US1112815A - Combined oil-can and brush. - Google Patents

Description

J. LYNAM.

COMBINED OIL CAN AND BRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED APR.30,1912.

1,112,815, Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

JAMES LYNAM, OF NEW'MAN, CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED OIL-CAN AND BRUSH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 12914:.

Application filed April 30, 1912.. Serial No. 694,193.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES LYNAM, citizen of the United States, residing at Newman, in the county of Stanislaus and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Q11- Cans and Brushes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oiling devices employed in 011mg harness, shoes and other leather goods, and the object of my invention is to provide a combined oil receptacle and brush.

A further object of my invention is to so construct the device that the brush head acts as the closure for the receptacle while the brush extends outwardly in position for use, the receptacle in this way forming the handle of the brush.

A further object of my invention is to provide a valve opening and valve in the head of the brush by means of which the oil contained in the receptacle may be supplied directly to the brush as desired and without opening the receptacle. And a still further object of my invention is to provide the receptacle with a drip flange surrounding the head of the brush and adapted to catch all surplus oil and prevent the same running over the outer face of the receptacle, and to also serve as a means for attachment of a removable cover for the brush when the device is not in use.

lVith these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and then specifically pointed out in the claim which is attached to and forms a part of this application.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, the brush cover being removed; Fig. 2 is a vertical central section taken through the valve, the brush cover being shown in place; Fig. 3 is a top plan of the device, the brush cover being removed and the brush shown in section to more clearly disclose the valve construction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

My invention consists primarily of an oil receptacle, designated as a whole by the numeral 10, a brush 11 forming a closure for the receptacle and a cover 12 detachably secured to the receptacle and inclosing the brush.

The receptacle proper may be formed of relatively light sheet metal and in any preferred shape, one of its faces being formed with a peripherally extending fiuting-13 to give the same resiliency, whereby it may be pressed inwardly to force the oil from the receptacle as is customary in cansof this character. The top of the receptacle or can is provided with an outwardly extending, cylindrical discharge spout 14: also formed of sheet metal and pressed or otherwise shaped to provide the outstanding threads 15 for the reception of the threaded annular flange 16 of the closure, which, in this case, consists of the head of the brush 11. Secured to the top of the can, by its lower edge and extending upwardly therefrom in spaced relation about the spout 14, is an annular flange 17 which is also threaded to receive the cover as will be hereinafter explained.

The brush 11 includes a cylindrical brush head 18 in which are set the bristles 19 and about which is secured the threaded flange 16 by means of which the brush is attached to the can in the position shown in the drawing with the brush extending out from the can. The head of the brush is provided with a discharge opening 20 which is normally closed by a valve 21 including a leaf spring having upturned terminals 22 which is secured upon the upper face of the head between the bristles by means of a pair of spaced U-shaped fasteners or staples 23. When oil is required, this valve 21 is drawn outwardly, its outer terminal 22 serving as a convenient means for actuating the same, to permit the oil to escape through the open ing 20 of the brush head.

As means for protecting the brush from dust and dirt, when not in use, and also to prevent the oil from becoming dried upon the bristles, due to exposure to the air, I have provided a cover 12, preferably formed of sheet metal. This cover includes a cylindrical body member 25 closed at one end and flared at its other end to form an outwardly and downwardly extending, annular flange 26. The body member adjacent this flange is provided with threads for engagement with the drip flange 17 and it will be seen that when the cover is threaded in place, its flange 26 will bear against the upper face of the receptacle to tightly close the same. If desired, a suitable packing Washer 27 may be positioned about the flange 17 to render the cover air tight.

In operation, assuming the can to be full of oil, the cover 2% is removed, the valve 21 opened and the can pressed to cause the oil to flow through the openin to the brush. W hen sufficient oil is passed to the brush, the pressure is stopped and the oil applied by employing the brush and can in the manner customary with an ordinary brush, the can serving as a handle. Any surplus oil will run back into the space between the spout and the drip flange l7 and will therefore be prevented from running over the body of the can and soiling the same.

By providing the head of the brush with a valve opening and by providing the cover 2 the device may be placed in any posi tion or packed away without danger as it will be absolutely impossible for any oil to escape.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A liquid applying device including a can, a frusto-conical top for the can terminating in a discharge spout, a frusto-conical dripfiange encircling and spaced from the frusto-conical top and provided at its free edge with an extension spaced from the discharge spout, a brush having a valved head closing the discharge spout, and a cylindrical cap adapted at one end for engagement about the extension of the drip-flange.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence 01 two witnesses.

JAMES LYNAM. [L.s.]

Witnesses:

S. C. BELL, R0131. MGCLURE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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