IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF BICYCLISTS AND TRICYCLISTS,
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Lindsay Anderson Walters, of Newgate Street, in the
City of London, Manufacturer, and James Bradbury, of Braintree, in the
County of Essex, Foreman, for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS,
SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE USE OF BICYCLISTS AND TRICYCLISTS,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Lindsay Anderson Walters
and James Bradbury at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
18th May 1883.
LINDSAY ANDERSON WALTERS, of Newgate Street, in the City of London,
Manufacturer, and JAMES BRADBURY, of Braintree, in the County of Essex,
Foreman, IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE
BICYCLISTS AND TRICYCLISTS,
USE OF
Our Invention of improvements in oil cans, specially devised for the use of
bicyclists and tricyclists, relates to the combination, forming one article, of two or
more oil-holders, a match box, a wick holder for containing a spare wick, and a
pricker, for raising or pricking up a lamp wick.
Our improved combined article consists of a suitably shaped case or metal box,
divided into a number of compartments, by preference four, two of which contain
oils of different kinds, viz: oil for lubricating purposes, and oil for lighting
purposes. The compartment containing the lubricating oil is provided with a
nozzle, the base of which screws into the oil compartment and closes the opening
through which the oil is introduced, and the other end of this nozzle forms the
spout through which the oil is discharged, by compressing the sides of the case
or box. The other oil compartment is provided with a short tube through which
the oil is introduced, and is closed by a cap or cover. Adjoining the oil compart-
ments are two other compartments one of which contains matches and is closed by
a hinged lid; a friction plate for striking the matches on is arranged on one of
the sides of the case or box. The other compartment contains a spare wick, and is
closed by a sliding cap or cover furnished with a pricker; this pricker takes into
an eye fixed on the end of the box or case and retains the cover in place.

page_text: Figure 1 is an elevation of the combined article, Figures 2 and 3 are end views;
and Figure 4, is a vertical section shewing the arrangement of the various
compartments.
A, is a metal case or box; which is, by preference, of rectangular shape, and
which is divided into four compartments B. C. D. E. The compartments marked B
and C are reserved for oils for lubricating and lighting purposes, respectively, The
compartment C, is formed separately, and is slightly tapered towards its bottom in
order to allow the sides of the outer case A, to be compressed, for the purpose of
ejecting the oil from the compartment B, This construction of the compartment C
is clearly shewn in figure 5, This said compartment is fitted in the case A, and is
secured therein by solder applied to its outer edge. In this compartment a second
compartment D, destined for the reception of matches, is likewise fitted and
retained; it is closed at its outer end by a hinged lid or cover d. E, is the fourth
This
compartment which is also fitted and held in similar manner in the case A.
compartment is intended to carry a spare wick, or wicks. It is closed by a sliding
cap or cover e, which is furnished with a pin f, which pin takes into an eye or
tube, ex, which is soldered on the end of the case A. This pin acts as a pricker
for raising a lamp wick. This combined cap or cover and pricker is shewn in
detached view in figure 6.

page_text: G, is a nozzle which is provided with a leather washer and is screwed into a
socket g, fitted in the upper part of the compartment B, which contains the
lubricating oil. To fill this compartment the nozzle is unscrewed, and the oil
introduced through the socket. g* is a cap which screws onto and closes the
orifice of the nozzle.
H, is a screw cap or plug, also provided with a washer and taking into a socket h,
fitted in the compartment C, which contains the oil for lighting purposes.
J, is a friction plate on which the matches are ignited.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention and in what manner the
saine be performed, we declare that we claim
First. The combination, forming a single article, of two oil holders or compart-
ments, a match box, a wick holder or compartment for a spare wick, or wicks, a
pricker for raising a lamp wick, and a friction plate for igniting matches, substan-
tially as herein described and shewn.
Second, The construction of the compartment or holder C, as herein described
and shewn, and for the purpose set forth.
Third. The combination of the cap or cover and pricker, as herein described and
shewn.
:
In witness whereof I the said Lindsay Anderson Walters, on behalf of myself
and the said James Bradbury, have hereunto set my hand and seal this fifteenth
day of November in the year of our Lord 1883.
LINDSAY ANDERSON WALTERS. (L.S.)