EP1157234A1 - Cartouche pour graisseur manuel avec pompe a graisse actionnee par levier - Google Patents

Cartouche pour graisseur manuel avec pompe a graisse actionnee par levier

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EP1157234A1
EP1157234A1 EP00909619A EP00909619A EP1157234A1 EP 1157234 A1 EP1157234 A1 EP 1157234A1 EP 00909619 A EP00909619 A EP 00909619A EP 00909619 A EP00909619 A EP 00909619A EP 1157234 A1 EP1157234 A1 EP 1157234A1
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cartridge
lubricator
tubular housing
annular edge
tubular
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Luigi Totaro
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16N—LUBRICATING
    • F16N3/00—Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action
    • F16N3/10—Devices for supplying lubricant by manual action delivering grease
    • F16N3/12—Grease guns

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  • the present invention concerns a cartridge for manual lubricator with lever operated grease pump. More specifically, the invention concerns a cylindrical cartridge structure for pressure lubricator of the pump kind, particularly studied to be used in devices of the above kind wherein the conventional helicoidal spring for rear compression is replaced by a compressed air sealed chamber realised in the rear end of the lubricator, preferably maintained under pressure by a little manual alternative air compressor, built in said rear end.
  • grease pump manual lubricators also known as syringe lubricators
  • syringe lubricators are hand devices to under pressure highly viscous lubricant material, substantially comprised of a cylindrical container with a reserve of said material and of a delivering reciprocating pump, which can be manually operated by a lever fixed on the head of the device and connected by its the suction with the cylindrical container and having its delivery connected with a delivering nozzle provided on the front end of the lubricator.
  • a plunger thrusting element operated by a helicoidal compression spring is present, provided within the rear part of the tubular container, said thrusting element compressing the grease mass contained within the container toward the head, so as to help the product, which usually is very viscous, to outflow through the delivering end of the device.
  • the compression spring is charged by a suitable tie rod, coaxial with respect to the same, engaging at one end with the thrusting element and exiting, with the other handle or hook shaped end, from the rear part of the lubricator. Once carried out this operation and blocked the spring in the maximum compression position, lubricator can be filled in with loose grease or with the cartridge introducing one or the other one within the tubular container through the front opening, from which the head has been previously removed.
  • a manual lubricator of the syringe kind is provided on the rear of a plunger thrusting element having a seal on both faces, i.e. of double effect kind, that, when operated by compressed air, obtained in the rear chamber of the tubular container thanks to a little alternative compressor built in the same lubricator.
  • the compressor can be used operating it like a bicycle pump, to bring the rear chamber of the container at the desired pressure and to establish some times said pressure level when the grease is consumed and the thrusting element advances toward the head.
  • the use f a double effect plunger as thrusting element is necessary since it not only must push the grease in the direction of the head but also must by sealed with respect to compressed air pressing on its face opposite to the one contacting the grease.
  • the device is comprised of a cylindrical container 1 , a head 2 and a rear cover 3, on which a alternative compressor 4 is mounted.
  • Head 2 which is not sectioned, is of the conventional kind, with a manual alternative pump the piston 5 of which is operated by the lever 6.
  • Intake of the pump communicates with the whole environment of the cylindrical container 1 wherein the cartridge 7 with grease 8 is provided, while its delivery communicates through a one way valve with the grease delivering nozzle 9, on which it is normally threaded a flexible tubular adapter 10 (partially represented) for the connection with the apparatus to be greased.
  • a plunger thrusting element 11 (shown alone in figure 3) is contained within the cylindrical container 1, provided with O-rings 12 for sealing on both faces. During its working, the thrusting element 11 moves sliding within the cartridge 7 and with a face urges on the grease 8, while the other one is subjected to the pressure realised by the alternative compressor 4 in the rear chamber 13 of the lubricator included between the thrusting element 11 and the rear cover 13. Acting on the knob 14, compressor 4 can be operated for example at the same way of a bicycle pump, and the desired pressure level can be established within the rear chamber 13 of the lubricator, being it possible to restore said level sometimes pumping when the grease 8 is depleted and the thrusting element 11 moves towards the front end of the cylindrical container 1.
  • Application N° WO 97/32156 shows, also in detail, the structure of the standard cartridge 7 that was suggested to be used with the new lubricator (see enclosed figure 2). It is comprised of a tubular container closed on both ends, made up of plastic material and filled with lubricant grease, having a normally snap closed cylindrical cover 16, on the side of the cartridge rearwardly directed with respect to the lubricator, and a bottom 17 integrally realised with the tubular section of the cartridge 7, that, before its use, is perimetrally cut and eliminated.
  • a sharp projection is provided that can be used to separate the bottom 17, applying the cover 16 on the same and making it rotating in such a way that the sharp element perimetrally acts on the bottom 17.
  • thrusting element 11 is introduced within the cylindrical wall of the same, from the part that will be directed during its operation toward the rear cover2.
  • cartridge 7 is provided with a little perimetral projection 18 on the side that during its use will be faced toward the head 2, having the aim of providing an abutment for the introduction of the cartridge 7 within the lubricator.
  • the present invention has the object of providing a new charge cartridge for syringe lubricators of the compressed air kind described in the above allowing to avoid the above mentioned drawbacks, contributing to the hermetical sealing of the lubricator and avoiding that the alternative pump is idling due to infiltrations of air losses.
  • an arrangement for a cartridge wherein a sealing annular edge is present on the part faced during its use toward the lubricator head suitable not only to abut on the edge of the lubricator tubular container, but also to engage wit a certain thickness between said edge and the inner part of the threaded cover of the head, in such a way to provide a perfect seal between the cylindrical container of the lubricator and the head due to threading coupling between the two.
  • a cartridge for manual lubricator with lever grease pump and rear compressed air chamber comprising a tubular housing, having such a diameter to be housed within the tubular container of said lubricator, having a first completely opened end, to be faced during the use toward the head of the lubricator, provided with a sealing annular edge outwardly projecting and having a width sufficient to overlap with the extreme edge of said tubular container, and having a plunger element, slidably provided within the same and making sealing on both faces, which, being placed, when the cartridge is full, in correspondence of the second end of said tubular housing, also acts as bottom closure element, co-operating with said second end of the tubular housing, which is provided with one or more openings,
  • the cartridge with the grease must be subjected, during the use, to the action of compressed air fed from the rear by the compressor, it is necessary that when it is installed within the lubricator, its rear end is opened. Thanks to the presence of the built in double effect thrusting element, which is per se a sealing element, it can be realised a structure that, at least on the rear part, does not require to be opened before its use, for example eliminating a cover, but has a bottom already provided with openings to allow its communication with the compressed air chamber, and, at the same time, can contain the grease without losses and without the need of other packaging elements. In fact, it is sufficient that the bottom partially opened is provided with simple stopping or edge elements to prevent to the plunger to outcome, and this will also act as rear closure of the cartridge.
  • Width of the annular edge on the front end of the cartridge is such to allow a good overlapping with the edge of the lubricator cylindrical container , in such a way that said edge does not act only as abutment for the introduction of the cartridge within the lubricator, but is squeezed as a gasket between the cylindrical container and the head when they are connected each other, normally by the threaded coupling.
  • Cartridges according to the invention must be filled in with grease exactly up to the edge of the tubular housing, at the level of the O- ring edge, since during the mounting on the lubricator air bubbles must not remain between the grease mass and the head with the alternative pump.
  • the opened end of the cartridge will be provided with a closure, for example a pressure or snap cover or plug, or a simple cap made up of flexible plastic material sheet which is kept about the edge by an elastic ring, allowing a practical storing and transportation of the full cartridges and, at the same time, an easy and fast opening before its use.
  • a closure for example a pressure or snap cover or plug, or a simple cap made up of flexible plastic material sheet which is kept about the edge by an elastic ring, allowing a practical storing and transportation of the full cartridges and, at the same time, an easy and fast opening before its use.
  • the closure system does not modify in any way the perfect integrity of the annular sealing edge of the cartridge, since it would mean a defect of the hermeticity of the cartridge during the operation of the lubricator.
  • figure 1 is a longitudinal section view, with some elements not sectioned, of a cartridge lubricator according to application N° WO 97/32156
  • figure 2 is a lateral elevation view of a conventional cartridge suggested to be used with the lubricator of figure 1
  • figure 3 is a lateral elevation view of the plunger thrusting element of the lubricator of figure 1
  • figure 4 is a lateral elevation view of a cartridge according to the invention with closure cover
  • figure 5 is a longitudinal section view of the cartridge of figure 4, without cover
  • figure 6 is a partially interrupted longitudinal section view, and with some elements not sectioned, of a cartridge lubricator according to the application N° WO 97/32156, on which the cartridge according to the invention has been mounted.
  • the system with cartridge 7 of the prior art provides the main drawback of not being airtight, making it practically impossible to be used, and the further disadvantage to be necessary to require, beyond the manual operation of opening the cartridge on both sides, also the introduction of the plunger 11 of the cartridge 7 housing after its opening.
  • Cartridge according to the invention shown in figures 4 and 5, completely eliminates the airtight drawback thanks to the presence of the tubular housing 19 of the annular edge 20, which not only abuts against the extreme edge of the tubular container 1 of the lubricator (as shown in figure 6), but is also enough thick and width (in a radial direction) to interpose as a gasket between said extreme edge and the head 2 of the lubricator.
  • the housing 19 is made up of relatively stiff plastic material
  • sealing capability of the annular edge 20 is increased by its one loop flexible bellows structure, making it possible that the edge 19 perfectly adheres to any irregularity of the two surfaces between which it is interposed with a gasket function.
  • plunger 21 is a disposable element already built in the cartridge according to the invention, that can be realised by techniques and materials sufficiently cheap to justify the elimination of the same along with the housing of the empty cartridge.
  • plunger 21 is realised as a single piece with a flexible elastomeric material, and with such a shape to have two grease and gas sealing edges against the inner walls of the tubular housing 19.
  • plunger 21, warping can create a bulging of the tubular wall of the housing 19, with the consequent risk of sealing loss of the same plunger 21, it is suitable that the tubular housing 19 has a diameter close to the inner diameter of the tubular container 1 (unless of a suitable clearance).
  • the second end of the cartridge In order to use the plunger 21 also as bottom wall of the full cartridge, exploiting its sealing capability, the second end of the cartridge must be simply provided with stop means preventing the plunger 21 to exit from the rear part of the cartridge. In fact, it is evident that in this case it is not necessary a bottom cover that could in any case removed before the use to allow the passage of the compressed air within the working lubricator, as shown in figure 6.
  • a solution, simple under a constructive point of view, to obtain a rear abutment for the plunger 21 without closing the bottom of the cartridge, is that of providing an annular edge or relief on the bottom projecting inwardly, with an opening 22 creating a central hole. Obviously, any shape and number of openings can be provided on the tubular housing 19.
  • cartridge according to the invention must be filled in with grease exactly up the edge, i.e. at the level of the annular edge 20. This involves that any closure system of the front end of the cartridge should provide the opportunity of thermal expansion of the grease during the storing. Therefore, a pressure or snap cover 23 like the one shown (partially sectioned) in figure 4 must be very flexible and/or axially slidable, in order to allow the dilatation of the grease without interference. For this reason, a closure with a thermo-welded or glued plastic or metallic material lamina, could not be suitable for the specific object, unless it is very yielding.
  • closure system must be chosen in such a way not to risk to modify the integrity of the annular edge 20, not to deteriorate its hermetical sealing capability during the use of the cartridge.
  • a very simple closure system that surely does not damage the annular edge 20, and that furthermore is very simple to be opened without any risk of contact with the grease, can be realised with a flexible film put as a cap about the annular edge 20, for example with an elastic ring tightened about the tubular housing 19 just under the annular edge 20. Closure can be also completed by a seal adhesive band, to guarantee the grease source.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une cartouche pour graisseur manuel comprenant une pompe à graisse à levier et une chambre à air comprimé arrière, cette cartouche étant constituée d'un logement tubulaire (19) dont le diamètre lui permet d'être logé dans le récipient tubulaire (1) dudit graisseur, et présentant une extrémité totalement ouverte qui vient faire face, en cours d'utilisation, à la tête (2) du graisseur. Un bord annulaire d'étanchéité (20) est par ailleurs prévu, ce bord faisant saillie vers l'extérieur et présentant une largeur suffisante pour recouvrir le bord extrême dudit récipient tubulaire (1). Lorsque la cartouche est pleine, un élément plongeur coulissant (21) assure l'étanchéité des deux cotés par rapport à la seconde extrémité du logement tubulaire (19), et une fois en place, fait office d'élément de fermeture du fond et coopère avec la seconde extrémité dudit logement tubulaire (19), lequel présente une ou plusieurs ouvertures (22).
EP00909619A 1999-03-01 2000-02-18 Cartouche pour graisseur manuel avec pompe a graisse actionnee par levier Withdrawn EP1157234A1 (fr)

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ITRM990035 ITRM990035U1 (it) 1999-03-01 1999-03-01 Cartuccia per ingrassatore manuale con pompa di grasso azionata a leva.
ITRM990035U 1999-03-01
PCT/IT2000/000049 WO2000052382A1 (fr) 1999-03-01 2000-02-18 Cartouche pour graisseur manuel avec pompe a graisse actionnee par levier

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