1960s SwingSpout Oil Can - 1 quart

SwingSpout Oil Can - 1 quart

Made: The Huffman Manufacturing Co, Azusa, Calif and Delphos, Ohio
CIRCA: early 1960s

Picked this up recently. It's a 1 qt oil dispenser. As the name suggests, the spout swings to make dispensing easier. This model also has a lever at the top to control the flow of oil. Other models have a knob at the base of the spout.

Everyone will recognize the company name when they hear it. Read on to learn more..

THE BEGINNING
"Founded by Horace Huffman in 1924, Huffman Manufacturing Company produced and marketed equipment for service stations, including one of its own inventions, a rigid spout to dispense oil from large drums"

SOUNDS FAMILIAR
"During the Great Depression, Horace decided he could make money by providing a more inexpensive means of transportation and, in 1934, Huffman began producing bicycles."

WWII AND BEYOND
"When Horace brought his son into the business a few years later, Horace Jr. was able to double production and increase sales to more than $1 million by 1940. Horace continued to guide the company through World War II and the post-war recession by implementing modern management and manufacturing policies."

FIGURED IT OUT YET?
"The introduction of the company's Huffy convertible bicycle in 1949 proved a big hit with the public. The bike was equipped with training wheels that could be removed once its young users had learned to ride. Huffman's business continued to grow through the 1950s and 1960s. In 1968 the company went public."

THE FIRST ONE
The SWINGSPOUT oil cans were invented by Scott Allen, with the patent granted to Swingspout Measure Co in 1927
https://patents.google.com/patent/US1662050A/en

My oil can..
https://patents.google.com/patent/US3097674A/en