US122495A - Improvement in car-axle lubricators - Google Patents

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(122-) JOHN SfSA N SON.

Improvement in Car Axle Lubricato r s.

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UNITED STATES JOHN S. SANSON, OF MORRISANIA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN CAR-AXLE LUBRICATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 122,495, dated January 2, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. SANSON, of Morrisania, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lubricators for Car- Axles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accom panying drawing forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 represents a vertical section, in direction of the length of the axle, of arailroadcar axle-box, showing the one end of the axle in full, and with my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2, a transverse section of the same at the line 00 m in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a horizontal section at the line 3/ y, with theaxle removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

The one part of my invention relates to revolving lubricators, composed of a wheel arranged to bear up against the journal of the axle, and serving, as it is rotated by frictional contact therewith, to convey the lubricating material to the journal; and this part of the invention consists in a novel construction of said lubricator, including a pivoted suspension of the wheel by means of a hanger to the rod or arm, by which it is carried, said rod being also pivoted or hinged and controlled by a spring, likewise being properly steadied or dirooted to insure the wheel when in its place, being borne up against the journal and held in proper relation therewith to convey the lubricating material contained within the axlebox to the journal. By this construction every facility is afforded for insertion and removal of the lubricator within and from the box, as ordinarily constructed; and when the axle is in its place, so that the lubricator may be applied to railroad-car axle-boxes, as now in use, as well as to new ones, and a perfect action, generally, is obtained. The invention also consists in a combined pad and wiper, of novel construction, for preventing the washing or working of the lubricating material along the axle beyond the journal and out of the box, thereby contributing to the economy and efficiency of the lubricator.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, A

represents a railroad-car axle-box of ordinary construction, provided with the usual outside or front-end lid I) and upper brass 0. B is the axle, and d its journal within the box A. O is the lubricating-wheel arranged Within the box A, beneath the journal, and serving, as it is rotated by frictional contact with the latter, to

convey oil placed in the bottom of the box to the journal. This wheel is carried by a hanger, D, pivoted beyond or above its center, on opposite sides, as at e e, to the inner jaw-like end of a main carrying arm or rod, E, the pivots e e occupying a transverse relation with the axis of the wheel and that of the car-axle, and preferably dropping loosely into bearings f f in the jaw-end of the rod or arm E. The outer end of this rod or arm is pivoted or hinged in proximity to the front end of the box A by means of a cross-pivot or pivots, g, fitted to work in a socket or recess, h, formed in a claspplate, F, to provide for the adjustment of the Wheel 0 up to or against the journal. A spring, G, arranged around a pin or projection, H, at tached to the clasp-plate F, serves, by its pressure against the under side of the arm E, to thus adjust or force the wheel up against the journal, and said pin or projection H, by its passage through a slot, i, in the rod or arm E, further serves to steady and direct said arm with its attached wheel.

By this construction, and more especially by the pivoted suspension of the wheel through its hanger, as at e e, which admits of the wheel being swung so that its face is on a level, or thereabout, with the axial line of the joint or pivots g of the arm E, every facility is afforded for the entry and attachment of the lubricator within the box when the axle is in its place; likewise of its removal therefrom through the opening covered by the lid b, even though the space between the outer collar of the axle and front end of the box be as contracted as it usually is. Thus the lubricator may be applied to axle-boxes now in use, and without disturbing them or their axles, and when in place its action is perfect.

To prevent waste of the oil consequent upon its washing or being carried out of the box along the axle beyond the journal by the lateral motion of the cars, I arrange within the box, at its back end, a combined pad and wiper,

I, arranged to bear against the lower portion of the body of the axle in proximity to its journal, and composed in part of a plate, It, and

piece or pieces of felting l, or other suitable material, the same serving to wipe off the oil after it has passed from the journal, and preventing it from running along the axle, also returning it again to the bottom of the box. To facilitate the entry of this pad and wiper and proper adjustment and retention of the same, the plate It has pivoted to it a wire bow or handle, m, whereby the device may be readily projected through the opening covered by the lid I), and, by the fit of the bowed end of the handle 122 under the clasp-plate F, said pad and wiper is securely held to its place; also, every facility afforded for its removal when required. By means of this pad and wiper the usual waste by leakage of oil, as hereinbefore'.

referred to, is avoided, and but a small quantity of oil in this box will suffice to keep the lubricator fully supplied, thereby doing away with many evils consequent upon the lubricator running short of oil.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The suspension of the lubricating-wheel G in a hanger, D, pivoted to the hinged rod or arm E, and supported by the spring G and pin H, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the pivoted or swinging rod E, the clasp-plate F, the spring G, the steadying pin or projection H, the pivoted swinging hanger D, and the wheel 0, the whole being arranged for operation essentially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The pad and wiper I, composed of a plate, 70, and felting l, in combination with the hinged or pivoted bowed handle m for operation within the box A, substantially as described.

Witnesses: JOHN S. SANSON.

FRED HAYNES,

R. E. RABEAU. (122)

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