Improvements in the Construction of Oil Cans.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Oil Cans.
1, JIM WAINWRIGHT KAYE, of the Firm of Joseph Kaye & Sons, Limited,
South Accommodation Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Works Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in oil cans, and has for its object,
the better securing of a detachable spout to a can than hitherto.
In Letters Patent granted to Joseph Kaye, the principal of my firm, dated
28th January 1890, and numbered 1487, he therein shews a means of connecting
the spout to the can which consists of a union screw. Such mode of fastening has
been found deficient in practice, in as much as, the use of the can in oiling
machinery in motion and the like, the screw is apt to come loose and a waste of oil
is the result.
My improvement consists in an arrangement by which the spout is readily
secured to the can, and the joint of the spout to the can is made good by means of
a washer, which I form of caoutchouc, of such temper as to form not only a washer,
but a spring. This washer is inserted into the attachment or valve chamber, above
the valve. The attachment is prepared by the cutting of recesses vertical, and at
right angles to the spout when fixed; the base of the spout is prepared with a
flange, which is made to rest tightly upon the face of the washer, by passing over
the spout a metal nozzle, the base of which sits on the top of the flange of the
spout. The sides of the nozzle have pegs or pins, preferably of the metal of the
nozzle itself, which pegs pass into the recesses in the attachment or valve chamber,
and on being sufficiently pressed down into the vertical recesses and then turned
into the horizontal ones, the spout is fixed in position with a good joint.
The washer being a combination of an ordinary washer and a spring, in the latter
capacity, the nozzle and spout been forced from the can and thus secures the pins
firm behind projections formed in the horizontal recesses of the attachment or valve
chamber.
Dated this 21st day of May 1801
Improvements in the Construction of Oil Cans.
I, JIM WAINWRIGHT KAYE, of the Firm of Joseph Kaye & Sons, Limited,
South Accommodation Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Works Manager, 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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in oil cans, and has for its object
the better securing of a detachable spout to a can than hitherto.
In Letters Patent granted to Joseph Kaye, the principal of my firm, dated
077

page_text: 28th January 1890, and numbered 1487, he therein shews a means of connecting
the spout to the can which consists of a union screw. Such mode of fastening bas
been found deficient in practice, in as much as, on the use of the can in oiling
machinery in motion and the like, the screw is apt to come loose and a waste of oil
is the result.
In describing my invention in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a sectional view through a portion of the body of an oil can
and spout attached thereto by my improved method.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, and.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 detached details of the valve chamber and nozzle.
Similar letters represent similar parts where they appear.
My improvement consists in an arrangement by which the spout A. is readily
attached to the body of the can B. and the joint of the spout A. with the can B.
made good and drop tight by means of a washer C. which is formed of caoutchouc
and of such temper as not only to form a washer, but a spring, and is inserted in
the attachment or valve chamber D. of the can. The valve V. may be of the well
known type operated in the usual manner and the attachment D. is prepared for
readily securing the spout A. thereto by the cutting of two or more recesses E. in
the said attachment, into which fit the pegs or pins F. of the nozzle G.
The base of the spout A. is prepared with a flange H. which is made to rest
tightly upon the end of the inserted flexible washer C. and is secured by passing
over the spout A. a nozzle G, the pegs or pins F. of the same, entering the
respective recesses E; the end of the nozzle inserted in the attachment D. being in
contact with one side of the flange H, the opposite side of which is in contact with
the flexible washer C.
On applying pressure to the nozzle G. in the direction of the axis of the spout,
the flexible washer C. is compressed, and when the pegs or pins F. arrive opposite
the respective recesses at E¹ cut at right angles to the axis of the spout, the nozzle G.
is twisted until the pegs or pins F. pass into same, and when the pressure on the
spout is removed, the elasticity of the flexible washer C. forces the respective pegs
or pins F. into contact with the corresponding solid parts J. of the attachment D,
thus securing the spout A. to the body of the can B. with a flexible, but at the
same time a drop tight joint, and in such a manner that the spout may be easily
removed.
•
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
--
1. An oil can with which is combined a flexible washer C. compressed between
the oil can body or bottom of recess in valve attachment D. and the base of the
spout A. for the purpose as herein before set forth.
2. An oil can with which is combined a valve chamber D. having suitable
recesses cut therein for the reception of the nozzle pegs or pins F. by which the
detachable spout A. is secured to the oil can, substantially in the manner shown and
described.
Dated this 28th day of February 1895.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.