US1646579A - Display device for oils - Google Patents

Description

Oct. 25, 1927.

H. a. pAvls DISPLAY DEVICE FOR OILS Original Filed Ju1y13, 1925 Fatented Get. 25, 1927.

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Original application filed JulylS, 1925, Serial No. 43,194x Dividec1 aiid'this application filed Aug11st30, 1

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This invention relates to improvements in display devices for lubricating-oils and is a division of application Serial No. 43,194

fi'ledJuly 13, 1925. i I

'There area large number of different grades of lubricating oil on the market somev of which are of diiierent color and which vice is used for displaying the oil;

vary froin'tl e' very light to the very heavy grades. ';Tlie purchaser naturally desires to inspect the oil before he buys it, but-this: is diflicult'unless some specially constructed de- In the patent abo'veret'er'redto, I have shown ai'iToil dispensing apparatus with which I have associated an oil display device whichforms the subject of thepresent.

- application and which, briefly described,

3 her. of glass jars or containers.

consist-s of a base whosejup'per surface is provided with a plurality of circular de-- pressions for the receptionoi an equalinumplate with recesses on its under side is'supported from the top of the glass containers and secured to the base by means vof bolts.

Glass tubes closed at their lower ends and.

, open at their upper ends extend through i be had to. the accompanying drawing in,

larged scale, taken on line 2+2, Fig. 1; and

holes in the cover plate and rest upon the bottom-of the jars. The outside diameteroii the tubes is less than the inside diameter of the jars so that a thin cylindrical space is formedbetween the two. Long line-o-lite' lamps are positioned within the tubes andthe whole is covered by an ornamental cap.

The spaces between the jars and tubes are filled with lubricating oil of various grades and when the lamps are lighted, the light will shinethroughthe oil. and givea PlQEIS ing effect and at the same time show very clearly the color of the oil;

'tion, I will now proceed to describe the same in detail and referencef or this purpose will which the preferredembodiment thereof has been illustrated and in which:

' Figure 1 is a side elevation of my display apparatus; a

Figure 2 is a section, to a somewhat en- 'Figure 3 is asection taken on line 3-3,

Numeral 1 represents a base member of ornamental design whose upper surface'is provided with a plurality of circular re- A cover Having thus briefly described my invencesses 2 inwhich rest the'bottomso f the glass l jars orcontainers 3.! .A; pad 40f yieldi material is placed between the upper: surface of the recesses and the bottom of tl'iejars K Pr vent undi'iestrains on theiglass. A cover plate 5 is 'p'rovidedz its surface with a plurality oi circular recesses 6 and isalso provided withopenings 7 that;

and are separated frointhe metalbottomsfby means "ofrings 8 of Jyieldingmateriali the cover plate to the basef'and' to" (lamp the i two firm-1yagainstkth ends 'of"the jarsd (Fig. 3).

are'fclosed, project, through th'eg-ifhol'es 7 in resting on the upper surface of the bottoms the jars (Fig. 2). A layer 11 of yielda .ing material separates the-"outer surface of the cover" plate 5 and have their lower ends 1- 1 the tubes "10. from the edges of the holes 7 The yielding'material ll serves to hold the tubes steadyand permits theunequal expansio-n of the metal cover plateand the glass tubes to take place without producing straiii 'that will break thetubes or cause 5 them to become loose and wobblyy Since the tubeslO have'air outside diameter that isless than thelinside diameter or the jars 3 and since they are concentric with the jars, an annular cylindrical space .12 isprovided between each jar and tube and this spaceis filled with lubricating oil. Y

An elongated slieet metal box 1 3"is secured" 1 to the upwardly extending threaded ends of s.

the bolts 9 by means of clamping lilltS li. V

The bottoin-ofthe box 13; is perforated for the reception ofsujtajble l tri nlp Sock; ets 15, one of which is located [directly above each tube 10, These. sockets are connected,

by means of suitable electric co 'iductors 115, V witha source of electric-current. lGonduc-fi tors 115 have been shown as passing through aconduit in which they are slidable so-that the boX' 13 and the sock et s15"'can beraised sufiiciently to permit the lamps .16 to be re placed withoutniakingjitjj necessary to dis-- connect the-conductors. "This reduces the fire risk'aiid greatly simplifies the'operationf ice 1-.

of changing lamps. 'The" nutsf l i-serve as means foradju'sting the position or thesock-l ets so as vto compensate for variationsin the 7o- Glass tubes 10, whos'c'lower'iendsj 7 lengths of the lamps 16. Long tubular elec trio lainps 16 of the kind sometimes referred to. as line-edite lamps are secured to the sockets and extend downwardly into the interior of the tubes 10; The box 13 has a cover17 that carries a single lamp socket l8 withwhich the lamp 19 is associated. An ornamental cap 20 which has a substantially semi-circular cross section and curved ends:

rests on the upper surface of the cover plate 5 and encloses the box 13 with its attached sockets. The upper ends of the bolts 9 extend through openings in the cap and the sired sign painted thereon with opaque paint.

When the cylindrical spaces 12 are filled r-with oil and the lamps 16 and 19 lighted,

the apparatus presents a very pleasing appearance'and the light shining through the oil disclosesthe color very clearly.

( Having described my invention what I claim as new is:

, 1. An apparatus for displaying lubricating oils comprising a base member provided with a plurality of recesses in its upper sinface, an open topped glass jar supported in each recess, a cover plate supported on the upperends of said jars,said cover plate being provided on its underside with recesses for the reception of the upper ends. of said 'jars and with openings concentric with the recesses, means for connecting the cover plate to the base, and a glass tube of smaller outside diameter than the inside diameter of the jar located concentrically within each jar and having its upper end extending above the cover plate. p

2. An apparatus for displaying lubricating oil comprising a base provided about its base having a plurality of recesses, an open topped glass arsuppOrted n each recess, a

cover member provided on its underside, with recesses adapted to receive the, upper open ends of the glass jars, clamping bolts extending from the cover member to the base member, said cover member having an opening concentric with each recess, and a glass tube extending through each opening and extending downwardly into the glass jars.

outer edge with a downwardly extending t supporting flange, the upper surface of said In testimony whereof I aifix my si nature. i

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