US900103A - Portable receptacle for liquids. - Google Patents

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L. KBSSLBR. PORTABLE REUEPTAOLE FOR LIQUIDS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22, 1906.

900,103, Patented 0011.6,1908.

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LOUIS KESSLER, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. I

CHARLES E. HOLTZMAN,

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Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

Application filed September 22, 1906. Serial No. 835,746.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Loms KESSLER, citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, county of Polk, State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Portable Receptacles for Liquids, and 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 ertains to make and usethe same, reference had to the accompanyin drawings, whic form a part of this speci cation.

My invention relates in general to receptacles for liquids and more particularly to portable receptacles for combustible liquids.

In handlingand shipping explosive liquids, such as gasolene, it is desirable that I receptacles should be employed from which which may be the liquid can be conveniently poured, which will prevent leaka e, which will permit escape of the fluid w en the pressure becomes excessive thereby preventing explosions, and

injury to the inlet and outlet mechanism.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for combustible li uids which will possess the above mentione desirable characteristics, and which will be simple in construction and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

A further object of my invention is to provide a receptacle for combustible liquids in which, simultaneously with the opening of the outlet valve a second valve will be opened to permit air to enter the receptacle to replace the dischar ed liquid; v

The embodiment'o my mvention herein disclosed may be generally described as comprising a receptacle, the top of'which is provided with an outlet valve seat, an outwardly seating valve cooperating. with said seat, a nozzle detachably secure above the valve seat, a reciprocatin rod within the nozzle alining withthe va ve stem, :1 reciprocating plunger for actuating the rod and located beneath a projection on the nozzle, an inwardly seating safety valve cooperatin with a seat on the'receptacle, a lever fulcrumed upon the receptacle for lifting said safety valve, one end of the lever underlying said plunger whereby a depression of r unseats the outlet valve and of air as the liquid is poured out. 7

My invention will be more fully described shipped without danger of.

hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing in which the same is illustrated as embodied in a convenient and form, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view on line 11 Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 a plan view.

The same reference characters are used to designate the same parts in the several figures of the drawin .i I

Reference letter designates a receptacle for containing liquids inade out of sultable practical material such as sheet metal and provided C designates a valve casing extending through an opening in the top wall A of the receptacle and secured thereto in any suitable manner, as by means of a ring D having screws or. rivets d extending through a flange thereon into enga ement with the top A of the receptacle. I he exterior of the valve casing is provided with a screw-thread engagm ring e designates an outlet valve which engages a seat in the valve casing, and is retained in contact therewithiby a spring F sm'rounding the valve stem E and bearing'at itsupper end against a; projection on the valve stem and at its lower end upon a guide lug c projecting inwardly from the valve casing and'through which the valve stem extends.

an interior screw-thread in the Depending from the valve casing within the receptacle is a doublewire guard cylinder to prevent the ignitionfof the liquld within the receptacle. The guard cylinder is'prefersurroundmg wire gauze g The'guar open at its bottom as well as around its side wall, thereby permitting the liquid to flow freely through the guard cylinder to the valve casing.

H designates a nozzle alining with the valve casing and detachably secured thereto by means of exterior screw-threads on the upper end of the casing engaging interior screw-threads in the lower end of the nozzle. A. plunger K is mounted to reciprocate upon the nozzle at one side thereof, and is located beneath a projection h on the nozzle. The projection on the nozzle prevents the accidental, depression of the plunger. is designates a rod located within the nozzle and carried by the plunger K by means of a laterally projecting arm is. A spring 7 surrounds the rod is and is interposed between the arm is and a web h located within the lower end of the nozzle and through which the rod is extends.

I designates a lever fulcrumed at 2' within a housing J fixed to the outer surface of the top A? of the receptacle. Any suitable means may be provided for securing the housing J to the top of the receptacle, such for instance as ears j on the housing through which screws extend into engagement with the top of the receptacle. One end of the lever I projects beneath the lower end of the plunger K while its opposite end underlies a lever O pivotally connected to a safety valve 0.

L designates a valve seat extending through an opening in the top wall A of the receptacle and secured thereon through screwthreaded engagement with a ring M fixed to the receptacle in any suitable manner as by means of screws m extending through a flange thereon into engagement with the top of the receptacle. A double wire guard cylinder G, such as above described in connection with the-outlet valve, is secured to the valve seat L and depends within the receptacle. The safety valve 0 which cooperates with the valve seat L is provided with ears 0 between which the lever O is pivoted. The

lever O is fulcrumed upon a rod 0 carried by ears m, m secured to a bracket above the valve seat L. A s ring P surrounds the rod 0 at each side of the lever O and is pro- -vided with an integral loop which overlies the lever and thereby retains the valve seated through the engagement of the ends of the spring with the ring M. The tension of the spring P is such as to retain the safety valve 0 closed under normal conditions, but will permit the opening of the valve when the pressure becomesxexoessive thereby preventing the receptacle being blown open.

a The operation of my invention is as follows: When the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1, and it is desired to our from the receptacle a quantity of liqui the.

plunger K is depressed thereby through the rod K engaging the valve stem E un-seating the outlet valve 6. The downward movement of the plunger K oscillates the lever I so that the safety valve 0 is lifted slightly away from its seat thereby permitting air to pass freely to the receptacle as the liquid is poured therefrom. By tiltin the rece tacle while the plunger is depresse the liqui. may

be readily poured through the nozzle II. Upon discontinuing the pressure on the plunger the latter is elevated by the tension of the spring f while the spring F re-seats the outlet valve 0. The tension of the spring P returns the safety valve 0 against its seat L immediately upon the pressure upon the plunger being discontinued. WVhen it is desired to transport the receptacle the nozzle H may be disconnected by rotating the same relatively to the valve casing C. The flan e (1 around the receptacle projects slight y above the valve casing C and safety valve mechanism so that objects placed upon the receptacle will not injure the valve mechanism. The handle B may be swung downwardly so that another receptacle may be placed above the same, as the ears I), b which support the handle are off-set inwardly so that they will extend within the bottom of a superposed receptacle. The space beneath 'the bottom wall A of the receptacle permits the same to be placed above another receptacle as the ears I) and the 'handle B of the under-lying receptacle may extend within the s ace below the bottom wall of the superpose receptacle.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that I have invented an improved receptacle for combustible liquids which may be conveniently transported, which will prevent leakage, which will permit the discharge of the liquid as desired, and which prevents both the ignition of the liquid therein, and the rupture thereof by excessive pressure.

H'avinqnow fully described my invention, what I cIaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a receptacle for liquids the combination with a valve casing, of an outlet valve in said casing, a valve stem to which said valve is secured, a nozzle detachably supported upon said casing, a reciprocating rod within said nozzle alining with'the valve stem, and means for depressin 'said rod mounted upon the exterior of sai nozzle.

3. In a receptacle for liquids, the combination with a valve casing, of an outlet valve in said casing, a valve stem to which said valve is secured, a nozzle detachably supported upon said casing, a reciprocating rod Within said nozzle ahning with the valve stem, and means for depressing said rod mounted upon the exterior of said nozzle, and a projection on said nozzle over-lying said means toprotectthe same.

3. In a receptacle for liquids,the combination with a valve casing, of an outwardly seating valve in said casing, a nozzle detachably supported upon said casing, a reciprocating rod within said nozzle alining with said valve, a plunger mounted upon said nozzle, means connecting said plunger with said rod, and a projection on said nozzle over-lying said p unge 4. In a receptacle for liquids, the combina; tion with an outwardly seating. discharge valve, a detachable nozzle through which liquid is discharged, a reciprocating .rod

wlthin said nozzle for opening said dischar e tion with an outwardly seating discharge valve, a detachable nozzle through which liquid is discharged, a reciprocating rod w thin said nozzle for opening said dischar e valve, a plu I mounted upon said nozz e and operative y connected wlth said rod, an inwardly seat' safety valve, a lever fulcrumed upon t e receptacle one end of which extendsbeneath the lower end of said plunger, 2. second lever to which said safety valve is connected, the end of said second lever extending above the end of said first lever, whereby the oscillation of said first lever lifts said safety valve.

6. In a receptacle for liquids, the combination with a valve casing, an outlet valve in said cas' a valve stem to which said valve is secure a nozzle detachably supports upon saidcasing, a reciprocating rod within I said nozzle alining with the valve stem, ,a

reciprocating rod mounted on the exterior of the 'nozzle, and a rigid connection between said rods.

7. In a receptacle for liquids, the combination with a valve casing, of an outlet-valve insaid casin ,a nozzle through which liquid is discharged, a rod within said nozzle arranged so as to be movable toward and from the valve, means mounted on the exterior of the nozzle for operating. said rod, a second valve for permitting air to pass into the receptacleas the liquidflows therefrom, and a connection between said latter valve and the operating means for said rod for causing said latter valve to be opened simultaneously with the outlet valve.

' 8. In-a receptacle for liquids, a valve casing projecting above and below one of the I walls of the receptacle, a valve seated within said casing, a nozzle detachably secured to.

theup er end'of said ca a s rin within said czFsing for holding gil d va ve losed, a stem supported within said nozzle for movements from and toward said valve, a button arranged at one side of said nozzle, and an arm; projecting from said button into the nozzle and secured to said stem.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses. LOUIS KESSLER.

Witnesses: MORTON E. WELDY, WM. M. Wrmoxmr.

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