US975958A

US975958A - Receptacle.

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Publication number: US975958A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles Wm Johnson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1910-02-17
Filing date: 1910-02-17
Publication date: 1910-11-15
Anticipated expiration: 1927-11-15

Description

c. W. JOHNSON.

BEOEPTAULB. APPLIUATIOI rILnn rma. 11, 1910.

rammed Novi-15,1910.

.To all whom it 'may concern;

I ACHARLES JOHNSON, `OF SOUTH KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN.

i RECEPTACLE.

Specification of- Letters Patent.V ldtnted NOV. 15, 19.1.0.

Application led February 17, 1910. Serial No. 544,454.

W. Jolin- Be it known that I, CHARLES son, a citizen of the United States of America, 'residing at South Kaukauna, in the county of Outagamie and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improve ments in Receptacles, of which the following is a specification..

This invention relates toreceptacles and particularly to oil cans, the object being to provide automatically controlled mechanism normally acting to close the discharge orifice or spout of the can, the said means being so constructed as to automatically open the said discharge orificewhen the can is moved into a partly inverted position.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this speciication and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts `in the scv.

eral views :--'Figure 1 is a sectional elevation "of a portion of-a can showing my improved Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the can in a partly inniechanism applied thereto.

verted position. I FigQB is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly modified form ot my invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the can in a partly inverted position.

In` the form of my invention shown in Figs. l and 2 .of thev drawings, the can A wlnch, as herein slrown, is formed at its top with a conical portion B in the apex of which is formed an opening C whose walls are flared upwardly and inwardly as shown. for a purpose to e hereinafter described. The conical portion of the can is provided with a suitable' handle I), as shown.

My improved mechanism for controlling the opening C consistsof a closure 1 having its peripheral edge portion ared upwardly and inwardly to conform with the flared walls of the opening and to provide an air tight joint. The' closure 1 is provided with al flange portion 2 which is adapted to be seated against that portion of the can top which surrounds the opening. The' closure is pivoted as shown at 3 to the can top and diametrically opposite the pivot the closure is provided with a .depending ear 4 to which 1s pivoted the upper extremity of a controlling member 5. This member is'pivoted at its inner end to the portion 6 ofa weightcarrylng member. The portion 6 of the weight-carrying member extends out `of aA plane of the main body portion 7 of the member and at the juncture of these por- I n known construction best adapted .tor the purpose intended.

It will be understood that on account of the'weight 11 the weight-carrying member and the closure-controllingmember are normally held in the positions shown in Fig. 1 to hold the closure 1 against the discharge opening. When the parts are in the positions shown in Fig. 1 the locking element 9 will hang over the lug 10 to prevent opening of the closure 1.. The top of the can is pro- .vided with `an air vent-valve 1Q which is connected by means of a short conveying 4tube 13 with the can so that in the dischargeof the contents of the can a sutiicient quantity of air will be permitted to enter as isr obvious.

In operation of the can herein described and shown when it is desired to discharge the contents thereof the can is partly inverted as shown in Fig. 2, whereupon, the locking element 9 will swing away from the lug 10 on the weight-carrying member to permit the said member through the influence of its weight to move to a position where it will actuate the controlling member 5 sulicient to move the closure 1 to its open position.-

In the form of my invention shown inV Figs. 3 and 4 the can top B1 is provided at its-apex with a screw cap C1 and as illus-f trated, the said cap is- `rovided with an air vent 14. The top of t e can is provided with a discharge spout 15 whose 'outer endA is formed to provide a discharge opening 16, the walls of which being flared upwardly and inwardly to conform substantially with the closure 17 upon the outer end of the controlling member 18. 1 The remaining elements forming my improved mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are identical with the mechanism. described in the preferred member operaing member operatively connected with the controlling member and constructed to cause movement of the controlling member when the receptacle is inverted yto move the closure to an open position, and a locking element on the said controlling member to engage.

the actuating member to hold the closure against movement When pressure from the outside is exerted. thereagainst.

2. A receptacle having an opening therein, a movable closure for the opening, a

, movable controlling member operatively connected With the closure, an actuating member operatively connected with the controlling member, and a movable locking element carried by the controlling member to prevent movement of the actuating member" when pressure from the outside is applied to the closure.

3. A receptacle having an opening formed therein, av movable closure for the opening, a controlling member operatively connected with the closure, an actuating member constructed to cause the controlling member to -normally occupy a position to hold the closure in its closed position, and a lockingI element upon the controlling member adapted to be engaged with the actuating member to hold the same against movement when pressure from the outside is applied to the closure.

4. A receptacle having an opening formed therein, a closure for the opening, a controlling member operatively connected with the closure, a weight-carryingv member operatively connected With the controlling mem` ber to hold the same normally in a position to cause the closure to cover the said opening, andlmovable means on the controlling member adapted to be engaged With the Weight-.carrylng member to hold the closure against opening when pressure from the outside is applied thereto.

5. A receptacle having an opening formed therein, a movable closure .for the opening, a controlling member operatively connected with the closure, an actuating member operatively connected with the said controlling -member, a weight on the actua-ting member tending normally to hold the controlling f member in a position whereby the closure covers the said opening, and a locking element pivotally supported by the controlling member and operating to engage the actuating member to hold it against movement when pressure from the outside is applied to the closure, the controlling element being constructed to move under influence of the actuating member When the receptacle is inverted to open the-closure.

6. A receptacle having an opening therein,

a closure for said opening, a-controllingA vclosure to an open position when the receptacle is inverted, and locking meansto engage the actuating member to hold the same against movement -past a predetermined point when pressure from the outside is applied to the closure. y y

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. MULHoLLANn, JAMEs R. WERT.