Combined container for new and waste crankcase oil
OwnerLawrence G. Ebelinventor
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Abstract
Discloses a container having a new crankcase oil compartment with a communicating spout for introduction therein and removal therefrom of new crankcase oil, and having a waste crankcase oil compartment with downwardly sloped portions of a drain funnel in common with a communicating screened opening for draining crankcase oil into the waste crankcase oil compartment. A communicating extension facilitates removal of waste crankcase oil from such compartment. Scales graduated in discrete units of liquid measure indicate the quantities of new and waste crankcase oil in their respective compartments.
Claims1
A combined double-compartment container and drain funnel for use in changing the crankcase oil for an engine comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- upstanding end walls and side walls connected to said bottom wall and being relatively short in comparison with the length and width of said bottom wall;
- a drain funnel connected to the top of said end walls and side walls;
- an internal wall connected to said end walls and side walls in a plane generally parallel to the bottom wall and spaced apart from the bottom wall and from said drain funnel so as to divide said container into a new oil compartment on the bottom and a used oil compartment on the top;
- a closable opening in the bottom of said drain funnel communicating with said used oil compartment;
- a closable pouring spout formed on an end wall and communicating with the new oil compartment, said spout being adapted for use with the oil filler opening of an engine;
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- a closable extension formed on the same end wall in communication with the used oil compartments;
- thereby providing a combined double-compartment container and drain funnel having an overall flat and broad configuration enabling it to be placed under an engine having relatively low clearance from the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.