Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 15th Dec., 1897-Accepted, 29th Jan., 1898
ARTHUR JOHN THURMAN, 7, Pitsford Street, Birmingham, Mechanical Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
"suds
My invention, consists of Improvements herein after described, in connection of
suds or oil cans, by which I mean a vessel capable of holding a quantity of
lubricating mixture & used in the manufacture of all kinds of iron or steel work.
& arranged with a stop tap to allow of a stream of suds or oil to flow on the work
while the cutters are operating, & generally known in mechanical trades as a
can." The object of my invention is to control the direction of this stream, of
suds or oil or other lubricating mixture after it leaves the nose of the stop tap,
& by so doing ensure of its flowing more regularly, & on the exact place it is
required.
I will now describe my Invention in detail-
On the end, or nozzle of the stop-tap is soldered, or otherwise fixed, a piece of
metal, screwed externally, or, the tap may be left larger than usual at the nozzle,
& screwed direct, instead of using a separate piece.
I then make a cap, with a thread cut internally, but not right through, to fit
the nozzle, & where the thread ends, I leave the hole a little smaller, thereby
forming a shoulder.
I now take a piece of tube & on one end form, solder, or otherwise fix a round
ball, having a hole right through. I pass this said tube, through the hole in the
cap,
& let this ball, rest on the shoulder.
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I next screw the cap on the nozzle of the tap of suds can, which makes, when
complete, what is known as a ball joint." The tube may now be readily set
to any angle required.
The friction on the ball, between the nozzle of tap & the shoulder in the cap,
holding it in position.

page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the delivery part of work-shop "suds" or oil cans,
which are usually portable and used for holding soap suds, oil, lubricants, water
and other liquids requiring to be delivered onto or upon parts of work being
bored, drilled, turned or otherwise operated upon by cutters or tools, for either
lubricating or keeping cool the frictional or cutting parts, and has for its object,
to so construct such delivery parts that the same admit of universal angular
adjustment so as to allow the lubricant or cooling liquid' to be directed to any part
of the work, as may be required, by simply altering the angle of the feed or
delivery pipe.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in elevation a suds or oil
can tap, fitted with an adjustable delivery nozzle or feed pipe, constructed
according to one form of my invention.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of Figure 1, the limits to which the
delivery pipe is capable of adjustment being indicated by the dotted lines.
Figure 3 is a section of the said tap, separately, and upon an enlarged scale.
Figure 4 is a vertical section of the body part of the tap, separately and upon
the same scale as Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a vertical section of the cup or ring whereon the ball end of the
adjustable delivery pipe seats itself, or which forms the bottom bearing of the
said ring, and Figure 6 is a topside plan thereof.
Figure 7 represents a vertical section and Figure 8 a topside plan of the
coupling-cap or union, which couples the bottom seating ring of the ball end of
the adjustable pipe to the body of the tap, whose lower end is faced to form the
top seating, and between which seatings the ball end of the pipe is clamped when
the same are drawn together by the screwing up of the coupling, thereby locking
the said pipe at any angle or in any position in which it may have been set.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the said Figures 1
to 8 of the drawing.
a is the suds can or vessel for containing the cooling or lubricating liquid, the
outlet part a¹, of which is fitted with a tap b, whose body part 61, is bored to receive
the plug c, the one part being secured to the other by expanding or rivetting the
lower end c¹ of the said plug into the enlarged lower end 63, of the bore 63, although
the said plug may be secured in any other convenient and well known manner.
The lower end of the said tap is enlarged and chambered out at 6, with the
mouth 65, faced or provided with a conical seating at 66, whilst the outer walls of
the enlargement are screwed at b7, to take the inside screwed part d', of a coupling
cap or union d, the interior chamber 2, of which is fitted with a loose and non-
rotating bearing ring e, having a seating e', between which and the upper seat-
ing be, on the body of the tap, the spherical and axial bored end fl, of an elongated
delivery or feed pipe f, comes and is capable of being claniped or rigidly held
in any required position when the top and bottom seatings 66, el, are caused to
approach one another by the screwing up of the coupling and locking cap.
The rotation of the ring el, is prevented by ears e, on its upper edge taking
into gaps b, in the lower part of the body, which also has an annular recess 68,
around it, forming, a clearance into which the said edge of the ring takes when
the parts are drawn up tight. The axial hole in ball end of the pipe or spout is
flared at f, to form a lead for conducting liquid into the said pipe, whilst the
hole in the bottom of the said cap is also considerably coned to admit of the
pipe having a range of adjustment sufficient for all practical purposes.
To change the position of the feed or delivery pipe, it is only necessary to slack
back the locking coupling, thus separating the seatings of the ball end, which is
thus free to move in any direction. The pipe is then set at the required angle
so as to bring its delivery end over or adjacent to the work, or into such a
position that the liquid fed from it shall fall onto the part of the work being

page_text: operated on by the tools or cutters, when by again screwing up the locking
coupling, the said pipe is rigidly locked in its adjusted position.
Figure 9 represents a modified form of delivery pipe, having a crank or bend
immediately below the ball end, in order to admit of the same having a greater
range or sweep, and also of the delivery end being brought, if necessary, into a
horizontal plane, or nearly so.
Figure 10 represents another form of my invention, in which the top seating b
for the spherical end f¹, of the feed pipe f, is formed at the mouth of the enlarged
or chambered and outside screwed part of the tap body, whilst the bottom bear-
ing d, is formed by coning the inner end of the hole ³, in the bottom of the
locking coupling cap d, which screws onto the said body and is preferably kept
in its locked position by the set pin g, taking through the walls of the said cap
and impinging against the fixed body of the tap. The mouth end d³, of the said
hole d, is flared or coned to a sufficient extent to admit of the feed spout or pipe f,
having a considerable range of angular adjustment when turned upon its inner
and spherical end as the joint or centre.
The rate of flow of the lubricating or cooling liquid is regulated by the tap a,
as usual.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First: In the delivery parts of suds or oil cans or like vessels, providing or
fitting the same with a jointed or universally angularly adjustable delivery spout
or feed pipe, for the purpose described and set forth.
Secondly: In the delivery parts of suds or oil cans and like vessels, providing
or fitting the same with a jointed or universally angularly adjustable delivery
spout or feed pipe, having a ball or spherical end located between upper and lower
seatings or bearings and being connected to the tap or like part and secured or
locked in its adjusted position by a locking and coupling cap or union, substan-
tially as described and set forth.
Thirdly: The improvements in the delivery parts of suds or oil cans and
similar vessels, having universally adjustable spouts or feed pipes, and in the
construction, arrangement and combination of the parts, substantially as and for
the purpose described and set forth.
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ARTHUR JOHN THURMAN.
By Henry Skerrett,
24, Temple Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.