US172929A

US172929A - Improvement in oil-can nozzles

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Publication number: US172929A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 1893-02-01

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PATENT I S. NEWTON, OF BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK.

- IMPRQvEMEdT m OIL-:CAN NOZ'ZLES- I Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,929, dated February 1, 1876; application filed V i V January 20, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHENS. NEWTON, of Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Gan Nozzles;

- and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

' reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked I thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 represents one form of my invention, the drawing beingpartly in section. Fig.

' .2 represents a modification of the same, and

Figs. 3 and 4 represent further modifications.

A A are the two sections of an oil-can nozzle, the part A being that which is to be attached to the body of the can or filler. B is a cylindrical tubular plug, provided with an inprovided externally with a screw-thread,

which engages with the internal thread of the plug B. This tube has a cap, 0, upon its 0 is a packing-washer surrounding the tube O,-below or inside of head or cap 0. D is a flexible tube of rubber, or other suitable material, attached to the inner end of tube 0. E is a coiled wire wrapping tube D, and forming, with said tube, a hollow flexible shaft. The lower or discharging end of this hollow flexible shaft is secured to the part A of the nozzle.

The operation of this device is as follows:

When the parts are in the position shown in Fig.1 the part A of the nozzle may be inserted in a small aperture, as in a lamp, when the body of the can may be tipped up at any desired angle without disturbing the position of the part A, owing to the flexibility of the tube D and the wire wrapping E.

It will be readily seen that the oil will flow through the perforations o, and thence through the tube D, and that, by means of the tube and wire E, the tube 0 may be screwed into operating the valve-tube, and forconnecting the two portionsof the nozzle witheach other. In this latter construction the part A fits closely upon and over the lower end of the part A, so as to insure that there shall be no leakage of oil at this point, the elasticity of the rubber tube and the wire covering (when both are used) permitting them or either of them to stretch and allow the valve-tube to be backed out into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to permit the oil to flow in through the ports 0, or the part A may slide upon the part A to permit the desired movement of the valve.

[n Fig. 3 the valve 0 is dispensed with, the flexible tube connecting directly with the interior of the can, and it is evident that under this arrangement the part A may be left off, and that any practicable kind of flexible tubing may be employed, instead of that shown.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modification of the device for permitting and checking the flow of oil, in which F is the plug or cylinder,

projecting upon each side of the flange F, and' screw-threaded internally. The closed end of this cylinder, which projects toward or into the can, is provided with a number of ports,

f. G is a packing-ring. H is a tubular valve, screw-threaded externally to fit the thread of cylinder F, and attached to one end of the elastic hollow shaft D E. I

Thus it will be seen that when the parts are in the position shown the oil can flow through the ports f and into the tube D; but if they "alve H be screwed tightly into the cylinder, and past the ports, no oil can enter said ports. I do not wish to be limited to the use of the part A of the nozzle, and the plug B or cylinder F might be soldered into the part A, thus dispensing with the packings B or G.

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of a flexible tube with an oil-can, under any and all arrangements, being aware that such tubes have heretofore been employed to conduct air or vapor from the lamp to the upper part of the can, above the level of the oil within the can, and above the outlet through which the oil is poured. as my invention consists in combining a flexible delivery-nozzle with the discharging-orifice of the can, whereby any desired angle or inclination of the flexible nozzle or the tip, of the nozzle may be maintained without regard to the angle or inclination at which the body of the can may be held in order to discharge its contents.

What I claim is- 1. The combination, with. the dischargingoutlet of an oil-can, of a flexible delivery-nozzle, adapted to be bent at any desired angle, substantially as set forth.

2. An oil-can nozzle, made in two parts, connected with each other by means of a flexible tube, substantially as set forth.

3. An oil-can nozzle, provided with a valve which is operated by means of a flexible shaft arranged within said nozzle, substantially as set forth.

through which the oil is discharged, the oil being delivered through the hollow shaft, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aifix my signature in presence of a two witnesses.

STEPHEN s. NEWTON.

Witnesses:

E. A. SMITH, WM. H. SoovILL.