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The Oil-Wick Fountain Brush: A Can Whose Wick Is the Brush
Preston H. Clingan, Florence, Colorado · Public domain (expired patent)
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6. ottobre 2026NO
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The Oil-Wick Fountain Brush: A Can Whose Wick Is the Brush

An oil can and a rag spill, and a brush dipped in oil drips. Preston H. Clingan of Florence, Colorado, received US 787,278, dated 11 April 1905, for "a can of very simple form which is so constructed as to prevent the possibility of spilling the contents thereof": an open thimble hangs from the can's mouth to near its bottom, a rolled burlap wick inside it is frayed above the mouth into a brush, and oil in the chamber round the thimble reaches the wick from underneath. This rung works out how high a wick can lift oil, then builds the can from a jar, a tin and burlap and weighs the oil it lays on a board.
Principiante
About 2 hours

Istruzioni

1

How high the wick lifts

Caricamento del notebook Jupyter…
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A wick that feeds oil before it

The embedded blueprint feeds oil to a bearing through a wick. Clingan turns the wick's frayed end into the brush.
3

Read US 787,278

"My object is to provide a can of very simple form which is so constructed as to prevent the possibility of spilling the contents thereof. The can includes a wick of absorbent material, which is constantly supplied with oil or other fluid within the can."
4

Make the thimble

Remove both ends of a tin can that passes through the jar's mouth with 6 mm to spare. Cut it 10 mm shorter than the jar's inside height. File the cut edges.

Materiali per questo passaggio:

Barattolo di lattaBarattolo di latta1 pezzo

Strumenti necessari:

Cesoie da lattoniereCesoie da lattoniere
Lime (lima a mano)Lime (lima a mano)
RighelloRighello
Guanti da lavoro in pelleGuanti da lavoro in pelle
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Cut the lip ring

Cut an aluminium ring: outside to fit inside the jar's mouth, inside to fit round the thimble. Drill it 3 mm for a filling screw.

Materiali per questo passaggio:

Lamiera di alluminioLamiera di alluminio1 pezzo

Strumenti necessari:

Cesoie da lattoniereCesoie da lattoniere
Trapano a batteriaTrapano a batteria
Serie di punte da trapanoSerie di punte da trapano
Lime (lima a mano)Lime (lima a mano)
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Fix the thimble

Epoxy the ring round the thimble's top and into the jar's mouth, the thimble hanging 10 mm clear of the floor. Cut a rubber washer for the filling screw.

Materiali per questo passaggio:

Barattolo di vetroBarattolo di vetro1 pezzo
Resina epossidica bicomponenteResina epossidica bicomponente1 pezzo
Viti da metalloViti da metallo1 pezzo
Foglio di gommaFoglio di gomma1 pezzo

Strumenti necessari:

Taglierino di precisioneTaglierino di precisione
Set di cacciavitiSet di cacciaviti
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Roll the wick

Roll a strip of burlap tightly until it fills the thimble, 15 mm longer than it. Push it in and fray the top 15 mm with the fingers.

Materiali per questo passaggio:

Tela di jutaTela di juta1 pezzo

Strumenti necessari:

ForbiciForbici
RighelloRighello
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The build in 3D

FreeCAD model of this build, not of the patent: a 90 mm jar with a 66 mm mouth, the aluminium lip ring and filling screw, a 53 mm thimble 10 mm off the floor, the burlap wick with its frayed top, and the lid.
File di designBLENDCC0 - Free
Scarica modello
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Oil a board and weigh it

Pour linseed oil through the filling hole to half the jar's height and wait until the wick's top darkens. Weigh a plywood board, brush it once over, and weigh it again. Turn the closed jar on its side over a rag for a minute.
Passo 9 - Image 1

Materiali per questo passaggio:

Olio di lino cottoOlio di lino cotto1 pezzo
Pannello di compensatoPannello di compensato1 pezzo
Stracci di cotoneStracci di cotone1 pezzo

Strumenti necessari:

Bilancia digitale da cucinaBilancia digitale da cucina
CronometroCronometro
Metro a nastroMetro a nastro
10

A wick that stays dry, floods or leaks

Oil-wick fountain brush troubleshooting.

Flow

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History and honest limits

**Preston H. Clingan** of Florence, Colorado, assignor of one-half to John H. Todd of Cañon City, filed US 787,278 on 28 July 1904; it is dated 11 April 1905. His can is cylindrical with both ends contracted and threaded, so the cover fits either end; the thimble is soldered to an inward lip at the mouth; the wick is preferably a roll of burlap. He named oiling or polishing surfaces and cleaning windows among its uses. **Honest limits.** A jar with one threaded mouth stands in for his can. The notebook assumes a fully wetting wick and one pore size. Your weights are the result.

Materiali

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Strumenti richiesti

12

File di progetto

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