US1190220A - Hog-greaser. - Google Patents

Description

0. H. C LOYD.

HOG GREASER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1914.

1 ,190,20. Patented July 4; 1916.

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oLrvnn H. CLOYD, or PEOERIA, ILLINOIS.

HOG-GREASER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed. July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,354.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER H. CLoYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Greasers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the in-'v vention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of devices known as hog greasers or rubbing posts.

It pertains particularly to the construction of a rubbing member in connection with a receptacle for an oil or disinfectant.

The object of the invention is to construct a rubbing member for receiving the oil or disinfectant from a place of discharge whereby said oil or other fluid will not be wasted, the structure employed having a dvantages that will be pointed out in the accompanying specification.

In my pending application No. 7 09,522 for a hog greaser, filed July 15, 1912, since issued in Letters Patent No. 1,142,? 98, dated June 15, 1915, I show a form of device to which the present invention is particularly applicable though applicable as well to other forms of the device having an extended discharge portion.

In the application referred to there is provided a receptacle for the fluid which deposits the latter upon the outer surface of a member upon which the hog rubs. It is the purpose herein to provide arubbing member of a certain structure for receiving the fluid from they receptacle and cause it to flow only upon the surface against which the hog rubs and prevent waste of the fluid that would otherwise run upon the surfaces of said member. I

To the end that the invention may be understood I have provided the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 shows a portion of a rubbing post in perspective and my invention in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a plan of a rubbing member, certain portions being broken away in orderto show the structure. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the rubbing member, and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a portion of the rubbing member and a depending portion of a receptacle for the fluid.

A indicates a portion of a hollow body for containing the fluid whether an oil or disinfectant.

B is a tubular extension communicating with the interior of the body andhaving depending tubular extremities C. The inner wall of such depending portion C is provided with an aperture D, Figs. 1 and 4, as a discharge nozzle for the fluid.

E is a rubbing member consisting of a bar pivoted at its lower end in any suitable manner to the body A, for instance between ears E1 The upper-end of the bar is provided with a single flange consisting of the vertical portions G and a bottom portion H, the latter being inclined downward from the sides G to the middle of the bar as shown in Fig. 3 and provided with a groove J, Figs. 3 and 4. The back wall of'the member indi'cated at L together with the flange G H constitutes a cup for receiving the depending portion C as will appear presently.

A rib K lies below the described portion H immediately beneath the groove J men tioned and besides acting to strengthen the said flange portion II serves to lead the fluid down to the other parts of the member or bar E. The said back wall of the bar E has a depression M in which is designed to seat a leather strip N secured therein in any suitable manner, forming a valve. valve is designed to bear against the inner wall of the depending portion C of the tubular members B before described to close the opening D therein, it being observed in Fig. 1 that the said depending portion C lies within the said flanges G H as already described.

A spring 0 is interposed between'the bar E and the receptacle A to hold the valve N This upon the said opening D to normally prevvent discharge of the fluid from the body.

The spring Q'holds the leather valve N normally uponthe opening D, but when the hog rubs upon the member it is pushed back against the spring thus exposing the opening D; The fluid then runs down and upon the lower flange H flowing to the center of groove R at the middle of the bar -di-- the bar, or the lowest point of the said flange at the middle, thence running along the channel J and upon and down the edge of the part K into the topmost opposite recesses P which, since both are included downward and outward lead the fluid in both directions or toward opposite edges of the bar besides flowing down the central channels R between the portions Q. The fluid in thus flowing through the central channels R is enabled to reach all of the depressions P and the fluid will flow from the latter over the said raised portions Q when a considerable bulk of the fluid is received in any one of them. By this means the entire outer or rubbing surface of the bar is kept covered with the fluid so that the hog will always be supplied therewith and the bar thus being provided with the alternate depressions and raised portions furnishes a roughened part which attracts the animal. The receptacle or cup created by the flanges G H and the back wall L of the bar together with the said depressions P wholly prevent the fluid from flowing in any direction except down and upon the outer surface of the bar where it is required and this prevents loss of the fluid which would otherwise find its way down the other surfaces of the bar. Again, the side flanges Gr besides forming a receptacle or cup, as before mentioned, at the same time serve as a guide for the member or bar E so that side strains placed upon the bar as the animal rubs will not force the bar out of line. The leather, rubber or other substance forming the valve N, absolutely prevents the loss of fluid and it is only when the device is in use that the fluid flows. While it is preferably to provide a sunken panel for the valve, said valve may be attached directly to the face of the wall L if desired.

The groove J positively carries oil down and out upon the part K and the flow must be down the edge of this part to the proper position for this distribution as already described. The particular disposition of the recesses in the face of the member or bar E insures that the fluid will be thoroughly uniformly spread over the whole rubbing surface.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a nozzle having a dis charge opening in one of its walls, of a member below the nozzle and uprising to the latter and provided with a recess to receive it, said recess being open at the front and at the top, its rear wall adapted to overlie the opening of the nozzle, the upper surface of its bottom or lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions toward the middle, the member having a rubbing surface below the recess to receive fluid from the same.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a nozzle having a dis charge opening in one of its walls, of a member below the nozzle and uprising to the latter and provided with a recess to receive it, said recess being open at the front and at the top, its rear wall adapted to over lie the opening of the nozzle, the upper surface of its bottom or lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions toward the middle, the member having a rubbing surface below the recess to receive fluid from the same, and a part beneath and connecting the lower wall of the recess with the said surface for conducting the fluid from the said recess thereto.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with a nozzle having a dis charge opening on one of its walls, of a member below the nozzle and uprising to the latter and provided with a recess to receive it, said recess being open at the front and at the top, its rear wall adapted to overlie the opening of the nozzle, the upper surface of its bottom or lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions toward the middle, the member having a rubbing surface below the recess to receive the fluid from the same, and a part beneath and connecting the lower wall of the recess with the said surface for conducting the fluid from the said recess thereto, there being a groove in the said upper surface of the lower wall of the recess at the lowermost portion thereof through which the fluid passes to said part.

4. In a device of the character described,

a nozzle having an opening for the discharge of a fluid, and a rubbing member including a part to overlie and close the opening and having a flange below said part underhanging the nozzle, said flange having an upper surface inclined downwardly toward the middle of its length beneath said nozzle to conduct the fluid upon the middle portion of said bar.

5. In a device of the character described, a nozzle having an opening for the dis charge of a fluid, and a rubbing member including a part to overlie and close the open ing and having a flange below said part un derhanging the nozzle, said flange having an upper surface inclined downwardly toward the middle of its length beneath said nozzle to conduct the fluid upon the middle portion of said bar, and a portion beneath the flange at the juncture of the inclined surfaces to lead the fluid from vthe flange upon the bar.

6. In a device of the class described the combination of a nozzle having a discharge opening, a rubbing member consisting of a bar having a recess in its upper end to receive the nozzle and open at its top and front side, one of its walls adapted to close the discharge opening, the upper surface of its lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions toward substantially the middle of said recess.

7. In a device of the class described the combination of a nozzle having a discharge opening, a rubbing member consisting of a bar having a recess in its upper end open at its top and front side to receive the nozzle, the upper surface of its lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions toward substantially the middle of said recess, there being a groove extending over the edge of the said lower wall at the juncture of the described oppositely inclined lower wall surfaces.

8. In a device of the class described the combination of a nozzle having a discharge opening, a rubbing member consisting of a bar having a recess in its upper end open at its top and front side to receive the nozzle, the upper surface of its lower wall being inclined downwardly in opposite directions cu of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the toward substantially the middle of said recess, the surface of the bar below said recess having a series of spaced depressions inclined downwardly from the medial longiiudinal line of bar toward the edges of said 9. In a device of the class described the combination of a nozzle having a discharge "Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

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