Improvements relating to Jars, Flasks, or Containers for Oil.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
COMPLETE SEMIFI
[Communicated from abroad by FERNANDO B. SMITH, of Canton, Stark County,
Ohio, United States of America, Manufacturer.]
Improvements relating to Jars, Flasks, or Containers for Oil.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co. Patent
Agents, 45 Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The present invention relates to jars, flasks or containers for oil, and it consists
in the different parts hereinafter described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings in which
Figure 1, is a perspective view.
Figure 2, is a view showing the location and arrangement of the bottom or lower
end of the bars, showing the bottom or lower disc.
Figure 3, is a partial sectional view on line ea, Figure 2.
Figure 4, is a detached view of the upper retaining disk.
Figure 5, is a bottom or under side view of the nozzle cap and its different
parts.
Figure 6, is a sectional view on line y, y Figure 5, and
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the globe casing or skeleton.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of
the drawing.
A, Figure 1 represents the globe or jar proper, which is preferably formed of
glass, and of the form shown in the drawings, and may be of any desired size,
according to the size of the container to be constructed.
For the purpose of protecting the globe or jar proper and at the same time
providing a means for handling the container, metallic bands a, a¹ and a², are
provided, which metallic bands are located and arranged substantially as shown in
Figures 1 and 7 to form a cage. To the metallic bands a, a' and a are attached
in any convenient and well known manner, the metallic bars or strips b, which
metallic strips are extended a short distance below the metallic band u², and as
shown the portious extending below said band are curved outward and extended
towards the centre of the container substantially as illustrated in Figures 1, 2
and 7.
The bottom or lower ends of the metallic strips, are securely attached together
as hereinafter described. For the purpose of providing a means for securely
attaching the lower ends of the strips 6 together, the discs or plates e and c¹ are
provided, which discs or plates are held together by means of the rivet d or its
equivalent. The disc e, is provided with the radial grooves e, Figure 4 which
radial grooves are preferably pressed or stamped in the disc, said grooves being for
the purpose of providing openings to receive the inner ends of the bars b.
It will be understood that by extending the bars b, a short distance below the
ottom of the jar or flask, and curving said bars, a base will be provided for
the cage.
To the top or upper end of the container is attached the nozzle and filling cap B,
which may be substantially of the form shown, and as shown it is provided with
the nozzle, and the screw-threaded flange g, which screw-threaded flange receives
the screw-threaded cap o'.

page_text: To the cap B, is pivotally attached the rock-bar h, Figures 5 and 6 by means of
the cross-bar or its equivalent.
To one end of the rock-bar h, is attached the valve k, which valve is so located
and arranged that when the container is in an upright position, it will close the
outlet aperture 4.
To the opposite end of the rock-bar is attached the head 2, which head is so
located and arranged that when the container is in an upright position, it will be
received into the socket or recess C, which socket or recess is provided with the
vent aperture k³.
It will be understood that in order to cause the valve k to descend as the
container is brought into an upright position, said valve should have sufficient
weight to descend by gravity. It will be understood that by providing the
weighted valve k, that as the container is tilted the rock-bar h will rock upon its
pivotal attachments, thereby causing the valve to be removed away from the
outlet aperture A', which provides for the flow of oil. As the valve k, leaves the
aperture, the head 2, will become detached from its socket or recess, thereby
opening the vent and allowing atmospheric pressure upon the oil contained in
the container and causing the oil to flow freely.
For the purpose of providing a means for transporting and operating the
container proper, the handle D, is provided, which handle may be substantially of
the form shown in the drawings, and as shown it is attached to the bands and a¹.
A handle D¹ may also be provided as shown in Fig. 1. For the purpose of better
uniting the different parts forming the skeleton or frame located around the globe.
or jar, the said parts should be properly tinned after they have been placed in
proper relative position.
It will be understood that by my peculiar arrangement of bending or curving
the bottom or lower ends of the metallic bars b, and uniting their ends together
substantially as described that a spring bottom will be provided, by which arrange-
ment the globe or jar is protected from breakage inasmuch as a cushioned action is
formed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of the globe or jar A, having attached thereto the
bands a, a' and a², the bars & secured to the bands, and provided with bent or
curved portions below the bottom of the can, and the discs e and c¹ substantially as
and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination of the globe or jar A, provided at its top or upper end with
the cap B, the rock-bar h, provided at one end thereof with the weighted valve k,
and at the other end with the head , the outlet ' and the vent k³, substantially
as and for the purpose specified.
3. In an oil container, a globe or jar provided with metallic bands and bars,
located around said globe or jar, and the metallic bars bent or curved at their
bottom or lower portious and the inuer ends of said bars united together,
substantially as and for the purpose specified.
4. As an improved article of manufacture, the globe or jar A, formed of glass
and provided with a metallic skeleton located around said globe or jar and the
vertical bars bent or curved to form a spring base or bottom, substantially as and
for the purpose specified.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.