US1683997A - Oil can - Google Patents

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A. F. s-nAFus OIL CAN Filed Aug. 5, 1925 ivvvvllilillf INVENTOR.

\ ANTON f? STRAFUS ATTORNEY.

Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

UNiTED STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

ANTON F. STBAFUS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LUTHER IR. MGGARVIN, OF

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

OIL CAN.

Application filed August 5, 1926. Serial No. 127,211. A

This invention relates to the spout for an oil can or the like; and it is the object of the invention to provide an extremely simple but practical arrangement whereby swinging the spout will open or close its discharge bore and permit the oil can being stored in a restricted space when not in use.

It is a further object of the invention to securely retain the spout in either its open or closed position and still' permit it being readily swung to the opposite position, the construction being adapted for use in connection with an oil can of standard design and providing for readily taking up wear in the pivotal bearing for the swinging spout.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which: v

Fig. 1 is a perspective view with the spout of an oil can swung to closed position.

Fig. 2 is an axial section through an oil can with the spout swung to open position.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spout.

Fig. l is a transverse section on the line H of Fig. 2.

The invention is applicable to any oil can or other container adapted for discharge of its contents through a spout, and the invention is illustrated in connection with an oil can 1 of standard design, having the usual threaded neck 2 upon which the spout is mounted. I

The spout includes a closure means 3 threaded onto neck 2 and having an axial discharge bore 4, and a concave bearing seat 5 at the outer end of the closure means is adapted to receive a spout 6 which is held in place by a thimble 7, so that the discharge bore 8 of the spout may be swung into or out of alinement with the bore 4.

As an instance of this arrangement the inner end of spout 6 forms a spherical bearing 10 journaled in the concave seat 5, and the bore of the spout opens through the sphere 10 so that when the spout is swung into axial alinement with the closure means 3, the bores l and 8 are in alinement for discharge'o'f the contents of can 1, and when the spout is swung at right angles to the axis of closure means 3 as shown in Fig. 1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the bore of the spout is closed to the bore 4 by the sphere 10.

The thimble 7 is threaded onto the outer end of the closure means 3 as shown at 11, and forms a concave bearing 12 received over the sphere 10, with the spout 6 projecting tirough an arcuate slot 13 in the side of the bearing and limited in its swing by the ends of the slot to position the spout ineither closed or open position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. p

In assembling the parts the spout 6 is projected through slot 13 so as to seat the sphere 10 in bearing 12, and the thimble 7 is then threaded onto closure means 3 so as to jour nal the sphere 10 between the bearings 5 and 12. By tightening the threaded connection 11, wear is taken up so as to maintain a frictional engagement whereby the spout will be held against accidental displacement in any position to which it is swung, while still permitting the spout to be readily swung by hand to either open or close the bore of the spout.

lVhen the spout is swung to closed position the bore 4 is positively shut oil by the sphere 10 to prevent'leakage of oil, and swinging the spout to angular position when closed, provides for conveniently storing theoil can in a space of limited height,a carpenters tool-box, for example. The abutment formed by the end of slot 18 provides for exact alinement of the bore of the spout with the bore 4 when the spout is swung to open position, thereby providing for free and unobstructed flow of oil.

I claim:

Closure means for an oil can having a discharge neck, comprising an integral memher having a bore opening therethrough with one end of the integral member forming detachable engaging means adapted to engage the neck of the oil can and the opposite end or the integral member being recessed to form a semi-spherical concave-bearing seat surrounding the bore of the integral memher, a spout having a spherical bearing member at its inner end with the bore of the spout opening through said spherical bearing membeiythe said spherical bearing member being adapted to fit snugly in the semi spherical concave bearing seat, and a thimble adapted to be received over the spherical bearing member and forming a concave semi-spherical bearing seat adapted for snug engagement with the spherical bearing memher, the integral closure member being by swinging the spout relative to the closure formed With means for detachably engaging member, and the thimble having an arcuate the thimble so as to retain the spherical bearslot, for the projecting spout to permit said 10 ing member in snug engagement in its semiswinging of the spout. 5 spherical concave bearing seats with the In testimony whereof he has aflixecl his bores of the spout and integral closure m'em signature :to this specification.

ber adapted for alinement or non-alinement ANTON' F. STRAFUS.

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