Oiling Machinery, and for other Purposes.
Year: 1886

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Oiling Machinery, and for other Purposes.
I, ROBERT RAMSEY of East Howle Colliery near Ferryhill in the county of
Durham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A vessel of any suitable size or form, made of Tin, Brass, Copper, Iron or any
other material, to which is fitted a small pump with valve or valves, of suitable
dimensions, so constructed that the outer end of the piston rod of the pump may
be readily pressed by the thumb of the hand holding the vessel, by means of which
the pump is brought into use and the oil or other liquid contained in the vessel is
pumped or forced through a spout attached to the vessel and connected with the
pump, in such quantities as may be required, by one or more pressures of the thumb
as already described.
One of the chief objects in, and advantages claimed for, my invention, is, that
the operator is enabled to force the contents of the vessel, from the said vessel, no
matter in what position the vessel may be placed or held, always provided, that
the contents communicate with the pump arrangement.
Dated this eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty six.

page_text: Improvements in what are known as Oil Feeders, Used for
Oiling Machinery, and for other Purposes.
I, ROBERT RAMSEY, of East Howle Colliery, near Ferrybill in the county of
Durham, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for THE IMPROVE
MENT OF OIL FEEDERS, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
A vessel of any suitable size is made of Tin, Brass, Copper, Iron or any other
suitable material, as represented by the accompanying drawings A and B.
Drawing A represents vessel with top removed and Drawing B. is a view of
vessel partly in section, shewing internal arrangement of cylinder, piston, piston-
rod and valves.
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Figure 1. shews a section of cylinder. Fig. 2. shews' a section of piston.
Fig. 3. shews piston-rod with spring attached, passing through top of vessel, on
the end of which is fixed what may be termed a button or thumb-piece. Fig. 4.
shews a section of small valve fixed in the spout of the vessel with seat or chamber
combined, the valve being held in position by a spiral spring, one end of which is
attached to the valve and the other to the chamber, as shewn. Fig. 5. shews a
piece of steel or other suitable material, in circular form, fitted inside the cylinder
and securely fastened at one end, the other end being at liberty and falling loosely
over the inlet hole or passage into bottom part of cylinder and acting as a clack or
valve, as shewn. Fig. 6. represents a small sieve made of suitable material and
placed over the inlet to cylinder to prevent the passage of any substance calculated
to choke, or interfere with, the action of the valves.
The machine acts thus:-
The Oil is poured into the vessel at the top by removing the lid (Fig. 7.) in the
ordinary way, which oil covers the inlet to cylinder (Fig. 6.).—The button or
thumb-piece (Fig. 8.) being pressed, which may be conveniently done by the thumb
of the hand holding the vessel, the valve (Fig. 5.) is closed and the oil contained
in the cylinder (Fig. 1.) is forced through the spout of the vessel and the valve
therein (Fig. 4.).-The pressure on the thumb-piece being removed, the piston is
drawn back to it's original position by means of the spring (Fig. 9.) encircling the
piston-rod (Fig. 3.), closing the valve (Fig. 4.) in the spout, and drawing the oil
through the valve (Fig. 5.), thus re-filling cylinder (Fig. 1.) which is again ready
to be discharged in the manner described. The operation may be repeated as often
as required.
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
1. The use of a small pump or cylinder, fitted with piston, piston-rod, and

page_text: forced or pumped from the vessel, irrespective of the position in which the vessel
or Oil Feeder is held.
2. The pump arrangement referred to in foregoing claim, may be fitted either
inside or outside the vessel and may be constructed so as to be worked either in
the manner described hereinbefore, or by means of a lever, or a screw, or otherwise.
3. The construction of the valve, fixed in the spout of the vessel, which is held
in position by a spiral spring, and actuated by pressure independently of any
other part of the vessel or it's connections, and not by means of a rod as is the case
in the ordinary Oil Feeders now in common use.