Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th Sept., 1887.
A
1, THOMAS FURNIVAL, of Brook Green House, Reddish Lane, Gorton, in the
County of Lancaster, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:―
This invention has for its object an oil can, that if upset, shall not spill, the oil-
that shall have no screw lid or other part to get lost-and that shall be cheap and
serviceable.
It consists essentially in an oiler of the usual description but instead of the screw lid
I place a conical tube dipping down to the middle, or a little below the middle of
the oil can. The sides are preferably overhung and sloping downwards. The tube
acts as an air vent, and an orifice to fill the oiler by. If the oiler, which is never
allowed to be more than half full, falls over, the oil fills the half of the oil can to one
side of the tube, but cannot escape. If it turns over even on to its back, the oil runs
into the top half of the can, and again finds the end of the tube above its surface, so
that it cannot run out thereby.
n
L 1
ነን . 1 1
1000
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
and 323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Oilers or Oil Cans.
1, THOMAS FURNIVAL of Brook Green House, Reddish Lane, Gorton in the County
of Lancaster, Machinist 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 has for its object an oil can, that if upset, shall not spill the oil,
that shall have no screw lid or other part to get lost, and that shall be cheap and
serviceable.
It consists essentially in an oiler, A, of the usual description and of any convenient
shape, but instead of the usual screw lid on the top, I place thereon a conical tube, B,
dipping down to the middle, or a little below the middle of the oil can, A. The
sides of the oiler are preferably overhung and sloping downwards. The tube B acts
as an orifice by which to fill the oiler, and the length of it determines the quantity
of oil that can be put into the oiler. The spout orifice D¹ is open to the body of the
can up to the level of the bottom of the conical tube, B, and thus acts as an air vent
when the can is being filled. If the oiler, which is never more than half full, falls
over, the oil fills the half of the oil can to one side of the tube, B, but cannot escape.
If it turns over even on to its back, the oil runs into the top half of the can, and again
finds the end b of the tube above its surface, so that it cannot run out thereby. The
oiler is provided with the usual handle and spout D. The conical tube B may be
placed in any other position such as the bottom or side of the oiler.
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 :-
1. An oiler or oil can, provided on its upper side with an entrance tube, said
tube dipping down into the body of the can to a point at or near the middle thereof,
substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.
2. In an oiler or oil can, an entrance tube, without a cover attached to the top
side thereof, and dipping down therein to a point at or near the middle thereof, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3. An oiler or oil can provided on its upper side with an entrance tube, said tube
dipping down into the body of the can to a point at or near the level of the upper
edge of the spout orifice, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
4. An oiler or oil can as a whole, constructed substantially as shown and described
Dated this Fifth day of August 1887.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.