Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
I, ALBERT FREDERICK COLE, of Sutton Park Road, Kidderminster, in the
County of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the construction of simple, convenient and
efficient lubricators suitable for the bearings of various classes of machinery,
but especially adapted for use with the bearings of cycles, motor-cars, and on like
services.
In the construction of my improved lubricator in one form suitable for a
cycle bearing, I employ a cylindrical cup as the oil receiver having a screwed
hollow stem at its lower end for connection with the bearing. Within the cup
I insert a sliding piece preferably of sheet steel and in the form of a split ring
with a pair of arms projecting towards the upper end of the cup.
The upper
or outer ends of the said arms or projections have a hinge like connection with
the central portion of the independent cap, lid, or cover of the lubricator, such
connection being preferably formed by passing the ends of the wire staple
through a pair of apertures in the cap, lid, or cover, and hooking or otherwise
attaching the same to the arms or projections in such a manner as to permit
them to serve as hinge or pivot pins.
The cap, lid, or cover, which may be made in various forms or shapes, is pro-
vided with a pair of projections extending beyond the outer surface of the cup,
such projections being disposed oppositely to each other and at right angles to
the faces or wider sides of the arms of the sliding piece within the cup.
The sliding piece fitting telescopically within the oil cup or receiver is pre-
vented from complete withdrawal therefrom, preferably by small snugs forced
from the metal into the interior of the cup, which serve as abutments for the
lower or ring portion of the sliding piece when it is drawn to the top of the cup.
To charge or fill the lubricator the cap and the sliding piece to which it is
hinged as hereinbefore described, are raised by the fingers or by the application
of the spout of the oil can beneath one of the cap projections. In so raising
the cap or lid it becomes tilted over on its central hinge or pivot connection
with the sliding piece, thus providing a convenient opening for the admission
of the oil.
I sometimes carry up the loop end of the wire staple, herein before described,
to form an additional projecting piece for the manipulation of the cap.
Instead of arranging the sliding piece within the cup or oil receiver as herein-
before described I sometimes make it to slide over the exterior of the cup, and

page_text: I make other modifications in the construction of my improved lubricators to
meet varying services and requirements.
Dated this 18th day of July 1899.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Lubricators.
I, ALBERT FREDERICK COLE, of Sutton Park Road, Kidderminster, in the
County of Worcester, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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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My invention has for its object the construction of simple, convenient, and
efficient lubricators, suitable for the bearings of various classes of machinery,
but especially adapted for use with the bearings of cycles, motor cars, and on
like services.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to.-
Figure 1 is an elevation showing one form of my improved lubricators with
the hinged cap or cover closed, and Figure 2 a similar view of the lubricator
with the cover open.
Figures 3, 4, and 5 represent separately the cap or cover part with the con-
necting sliding piece, Figures 3 and 4 being elevations (at right angles with
each other), and Figure 5 a plan view.
Figures 6, 7, and 8 represent a modified form of my improved hinged cap or
cover, Figures 6 and 7 being elevations of the cap with its connected sliding
piece (the views being at right angles with each other), and Figure 8 a sectional
plan on the line (Figure 6).
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
In the construction of my improved lubricator in one form suitable for a
cycle bearing, I employ a cylindrical cup A as the oil receiver having a screwed
hollow stem at its lower end for connection with the bearing in the ordinary
manner. Within the cup I insert a sliding piece as B preferably of sheet steel
and in the form of a split ring with a pair of arms projecting towards the upper
end of the cup. The upper or outer ends of the said armis or projections have
a hinge like connection with the central portion of the independent cap, lid,
or cover B¹ of the lubricator, such connection being preferably formed by pass-
ing the ends of a wire staple as B3 through a pair of apertures in the cap, lid,
or cover B and hooking or otherwise attaching the same to the arms or projec-
tions of the sliding part B in such a manner as to permit them to serve as hinge
or pivot pins.
The cap, lid, or cover B¹ which may be made in various forms or shapes, is
provided with a pair of projections as 6 extending beyond the outer surface of
the cup, such projections being disposed opposite to each other and at right
angles to the faces or wider sides of the arms of the sliding piece within the cup.
The said sliding piece B fitting telescopically within the oil cup or receiver A
is prevented from complete withdrawal therefrom preferably by small snugs
forced from the metal into the interior of the cup, which serve as abutments

page_text: for the lower or ring portion of the sliding piece when it is drawn to the top
of the cup.
To charge or fill the lubricator the cap and the sliding piece to which it is
hinged, as herein before described, are raised by the fingers or by the applica-
tion of the spout of the of the oil can beneath one of the cap projections 6. In
so raising the cap or lid it becomes tilted over on its central hinge or pivot con-
nection with the sliding piece B, thus providing a convenient opening for the
admission of the oil. At Figure 2 the cap or cover B is shown by full lines
tilted in the one direction, whilst its position when tilted in the opposite direc-
tion is indicated by dotted lines.
I sometimes carry up the loop end of the wire staple B2 to form an additional
projecting piece for the manipulation of the cap.
In the modified form of cap and sliding piece shown at Figures 6, 7, and 8,
the sliding piece C has but one arm, and the connection with the cap C¹ is made
near to one side of the said cap, as shown.
Instead of arranging the sliding piece within the cup or oil receiver as herein-
before described, I sometimes make it to slide over the exterior of the cup, and
I make other modifications in the construction of my improved lubricators to
meet varying services and requirements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In lubricators for cycle and other machinery bearings, the combination
consisting of a cap, lid, or cover, hinged to a sliding piece fitted within or over
the oil cup, or receiver, substantially as described.
2. Lubricators for cycle and other machinery bearings, fitted with an improved
hinged cap, lid, or cover, constructed substantially as described and as illus-
trated.
Dated this on day of August 19.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester,
Agents for the Applicant.