Improvements relating to Oil Cans.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 29th June. 1889
IROVLIDIUNAT DI BULTICALION.
Improvements relating to Oil Cans.
I, HENRY JONES of Cross Keys near Newport, Monmouth, Tin &c. goods manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to oil cans or feeders.
The object of my said invention is to provide a combined oil can or feeder and
lamp, thereby dispensing with the necessity of the person using the said oil can or
feeder at night, or in dark places, carrying a separate light, and thus enabling him to
perform the operation of oiling with one hand.
In carrying my said invention into practice I provide an oil can or feeder of any
suitable description. In the upper or other convenient part or portion of this oil can
or feeder I form a socket into which is adapted to fit the lower part or portion of a
small lamp or lantern. The said lamp or lantern is sometimes provided with a suitable
lens and is so arranged as to throw its light to the extremity of the spout of the
oil can or feeder. I prefer to provide the said lamp or lantern with a handle or
handles so that it can be removed if necessary from the socket in the oil can or
feeder and employed for the purpose of giving light separate therefrom. Or the said
oil can or feeder may be employed when a lamp or lantern is not required, as an
ordinary oil can or feeder.
The lamp or lantern may be of any suitable form and of any well known
construction.
It is obvious that my said invention can be applied to any convenient form of oil
can or feeder; and moreover that my improved oil can or feeder is adapted for oiling
engines, or machinery of any description.
By my invention I provide an oil can or feeder the employment of which will cause
a considerable saving in oil, the light being thrown directly upon the point where it
is desired to apply the said oil, thus preventing unnecessary waste.
It is moreover obvious that accidents may be obviated by the use of my improved
oil can, or feeder, as the person using the same, has one hand at liberty and is thus
enabled to hold on to any convenient object whilst oiling any desired part of any
engine or machine.
Dated this 13th day of July 1888.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Oil-cans.
I, HENRY JONES, of Cross Keys, near Newport, Monmouth, Tin &c. goods Manu-
facturer, 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 relates to oil-cans or oil-feeders.
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The object of my said invention is to provide an oil-can or oil-feeder having
suitable lamp or lantern combined therewith in such a manner that it will project
rays of light towards the spout of the oil-can, and so that it can be easily and
expeditiously removed and replaced, thus permitting the use of the oil-can and lamp
or lantern either separately or in conjunction with each other.
I thus obviate the necessity for the carrying of a separate light by a person using
the oil-can at night or in dark places, and provide for enabling him to perform the
operation of oiling with one hand, leaving his other hand free or at liberty, so that
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page_text: he can hold on to any convenient object whilst oiling any part of an engine or
machine.
Moreover by my invention I provide for considerable saving of oil or other
lubricant, that is to say, the light being thrown directly upon the point where it is
desired to apply the said oil or other lubricant, unnecessary waste or loss thereof is
prevented.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown, in side elevation partly in vertical
central section, one form of my improved combined oil-can and lamp or lantern.
A is the oil-can which has formed in the upper part of the body thereof a socket a.
bis a small lamp or lantern the lower part of which fits into the socket a so that it
will be retained therein under the ordinary conditions of use, but can be easily and
quickly removed therefrom when desired. The said lamp or lantern b is preferably
provided with a suitable lens c and is, as above mentioned, so arranged that it will
project rays of light towards the extremity of the spout of the oil-can, and, therefore,
also upon the part to which it is desired to apply the oil or other lubricant contained
in the oil-can. The lamp or lantern bis, moreover, provided with a handle or handles d
to facilitate its removal from the socket a and its use separately from the oil-can. The
said lamp or lantern & may then be employed in the usual manner for giving light for
other purposes. And the oil-can A may be employed without the lamp when the
latter is not required.
.
Instead of inserting the lamp in a socket in the oiler, it may be screwed thereto in
any convenient manner.
The lamp or lantern may be of any suitable form and of any well known
construction.
It is obvious that my said invention can be applied to any convenient form of oil-
can or feeder. For instance to a "barrel" or locomotive oil-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 wish it understood that
I claim :-
The combination, with an oil-can, of a suitable lamp or lantern attached thereto,
substantially as hereinbefore described, so that it will project rays of light towards the
extremity of the spout of the oil-can and may be easily and expeditiously removed and
replaced, as, and for the purposes, specified.
Dated this 11th day of April 1889.