US176665A - Improvement in oil-tanks - Google Patents

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WITNESSE UNITED STATES CHARLES VA. MUNGER, OF NEW YORK, AND ARTHUR P. YATES, OF SYRA- OUSE, N. Y. 5 SAID YATES ASSIGNOR TO SAID MUNGER.

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Speeification forming part of Letters Patent No. l l76,665, dated April 25, 1876; application filed To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, CHARLES A. MUNGER,

of thecity of New York, in the county and State of N ew York, land ARTHUR P. YATEs, of the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tank-Gans for Oil and other Liquids, of which the fol-l lowing is a specification The primary object of the present invention is the production ofl an improved tank-can of superior compactness and simplicity of construction,which will at the same time possess the required functions, and be adapted 'to be used with superior convenience and efficiency.

The invention consists, rst, in a flat, or nearly flat, horizontalucover, having a fixed rear portion, which is'adapted to support the thirdly, in an adjustable pump, adapted'to be elevated or extended to a convenient height -for use when the tank is opened, and to have its head dropped vertically when the tank is to be closed, so as to be covered by a low horizontal lid; fourthly, in automatic means for extending the pump-tube to the bottom of the reservoir when the adjustable pump is elevated, as hereinafter set forth; l

Figurc'l is a plan view of an improved tankcan illustrating` this invention.Vv Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2 2, showing the cover open and the pump-head elevated, as in Figl. Fig. 3 `is a-plan viewvot' the same tankcan closed. Fig. t is a vertical section, on the Jline4 4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5Yis a sectionali'representation ot' a Vmodivedformmof the adjustaing parts in the several igures. Y Y

This improved tank-can is intended, like others of 'the same general class, for the use of retailers and large "consumers of kerosene or coal-oil and other liquids, and to be made chielly of `galvanized iron ortin=plate, and of various'sizes, graded as to capacity to suit'the demand.

bottom, b2, as shown.

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A cylindrical shell, c, of the proper dimensions, is constructed with parallel Vends, and is provided with a flat bottom, b, below which the Wired lower edge of the shell has been eX- tendedf tov receive a wooden backing 4or outer Y The upper end of the shell is provided with a flat, or nearly dat,

`circular cover, composed of a fixed rear portion, c, and a movable front cover or lid, c2.

The former is adapted, besides its primary function, to serve as a support for measures While the tank is open, or at all times. To especially adapt it for this use, the fixed section c of the cover has been depressed at its front edge, or at the middle of the top, suiiciently to cause it to shed the drippings, and provided with radial cond noting-grooves, the latter leading to a central drip orifice or passage, which, in the illustration, is formed by an eyelet, d, serving, primarily, as a pivotal rivet to unite the two parts of the cover. A knob, e, accommodated in one position by a notch, f, in the fixed section, facilitates mov- Swire, g2, extending around the outside of the front opening, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

To divide the interior ofthe tank into a reservoir, A, and a sink 'or pump-chamber, B, above the reservoir, a horizontal `partition or door, h h2, is employed, and to give convenient access to the reservoir to facilitate cleaning the tankthe front portion h2 of this floor is attached to the fixed rear portion by hinges Q2, so as to form a drop.

. A pair of staples,j jz, the one passing through the other to receive a locking-pin,

1 hold this drop in its normal position, where itV serves to support the measures while they are being filled, the fixed staple jZ being attachedlto the shell a. Al staple, js, ou the bottom of the droppasses through an orice, le, in the fixedsection h of the floor, when thel drop is folded back beneath this, and receives a locking-pin above it, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The drop is thus readily fastlened in either position. The chamberY B, as

a whole, will accommodate all the measures and the funnel or funnels which 'usually accompany the tank during storage and shipment, and may be adapted to holdthem also while the tank is not being used.

For drawing the oil or other liquid a pump, P, is provided, which, besides its adaptation to be supported and extended, as hereinafter set forth, may be of any ordinary or .approved construction.

overflow and pump-drip to the reservoir, is

arranged in the drop h2, as shown in Fig. 1. A fixed pump-support attached securely to the inside of the shell a has" horizontal top and bottom plates, lm, and a vertical side plate, n, and the former are provided with an orifice, o, (shown in Fig. 5, and in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 4,) within -Which the pump, or the upper portion of the pump, is adapted to slide and. rotate. The top and bottom plates are supportedy at the oritce o bya longitudinally-grooved tube, which forms the walls ofthe said orifice, as shown in Fig. 5. The pump-support is located at the right-hand side ol the tank, and is segmental in form, and is supported within a corresponding oritice in the sink-door h h2, so as to project above it;

but it may be located wholly above or below the door, it' preferred, or with its upper surface level with the door, and in the latter case a collar or sleeve ot' the required length may take the place of thc bottom and side plates m n. The pnmp-support may also be eX- tended back for additional strength, ars-indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. For supporting the head ot' the pumpin elevated position Vthe neck or upper end of the pump-tube is provided with Va pair of latelal lugs, p p2, which may be in the same or different vertical planes.

When the pump or pump-head is' turned into one position, (indicated in Fig. 4, and by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) the upper lug p coincides with a corresponding enlargement of the orifice 0, and the pump or pump-head can be lifted until this lug appears above the pump support. A partial rotation ot' the pump or Lpnmphead then locks it, and moves the nozzle to its effective position, the respective lugs passing above and below solid portions of thc top and bottom plates of the pump-support. Released in the saine manner, the pump can be readily Withdrawn altogether preliminary to filling or cleaningthe tank.

In the elevated position ot' the pump-head the gallon measure is accommodated beneath the nozzle, as indicated in Fig. 2. When the head is lowered upon the pump-support the low horizontal lid c2 works freely above it, and incloses it, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The pump-tube is adapted to extend itself .to the required length, so as to reach always to near the bottom ofthe reservoir, bya iiexig ble extension-tube, t, Figs. 2 and 4, having A strainer, s, for returningthe t -trated our preferredv constructlon, which obthe lower valve o at its extremity, and, in a modification, by a packedtelescopic joint, t2, as shown in Fig. 5. 1n the latter arrangement the lower portion of the pump-tube is heldin position against lnovement with the head, and in the illustration this is accomplished by means of a hook brace or strut, x.

The reservoir is conveniently filled through the orice ointhe pump-support by inserting a funnel therein and pumping into the funnel.

We have particularly described and illusviously admits of modifications in unessential particulars.

The only details ot' mechanical construction which are considered essential to the several parts ofthe invention, respectively, are specitied, or necessarily implied, in the claims following. l

Our improved cover provides for the accommodation ofthe measures on the top of the tank above the movable cover of the pump-chamber, -so that the cover can be opened and closed at will withoutdisturbing them. At the same time it provides a convenient form of cover which is never in the way, and simplifies the const'ructionoil the tank, shortens it so as to adapt a tank ot' given diameter and capacity to setV Vbeneath a lower shelf, and facilitates packingv the tank for storage and shipment. A material saving in metal, time, and space, and in the consequent cost oi' manufacturev and shipment, is thus effected, while a superior article is at the same time furnished.

The following-is claimed as new and of this invention, namely 1. The flat horizontal cover c c2, forming the top of the tank, and composed ot' a fixed rear portion and a pivoted front portion or lid, the latter turning horizontally above the pump-chamber and beneath the dat rear portion ot' the cover, in combination with a pump which is covered by said lid when the tank is closed, substantially as illustrated and described, for thepurpose specied,

2. The sink-floor h h2, having the segmental drop h2, hinged, and provided with holding devices, substantially as shown, for the purvor a lowered position.` and arranged within a tank-can, substantially 4as herein set forth.

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3.*The adjustable pump-head, adapted to slide vertically,so as to occupy an elevated 4. The combination ot' theixed pump-support l o, the vertically-adjustable pump l), and the extensiontube t, substantially as shown and described.

CHAS. A. MUNGER. ARTHUR P. YATES. Witnesses to signature of C. A. MUNGER:

B. J -Donnas Jes. L. EWEN.

Witncssesto signature of A. P. YATES:

C. W. SMITH, W. K. HooD.

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