US1871824A - Oil-can attachment - Google Patents

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1932- G. w. RICHBURG 1,871,824

OIL CAN ATTACHMENT Filed Nov. 6, 1931 v 5 ww/wto a 6'. AZ? Bic/azure nag W Patented Aug. 16, 1932 'lli'lil gATES GEORGE w. RICHBURG, or nLLnNviLLE, NEW YORK OIL-CAN ATTACHMENT Application filed. November This invention has for its object the provision of means whereby the cover of an oil cup may be set in open position and oil supplied to the cup, to fill the same, without re- 5 quiring the operator to apply his fingers to the cover in order to open the same. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and will be hereinafter fully set forth and defined.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is an elevation of an oil-can having the device of my invention applied thereto and showing the device in use,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of 15 the oil-can spout with the attachment mounted thereon,

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 1 is a detail showing another manner 20 of using the device.

The oil-can 1 may be of any approved form and is provided with a spout 2 in the usual manner. The oil cup 3 is shown mounted upon a bearing 1 and equipped with a cover 5 which is hinged to the cup at one side thereof. The device of my invention embodies a sleeve 6 which may be split longitudinally, as shown at 7 in Fig. 3, whereby it may readily conform to and lit tightly upon upper end of the sleeve is provided with two lateral extensions or tongues 9 and 10 Which are arranged diametrically opposite, as shown. The tongue 9 extends upwardly and outwardly upon a slight simple curve so that its end is approximately at a right angle to the axis of the sleeve while the tongue 10 is more sharply curved and forms an arc of approximately a semi-circle so that its end extends somewhat backwardly and approximately parallel with the axis of the sleeve, and the concave or underside of each tongue is ribbed or roughened, as shown at 11, to prevent slipping from an engaged oil-cup cover. The sleeve may be formed in various lengths and diameters so as to conform to all standard oil-can spouts and a short sleeve may be fitted to a variety of curved spouts. but the sleeve may be formed on an are so as the spout 2 of the oil-can. The forward or' 6, 1931. Serial No. 573,461.

so as to be swung toopen position, and the other hand is utilized to place the oil-can in position to fill the bearing and the cup. This practice is obviously objectionable as the fingers are soiled and any oil which may happen to be lodged upon the fingers will be trans ferrcd to the body of the cup so that, upon a subsequent operation, the cup and the fingers of the user will both be considerably smeared. With my device these conditions are overcome. In some locations of the oil cup, the hooked tongue 10 is engaged with the projecting edge of the cover 5 and a slight upward pull exerted thereon so that the cover may be swung to the position shown in Fig. 1, without the user applying his fingers thereto. As the cover is moved to open position, the end of the spout is directed toward the top of the cup so that the oil may flow directly thereinto. In other cases, the location of the oil cup will prevent the oil-can being manipulated as just described, and the tongue 9 is then employed, as shown in Fig. 4, the tongue being engaged under the edge of the lid and a push exerted thereon to move it to open position.

The device is exceedingly simple and inexpensive and may be applied to the spout of any oil-can. It will not add to the weight of the can nor interfere with its use in any way, but will facilitate the application of oil to the oil cups and bearings.

Having thus described the invention, I claim,

. 1. An attachment for oil-cans consisting of a sleeve adapted to fit upon the spout of an oil-can and provided at its forward end with lateral tongues adapted to engage the cover of an oil cup for shifting the cover to open position, the greater surfaces of the tongues being opposed and presented to the spout. 2. An attachment for oil-cans consisting of a sleeve adapted to fit upon an oil-can spout and provided at its forward end with lateral tongues for engaging the cover of an oil cup, one of said tongues constituting a pusher and the other tongue constituting a hook for engagement under an oil cup cover and pulling the same to open position.

3. An attachment for oil-cans comprising a sleeve adapted to fit upon an oil-can spout and provided at its forward end with oppositely extending arcuate tongues adapted to engage an oil cup cover and projecting respectively upwardly and downwardly when the latter is in pouring position.

In testimony whereof I Vafiix my signature.

GEORGE XV. RICHBURG. [L. s]

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