Auxillary Gasoline Tank for Autos (Patent No: 207678)

Inventor: Sewell, Daniel

Location: Edmonton

Comments: N/A

Description: WHAT I CLAIM AS MY INVENTION IS:-

(1) In a motor vehicle, the combination with a fixed support, of an auxiliary gasoline tank mounted on the support and provided with a filling opening, a cap closing the opening and a normally locked but releasable holder receiving the tank and holding it normally against removal from the support and locking the filling cap closed.

(2) In a motor vehicle, the combination with a fixed support and an auxiliary gasoline tank, of a holder permanently mounted on the support and receiving the tank and provided with a normally locked hasp across the top of the tank and stops secured to the top of the tank and located at opposite sides of the hasp.

(3) The combination with the running board of a motor vehicle and an auxiliary gasoline tank, of a holder for the tank secured to the running board and comprising a bottom plate permanently fastened to the running board and situated beneath the bottom of the tank, a pair of opposing upstanding side arms extending from the plate and located to the sides of the tank, a hasp pivotally secured to the upper end of one of the side arms and passing across the top of the tank and provided with an opening receiving the upper end of the other of the side arms, stops secured to the top of the tank and located to the sides of the hasp and releasable means for securing the hasp to the latter side arm.

(4) The combination with a support and a tank provided with a removable f111ing cap, of a holder for the tank comprising side arms located at the sides of the tank and permanently fastened at their lower ends to the support, a screw threaded shank secured too the upper end of one of the side arms, a hasp pivotally secured to the upper end of the other of the side arms and crossing the top of the tank and provided with an opening receiving the shank, a nut screw threading on to the shank above the hasp and a locking bar pivotally attached to the nut and releasably locked to the filling cap in a manner to prevent rotation of the cap.

(5) The combination with a support and a tank provided with a removable filling cap, of a bottom plate rotation permanently secured to the support beneath the tank and fitted with end flanges, a pair of side arms extending upwardly at the sides of the tank and pivotally secured to the edges of the bottom plate, a shank permanently secured to the upper end of one of the side arms and having the upper end thereof screw threaded, a hasp pivotally secured to the upper end of the other of the side arms and crossing the top of the tank and having the free end thereof slotted and receiving the shank, stops secured to the top of the tank and positioned at opposite sides of the hasp, a nut screw threaded on to the upper end of the shank above the hasp, a locking bar pivotally secured to the hut and extending to the filling plug and a padlock locking the locking bar to the filling plug.