Improvements in or relating to Lubricators.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 27th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 30th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lubricators.
I, Count FRITZ DE PINTO-SIMONIS, of Maisonbois, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The subject of this invention is an automatic lubricator comprising a lever,
a pendulum, and a rotary oil distributing device fitted with a series of orifices or
channels enabling all parts of a machine to be uniformly lubricated by means of a
single lubricator and so operated by means of the lever and pendulum as always to
supply a uniform though adjustable quantity of oil; its operation only taking place
while the machine to be lubricated is in motion.
In the oil reservoir is fitted a pipe for the descent or discharge of the oil
and there is also provided a key or oil-carrier pivoted to one end of a link the
other end of which is pivoted to a crank arm secured to the inner end of a spindie.
On the other end of this spindle at the outside of the reservoir is secured a ratchet
wheel which is operated by a pawl carried on the before mentioned pendulum the
extent of whose oscillations may be regulated by adjusting a fork or yoke on
a screw so that the pawl may be caused to move the ratchet wheel to the extent of
one two or more teeth as desired.
The oil-carrying key has already been applied to lubricators in gas engines but.
the parts hitherto used for operating such key are entirely different from those
of the lubricator herein described.
In the lubricators hitherto known the said key is simply attached to the circum-
ference of a wheel turned within a cast-iron chamber or reservoir assuming the shape
of a drum which is kept half filled with oil. The key thus describes the same circle
as the wheel wherewith it turns; whereas in the present arrangement the key is so
connected to the spindle or shaft that it is caused to describe a double curve the
reservoir can therefore be made of the ordinary cylindrical shape and thereby fitted
for all parts of a machine.
The oil distributing device consists of a cylindrical cup the bottom of which has
a series of concentric openings in each of which is secured a pipe for conveying the
lubricant to any particular part of a machine. In the bottom of the cup a disc
having formed in it preferably one perforation is arranged to be rotated by bevil or
equivalent gearing, which receives its motion through a band and band wheel or the
like a series of graduated pulleys on the shaft of which band wheel enables motion
to be transmitted at any desired speed to the before described oil discharging device
this taking the place of the pendulum operated ratchet device before mentioned.
The combination whereby all the parts of a machine may be uniformly lubricated
by a single apparatus is new.
The feeding pipes are adapted to supply oil to all the parts it is required to
lubricate and the Inbricating process is thereby not only rendered even and uniform
but also requires much less oil than other lubricators with wick etc.
This lubricator may be advantageously applied to marine and other steam
engines specially to those used in connection with electrical machinery and to
machines of all descriptions in which regular and economical lubrication is a
desideratum as the multiple feeding orifices of the distributing device enable all the
main parts of the machine to be lubricated by the same lubricating apparatus.
In machines of a large size the lever controlled lubricator may be dispensed
with and oil may be delivered into the distributing or feeding device from a
suitable oil reservoir direct by means of a stopper, plug, valve or the like. The
distributing device may in that case also be of large dimensions and provided with
a greater number of orifices than it would otherwise have.

page_text: The lever lubricator may moreover be utilized for lubricating motor cylinders in
which case the crank or lever operating shaft may be provided with suitable
packing and set in motion by means of a pulley.
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W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Lubricators.
I, Count FRITZ DE PINTO-SIMONIS of Maisonbois, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The subject of this invention is an automatic lubricator comprising a lever,
a pendulum and a rotary oil distributing device fitted with a series of orifices
or channels enabling all parts of a machine to be uniformly lubricated by means of
a single lubricator and so operated by means of the lever and pendulum as always
to supply a uniform though adjustable quantity of oil its operation only taking
place while the machine to be lubricated is in motion.
In the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a section showing the lubricator at the moment when a drop of oil is
about to enter the outlet pipe; and
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same at the moment when the required
amount of oil is drawn from the lower portion of the reservoir.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of a lubricator provided with a lever and a pendulum
as applied to the movable parts of a machine such as connecting rods, pistons,
cross-heads, eccentrics and the like.
Fig. 4 is a vertical section of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a simplified form of the lever lubricator.
Fig. 6 shows the oil distributing device in combination with the lever lubricator
which in this example is fitted with a pulley and
Fig. 7 is a plan of the oil distributor.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
A is the oil reservoir. Bis the pipe for the descent or discharge of the oil.
C is the key or oil carrier. D is the link operating such oil carrier. E is a pivot
or shaft which also serves as the fulcrum of the lever or link D. F is a crank
secured on the pivot or shaft E and to which is connected the lever or link D.
K Fig. 6 is the oil distributing cylinder. L is a hollow toothed disc having
a perforation S and arranged to receive the oil descending in drops from the
lubricator through the pipe B.
M is a pinion secured on the shaft R and gearing with the toothed crown of the
disc L.
N is the pivot or spindle on which the disc L turns. O are concentric holes or
discharge orifices formed in the bottom of the cylinder K. Pare oil distributing
pipes secured in the openings O. In the example illustrated there are eight of the
pipes P for lubricating eight different parts of the machine; there
be
any
desired number of pipes P.
may however
Q is a pulley or number of graduated pulleys receiving motion from the main
shaft of the machine. S is the opening provided in the disc L whereby oil is
successively supplied to each of the discharge orifices O.
U is the pulley which imparts motion to the lever-lubricator.
The oil carrying key has already been applied to lubricators in gas engines but
the parts hitherto used for operating such key are entirely different from those of
the lubricator herein described,

page_text: In the lubricators hitherto known the said key is simply attached to the
circumference of a wheel turned within a cast-iron chamber or reservoir in
the shape of a drum which is kept half filled with oil. The key thus describes the
same circle as the wheel wherewith it turns; whereas in the present arrangement
the key is so connected to the spindle or shaft that it is caused to describe a double
curve, the reservoir can therefore be made of the ordinary cylindrical shape and
thereby fitted for all parts of a machine.
In Figures 3 and 4 g designates the pendulum operating the rack; h is the fork
or yoke limiting the oscillations of the pendulum g, i is the set-screw whereby the
fork or yoke may be raised or lowered by hand so as to increase or diminish the
amplitude of the oscillations of the pendulum so as to cause the pawl to move
the wheel to the extent of one or other desired number of teeth at each swing of
the pendulum.
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In order to simplify the arrangement of the lever-lubricator shown in
Figs. 3 and 4 the lens shaped pendulum weight may be replaced by one of
the shape of a pyramid or cone as in Fig. 5. When this weight is raised to
the highest point (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5) the pawl will only take
round one tooth of the wheel at each stroke because the movement of the
pendulum will be very short owing to the broadest part of g striking against the
stops d while when the weight occupies its lowest position on the pendulum rod
the pawl will move the wheel to the extent of say five or six teeth at a time.
Thus the supply of oil may be adjusted or controlled by means of an extremely
simple and practical mechanism. The pendulum weight g Fig. 5 may be raised and
lowered by means of the nut c.
g
The combination whereby all the parts of a machine may be uniformly lubricated
by a single apparatus is new.
The feeding pipes are adapted to supply oil to all the parts it is required to
lubricate and the lubricating process is thereby not only rendered even and uniform
but also requires much less oil than other lubricators with wick etc.
This lubricator may be advantageously applied to marine and other steam
engines specially to those used in connection with electrical machinery, and
to machines of all descriptions in which regular and economical lubrication is a
desideratum as the multiple feeding orifices of the distributing device enable
all the main parts of the machine to be lubricated by the same lubricating
apparatus.
In machines of a large size the lever-controlled lubricator may be dispensed with
and oil may be delivered into the distributing or feeding device from a suitable
oil reservoir direct by means of a stopper, plug, valve or the like. The distributing
device may in that case also be of large dimensions and provided with a greater
number of orifices than are shown in Figs. 6 and 7.
The lever-lubricator may moreover be utilized for lubricating motor-cylinders
in which case the shaft E may be provided with suitable packing and set in motion
by means of a pulley.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a lubricator the combination with a shaft such as E of a crank F and
a lever or link such as D pivoted to the crank F and so arranged that it will bear
upon the projecting end of the shaft E as a fulcrum substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
2. In a lubricator the combination with a shaft such as E of a crank F
lever or link D pivoted to the crank F and a key or oil carrier such as C pivoted
to the lever or link substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. In a lubricator the combination with a shaft E crank F lever or link D and
key or oil carrier such as C of a pendulum for rotating the shaft E and means for

page_text: regulating the amplitude of the pendulum's oscillation either such as shown in
Figures 3 and 4 or in Figure 5 substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
4. In lubricating apparatus the combination with a vessel or receiver such as K
having one or more discharge orifices such as O of a revolving perforated disc or
plate such as LS so arranged that its perforation or perforations will successively
be made to coincide with and move away from the orifices O substantially as and
for the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete lubricator
substantially as described and illustrated in Figures and 4 of the accompanying
drawings
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete lubricator
substantially as described and illustrated in Figure 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
7. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete lubricator
substantially as described and illustrated in Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
Data: 1+1 day of A
1001
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.