US231634A

US231634A - Oil-can

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Publication number: US231634A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1880-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 1897-08-24

Description

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' PATRICK WALL, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,634, dated August 24, 1880.

Application led June 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Y Be it known that I, PATRICK WALL, of Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Oil-Gans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulll and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in oil-cans and it consists of constructing it ot' sheet-iron, brazing the joints and providing them with protecting-rings, the upper end of said can forming the section of a sphere, the outer edge of which is curved so as to project beyond the cylindrical portion of the body, and the bottoni dan ged and placed within thc lower Vend of the cylindrical part of the body, so that the lower edge of the cylindrical part will pro- 20. ject below the iiange of the bottom and leave a single thickness ofmetal, which is turned outward for the purpose of holding the protecting rings in position on the cylindrical part of the can, the said upper end of the can having on its inner wall a tubular and circular conduit for air, the inlet andoutlet of which are near the same point, and so disposed with relation to each other and the body ot' the can that the oil will not iiow through said conduit while manipulating the can in using it in the opera tion of oiling machinery.

To enable others skilled in the art With which my invention is most nearly connected to make and use it. I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form partoi' my specication,Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement in oil-cans. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the protecting-rings and handle, showing the latter coupled to the former. Fig. 4 is an inverted View of tho top, showing the arrangement oi' the air-conduit.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of the can, B its top, G its bottom, and D its oil-conveying tube, all of which are constructed of sheet-iron andwith brazed joints. The top forms'a section ofa hollow sphere, the edge of which is curved inward against the outer walls of the body A, forming a curved projection at e, against which (N0 model.)

the upper edge of the protecting-ring f rests. The bottom G is provided with a. iiange, g, and is inserted in the body A, so that the walls ot' the body project below said ilange, which projecting portion of the wall is turned outward and over the lower edge of the protecting-ring h, as shown at fi in Fig. 2.

The protectingrings f h are coupled to the handle J, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and are placed upon the body A at the points of the can which are usually injured by indentations made while manipulating the can in the operation of oiling, particularly while oiling maf chineryin motion. The protectin g-rin gs f h are constructed, by preference, of semioval iron,

and are held iii position on the body A by means of the curved projection e of the top B, handle J, and the outward overlapping ot' the walls of the body at i.

The oil-tube D is furnished with screw-threads K, which fit into screw-threads in the top B, which part of the top is made thick by brazing a piece on its inner wall, forming sufficient thick# ness for forming screw-threads therein. On the under side of the topis secured an air-conduit, s,

which has an air-inlet at l with an outlet at m. d

The oil-conveying tube D is detached from the top B for supplying the can with oil. In manipulating the can in the operation of oiling machinery the flow of the oil through the oil-conveying tube D is arrested by the operator placinghis thumb over the air-inlet Z.

Vrlhe advantage of the oil-can herein described will be 'apparent to operators of machinery in motion.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim is- An oil-can constructed of sheet-iron with brazed joints, the upper and lower-end of the cylindrical portion of the body surrounded with detachable protecting-rings, the upper end of said can forming a section oit1 a hollow sphere, on the inner wall of which is arranged a circular conduit with air inlet and outlet near the same point, substantially as herein described, and for the purpose setforth.