US1261321A - Valve for can-spouts. - Google Patents

Description

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VALVE FOR CAN SPOUTS. APPLICATION man MAR.24. 19!].

JOSEPH TOMSHNY JOSEPH TOMSANY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

VALVE FOR CAN-SPOUTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

Application filed March 24, 1917. Serial No. 157,189.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr TOMSANY, a citizen of the United States, residin at WVheeling, in the county of Ohio and tate of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Valves for Can-Spouts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the ac-. companying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved valve for the spouts of oil cans and like receptacles, and has for its primary object to provide a very simple and effective device whereby communication between the spout and the interior of the receptacle may be completely out off and liability of explosion of the combustible contents obviated.

It is another important object of the invention to provide a reticulated sheet of material which serves as a means for screening the liquid as it is poured out through the spout and also absolutely precludes the entrance of embers or sparks through the spout to the interior of the receptacle.

It is a further general object of my invention to improve and simplify the construction of devices of the above character, whereby the same are rendered highly serviceable and reliable in practical use and capable of manufacture at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of an oil can provided with my 1mproved valve;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section through the valve, showing the valve plate in open position; and

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

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the can or receptacle having a filling opening closed by the usual threaded cap 6. Preferably, a sheet of screening material. 7 is secured to the inner wall of the can body beneath this filllng opening to serve as a guard and prevent sparks or embers from entering the can when the cap is removed. 7

The body of the can is provided at a su1table point with the outlet spout 8, andat the juncture of the larger end of said spout wlth the opening in the can wall, an annulus 9 is arranged, said annulus and the spout end being fixed to the can wall by solder or in any other suitable manner.- The annulus 9 which is stamped out-from a metal plate, 1s provided with an inwardly projecting lug 10 the end 10 of which is angularly bent as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and extends through a rectangular opening 12 provided in a plate 11 of reticulated material. This plate entirely covers the opening of the annulus 9. The angular lug 10 is of suiiicient length to project a considerable distance beyond the outer face of the recticulated plate 11 and is adapted for engagement through an opening 14; formed in an imperforate plate 13 adj accnt the edge thereof. This plate 13 is provided upon its edge opposite to the opening 14:, with a curved lug or projection 15.

In the use of .the device under normal conditions, or when the can is in a vertical position, the imperforate plate 13 lies closely against the outer face of the reticulated plate 11 and in parallel relation thereto, so that the passage of embers, sparks, or foreign matter through the reticulated plate to the interior of the can is effectually prevented. lVhen the can is tilted to pour the contents thereof from the spent 8, the plate 13 swings to the position seen in Fig. 2, wherein it is disposed in spaced relation to the reticulated plate 11 and at an angle with respect to the same. The outward movement of the plate 13 upon the angular lug 10 is limited by the binding frictional engagement of the curved lug 15 upon the lug 10 and the binding of the inner edge of the opening 14 against the latter lug so that said plate cannot become entirely disengaged from the lug 10. When the plate is in the latter position, the oil or other liquid may freely pass through the outlet spout 8. Immediately upon the return of the can to an upright position, the imperforate plate 13 will likewise move inwardly upon the lu 10 into engagement with the reticulatec plate 11. Should an explosion occur when the can is tilted and the contents being poured therefrom, the pressure on the outer open end of the spout 8 would act upon the plate 13 to close the same against the face of the reticulated plate 11 so that sparks could not enter to the interior of the can.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that I have provided a very simply constructed, automatically acting valve for receptacles of the character referred to. The device may be readily ap' plied to the can spout without greatly increasing the manufacturing cost oi such containers and assures the proper protection for the combustible contents of the container. It is apparent, of course, that the parts of the improved valve can be made of various sizes and may likewise be applied to the can spout in other ways than that herein disclosed. The several elements are likewise susceptible of many modifications in the form and proportion of their detail features and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is:

l. The combination with a receptacle having an opening in its wall and a discharge spout surrounding said opening, of an angularly disposed arm extending outwardly from the wall of the receptacle at the edge of said opening, and a valve plate freely movable upon said arm longitudinally thereof and moving by g avity thereon to a closed position over said opening when the receptacle is disposed in its normal upright posi position upon the arm when the receptacle is tilted and movable by gravity inwardly on said arm to a closed position over said opening when the receptacle is returned to its normal upright position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOSEPH TOMSANY. Witnesses: v

CARL J. Karena, HERMAN W. CimrrnnLL.

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

Washington, D. G.

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