US76616A

US76616A - C h a r l e s f e r g e r

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Publication number: US76616A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1868-04-14
Anticipated expiration: 1885-04-14

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IMPROVBD OIL-GU?.

Specification of certain Improvements in Oil-Cups invented by CHARLES FERGEP., of the city, county, and State' of New York.

Nature m Object of the Invention.

This invention is designed to regulate' the supply of oil to a crank-pin or other journal, so located that the 4supply may `beiconveniently regulated the same manner; and. consists'iu the combination, with the. oilcup, of a valve, fitted to the bottom of 'the said oil-cup, and appliances for operating the same, in the manner hereinafter described. i y

. .Description of the Drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a djevice embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical central section ot' the oil-cup and valve.

General Description.

A isthe main shaft ot" an' engine. B is the crank. C is the wrist or crank-pin. AD is the oil-cup, from which oil is supplied to the crnnk-pin. -This oil-cupis provided with a valve or plunger, E, the st 'em F of which is rigidly connecltemd at the top to a bar, Gr, which latter is also attached to the sliding rod H, which-last is supported i'n the hangers I and J' attached -to the oil-cup. This rod H is drawn downward by the spring K, shown in fig. l, so as to hold the valve E iirmly clown toits sent, except when it is raised by the further appliances herein described. The pressure of this spring K'may be adjusted by changing the position of the collar L on the rod H. M is a connecting-rod, which connects-the outer end of the bar G to the end oi' the arm N, which forms a part oi the bell-crank or bent lever by which the valve E is operated. -This bell-crank, of which the.

' arm N forms a part,.is hung in the end of the 'hanger J, and has another arm, O, attached to it by the sert'-v screw P. Q isa pin, set inthe end of the crankpin or 'wrist C, to'give motion to the bellcrank N O, and through it, by means of the connecting-rod M and the cross-bar G, to the valve'.

Opel-etwa.. y The parts having been constructed as above described, the arm O is so adjusted, by means of the set-screw P,`that the pin Q will come in contact withlthearm O, and move it a short distance at each revolution. This motion is communicated, by means .of the connecting-rod M'and the cross-bar G, to the valve E, raising it n. little from its seat at each revolution ot' the crank, and thus allowing a small4 portion ofthe oil to descend upon the crank-pin at each revolutionof the crank. It is obvious that the distance to which the valve will be lifted from its seat, and thel consequent vquantity of oil supplied to the crank-pin, ivill depend upon the amount'of motion given to the'arm O and as this-may be exactly adjusted by the set-screw- P, the amount of oil'supplied to the bearing may be regulated with the utmost nicety. l It is also Aobviousthat this mode of regulating the supply of oil may be applied to other journals besides the cranhpin of an engine, the valve receiving the same motion from suitable connections. i

Olaz'm. A I claim as my invention the combination, with an oil-reservoir or oil-cup for oiling the bearings, of' a valve closed by spring K, and raised at intervals by' a positive motion, communicated by the pin Q, or itsequivalent,

the parts being constructed as herein set forth.

' CHARLES FERGER.

Witnesses:

Lucius W. HOW; Trios. P. How.