US1513385A - Oil can - Google Patents

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oct. 28. 14924. A 1513385 A. F. GooD OIL CAN Filed April 24, |922 lllll|ll|llt Patented Get. 28, 1924.

UNITED STATES ADAM F. GOOD, OF MANCHESTER, OKLAHOMA.

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Application filed April 24, 1922.4 Serial No, 556,345.

To @ZZ fus/om may concern:

Be it known that I, ADAM F. Gool), a citizen of the United States, residing at Manchester, in the county ofvGrant and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and novel improvements in oil cans and particularly to oil cans having pump means to dispense the oil.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a device of the above character that consists of a container having a dispensing spout, an improved plunger for forcing oil under pressure out through said dispensing spout and improved means to be gripped by the operator to facilitate operation of the plunger.

A further object of the invention is to provide on oil can of the pump typethat is simple in construction, strong and durable and which it is believed may be manufactured at a reasonably low cost.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will becomeapparent during the continuance of the following description. V

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view .in central'longitudinal section taken through the bod;7 of my iuvention and Figure 2 is a horizontal cross section taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1.

In describing the invention in detail, 23 designates ythe container or can proper, that is equipped with a filling opening 6 normally closed through the medium of a cap 6. The can is provided adjacent its top and bottom with opposed openings 23-23 and 24-24t, respectively, and an opening 25 is provided in the center of the top of the can, as clearly shown.

The mechanism of the can consists of a substantially U-shaped pipe arrangement 14 consisting more explicitly of an intermediate member Af and horizontal members 12 and. 26 that are positioned through the opposed openings 23-23 and 24-24" of the can. Intermediate member 14 and the members 12 and 26 are connected by T-ttings FL-F so that their communicating channels 9, 9 and 10' provide an outlet passage through which oil is adapted to pass as will be hereinafter pointed out.

The free ends of members l2 and 26 are closed by caps 8 and 22 which may be `removed, if desired, for the purpose of cleaning or for substitution of any of the worklng parts of the device. i

A plunger 10 that consists preferably of a jsteel rod operates in the channel 9 of member and 'projects outwardly through an opening provided in the T-fitting F in .line with the channel 9, around which opening is provided a stuffing box including an ed, as atv19, toform a seat 19 for a ball valve 18, the ballbeing normally held in a seated position through vthe mediumof an expansion 4spring 18 which has one end bearing against the ball and the other end engaged' in a recess in the closurel of the 'T-'fitting F. Closure 15 is screwed `into the rT-fitting F in line with channel 9 of memberf26 and is removable so that access can be vhad to spring 18 and theballvalve 18. A Aremovable plug 16 vis also screwed into the T-itting F in line with the channel 10 of member 14 so that access may be had to the passage 10 therein for the purposes `of cleaning.

It will also be noted that member 26is provided with a series of openings 21 Within the container 23 so that the oil from the oontainer may pass into the passage 9. thereof.

rIhe T-fitting F is provided with a ring 13 having a threaded plug 13 screwed into a suitable opening in the top of the fitting and in line with channel 10. The ring 13 serves as a linger grip for theoperator when the device is used and also facilitates the removal of plug 13 when the passage 10 of member 14 is being cleaned. When in operation, the operator can grasp member- 14.- and place one finger through ring 1 3 whereby his thumb will be in a position to operate plunger 10.

A hollow extension 7 is provided intermediate the ends of member 12 and projects upwardly through opening 25 at the top of the container 23. The upper end of the eX- tension is fashioned to form a valve seat and carries a coupling 3 into the upper end of which is screwed the attaching plunger 2 of the spout. The ball valve 5 operates in coupling' and is adapted to seat on the upper end of the extension 7, a spring et inter-V posed between the ball valve and the plug 2 normally holding the valve in a seated position. The tube 1 of the spout is carried by plunger 2 and has its inner end open to the interior of the coupling 3 as illustrated.

In operation, the plunger 10, being in its outermost position is pushed inwardly against the tension of the spring 10 and when released will be again forced to its outermost position. In moving to its outermost position plunger 10 creates a vacuum in passageway 9 in member 12 and in extension "7 which.

will cause. the unseating otball valve 18 in passageway 9 of member 26 thereby allowing oil from passageway 9 to pass into passageway 10 in me y ber 1li and then fill passageway 9 of member 12. Consequently, when the plunger i0 is again pushed into member 12 the oil in passageway 9 will be forced upwardly through extension 7, unseating valve 5 and find its way out through the tube 1. It will be noted that when the plunger is pushed inwardly the valve 18 will again be seated by spring 18 thus preventing oil which is already in passageway 10 ot'member 14: being forced back into the can. As the inward and outward movement of the plunger continues oil will be forced outwardly through the tube 1 as is obvious.

l hat is claimed is 1. In a device of the character described, a container, means to facilitate the filling thereof, a substantially U-shaped structure having channels extending the'length thereof and having its leg members extending transversely through said container, closures for the tree ends ot the leg members, the lower one of said leg members being provided with a series of openings to permit llow of Huid from the container intoy the respective channel, a hollow extension on the other of said legs having its hollow portion open to the respective channel and project ing through the top ot said containen check valve operating at the mouth ot saidL extension, mea-ns for yieldably retaining said. check valve in a seated position, a dispensing spout above said check valve, a check. valve in the channel of the lower leg member, means lfor yieldably maintaining said last named check valve in a seated positioin and manually operated means movable in the channel of the upper leg member to open one ot said check valves upon movement in one direction and the other of said check valves upon movement in the other direction to force fluid through said U-shaped structure from said container to said dispensing spout, substantially as described.

2. A device of the character describe-fh comprising a container, a substantially llshaped hollow structure having its leg members extending transversely through said container and its intermediate portion in spaced relation to` said container to provide a' handle portion Jfor the container, closures for the free ends of said structure, a check valve in the lower leg member ogt the said structure, said lower leg member being provided with a series of openings in advance ot the said check valve to permit the 1fluid from said container to pass into the hollow portion thereof, a hollow extension on said structure projecting upwardly through the top of said container, a check valve at the upper end of said extension, a dispensing spout arranged above said check valve` means to normally maintain said last named check valve in a seated position, a plunger operable in said structure between said check valves, means for yieldably maintaining said plunger in its outermost position relative to said U-shaped structure and means to aviliv tate the illing of said container, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof ll affix my signature.

ADAM F. GOOD.

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