An Improved Oil Can.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1891
ROVISIONAL DITIVATION.
An Improved Oil Can.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MUNNS, of Victoria Chambers, 55 and 56 Chancery Lane,
in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention (a communication to me from abroad by John Raleigh, of Columbia,
Alabama, U.S.A. Inventor,) to be as follows
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This invention relates to an improved oil can whereby oil will not run from the
discharge nozzle thereof unless a valve is opened for that purpose. The improved
oil can consists of a cylindrical vessel having a discharge spout in its top. Beneath
the top is arranged a cylindrical chamber which passes diagonally across, and is
closed at one end near the discharge spout. By this arrangement when the can is
tipped to discharge the oil it does not enter the open end of the chamber.
handle consisting of an upwardly projecting tube is centrally arranged on the top
of the can, and contains within it a similar tube which passes through it and opens
into the chamber beneath the lid. A valve stem enters the tube of the handle, and
is provided at its lower end with a valve which is adapted to close the entrance to
the inner tube. A spring is coiled around the valve stem, and serves.to retain it
in a raised position, and with the valve closed, and thus prevents the air entering
into the chamber and oil can. The valve-stem is depressed by the finger when it
is desired to use the oil can.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Oil Can.
I, WILLIAM HENRY MUNNS, of 106, 107, and 108 Victoria Chambers,
Chancery Lane, in the County of London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication to me from abroad by John Raleigh of
Columbia, Alabama, U.S.A. Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cans, and it lias
for its object, among others, to provide an improved can for containing oils or
other liquids wherein provision is made for the inlet of air during the act of pouring
the liquid from the can, and for automatically closing said inlet when the can is
not in use.
I provide a passage-way closed at one end and open at the other, to
prevent the liquid from flowing against the opening in the top and. the valve, the
bottom wall of said passage-way being inclined from its closed end outward and
away from the discharge-spout, so that any oil or liquid which may find its way
into said passage-way during the operation of pouring the contents in the can,
will by gravity seek its way back into the can as the same resumes its normal
position.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following
description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in
the claims.
Referring to the drawings,
Figure is a vertical section through the upper portion of a can embodying
my invention.
Fig. 2 is a bottom plan of the top detached, with a portion broken away.

page_text: Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter A designates a portion of
a can-body of known construction, and B the top secured thereto in any preferred
manner. Near the edge, at any desired point, this top is provided with an
upwardly extending and preferably screw-threaded neck b designed to receive
the cap C which carries the discharge-spout D, said cap being screw-threaded
to engage the threads of the neck, so that the spout may be removed when
desired and the aperture in the neck serve as the filling-aperture.
E is the handle to the top, and I is a tube arranged beneath the handle and
connecting the same with the top, being provided with one or more inlet-openings FI
for air, and the lower end of this tube communicates with the interior of the cam
through an opening fin the top, as shown in Fig. 1.
G is a valve carried by the valve-stem g and arranged to be normally closed by
the action of the spring H arranged within the tube, as shown in Fig. 1. The
valve finds a seat against the under face of the top, and is preferably provided
with a disc a of rubber, felt, or some other suitable material.
The top B is provided upon its under face with a chamber or passage-way H
closed at the end nearest the discharge-spout with the other end open and the
bottom wall inclined from the closed end toward the opposite wall of the can-
body. This chamber or passage-way is arranged preferably centrally of the top,
and encloses the valve G.
The operation is readily understood. The can being filled, and it being desired
to discharge some of its contents, the valve-stem is pressed inward and air admitted,
and the oil flows out. The walls of the chamber H serve to prevent the liquid
from closing the opening in the top, and interfering with the operation of the valve;
but should any liquid get into said chamber as the contents are being poured when
the can assumes its normal position, said liquid will flow back into the can owing to
the incline of the bottom-wall of the chamber.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. A can provided with a discharge-spout, a passage-way upon the under face of
its top and closed at one end, a handle on said top, a tube beneath the handle and
connecting the same with the top and communicating with the passage upon the
interior of the can, and a spring-actuated valve within the said passage-way, and
closing against the under face of the top, and having its stem arranged with the
tube and projecting through the handle, substantially as specified.
2. As an improved article of manufacture, the can herein described having a
discharge-spout, a top with a passage-way upon the upper face thereof with one end
closed and the other end upon an incline away from the top of the can, a handle
upon said top, a tube arranged beneath and connecting the handle and top, and
having an aperture F, a valve within the passage-way of the top, and arranged to
close the communication between the tube and passage-way, a valve-stem arranged
within the tube with one end projecting through an opening in the handle and a
spring around the valve-stem within the tube, all substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 24th day of October 1891.
W. H. MUNNS,
Applicant.