Improvements in connection with Lubricating Cans or Feeders..
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Feb., 1896-Accepted. 28th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in connection with Lubricating Cans or Feeders..
We, CHARLES EDMUND PEEL, of Swansea, Member of the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, and EDWARD HUGHES, of Pwllbach, Ystalyfera, Swansea
Valley, Roller Man, both in the County of Glamorgan, 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:-
Our invention relates to oil or lubricating cans or feeders, and is especially
intended for use by engineers, engine men, and others having charge of machinery.
Its ebject is to provide means by which the person using the can may at the same
time see the part he is lubricating; and I attain this object by providing a small
lamp attached to, cr forming part of said can, thus enabling the operator to keep.
one hand free for holding on to rails or ladders &c.
Our invention will be found especially advantageous at sea, and in places where
lubricating is difficult. Moreover a great saving of oil will be effected where,
under existing conditions, a large proportion is wasted.
The accompanying two sheets of drawings show the adaptation of our invention
to two forms of oil or lubricating cans,
Figure 1. being a sectional view of a can or feeder divided into two chambers A
and B, of which the chamber B, at the butt end, contains the lubricating liquid,
and the long, narrow chamber A the illuminating oil, such being introduced through
an inlet C provided with a removable cap or stopper D.
The general construction of the lubricating portion of the can is such as is well
known, except that the tube E, connecting the butt end with the spout or outlet F,
is not at any point so wide as said butt portion, but is preferably parallel
throughout, and of small diameter, being firinly fixed into a partition or division.
plate G, so that the chamber A. aforesaid may completely surround or enclose said
tube E, and be firmly soldered or otherwise secured to the butt B3 as at H. The
other end is tapered for receiving a tubular plug or equivalent 1, into which the
end of the tube enters, and may be provided with a seating for a valve L, worked
by means of a rod K, as will be well understood. The lamp wick is carried by a
burner or holder M, mounted upon the chamber A, within convenient distance of
the spout F. Said holder is preferably of cylindrical shape, with open turned up
end, but otherwise closed excepting for a small hole N for permitting oil to flow
from the chamber A, the supply being regulated at will by a small screw-down
valve O.
Figure 2 shows a can of different shape, for use especially if cheapness is a
consideration, in which the two reservoirs or chambers A and B are in one or
communicate with one another, so that the oil may be used both for burning and
for lubricating.
Figure 3 shows the same principle as Figure 2 applied to a can of different shape.
In this form the chamber A is formed around the lubricating tube E, and contains
also the wick holder M.
It will be found that an oil-can such as described herein will be particularly
useful for dark corners or places where there is little or no light, and the necessity
for carrying a lamp in the other hand is entirely obvinted.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
The improvements in connection with lubricating cans or feeders whereby the
person using the can or feeder may at the same time be able to see the part he is
lubricating, substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of February 1896.
STANLEY, POPPLEWELL & Co.,
7 & 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.