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 spill inhibiting funnel system is described that has stepped fins and blades extending, respectively, from the outer and inner surfaces of a tapered funnel body. The fins allow the funnel to be variably positioned with respect to a receiving container's opening in a secure fashion to prevent spills. Likewise, the stepped blades allow a pouring container to be securely placed inside the funnel and remain there in an inverted upright or angled position.

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 device for collecting oil contained in plastic containers that are placed inside a housing that includes a puncturing assembly mounted to a slanted platform. The platform has a central opening through which the discharged oil passes. A flexible conduit is connected to the outlet in the housing at one end and the other end of the flexible conduit is connected to a storage tank with sufficient capacity to store a substantial amount of oil. A hingedly mounted cover in said housing helps in the urging and pressing of the plastic container against the puncturing assembly. The puncturing assembly includes a separator to ensure the faster rate of unit flow of the oil from the container.

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: The device of the present invention is for the collection of viscous fluids, e.g. motor oil, from a plurality of containers having open necks. The device includes: a trough-like member having an upper end and a lower end; a plurality of container holders, operably joined to the trough-like member, for receiving the necks of the containers in an inverted, fluid draining position; and an outlet adjacent to the lower end of the trough-like member. The viscous fluid remaining in the inverted containers flows by gravity through at least a portion of the trough-like member to the outlet and the fluid can be collected in any receiving container that is positioned below the outlet. The device is capable of easily supported by any one of a number of alternative support means.

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 drainage platform supports an expendable container on a receptacle in a stable and appropriate orientation to assist in draining residual contents from the mouth of the container into the receptacle for the separate disposal of the container and the residual contents, the drainage platform including a pan with a downwardly sloping bottom and a sump with a drain, the sump being offset from the center of the drainage platform to register the drain with a corresponding offset opening in the receptacle, and a plurality of ribs establishing an essentially horizontal support for the container above the downwardly sloping bottom such that the residual contents are drained into the sump and then through the drain into the receptacle for collection and disposal of the residual contents separate from the disposal of the expendable container.

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: 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 fluid fill cap is provided including an intermediate, flexible extensible and retractable bellows housing mounting a cap therein, wherein the cap receives a plurality of spring clip members to maintain the bellows in a compressed configuration. A bottom cap of the organization is formed with a cylindrical conduit adapted for securement to an associated structural component of an automotive internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A fluid collection and drainage pan is provided for collecting fluids such as oil drained from engine components and the like placed in the pan. The drainage pan is mountable directly on top of the inlet end of a variety of standard capacity fluid storage drums or barrels and provides for the direct flow into the drum of fluid drained into the pan.

Abstract: Apparatus for adapting open-mouthed containers, such as 12- and 16-ounce beverage bottles, for use as a cuspidor. The converter includes a housing having top and bottom openings and an inverted frusto-conical member tapering downwardly and inwardly from a top edge of the housing to a predetermined position therebelow. The conical member has a bottom aperture which communicates with the top opening. An adapter is disposed beneath the conical member for connecting the apparatus to a container. The adapter has a central aperture communicating with the bottom aperture of the conical member for conducting material introduced into the housing through the top opening thereof into the container. The conical member cooperates with an inner wall of the housing to substantially prevent material from escaping from the housing through the top opening.

Abstract: A drainfield funnel having a substantially horizontal drain surface sloping towards an opening, a substantially vertical rim around the perimeter of the drain surface and a tube extending down from the opening. The slope of the drain surface is less than 10 degrees. Preferably, the drain surface is uneven, having ridges and channels aligned with the opening. Additionally, a relatively horizontal lip extends from the top of the rim towards the interior of the device. In another embodiment, an annular shoulder connects the opening to the tube.

Abstract: A filler apparatus for cryogenic dewars, such as are used in infrared detectors in infrared spectrometers, has an inlet port funnel which is connected to a liquid delivery tube which extends downwardly and into the liquid coolant containment vessel of the detector. A gas discharge tube extends co-axially with and spaced outwardly from the delivery tube and is connected to the fill port of the detector to direct gas resulting from evaporation of coolant within the detector up to a gas outlet funnel which is itself co-axial with and spaced outwardly from the inlet port funnel. A screen is mounted over the tops of the inlet and outlet funnels. The coolant, such as liquid nitrogen, is poured by the operator into the inlet funnel, which may be located at a position on the top surface of the cabinet of the spectrometer, and the operator can observe whether the detector is overfilled by noting whether the coolant liquid overflows into the gas discharge tube or up into the space between the inlet and outlet funnels.

Abstract: Filling units for filling small tanks or the like with gasoline, kerosene, or other flowable materials which attach 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, removal of the displacer section from the tank, as by sliding a section of the overall unit upward, allows the liquid in the funnel to enter the tank and fill the volume evacuated by the displacer section to complete the filling without any spillage. The overall unit may be removed from the tank each filling operation, or it may be designed to include a protective cap that fits over the upward-protruding portion of the unit, allowing the unit to remain mounted on the tank.

Abstract: A sealable funnel assembly is disclosed which comprises a funnel body with a stem portion and cup portion, the stem portion having a hollow bore formed therethrough. A core member is coaxially disposed within the funnel body and includes an upper handle portion and an enlarged lower sealing portion which fits sealingly inside the bore to temporarily prevent fluid flow through the funnel assembly. Motion of the handle portion of the core member upwardly or downwardly serves to either seal off the funnel assembly from fluid flow therethrough or to allow fluid flow through funnel assembly. The cup portion may have indicia inscribed thereon to aid in using the apparatus as a measuring device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for filling vessels with liquid has a non-electric fill indicator having an air passageway leading up and out of the vessel to an air flow indicator, air escaping during filling causes the indicator to whistle and when the whistle stops, the vessel is filled and the user stops filing; a funnel has an elongate air inlet port through a side wall to an adjustable height air inlet to the indicator, air flow is not stopped until the height level of opened air inlet port is covered by the vessel liquid.

Abstract: A vehicle 10 is provided with a remote oil fill apparatus 12. The remote oil fill apparatus 12 includes a volume chamber 18 coupled to one side of the raised frame 11 of the vehicle 10. A motor 14 having an oil fill opening 16 formed therein is mounted in an intermediate front portion of the vehicle frame 11. A conduit 34 and hose 36 direct the flow of oil from the volume chamber 18 to the oil fill opening 16. A adapter coupler 48 is provided to couple the conduit 34 and hose 36 to the motor 14 in the oil fill opening 16.

Abstract: A device for separating fat from gravy includes a funnel-like separating member having a lowermost section, a conduit extending down from the lowermost section for supplying liquid from the lowermost section, and an opening in an upper end thereof, the separating member and the conduit being transparent to permit viewing of the liquids therein; a stop cock positioned in the conduit for selectively permitting passage of liquid through the conduit; a container having an open upper end, a pouring spout at the open upper end and a handle opposite the pouring spout; a screen filter at the open upper end of the container which permits only liquids through the open upper end of the separating member; a cover held on the container in covering relation to the open upper end of the container, the cover having an opening therein which receives the conduit so as to support the separating member thereon; and locking flanges which removably lock the cover on the container.

Abstract: The liquid fuel funnel features a no-drip configuration which includes an elongated generally horizontal fuel-receiving rear portion with an open top, which may bear a closeable lid, and a front, fuel-dispensing, spout portion which is preferably oval in transverse cross-section and which curves and tapers downwardly and forwardly to an open exit end which may bear a removable plug. That end may be generally vertical or at an angle thereto. The funnel can include one or more detents for releasably holding the funnel in a proper pouring position with the spout portion within and against a fuel container opening such as a vehicle gasoline tank opening. The detents can be on the bottom and top of the spout portion. The top detent can be on a long angled leaf spring or the like connected to and extending about the top of the spout portion. The funnel is preferably of metal and can be made economically of one-piece durable construction.

Abstract: A device for collecting and disposing of used automotive motor oil comprising a rectangular pan having five discharge openings in a bottom wall. A central opening is surrounded by four corner openings and bosses are provided beneath the openings with threaded through openings therein. Empty plastic oil bottles are attached to the bosses and used oil is drained into the pan and hence into the bottles. Interconnecting grooves in the pan provide for distribution and equalization of oil flow to the bottles.

Abstract: A funnel apparatus includes a fluid receiver section joined to an elongated flexible extension. Carried by the lower portion of the extension is a hollow cap fastener member having a cylindrical portion joined to a lower tapered portion. External threads on the entire periphery of the cap fastener member firmly engage the straight wall forming a cavity within an adapter cap having a flat bottom provided with a central opening. Threading of the fastener member into the adapter cap cavity maintains the abutment of its bottom with the fastener member bottom to insure a positive connection of the components as fluid is poured therethrough into a filler opening such as an automotive oil or water opening.

Abstract: An indicating funnel for filling a container through an opening is formed as two peripherally joined, coaxially arranged funnels, one nested within the other to define a cavity between adjacent funnel walls. A vertically movable fluid level indicator is reciprocatable between the funnels and behind a transparent wall portion of the exterior funnel for viewing between a first lowered position and a second raised postion. The indicator in its lower portion is operably associated with a float positoned within the lowermost portion of the cavity between funnels to indicate fluid level in a serviced container. The exterior funnel, at its intersection with an associated spout, optionally incorporates positoning flanges for maintaining funnel alignment and stability cooperatively with various sized openings. Additionally, the fluid level indicator may include a luminescent feature enabling enhanced visibility and a cap skirt portion lessening spill potential.

Abstract: A device for collecting viscous fluid from a plurality of vessels includes a funnel member, a plurality of vessel retainer elements disposed in the open top portion of the funnel member for holding the vessels in inverted positions, and an open-mouthed receptacle demountably attached to the bottom of the funnel member for receiving the fluid.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a predetermined amount of powder from a storage chamber and including a lower measuring chamber. The amount of powder delivered from the measuring chamber is rigourously constant from dispensing stroke to dispensing stroke. The capacity of the measuring chamber can be finely adjusted in accordance with a graduation scale. The dispenser includes a pair of valves and a pusher rod actuating the valves, the lower valve closable under gravity, the upper valve being biased by a single coil spring mounted around the rod. The biasing coil spring is shielded by a sleeve from both chambers, so that the powder never comes in contact with the coil spring.

Abstract: A funnel including a conical body having a spout formed at the narrow end of said body and three straps equaly spaced around the periphery of the body and connected to the top of the body and the bottom of the spout so that the strap is spaced outwardly from the body and spout throughout the full length of the strap, and each strap including a number of equally spaced notches to support the funnel in a vertical relation to an angularly disposed neck of a tank or container.

Abstract: A system for collecting used oil from an engine. The system includes a collector vessel, a drain pan which can be releasably mounted on the collector vessel, and a threaded sealing cap. For draining the oil, the collector vessel with the drain pan mounted thereon is placed below the drain plug of the engine. The drain pan includes a top wall in the form of a downward sloping recess having an outlet at its lowest point and a side wall at the periphery of the drain pan. The used motor oil is emptied into the drain pan and flows down the recess to the outlet into a communicating entrance mouth of the vessel. After the used oil has been drained from the engine, the drain pan is removed from the collector vessel and the threaded cap is used to seal the vessel's entrance mouth. The vessel also includes a handle for facilitating the transport of the vessel to a location for disposal of the used oil.

Abstract: An adsorption filter is provided by a tank which contains an adsorbent material that is capable of removing impurities from a fluid stream. Filtering may be done by the mass transfer zone principle of adsorption. The tank is formed with an elongated outer shell which is closed at one end and open at the other. An elongated core with an open upper end and a fluid opening at its lower end is centered in the open shell by a funnel that has a centrally located rod and a conical outer wall that contacts the top of the shell adjacent its open end which allows adsorbent material to be poured into the space between the shell and the core. The length of the shell is preferably at least two times as long as the mass transfer zone of the adsorbent material while the fluid opening at the lower end of the core is preferably on the order of three fourths as long as the mass transfer zone. A cap that has a port in fluid communication with the space between the shell and the core is formed by a ring of screened apertures.

Abstract: A dish washing aid device for segregating soapy dish water in a single basin kitchen sink, the device comprising a lower base portion adapted to seal with the bottom wall of the basin about a drain therein, the base portion having a water tight vertically adjustable swivel connection with an upper funnel-like portion serving as a diverter for rinse water and being adapted to be rotated to a position under the sink faucet so that the rinse water may be poured onto cleaned articles to rinse away the soapy water and diverted into the drain without diluting or draining the soapy water in which the remaining articles are soaking.

Abstract: A device for the collection of waste oil and other liquids including a closeable receptacle and a support. The receptacle is positioned for vertical height adjustment with respect to the support by means of a downwardly extending open-ended boss in telescopic receipt of a post upwardly extending from the support. Stop means are included on the boss such that the positioning of the receptacle may be achieved by one hand of the user while leaving the user free with his or her other hand. Such above action is additionally facilitated by an inwardly extending recess in the side walls of the support.

Abstract: A funnel for an enclosure having an aperture which comprises a funnel body terminating in an elongated exteriorly threaded spout adapted for projection into the aperture. A rotatable nut having a depending tapered conical shoulder is threaded over the spout for longitudinal adjustment thereon and for selective sealing registry with the enclosure and its aperture. A transverse anchor pin upon the spout is positioned within and operatively engages the enclosure when the nut is advanced into operative retaining registry therewith.

Abstract: A funnel device for filling containers having either vertically or otherwise oriented filling inlets with fluent material. The device is adapted when in use to be supported by a given container's filling inlet, and is orientable relative to such inlet so as to be capable of receiving and conducting fluent material to such container while a user has free use of both hands. To increase filling speed, the device is provided with a novel venting system which is designed to rapidly vent a large volume of air or gas in a safe manner from a container being filled with the device. Part of the venting system may also be manipulated to form a siphon which can be used to drain excess material from the funnel device in the event the container is overfilled.

Abstract: A funnel has a relatively wide-mouthed bowl for receiving a liquid such as gasoline or the like. The bowl communicates the liquid for gravity flow downwardly through an angularly disposed central section, and further through a relatively small-mouthed spout sized for reception into a suitable receptacle, such as the filler pipe of an automotive vehicle fuel tank. The central section is formed to define a wedge-shaped configuration for binding reception partially into the receptacle, and further to define a flow path for venting air from the receptacle while the receptacle is being filled with the liquid.

Abstract: A funnel-shaped receptacle with a neck portion adapted for sealing attachment to the neck portion of a gas tank, the neck portion having disposed therein a rigid tube running vertically from the mouth of the neck and then horizontally to an outer side of the receptacle. A flexible tube is connected to the outside portion of the rigid tube and runs to the upper portion of the receptacle, where it is detachably secured to a lip member integrally formed on the receptacle. A metal screen is disposed within the receptacle across the neck portion thereof. When fuel overflows into the receptacle during the pouring operation, pouring is discontinued and the flexible tube is detached from the receptacle and inserted into the pouring container, after it has been placed on the ground, to thereby cause siphoning of the overflow fuel back into the pouring container, to completely eliminate waste or spillage of fuel.

Abstract: A device for introducing liquid into the cooling system of boat motors having drive units with skags, cavitation plates, propellers, and water intakes, comprises a preferably contoured container adapted to fit about the lower portion of the drive unit and to extend above the cooling system water intake. Such a container fits closely about the drive unit below the water intake but loosely about the water intake and above, so that, when the container is in place about the drive unit, liquid will be sucked into the water passages of the motor. The device may be used in connection with winterizing the motor, and in such case the container will hold a sufficient amount of antifreeze to, when mixed with the water in the cooling system, adequately protect the motor against freezing. The motor is run long enough to distribute the antifreeze through the cooling system. For checking motor operation, with the boat out of water, cool water is run into the container and motor operation is continued as long as required.

Abstract: A filling device adapted for hanging on the side of an aquarium and Ecolarium comprising of an enclosed cup with an elongated tube protruding upward from the rim of the top of said cup. The tube being long enough to span the area from the bottom of the container to the top where the tube is flared inwardly and flat and hooked to the foreside of the container, for holding in an up right position while filling the enclosed cup also having very small holes from the enclosed topside stopping the downward and sideward plunge of the water as it is poured, small streams protruding upward and inward eliminating disturbing landscapes and waterscapes. The same also being telescoped for adjustment for taller tanks the upper tube being smaller than the lower tube in order for insertion into the lower larger tube affixed to said bottom deflector.

Abstract: An improved funnel having an integral pouring spout, the apparatus including a base portion of a standard funnel configuration with an enlarged diameter open top and tapering downwardly to a small diameter open bottom, and a spout portion affixed to the tapered interior surface of the funnel base portion, the spout portion having an open bottom and sidewalls which converge upwardly and close to provide a passageway so that as the funnel is tipped in the direction of the spout portion fluid within the funnel is channeled by the sidewalls into the passageway, the funnel base portion having an integral cap affixed to the exterior lower end so that it may be threaded onto the externally threaded nozzle of a container, the funnel being thereby used to receive liquid poured into the container and subsequently used for pouring liquid out of the container.

Abstract: A system comprising a funnel stand and a receptacle such as a plastic bag operably attached to the stand for receiving liquids (e.g. oil) which then can be detached and discarded or stored if desired. The basic stand preferably includes a flat continuous bottom support connected by open sides to a substantially funnel-shaped top wall with a centrally disposed spout. A deformable receptacle (e.g. plastic bag) is removably attached at its open end to the spout, and is preferably supported by the bottom, especially as it is filled with liquid.

Abstract: A packaging system for canned motor oil or the like comprises a paperboard box or similar semirigid package for holding one or more cans or other containers of liquid, an impervious bag of flexible sheet material having a mouth for the introduction of used liquid into the bag within the package and of sufficient size to substantially fill the package after the containers are removed, means for introducing used liquid into the bag within the box, and a cap for closing the bag after it has been filled.

Abstract: A system for collecting and disposing of oil having a collection receptacle with a downwardly sloping bottom and a circular opening at the lower end of the bottom. Support members are attached to the sides of the receptacle to maintain a horizontal position. A tubular extention formed at the circular opening is adapted to receive a disposable plastic bag which is removably attached by an elastic fit. The disposable bag is sealed and disposed of after the oil has been captured.

Abstract: A funnel-drainer device for collecting waste liquids and the like is disclosed. The device comprises a continuous side wall defining a container having a vertical axis. The container has an inlet adapted to receive the liquid which inlet is disposed along the vertical axis, and an outlet which is disposed through the side wall of the container. A removable receptacle is selectively coupled to the container adjacent the outlet such that the waste liquid and the like flows through said inlet into said container and exits through the outlet into the receptacle. After the waste liquid has been collected, the receptacle is then removed and the liquid is disposed of in an ecologically acceptable manner.