Year: 1888

page_text: 1, THOMAS FLETCHER BRAIME, of Rothwell, near Leeds, in the county of York,
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in or relating to oil cans or
oil feeders.
My improvements consist :-
In order to effect
1st. In converting a valve oil can to act as a valveless oil can.
which I provide means to keep the valve open or away from its seating, thus leaving
the passage open for the oil, when the hand is removed.
I do this preferably in oil cans such as shown in the drawings annexed by pressing
down the valve spindle in the ordinary manner and holding such spindle down by any
suitable mechanical means after the hand has been removed, thus keeping open the
valve and converting the valve can to act as a valveless one.
Upon the head or button of the valve spindle I provide a groove across the same
into which a link hinged into the valve spindle boss or guide fits when such link is
swivelled or turned over, upon the valve spindle being pressed down to the required
extent. By this means the valve is kept open or away from its seating until the said
link is removed from the head or button of the valve spindle and allows the valve to
close. Or in lieu of the above the head or button of the valve spindle may have formed
upon its underside a hook or catch which upon the valve spindle being pressed down
as ordinary slides over and engages under a flange or projection upon the valve
spindle boss or guide.
Or I may arrange the head or button of the valve spindle to revolve thereon and
provide threads upon the lower part of the button or head. The valve spindle boss or
guide being recessed or hollowed out and the sides of such threaded so as to engage
with the threads upon the button or head aforesaid when such has been pressed down
and the head or button screwed into the valve spindle boss or guide, and thus holds
the valve spindle down and keeps the valve open.

page_text: Fig. 3. is a side elevation partly in section of oil can showing means applied for
holding down the valve spindle and thus causing the oil can to act as a
valveless one.
Fig. 4. is an end view in section of oil can showing the arrangement of double
bottom.
Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 show detail views of modified means for holding down the
valve spindle and keeping the valve open.
My improvements consist 1st. In converting a valve oil can to act as a valveless
oil can.
In order to effect which I provide means to keep the valve open or away
from its seating, thus leaving the passage open for the oil, when the hand is removed.
I do this preferably in oil cans such as shown in the drawings annexed, by pressing.
down the valve spindle in the ordinary manner and holding such spindle down by any
suitable mechanical means after the hand has been removed, thus keeping open the
valve and converting the valve can to act as a valveless one.
Upon the head or button A of the valve spindle C I provide a groove B across the
same, into which a link D hinged into the valve spindle boss or guide E fits when such
link is swivelled or turned over, upon the valve spindle being pressed down to the
required extent.
By this means the valve F is kept open or away from its, seating G until the said
link D is removed from the head or button A of the valve spindle C and allows the
valve F to close.
Or in lieu of the above the head or button A of the valve spindle C may have
formed upon its underside a hook or catch H which upon the valve spindle C being
pressed down as ordinary.slides over and engages under a flange or projection J upon
the valve spindle boss or guide E.
Or I may arrange. the head or button A of the valve spindle to revolve
thercon (see Fig. 8.) and provide threads, upon the lower part of the button or
head. The valve spindle boss or guide E being recessed or hollowed, out and the

page_text: sides of such threaded so as to engage with the threads upon the button or head
aforesaid when such has been pressed down and the head or button A screwed into
the valve spindle boss or guide E, and thus holds the valve spindle C down and
keeps the valve open.
In case of oil cans such as shown in Fig. 9 I provide notches or grooves K in the
valve spindle boss or guide E and projections L upon the valve spindle Cor button A.
On turning and pressing down the valve spindle the projections I pass into the
said grooves and bind therein, by this means the valve spindle is prevented from
returning to its original position and thus closing the valve..
2nd. In constructing or arranging the screw cap or nipple M with a flange N
large enough to cover the dished feed hole so as to prevent dirt grit and other
impurities lodging therein. The flange N of the said screw cap or nipple M may be
straight or flat, or slightly turned down so as to fit upon or over a rib or raised part
upon the can around the feed hole.
3rd. To prevent the screw cap or nipple M being lost when such has been unscrewed
or removed I provide a knob P on the screw cap aforesaid around which knob one
end of the single solid link R is engaged, the other end of the said link being
attached around the valve spindle boss or guide E or to any other suitable part of
the can.
4th. In constructing oil cans with double bottoms, one being inside the can and the
other at the outside.
The inner bottom S is made with a suitable flange around it which is soldered
around the inner part of the can. The outer bottom T has a recess formed around the
inner edge of its flange into which a beaded projecting flange V on the bottom edge
of the sides fits. The flange is then pressed over the beaded projecting flange aforesaid
as shown in Fig. 4, and is then soldered around to the sides of the can.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I would have it understood that
I do not confine or limit myself to any arrangement of means for keeping the
valve away from its seating for the purpose set forth but I declare that what I
claim is:
1. Constructing oil cans with valves which can be made to remain open as if
valveless or closed at will for the purposes shown and described.
2. The screw cap M with large flange N for completely covering the dished feed
hole for the purposes shown and described.
3. The uso and employment of the single solid link R for the purposes shown and
described.
4. Oil cans constructed with double
described.
Dated this 3rd day of November 1888.
bottoms substantially as shown and