US337576A - Oil-cabinet - Google Patents

Description

(Model.)

J. A. HACKENBERG.

OIL GABINET.

No. 337,576. Patented Mar. 9, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEKEE,s

JACOB A. HACKENBERG, OF KIMBERTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,576, dated March 9, 1886.

Application filed October 3l, 1885. Serial No. l8l,536. (Model.)

To aZZ whom -L't mag/concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB A. HAOKENBERG, of Kimberton, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and luse it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specifica- My invention relates to improvements in oil-cabinets; and it consists in the combination of the cabinet, the pocket connected thereto and into which the oil from the measures is emptied, the measures, the rods for operating them, and a single faucet connected with the pocket, the top edge of the pocket having recesses formed in it, so as to correspond to the shape of the measures, and thus allow the measures to be tilted, so as to empty their contents into it.

The object of my invention is to pivot the different measures below their centers between the pronged ends of the rods by means of which they are operated, so that when the measures are drawn up to the top of the cabinet they will automatically tilt and empty their contents into the pocket.

Figures l and 2 are vertical longitudinal sections of an oil-cabinet embodying my invention.

A represents the tank, body, or cabinet in which the oil is placed for the purpose of being measured out from time to time. In order to cause the oil to settle upon that side of the lbottom of the cabinet where the measures descend to be iilled, there is placed in the botvtom the partition B, which divides the bottom of the cabinetvertically to a greater height than the top of the largest measure, and which partition has its top inclined downward, as shown. No oil enters that portion of the bottom which'is inclosed by the partition, and hence all of the oil that remains in the cabinet after the supply has become somewhat eX- hausted flows down into the space C, where the measures descend to be filled. If this partition were not used, a large amount of the oil would always remain in the cabinet, and which could never be reached by any of the measures. The lid D of this tank is hinged to the top, so that it can be raised to allow the oil to be poured into the tank, or for any other purpose; but the-remaining portion of the top of the cabinet is preferably rigidly secured to the cabinet, and is curved upward, as shown, so as to allow the measures to be raised freely above the top of the pocket F, into which the measures empty their contents. The rea-r side of the pocket F projects downward to the bottom of the cabinet, so as to form the vertical wall or surface R, against which the measures J, are held by the rods I, and which wall or surface serves as a guide to keep the measures in a vertical position until they reach the top of the pocket.

Upon the top of the stationary portion of the cover are suitable guides, G, and in these guides and the top are formed openings through which the rods I work up and down. Each one of these rods I has its end made forked or pronged, and in between these pronged ends are pivoted, below their centers, the measures J, of different sizes. These measures are pivoted below and back of their centers, so that when they are raised upward they will freely tip forward, and thus discharge their contents into the pocket F. Each measure is retained in a vertical position between the pronged ends of its rod by bearing against either the side of the pocket when the pocket is formed inside of the cabinet, or against the side of the can when the pocket is formed outside. As long as the measures bear against the side of the pocket or the side of the can, they can neither tilt backward nor forward; but as soon as their upper portions rise slightly beyond their corresponding recesses, L, in the top of the pocket n the weight of the fluid causes the measures to tilt forward, and thus empty their contents into the pocket.

If so desired, in order. to prevent the'measures from tilting backward, a band, N, may be attached to the prongs of each rod in the rear of each measure, so that when the measure is raised above the pocket it can only tip forward and empty into the pocket and not backward. This band is not absolutely necessary, and may be used or not, as may be desired. lf desired, there may be also attached to each one ofthe rods a stop, O, which will strike against the under side of the top of the eover, and thus prevent the measure from being raised higher than is necessary to empty into the pocket.

The measure F may be plaeed either inside or outside of the tank, but is here shown as placed inside as a mere matter of convenience. The rear top edge of this pocket has a number of recesses formed in it, and each recess eorresponds to the shape and the size of one of the measures. By means of these recesses which are formed in the top edges ofthe pocket the measures are enabled to begin to tip forward as soon as their upper portions begin to rise above the pocket, and thus there is no danger of their tilting backward. If no recesses were used, the measures could not tip in either direetion until they were raised above the top of the pocket, and in that case they would be just as liable to tilt backward as ibrward. To the bottom of' this pocket is Connected a faucet, P, through which the oil which is emptied into the pocket can be drawn ed at will.

Having thus described my invention, I claimrThe combination of the cabinet, the pocket connected thereto and having recesses in its rear top edge corresponding to the different measures used, the vertical wall or surface extending down from the pocket to guide the measures, with the rods having pronged lower ends, the perforated top through which the rods pass, and the measures which are pivoted between these pronged ends, substantially as set forth.

[n testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB A. HACKENBERG.

Witnesses:

JOHN HAVILAND, S. D. HUNTER.

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