US1717108A - Oil-can spout - Google Patents

Description

June 11, 1929. M. JOHNSON OIL CAN SPOUT Filed June 2, 1927 Joiuwair,

Patented June 11 1929.

UNITED STATES MARVIN JOHNSON, OF UXBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-CAN SPOUT.

Application filed June 2, 1927. Serial No. 196.018.

The invention relates to improvements in spouts of oil cans.

The oil cans as at present constructed are unsatisfactory and wasteful of oil because they oftentimes become clogged by dipping the end of the spout into dirty oil holes, and there being no way to tell how much oil has been delivered to an oil hole, over lubrication is quite generally the practice thus causing a waste of lubricant.

This invention has for its object the provision of means by which the oilcr can tell'at all times whether oil is being delivered to the oil hole, this being secured by providing an open trough leading from the delivery end of the spout so that the oil being delivered to the oil hole can be seen and the amount of oil may be regulated.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a trough at the end of the oil can spout having its outer end sharpened and inclined downwardly forming a pick to remove dirt from the oil hole preliminary to supplying it with oil and to also direct the oil from the spout and trough into the oil hole.

A further object of the invention is the.

provision of an improved oil can spout having an expanded tubular chamber on the delivery end of the spout into which the oil is delivered from the spout and having communicating therewith a trough down which the oil will be delivered to the oil hole, the expanded chamber providing for delivering the oil slowly to the trough.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a side view of'an oil can and spout showing the improved delivery trough applied thereto,

Figure 2, a plan view of the delivery end of the spout, shown partly in section,

Figure 8, a transverse sectional view on a plape indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2, anc

Figure 4 is a perspective detail view of the end of the spout.

In the drawings similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

' In the drawings an oil can is suggested at A, having the usual tapered spout B, and showing applied thereto the improved delivery end comprising an outwardly expanded tubular casing 1 and communicating therewith an elongated trough 2 that is tapered outwardly, and has its outer end turned downwardly as shown at 3, and provided with a thickened end portion 4, tapered to a point In use the downturned and thickened and pointed end 4, 5, may be used to pick any dirt that may be lodged in the oil hole to be lubricated. After this the oil will be supplied from the can A through the spout B in the usual manner and when. delivered from the end of the spout B will enter the expanded chamber in casing 1 to permit the oil to flow slowly therefrom along the trough 2 and be dripped from the downturned pointed end 4, 5, into the oil hole so that the oiler may determine the amount of oil delivered to the oil hole and thus save waste of the lubricant.

IVhat is claimed is 1. An oil can spout having a trough at its delivery end, and a downturned, pointed and thickened extremity on the outer end of the trough to enter and clean oil holesprelirninary to supplying oil thereto, said trough and pointed extremity being formed integral with the spout.

An oil can spouthaving an outwardly expanded funnel-shaped, tubular chamber at its delivery end, an outwardly tapered trough communicating with said chamber, and the outer end of the trough pointed and downturned and thickened .to enter and clean out oil holes preliminary to supplying oil thereto, said chamber being adapted to receive oil draining from the trough after use of the device to return it to the spout.

In testimony whereof I 'afiix my signature.

MARVIN JOHNSON.

Images