US274718A

US274718A - Oil-can

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Publication number: US274718A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1883-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 1900-03-27

Description

(ModeL) J. A.. CAMPBELL.

OIL CAN.

INVENTOE fix BY I Patented Mar.27,1883

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mm STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. CAMPBELL, oF wAoo, TEXAS.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFTGATI ON forming part of Letters'Patent No. 274,718, dated March. 2'7, 1883.

Application filed January 25, 1883. lModel.)

The invention consists in the combination,

with an oil-can, of a wire passing loosely through the nozzle and into a tube secured on the bottom ot'the can within the said can. The outer end of the wire is curved, and part of the wire is finely grooved or roughened.

The invention also consists in various parts and details and combinations of the same.

Reference'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation of my improved oil-can. Fig. 2 is-a cross-sectional elevation of the tube holding the lower end of the rod, the attachment of the tube to the bottom of the can being modified. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modification of the wire and tube. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the same onthe line :0 00, Fig. 3.

The oil-can A and the nozzle B are of the usual construction; but the nozzle is cut offbe low its small end or mouth, and a wire, 0, is inserted in the same, which wire extends 1ongitudinally through the nozzle, and projects some distance from the end of the nozzle, and the upper end of the rod is tapered and curved, as shown. The rod or wire 0 is provided with very fine longitudinal grooves, or is otherwise roughed between the points a and b. The

. lower end of the, wire 0 is beveled, and projects into a tube, D, and is held in it by fitting tightly, and is prevented from turning by the bevel of its lower end coming in contact with the bevel on the wire I. The tubeDisattached to the middle of the upper surface of the bottom of the can, which tube has its upper end countersunk to facilitate passing the end of the rodG intoit, as shown. At thelower end of the wire 0 the tube D is provided with a lateral sunk button or disk, H, on the under surface of the bottom of the can. The end of the pintle is then hammered down into the countersunk part of the disk H. A short thin rod or wire, I, having its upper end beveled, is driven tightly in the bottom of the tube D, the upper end of the said rod being at the aperture E.

If desired, the rod I can be-passed through the bottom of the can and then riveted to the same for holding the tube D in place. A notch,

d, is formed in the rod or wire I, and .part of the tube'D is forced into the said notch, as shown in Fig. l.

i If desired, a tube, D, resembling the tube D, may be secured in the nozzle, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lower end of the wire 0 extended into it. A short rod, 1, havingits upper end beveled, is held in the bottom of the tube D. The tube D is provided with a lateral aperture, E. The tube D has two flat sides extending its whole length.

The operation is as follows: By pressing on the bottom of the can in the usual manner the wire 0 ismoved forward and back longitudinallyin the nozzle B, and the oil thatis sported out passes in single drops along the wire 0. 1t cannotdrop from the same until itarrives at the. end, for the fine grooves or roughness between the points a b assist materially in preventing the oil from dropping off the wire, and at the same time facilitate the flow of the oil toward the end of the wire. As each drop of oil can be seen the quantity of oil admitted into the oilhole can be nicely regulated. The operator can pour oil into oil-holes that he cannot see, as he easily finds the oil-hole by means of the curved wire, and while thus searching forthe oil-hole the can need not be held raised, and no oil will flow from the end of the spout. The oil-holes very frequently are clogged up by dust and grease, and often theends of the nozzle of oil-cans are stopped by the grease and dirt when the said nozzle comes in contact with the dirt and grease while attempting to remove the same from the holes by means of the point of the nozzle. By means of the end of the wire 0 the dirt, grease, 850., can easily be removed and the oil-holes cleaned. As the wire 0 moves forward and back in the nozzle, it prevents the same from becoming stuffed or clogged. The wire 0 can readily be removed from the can when it is desired to fill it, and can just as readily be inserted again after the nozzle has been screwed in its place.

My improvement can be attached to any can in a short time. The oil passes outbetween the mouth or end of the nozzle B and the wire 0 and along the wire 0 to its tapered end. The modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 operates in a similar manner, except-that it has no connection with the bottom of the can, and the wire 0 does not move while squirting the oil, and the oil passes out of the can through the 'D held within the can on the bottom of the same, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an oil-can, the combination, with the can A and the nozzle B, of the wire (J, the tube D, provided with an aperture E, and the wire I, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAMES A. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

' J. F. ELLISON, A. J. ARTHUR.