USRE4014E - Improvement in taps for oil-vessels - Google Patents

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UNITED i STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MATTHEW ANDREW, or MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAPS FOR OIL-VESSELS.

Specification forming partnof Letters Patent No. 94,059, dated August :24, lSlEl; Reissue No. 11,014 dated June To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MATTHEW ANDREW,of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Australia, have invented certain new and useful improvenients in vessels for containing oil or other liquids, and in devices for drawing the contents from the same; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear,- and eX- act description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part -of this specification.

These improvements relate, mainly, to providing vessels containing oil or other liquid with devices which I call capsule-taps, which are constructed and attached to the said vessels in the following manner:

The drawings illustra-te two modifications in the form. of my invention. v

Figure 1 is a front view of part of a vessel provided with one of my improved taps. Fig. 2 is a section on the line .r w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of a modification of my invention. Fig. 4 is a section on the line y y, Fig.

3. Fig'. 5 is a section on the line z z, Fig. 4.

Like letters indicate the same parts throughout the drawings. A hole is cut in any suitable part of the vessel a, in the ordinary manner,'through which hole the said vessel is filled with the oil or other liquid. A cap or cover, b, is soldered over this hole, and a central hole is pierced in the said cap. In this hole is inserted a tube or pipe, c, slightly smaller in external diameter than the hole, but of sucient diameter I to serve as a tap or faucet. The inner end of this tube orl pipe is pressed somewhat open, for the purpose of preventing its being withdrawn more than a certain distance. Near this end of the tube a hole, c', is made in the side thereof, for the passage of the liquid to be drawn from the vessel a. The tube c is tted within a box tube or socket, d, which hasa cork, leather, or other lining, d', extending for a short distance from the open end thereof, and made to fit tightly around the tube c. In the side of this box-tube d is a hole, di, which also extends through the cork or other lining, d', thereof, and which corresponds with the hole c in the side of the small tube c, so as to permit the free passage of the contained liq-` uid when the said smalltube is properly drawn of the said box-tube is sloped or beveled in such a manner that when it is soldered to the cap or cover b it forms a slight angle therewith. The tube c has a hole, ci, at its outer end, and this hole should be made at the under side of the said tube, as shown, to allow the liquid to pass through it and escape in a downward direction when the tubec is drawn out to its full extent. When the tube is pushed in, the holes c and d2 are closed, and the ingress of the liquid to the box-tube is stopped. The tube c has fastened to its outer end` a ring, c3, which forms a convenient means for drawing out the said tube. The cap or coverb thus pr/ovided with the box-tube d, containing the smaller tube c, forms at once a capsule and a tap; and as a means of protection to the said tap to prevent its being opened before the said vessel a reaches its final destination, the smaller tube c is pressed in, with the small flangec resting upon the cover b, the ring c, which is formed with a hinge or joint for the purpose, is turned down and laid dat upon the said cover,and a thin piece of brass or other metal, e, is soldered over the face of the cap or cover b. When the vessel a has been filled with the oil or other liquid, and it is desired to close the same, the cover b of the capsule-tap has simply to be soldered upon the hole cut in the said vessel, and, when required, the tap is made available by removing the piece e, of brass or other metal, soldered on the face of the said capsule-tap. In the modification of my invention illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, the small tube c, which is made of brass, copper, tin, glass,por celain, or any other suitable material, is L- shaped, the upright portion from 1 to'2 bcing preferably about one and one-half inch long, andYV the horizontal part, from 1 to 3, about three-quarters of an inch, and its diameter being suitable for drawing off the oil or other liquid from the vessel. The hole c is made in the side of the horizontal part of this tube at an angle to the 4upright portion of f the tube of about eighty degrees, to admit the liquid to flow through the said tube. The cork or other suitable lining, d', is fitted closely around the horizontal part ofthe tube and withvin the external tube or socket, d,which is'made forward, as shown in Fig. 2. Thev outer end of tin or any other convenient material,so as exactly to cover the cork or other lining. In the center of this external tube or socket,and also in the cork or other lining, is made the hole (It, which corresponds in size and position with the hole c in the side of the horizontal part of the tube c. The cap or cover b ,is depressed or indented in such a way that the tube c, when formed as above described, will con- Veniently lie therein, a sufficient margin, b', around being left not depressed, by which it can be soldered over the hole cut in the tin orother vessel, a, for filling the saine. In this cap or cover a hole is made exactly corresponding in position with the holev already described in the external tube, d. rIhe horizontal part ofthe tube being laid in the depressed or indented part of the cap or cover Z1, the external tube, d, is soldered to the said cap or cover, or otherwise firmly fixed thereto, but i n such a way that the holes should coineide. outer end, in such a position as to give the liquid at its exit a downward `directioinas shown in Fig. 4. When the tapis turned back within the recess, it will have no part projecting above the surface of the cover b, andI then solder or otherwise secure over the said recess or indented portion of the cap the thin piecee,of brass or other metal,as hereinbefore described,whioh forms a seal over the tap and prevents it from being tampered with and from accidental derangement while the vessel is being transported. rIhe capsule-tap can then be attached to the can or other vessel, a,

The tube chas a hole, c2, made at its by being soldered over the hole made for jilling the same, and when it is desired to draw the contents from the said vessel, the thin piece of metal can be readily removed and the tube c turned into the position shown in Fig. 4, the holes in the tubes being thereby made to communicate with each other and permit the liquid to escape.

I do not confine myself to the precise form or'construction of the capsule-tap as herein described and illustrated.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a faucet and a seal, arranged substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination of a capsule-tap with a can or vessel for containingoil or other liquids, substantially as described.

3. A. capsule-cap consisting of the cap or cover I), the adjustable tube c, and the tube or socket d, provided with cork or other suitable lining or packing, and with holes arranged to be opened and closed bythe adjustment of tube c,combined 'with a securing-plate, e,sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

This specification signed by me this 12th day of April,1870.

MATT. ANDREW.

Vitnesses:

C. VAHLnRs, E. F. KAsTnNHUBER.

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