US1991523A - Liquid container with nozzle, such for example as oil cans or the like - Google Patents

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Feb. 19, 1935. ms 1,991,51 3

LIQUID CONTAINER WITH NOZZLE; SUCH 36R EXAMPLE AS OIL CANS OR THE LIKE Filed March 4, 1952 5 as oil cans or thelike.

Patented Feb. 19, 1935 LIQUID CONTAINER WITH'iNOZZLE SUCH roa- EXAMPLE AS OIL. CANS on THE LIKE V Joseph Kaye Roliinsom 'Finchleyffilondon,

England ApplicationMarchd, ieaz sefiaiimc 596,861 t I a In Great Britain March 4, 1931 5Clainis. *(c1.'221--s3)""' 1 This invention refers to improvements in or relating to: liquid holdingvessels or containers provided with a spout or nozzlefor pouring or delivering such liquid therefrom such for example Heretofore it has been well known in' practice to provide'the discharging end of the spout or nozzle of oil cans or thelike with a cap or cover adapted to be screwed-or otherwise secured e. g. slidonto"or into such discharge end of the nozzle to close the latter when the latter is not required for useyand adapted to be readily removed when'it is desired to discharge the liquid from the nozzle; and also it has been well known in practice to provide such removable caps or covers with apinor pricker secured thereto in such a way that when the cap or cover is placed in position on the discharge end of the nozzle said pin or pricker will enter the bore or barrel'(passageway) of 'thenozzle endand thus clear the passageway or keep it'clear at thedischarge end of the nozzlepbut it very frequentlyhappens in use that when such detachable cap' or cover (whether provided or not with a pin or pricker as aforesaid) is removed from the nozzle and laid aside it becomes lost or mislaid or cannot be found when wanted to replace on the nozzle end; and the present invention is designed (inter alia) to overcome this drawback.

I According'tomy present invention I provide on some external part of the spout or'nozzle itself a mount or means "for receiving and holding thereon the removable cap (whether provided witl'i'a pricker or not) which cap is completely detached from and separated from the spout or nozzle when removed from the end of the spout; said mount or meansbeing afiixed to or'formed on the body of the spout itself and not afiixed to or formed on any part of the body of the can.

This arrangement according to my present invention of forming or affixing to the spout itself the mount or means for receiving the cap when detached from the end of the spout has the advantage of helping the user, namely in guiding the detached cap (with or without pricker thereon) into or onto the mount or means on the spout for receiving said cap, inasmuch as the user (whether in the dark or otherwise) can use the outside of the spout as a guide to his fingers by sliding them along the spout itself to thus bring the detached cap up to and into or onto the mount or means for receiving said cap on said spout.

My present invention is as follows:

I employ a removable cap or cover of the usual type such as" aforesaid or of any suitable character adapted to" effect the closure of the dis charge'end of the spout or nozzle of an oil can or container or the like, the body of which can .orcontainer may be or suitable shapeand spout or noz'zle'fivhen the cap orcover is placed position ontlie discharge end of said'spout or nozzle; and according to this invention I provide on'some external part of 'the'nozzle or spoutadvantageously near the base of the latter-a stub" or projection orthe like means for forming an auxiliary mount, or alternative'mount; on to or into which latter-the said cap or cover can be screwed or slid or otherwise temporarily mounted or secured thereto when removed from the end of the nozzle to allow'the discharge of liquid from thelatterf;

I willnow describe my present invention with reference to the accompanying 5 drawing, in which: i J I J Fig. l is a side view in elevation of an oil can of the portable or so called pocket type, the body part of which is circular andhasthe auxiliary mount-according to my invention arranged and mounted near the base of the nozzle or spout.

Fig. 2 -is"a View looking in the direction of arrow 2 (Fig.1) of the spout or nozzle removed (separate) from the body part of the can, and showing the cap or cover (provided with a pin or pricker) separate just abovethe discharge end of the nozzle orspout. f T Fig. 3 isa plan view of Fig. 21 v 5 Figs. to 6 illustratean alternative manner of attaching themount to the detachable spout.

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Fig. 4 is a side view in elevation of said spout or nozzle in which the mount (affixed to said spout) is not provided with wings or flanges to assist in attaching same as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation looking in the direction of the arrow 4 (Fig. 4) of the spout or nozzle with the mount affixed thereto as in Fi 4.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3:

a is the body part of the can or container.

b is the removable spout or nozzle having flange b and screw b at the base thereof for attaching same to the body a of the can.

0 is the removable cap or cover adapted to be screwed on to the discharge end lb of the spout; said cap or cover 0 being provided with the pin upwardly extending screw threaded projection. d on to which the cap or cover 0. can be screwed to. temporarily secure same thereon when. re

- the spout.

moved from the end of the nozzle or spoutjsaid auxiliary mount 11, and projection (1 being provided with a hole d (Fig. 3) to receive therein the pricker c of the cap or cover c.-

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 4 to :In' this arrangementythe mount. d+ has no flanges provided thereon (suchas d in Figs. 1 to 3) and aiiixed to the spout b by brazingor soldering; or if desired vthis mount (1-!- may be formed integrally with the spout.

It will thus be seen that the screw cap or cover such as 0, when removed from-the discharge end of the, spout or nozzle b, can be readily attached and secured on the auxiliary mount until re quired to be replaced on the end of the spout or nozzle. I

The said auxiliary mount such as d or 12-!- may be arranged as shown parallel or thereabouts with the spout b, or if desired'at any angle thereto or position thereon.

. This invention may be employed'in'conjunction with oil cans or other vessels or containers for liquids having either a rigid spout or nozzle of either straight form or of any suitable curve or shape, or in conjunction with a flexible or partly flexible spout or nozzle of any suitable type. I am aware that a prior proposal has been made to attach to the body of the can a holder for a pincushion into which pin cushion the pin 'or pricker of a removable cap (such as aforesaid) can. be stabbed when said cap is removed from the end of the spout; and also another prior proposal has been made to provide ,thebody of an oil canwith a receptacle sunk in said body of the can for receiving the,cap and pricker.

(when removed from the end of the spout) in said receptacle; and furthermore I am aware that it has heretofore been proposed to construct a kettle of the kind wherein the spout of the kettle is provided with a screw plug and, this screw plug attached to the kettle body or spout either by means of a chain or by attaching the said screw plug to'one'end of a length of wire or rod the intermediate portion of which latter is slidably mounted within-and undetachabLv froma guide or sleeve secured to the outside of the spout of the kettle; and I make no claim whatever to any such known or proposed construction,

What I claim is-:'

1. An oil can including a removabledelivery spout and a cap, means for detachably securing the cap over the open free end of the delivery spout, a projection on the spout including means for detachablysecuring the cap directly thereon when the latter is' detached from the free endof.

2. An oil can be screwed onto the exteriorly threaded open end of the spout, and an externally threaded projection on the spout upon, which the cap is adapted to be screwed when detached .from the open free end of the spout.

including a removable delivery spout having an exteriorly threaded open tree end-and an interiorly threaded cap adapted to 3. An. oil can including a removable delivery I spout and a cap, means for-detachably securing the cap over the open free end of the delive y spout, a spicularprojection including. means for detachably securing the cap thereon when. the.

latter is detached from the free end of the. spout, and a mount securing the spicular projection to the spout in the vicinity of the base of the latter and v with its longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spout.

4. An oil can including a removable delivery spout and a cap, meansfor detachably securing the cap over the open free end of the delivery spout and including a pricker adapted to extend down into the 'bore of such spout, a bored pro-y jection on the spout including means for detachably securing the cap thereon when the latter is detached from the free end of the spout, the bore of the projection receiving the pricker.

V 5. An .oil can including aremovable delivery" spout having an exteriorly threaded open free end and aninteriorly threaded cap adapted to be screwed onto the exteriorly threaded end of the spout and including a pricker adap'ted to extend down into the bore ofthespout, a bored externally threaded spicular projection upon which the cap is adapted tobe screwed when detached. from the-free end of the spout, the bore of the projection receiving the pricker, and a mount securing the spicular projection to' the spout inthe vicinity of the base of the latter'and with its. longtiudinal axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the spout. I .JOSEPH KAYE ROBINSON. Y

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