Improvements in Closing Devices for the Filling Holes of Oil Con- tainers of Oil Lamps and for Oil Cans, Bottles, and other Vessels.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in Closing Devices for the Filling Holes of Oil Con-
tainers of Oil Lamps and for Oil Cans, Bottles, and other Vessels.
We, RIPPINGILLE'S ALBION LAMP COMPANY LIMITED, of Aston Brook Lámp
Works, Aston Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, and
ALBERT EDWARD HANCOCK, of 105, Finch Road, Handsworth, in the County of
Stafford, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of the herein described improvements in closing devices
for the filling holes of the oil containers of oil lamps and for. oil cans bottles and
vessels of all kinds this invention being devised to take the place of the usual
cork or stopper.
We will describe this invention as applied to the oil container of an oil lamp.
In carrying out this invention the projecting bell shaped or other mouth or
mount of the filling hole is so fitted to the oil container as to turn through a
certain angle. This can be accomplished by making the mouth or mount to fit
in the filling hole and with a shoulder to take against the outside of the oil
container and a flange to take against the inside of the same. Within the oil
vessel we provide a closing plate which fits against the underside of the flange or
lower part of the mount or mouth. This closing plate is, at one side of the filling
hole, fixed on and can turn with a pin or axle which is carried by a suitable
bearing. The said flange of the, mount or mouth has spur teeth formed on part
of its periphery which gear with the corresponding teeth of a small spur pinion
fixed on the axle of the closing plate.
When the mouth or mount is turned through a certain angle in one direction
the teeth of its flange gearing with the pinion on the axle of the closing plate
turn the closing plate away from the filling hole and thus leave the same open,
and when the mount or mouth is turned in the opposite direction the said teeth
turn the pinion and the closing plate in the opposite direction so that the latter
slides under and closes the filling hole. A suitable stop preferably provided on
the said flange, prevents the closing plate from being moved too far when closing
the hole. The said flange is by preference made with a small hooked or undercut
lip opposite to the axle of the closing plate so that when the closing plate is
moving into its closed position it will take under this lip and be thereby supported
in its closed position.
In a modification of this invention instead of employing the pinion on the
axle and spur teeth on the turning mouth or mount for turning the closing plate,
the said closing plate is connected to the flange of the mouth or mount by a link
or links so arranged that when the mouth or mount is turned in one direction the

page_text: closing plate is turned so as to leave the filling hole open and when the mount or
mouth is turned in the opposite direction the closing plate moves under the hole
and closes the same.
Dated this 20th da
T
1000
Improvements in Closing Devices for the Filling Holes of Oil Con-
tainers of Oil Lamps and for Oil Cans, Bottles, and other Vessels.
We, RIPPINGILLE'S ALBION LAMP COMPANY LIMITED, of Aston Brook Lamp
Works, Aston Road, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, and
ALBERT EDWARD HANCOCK of 105, Finch Road, Handsworth, fn the County of
Stafford, Inventor, 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 consists of the herein described improvements in closing devices
for the filling holes of the oil containers of oil lamps and for oil cans bottles and
vessels of all kinds this invention being devised to take the place of the usual
cork or stopper.
We will describe this invention as applied to the oil container of an oil lamp
or oil stove.
On the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 2 is an
inverted plan of our invention shewing the filling hole closed: Fig. 3 is an inverted-
plan shewing the filling hole open; Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation and inverted
plan of part of the top of the oil container shewing the part of our invention
which is fixed to the underside of the same; Fig. 5 is a plan and side elevation of
the closing plate part of our invention illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and Fig. 6 is
a sectional elevation and inverted plan of the bell shaped mount or mouth part
of the same; Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 8 is an inverted plan of a
modified form of our invention Fig. 8 shewing the filling hole closed; Fig. 9
shews the same parts as Fig. 8 with the filling hole open; Fig. 10 is a sectional
elevation and Fig. 11 is and inverted plan of the hell shaped mouth or mount part
of the arrangement illustrated by Figs. 7, 8 and 9, and Fig. 12 is a side elevation
and inverted plan of the closing plate part of the arrangement illustrated by
Figs. 7, 8 and 9.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
We will first describe the arrangement of our invention illustrated by Figs. 1
to 6 both inclusive.
In carrying out this invention the projecting bell shaped or other mouth or
mount A of the filling hole B is so fitted to the ton H of the oil container as to
turn through a certain angle; this can be accomplished by making the mouth or
mount A to fit in the filling bole B with a flange C to take against the underside
of the oil container H. Within the oil container we provide a closing plate 1)
which fits against the underside of the flange C or lower part of the mount or
mouth. This closing plate D turns on a pin or axle E at one side of the filling
hole B this pin E being carried by a suitable bearing formed by the plate l'
which is soldered or otherwise fixed to the underside of the top H of the oil con-
tainer and has an ear in which the pin E fits and is also made with a lip f

page_text: opposite to the pin E to form a support for the closing plate D when in its closed
position. The Hange C of the mount or mouth A has spur teeth formed on part
of its periphery which gear with corresponding teeth of a small spur pinion d
fixed on the closing plate D where the pin E passes through so as to turn about
the pin E.
When the mount or mouth A is turned through a certain angle in one direction
indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 the teeth c¹ of the flange C gearing with the
pinion turn the closing plate 1) away from the filling hole and thus leave
the same open as shewn by Fig. 3, and when the mouth or mount A. is turned in the
opposite direction that is in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3 the
teeth turn the pinion and the closing plate D in the opposite direction so
that the latter slides over and closes the filling hole B. When the filling hole is
open as shewn in Fig. 3 a projection of the flange C comes in contact with a
stop formed on the plate and thus prevents the flange C from being turned
too far in the direction to open the filling hole. When the filling hole is closed
a projection on the closing plate 1) comes in contact with the stop f³ and thus
prevents the closing plate D from moving too far when the hole is being closed.
In the modification of this invention illustrated by Figs. 7 to 12 both inclusive,
instead of employing the spur teeth on the flange C and the pinion on the axle
for turning the closing plate D, the closing plate is connected to the flange C of
the mouth or mount A by a link G the said flange having a side projection
which one end of the link G is jointed at g'. The other end of the link G is
jointed to the closing plate D at g². It will be seen that this link G is so arranged
that when the mouth or mount A is turned in one direction (see Fig. 9) the closing
plate D is turned so as to leave the filling hole 13 open and when the mouth or
mount is turned in the opposite direction the link Ġ turns the closing plate D
under the hole B and so closes the same.
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Fixed to the oil container H round the filling hole B there may be a fixed bell f
as shewn in Fig. 7 so as the better to prevent the oil from leaking out round the
movable bell A; or this fixed bell I may be dispensed with.
This invention is applied to the filling holes of oil cans bottles, and vessels of
various kinds similarly as above described and illustrated with reference to the
filling hole of the oil container of an oil lamp or stove.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim
is:-
1. In a closing device for the filling holes of oil containers of oil lamps and
for oil cans bottles and other vessels, the combination of the bell shaped or other
mount arranged to turn in the filling hole and an internal closing plate turning on
a pin at one side of the filling hole and geared to a flange of the bell shaped mount
the parts being so arranged that the turning of the mount in one direction causes
the closing plate to close the filling hole and the turning of the mount in the
opposite direction causes the closing plate to open the filling hole substantially
as set forth.
2. In a closing device for the filling holes of oil containers of oil lamps and
tor oil cans bottles and other vessels, the combination of the bell shaped mount A
arranged to turn in the filling hole, the internal flange C fixed on the mount A,
the internal closing plate D turning on a pin E at one side of the filling hole and
provided with a pinion which gears with the teeth c¹ of the flange C, the parts
being so arranged that the turning of the mount A in one direction causes the
closing plate to close the filling hole and the turning of the mount in the opposite
direction causes the plate to open the filling hole, substantially as described and
illustrated by Figs. 1. to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a closing device for the filling holes of oil containers of oil lamps and
for oil cans bottles and other vessels, the combination of the bell shaped mount A
arranged to turn in the filling hole, the internal flange C fixed on the mount A.

page_text: the internal closing plate I turning on a pin E at one side of the filling hole and
connected to the flange C by the link G, the parts being so arranged that the
turning of the mount A in one direction causes the closing plate to close the
filling hole and the turning of the mount in the opposite direction causes the
plate to open the filling hole, substantially as described and illustrated by Figs. 7
to 12 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of March 1899.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.