Abstract: A no spill oil filler (20) for an oil access opening (16) in an engine (12) of a motor vehicle (14). The no spill oil filler (20) comprises a component (22) for catching and directing a downward flow of motor oil (10) poured from an oil can (18). A structure (24) is for mounting the catching and directing component (22) into the oil access opening (16) in the engine (12) of the motor vehicle (14).

Abstract: A special design of a funnel for filling liquids safely especially into nontransparent containers, e.g., fuel tanks of lawn mowers. To indicate the filling level of the container, a measuring rod of a float is guided in a perforated plate of the funnel. Passage slots, through which the liquid filled into the funnel can enter the container, are located in the funnel tube under the perforated plate. Due to buoyancy, the float strikes the underside of the perforated plate, and as a result it prevents the container from being overfilled.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a lid (10) having an inlet opening (18) and provided for being fitted onto a carafe (12) for holding a brewed beverage. In order to prevent the escape of steam from the carafe (12) through the inlet opening (18), a steam deflector (40) is provided on the lid (10) beneath the inlet opening (18). Further, in order to avoid the undesired effect of liquid leaking from the inlet opening (18) as the brewed beverage is being poured from the carafe (12), the inlet opening (18) terminates into a laterally extending inlet channel (26) whose channel wall (40) forms the steam deflector.

Abstract: A self-supporting funnel assembly and drip catcher for selective use in applications in which a user desires to free both the user's hands from holding the funnel in position and desires to prevent spillage of the funnelled fluid during and after use. The funnel is made up of a wider conical portion, the mouth of the funnel, and a narrower portion, the spout of the funnel; a base housing defining several openings; generally L-shaped clamping members, each having a vertical component projecting below the base housing and a horizontal component; and a springing mechanism, operably connected to each clamping member and the base housing. The funnel components so that a horizontal component of the clamping members appear through the side of the base housing as push-buttons, which may be simultaneously compressed with the thumb and forefinger.

Abstract: A fat/stock separator comprising a colander, a transparent hopper vessel with a trap, a support base and a flow valve mounted to and connected through the wall of the hopper vessel to the trap for draining fluid from the hopper vessel. The colander in a preferred embodiment is sufficiently large to accept the stock and meat parts produced from cooking a large portion of meat or fowl, such as a complete turkey. The oil and fat contained within the stock separates and floats to the top after standing for a period of time. It is then possible to draw off through the flow valve fat free stock from beneath the layer of oil. The contours of the trap and the transparency of the hopper vessel facilitate determining accurately where the fat free stock ends, thereby making it possible to draw off fat free stock, whether there is a large or a small amount of liquid in the hopper vessel.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for preventing the venting of fuel vapor to the atmosphere and liquid fuel spillage on military aircraft having vent/dump outlets thereon. On the F-15 fighter aircraft, for example, a dump mast is located on the trailing edge of a wing. The dump mast, externally, consists of a oblong walled outlet which is slanted consistent with the trailing edge. An adaptor is placed over the walled outlet and may be held in place by straps or clips. The adaptor has a reducer further attached thereon for the purpose of connecting to a standard hose. The hose therefrom may be returned to the fuel truck for collection of vapor or dumped fuel.

Abstract: A dispenser member is adapted for connection to a bottle and includes a funnel, a structure for connecting the funnel to the bottle and a lid for opening and closing the funnel for loading and unloading objects from the bottle.

Abstract: The invention is a small funnel that is adapted to engage the oil filler port on and internal combustion engine. The funnel is intended to be permanently installed and includes a cover for preventing the entry of dirt into the engine. The small diameter end is shaped to replace the manufactures cover. The walls of the funnel near the small diameter end are pleated to allow the wide mouth end of the funnel to tip to pressure and make adding oil to the sump more convenient and eliminate oil spillage.

Abstract: A funnel (20) for use in dumping volatile solvents into an underlying carboy (16) is ecologically friendly in that it blocks solvent from evaporating from the carboy into the atmosphere. The funnel has (a) an extended stem (22), the bottom open end of which is below the surface of the solvent (18) in the carboy to reduce surface evaporation, (b) an occluder or obturating ball (24) in the throat of the funnel to block evaporation through the stem of the funnel, and (c) a lid (28) on the funnel to block evaporation. The ball may be float operated, with or without a captivating cage (26), or it may be operated by lifting the lid, which may be performed manually or via a foot pedal (38).

Abstract: A graphite funnel inserted into a metal funnel support sleeve guides hot glass gobs from a furnace to the glass blowing mold. The graphite insert is adjustable by set screws and is easily repositioned. The graphite insert has an outer diameter slightly less than the metal retainer to allow ambient air to pass upwardly past it.

Abstract: A device for funneling liquid, wherein the device includes a funnel portion for receiving liquid, a vented tube-like handle for preventing liquid backup in the funnel portion and an outlet spout with an end and cooperative side opening for delivering liquid therefrom. A stopper, which has a ruled shaft for measuring liquid, is provided for controlling and stopping the flow of liquid from the device. In addition, an extension and outlet adapter are provided to accommodate various receiving containers.

Abstract: A hollow-walled cylindrical stainless steel vacuum-insulated funnel with a flat bottom through which a float valve and screen check and filter the gravity flow of liquid nitrogen out through a drain pipe in the bottom. The bottom of the funnel has a small lip raised all around the small pipe outlet to prevent any water condensation inside the funnel from dripping into the EDX dewar. The pipe outlet pierces a dewar stopper and can be permanently left in place on top of a dewar. The hollow-walls of the funnel are packed with foil-backed film in laminations to reduce radiation heat transfer between the funnel's inside and outside walls. A vacuum is drawn inside the hollow walls to minimize heat conduction.

Abstract: A sanitary meat purge eliminator includes a circular upright wall that loosely fits within the opening of a supporting barrel and an outwardly protruding ledge that supports the device on the barrel top. A transverse wall extending across the upright wall includes a perforated section designed to support prepackaged meat and an adjacent discharge opening. The perforated section and discharge opening are separated by an upright divider.

Abstract: A collection and separation funnel for urine, other body fluids, or environmental samples has dual downspouts so that liquid entering the funnel flows in part down a first downspout and in part down a second downspout. A centrifuge tube is releasably connected to each downspout to receive the liquid. This enables detachment of the centrifuge tubes for delivery to different laboratories. A stand releasably receives the lowermost ends of each centrifuge tube so that the device is free standing and need not be held at the time of liquid collection. A lid is provided for the funnel to facilitate its transportation, and individual lids are provided for each centrifuge tube.

Abstract: A funnel having a basin interior and near or at the top of the wall of the funnel. The basin serves to collect oil when the funnel is inverted and may drain to a low point in the basin when inverted. The basin may further drain to an exterior drain for purposes of draining the oil to a recycling reservoir. The basin and exterior drain may be designed to hold a sponge or rag to enhance reclamation of oil waste.

Abstract: A funnel and a sleeve for covering all or substantially all of the funnel's pouring spout. The funnel includes a progressively narrowing top portion having a broad intake end and a narrow discharge end with a pouring spout connected thereto. The sleeve is adapted to receive the pouring spout and preferably securely engages the narrow discharge end of the funnel's top portion. Once the pouring spout is received inside the sleeve, the interior and exterior surface areas of the spout are protected from contamination. Preferably, the funnel further comprises a cap for securely engaging and covering the broad intake end of the funnel. This cap serves to keep contaminants out of the internal surface areas of the progressively narrowing portion of the funnel.

Abstract: A catch basin for automotive fluids, such as oil, adapted for use beneath a mechanic's catwalk which is itself extended beneath an automobile undergoing maintenance or repair operations, is disclosed wherein the catch basin comprises a generally rectangular, planar body portion formed of two dihedrally angled planar body halves and supports for supporting the body portion beneath the catwalk. The basin may be tilted toward a downstream end, at which is located a drain hole and a selectively removable plug. The catch basin supports may be supported from the catwalk or may themselves support the catwalk. The basin may also be provided with a bay adapted to receive and support a plurality of oil filters which are to be drained.

Abstract: As an article of manufacture, a fluid pouring guide is formed from a length of rigid sheet material folded to define an open end V-shaped trough having opposing marginal side edges converging toward one end.

Abstract: A method of completely filling an the interior cavity of a bourdon tube in a pressure gauge with a gelatinous substance ,comprising the steps of:a) evacuating the interior cavity of the bourdon tube to a vacuum level not greater than 50 millitorr;b) depositing a predetermined amount of a gelatinous substance in the interior cavity; andc) venting the interior cavity to remove the vacuum level, whereby increasing air pressure forces the deposited gelatinous substance to completely fill the interior cavity.

Abstract: An adaptor for stabilizing a funnel in the opening of a container consists of a body of metal or plastic which contains a central bore internally threaded at each end for accepting the threaded stem of a funnel. The body is externally threaded on one end to engage internally threaded container openings and at the other end contains an internally threaded cavity to engage externally threaded container openings.

Abstract: A grout distributing device having a body including a bottom wall and inner and outer sidewall assemblies which cooperate to define a common upwardly open grout receiving hopper in the upper portion of the body. The common hopper communicates with a pair of funnel-like grout distribution passageways therebelow which open through the bottom wall. The inner and outer wall assemblies are formed by trapezoidal plates, the inner wall assembly being disposed wholly within the confines of the outer wall assembly.

Abstract: Filling units for supplying small tanks or the like with gasoline, kerosene, or other flowable materials which attach to an inlet to such a tank. When the filling unit is in a fill position, a displacer section occupies a substantial volume within the tank and allows the person filling the tank to supply the liquid until the tank will accept no more and the liquid reaches a predetermined level in a funnel portion of the filler. Thereafter, manipulation of the displacer section, as for example by withdrawing a section of the overall unit upward opening a valve or movement within the tank itself, causes all the liquid remaining in the funnel up to such predetermined level to be accommodated within the tank by occupying the volume previously occupied by the displacer section and thereby completing the filling of the tank to a full condition without any spillage.

Abstract: An vehicle fluids change and recycle apparatus includes a vessel body having an interior reservoir for containing oil drained from an engine. The body includes parallel and rear surfaces on opposite sides of the interior reservoir. The vessel body includes an inlet for enabling draining oil to enter the reservoir at the front surface of the vessel body. The lower end of the vessel body has a pedestal for enabling the vessel body to be supported in an upright position wherein the front and rear surfaces are generally vertical. An outlet member defines a drain for emptying the reservoir when the vessel is upright and a valve controls flow from the reservoir via the outlet. The valve is spaced above the pedestal when the vessel body is upright enabling a container to be placed under the valve when the vessel body is upright so that drained engine oil can be recycled into such container.

Abstract: A sealable drum funnel is attached onto a drum by threading the device into the larger bung opening of the drum. The sealable drum funnel includes a funnel body having an open top end and an outlet opening at a bottom end thereof. A sealing lid is coupled to the open top end of the funnel body. A drum coupling is attached to the bottom end of the funnel body. The drum coupling includes a threaded exterior on the lower portion thereof, a threaded interior on at least an upper portion thereof and a passage extending through the drum coupling from the outlet opening of the funnel body.

Abstract: A graphite funnel inserted into a metal funnel support sleeve guides hot glass gobs from a furnace to the glass blowing mold. The graphite insert is adjustable by set screws and is easily repositioned. The graphite insert has an outer diameter slightly less than the metal retainer to allow ambient air to pass upwardly past it.

Abstract: Apparatus for pouring used fuel and other fluids into a large container comprising a funnel fabricated of a rigid material and having a lower extent of a cylindrical configuration with a small diameter and a limited height with external threads thereon, an upper extent of a cylindrical configuration with a large diameter and a limited height, and an intermediate extent of a frustroconical configuration extending between the upper extent and the lower extent, the upper and intermediate and lower extents having a common axis with the surface of the intermediate extent forming an angle of between about 20 and 40 degrees with respect to the axis.

Abstract: A liquid disburser device for simultaneously equally filling a plurality of liquid containers from a source of liquid including a top member having an upper funnel chamber section for receiving liquid and a lower liquid discharge column leading downwardly from the upper funnel chamber section; the lower discharge column including an inner diameter of sufficiently reduced size whereby liquid enters the discharge column from the upper funnel chamber in a filling equal amount; the discharge column having a plurality of equally angularly spaced tubular members spaced in equal distance about the bottom portion of the discharge column; the tubular members extending downwardly and having respective end portions adapted to be inserted into the inlet of a liquid container for conducting equal amounts of liquid from the funnel chamber into respective containers to be filled therefrom.

Abstract: Apparatus for funneling waste into a drum containing four trapezoidal sidewalls. The four trapezoidal sidewalls coupled to form a non-symmetric truncated pyramid having a vertical axis. A drain pipe having a circular cross-section with a vertical axis that is coincident with the axis of the pyramid. The drain pipe has external threads for coupling with a drum. A coupling plate is coupled to the pyramid. Four rectangular sidewalls are coupled to the truncated sidewalls to form an upper extension of the pyramid. Vertically extending supports depend from the apparatus sidewall that has notches to position over the peripheral flange of a drum. A filter is supported within the apparatus.

Abstract: A waste oil collection apparatus for collecting used oil from an engine and dispensing the oil into bottles, such as those in which replacement oil is provided. The apparatus includes a container having a raised cylindrical opening through which waste oil from an engine may be received into the container. A plurality of threaded couplers facilitate an attachment of the bottles to apertures in a sidewall of the container. A plurality of valves allow oil to be selectively dispensed from the container into the bottles from which new oil is supplied. The collector further includes an extensible funnel assent ply and a debris removal assembly having a magnet for removing metal particles from the waste oil.

Abstract: A consumer gasoline tester having a design type of easy handling and storage for convenience. The tester will have at the top a funnel spout apparatus (10) with a plastic nozzle stop (18) at the base. The nozzle connects to a clear plastic container (16) which has an easy-grip handle (12). The bottom of the container has a threaded hole for attaching the butterfly valve (20) and draining hose (22). The container is clearly marked for precise measurement with quantity indicators (14). There is an additional flaired-bottom container (28) with a circular handle (26) and screw-on cap (24) to be used to store suspect gasoline.

Abstract: A portable and highly efficient method for filling the hard to reach watering stands of inside trees, and particularly where the environment or nearby objects are susceptable to damage from splashes or spilled water. The invention is made up of approximately four sections of loosely fitting tubing sections with an angular set funnel at the top, which are held together with a tensioned inside elastic cord, and which can be placed downward through the limbs of an inside tree to quickly feed water from the funnel to the watering stand with a syphon effect generated by the moving water in the full length assembled tubing.

Abstract: A spill containment bag for use with a container having a leak includes a flexible bag member defining an enclosure and having a lower section with a bottom wall and a sidewall extending upwardly and inwardly from the periphery of the bottom wall to a reduced cross section at its upper end intermediate the height of the bag member. The bag member also has an upper section with a sidewall extending upwardly therefrom, and the sidewall of the upper section has at least its upper portion extending outwardly to provide an opening of enlarged cross section at the upper end of the bag member. At least one strap is provided to secure the bag member to a leaking container so as to position the opening at the upper end thereof beneath the point of leakage.

Abstract: A distributor funnel for receiving friction material and for dispensing the friction material to a mold for a friction product is disclosed. The container comprises first and second half bodies. Pivot joints connect the first and second half bodies pivotally such that they are pivotable relative to one another about a pivot axis. The two half bodies resemble a duck bill which, in a closed position, form a closed funnel receiving the friction material. The two half bodies are spring-biased into the closed position. When the two half bodies are squeezed together at the top, the friction material is dispensed at the bottom of the funnel.

Abstract: A funnel body includes an exit tube, wherein a mesh web pocket is arranged for securement to a lowermost end of the exit tube secured to an annular groove, with the pocket including a buoyant sphere arranged for projection into the exit tube exit opening for curtailing fluid flow therethrough.

Abstract: An improvement in an oil filler funnel cap that replaces the normal oil filler cap on internal combustion engines. The improved filler funnel cap is adjustable to fit a variety of different size oil filler openings forming an enlarged funnel receptacle with a resilient sealing closure.

Abstract: A dispensing assembly in combination with a beverage brewing apparatus for controllably dispensing and directing a cleaning material into a brewing chamber of the beverage brewing apparatus. The brewing chamber has a receiving mouth through which the cleaning material is dispensed. The dispensing assembly includes a hinge part, a funnel body, and components to finding a hinge joint. The funnel body is generally conically shaped, having a pouring port at one end and a dispensing port at the opposite end. The pouring port is enlarged relative to the dispensing port forming the conical shape of the funnel body and facilitating ease and accuracy in dispensing a cleaning material into the brewing chamber. The funnel body is attached to the hinge part and is hingedly associated with the hinge joint for movably positioning the funnel body into and out of communication with the receiving mouth of the brewing chamber.

Abstract: A fat skimmer for separating an unwanted fat liquid from a wanted liquid is provided which consists of a transparent cone shaped jug for storing the unwanted fat liquid and the wanted liquid that is to be separated. The jug has a tapered exhaust conduit formed at a central bottom end through which the wanted liquid will pass by force of gravity. A valve is within the conduit for selectively permitting passage of the wanted liquid through the conduit into a vessel which is positioned below the conduit, while the unwanted fat liquid is retained within the jug.

Abstract: A wine breather is disclosed which comprises a cylindrical and horn shaped container (10) which tapers downwardly from an inlet (12) to an outlet (14). A valve (16) is arranged at the outlet which has an annular outlet passage (42) angled at a transverse angle to the longitudinal axis of the container (10). Wine is poured into the open end (12) and passes through the container (10) to exit the passage (42) in a thin sheet forming a generally hemispherical flow of wine which presents a substantially large surface area of wine for contact with the air to cause the wine to breathe.

Abstract: A funnel includes a truncated conical funnel head directed into a cylindrical guide conduit, with the guide conduit and funnel head oriented about a predetermined axis, and wherein a plurality of spaced parallel channels are directed into the funnel head and the guide conduit extending from a lowermost end of the funnel structure to an uppermost end thereof permitting venting when the funnel is directed within an opening of an associated container.

Abstract: An ice cube funnel which has a combination receptacle and funnel where the ice cube funnel is contemplated to slide onto the lip of an ice tray creating a hood above ice cubes in the ice tray such that the tray may be flipped upside down and pressed to release ice cubes into said hood. The hood includes a funnel portion such that when tilted, directs cubes down a chute and into a receptacle such as a glass.

Abstract: A drain funnel for directing oil or transmission fluid from the oil pan or transmission of a vehicle to a collecting pan or receptacle. The drain funnel is characterized by a tapered body portion having a top rim which mounts multiple socket supports that support a socket in the center of a circle defined by the top rim. The socket is fitted with a plug receptacle or with threads for receiving a companion threaded plug receptacle for engaging an oil pan, crankcase or transmission drain plug on the vehicle and seating the drain plug in the plug receptacle or in a recessed cage in the plug receptacle to prevent the drain plug from falling through the funnel. In a preferred embodiment a funnel nipple is provided at the bottom end of the tapered funnel body and is threaded to receive a drain hose for draining the oil or transmission fluid into the collecting pan or receptacle.

Abstract: A fuel overfill recovery system for use on marine craft of the type having a fuel vent fitting extending outwardly from the hull of the craft. The fuel overfill recovery system has a diverter body which is placed over the fuel vent fitting during refueling of the craft. As the fuel tank of the craft becomes full, excess fuel which otherwise would exit the fuel vent fitting and fall onto the surface of the waterway is collected by a diverter body and passed into a fuel collection container.

Abstract: A funnel including measurement indicia discernible in relation to the contents therein, such funnel having a lower neck portion with an aperture therein and a collar member rotatably positioned on the neck portion with an aperture defined therein, such collar member in a first mode misaligning such apertures to retain the contents in the funnel and in a second mode rotated to align such apertures, to release the contents of the funnel through a spout member affixed below the collar member.

Abstract: The discovery of the present invention includes method and apparatus for a strainer funnel with means for supporting itself over a wide variety of receptacles. The method and apparatus for a new and improved strainer funnel aid a cook in separating liquids from solids. The new and improved strainer funnel of the present invention comprises: a bowl, a strainer, a funnel in the lower portion of the bowl and support means attached to the bowl such that the bowl is adequately supported if placed on a flat surface and on top of a receptacle being used to collect the liquids passing through the funnel. The method includes providing an improved strainer funnel and using it to separate liquids from solids.

Abstract: Filling units for supplying small tanks or the like with gasoline, kerosene, or other flowable materials which attach to an inlet to such a tank. When the filling unit is in a fill position, a displacer section occupies a substantial volume within the tank. It allows the person filling the tank to supply the liquid until the tank will accept no more and the liquid reaches a predetermined level in a funnel portion of the filler. Thereafter, manipulation of the displacer section vertically within the tank, as for example by sliding a section of the overall unit upward, accommodates all the liquid remaining in the funnel up to such predetermined level within the tank by occupying the volume previously occupied by the displacer section and thereby completing the filling of the tank to a full condition without any spillage.

Abstract: A vehicle fluids change and recycle apparatus includes a vessel body having an interior reservoir for containing oil drained from an engine. The body includes parallel and rear surfaces on opposite sides of the interior reservoir. The vessel body includes an inlet for enabling draining oil to enter the reservoir at the front surface of the vessel body. The lower end of the vessel body has a pedestal for enabling the vessel body to be supported in an upright position wherein the front and rear surfaces are generally vertical. An outlet member defines a drain for emptying the reservoir when the vessel is upright and a valve controls flow from the reservoir via the outlet. The valve is spaced above the pedestal when the vessel body is upright enabling a container to be placed under the valve when the vessel body is upright so that drained engine oil can be recycled into such container.

Abstract: An apparatus to include a storage container arranged for vertical mounting to a support surface, wherein the storage container mounts an outlet conduit and valve associated therewith. The container is provided with a cavity to receive and store a fluid-receiving pan container permitting ease of disposal of waste oil from an associated vehicular oil change. Waste oil containers are thereafter positioned below the storage container conduit to receive the waste oil for subsequent recycling. A modification of the invention includes a first and second storage container mounted to opposed side walls of the primary storage container to include respective granular absorbing material and saturated oil absorbing material respectively. An underlying tray is positioned below a manifold mounted to the container conduit for permitting filling of a plurality of waste oil containers simultaneously.

Abstract: A waste-liquid transfer device. In a first embodiment, the device includes a receiver assembly having a horizontal bottom wall and a vertical side wall integral with the bottom wall, providing a receiver cavity for temporarily holding the waste liquid. The vertical side wall defines a cylinder concentric with a standard fifty-five-gallon drum having a top with an opening in it. The receiver assembly fits snugly over the top of the drum, and a drain tube extending downward from the bottom wall fits into the opening in the top of the drum. In a second embodiment, the device includes a receiver assembly having a horizontal bottom wall and a vertical side wall integral with the bottom wall, providing a receiver cavity for temporarily holding the waste liquid. The device further includes a drain pipe leading from the receiver assembly to a storage tank, and a frame supporting the receiver assembly during the transfer operation.

Abstract: A non-spill funnel for introducing liquids and flowable materials into tanks or containers which includes a bowl which is integrally formed with a pour spout or nozzle and wherein the nozzle includes an outwardly spaced arcuate flange which extends in spaced relationship thereto for purposes of engaging the sidewall of the fill spout opening into the tank or container so as to retain the nozzle against the sidewall thereof so that a visual inspection may be made as to the level of liquid or other flowable material relative to the opening.

Abstract: A tapered liquid container which is nestable with other like empty containers and a collector for receiving empty containers in nested relationship. The container has a tapered side wall, a large bottom end, and a small top dispensing end. A closable large bottom opening and a closable small top opening is formed in the bottom and top ends, respectively. A bottom closure seals the bottom opening and is removable when dispensing the liquid. A top closure is provided for sealing the top opening and is removable to permit liquid to be emptied. The collector includes an upper portion having a tapered socket for receiving an inverted empty container body with the top and bottom closures removed to permit draining of residual liquid. The tapered socket holds the container securely to permit successive containers to be inserted into the open bottom end when the bottom closure is removed of a preceding container. The containers are thus nested for consolidation and draining of residual liquid.