A NEW FLEXIBLE SPOUT FOR OIL FEEDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM HENRY RUSDEN of 56 Longcross Street, Roath, Cardiff in the
County of Glamorgan, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion for "A NEW FLEXIBLE SPOUT FOR OIL FEEDERS " to be as follows :-
According to this Invention I make the Spouts of Oil feeders of Gutta Percha,
India rubber or other flexible tubing rendering them less liable to be broken or
bent out of shape than the metal ones now in use.
This flexible spout may be readily affixed to Oil feeders at present in use and
can instantly replace any broken metal Spout without the use of the Soldering
Iron.
By the Employment of these flexible spouts injury is avoided which often occurs
to Machinery in motion when metal spouted Oil Feeders are used by the metal
Spout being broken and falling down oil pipes and cups and causing the bearings
to heat incurring delay and great expense.
Flexible Spouts made according to this Invention are suitable for all shapes and
sizes of Oil Feeders and are easy to connect and disconnect for cleaning.
With the use of my flexible spouts parts of Machinery which are difficult to get
at with the ordinary metal spout are rendered easy of access, as said flexible spouts
may be bent without injury.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY RUSDEN, of 56 Longcross Street, Roath, Cardiff, in the
County of Glamorgan, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Inven-
tion for "A NEW FLEXIBLE SPOUT FOR OIL-FEEDERS," and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
According to this Invention I make the spouts of oil-feeders of gutta percha,
india rubber, or other flexible tubing, rendering them less liable to be broken or
bent out of shape than the metal ones now in use.
This my flexible spout may be readily affixed to oil feeders at present in use,
and can instantly replace any broken metal spout, without the use of the soldering
iron.
By the employment of these my flexible spouts injury is avoided, which often
occurs to machinery in motion when metal spouted oil feeders are used, by the
metal spout being broken and falling down oil pipes and cups, and causing the
bearings to heat, incurring delay, and great expense.
Flexible spouts made according to this invention are suitable for all shapes and
sizes of oil feeders, and are easy to connect and disconnect for cleaning. They
are specially applicable for use on locomotives, marine engines, and other heavy
machinery, as parts of such machinery which are, with the ordinary metal spout
difficult to get at, are rendered easy of access, the flexible spout bending without
receiving injury.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood, reference is had
to the accompanying drawings. Figures 1 and 2 represent my flexible tube A
attached to oil cans or feeders B, the dotted lines b being the broken stump of
metal spout upon which the flexible tube A. is fitted. a and a¹ shew in dotted
lines various positions in which the tube A is bent without in any way receiving
injury. Figures 3 and 4 shew how the flexible tube A. may be crushed by noving
parts of machinery without being broken off, or permanently injured (as would be
the case of a metal spout) for immediately upon the pressure being released the
flexible tube A expands and assumes its original shape.
The oil feeder or can fitted with metal spout is generally cast aside upon said
spout being broken or crushed, but as above shewn and described, my flexible
spout receives no injury from being bent or crushed; and even if from any cause
the flexible spout is destroyed the oil can or feeder is not rendered useless, as
another flexible spout may be instantly affixed, consequently a great saving is
effected by the use of this my invention.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
The construction of flexible spouts for oil-feeders, substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth and described.
Dated this 6th day of December 1884.