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An oil can for a Singer sewing machine Oliwiarka.Singer.jpg
An oil can for a Singer sewing machine
Oil can used to store household lamp oil (1882). Windows in the tin allow to observe the level. Cap for the spout on a chain. Oil-can-1878.png
Oil can used to store household lamp oil (1882). Windows in the tin allow to observe the level. Cap for the spout on a chain.
Soldered Oil can with a push-button pump, indented at the top with the screw cap. Oilcan.jpg
Soldered Oil can with a push-button pump, indented at the top with the screw cap.

An oil can (oilcan or oiler) [1] is a can that holds oil (usually motor oil) for lubricating machines. An oil can can also be used to fill oil-based lanterns. An occupation, referred to as an oiler, can use an oil can (among other tools) to lubricate machinery.

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Oil cans were made by companies like Noera Manufacturing Company and Perfection in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] Around this time, oil cans frequently leaked and contributed to fires. [2] In 1957, aluminium oil cans were introduced, produced by companies like the American Can Company. [3]

Rocanville, Saskatchewan, Canada is home to a large-scale oil can industry because of the Symons Oiler factory which produced oil cans during World War II.

Design

Oil cans come in a variety of designs, from a simple cylindrical disposable can opened with a churchkey (or with a combined spout-opener), to a hemisphere base and tapered straight spout to more intricate designs with handles and push-buttons, to the modern plastic bottle. In 2000, the 3-In-One Oil can was redesigned to look like the early 20th century design (hemisphere base with tapered straight spout). [4] [5]

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References

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  2. The Engineers' review, Volume 16, W.W. Benham, 1905, p. 22 (from Google Books)
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