US785054A - Holder for oil-cans. - Google Patents

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No, 785,054. PATENTED MAR .14,19\05.- 'F. H. SPIOBR.

HOLDER FOR OIL (JAN/S.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1904.

UNITED STATES Patented March 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

HOLDER FOR OIL-CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,054, dated March 14;, 1905.

Application filed November 15, 1904. Serial No. 233,128.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. SPICER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Holders for Oil-Cans; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure -1 is a side View showing the invention. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the can open and its spout in pendent position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder.

The invention relates to devices for holding small oilcans,.such as are designed for use in connection with sewing-machines and for other purposes; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a designates such an oil-can having the usual small tapering spout b, which is attached to the neck of the body of the can by a screw connection. When the spout is detached for the purpose of filling the can, it is apt to be laid down anywhere, and in this way may easily soil some delicate fabric, or it may be mislaid, causing loss of time. The oil-can itself usually becomes more or less coated with oil, so that it is not in condition to be placed upon a shelf or table, especially when fine work is being done upon clean fabrics.

To obviate the difficulty of disposing of the can, the invention consists of the holding attachment 0, which is made of wire and has, in connection with the main portion cl, which receives the body of the can, an arm 0, pivotally connected or hinged to said main portion and provided with a loop-bearing m, adapted to receive the spout of the can, the latter being engaged therewith near the screw-connection end.

In the construction shown the base or main portion d of the holder consists of a piece of wire bent in form to provide the base-bars g,

on which the bottom of the can rests, and the loop-lugs h, which are turned upward and inward to engage the rim of the can-base and hold it in place. The wire base is also provided' with a loop at one side, as at In, to which is connected the end loop of the pendent wire arm 2.. This wire arm has a stem portions and a transverse branch 1; at the end of said stem portion, said transverse branch having a circular bearing or ring on at its end. The angular portion at the junction of the stem and branch forms a loop, whereb; the holder and the can therein can be hung to a tack or small nail or to a hook under the table of the sewing-machine or in other convenient place. The bearing-ring m is designed to be placed on the spout of the can, and the stem of the arm 6 is made a little longer than height of the body of the can, so that when the spout is secured to the can the loop will engage the spout a little above the screw portion. The loop or ring bearing an is usually not closed, but is left with a free end, so that it will engage the spout with some elastic pressure, thereby holding it in a sufliciently secure manner to prevent casual disengagement. At the same time the engagement is sufficiently free to permit the spout to be readily turned and manipulated in unscrewing it from the canbody or in screwing it thereto.

Theholder attachment is light and affords a means for holding the can without touching it with the fingers, as it is designed to remain upon the can at all times. When the can is to be filled, the spout is unscrewed and allowed to drop, and the pivoted arm of the holder will fall in pendent position, holding the spout inverted, so that any oil that may adhere to the screw end will not be liable to come in contact with anything. The spout can be readily raised to position for attachment and screwed to the neck of the can without disengaging it from the pivoted arm. Having described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. An oil-can holder adapted to be attached to the base of a can, and provided with a pivoted arm having a loo p-bearing for connection With the spout of the can, substantially as In testimonywhereoflaflizi mysignature in specified. presence of two witnesses.

2. An oil-can holder consisting of a Wire base having attachment-lugs, and a pendent FRANKLIN SPHJER' 5 arm pivoted thereto having a loop-bearing Witnesses:

, for the spout of the can, substantially as speci- MATTHEW TRIMBLE,

fied. i CHARLES W. BLAND.

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