US1049059A - Lubricator. - Google Patents

Description

F. P. DAY c C. C. HARTZOGE.

LUBRIGATOB. APPLIOATIO Hymn Huma, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

FRANK P. DAY AND CHARLES C. HARTZOGE, 0F MONROE, LOUISIANA.

LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. l

Patented Dee. 31, 1912.

T 0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK P. DAY and CHARLES C. HAnTzocE, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Monroe, in the parish of Ouachita and State of Louisiaaa, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lubricators, of which the following is a speclcation.

Our presentinvention relates to improvements in lubricators or lubricating devices and has particular application to feeding attachments for engine lubricators.

In carrying out this invention, it' is our purpose to provide an attachment of this character whereby the lubricant or lubricating oil may be fed from a reservoir or container to a battery of engines or thelike in order to properly lubricate the' same, Water of condensation serving to float the oil in the reservoir or container and supply the same to the lubricator, preferably sight feed, thence to the cylinders ofthe engines or the like apparatus.

Furthermore, we aim to provide a lubricating device of this type wherein the lubricant may be fed to the engine cylinders irrespective of the lling of the reservoir. In other words, the invention involves a by-pass around the reservoir whereby the water of condensation may act upon the lubricant to supply the same to t-he engine cylinders when the reservoir supply has been cut off for filling purposes.

lVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, the figure is a diagrammatic View showing cert-ain of the parts in section.' Y

Referring to the accompanying drawing in detail, a steam main is designated at 1 and as shown has communication with an engine cylinder 2 by way of a pipe 3 equipped with a controlling valve 4 so that communication between the steam main and the engine cylinder may be cut ofwlien desired. Conveniently located with respect to the engine cylinder, is a lubricant reservoir or container 5 provided with the usual gage or sight glass G and equipped with a dome 7 in communication with the reservoir and closed by means of a filling plug or cap 8. Connected to the steam main l and in open communication therewith at an appropriate distance from the pipe 8, is a condenser 9 having communication with the reservoir 5 by way of a pipe 10 equipped with a vcontrolling lValve `11 and designed\to supply the water of condensation to the reservoir 5 so that the oil or other lubricant within such reservoir may be floated therein and driven into the dome 7. Arranged within the reservoir 5 and extending into the dome 7 is a lubricant conveying pipe 12 the eX- posed or free end of which is connected to an auxiliary multiple sight feed reservoir 13 so tha-t in the oating of the oil within the reservoir, the former may be conveyed to the lubricator 13, thence to the cylinders of the engine in a manner to be presently described. A valve 14 is located within the pipe 12 so that communication may be established between and cut ofi from the container and lubricator when desired or necessary. The auxiliary reservoir 13 as shown is in open communication with a distributing main 15 provided with a plurality of sight feed lubricators 16, one of which is connected to the pipe 3 of the engine cylinder 2 while the others are adapted for communication with other engines or the like apparatus so that a plurality of engines may be lubricated or oiled from a common source of supply, thereby preventing waste of the lubricant and reducing the cost of lubricationl to'a minimum.

When the lubricant wit-hin the reservoir has been exhausted, and it is desired to refill the reservoir or container, the valves 11 and 14 are closed, and the Water of condensation within the reservoir drained by way of a drain cock 17, subsequent to which action the filling plug is removed to facilit-ate the refilling of the reservoir.

Heretofore, in the construction of lubricators of this type, the lubricant supplied to the engine cyllnders has been cut ofi" in the filling of the reservoir, whereby the engines have been obliged to operate without oil for a certain period of time. In order to overcome this object-ion and supply oil to the cylinders of the engine or other apparatus during the filling of the oil container or reservolr, we have provided a by-pass around the containerand in communication with the condenser and auxiliary reservoir so that when the container has been cut out of service, the residual lubricant within the auxiliary reservoir may be forced into the engine cylinders,

said residual lubricant being usually sutlcient to keep the cylinders oiled during the refilling or recharging of 'the reservoir.' This by-pass as shown, includes a pipe 18 connected atone end to the pipe 10 immediately adjacent the juncture of the lat* ter pipe with the condenser 9, and having its opposite end depending into the auxiliary lreservoir 13, a suitable valve 19 being interposed between the ends of the pipe 18 so that the by-pass may be cut out in the normal operation of the oiler or lubricator.

From the above description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that we have provided a lubricator for engines which may be operated at all times irrespective of the condition of the, oil within the reservoir and whereby a plurality of engines or the like may be supplied with a lubricant from a single source ofsupply.

We claim:

1. In a lubricator, a steam main, a condenser in communication with said main, a lubricant container in communication with said condenser, an auxiliary reservoir in communication with said container and adapted to supply oil to an engine cylinder; and a by-pass around said container and designed to establish communication between said condenser and auxiliary reser- Voir whereby said auxiliary reservoir may be operated independently ot the container.

2. In a device oi the class described,fa

Loaaoaa steam main, a condenser in communication with said main, a container in communica tion with the condenser, an auxiliary reservoir in communication with the container,v a

distributing main in communication with the auxiliary reservoir and adapted to supply a lubricant to a plurality of engine cylinders; and a by-pass around said container and between'said condenser and auxiliary reservoir whereby said auxiliary reservoir may be operated independently of the container.

3. In a lubricator, a steam main, a condenser in communication with said main, a lubricant container in communication with said condenser, an auxiliary reservoir, a conduit connecting said auxiliary reservoir with said container, a by-pass around said container and designed to establish communication between said condenser and auxiliary reservoir whereby the auxiliary reser- Voir may be operated independently of the container, and means in said conduit and by-pass and o erable independently of each other to cut o communication between said container and auxiliary reservoir and the condenser and auxiliary reservoir.

In testimony whereof we atix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. DAY. CHARLES C. HARTZOGE.

Witnesses:

lPmLu M. Focnn, l?. L Meran.

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