Improvements in Lubricating Appliances.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 4th June, 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Lubricating Appliances.
We, AUGUST STARK, Engine Driver, of 100, Maxstrasse, Weiden, in the King-
dom of Bavaria, in the Empire of Germany, and ANDREAS NEIMANN, Roadmaker,
of 27, Bahnhopstrasse, Weiden aforesaid, 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;-
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This invention relates to improvements in lubricating appliances which will
work automatically when a revolving or rocking motion is imparted to them, as
would be the case if the lubricator was fixed to the hub of a wheel.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved lubricator.
Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the lubricator inverted.
According to this invention, we employ a cylinder or casing 1 for holding the
lubricant. Inside the cylinder or casing 1 is a tube 2 the lower end of which is
formed, with a serrated valve seating 3 on which rests a ball 4. The tube 2 is
formed with a shoulder 5 which closes one end of the cylinder 1, the outer end
of the shoulder 5 being formed with a thread 6 for the purpose of attachment to
the article to be lubricated. Inside the tube 2 and free to slide therein is another
tube 7. On the top of the tube 7 is a cap 8 for keeping the tube at the required
distance from the valve seating 3, and just below the cap 8 is a hole 9 through
which oil flows from the cylinder 1 to the bearing. The lubricator is filled with
oil through a hole in the end of the cylinder 1 which is closed by a screw 10.
When the lubricator is filled with oil and fixed on the hub of a pulley or wheel,
as the latter turns, the lubricator is gradually inverted until it assumes the position
shewn in Fig. 2, where the tube 7 is shewn in its inverted position. Oil now flows
into the tube 7 through the hole 9, and as the lubricator is gradually turned round
to the position shewn in Fig. 1, the oil in the tube 7 flows down over the ball
valve 4, through the serrated seating, and into the hub. When the lubricator
again assumes the position shewn in Fig. 2 oil is prevented from flowing out of the
bearing back into the lubricator by means of the ball valve 4 which closes the
mouth of the tube 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
(1) The general construction, combination, and arrangement of parts constitut-
ing the lubricator as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings

page_text: (2) The cylinder or casing 1, tube 2, sliding tube 7, and ball valve 4, all in
combination as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illus-
trated by the accompanying drawings.
Date
UITIS
AUGUST STARK,
ANDREAS NEHMANN,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.