Improvements relating to Oil Cans.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
HOCAUITIVATION.
Improvements relating to Oil Cans.
I ROBERT HODGES BISHOP of 257 High Holborn, London, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means for closing the necks of oil
cans for domestic purposes, to contain paraffin oil and at the same time facilitating
the pouring out of oil.
In carrying out this invention, I adapt to the neck of the can a bowl shaped
piece with a laterally extending spout or lip, and in the bottom of this bowl piece
I form a semicircular slot. Inside the bowl piece I secure, by a rivet, so that it
may rotate therein, a second bowl piece, having a corresponding slot in the bottom,
and an opening in the side corresponding to the lip or spout.
When this inner bowl is rotated, to bring the slots and openings into coincidence,
the contents of the oil-can, can be poured out, the closing of the can being effected
by turning the inner bowl in the contrary direction.
These bowls will also, when turned to the proper position, serve as a funnel to .
guide the oil or liquid into the can.
The can may be provided with two handles, one at the top, to carry it by, and
one at the side to hold it when pouring out.
Dated this 17th day of April 1893.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, ROBERT HODGES BISHOP of 257 High Holborn, London, Manufacturer 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 object of this invention is to provide means for closing the necks of oil cans
for domestic (or other) purposes, to contain paraffin oil, or other liquid, and at the
same time facilitating the pouring out of the liquid.
That my invention may be more readily understood I have attached hereto a
sheet of drawings in which Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8 show some forms of the closing
tops, and Fig. 7 the type of handle for facilitating pouring. Similar letters in the
various figures refer to similar parts.
In carrying out this invention I adapt to the neck of the can H (Figs. 1, 2 & 3)
a bowl shaped piece A with a laterally extending spout or lip E, and in the bottom
of this bowl piece AI form a semicircular slot G. Inside the bowl piece A
I secure, by a rivet C, so that it may rotate therein, a second bowl piece B, having
a corresponding slot G in the bottom, and an opening in the side D corresponding
to the lip or spout. In the figures the slots or openings D & G are coincident in
both bowl pieces A & B, as required in the act of pouring out the liquid. When
the inner bowl B is rotated by grasping the flange F, these slots or openings can
be brought into the position shown, or the openings in B can be brought over the
blank parts of A and so close the outlet, by a movement in a contrary direction."

page_text: A suitable peg, pin or protruberance should be formed on the bowl B to act as a
stop, and fix the extreme amount of rotation in either direction. This peg may be
on the underside of the bowl B, and work in the slot G. The bowls A & B will
also, when turned to the positions shown, serve as a funnel to guide the oil or
liquid into the can when filling.
The inner bowl piece B need not be carried up the full height of the bowl
piece A, as in Fig. 1, but may be a simple disc of metal, or a disc turned up
slightly at the edge as illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 & 6. In such cases a suitable
handle, or other means of turning the piece B. must be employed. At Fig. 4 is
shown a handle M formed of a flat strip fixed to, and rotating with, the piece B.
The top of the handle M can be carried up above the bowl A, and turned over the
rim of A, and so prevent the end of said handle from being easily damaged or
misplaced.
The handle may also be formed as shown at Figs. 5 & 6. The piece N is
stamped out of the disc B, and bent up at right angles; the opening left in the
disc forming the semicircular slot G. To give greater rigidity to the handle N
I preferably corrugate it as shown.
The bowl piece A may have the opening and closing disc formed in one with it,
as shown at Fig. 8. The top of the can H is then fitted with a plate having the
semicircular opening G, and to this plate is pivoted the bowl A, by means of the
rivet C. The bowl A then forms the handle for revolving the top.
It will be readily understood that the edges of the discs B, can be made in
various ways to fit into the bowl A, so that the liquid does not easily leak out; but
I prefer the methods shown as being the simplest.
The can H (Fig. 7) may be provided with two handles K & L, that at the top (K)
to carry the can by, and that at the side (L) to hold the can when pouring out.
These handles may be of any suitable form, and the form of the tops previously
described may also be varied as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
I. In cans for containing oil or other liquids, a closing top consisting of an outer
bowl A, an inner bowl B, rotating within same, and the openings G & D as
described herein with reference to Figs. 1, 2 & 3.
II. In cans for containing oil or other liquids, a closing top consisting of an
outer bowl A, an inner disc B with or without the turned up periphery, and rotating
within the bowl A, together with the openings G and handles M or N, or the
equivalents thereof, as described with reference to Figs. 4, 5 & 6.
III. In cans for containing oil or other liquids, a closing top consisting of
bowl A with a bottom having an opening G, and pivotted to a plate on the can,
having a similar opening, as described with reference to Fig. 8.
Dated this 11th day of January 1894.
G. T. HARRAP,
Agent for Applicant.