screwed down in it out of the way, and for use if desired to reiill the can.

The screw end of the nozzle is provided with a thin cross-handle,f, by which the spout is screwed into and unscrewed from the collar; andwhen used to pour out the liquid, this cross-handle makes no obstruction to the spout, as the handle crosses the screw end with the thin edge in line with the spoutopening.

The spout when used may be kept closed by a cork` to exclude dust.

In a patent bearing even date herewith, I have described a Xed closed sealing-cap projecting within the can, and capable of being cut oft' to open the can, and from such sealing-cap a nozzle is made removable or reversible, and both the closed cap and they nozzle are carried within the can'for transportation therewith. But in my present invention I employ a removable interior projecting spout, suspended by its screw-thread, in a new combination with an outside sealing'- plate.

I claim-f- 1. In a can for oil and other liquids, the

combination of an open reversible nozzle7 e, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as projecting Within thecan, with an outside seztlmy own, I have affixed my signature in presilig`.and closing plateor cap, e, for said nozzle, ence of two Witnesses.

ortrmsporta'tion. y JOHN HAMILTON BROWN.

2. The combination of a removable sealing Witnesses: Mate or cap, e, with a removable and revers- FRANK OHAPIN,

ble nozzle, c, substantially as described.v 1 ROBT. N. ANDERSON.

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