US332108A - Oil can and pump combined - Google Patents

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OIL CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

No. 332,108. Patented Dec. 8,1885.

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OIL CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAROIUS O. RICHARDS, OF AURORA, AND JULIUS F.-RIOHARDS, OF OSWEGO, ILLINOIS.

on. CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 332,108, dated December 8, 1885.

Application filed July 6, 1885. Serial No. 170.714. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARcIUs O. Bron- ARDS, residing at Aurora, Kane county, Illinois, and JULIUS F. RICHARDS, residing at Oswego, in the county of Kendall and State of Illinois, and citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil Cans and Pumps Combined, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, some parts be ing broken away. Fig. 2 is a top view, the cover being open. Fig. 3 is a section at line 00 of Fig. 1, looking down. Fig. 4 is a vertical section at line so of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the valve-chamber in elevation, a portion being broken away to show the interior. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section at line a: of Fig. 5, looking down. Fig. 7v is a horizontal sect-ion at line 3 of Fig. 5, looking down. Figs. 8 and 9 are details. Fig. 1 is a modification. Figs. 6 to 9, inclusive, are enlarged.

The leading object of our invention is to provide an extension delivery-tube, to be used as a part of the pump of an oil-can, such tube of peculiar construction to prevent overflow of the fluid as the tube is raised, which we accomplish as illustrated in the drawings.

That which we claim as new will be pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A is a can, of any suitable size, holding, say, from one to ten gallons.

B is a valve-chamber, located near the bottom of the oil-can, and supported by short legs or nibs a, to permit oil to pass beneath it, as shown in Figs. 1, 4., and 5. This valvechamber, as shown, is held in place between two posts, b b, and by means of a cross-rod, 0, passing through the posts and over the top of the chamber B. (See Figs. 1 and 3.)

d is a vertical partition extending from a point very near the center of the chamber B to the side wall thereof.

6 is a piece of sheet metal, of the form shown in Figs. 6 and 8, and secured to the top of the partition (1.

f are two flanges extending up from the two straight sides of the part 6.

The parts d e f are to be firmly secured in place in the valve-chamber by soldering the proper parts to the bottom and side wall thereof.

9g are two inlet "alves, arranged in the bottom of the valve-chamber, one on each side of the partition d and near to it.

h h are two valves in the part c.

O is a rotating valve, secured at one end to the rod D. As shown, this valve consists of a piece of leather, i, secured between the two leavesjj of a piece of sheet metal, whichis soldered to the rod D. This valve 0 fills the space between the partition (Z and the wall of the chamber B, and extends from the bottom to the top thereof. 7 k is the cover of the valve-chamber, which is secured in place after the parts contained in the chamber have been properly placed therein. The rod D passes up through a hole in the top k of the chamber, and its lower end is inserted in a hole in the bottom of the chamber.

E is the fixed part of a delivery-tube, secured in an opening in the top of the valvechamber, directly over the partition (2, the lower end of such delivery-tube opening into the small chamber L, above the horizontal partition 6, which chamber is formed by the horizontal partition 6, the flanges f, the side wall, and the top of the valve-chamber. This is a single chamber, without any partition in it. The fixed part E of the delivery-tube is made double, having a central opening, Z, designed for the passage of the fluid, and a chamber, m, surrounding this part, which is closed at the bottom.

F is a sliding tube, which is also made double, as shown, one part, a, extending down into the passage Z, and the other part, 0, extending into the chamber m.

G is an air-chamber at the top of the sliding tube F, into which the inner portion, m, thereof opens.

p is an outlet-passage from the chamber G, having an opening on its under side, near its outer end.

H is a double delivery-nozzle arranged to rotate upon p. Each of the delivery-nozzles q q communicates with the opening in the delivery-tube p when in the properposition, the

opening into one being always closed.

t 1s an alr-pipe the inner end of which opens into the air-chamber G, near its top. The other end, as shown,'is located near the delivery-nozzle.

I is a cover over the central opening in the top of the can, having in it an opening to receive the upper end of the delivery-tube E, and through which the sliding tube F also passes. This cover is provided with a central hole, through which any waste may fiow back into the can. The valve-rod D also passes through it, and then is bent at right angles, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the outer end of the bent portion being provided with a handle, 8, for operating the rod.

J is ahinged cover, and Kis abail or handle.

The operation is as follows: The vessel to be filled is to be placed on the cover I, beneath the delivery-spout, and by means of the sliding portion F of the delivery-tube it can be adjusted to vessels of different heights, so that the delivery-nozzle will enter the top of a lamp or bottle or other article. By taking hold of the handle 3 the valve-rod D can be partially rotated first in one direction and then in the other, and it will be brought alternately in contact with the flanges f f, forcing theoil alternately through the valves h h into the chamber L, from which it will flow through the delivery-spout to the vessel to be filled.

Oil will alternately pass from the can into the valve-chamber B through the valves 9 9. By making the portion of the delivery-tube E which is within the can double, as described, and placing the sliding tube F therein, such tube F can be raised without carrying up with it any oil, and thus the exposed portion of the delivery-tube will be kept clean, and oil will not overflow as the tube is raised and lowered.

It will be found convenient in use to have the double nozzle described, one of which can be used in filling quite small vessels and the other in filling those of alarger size,the change being made simply by giving the double nozzle H a half-rotation on p. The sliding delivery-tube, protected as described,will be found especially useful when used with heavy fluids.

We have described the can as an oil-can, but it may be used for holding any fluid to which it is adapted.

The can,with the pumping device described, will be found convenient for family use, grocers, druggists, and others.

A double delivery-tube similar to E and the sliding tube F are adapted to be used in connection with pumping devices other than those before described, and in Fig. 1 we have shown one modification in which such delivcry-tube is adapted to be used with a pump having a piston-rod and piston moving vertically, as is common. In this figure, a represents an ordinary pump. b is asiph0n-tube, such as is shown in the patent heretofore granted to me, No. 315,552. E corresponds with E, heretofore described, and F corresponds with F.

The operation of the sliding tube when used as shown in Fig. 1 is the same as before described.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the pumping devices of an oil-can or other fluid-receptacle, a delivery tube, E, consisting of an inner tube, Z, open at both ends, and an inclosing case forming a chamber, m, closed at its lower end and open at its upper end, in combination with a sliding double tube, F, air-chamber G, and delivery-tube p, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MAROIUS O. RICHARDS. JULIUS F. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

L. H. DAY, D. W. SIMPsoN.

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