US1803694A - Oilmeter - Google Patents

Description

May 5, 1931. R. ERlcKsQN a 1,803,694

OILMETER Filed April 29, 1930 bil :which'can be easily and'4 readilymounted in Patented May 5, l1931 HUNITED `STATES PATENT oFFIcE ERNEST R. ERICKSON, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR 'I'O C. E. ERICKSON COMPANY,

' ING., OF DES MOINES, IOWA OILMETER Application led April 29,

The object of my invention'is to provide an oilmeter or device for indicating the mileage at which a motor vehicle, should be greased or oiled.

More particularly is it my object to provid an oilmeter of very simple and inexpensive construction 'which can be conveniently and easily mounted in a motor vehicle and adjusted for indicating mileage.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in the construction, ar.- rangementand combination ofthe various parts of my device, 'whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fullyv setV forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: Y

. Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of the interior ofa motor-vehicle having one of my oilmetersV installed thereon. Y

Figure 2 is a lfront elevation of the oilmeter.,A j Y 1 Figure 3 is a side elevationof the same.

Figure y4 is a vertical sectional viewtaken onthe line 4"-4 of Figure 2. Y

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view of the oilmeter taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the movable dial members or bands; and j Figure 7 shows a plan of thezblank from which my device is formed. 1

It isf-well known that it is the custom of those who service automobiles `to place stickers on the car and to mark on the sticker the mileage at which the carwill require further attention, as for instance', in the matter of cylinder oil. A, i

It is my purpose to provide a'small, simple and inexpensive Vnovel mechanical device the car and adjusted from time to timeto indicate the proper mileage. i My device is of the kind which can be sold as an advertising novelty and given as a premium,ory soldl as a l Y-.standard commercialarticle.

Generally speaking, my deviceconsists of a cylinder having a series of sight openings arranged `in a row and having rotatable bands or dial members on itsjinside provided with indicating charactersand soarrangedZ j' 1930. serial No. 448,233.

that different indicating characters may be brought to the sight openings.

In Figure 7 I have shown the blank from which my oilmeter is formed. It is prefer-V ably made of sheet metal which can be readily bent and the blank has a substantially rectangular portion indicated in the drawings by the reference numeral 10 which forms the back or supporting member. Extendingv from the plate 10 is a substantially rectangular portion 12 intended ultimately to be rolled into a cylinder 14 such as is shown in Figure 2. The plate 10 has secured thereto disk shaped members 16 vadapted to ultimately form the ends of the cylinder. The portion 12 of the blank and the end members 16y are provided with short tongues 17 and 18; The portion` 12 like the portion 10 is provided with spaced slots `19 and the portion 12 at its opposite end is providedwith tongues 20.

In fabricating the meter the portion 12 of the blank is rolled to form acylinder 14 as shown inFigures 2 and 3 and the tongues 20 are extended through the slots 19. The tongues 20 are provided with holes 22. After the tongues 20 have been inserted through the slots 19, pin members 24 are inserted through the holes 20, as shown, for instance in Figures 3 and 5 for holding the cylinder 14 in assembled position.

. The lower ends fof the pin members 24 are inclined slightly away from the plate 10 as indicated at 24a, of Figure v3. The upper i ends ofthe pins 24 are connected by-a sub-` stantially V-shaped portion 26. It willbe understood that the pin members 24 and the Vl-shaped portion 26. are of somewhat resilient .stiff'wireV The blank portion 12 has aV tongue 28 projecting from it as indicated in j `Figure 3. The parts are so arranged that the upper part of the V-shaped portion 26 of the locking structure stands just below the V tongue 28'as shown in Figure Sand by dotted p lines in Figure 2.

VThe blank has in the portion 12 a row ofl sight openings 30. Before the end members 16 are closed I insertinto thecylinder 14 arow of dial bands 32. These are inthe form of broken rings as shown and have on their .einer Surfaces indicating @hai-aaien 34? Pret erably running from 0 to 9, and regularly spaced. Their indicating characters are of such size with relation to the sight openings 30 so that one character may be made readily visible through a sight opening. It Will be understood that the sight openings are so spaced and are of such size, and that the bands 32 are of such size and Width, that the bands 32 fit snugly in the cylinder 14 in a row and are rotatable. are placed in the cylinder, the ends 16 are closed and the tongues 17 are bent over so that the ends Will be snugly held in place. The tongues 18 in conjunction with the notches 18a, serve to align the parts.

In the right hand corner of each of the openings 30 as they appear in Figure 2, the material of the cylinder 14 is cut away slightly so as to afford openings 3G to receive a pin 38 on the right in such manner that half of the pin 38 will project into the side opening 30. The bands 32 are provided on one edge With a series of holes 40 properly spaced and located so that a pin may be inserted through the hole 36 to a hole 40 and when the pin is moved across the sight opening 30 the band Will have been moved for bringing anotherindicating character into the sight opening.

I shall now describe the practical use of my oilmeter and refer to some of its objects.

It will be seen from the fore-going that a single piece of metal is use-d to form the plate 10, the cylinder 14 and the ends 16. The yoke shaped pin structure is used in fastening the piece in assembled position. The bands 32 are of the simplest construction, being plain broken rings as shown. The pin members 24 may be inserted into the fabric lining 42 of a car as shown in Figures 1 and 4 and an account of the arrangement of the plate 10 the metal Will then be held in position. The tongue 28 prevents the accident-al removal of the pin structure.

After the car has been greased and oiled the dial operating pin 38 may be inserted through the holes 36 and sight openings 30 into the holes 40, for rotating the bands 32 and bringing to the sight openings the proper characters 34 for indicating mileage at which the car should again be serviced. The pin can be stuck into the fabric 42 forming the lining of the car 44 somewhere close to the oilmeter so that it Will always be readily available.

Some changes may be made in the details of the structural arrangement of my improved oilmeter Without departing from the essential purposes of my invention and it is my intention to cover by my claims any modilication in lthe arrangement of structural parts which may reasonably come Within the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a plate,

After the bands 32' a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion of the material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected through said slots and provided With openings and pin members extended through said openings for holding the cylinder in assembled position.

2. In a device of the class described, a plate, a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion ofthe material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected through said slots and provided With openings and pin members extended through said openings for holding the cylinder in assembled position, said cylinder having means for preventing the accidental removal of said pin members.

3. In a device of the class described, a plate, a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion of the material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected through said slots and provided With openings and pin members extended through said openings for holding the cylinder in assembled position, said pin members being connected at their upper ends by a substantially V-shaped Wire element and means on said cylinder for engaging the apex of said element for holding the pin members against accidental removal.

4. In a device of the class described, a plate, a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion of the material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected through said slots and provided with openings and pin members extended through said openings for holding the cylinder in assembled position, a series of bands rotatably received end to end in said cylinder having rotating characters arranged on their surfaces and having holes, said cylinder having sight openings for the respective bands. l

5. In a device of the class described, a plate, a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion of the material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected through said.'

slots and provided with openings and pin members extended through said openings for holding the cylinder in assembled position, a series of bands rotatably received end to end in said cylinder having rotating characters arranged on their surfaces and having holes, said cylinder having sight openings for the respective bands, and an operating pin adapted to be inserted through the sight openings and into said holes for rotating said bands for bringing different characters into position Where they are visible through the slot.

6. In a device of the class described, a plate, a cylinder at one end thereof formed by rolling a portion of the material of the plate into shape, said plate having slots and said portion having tongues projected ythrough said slots and provided with openings and pin Y

Images