US364351A

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Publication number: US364351A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1904-06-07

Description

(No Model.)

G. K. INGRAHAM & J. L. URIST.

FLUID CAN 0R BARREL HOLDER.

No. 364,351. Patented June 7, 1887.

V//////////////,IIHI J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEG GILBERT K. INGRAHAM AND JOHN L. GBIST, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FLUID CAN OR BARREL HOLDER.-

SPECIPICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,351, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed January 10, 1887. Serial No. 5223,97 0. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, GILBERT K. INGRA- HAM and JOHN L. CRIST, residents of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have jointlyinvented an Improved (Jan or Barrel Holder; and we hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to an improved manner of suspending in a frame a can or barrel containing a fluid, for the purpose of decanting the same.

The following description fully explains the nature of our said invention and the manner in which we proceed to construct, apply, and use the same, the accompanying drawings being referred to by figures and letters.

Figure lis a perspective view of the device, showing the can tilted and held in position.

Fig. 2 is a plan ofthe same,showing a spring pawl attached to the frame. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the frame, showing the ratchetbar and the manner of suspending the can.

Referring to Fig. 1, a is the frame, which may be made of wood or metal, having the floor or bottom cut away, as shown at b, to afford facility in decanting the fluid. WVc, make the frame of a suitablesize to hold either a can or a barrel. For the purpose of holding the can in position at any required angle, we attach to the inclined edge of the framea pawl, 7c,whieh is thrown by hand into a ratchetbar, Fig. 1; or we accomplish the same thing by attaching a spring pawl, Z, in a similar position on the side of the frame, Fig. 2.

The can 0, provided with a discharge hole, d, and a handle, 6, such asis commonly used to hold oil or other fluid, is suspended on the frame by means of a holder or cage made of iron bands or strapsfg. The band 9 extends across the bottom of the can and up both sides, and is secured to the band f, which extends horizontally around the center of the can. The band 9 may extend up all sides of the can. One end of the band 9 is riveted to the center of a semicircular ratchet-bar, 2', and on the 0pposite side the other end ofbandg extends above the horizontal bandf, and is pivoted on the bolt h. The ends of the ratchet-bar are riveted to the bandf, and securedtothis band f above the ratchet-bar is a short band or ear, m, which is pivoted on the opposite bolt, h, Figs. 1, 3. The can is placed in this holder and may be readily removed and replaced by another.

For the purpose of holding acan in position while decanting its contents, we preferably employ only one ratchet-bar; but we do not confine ourselves to this arrangement, as in suspending a barrel in the holder, or even a can, we may use aratchet bar and pawl on each side.

In decanting a fluid from a can or a barrel the vessel is tilted to the proper angle and the pawl is thrown by hand into the ratchet-bar i,- or ifa springpawl Z is used, it is held by hand until the vessel is properly tilted, when it is left free to engage with the ratchet'baigby which the vessel is held in the required position. In order to facilitate the discharge, the bottom or floor of the holder is cut away to adapt it to the form and size of the receiver..

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The combination of the ratchet-bar i, which is seen red to theholder in the manner descibed, with the holder consisting ofiron bands fg, and the frame (1, having pivot bolts h, and a pawl, k, or aspring pawl, Z, secured thereon, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

GILBERT K. INGRAHAM. [1,. s.]

JOHN L. CRIST. [as] Witnesses:

ALrHoNso B. SMITH,

H. HERBERT (300K.