Certain Improvements in and connected with Lubricators.
Year: 1893

page_text: This Print is in accordance with the Original Specification as it stands after
Amendment (under Section 18 of the Patents, &c., Act, 1883), as allowed by
the decision of the Comptroller General of the 14th day of November 1896.
Date of Application, 31st Aug.. 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Certain Improvements in and connected with Lubricators.
We, WILLIAM BENJAMIN TEALE, of 36, Lancaster Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manager of the Cycle Department of Perry & Co., Limited, and
JOHN CLEMENT, of 36, Lancaster Street, aforesaid, Pencil Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to lubricators of that kind which consists of a metal
or other cup for containing the lubricant such cup having a cap or cover at the top,
and the first part of this invention consists in arranging the cap or cover as herein
described in combination with a spring which latter serves the two purposes of
keeping the cap or cover closed to exclude dirt from the cup and of maintaining
the cap or cover open while the lubricant is being poured into the cup.
According to one arrangement of this part of this invention the cap or cover
which in this case is binged at one side to the cup, has at its hinged part an
angular heel projecting inside the cup which heel is acted upon by a spring fixed in
the cup so that when the cap or cover is turned up in opening the lubricator the
said spring acts upon one side of the heel and maintains the cap or cover in this
position and when the cap or cover is turned down the said spring acts upon the
other side of the heel and maintains the cap closed on to the cup.
The said spring which acts upon the heel as aforesaid may be made in various
ways for instance the spring may be made of a sheet steel or other suitable metal
blank bent into the shape of the letter U. This spring fits in the cup with the
arms of the U projecting upwardly one of the arms acting upon the aforesaid
heel and the other arm being soldered or otherwise fixed to the side of the cup.
There is or may be a hole in the bottom of this spring corresponding with the
outlet hole in the bottom of the cup. Or the spring may be made as aforesaid but
with only one arm to act upon the heel the bottom part of the spring being
fixed in the cup by soldering or by other means; or the said spring may be
merely a flat spring fixed at its bottom end to the cup its upper end being free to
act upon the heel; or the said spring may be bent to the curve of the cup and
arranged horizontally therein and fixed at one end near the top of the cup the
other end of the spring being free to act upon the heel.
According to another arrangement of the first part of this invention the cap or
cover is made of spherical or other suitable form and secured to the cup by a
central small coiled wire spring which passes down the cup and is fixed to the
bottom thereof in or near the outlet. This spring pulls the cap or cover down in
and on to the top of the cup so as to close the same and when it is desired to open

page_text: the cup it is only necessary to push the cap to one side when the spring will also
serve to keep the cap or cover in this position while the cup is being filled.
The second part of this invention consists in combining a C shaped or other
clip spring with the cup of the lubricator for the purpose of attaching the lubricator
to the hub of a bicycle wheel or other wheel or to any other object which the
spring will clip and which is required to be lubricated. The said C shaped or
other clip spring is fixed to the base of the cup of the lubricator preferably by the
said base being enlarged and fitting on to the spring which latter has a large hole
through which the cup projects and the said spring is made of the proper size to
clip the hub of the wheel or other. part to which the lubricator is required to be
attached. At the bottom of the lubricator there is a small boss which fits in the
oil hole in the wheel hub or other part to which the cup is required to be attached
so as the better to keep the cup in place.
Dated this 30th day of August 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Certain Improvements in and connected with Lubricators.
We, WILLIAM BENJAMIN TEALE, of 36, Lancaster Street, in the City of
Birmingham, Manager of the Cycle Department of Perry & Co., Limited, and
JOHN CLEMENT, of 36, Lancaster Street, aforesaid, Pencil Maker, 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 :-
This invention has reference to lubricators of that kind which consists of a
metal or other cup for containing the lubricant such cup having a cap or cover at
the top, and this invention consists in combining a C shaped or other clip spring G
with the cup of the lubricator for the purpose of attaching the lubricator to the
hub of a bicycle wheel or other wheel or to any other object which the spring
will clip and which is required to be lubricated. Fig. 1 shews the lubricator cup
and C spring when detached from the wheel hub or other object; Fig. 2 is a
cross section of a wheel hub H with the lubricator cup attached thereto by
the C spring G in accordance with this invention and Fig. 3 shews the spring
clip separately. The said C shaped or other clip spring G is fixed to the
base of the cup C of the lubricator preferably by the said base being enlarged
and fitting on to the spring G which latter bas a large hole g' (see Fig. 3)
through which the lubricator cup C projects and the said spring G is made of
the proper size to clip the hub H of the wheel or other part to which the
lubricator is required to be attached. At the bottom of the lubricator there is a
small boss which as shewn in Fig. 2 fits in the oil hole in the wheel hub H
or other part to which the cup is required to be attached so as the better to
keep the cup C in place. The lubricator cap or cover is marked A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In combination with a lubricator cup the employment of a C shaped or other
clip spring fitted to the base of the same and adapted to clip round the hub of a
wheel or other article which can be clipped so as to attach the lubricator cup
thereto substantially as herein before described with reference to Figs. 1, 2
and 3 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. The herein described improved combined clip spring and lubricator consisting
of a lubricator having a C shaped or other clip spring fitted thereto and adapted
to clip round the hub of a wheel or other article which can be clipped the base of
the said lubricator cup having a small downwardly projecting boss to take into
the oil hole of the article to be lubricated and assist in securing the lubricator cup
in place substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of May 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicants.