US880522A

US880522A - Watering-can.

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Publication number: US880522A
Application number: US33655506A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Gray
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-09-28
Filing date: 1906-09-28
Publication date: 1908-03-03
Anticipated expiration: 1925-03-03

Description

" No. 880,522. PATENTED. MAR. 3, 1908.

W. GRAY.

WATERING CAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1906.

' on the hollow threaded member and FIG [WILLIAM GRAY, or EooHEsTEE, NEW YORK.

wATERING-GAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

7 Application filed September 28. 1906. Serial No. 336.665-

- Patented inareh a, 1908.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM GRAY, a citi-.

zen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Watering-Can, of which the following is a specificatio This invention relates to waterin cans adapted to use as florists or gar enrs sprinkling cans. v

The object of my resent invention is to providea single hand e for such a can which may be used for carryin the can when full and which shall have sue a conformation as to facilitate the continuous pouring of the liquid from the can, commencing with a full can, by moving the hand backwards upon the handle and thus permitting the handle to slide through the hand of the user. The continuous handle of my can may thus be used by grasping the same at successive points therein in pouring liquid from the can.

Another object of 'my invention is to rovide a handle which may readily be attac ed to or removed from the can when desired without the use of any tools for-that purpose in order that such cans with the handles so removed may occupy less space in shipping or storing.

With these objects in view, my invention comprises a continuous handle adapted to extend across the top and part way down on the rear or back side of the can where it is attached at practically the usual point. The upper end of the handle is attached to the hood or breast of the can and on the side thereof adjacent to the spout of the can and nearly over the outer edge of the can, that is,

just Within the circle of the body of the can. 40 The handle is preferably bent to nearly or quite a horizontal direction at the lower end just before it is attached to the back of the can and at its upper end the handle is preferably bent to nearly or quite a vertical direction just before its attachment to the hood of the can. I

For attaching my handle to the can, I make use of a screw connection comprising preferably a-hollow threaded member, which may be attached directly to the-can, and a screw cap adapted to screw thereover, such cap carrying an inwardly extending flan e arranged, w en in position, to lie practical y parallel with an inwardly extendin flange etween these inwardly, extending flanges there is clamped an outwardly extending flange formed on the body'of the can handleat a. short distance from the end thereof, and

after the screw caps or followershave been inserted over the handle. a I r 'The accompanying drawin s illustrating a watering can made in accor ance with my present invention are as follows Figure 1 is a top view and Fig. 2 a side -Vl8W of such a can. Fig. 3 shows an en-" larged transverse sectional View of the h'an-- die of my can, while Fig. 4 shows in enlarged sectional view the details of the device used for attaching the handle to the can.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several drawings. Referring to the drawin s, A represents the body of my can and B t e usual hood or breast secured across'the top there0f-.'

C represents the handle comprising a tubular structure, preferably seamed together as shown in Fig. 3 and bent to a conformation substantially such asindicated in Fig. 2 and secured to the outside of the can at practically the usual point for the bottom of the handle and extending therefrom upwards around the top of the can and with its other end attached to the hood or breast B at a point practically in the same plane with the I pouring spout and the oint of attachment of the ower end ofthe andle. C is formed up .to a-general contour, sub'- stantially suchas indicated, and a short distance from each end thereof there is formed integrally therewith a flange c which is arranged tobe clamped between the inwardly extending'flange on the screw cap D and the inwardly extending flange on the screw oonnecting member E and within this latter hollow screw connecting member the end of the handle is arran ed to project. The threaded member E at t e bottom of the handle 0 is trimmed to fit the body of the can A and the member E at the to of the handle C is trimmed to fit the hoo or. breast B and such members are then thoroughly soldered to the can A and the breast B in pro er position, after which the ends of the han le,'with the screw caps D thereon within and between the flanges c,- are placed in position within the threaded members E and then the caps D- screwed down to place, firmly holding the handle 0 in position. S is the spoutof' the can, R the rose and s is a bracket secured to the spout S and to the body of the can A'in such away as to stiffen or brace the spout S.

The handle v The method of using my can is believed to be suificiently obviousfrom the drawings and the above specifications'to call'for no i further .descri tion.

1.As a means for detachabl securing a handle to "a can or like. artic e; a hollow threaded member "secured to the body of such can and extending outwardly there-- from; an outwardly projecting flange on and spaced from the end of such handle, the end of such handle beyond such flange adaptedto engagewithin such hollow threaded memher, and a cap adapted to screw over such threaded member and having 11 inwardly extending flange adapted to clampthe flange on such handle against such hollow threaded member.

2. As a means for detachabl securing a handle to a can or like artic e; a hollow threaded member secured to' the body of such can and extending outwardly therefrom; an" outwardly projecting flange on and spaced from the end of such handle, the. end

of such handle beyond such flange adapted to engage within such hollow threaded member,and acap adapted to screw over such threaded member and having an inwardly extending flange adapted to clamp the flange on such handle against such hollow threaded member, such hollow threaded member having an inwardly extending flange or seat adapted to engage the flange on such handle. 3. As a means for detachably securing a handle to a can or like article; an outwardly projecting flange on such handle and two cooperating threaded'members one of them secured to the can and the other revolubly supported on such handle, such threaded mem-' ers adapted when screwed together to [from the en end of such cylindrical element beyond such an outwardly projecting flange on and spaced 'from the end of such cylindrical element, the

end of such cylindrical element beyond such flange adapted to engage within such hollow threaded member and a cap adapted to screw over such threaded member and having an inwardly extending flangeadapted to clamp the flange on such- ,cylindrical element against such hollow threaded member.

5. As a means for detachably securing a cylindrical element to any desired body; a hollow threaded member secured to such body and extending outwardly therefrom;

an outwardly projecting flan e on and spaced of such cylindrical element, the

flange adapted to en age within such hollow threaded member and a cap adapted to screw over| such threaded member and having an inwardly extending flange adapted to clamp the flange on such cylindrical element against such hollowthreaded member, such hollow threaded member having an inwardly extending flange or seat adapted to engage the flange on such cylindrical element.

WILLIAM GRAY.

Witnesses: y

W. J. lVlCKELVEY,' GEORGE B. SPENCER.