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Description

(No Model.)

W. G. WINFIELD.

OIL CAN Patented Sept. 29, 1891.

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OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE XVINFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,169, dated September 29, 1891.

Application filed May 2 5, 1 8 91.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WILLIAM C. WINFIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Varren, in the countyof Trumbull and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Cans; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which'will enable others skilled in the art to IO which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention relates to improvements in oil-cans; and the invention consists in the construction of a top for oil-cans which are provided with means for pumping the oil di- -r5 rectly into the lamp, all substantially as shown and described,and particnlarlypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central cross-sectional view of a top substantially full size and with the cover down in closed position. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the top on a reduced scale, and showing the cover partly raised. Fig. is a perspective view of the filler-cap partly broken away.

A represents a sectional portion of the canbody, only sufficient thereof being shown to disclose the relation and connection of the top thereto.

B is the top of the can,in which my invention mainly resides. The special feature of novelty in this top is its peculiar construction, whereby I am enabled to provide for connecting the pump and the delivery-spout thereto, and to protect the same in shipping and from incidental injury, as well as to completely inclose the part of the top i1nmediately connected with the openings for the oil, so that there is no exposure to the outer air 40 of oil that may be accidentally spilled thereon or that may creep on the outer surfaces.

A further purpose is to exclude water from dripping or shedding into the chamber beneath the cover. It will be understood that these cans are used largely in families for filling lamps. They are apt to stand in places where they are more or less exposed to lighted lamps, and hence every needed precaution should be taken to avoid dangeror accident.

The cover coming over the central chamber of the top contributes to such protection and Serial No. 393,937. (No model.)

is made to fit closely with this object in view,

as well as to give the necessary protection at all times to the parts within, whether the can is in transit or placed aside for use. Therefore in carrying out my invention I form a top, say substantially as shown in the drawings, though this may be somewhat varied in form, the same being struck up out of sheet metal, which enables the entire top to be made in a single piece. This top in this instance begins with an annular depression 5, which has a short outer vertical Wall 0, adapted to make a firm and close connection by soldering or otherwise with the side A of the can. Outside of this shoulder and side of the can the edge of the top is curled or turned in, and may be double-seamed for purposes of strength.

From the annular-depression 5, which may have more or less width,a swell 7 occurs, rising in a substantially regular curved line, like the segment of a circle, from said depression to, say, an inch or thereabout above the plane of said depression at its upper portion. At this upper portion the swell terminates in a bead 8, rising, say, an eighth of an inch above the surface of the swell and designed to prevent moisture that may accumulate on the top from run ninginto the can or into the chamber in its top. The cover 0, of course, overlaps the said bead, so as to shed its moisture outside of the same. If the bead 8 were located back from the upper edge of the swell, the cover O would be extended to overlap 8 the same.

In the central part of the top and within the swell is a depression. 9,'which in this instance has a substantially flat bottom flanked by a vertical wall 10, terminating above in one side of the bead 8. This chamber or depression in the top serves a twofold purpose. As shown in the drawings, it answers as a housing for the upper extremity of the pump D and the curved or bent neck of the 5 discharge-spout E. These two parts D and E being well known in this art, it is not deemed necessary to illustrate them more fully than is here shown; but I do not wish to be confined to any particular kind of pump. But it will be understood that these cans are liable to frequent handling and shipment and are set up in condition for use before they leave the hands of the manufacturer; hence the need of protection to the parts D and E. Both the pump D and the discharge-tube E are set in suitable openings in the depression-bottom 9, and the tube E is capable of being raised in its bearings so as to enable a lamp to be set on the bottom 9 beneath its nozzle 11 and be filled. WVhen this occurs, the pump is worked and the oil is carried through tubel) into the lamp. After the lamphas been filled the tube is lowered and its nozzle is swung around and employed to close the drip-openin g through the filling-cup F, fixed removably in the bottom 9. In this instance the cap is screwed into said bottom; but other ways of fastening it may be employed. The dripopening in the filling-cap F has a tubular extension 13 on the bottom of which is a cup or bowl 14, preferably soldered along a portion of its edge on the end of the tube and extending laterally therefrom and slightly above the extremity thereof, so as to form a seal and at the same time an overflow for the drip-oil. The slightly-tapering nozzle 11 fits closely in the tube 13 when down, and this, with the seal, prevents oil from working out of the can in shipping and furnishes a clean drip for oil that may linger in the neck of the discharge-tube, as well as a drip for oil that may overflow in filling a lamp, the drip-cap F beingv inverted in its bearing. The cap F is further provided with a pair of bent wires 15, so arranged as to be readily engaged by the fingers to turn the cap on and off, and an anchor 16 is connected with driptube 13 to prevent the cap from being wholly withdrawn from the cover and possibly'misplaced or lost.

Over the central depression 9 and the mechanism therein is the raised cover 0, which, with said depression, forms a chamber for the neck of the discharge-tube and the pump. This cover has a bead or depression 17 at the foot of its wall, which comes immediately inside the bead 8 and against the same, preventing moisture on the inside from running on the outside of the top, and outside of this is a flanged portion overlapping head 8, as hereinbefore described. Thelid O is designed to fit snugly on its seat, and preferably is hinged to the top and has a locking-catch 18 at its front engaging a depression in the wall 10. Of course the cover might be otherwise attached and locked in position. The cover or lid 0 serves not only the purpose above indicated, but also to keep the nozzle 11 from coming out of the tube 13, where it serves as a stopper while the can is in transit.

' sheetof metal formed with a walled depression next to the body of the can, a central depression with openings for a pump and a dischargerspout, and a raised bead between said depression to be engaged by the cover, and the cover, substantially as described.

2. In a can, a top consisting of a single sheet of metal formed with a swell rising in a curved line from its lower to its higher portion and terminating above in a raised bead, and a central depression with a bottom having openings therein, substantially as described.

3. A can provided with a sheet-metal top having a walled depression at its outer edge,-

an inwardly and upwardly curved swell inside of said depression, and a central depression with a substantially flat bottom inside of said swell, and a raised cover over said central depression, thereby forming a chamber, substantially as described,

4. A can having a top drawn from one piece of sheet metal with a central depression and openings for a pump and dischargespout, in combination with a pump and discharge-spout, and a cover raised above the said depression over its center and fitting closely over the upper edge thereof and over a pump and discharge-spout, substantially as described.

5. A can-top having a central depression and a drip-opening in said depression, in combination with a discharge-tube having its nozzle fitting in said drip-opening, and a cover over the discharge-tube, confining it in position, substantially as described.

0. Acan-top having a central depression and a removable filling-cap therein, having a drip-opening constructed to accommodate the nozzle of the discharge-tube, and said discharge-tube, substantially as described.

7. The can-topdrawn from one piece of sheet metal having a central depression and a raised bead to prevent moisture from the outside entering into said depression, and a cover having a bead engaging the said raised bead and about its inner surface, substantially as described.

\Vitness my hand to the foregoing specification this 19th day of May, 1891.

WILLIAM G. IN FIELD.

WVitnesses:

F. WV. LEsLIE, HENRY Q. STILEs.

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