US1715462A - Grease bucket - Google Patents

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June 4, 1929. MANLEY GREASE BUCKET Filed Dec. 30, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet v INVENTOE R. E. MANLEY GREASE BUCKET June 4, 1929.

Filed Dec. 50, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 4, '1929.

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Application filed December 30,1924. 1 Serial at. "255,299.:

This invention relates to a dispensing appliance. adapted for the handling of heavy three-way valve for controlling the'a'ction ofthe pump. through the bucket.

I f Figure 2 is an almost central vertical secoils and light greases such as are used in auto mobile differentials and transmissions; It

consists of a grease bucket, a pump centrally located. therein a. hose. for conveylng the grease to some distance from the bucket and a Figure 1' is acentral 7 vertical section tiontaken at right angles to Figure -1.

Figure 3 is atop plan view. Figure 4 is a horizontal cross section taken at 44= in Figure 2 through a three-way valve 7 attached to the bottom. of the pump. 1

The bucket bodyis built up of sheet metal sides10, a sheet metal bottom 11, and a ring or three-legged spider 12, which surrounds V and strengthens the bucket at the bottom seam.v A flanged sheet metal cover 14 isheld on by means of lid bolts'lfi which project throughjand hold" down a three-armed cast ng 1 6. This casting 16 is the foundation to whichall of theworks are attached. None of the parts are bolted'er fast in any way to the bottom 11. A pump barrel 20 is attached to the center of 16 and projects nearlyto the 3O bettom of the bucket and is provided with a piston 21 and a square pistonrod 22. The lower end, of the pump barrel is attached to a casting which just touches the bOttOlDi 11 and extends over to one side of the pump barrel where it is formed so as'to serve as the body Ofa large three-waycockor valve.

' Th s bodywis provided with a plug 32pm- .vi ded .withan. operatingstem33 having a handle 34. The plug is provided with two openings and the valve body with three openings. These openings'are best seen in Fig ure 4:. 35 leads to the pump body; 36 tothe 1 tion hood or else between the bucket bottom, and 37 to the hose 38. Figure 2-shows the opening 36 leading to a hood 39 with its lip carrying the suction down to very near the bottom of the bucket while the open-f ing 37 leads almost directly to the hose 38.

Examining Figure 4 it willbe seen that the two openings of the plug will establish connections between the pump barrel and the sucpump barrel and the hose.

The pump plunger 22 is provided with a handle 23 at the top for use when alight fluid is being handled, and the ratchet gearing is typ of ns r t en an ft i p rmi as flow and discharge of theoll or grease. "Turnnotneeded. Thisplunger is square in cross on a handle 29 and all of the above gearing is mountedon a frame 50whichisbolte'd to the Y upperside ofthe member .16. The sheet met'- at lid lt has an openingfor purposes I providedwitha lid 51'.

A pumpbarrel 2O threaded intothe castingl6 and a heavy upright flange'41'is located atsome. distance froin the pump barrel.

'20. Clamping nuts 42am 43' are necessary to make the ofthebarrel20 strong; enough. These nuts are; provided with notchese and 45 andthe'casting 16 has a few" holes 4t& drilled through it very near the barrel. verflow grease will becauglit by the flange ll and canflewtlirough openings" 44;; holes 46, and openings radiant-bucket;

vVhen using heavygrease the compound. ratchet leverage makes it easy to either} draw in grease using pawl 27or dischargefthe sam i u ing pawl 28: The pump 'is valve less in the sense that it has no pump'c'heck" valves, all of tliecontrolling of directing of the greasebeing done by the hand operated threegway Valve h d. t e o 'mof thlflllhl lyith this arrangement it ispossi'ble to in crease the portarea greatly over any other ing the three-way valve so as to eohnect'the pump barrel Wltll thehose 'and leaving'it in that position the grease bucketlnay be used as a syringe to drawlthe oldlubrican't out'of a dilferential or' transmission box' and their pour kerosene or gasoline over the gears to clean them-after which'the kerosene or gasoline may be withdrawn and the diiferential'or i Y.

transmission .box filled with new lubricant. The capacity of. the bucket is 25 pounds,.as usually constructed, and the stroke of the.

pump is approximately 12 inches. A pound 1 of grease is sucked in and discharged by one stroke. The usual 'operationof the device is as follows: i

The handle 35% is turnedso as to iconne ct the port 35 with port 37, that. is,"the pump; chamber with the suction hood; the pawl 27 is thrownin and the handle 29 manipulated to.

- iorreciprocating said raise thepump piston'2l, thus drawing the pump barrel full. of heavy grease; the handle 341s next turned so as to connect port 35 with port '86, which connects and the handle'29 manipulated whereupon the pump piston will be forced downwardly, thus'compelling the grease .to flow from the pump barrel out through the hose.

What I claim is: p

' 1. In a portable greasebucket, a fluid contai ner, a cover therefor, a pump centrally mounted on the cover andterminating short of the I bottom of the container, a valveless piston in the pump chamber, manual means eluding a gear and ratchet for, reciprocating said piston, a flexible hose'passing thru the coverjand extending into the container and independent of thepiston and means within the container for connecting the pump chams dram openings to tainer any grease or fluid that may escape from the top ot thepump cylinder.

3. Ina portablegrease bucket, a light metal fluid container, a, cover adapted to be detach- I ably secured to said container, a pump cylinmeans for reciproder secured to said cover, M

the boteating the pump piston, a casting at;

. tom of said pump cylinder and carried thereby, a flexible tube passingthru said cover and securedto said casting, a three-way Valvein said v casting, a verticalrod secured to said valve and extending 'thru 'the] cover and adapted to beturned about its axis to, connectthe pumpcylinder with the hose or with the interior of the c'onta'inenand means, upon the cover for: supporting thepump chamber,

the pump cham- I ber with the hose; pawl 28 is then engaged piston, mechanism in bucket at the bottom, a

the casting and the mechanism for operating the pump pist'on. V l 4. In a portable grease bucket, a container, a detachablec'over therefor, a pump cylinder secured to said cover, a valveless piston in said a non-rotatable rack bar; secured to a handle on said rack bar, ratchet cylinder, said piston, and .pawl mechanism cooperating with said rack barto reciprocate the piston, a three-way valve carried by said pump cylinder within the container and a flexible hose passing thru,

said cover and communicating with said three-way valve whereby grease and oilinay be discharged into or sucked from an automobile differential.

5. In a devicefor handling heavy oils and soft greases, a sheet metal bucket, legged base surrounding flanged sheet metal cover, lid bolts secured to the bucket and projecting thru said cover, an armed c'astiiigvheld against said cover by said lid bolts, and measdlscharging mechanism carried by uring and saidcasting for measuring grease taken into or discharged from sald bucket.

6. I In a portable grease bucket, a container,

a cover therefor, a pump cylinder passing thru said cover, nuts securing saidcylinder to said cover and anannular flange extending and strengthening the upwardly from said cover, said nuts having Y passageways therethrough and. there beinga passagewaybetween the pump cylinder" and the cover whereby any. overflow of grease frointhe pump cylinder will be caught by 1 the flange and be'directed thru said openings back into the container.'

.7; In a portable grease bucket, a container,

a cover therefor, a pump carried by said cover and extending into the 0OIltZLlIl6I,j'

manual means for reciprocating-the pump, and geared meansalso for reciprocating the pump whereby grease may be pumped ordinarily by the hand operated means and the mechanical means maybe used wli'en'puinping against a pressure or whenheavyfluid'isbe ing handled.

In testi .7, fi mony whereof I aflix my signature.

Bonner n; 'MA'NLEY.

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