Year: 1898

page_text: I, GUILLAUME MONSEUR, of 1, Rue des Chalets, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, in the
Kingdom of Belgium, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for object a continuous mechanical lubricator chiefly for
the cylinders of steam engines and the like. It is shewn upon the annexed
drawing,
Figure 1 is a side view of the lubricator,
Figure 2 being a longitudinal section on A-B.
Figure 3 is a section along C-D of Figure 2 and
Figure 4 is a plan view of the lubricator.
Figure 5 shews in section and on a larger scale, a portion of a wheel provided
with a projection or shoulder which actuates the piston of the lubricator.
Figure 6 represents a delivery-valve arranged on the lubricating pipe of the
lubricator, near the steam pipe or on the steam cylinder. This valve cuts off
the lubricator when the latter is out of use.
This improved lubricator is operated through suitable gear, by any portion.
of the engine or motor.
The continuous mechanical lubricator consists of a receiver a hermetically
connected to a plane surface of the suction- and delivery-mechanism; this
receiver is provided with a lid having a funnel for the introduction of the
lubricating material and the lid secured to the receiver by means of the pipe d
which is screw-threaded at both ends.
The receiver a communicates by means of channels oo Figure 3 with the
suction-channel m of the lubricating material, Figures 2 and 3.
The suction and delivery-mechanism for the lubricant consists of a piston p
having a stuffing-box 21 and whose outer end 22 is for a portion of its length
surrounded by a spring u bearing against the stuffing box p¹ and also against a
screw screwed upon the piston ? 22. This spring has a tendency to thrust the
piston towards the left. Opposite the end p2 of the piston pp2 is a ratchet
wheel A mounted freely on its axis r and provided on its right-hand side with a
projection I Figure 5. On the same axis r is keyed a connecting rod g having
a movable link or coupling secured by a rod to any suitable portion of the
engine.
In operation, the receiver a having been filled with oil, and the connecting
rod g being oscillated by the working of the engine, the ratchet wheel A is caused
to rotate by means of the pawl r³ controlled by the spring Figure 1. A pawl x
having a balance or counterweight 2, Figure 1, prevents the wheel A turning

page_text: backwards when the connecting rod g oscillates or reciprocates in the opposite
direction. After a certain number of oscillations by the connecting-rod g, the
projection on the wheel A comes into contact with the end 22 of the piston p
and pushes it to the right into the hole or recess q. By this forward movement
of the piston p, oil in the hole or chamber y is compressed, the valve m¹ towards
the lubricator a is pressed into its seat and the valve ¹ is raised. Oil is thus
delivered into the pipe n leading to the part to be lubricated.
As soon as the projection I) of the wheel A has passed the piston p p², the
spring u brings back the latter to its former position; the piston is then pushed
to the left; the result is a rarefaction in the hole or chamber g; the valve n¹
is pressed into its seat, whilst the valve m' is raised and oil is sucked or drawn
from the receiver a through the channels o and m.
The same operation is recommenced each time the projection D) pushes the
piston into the hole or chamber q.
The amount of lubrication is regulated by altering the position of the link or
sliding-connection h on the rod q; if the link be lowered, the oscillation of
the rod g becomes greater, the speed of rotation of the wheel A is increased and
the distribution of oil becomes also increased; on the other hand, if the link h
be raised, the oscillation of the rod becomes diminished and the wheel A turns
more slowly, which results in the lessening of the supply of lubricant.
The wheel A can serve for the operation of two lubricators; it can also be
provided on each or on one of its surfaces with several projections I).
A filter t, Figure 2, placed a certain distance from the bottom of the reservoir a
prevents impurities from entering the various channels and other working parts.
Dated this Sixth day of May 1898.
Improvements in and relating to Mechanical Lubricators.
I, GUILLAUME MONSEUR, of 1, Rue des Chalets, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, in the
Kingdom of Belgium, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention has for object a continuous mechanical lubricator chiefly for
the cylinders of steam engines and the like. It is shewn on the drawing filed
with my Provisional Specification, upon which,
Figure 1 is a side view of the lubricator,
Figure 2 being a longitudinal section on A-B.
Figure, 3 is a section along C-D of Figure 2, and
Figure 4 is a plan view of the lubricator.
.
Figure 5 shews in section and on a larger scale, a portion of a wheel provided
with a projection or shoulder which actuates the piston of the lubricator.
Figure 6 represents a delivery-valve arranged on the lubricating pipe of the
lubricator, near the steam pipe or on the steam cylinder. This valve cuts off
or shuts off the lubricator when the latter is out of use.

page_text: This improved lubricator is operated through suitable gear, by any portion
of the engine or motor.
The continuous mechanical lubricator consists of a receiver a hermetically
connected to a plane surface of the suction- and delivery-mechanism; this
receiver is provided with a lid having a funnel c for the introduction of the
lubricating substance or material and the lid is secured to the receiver by means
of the pipe d which is screw-threaded at both ends.
The receiver a communicates by means of channels oo, Figure 3, with the
suction-channel m of the lubricating material, Figures 2 and 3.
The suction and delivery-mechanism for the lubricant consists of a piston ?
having a stuffing-box p¹ and whose outer end 2 is for a portion of its length
surrounded by a spring u bearing against the stuffing box p¹ and also against a
screw screwed upon the piston ? p. This screw regulates the compression of
the spring u. This spring has a tendency to thrust the piston p towards the left.
Opposite the end p² of the piston is a ratchet wheel A mounted freely
on its axis and provided on its right-hand side with a projection D, Figure 5.
On the same axis is keyed a connecting rod g having a movable link or
coupling secured by a rod to any suitable portion of the engine.
In operation, the receiver a having been filled with oil, and the connecting
rod y being oscillated by the working of the engine, the ratchet wheel A is caused
to rotate by means of the pawl a controlled by the spring Figure 1. A pawl
having a balance or counterweight, Figure 1, prevents the wheel A turning
backwards when the connecting rod oscillates or reciprocates in the opposite
direction. After a certain number of oscillations by the connecting-rod g, the
projection D on the wheel A comes into contact with the end 72 of the pisten p
and pushes it to the right into the hole or recess q. By this forward movement
of the piston p, the oil in the hole or chamber is compressed, the valve m¹ towards
the lubricator a is pressed into its seat and the valve n¹ is raised. Oil is thus
delivered into the pipe leading to the part to be lubricated.
As soon as the projection D of the wheel A has passed the piston pp3, the
spring u brings back the latter to its former position; the piston is then pushed
to the left; the result is a rarefaction in the hole or chamber g; the valve n
is pressed into its seat, whilst the valve m' is raised and oil is sucked or drawn
from the receiver a through the channels o and m.
The same operation is recommenced each time the projection D pushes the
piston p into the hole or chamber q.
The amount of lubrication is regulated by altering the position of the link, hinge
or sliding connection h on the rod q; if the link h be lowered, the oscillation of
the rod g becomes greater, the speed of rotation of the wheel A is increased and
the distribution of oil also increases; on the other hand, if the link h be raised,
the oscillation of the rod g becomes diminished and the wheel A turns more
slowly, which results in the lessening of the supply of lubricant.
The wheel A can serve for the operation of two lubricators; it can also be
provided on each or on one of its surfaces with several projections 1).
A filter Figure 2, placed a certain distance from the bottom of the reservoir a
prevents impurities from entering the various channels and other working parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
A continuous mechanical lubricator having a cylinder and piston indrawing
and delivering the lubricating substance into the part to be lubricated, the said
lubricator being characterised by the use of a ratchet wheel A. provided with
a cam D, the said wheel being mounted loosely on the same shaft as a connecting-
rod having a pawl 2 and contra-pawl a driven from or controlled by a suitable
part of the engine or machine to be lubricated, in such a manner that at such

page_text: revolution of the wheel A, the cam D drives back the piston p 2 of the lubricator
which, afterwards, is brought back to its original position by a spring and
draws in oil from the receiver a, substantially as described.
Dated this Dixth day or repruary 1099.
For the Applicant,
GEDGE & FEENY,
60, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.,
Chartered Patent Agents.