USRE6141E - Improvement in taps for oil-vessels - Google Patents

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I UNIT-ED' STATES PATENT @FmF-f f MATTHEW ANDREW, oE MELBOURNE, AUSTRAL-reis L IMPROVEMENT I`N TPS FOR OlL'V ES SE`l.S.

7, 1870; reissue No. 5,020, dated August 6, 18.72; `reissue No. 6,141, dated November 17, 1874; ,applica-` non flied september 25, 187,4.

y I To all whom it may concern:

` lare constructed and attached tothe vsaid ves- 1 I hese improvements relate mainlytopro:

"viding vessels containing oil or other liquidl with devices which I call capsule-taps, which j sels inthe rollo'wingpmanncr: 1"

in the form of my invention.

Figure l is a front view'of part of a vessel provided with one of my improved taps. Fig. is a section on the line m w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3

`1s 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 throughont thc'drawin g.

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 j'n the said cap. In-this hole is inserted a ube or pipe, c, slightly smaller in external diameter than the hole, but-of suihcient diameter to serve as a tap. The inner end of this tube.. or., pipe is pressed somewhat open, for the purpose of preventing its being Withdrawn more than a certain distance. Near this end ofthe tube a hole, c1, is made in the side thereof, for the passage of the liquid to be drawn from the vessel a. The tube c is fitted within a box-tube or socket, d, which has a cork, leather, o'r other lining, d1, extending fora short distance from the open end thereof, and made to fit tightly round the tube c. Invthe inside of this box-tube d is a hole, d, which also extends through the cork or other lining d tl1ereof, and which corresponds with the The drawings lillustratel two modifications?" hole cllinthe side-.of thel small'tube'c, 'seas to permit-the free passage of 'the'contained liquid when the said small tube is properly drawnforward,as' shown in Fi *.'2. The outer end of the said box-tube is sloped vor beveled in such a vmanner that when it is soldered to the cap .or coverb it forms a slight angle therewith. vThe tube c has ahole, lat its outer. l

end, and this hole should be made' at the un- -der side ofthe said tube, as shown, to allow the liquid to pass through it and escape in va downward direction when thetnbe c is drawn outto its fullvl extent. `When the tube is pushed in, thel holes `c1 and d? are' closed, and the. l.ingress Yof the-liquid f'to1-the. 'box-tube is containing the smaller tube c, forms at once .y

a capsule and a tap; and as a means of protection to the said tap, to prevent its Vbeing opened beforethe vessel a'reaches its inal destination, the smaller tube 'c is pressed in, with the small auge c4 resting upon the cover b, the ring'c3, which is formed with a hinge or joint for the purpose, is turned down and laid iiat 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.

y Whenfthe vessel a' has been filled with the oil'or other liquid, and itis desired to close the same, the cover b of the capsule-tap has simply to be soldered upon thehole 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, porcelain, or any other suitable material, is L- shaped, thenpright'portion from 1 to 2 being preferably aboutA one and one-half ineh long, and the horizontal part from 1 to 3 about threequarters of an'irlch, and its diameter being suitable for drawing oii' 'the oil or other liquid from the' .vesseL The hole cl is made in the stopped.' The tu'bef c has fastenedto its outer side of the horizontal part of this tube, at an angle -to the upright portion of the tube of about eighty degrees, to admit the liquid to flow throughv the said tube. The cork or other suitable liuingd1 is fitted closely around the horizontal partV of the tube, and within the external tube or socket d, which is made of tin or any other convenient material, so as exactly to cover the cork o'r other lining. In the center of this external tube or socket, and also iu the cork or other lining, is made the holev ld2, which corresponds in size and position with the hole c1 in the side of the horizontal p'art of the tube c. The cap or cover b is depressed or indented in such a Way that the tbe c, when formed as above described, will conveniently lie therein, a'suficient margin, b', around being left not depressed, by vwhich it can be soly dered over the hole cut in the tin or other-vessel a forlling the same.

In this cap or cover a hole is made exactly corresponding in position with the hole already described in the externaltube d. The horizontal tube being laid in the depressed' or indented part of the cap or cover b, the externalA tube d is solderedto.

the said cap or cover, or otherwise'iirmly fixed thereto, but in such a way that the holes should coincide. The tube c has a hole, c2, made at its outer end in such-a position as to give the liquid at its exit a downward direction, as shown in'Fig. 4. When the tap is turned back within the recess it will have no part projecting above the surface of the-cover b, and I vthen solder or otherwise lsecure over the said -recess or indented portion of the cap the thin piecee of brass or other metal, as hereinbefore described. The Acapsule-tap can then be at tached to the can or other vessel a by being soldered over the hole made for filling the saine, and when it is desired to draw. the con tents 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 communicatewith each other and permit the liquid to escape. v

Indo not conineinyself to the precise 4form or construction of these capsule-taps herein described andillustrated, as theymaybevaried within certain limits; vbut they must always be adapted' -to the main object of my invention, which is to secure oil or other liquid in a vessel by a capsule that will also serve the purpose of a tap to draw oli' the contained liquidmj Y Without causing any ,external projection upon"- such vessel as would interfere with the con# venient packing of the same for transportation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, is- A 1. A capsule-tap consisting of the cap or cover b, the adjustable tube c, and outer tube or socket d, the saidl tubes being provided with cork with apertures arranged to be opened and closed by the adjustment of the tube c, which is formed and arranged to leave no part projecting beyond the cover b, and is secured by a thin plate .or sheet of' metal, e, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.-

2. 'As a new article Ofmanufacture, a capsule-tap for metallic cans, consisting? of acap or capsule combined withaltaporfaucet, sub-` stan'tially as described.

MATTE. ANDREW.

Witnesses:

JOHN McCRoNE, JN0. RfLEFFER'rs.

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