IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATORS
Year: 1888

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Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Feb., 1889
CHARLES BILLINGTON, and JOHN NEWTON, Vulcan Works, Longport, in the
County of Stafford, Brassfounders, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATORS, to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to that class of lubricators wherein a pump or pumps
are employed to force or eject the lubricant from the lubricator or reservoir; and our
said invention has for its object, improvements in the construction, arrangement, and
mode of operating said pump or pumps.
Our invention is constructed as follows:
In the interior of the lubricator we place one or more pumps in a vertical position
in order that they may be easily inspected and repaired when necessary, said pumps,
assuming two to be used, are fitted with rams or plungers, the top portions of which
we form into suitably shaped links for connecting to driving spindle, so that when
said driving spindle is revolved, the rams or plungers will be lifted up and down
alternately. To revolve said driving spindle, we either use a ratchet lever and
wheel, said lever being connected to any suitable reciprocating part of engine or
machine, and reduce the motion by suitable gearing; or employ a small pulley wheel
attached on same spindle with a tangent screw, said tangent screw gearing with a
worm wheel keyed upon driving spindle, and in which latter case a band connected
to any suitable portion of engine or machine may be employed to revolve said pulley,
and so actuate the pumps.
The delivery apertures of said pumps may be either separate or connected together,
and may also be connected with sight glasses filled with water, so that the lubricant
may be seen passing to the bearings or surfaces to be lubricated.
1 1000
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Agents for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Lubricators.
CHARLES BILLINGTON and JOHN NEWTON, Vulcan Works, Longport, in the
County of Stafford, Brassfounders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention has reference to that class of lubricators wherein a pump or pumps
are employed to force the lubricant out of the lubricator; and our said invention
has for its object improvements in the construction, arrangement of the parts, and
the mode of operating same.
Our improved lubricator is constructed as follows:-reference being had to the
accompanying drawings in which like letters denote different views of the same parts.
Fig. 1 is a side view, Fig. 3 a plan, Fig. 2 a section on line a, b, Fig. 4 is a plan of
the pumps, and Fig. 5 is a side view of the pumps.
In the interior of the lubricator c we place one or more pumps d, d, (two being
shown in the drawings) in a vertical position so that they may be easily inspected and
repaired when necessary, said pump or pumps are provided with rams e, e¹, having
a cup shaped piece of leather f, fat their lower ends. The upper ends of said ram
or rams we make in the form of a loop g, g' to fit over eccentrics h, h³, said eccentrics
being keyed or otherwise fastened to spindle i upon which toothed wheel ; is fastened,
to revolve said spindle and actuated the pumps.
Underneath the said toothed wheel we fix bracket & provided with bearings to carry
spindle m upon which we fasten worm or screw so as to gear with toothed wheel j.
Upon the end of spindle m we key or otherwise fasten either a toothed wheel and
ratchet, or a pulley wheel n to revolve said spindle m. When a toothed wheel and
ratchet lever are used we attach a flexible cord or wire to the lever and obtain a recipro-
cating motion from a suitable part of the machine or apparatus to be lubricated, or by
other convenient means, but when a pulley wheel is employed as shown in the drawings
we use a flexible band passing over a convenient revolving shaft or pulley.
The delivery apertures of said pumps may either be separate or connected together
as shown in the drawings, and connected with sight glasses filled with water so
that the lubricant may be seen on its way to the bearings or surfaces to be lubricated.
By constructing lubricators according to our invention we obtain compact, simple,
and efficient lubricators which may be easily kept in order and repaired.
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 :-
The mode of constructing lubricators, consisting of one or more pumps arranged
vertically and actuated by an eccentric or eccentrics, and the method of arranging the
parts of same, substantially as herein set forth and shown.
Dated his 1st day of December 1000.
BILLINGTON & NEWTON,
Longport, Staffordshire,
Patent Agents for Applicants.