US1183063A - Air-cylinder-lubricator system. - Google Patents

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W. E. DUNKERLEY, C. A. MATTMILLER 81 J. BRUNKER.

AIR CYLINDER LUBRICATOR SYSTEM.

AP?L|CATION man JAN. 2a. 1916.

1,183,063 Patented May 16, 1916.

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AIR CYLINDER LUBRICATOR SYSTEM.-

APPUCATION FILED 1AN.28. 1916.

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WALLACE E. DUNTIERLEY, CHARLEY A. MATTMILLER, AND JOSEPH BRUNKER, 0F HELENA, MONTANA.

AIR-CYLINDER-LUBRICATOR SYSTEM Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed January 28, 1916. Serial No. 74,870.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, WALLACE E. DUNK- ERLEY, CHARLEY A. MA'r'rMILLER, and J0- snrrr BRUNKER, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clark and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air-CylinderLubricator Systems, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an air cylinder lubricator system and has for its object'the production of a simple and efficient means for feeding lubricant to an air cylinder in such a manner asto efiiciently lubricate the entire interior portion of the cylinder.

Another object of this invention is the production of a simple and efficient means for delivering the lubricant to a cylinder and evenly distributing the lubricant over the interior of the cylinder.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel coinbinations, constructions, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of the mechanism employed in the system comprising the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the sight feed casings, which are adapted to control the passage of lubricant from the lubricator through the distributing pipes. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals it Will be seen that l designates the lubricator which is connected to the sight feed casing 2 by means of the pipe 3, of suitable construction. The casing 2 comprises a' pair of sight feed tubes 4 which are connected near the upper ends thereof by means of an integral tube portion 5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The sight feed casing 2 is provided with a projecting neck 6 for the purpose of permitting the same to be conveniently attached to the pipe 3 by means of a nipple or packing nut 7.

By carefully considering Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the sight feed casing 2 is provided with a pair of these depending sight feed tubes 4 which tubes are connected to the T-joints 8 carried by the distributing pipes 9, a communication being made between the depending tubes 4 and the T- oints 8 by means of the pipe 10.

A valve stem 11 is threaded in the upper end of each tube 4 and is provided with a tapering lower end 12 adapted to firmly seat upon the valve seat 13 formed in the upper end of the tube 4 for controlling the passage of oil from the lubricator 1 into the distributing pipes 9.

As illustrated, the casing 2 is shown as provided with two depending tubes 4 for engaging the two distributing pipes 9, but it should be understood that any number of tubes and feed pipes may be employed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. Each tube 4 is provided with a sight opening 14 to permit the amount of lubricant passing down through the tubes 4 to be readily determined by the operator. A stopcock 15 is carried by each pipe 9 and is provided with a valve 16 controlled by means of a lever 17 and these pipes 9 communicate with a main air supply pipe 18 carried by the air reservoir 20. It should be further understood that the pipes 9 are in turn connected to the compression cylinder 21 of the alr'compfessor 22, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings by discharging the lubricator into the cylinders for thoroughly lubricating the cylinders.

The operation of the device is as follows: The lubricant passes from the lubricator 1 down through the pipe 3 and into the casing 2 and the lubricant may then be passed into the desired cylinder of the air compressor by opening one of the valves 11 and removing the pointed end 12 of the valve stem from the valve seat 13. This will permit the lubricant to pass down through the tube 4 and into the pipe 9, whereupon the valve 16 is opened to permit the passage of the compressed air to the pipe 9, and the compressed air will catch the drippings of the oil from the tube 4 and force the same into the cylinder 21.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that avery simple and efficient system has been produced for lubricating an air compression cylinder, and that the amount of lubricant passing into the cylinder may be readily and easily controlled by the operation of the device.

What we claim is 1. In combination with an air compressor, a lubricator, of a reservoir, a sight feed control valve, means for forming a communica-:

tion between said sight feed controlling valve, said air compressor and said reservoir, and means for controlling the passage of compressed air from said reservoir to said air compressor for distributing lubricant discharged from said sight feed valve to said air compressor.

2. In combination with a lubricator, an air compressor, a reservoir, a sight feed valve, means for forming a communication between said lubricator and said sight feed valve, means for forming a communication between said air compressor and sight feed valve, means for controlling the passage of air from said air compressor, and said sight feed valve adapted to regulate the discharge of lubricant into the path of compressed air passing through said reservoir for the purpose of lubrication.

8. In combination with a lubricator, a

voir and through said pipes for distributing l lubricant discharged from said sight feed Valve.

4. In combination with a lubricator,

means to be lubricated, means forming a communication between said lubricator and means to be lubricated, and means for controlling the passage through said communicating means for permitting-pressure to be passed through said communicating means when so desired for conveying the lubricant from said lubricator to said means. to be lubricated.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix 5 our signatures.

WALLACE E. DUNKERLEY. CHARLEY A. MATTMILLER. JOSEPH BRUNKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Intense. Washington, D. C.

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