US1201287A - Lubricant-measurer. - Google Patents

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D. S. HAIR.

LUBRICANT MEASURER. VAPPLICATION mu) DEC. :0. 1913.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

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DAVID STANLEY HAIR, OF HER ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

- LUBRICANT-MEASUREB.

Application filed December 10,1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID STANLEY Ham, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mer Rouge, in the parish of Morehouse and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lubricant- .Measurers, of which the following is a specipositive in action, economical to construct and provided with indicating means which show the quantity of grease delivered in gallon units, and fractional parts thereof or on any other basis' of measurement.

'VVith these and related ends in view I show such adaptations in the accompanying drawing.as will disclose the broad features of my invention without limiting myself to the specific details shown.

Figure 1. shows a side elevation partly in section. Fig. 2. is an enlarged sectional elevation of the piston and its related valve parts Fig. 3. is an elevation of the measuring dial. Fig. 4. shows the means for actuating the measuring hand. Fig. 5. is a plan view, disclosing the means used to move the pistonnp and down within the container.

A large'container 1 is provided" with a cover 2 that may be suitably hinged thereto and also locked if desired. The bottom 3 of the container is conical.- The whole is sup ported by legs 4 which in turn are secured to a base platform 46 that is fastened to suitable wheel supports 42 and 43. A handle 44 'is useful in moving the device from pltce to place.

A cylinder 6 is fastened to the conical part 3 by the flange 5. It projects upward into the container 1 and also depends below the same, so as to approximately form an extension thereof. At its upper end a cap 7 is placed. It has a guide 8 and bearing '9 cast thereon. Suitable rivets or other fastenings hold it in place.

10 is the operating shaft carrying -a pinion 11 which meshes into rack 12 whose lower end is hollow and has a slot 14, flange l9 and threaded extension 20.

Specification of Letters Patent.

container.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Serial No. 805,763.

in the cylinder 6 so as to form free communication with the grease stored in conta ner 1 .so that as the piston 21 is being raised the grease will flow through openings 13 into the space below'the piston, passing through apertures 22 and between the'annular space formed by the disk 17 and packing ring 23 held on piston 21. The disk 17 is secured to stem 15 by nut 18. The stem is free to slide up and down in the lower end of rack bar 12 and a pin 16 sliding in slot 14 prevents disk 17 from rotating. The space below the piston fills with grease that is forced out on its downward stroke through valve 25, nozzle 28 and delivery hose 29. The valve 25 is held in a. raised position by spring 26. This spring has sulficient tension to withstand the weight of the grease above it and it serves to hold the valve closed until the piston has passed the lower end of openings 13 when it opens to allow the fixed quantity of grease to be delivered. A casing 27 forms a delivery space below the valve and also serves as a seat for the spring 26. In order that the delivery hose 29 may be kept from kinking, etc., as the device is moved from place to place a suitable hook 30 is secured to the side of the The cylinder 6 is closed at its lower end by cap 24 which supports the valve 25 and casing 27. It is reinforced by tie rods 31 which connect it to the legs 4.

In order that the quantity of grease dclivered may be measured I place a pinion 32 on shaft 10, exterior to the container 1. A gear 36 meshes therei ith and a pointer 37 is connected with the ear through a short shaft This shaft is held and the gears incloscd by a casing 33, That portion 34 of the casingwhich covers gear 36 has formed thereon concentric price lines 40 which are intersected by radial quantity lines 39 and the pointer 37 has V shaped price leaders 38 which register withthe concentric price circles. A thumb screw.41 may be used if desired to adjustably secure the pointer 37 .to.

shaft 35. T he-sha ft 10 is rotated back and forth by handle 45. The ratio of gear 3610 pinion 32 is such that an entire revolution of the gear conforms to the entire stroke of piston 21. Approximately Q; of the circumference of cover 34 is blank. This is the idle space pasmd over by the pointer 37 during the movement of piston "21 throughout the length of slots 13 and the remaining} of the circumference corresponds to the actual permanently held by a delivery stroke of the piston. When the pointer is set at its proper place it may be suitable pin instead of set screw 41.

If desired the price values may be formed on a removable plate secured to the pointer 37 so that the circles 40 may be 'made to serve for varying values. In such cases the.

cover 34: would also have a removable plate held by screws 47 on which the radial lines 39 and circles {10 as well a the resultant prices for varying quantities at difierent prices would be indicated so as'to conform-to the price values on the pointer or marked at the termination of the concentric circles. In

order to facilitate the changing of plate 34- without removing the pointer 37 from the shaft 35 a slotof sufficient width to pass shaft 35 may beformed in such plate, projecting radially from its center into the unoccupied s'pace, as shown by dotted lines 48 of Fig. 3. In this way .the device is easily changed from one -set of values or units of measurement to others as desired. In order to make the unit spacebelow the piston conform to the indications "on plate 34 the length of the packing ring 23 may be changed as shown in Fig. 2 according to the basis of values or quantities that are to be used. The vacant space on plate -34 would obviously conform to such change.

The actionof'the device is as follows;

On the down stroke'o'f the piston all the iniprisoned grease isforced out ahead of it but the lubricant also follows after the piston so that the moment it starts to rise thedisk 17 and stem 15 remain stationary until slot 14 engages'pin 16,.whenthe disk ,17 is raised with the piston, at which =time the grease flows between "17 and 23 into the f unit space below the piston, continuing to do so fas long as the piston is risin On the down stroke, the surplus material which has 'entered cylinder 6 is forced out through openings 13, disk 17 remaining within the packing ring 23 so as to kep openings 22 closed.

' In case it should be desired to operate the measurer by power suitable aiitomatic reversing devices, of well known construction could be usedto control the timing and the direction of movement-0f the piston.

. cured to the piston,.o penings m the piston, a 'separatelydnovable head slidable adjacent to said packing. andautomatic meansfor controllingthe, inlet and outlet to said chamber through the movement of the, piston.

4. A storage container, a cylinder connected therewith, a' piston slidable in the cylinder, a packing member projecting from the piston, a: movable head to the piston adapted to. enact with the said packing, and a suitable delivery outlet controlled by the movement of the piston.

5. A. storage container, a delivery chamber connected therewith, a displacing piston slidable therein, means for actuating the same, an independently and automatically:

movable head supported by the piston, a

suitableaxially projecting packing member coacting with the piston, the deliver cham ber and the independent head, an means 1f)or controlling the free exit from thecham- 6. A suitable container; comprising a storage chamber, a delivery chamber connected therewith, a piston operable in the latter, an axially projecting packing secured thereon, an independently. movable headv supported by the piston suitable passage ways .in'the piston, the same being controlled through the automatic movement of the independent head in cooperation with the packing, and an outlet formed in said delivery chamber.

7. A measuring chamber of unit capacity, a .plunger movable therein, a remova le extension projecting from the plunger into said chamber, an independently movable head supported .by the plunger adapted to co-act with such extension to vary the capacity of the chamber, means for delivering the contents of the chamber through a movement of the plunger, and adjustable indicating means operated thereby the same being coordinated with the capacity of the measuring chamber.

8: A suitable measuring device, comprisin; a storage container, a measuring cylin-' rlcr of unit capacity connected therewith. a delivery (ltVlt't. o|wrablc therein removable extensions therefor adapted to vary the capacity of the cylinder. and indicating mechanism connected to the delivery device, comprising an interchangeable member showing the relation of prices to quantities in coordination with the means for varying the capacity of the measuring device.

9. A suitable container, a conical bottom thereon, a delivery cylinder secured thereto, openings leading from the cylinderto the container, a fiiston slidable in said cylinder, means for actuatin the piston, openings in the piston, means or automatically closing and opening the same, a delivery pipe, an automatic valve between the pipe and cylinder,

and a suitable quantity and price indicating device connected thereto. i

10. A suitable measuring device comprising a storage chamber havlng a conical bot-Y tom, a measurin chamber projecting into the storage cham r, openings in its walls,

I in presence an outlet at its bottom end, a piston slida ble therein, openings therethrough, a hollow stem secured thereon, a slot in such stem, 2. rod slidable within the stem, a head secured thereto in advance of the piston, a pin on the rod adapted to engage the slot, an extension to the stem, teeth formed thereon, a, pinion meshing with the teeth, and means for rotating the pinion so as to move the stem and carried with the iston under the of the slot formed in the stem.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature of two witnesses. DAVID Witnesses:

. JOHN'C. Gnsson, AMos V. HAIR.

control STANLEY HAIR.

extension to and fro whereby the head is.

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