US1310663A - Oiling device - Google Patents

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C. S. KEPLER. 0mm; DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAY I. 1919.

Patented July 22, 1919.

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C. S. KEPLER.

OILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1. 1919.

Patented July 22, 19-19.

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CLELL S. KEPLER, OF KEOSAUQUA, IOWA.

OILING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed May 1, 1919. Serial No. 293,940.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CLELL S. Knrnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keosauqua, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Oiling Device, of which the following is i a specification.

This invention relates to devices for oiling harness and other leather articles and has for its object the provision of a device in which the articles to be oiled may be assembled in a formaninous container to be immersed in a tank of grease, a Windlass renders the operations of lowering and raising the container into and out of the oil, an easy matter. The Windlass also being arranged to swing the container to a draining pan so that the tank is unobstructed for the immersion of a second container of articles to be oiled. I

Novel means to prevent unwinding of the Windlass are also provided.

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, it is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance'the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

In the drawings Figure 1 is an end elevation of the device;

Fig. 2 is a transvertical section of the device.

Fig. 3, is a front elevation.

Fig. 4: is a plan view, and

Fig. 5 is asection on line 55 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters refer to like parts throughout, there is shown a frame comprising front and rear legs 1 and 2 respectively. A rail 3 connects the front and rear legs at the sides of the machine and extends across the front at the top of the front legs. The

rear legs extend above the side rails 3 and are connected at the top by a cross timber 4. A tank 5 adapted to contain a quantity of oil is supported on a platform 6 at the front of the framework and has a rearwardly extending inclined chute 7 which serves for a drain pan as will presently appear. A cage 8 made of large mesh wire cloth or other foraminous material is provided for lower ing the material to be oiled into the tank 5. A frame 9 comprising standards 10 and a cross bar 11 is pivoted at 12 to a bracket member 13 secured to the side rails 3, said frame being adapted to tilt from a vertical position over the tank 5 to an inclined position over the drain pan 7 and is guided during the swinging movement and supported in either of the positions by a guide member 1 1 secured to the side wall of the tank and drain pan. For securing the frame 9 in a vertical position over the tank 5 a latch 15,

pivoted at 16 to the rail 3, is provided, and engages a pin 17 on one of the standards 10. The means for handling the wire basket 8 into and out of the tank of oil, consists of a drum 18 journaled for rotation at the top of the frame 9, ropes 19 secured at one end to the drum, are provided at their free ends with hooks 20 for engaging the framework of the wire basket. A crank handle 21 secured to the drum at one end, serves as a means for manipulating the Windlass and a ratchet wheel 22, also secured to the drum outside one of the standards 10, has engaging therewith a spring pawl 23 which prevents unwinding of the rope when it is desired to swing the cage from the tank to the drain pan. For disengaging the pawl 23 from the ratchet wheel 22, a lever 24: is provided, said lever being connected at one end to the free end of the pawl 23, as shown at 25 and is fulcrumed at 26 on a bracket 27 extending from the standard 10. The free end of the lever 2 1 rides in a slot 28 formed in a bracket 29 secured to the standard 10 and a notch 30 is provided at one end of the slot 28 for retaining the lever in position to hold the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet wheel.

A cross piece 31 connects the opposite side walls of the tank at the forward edge of the drain pan and rails 32 extend from the cross piece 31 to the rear of the drain pan,'to form a support for the basket 8 while the excess oil is draining from the harness.

A valve 33 located at the bottom of the tank 5 may be used to drain the oil from the tank when desired. In using the device a quantity of oil sufficient to cover the articles to be oiled, is placed in the tank 5 and by manipulating the windlass 18 the basket of harness or other leather goods is lowered into the tank and allowed to remain therein until sufficiently impregnated with the oil, then lifted from the tank 5 .by means of the Windlass and swung to the support 32 over the drain pan 7 to drain, the excess oil flowing back to the tank 5. To facilitate the operation of oiling large quantities of material two of the baskets 8 may be used so that while one lot is being saturated the other may be draining.

Although the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described it is to be understood that minor changes may be made therein within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. I11 a device of the class described, a frame, a tank supported by the frame, a drain board adjacent the tank and adapted to discharge into the tank, a foraminous container adapted to be lowered into the tank, means for lowering the container into the tank and withdrawing the same therefrom, and means for swinging the container from the tank to the drain board.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame, a tank provided with a drain board and supported by the frame, an open work cage adapted to be lowered into the tank, a swinging frame pivoted to the supporting frame and adapted to move the cage from the tank to the drain board and means car ried by the swinging frame for lowering the cage into the tank.

3. In a device of the class described, a frame, a tank mounted on the frame, a drain board located adjacent the tank and adapted to discharge into the tank, a foraminous cage adapted to be lowered into the tank, a swinging frame pivotally mounted on the supporting frame and adapted to move the cage from the tank to the dram pan, a windlass carried by the swinging frame for lowering and raising the cage into and out of the tank, means for rotating the Windlass and means under the control of an operator, to prevent rotation of the Windlass in a direction to lower the cage.

4. In a device of the class described a tank, a drain pan formed integral therewith and having an inclined bottom adapted to discharge into the tank, a frame adapted to support the tank and drain pan, a swinging frame pivotally mounted 011 the supporting frameand adapted to swing from a vertical position over the tank to an inclined position over the drain pan, means for securing the frame in the vertical position, a foraminous cage adapted to be lowered into the tank and means carried by the swinging frame for handling the cage into and out of the tank.

5. In a device of the class described, a fluid container, a foraminous receptacle adapted to seat within the fluid container, a drain pan having an inclined bottom adapted to discharge into the liquid container, a frame adapted to support the container and drain pan, means for handling the foraminous receptacle from the liquid container to the drain pan and means for supporting the foraminous receptacle over the drain pan.

6. In a device of the class described, a tank, a drain pan located adjacent the tank and having a bottom inclined toward the tank to discharge thereinto, a frame supporting the tank and drain pan, a foraminous receptacle adapted to be seated in the tank, a movable frame pivotally mounted on the supporting frame and adapted to transfer the receptacle from the tank to the drain pan, a guide member secured to the tank and adapted to limit the movement of the movable frame, a drum mounted for rotation on the movable frame, flexible elements secured to the drum and adapted to engage the foraminous receptacle in elevated position, a lever pivoted on the movable frame and adapted to retract the pawl from the ratchet, and a bracket carried by the movable frame and provided with a notch for holding the lever to retain the pawl in retracted position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLELL S. KEPLER.

Witnesses:

FORESTE O. McVVHoR'ron, LESTER E. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

' Washington, D. G.

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