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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM LEONARD HERBLIN, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
CAN-SPOUT.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'MLar. 25, 1913.
Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No. 682,055.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WIIA1 m LEONARD
HERBLIN, a citizen of the United States, re-
siding at Gainesville, in the county of
5 Cooke and State of Texas, have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in
Can-Spouts, of which the following is -a
specification, reference being had to the ac-
companying drawings.
10 This invention relates to new and useful
improvements in stoppers and discharge
spouts for cans, or receptacles more particu-
larly to cans employed in shipping kerosene
oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and
15 various other liquids.
The object of the invention is to provide
a stopper adapted for insertion into. and
removal from the can, said stopper having
its outer end flush with the outer surface of
20 the can when inserted therein.
Another object of the invention is to pro-
vide a discharge spout to be used in connec-
tion with the stopper and adapted to be
stored or concealed when not in use within
25 the can or other vessel and to project there-
from when in use.
A further object of the invention is to
provide a device of this character which
will possess advantages in points of effi-
30 ciency and durability, is inexpensive of
manufacture and at the same time is simple
in construction and operation.
With the above and other objects in view
the invention consists in the novel features
35 of construction the combination and ar-
rangement of parts hereinafter more fully
described, pointed out in the claim and
shown In the accompanying drawings, in
which-
40 Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion
of a can showing my improved spout con-
cealed within the can. Fig. 2 is a similar
view showing the spout projected ready for
use and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the
45 line 6-6 of Fig. 1.
Referring more particularly to the draw-
ings, 1 indicates the body of a can which
may be made in any suitable shape and pro-
vided with an internally-tapped nipple 2
5o extending into the can or other vessel, in
order that the nipple 2 may be beneath the
general plane of the can to permit of a
number being tacked upon one another forshipment without denting, bending or other-
wise injuring the same. 55
An angular spout 12 is provided having
an externally threaded plug 13 secured to
the base portion thereof and adapted to be
threaded into the nipple 2. One end of
the plug 13 is cut away upon opposite sides 60
as shown at 14 to form the vertically dis-
posed grasping portions 15 so that when the
spout 12 is arranged within the can in an
inverted position, the portion 15 can be
easily grasped by the fingers to unscrew the 65
plug. The plug 13 is rounded off at both
ends as shown at 16 to fit snugly down upon
the closed end of the nipple. When the
spout 12 is arranged in the can in an in-
verted position, a stopper 17 is threaded in 70
the large end thereof to prevent leakage.
While I have shown in the drawings a head-
ed plug threaded into the large end of the
spout when the same is disposed in an in-
verted position, it will be understood that a 75
cork or other form of stopper may be used,
if desired.
From the foregoing description taken in
connection with the drawings it will be
seen that I have provided a simple, durable 80
and efficient discharge spout, which, when
not in use will be stored or concealed in a
can or vessel so as to permit of a number
of cans being packed upon one another for
shipment without denting, bending, or oth- 85
erwise injuring the same.
While I have shown and described the
preferred form of my invention it will be
obvious that various changes in the details
of construction and in the proportions may 90
be resorted to for successfully carrying my
invention into practice without sacrificing
any of the novel features or departing from
the scope thereof.
Having thus described my invention, what 95
I claim is:-
In a device of the character described, the
combination of an internally-tapped nipple
integral with one of the walls of the recep-
tacle, an angular spout having a plug ioo
formed on its base portion and adapted to
be threaded into said nipple, said spout be-
ing adapted to be concealed within the re-
ceptacle when not in use or projected there-
from when in use, one end of said plug be- 105
ing cut away to form vertically disposed1,056,790.
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