Improvements in the Construction of Oil Cans.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1895
Complete Specification Lelt, 7th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Oil Cans.
I, JIM WAINWRIGHT KAYE of the Firm of Joseph Kaye & Sons, Limited,
South Accommodation Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Works Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to certain improvements in oil cans whereby the inlet and
outlet valves are arranged within a tundish, and the waste of oil consequent upon
the old arrangement prevented.
I accomplish my object by forming a tundish or concave cavity on the top of
the oil can to facilitate the filling of the can with oil, the top edge of this tundish
I form with a bead in order to protect the hitherto rough edge of the plate
forming the top of the can. In the centre of the cavity I form an inlet valve for
filling the can with oil, such valve turns upon a centre and can be actuated by
the finger and thumb upon a milled edge prepared for the purpose.
The valve is formed with one or more inlets, cut in the outer casing of the
valve, the inner casing having corresponding opening or openings. On turning the
inner casing upon its centre by means of the finger and thumb, the outer opening
or openings are closed.
Through the centre of the milled cap attached to the inside casing of the inlet
valve, I pass the spindle of the internal valve which on pressing allows the oil to
escape from the spout, this valve I call the outlet valve.
Hitherto the spindle of this valve has been outside the tundish on the top of the
can, with the result that leakage from opening for spindle to pass inside the can,
has run down the outside of the body of the can and lead to inconvenience and
waste, whereas in my improved arrangement any such leakage is accumulated in
the tundish, and can, on turning the inlet valve, be returned to the can.
By this combination of tundish and valves, greater facilities are afforded for
filling, and less waste involved than in arrangements hitherto in use for the same
purpose.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1895
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
I, JIM WAINWRIGHT KAYE, of the Firm of Joseph Kaye & Sons, Limited,
South Accommodation Road, Leeds, in the County of York, Works Manager,
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 relates to certain improvements in oil cans whereby the operation
of the inlet valves are arranged within a tuudish, and the waste of oil consequent
unon the old anna

page_text: In describing my invention in detail, reference is made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation of an oil can fitted with my improved
inlet valve.
Fig. 2 is a similar view with a modified arrangement of inlet valve.
Figs. 3 and 4 are respective cross sections through lines a. b. showing the valve
in Fig. 3 open for filling, and the other closed.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respective sections through the back portion of the oil cans
showing the valves closed, and
Fig. 7 is an end view showing how a spring may be applied for holding the
inlet valve in position.
Similar letters indicate similar parts where they appear.
In carrying out my object a tundish or concave cavity A. is formed and secured
to the top plate B. of the oil can, to facilitate the filling of the said can with oil,
and above the said tundish or concave cavity A. on the top plate B. I form a
bead C. in lieu of the hitherto rough edge of the plate.
In the centre of the tundish or concave cavity A. I form an inlet valve D. for
filling the can with oil, such valve is circular and enclosed by an outer casing E.
and turns within the same on being actuated by the finger and thumb upon the
milled edge of the cap or cover F. attached to the inlet valve D.
Through the centre of the milled cap or cover F. passes the spindle G.. of the
internal or outlet valve H. which on being operated by applying pressure to the
cap G¹ of said spindle allows the oil to escape from the spout J.
In the drawings only one opening O. is shown cut through the valve D. and
outer casing E, but as will be obvious, more openings may be formed through each,
so that when the inlet valve D. is turned to a certain position, the openings
correspond, allowing the oil to be fed to the interior of the can.
Hitherto the spindle G. has passed through the top plate B. of the oil can
outside the tundish or concave cavity A. with the result that, leakage coming from
the spindle has run down outside the body of the can and lead to inconvenience
and waste, whereas by my improvement such leakage is accumulated in the
tundish A. and on opening the valve D. is returned to the interior of the oil can.
By my modified arrangement shown by Fig. 2 the spindle G. is secured to the
cap L. of inlet valve D, thereby dispensing with the spindle opening through the
cap and consequent leakage of oil. On applying downward pressure by, say,
the thumb on the top of cap L, the outlet valve H. is opened in the same manner
as when pressure is applied to the cap G' of spindle arranged as shown by
· Figs. 1, 3 and 5.
The position of the inlet valve D. within the outer casing E. is by preference
retained either in the open or closed position by a spring S. encircling the outer
casing E, the said spring being bent at S₁ with a projection on sanie engaging
with notches cut in the bottom edge of the inlet valve tube D, such notches being
shown by short straight lines in end view Fig. 7.
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,
In an oil can the combination of an inlet valve D. with the spindle of outlet
valve H, both within a tundish A. substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1896.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent for Applicant.