US2547556A - Puncturing and dispensing device for oil cans - Google Patents

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April 3, i951 J. E. BENIGAR PUNCTURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR OIL CANS Original Filed Aug. l, 1940 Patented Apr. 3, 1951 UNITED STATES PUNCTURING AND DISPENSING DEVICE FOR IL CANS James E. Benigar, rllulsa, Okla.

substituted for application Serial No. 349,075, August 1, 1940. This application May 28, 1947,

Serial N0. 751,099

3 Claims.

This application is a substitute for application Serial Number 349,075, led August 1, 1940.

This invention relates to a novel device for opening and dispensing the contents of cans and more particularly to a device adapted for use for opening sealed cans of oil and for dispensing the contents thereof into the crankcase of a motor vehicle.

More particularly, it is an aim of the invention to provide a device including an arcuately shaped frame having means for detaohably and slidably -niounting a can therein and a handle for supporting said frame, said handle being compressile for actuating means for piercing the ends of the can to form a dispensing opening in one end thereof and a vent opening in the opposite end oi the can.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a device having a fixed cutting member and a movable cutting member for piercing the opposite ends of a can, said movable cutting member being so constructed that when moved to a projected position it will firsty move the can relatively to the xed cutter to cause the xed cutter to penetrate one end of the can and thereafter swing to a position for penetratingl the opposite end of the can. K

Still a further aim of the invention is to provide a device or" simple construction which may be economically manuactured and sold and which will be light and durable.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following'description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the opener and dispenser with the movable parts thereof shown in retracted positions,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical central sectional view of the same with the movable parts thereof shown in projected positions,

3 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the plane of the line 3-3 `of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a similar view taken substantially along the plane of the line i-ll of Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designated like Vor corresponding parts throughout the different views, It designates generally the can opening and dispensing device comprising the invention, and which includes a frame, designated generally il, comprising a bar l2 and an elongated plate is which is secured. in any suitable manner, not shown, to one side of the bar l2. One end of the bar l2 extends beyond the corresponding end of the plate it the opposite end of the plate i3 extendsbeyond the opposite end of the bar E2. Plate $3, as best seen in Figures 3 and 4, is arcuately shaped in cross section and secured on its outer side to the bar I2. Plate I3 is shaped to receive a portion of a can, shown in dotted lines at id, and the frame ll is also provided with an arcuately shaped spring clip I5, which is secured intermediate of its ends to the outer o1 exposed side of the bar I2 and which is disposed transversely of the longitudinal axis of the frame i I. The ends of the spring clip I5 are adapted to engage andyieldably retain the can it in position in the frame II, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2'. The extended, upper end of the bar i2 is bent to project at an oblique angle to the opposite end of the bar I2 and away from the plate i3 to form a handle portion l which is provided with an opening il, adjacent its free end and by means of which the device Iii may be hung on a hook or other supporting means, not shown. The bar i2 adjacent the end thereof which forms the handle portion IE is provided with an elongated longitudinal opening I8 the lower portion of which registers with a longitudinai slot lo in the upper end of the plate I3. Bar E2 is provided with spaced outwardly projeoting web or flange portions 2li which are suitablyl secured to the outer side thereof and contiguous with the slotted opening I8 which is disposed to communicate with the space between the flange or web portions 2, as best seen in Figure 3.

A cutter 2i has a shank portion the free end 22 of which disposed longitudinally oi the plate it, adjacent its lower end, and intermediate of its side edges, and which is secured to the plate i3 and the lower end of the bar I2 by rastenings 22. The shank portion of the cutter '24, adjacent its secured end 22, is bent to project outwardly of the plate IS to form the shank portion 25 which terminates at its outer end in a cutting blade which. projects upwardly therefrom. The side edges 2 of the blade 24 are sharpened to form cutting edges and the upper, free end ci" the blade 2d is bent to extend inwardly and upwardly relatively to the :trame li to terminate in the upwardly pro- K ei-ng point 2S. Blade 2t, as best seen in Figure Il, is substantially wider than the portions 22 and 23 which form the shank of the cutter 2i.

A blade "il is loosely mounted, intermediate of its ends, on a bolt 23 which extends through ti'ieflanges and which is provided with an attaching nut on its threaded, shank end. One end or the blade El entends through the slot i3 and normally disposed above the upper end the A handle portion which is rcuately shaped in cross section, is provided with at end thereof which are disposed the outer side' of the ila-nge portions 20 which are apertured to loosely engage the bolt 28 for pivotally mounting handle portion 3i! beneath the handle portion i@ with its inner `opposite end of the can.

side facing upwardly. The opposite, shank end 32 of the blade 2': extends into the upper, inner side of the handle portion Si). A spring 33 is coiled intermediate of its ends around the bolt 28. One end 34 of the spring 33 engages beneath the handle portion i6 and the opposite end 35 of the spring is attached to the shank end 32 for urging said end and the handle portion 3l! downwardly and away from the handle portion i6. The end 2S of the blade 2l is provided with an unsharpened under edge portion 35 which rests on the upper end of the can i4 when the blade 21 is in a retracted position, as seen in Figure 1, and is provided at its outer end with a sharpened blade portion 3?,

From the foregoing it will be seen that the spring 33 normally holds the blade 27 and handle portion 3S in the positions, as seen in Figure l, so that a can le, containing oil or the like, may be inserted into the frame Il and yieldably heid in the position, as seen in Figure l, by the spring clip I5 with. a portion of one end of the can resting on the point 26 and with the unsharpened portion 3E of the blade 2l engaging against the r.ihe lower, extended end of the plate I3 forms a spout 38 Which is adapted to be inserted in the lling neck, not shown, of the crankcase of the motor vehicle. The opening and dispensing device IE) is held by the handle portions I 5 and 3e and after the spout 38 has inserted in a crankcase iilling neck the portions I6 and Si? are compressed relau tively to one another to cause the handle portion 3B to swing upwardly toward the handle portion I3. This upward movement of the handle portion 35i will roclc. the clade 2]' to cause its shank end 32 to move upwardly and its blade end 29 to move downwardly. The downward movement of the end 29 will cause the portion 3,5 to press against the upper end of the can if to slide the can downwardly relatively to the frame Il so that the lower end of the can will be pierced by the point 2li and cut by the edges 25 to form an opening therein. The shape of the blade 2f! will cause the portion out thereby to be rolled inwardly of the can and away from the opening, seen in Figure 4. The upper end of the shank portion 22 will form a stop for limiting the downward movement of the can lli. The rocking movement of the blade end 29 will bring the blade portion 3? into engagement with the upper end of the can lil when the canhas reached the position, as seen in Figure 2, so that further downward movement of end 29 will cause the blade portion 3? to pierce the upper end of the can ifi to form a vent opening in the upper end thereof to permit the oil to iiow freely from the opening formed by the blade 2s into the spout 3S and therealong to crankcase neck. When pressure on the handle portion 30 is released the spring 33 will cause the handle portion 30 and blade 2i to return to their positions, as seen in Figure l, so that after the contents of the can iQ have been dispensed it may be readily removed by an upward and outward pull thereon and the device iii is then ready to receive another can to be opened and dispensed.

Various modiiications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted 'to as only a preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed.

I claim as my invention:

l. en opening and dispensing device for cans comprising a frame, said frame being arcuately shaped in cross section for engaging a portion frame forming a only of the side wall of the can and being provided with spring means for slidably and detachably connecting a can thereto, fixed piercing means for engaging one end of the can, movable cutting means for kengaging the opposite end of the can, and compressible handle means for supporting the device and for actuating said movable cutting means, said movable cutting means having a cutting edge at one end thereof and being constructed and arranged whereby an unsharpened longitudinal edge thereof will initially engage the can for moving the can relatively to the frame to cause the piercing means to pierce one end of the can said cutting edge to thereafter pierce the opposite end thereof to form dispensing and vent openings, respectively, therein.

2. in opening and dispensing device for cans comprising an elongated frame, said frame being arcuately shaped in cross section, one end of said holder adapted to receive a can and to engage a portion of the side wall thereof, a spring connected, intermediate of its ends, to end and adapted to engage and slidably hold the can in engagement with the holder, the other end of the frame forming a pouring channel, a cutting member' iixedly secured in the channel and adapted to engage an end of the can, a handle having a shank secured to the outer side of the frame, said handle being disposed beyond the holder and providing means adapted. to be grasped for supporting the device, and a cuttingr blade pivotally mounted, intermediate of its ends, on the handle and having one end adapted to engage the opposite end of the can, said end of the cutting blade having a blunt portion for initially engaging and moving the can so that the first mentioned end thereof will be pierced by the cutting member, when the cutting blade is actuated, and a sharpened portion for thereafter engaging and piercing the other end of the can, said device being held, 'when the can is opened, so that the contents of the can will iicw into the pouring channel.

3. An opening and dispensing device for cans comprising an elongated frame, means for detachably mounting a can in the frame for longitudinal sliding movement relatively thereto, xed piercing means secured to the frame and engaging one end of the can, and a manually actuated lever pivotally mounted on the frame having an unsharpened edge disposed to initially engage the opposite end of the can for moving the can in the frame to cause the piercing means to initially pierce the iirst mentioned can end when the lever is swung in one direction, said lever having a sharpened end disposed to thereafter engage and pierce the last mentiond can end.

JAMES E. BENIGAR.

REFERENCES CTED The foilowing references are of record in the die of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,069,388 Col'vvell Aug. 5, 1913 1,500,300 Clark July 8, 1924 2,119,250 Ward et al. Mar. 8, 1938 V2,209,313 Aclrley July 30, 1940 2,367,378 Warfield Jan. 5, 1943 2,320,169 Snowden May 25, 1943 2,350,205 Warfield May 30, 1944

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