Improvements in Oiling Apparatus.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
Improvements in Oiling Apparatus.
A communication from abroad by JAMES HARRISON TURNER, of Pewee Valley,
County of Oldham, and State of Kentucky, United States of America,
Editor, and JACOB MILLER MCKNIGHT, of Louisville, County of Jefferson,
and State of Kentucky, United States of America, Vice President German
National Bank, Louisville, Kentucky aforesaid.
I, WILLIAM LLOYD WISE of No. 46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of London, Consulting Engineer and Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invcution and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
:
The invention relates to locomotive oilers, and consists in the improvement
thereof as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims at the
end of the description.
Figure 1 of the drawings is an elevation partly in section.
Figure 2 is a detached view of the slide and its connections, together with the
straight tube which connects the nozzle with the can or vessel.
Figure 3 is a detail view of the nozzle and straight tube, showing the screw-joint
connection.
In the drawings: A represents the can or vessel which holds the lubricating oil;
the same being provided with a funnel bottom, having a central nut-hole in which
works the threaded stopper B. The nut C and the vertical strainer D are made
integral with the bottom E or are securely fastened thereto. The vertical
strainer D is made of a size and shape so as to nearly fill the body of the can, so
that as the oil passes from the funnel E into the body of the can,
passes directly
into the strainer, where it is relieved of all foreign matter or impurities calculated
to clog the nozzle of the can or the space for lubricants in the joints and bearings
of the locomotive to be oiled. Owing to the size and shape and position of this
strainer D, the oil-can can be quickly filled without waiting for the oil to filter
through the strainer, and after the can is filled the oil gradually filters as it is used
out of the can through the nozzle.
A' is a false neck to support the tube F and to prevent it from being wrenched
out of the can.
Fis a straight.tube of equal diameter at all points to connect the can with the
nozzle G, which is of the usual tapering and bent form. At the upper end of the
tube F, or near thereto, I secure a nut f into which, screws the thimble G¹, while
the nozzle G screws upon the thimble. Thus it will be seen that the lower
end of the nozzle is firmly supported on the tube F, and reinforced on the inside
by the thimble so that it will not be liable to displacement, as so frequently occurs
to those in use. Just below the thimble I make a beveled valve-seat e, in which
works the conical valve H, whose rod extends down to and screws into an interior
arm k of the slide K, the latter being vertically movable in a slot e¹, and being
connected with the arm k by a screw k¹. This slide K has in it an air-hole S¹;
the tube F has in it a corresponding air-hole S; these two holes S and S' are 80
arranged to each other that when the slide K is raised by the thumb-lever J and
the mechanism connected therewith, they (the two air-holes) make a continuous
unobstructed air-hole into the tube F, and by supplying air through this air-hole
facilitate the free flowing of the oil from the nozzle. The slide K has two
ears,³, between which is secured by a pin or rivet the upper end of a link 1,

page_text: and the lower end being connected by a pivot i with the thumb-lever J, the latter
is fulcrumed in a bearing j attached to the under side of a hollow handle L, and is
held up at the handle end by a spring m, so that the valve may be held closely in
its seat. The handle end of the lever J protrudes through at the slot 1 just above
where the handle is usually gripped by the hand while using the can, so that the
thumb of the hand which carries the oiler may operate or depress this lever J.
By having a funnel bottom to the can, the necessity of having a separate funnel
for filling the can is obviated, and the filling of the can is thereby facilitated, and
the waste of oil incident to the use of a separate funnel is prevented. And being
able to see into the can while filling it an overflow of oil is prevented. By having
an inlet for the oil at the bottom of the can and a spring-closed valve at the nozzle
end, there is no waste of oil when the can is being filled; while the purification of
the oil by the strainer and the passage of it to a nozzle through a straight tube
having an air-hole at its base prevents the oil clogging or flowing sluggishly from
the nozzle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The combination with an oiler can and nozzle, screw-jointed together, of a
reinforcing exterior neck having the top edge inwardly curved to form a lateral
bearing for the tube F above the joint as shown and described.
2nd. The combination with the reciprocating valve-stem of a locomotive oiler,
of the slotted tube F, and the slide K, the latter made in two parts connected by
a screw passing through said slotted tube and movable therein, as and for the
purpose set forth.
3rd. The combination with the valve-stem, elide K of the link I pivoted to ears
of said slide, the thereto end-pivoted lever J, the hollow slotted handle L, and the
spring m arranged under the free end of said lever, the rear end of said lever being
made to project through said slotted handle as shown and described.
4th. The combination in a locomotive oiler of a valve H, a valve-seat e, a valve-
rod h, an arm k, a slot e', a screw k¹ and the slide K, having an air-hole S' with
the tube having an air-hole S; as and for the purposes set forth.
5th. The combination of the tube F having an air-hole S, with the slide K
having a similar air-hole S¹, with the screw k', the valve-rod and the valve H,
whereby the raising of the slide K and with it of the valve H, at the same time
and with the same mechanism opens the valve to the nozzle G, and causes the air-
holes S and S¹ to coincide with each other, thus admitting air to the tube F, and
thereby facilitating the free flow of the oil from the nozzle G as shown and
described.
6th. A locomotive oiler comprising a suitable can or vessel provided with a
funnel-shaped bottom having a central aperture or opening and a stopper removably
secured in said opening, whereby the bottom of the can is adapted to serve as a
funnel in filling, substantially as described.
7th. A locomotive oiler comprising the can having a suitable handle and a
funnel-shaped end or bottom provided with a removable stopper for filling; said
can being also provided with a discharge tube or spout having a valve seated
therein, normally closed by spring-pressure, and a thumb lever pivoted upon said
handle and connected to said valve so as to adapt the valve to be opened by the
hand of the operator holding said handle, substantially as described.
Dated this 13th day of Julv 1894
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.