Improvements in and relating to Means for Lubricating the Moving Parts of Motors.
Year: 1899

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Means for Lubricating the
Moving Parts of Motors.
We, EDOUARD ALEXIS VIVINUS and AUGUSTE JULES HECHT, both of Schaerbeck-lez-
Bruxelles, Belgium, Engineers, 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 relates to an oil container for motors, especially explosion-motors,
so formed and arranged that an abundant lubrication of the working parts and of the
cylinder of the motor is obtained, the oil is protected from dust and circulation of
air from the outside to the inside of the container, and rice versa, permitted so that
the necessary cooling of the said parts and of the interior of the cylinder is brought
about.
According to our invention the container is fixed to the open end of the cylinder,
covers the moving parts and forms an oil-bath, the said receptacle being furnished
with laterally arranged outlets each closed by one or more sheets of wire gauze or
perforated metal-plates which prevent the oil from being projected outwards and the
entry of dust, but allow of the aspiration of fresh air and the expiration of the air
heated by contact with the enclosed parts of the motor.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section of an oil container
constructed in accordance with this invention and applied to a vertical motor and
Fig. 2 is a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1.
The container comprises a box-like structure A, which forms, at the same time,
the base of the motor. The container is fixed at its upper end to the lower end of
the cylinder B in which the piston F reciprocates. The sides of the container are
formed by cheeks J, J1 (Fig. 2), one of which is furnished with the bearing P for the
end of the crank shaft carrying the fly wheel, and the other with the bearing P¹ for
the end of the shaft which actuates the valves. The cheeks J, J', may be cast in
one with the rest of the container A or the container may be made in two parts or
halves each of which constitutes a cheek, a joint being thus formed in the middle of
the container. On the sides of the container are arranged two channels or
openings C C rising upwards, preferably inclined, and each closed at each end by a
sheet of wire gauze or a perforated metal plate T.
The lower part of the container filled with oil up to a point H, that is to say, to a
sufficient level for the crank and crank pin actuated by the connecting rod G to plunge
into the oil. This level is kept constant by a suitable feed and by an overflow tube
(not shown).
During working, the connecting rod and crank dip into the oil at each revolution.
When the motor works normally this oil is projected by the moving parts in all
directions resulting in an abundant lubrication.
The sheets of wire-gauze or perforated metal plates T prevent the oil from being
projected outside through the openings or conduits CC; the sheets placed at the
lower end stopping the passage of jets of oil or breaking them up so that they cannot
dash violently against the sheets at the upper end and flow out. The small amount
of oil which may get past the first sheets is led back to the container owing to the
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page_text: inclination of the sides of the openings or conduits C C¹. These sheets while at the
same time preventing dust from penetrating into the interior of the container allow
air to be drawn in towards the interior of the container and to be expelled therefrom
after having cooled parts of the motor, such as the connecting rod, piston, and the
interior of the cylinder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1. An oil container for motors, and especially suitable for explosion-motors, com-
prising a box-like structure fastened to the open end of the cylinder and enclosing the
moving parts of the motor, said box-like structure constituting an oil bath and being
furnished with openings or conduits, closed by means of sheets of wire-gauze or
perforated metal plates, substantially as described for the purpose specified.
2. An oil container for motors and especially suitable for explosion-motors, com-
prising a box-like structure A fixed to the lower end of the cylinder of a vertical
motor, enclosing the moving parts of the latter and forming the base of said motor,
said box-like structure being closed at its sides by cheeks J, J¹ fixed to, or cast in one
with the structure A, and furnished with bearings P, P¹ for the driving shaft and
with laterally arranged openings or conduits C C rising upwards, and closed at each
end by a sheet of wire-gauze or a perforated metal plate T substantially as described
and shown in the accompanying drawing.
3. The improvements in oil containers combined and arranged substantially as
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
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1
1000
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.