IMPROVEMENTS IN CANS FOR OILS AND Other Liquids AND IN THE CASES THEREFOR.
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gustavus Rollins at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd April 1879. A communication
from abroad by George W. Banker, of Brooklyn, in the County of Kings, and
State of New York, in the United States of America.
JOHN GUSTAVUS ROLLINS, of Old Swan Wharf, Upper Thames Street, in the
City of London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CANS FOR OILS AND Other Liquids AND IN
THE CASES THEREFOR.' A communication from abrond by George W. Banker, of
Brooklyn, in the County of Kings, and State of New York, in the United States of
America.
The can may be made of metal, or of earthenware, or glass encased in metal, or
of other suitable material, and it may be of rectangular or other appropriate form.
A metal rod passes through opposite sides of the can from side to side near the
middle of the can vertically, the ends projecting beyond the sides and forming
trunnions. This rod is secured by soldering to the sides of the can where it passes
through them.
The case is made of wood or its equivalent and is formed of two parts, the baso
or lower part being formed of the bottom and sides, and the upper part being
formed of the top and sides, the two parts being placed together so that the sides of
the upper part rest upon and are in the same vertical plane respectively with the
sides of the lower part, and may be secured the one part to the other on two or
more sides by hooks and staples.
According to the present Invention in addition to such hooks and staples, safety
locks constructed and applied in the following manner are employed to prevent the
accidental unfastening of the hooks and to afford additional holding means.
On a line just above the staple of each hook 1 fix a pair of staples, one on each
side of the first mentioned staple, and I suspend therein a metal loop which when
the two parts of the case are locked together encloses within its sides and bottom
end the hook and staple aforesaid, and is securely fastened at the bottom end by a
bent wire or a turn button; thus, when the additional locking means are secured
the hooks cannot be accidentally removed from their staples, and additional holding
means are provided to secure the two parts of the case together.
Vertical standards or supports serve to secure and maintain the adjustment of
the sides of the upper part upon and in the same vertical plane with the sides of
the lower part, when the two parts are put together to formn the body of the case,
and also to stay and strengthen the sides of the case, and for supports on which the
trunnions of the can rest when the can is raised into position for use. The box
being made of wood, it is preferable to have the grain of the wood run horizontally.
The aforesaid standards are formed of separate pieces of wood secured on the

page_text: inner faces of the sides of the lower part of the case, with the grain of the wood of
which the said standards are formed running vertically or across the grain of the
said sides.
The portion of the standards within the lower part of the case may if preferred
be wide enough to cover the entire inner surface of the said sides to which they
are secured, while the portion extending upward from the said lower part into the
upper part against the inner faces of the sides thereof may be made narrower.
The said upper portion of the said standards may be slotted, and the trunnions
fitted to slide in said slots.
If preferred, these standards, instead of being slotted, may rise from the bottom
on one side of the trunnions instead of being formed into two branches by the
slot, the respective places between the cleats herein after described being made
only wide enough to receive the said single branches of the standards.
The upper end surfaces of the standards are provided with notches to receive the
trunnions when the can is raised into position.
The sides of the cover are provided with cleats secured to said sides, leaving
between then on the respective sides spaces equal in width to the width of the
standards, so that when the upper part is put on to the bottom part the said
standards will fit into said spaces. Other cleats or stays are in some cases secured
to the inner faces of the other sides of the cover with the grain of the wood running
vertically or across that of said sides. They are secured at about the centre of the
sides and project downward beyond the upper part; cleats are also secured to the
other sides of the lower part of the case with the grain of the wood crossing that of
the sides, the space between said cleats on each side being equal to the width of the
projecting ends of the corresponding stays, so that when the cover or upper part is
put onto the lower part of the caso, the said cleats will fit into said spaces.
The can which should fit snugly within the said cleats and stays in the case is
provided with any desired suitable nozzle, and with a faucet constructed as herein-
after described, as also with a handle.
The top of the case may also be provided with a handle, or an opening may be
made in said top allowing the handle attached to the can to project through said
opening.
The body of the faucet is provided with a spout, and at the top with n screw
threaded tube in which the spindle carrying the valve works. These parts may be
of cast or sheet metal. The disc or flange of the faucet by which it is connected to
the can is preferably of sheet metal, and has an annular groove into which the
body of the faucet is fitted and soldered.
A hole is cut in the centre of the said disc for the valve opening. The cork or
other packing surrounding the said opening is of annular form and rests on the
disc, being pressed somewhat into the groove therein. The opening through the
centre of the cork is somewhat sinaller than the opening in the diaphragm or disc.
As the top with the valve is screwed down, the valve presses against the cork
and tightly closes the opening. As the valve is screwed up, the cork remains in
place, and leaves the opening free for the liquid to flow out. The faucet is fastened
or soldered to the can by means of the first mentioned disc, which is slightly bent
or flanged at its outer rim in aid of this purpose.