US1092738A

US1092738A - Wheel-flange lubricator.

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Publication number: US1092738A
Application number: US72640512A
Authority: US
Inventors: James H Miner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1912-10-18
Filing date: 1912-10-18
Publication date: 1914-04-07
Anticipated expiration: 1931-04-07

Description

J. H. MINBR.

WHEEL FLANG'P LUBRIGATOR.

APPLICATION HLBD 00T. 18, 191g.

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WHEEL-FLANGE LUBRIGATOR.

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To alt whom it may Concern Y Be it known that IVJAMns H. MINER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lumberton, Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVheel-Flange Lubricators, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in wheel flange lubricators designed to lubricate the flanges of railway cars, locomotives, street railway cars, and other vehicles running upon rails.

The invention has for its obj ect to provide an extremely simple and economical device which may be readily applied to the vehicle, and in which the lubricant may be easily and quickly replenished, and by which the lubricant will be constantly applied to the wheel flange with an even pressure irrespective of the amount of lubrication.

With these and other objects in view the invention includes the novel features of construction and arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and particularly defined by the appended claims.

The invention is illustrated by the aid of the accompanying drawing in which the figure shows a car wheel in front elevation with the lubricator applied thereto.

Referring by reference characters to this drawing, the numeral 1 designates the car wheel having the usual flange la and 2 a lubricant container of open ended hollow or tubular form adapted to contain a stick of lubricant 3, above which is placed a follower weight S. The container is designed to be suspended from any fixed part of the truck in proper relation to the wheel by any suitable means, as for instance bracket hanger 4. Within the container is located a leaf spring 5, preferably of U shape, with the bend 5a of the spring located in the upper end of the container and the extremity of one of its arms secured to the wall of the container. The other arm is adapted to bear on the weight 8 and by its contact oer frictional resistance to the movement thereof. When a fresh stick has been placed in the container its own weight is such that less pressure of the follower weight is required to move it forward by gravity than after it has been partly worn away. My arrangement of spring is such that greater frictional resistance is offered by the spring when the weight is near the bent portion 5a of the spring than when nearer the free end,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led October 18, 1912.

Patented Apr. 7, Milet.

Serial No. 726,405.

this being due to the fact that the farther away from the bend the weight gets the less pressure the spring would exert, the contact arm spring being set so as to have a very slight incline away from the axis of the container.

ln order to adjust the pressure of the spring I provide a set screw 6 passing through the wall of the container and bearing against the spring a little way from its point of attachment.

In order to limit the inward movement of the weight and also to enable its withdrawal for the insertion of a fresh stick l connect it with the end of the container by a chain or other flexible element 7.

Having t-hus described my invention what I claim is 1. A wheel flange lubricator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a lubricant stick movable by gravity in proximity to a wheel flange and means bearing against the side of said stick with a variable resistance, for compensating for the loss of weight in the stick as the same wears away.

2. A wheel flange lubricator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proximity to a wheel flange, a follower weight for pressing on said stick and spring means having a slightly inclined surface for bearing against said stick,

3. A wheel flange lubricator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proximity to a wheel flange, a follower weight for pressing on said stick and a leaf spring secured in the container having a free lower end.

4l. A wheel flange lubricator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proximity to a wheel flange, a follower weight 10o for pressing on said stick, a leaf spring secured in the container having a free lower end for pressing against the side of the stick, and means for adjusting said spring.

5. A wheel flange lubricator comprising 105 an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proximity to a wheel flange, a follower weight adapted to bear against said stick, and a leaf spring within the container and in fric- 11o tional contact with the said weight and having a free end in the lower part of the container and adapted to olfer less resistance to the movement of the Weight.

6. A wheel flange lubrieator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proX- imity to a wheel flange, a follower weight in the container adapted t0 bear on the stick, and a two armed spring having the end of one arm secured approximately centrally of the container and the other arm in frictional Contact with the weight, and means for varying the tension on the spring.

7. A wheel flange lubricator comprising an inclined hollow container for supporting a freely movable lubricant stick in proximity to a wheel flange, a follower weight for pressing on said Vstick a leaf spring within the container for offering frietional ref JAMES H. MINER.V

Witnesses:

D. B. STnvENsoN, D. C. CAMP.

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