Patent ID: 7677621

Claim:
An oil-dispensing asphalt shovel comprising: a blade-like member having a top end; a tubular oil dispensing member being securely attached to and along said top end of said blade-like member and having a plurality of holes being spaced along and extending through a side wall thereof, and also having inlet ports extending through said side wall thereof and being diametrically opposed to said holes; a hollow shaft support member having a top end and having a pair of leg portions which are securely attached to said tubular oil dispensing member, said leg portions having apertures extending through a bottom thereof with each said aperture being in alignment with a respective said inlet port of said tubular oil dispensing member; a hollow shaft member having a first end and a second end which is securely attached to and extended into said hollow shaft support member for storing oil, said hollow shaft member also having an opening extending through a side wall and near said first end thereof, and also having an outlet port extending through said second end thereof, said opening being closeable with a plug; a handle member securely attached to said first end of said hollow shaft member; an oil dispensing means for allowing oil to be dispensed from said hollow shaft member to said tubular dispensing member; wherein said tubular oil dispensing member is essentially disposed lengthwise upon said top end of said blade-like member; wherein said holes in said tubular oil-dispensing member are disposed adjacent and proximate to where said tubular dispensing member is securely attached to said blade-like member, said holes being adapted to dispense oil upon a substance carrying side of said blade-like member; wherein said tubular oil-dispensing member includes open ends which are closeable with end caps; wherein said oil dispensing means includes an elongate plug support member having a first end and a second end and being movably disposed within said hollow shaft member, and includes a plug being securely attached to said second end of said elongate plug support member and being removably seated in said outlet port of said hollow shaft member, and further includes a stop member securely mounted to said elongate plug support member and being spaced from said second end thereof, and also a spring member being disposed about said elongate plug support member between said second end of said hollow shaft member and said stop for biasing said plug into closing said outlet port. and includes a knob member securely attached to said first end of said elongate plug support member for a user to push upon to remove said plug from said outlet port to release oil to said hollow shaft support member.