A NOVEL OIL-FILLER

Otago Witness, Issue 3555, 2 May 1922, Page 46

A NOVEL OIL-FILLER

Although primarily intended for filling motor crank oases with oil, the filler described below should be equally useful for the lubrication of all kinds of machinery. It consists of a copper jug, holding two quarts, the main feature of which is a flexible spout, leading from an opening in the centre of a false bottom in the lower part of the jug. and thence through the side of the jug. near the true bottom. This spout, which is really a flexible pipe with a nozzle at the end of it, can be turned about in any direction, and provision is made for holding it. in position when it is not in. use. The central aperture in the false bottom is provided with a valve fixed to one end of a little rocking lever, the other end of which is connected to a rod passing up the side of the jug to the top, where a button on the end of the rod is convenient! v placed for the operator’s thumb. Normally the valve is kept closed by a spring, and nothing can flow into the spout; but. when this button is pressed down the valve is raised, and oil can floTv through the aperture in the false bottom into the spout. A strainer is fitted halfway down the jug, which removes all impurities in the oil. With this appliance, therefore, not onlv is the funnel eliminated, but the oil is strained and measured in one operation.