US1143681A - Automatic flange-lubricator. - Google Patents

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T. F. BELLHOUSE. AUTOMATIC FLANGE LUBRICATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. I909.

Patented June 22, 1915.

THOMAS F. IBELIIHOUSE, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMATIC FLANGE-LUBRICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1915.

Application filed June 14, 1909. Serial No. 501,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs F. BELL- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Flange-Lubricators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in lubricators and particularly to lubricators for the flanges of car wheels, especially, the

drive wheels of locomotives, the aim being.

to so lubricate the flange as to prevent wear from friction particularly in rounding curves, the object of the present invention being to produce a means for automatically feeding the lubricant to a discharge member in a rapid and effective manner when desired and at the same time have the said discharge member discharge or swab the said lubricant directly upon the flange of the wheel in such a manner as to prevent the same from flowing or slopping onto the tread of the wheel which, of course, would lessen its tractive powers and thus be a detriment rather than a help.

A. further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive mechanism for the purpose and yet one which will be highly effective for the purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of a casing having an oil port therethrough, a screw governor for governing the amount of oil to be admitted through said port, a steam actuated piston movable transversely through said oil port, and normally forming a closure therefor, said piston having a groove port to communicate with said oil port when fluid pressure is applied to said piston, an oil outlet mechanism connected with said oil port and a loose member movable within said oil outlet mechanism and impinging upon the flange of the wheel. I also employ such other and further structure and relative arrangement of parts as more fully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Figure l is an outline of a drive wheel of a locomotive showing my automatic oiler attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of an automatic lubricator feeder. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of said automatic lubricator feeder. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a discharging member. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the complete mechanism. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of a discharge swab. Fig. 7 is a similar view of a modified form of a discharge swab.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on the drawings 1 designates thedrive wheel of a locomotive having a flange 2. a

Bracketed or otherwise suitably secured to the frame of the locomotive is a casing 3 having an oil port 4 therein to which is connected an oil supply pipe 5, the amount of the flow of oil through said port 4 being controlled by means of a small bolt or screw 6 operating through said port 4 and having an operating wing 7 having a control guide 8 operating over indicator notches 9 on the casing 3 such control being determined by the position the end of the member 6 maintains in the port 4. Disposed transversely across the port 4 is movable a piston 10 provided with a piston valve 11 projecting into the recess 10 and forming a normal closure for the said port 4 and held in such normal position by a spring 11, said piston 10 being adapted to be operated by fluid pressure admitted through a pipe 12, to bring a groove 13 to register with said port 4 (see dotted lines Fig. 2) when it is desired to lubricate the flange thus admitting the desired quantity of oil as described, to pass into an elbow 14 and thence to an inclined tubular member 15 from which it passes to the flange 2 by means of a loose member 16 movable within the member 15. This loose member may be of various structures, viz a solid bar as shown in Fig. 4, the oil simply flowing down the sides to the flange. Fig. 6

shows a hollow member 17 having a plurality of holes 18 permitting the oil to flow within the same and thence to the flange. Fig. 7 shows a plain hollow member 19 with a closure 20 at one end, the oil flowing down the sides of the member 19 to the flange and at its end can be a fiber brush 21 to swab the its modified form'smovablewithin'tlremem 7 position automatically;

oil onto the flange. Anyone of the threev structures set forth can be used. 7 The purpose of having the member 16 or ber 15 is to prevent Wear and to permit the same to always maintain a close and'diree't contact Withthe flange and adjust itself to V The members Hand 15 can, if desired, be cast of brass and thus being heat conductors, the lubricant'wil'l' be kept in condition .as will permit git to flow freely. I also provide a drain pipe 22 from the recess 10st the frontof the piston'llto drain the hot 'Water therefrom 'Whi'Cll can be discharged on the members 14' and 15 to keep them Warm.

V dodnot form a departure from'the spirit of the'invention. r v a v Having thus described my invention, What Gopie'siot this' patent may be o'bcained for five cents each, by 'addressi'ngthe I claim as new and useful and desire to sea cure by Letters Patent is 1. In a lubricator, the combination with outlet, a spring-actuated valve member controlllng the flow between the inlet and outlet, and means for delivering the oil from said outlet to the part to be lubricated, said last-named means ineluding an elbow into which the oil is delivered, a tubular member carried by the elbow and a loose member carried by said tubular member and resting on the part to be lubricated.-

2. In a lubricator, the combination with a flanged wheel, of a tubular part, a loose member carried by said part resting on the part of the wheel to be lubricated, an elbow in which the tubular part is contained and fluid pressure controlled mechanism for admitting oil into said elbow and thence into the said tubular part to said loose member. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 'presen'ee of two witnesses.

THOMAS F. BELLHOUSE.

Witnesses: JOHN C. MARoH, E. GRANT CovnLL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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