Improvements in Oil Cans.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1890-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil Cans.
I. PAUL FRIEDRICH HÜBNER, Town Councillor of Zschopau, Bleich weg, 122-123,
in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
The invention hereafter described refers to an improvement in oil cans designed
to secure an economical, even, and invariable flow of oil from cans of every
description.
It is well known that oil cans hitherto in use, which are provided with a conically
tapering outlet tube for the oil, have the great defect that the point of the outlet
tube, in consequence of being so often brought in contact with the objects to be oiled,
gets bent, or clogged and even kinked or broken. In order to overcome these objec-
tions, the oil cans of newer patterns are frequently made with a wide opening, which
occasions a loss of oil, and makes the use of such cans very expensive. When the
opening for the outflow of the oil gets stopped up by ben ling or other causes and
perhaps is broken off intentionally or otherwise to make it wider, it becomes at once
useless, and requires repairing.
The present invention overcomes these drawbacks, and is shown in three different
forms in Figures 1, 2 and 3, respectively, of the accompanying drawings.
The object of the present invention is to provide an invariable and economical
means of oiling, and I do this by narrowing the inner space of the oil delivery tube
between the lower and upper parts, but preferably near to the outflow, which is
narrowed in a suitable manner in a protected part, so that the outlet of the tube may
be kept wide without giving rise to a waste of oil, and rendering any bend or
deformity of the outflow tube harmless in preventing the run of oil.
This narrowing
of the wide tube opening can be effected either by soldering to it short hollow
cylinders, or making a special suitable casting. The narrowing itself can be arranged
quite near to the delivery point of the oil tube (as in Figures 1), or at some distance
from the same (as in Figures 2 and 3). The outflow end is provided with, in con-
nection with this narrow part, a semispherical, cylindrical, or other shaped cavity or
hollowing. By means of the invention, just described, the part of the oil tube which
regulates the stream of oil is perfectly protected against injury. The cleaning of the
oil delivery tube is effected more easily than with the ordinary arrangements, since
the short narrow part of the oil-tube can be easily kept clear. Moreover the discharge
of the oil takes place faster than with the oil cans hitherto in use, as the oil in the
wide part of the tube passes quickly to the orifice of the narrow part, and this being
short, offers little resistance by adhesion. This invention has furthermore the
advantage, that in the event of the aperture proving too small, it can easily be widened
by drilling. Besides this, the widening of the outflow-part, can, when out of shape by
long use, be easily made right by filing, drilling or bending. Then again, the point
itself will stand considerable distortion before requiring adjusting, since the diameter
is much larger than that of the oil tubes hitherto in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1 Anant And Luha
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page_text: purpose of regulating the discharge of oil, so constructed & arranged that it is
protected from injury when touching the object to be oiled.
2. An outflow tube or spout for oil cans constructed and arranged in the
manner described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th day of July 1890.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.