Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 27th Dec., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 25th Aug., 1900-Accepted, 27th Oct., 1900
I, LOUIS EUGÈNE BULTEZ, Engineer, of Varenne, St. Hilaire, France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to improvements in oil and other vessels and
especially to that portion which forms a tap or closing device, and is especially
applicable for oil cans.
The tap consists mainly of a tubular body provided with an orifice in its side.
This tubular part is fixed by any suitable means to the body of the vessel for
which the tap is intended, as by screwing or soldering.
Over this tubular part fits a sleeve or ring preferably passing over a narrowed
portion of the former, which sleeve is provided with an outwardly projecting
spout. The sleeve is also provided with a passage in the direction of its axis the
use of which will be explained hereunder. The spout can be made to com-
municate by means of boring, in the wall of the sleeve with the interior of the
inner tubular body through its orifice.
The tubular body is provided with a screw thread at its upper end, into which
a cap is screwed. The latter may be rendered immovable by any suitable means,
as for instance by means of a safety plate.
The cap is provided with a passage or perforation near its edge, adapted to
coincide under certain conditions with the passage in the sleeve.
When the parts as described above are combined under the conditions indicated,
and the sleeve is so turned that the spout occupies the position in which its orifice
does not coincide with the orifice in the tubular body, the liquid contained
within the vessel cannot be poured out through the spout. If, on the contrary,
the spout is turned through an angle of say 180°, so that the two orifices coincide,
the liquid contained in the vessel can pass out by way of the spout. The air
which it is necessary to admit to the vessel in order to be able to pour out the
liquid, enters through the perforations in the cap and sleeve which coincide in
this position of the spout, and thence passes preferably through the hollow handle
in the interior of the vessel.
This hollow handle which may be formed of a simple bent tube or half tube
covered by a cover plate the ends of which are folded over wires is fastened at
one end to the tubular body where it is bored to communicate with the passage
and the other end to the top of the can or vessel. As will be seen from the
drawing the air conduit serves here as the handle of the vessel. According to

page_text: this arrangement of parts, the spout itself acts as the handle of the tap, an arrange-
ment which in itself, greatly simplifies the construction of the apparatus.
In order to secure the vessel against illicit refilling through the spout, there
may be placed in the lower part of the interior of the tubular body, a plate
provided in its centre with a hole against which a ball may be lightly pressed by
à spring. Both the ball and the spring may be placed within a perforated block
or casing.
When the vessel is tilted the ball will leave its seat and thereby permit the
pouring out of the liquid; while when the vessel is in a perpendicular position
the ball will return to its seat rendering it impossible to introduce any liquid
into the vessel.
Dated this 27th day of December 1899
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Oil and other Vessels and Receptacles.
.I, LOUIS EUGÈNE BULTEZ, Engineer, of Varenne, St. Hilaire, France, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The present invention relates to improvements in oil and other vessels and
especially to that portion which forms a tap or closing device and is especially
applicable for oil cans.
In order to render the following explanation clearer, the accompanying draw-
ing illustrates by way of example only, a device constructed according to this
invention and adapted to an oil can or vessel.
Figure 1 represents the tap open, i.c., in such a position that the receptacle
can be emptied of its contents.
Figure 2 illustrates the same tap closed.
Figures 3, 4 and 5 illustrate in detail the different parts constituting the tap.
The "tap" consists mainly of a tubular body a provided with an orifice b in
its side. This tubular part is fixed by any suitable means to the body of the
vessel for which the tap is intended, as by screwing or soldering at d.
Over this tubular part fits a sleeve or ring f preferably passing over a narrowed
portion of the former, which sleeve is provided with an outwardly projecting
spout g. The sleeve is also provided with a passage h in the direction of its
axis, the use of which will be explained hereunder. The spout g can be made to
communicate by means of a boring in the wall of the sleeve f with the interior
of the inner tubular body a, through its orifice b.
The tubular body a is provided with a screw thread at its upper end j into
which a cap k is screwed. The latter may be rendered immovable by any suitable
means, as for instance by means of a safety plate. The cap k is provided with a
passage or perforation / near its edge, adapted to coincide under certain conditions
with the passage h in the sleeve.
When the parts as described above are combined under the conditions indicated,
and the sleeve f is so turned that the spout g occupies the position indicated in
Figure 2, its orifice i does not coincide with the orifice b, in the tubular body
and, the liquid contained within the vessel canot be poured out through the
spout g. If, on the contrary the spout g is turned through an angle of say 180°
so that the two orifices e and b coincide, the liquid contained in the vessel can
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page_text: pass out by way of the spout g. The air which it is necessary to admit to the
vessel in order to be able to pour out the liquid, enters through the perfora-
tions in the cap and sleeve which coincide in this position of the spout, and
thence passes preferably through the hollow handle m in the interior of the vessel
(Figure 1).
This hollow handle m which may be formed of a simple bent tube or half
tube (Figure 4) covered by a cover plate g the ends of which are folded over
wires r, is fastened at one end to the tubular body a at c where it is bored to
communicate with the passage h, and the other end to the top of the can or vessel.
As will be seen from the drawing the air conduit m serves here as the handle of
the vessel. According to this arrangement of parts, the spout itself acts as the
handle of the tap, an arrangement which, in itself, greatly simplifies the con-
struction of the apparatus.
In order to secure the vessel against illicit re-filling through the spout, there.
may be placed in the lower part of the interior of the tubular body a, a plate s
provided in its centre with a hole against which a ball t may be lightly pressed
by a spring u. Both the ball and the spring may be placed within a perforated
block or casing v.
When the vessel is tilted the ball will leave its seat and thereby permit the
pouring out of the liquid; while when the vessel is in a perpendicular position
the ball will return to its seat rendering it impossible to introduce any liquid
into the vessel.
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. A device, applicable to any kind of vessel and especially to oil cans or
receptacles, comprising a tubular body, closed at the top by a cap and com-
municating with the receptacle, and provided with a movable sleeve, provided
with a spout, a lateral orifice in the sleeve being adapted to coincide or not,
according to the position of the movable sleeve, with a lateral passage in the
tubular body, the movable sleeve being also provided in the thickness of its wall
with a longitudinal passage communicating, when the spout is so turned as to
allow the liquid to be poured out, on the one hand with a hole provided in the
cap, and, on the other, with a passage communicating with the interior of the
vessel, substantially as described.
2. In a device of the kind described a spring-controlled valve ball displaceably
arranged in a perforated block, substantially as described.
3. The complete tap device for oil and other liquid vessels substantially as
described or illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 17th day of August 1900.
BOULT, WADE & KILBURN,
Agents for the Applicant.