US1787011A - Lubricator filler - Google Patents

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I I Dec. 30, 1930. MONTQYA 1,787,011

LUBRIGATOR FILLER Filed Jan. 5, 1929 4 INVENTOR 2 BENlTO MONTOYA ATTORNE Patented Dec. 30, 1939 PATENT GFFIE BENITO MONTOYA, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA LUBRICATOR FILLER Application filed January 5, 1929.

My invention is a lubricator filler, adapted to contain several different kinds of lubricating oils such as might be required for a locomotive.

My invention may be considered as an improvement on my patent for a lubricator, No. 1,596,443 issued August 17, 1926.

An object of my present invention is to use air pressure to expel the oil from a receptacle or tank so that this oil may be utilized for various purposes in connection with a locomotive. As for instance, flange oil may be driven to a flange lubricator and valve oil to a valve lubricator.

Another object of my invention is in forcing the oil out of the oil receptacles or tanks by the movement of the piston and having the piston rod graduated to showthe amount of oil consumed or the amount left in the receptacle.

My invention utilizes a housing construction which may be readily attached to the locomotive boiler, convenient to the auto matic lubricators and preferably above the fire door of the locomotive. The lubricator has preferably three receptacles or tanks for lubricating oil, two of which are placed parallel to each other and a third receptacle located midway between the lower receptacles and slightly above'these. The air chamber is below the center receptacle and between the lateral receptacles. The pistons are mounted in the lateral receptacles and are driven upwardly by the air pressure, expelling for instance flange oil from one receptacle and valve oil from another, to a standard flange oiling device and to a standard cylinder valve indicator.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of my invention taken in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is an elevation taken in the direc tion of the arrow 2 of Fig. 1, showing the mounting on the rear end of the locomotive boiler;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation in the direction of the arrow 3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4; is a vertical section on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

provided with discharge pipes 29 which are Serial No. 330,517.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line 5-5 in the direction of the arrows.

In constructing my invention, the rear plate of the locomotive boiler is designated generally by the numeral 11 and to this there is attached'a bracket plate 12. This bracket plate supports the housing of the lubricator designated generally by the numeral 13. Within this housing there are a pair of cylindrical receptacles 14 and 15 which are designed to contain different kinds of oil, for instance, the chamber 14: may have flange oil and the chamber 15 lubricating oil. These chambers have a reduced upper section 16, there being shoulders 17 connecting the wall structures 18 of these receptacles. I i An upper oil receptacle 19 is constructed between the extensions 16 and has a bottom or floor'20. The central chamber 21 is utilized for the compressed air and operates the lateral lubricating supply.

The lateral receptacles are provided each with a piston 22 having a piston rod 23 extending through ahead 24, the head having suitable leak-proof packing 25. These piston rods'have indicia 26 thereon which is visible on the portion extending above the heads. A compression spring 27 is coiled around each piston rod and'bears against the piston and the head, thus tending normally to depress the pistons.

The lateral tanks have filling cups 28 leading out 'from the upper extension and are adapted to lead to standard automatic lubricating devices. For instance, the flange oil may be led to .a standardflange oiling device'and the valve oil may beled to a cylin- V der valve lubricator such as in the manner illustrated in my patent above mentioned. Below the airchamb'er 21 there is a duct 30 and there is an inlet aperture 31 for air connected to an air supply pipe 32 and an outlet aperture 33 connected to'an outlet pipe 34: positioned in the duct 30. Inthe bottom of each of the receptacles there is an air port 35 below eachof the lateral receptacles 14 and 15, these ports being preferably formed in a removable base plate 36 which contains the duct 30. Needle valves 37 adjust the openings of the ports 35, thereby constituting valves for regulating the supply of air to the receptacles l4 and 15 below the pistons. The receptacle 19 is provided with a filler plug 38 on the top, this being of a type which may allow the inflow of air and has a faucet 39 adjacent the bottom. The upper receptacle 19 is designed. for engine oil which is free flowing and may be filled by the faucet 39 into hand oil cans.

The manner of operation and functioning of my invention is substantially as follows:

The air may be exhausted fromthe lateral oil receptacles 14 and 15 by opening air relief cocks 40 and when so opened the springs 27 thrust the pistons to their lowermost position and if desired at the same time; or oil may be poured in the filling cups 28. The center oil receptacle 19 maybe filled through the filler plug 38, this plug being designed to allow the air to exhaust out of the central receptacle as the oil is filled in and also to allow air to enter when oil is thrown off through the faucet 39.

When it is desired to operate the automatic oil supply to the flange oiler or the valve cylinder lubricator or both, an inlet valve 41 in the inlet air'supply pipe 32 is opened and the outlet air valve 42 in the air outlet pipe 34 is closed/ Then by the regulation air gradually forces the pistons upwardly,

expelling the oil in the two lateral oil receptacles, whence such oil may flow by the pipes 29 to the flange oiler and to the cylinder valve lubricator. The indicia 26 on the piston rods shows the consumption of oil. The oil is prevented from leakage at the piston rods by utilizing compression springs 43 mounted in a socket 44 and bearing upwardly against the leak-proof packing 25 held in place by the packing gland 45.

From the above description it will be seen that I have developed a simple lubricator filler which may readily be attached to a boiler of a locomotive and by utilizing the air pressure which is standard on all locomotives and readily controlled by the engineer or fireman, a sufficient supply of oil may be maintained for the automatic lubricators such as the flange oiler and the cylinder valve lubricator. Also a supply of oil may be carried 1cpfinveniently for filling into oil cans orthe Various changes may be made in the principles of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof as set forth in the description, drawings and claims;

I claim: 7

1. A lubricator container comprising in combination a body structure having a pair of lateral oil receptacles, each having a reduced upper portion, a piston in each receptacle having a piston rod extending upwardly through the reduced section and through the top of thestructure and each having indicia thereon, a central oil receptacle positioned between the two extensions, an air chamber below the central oil receptacle, a duct having valves leading from the air chamber to the lateral receptacles below the pistons, fillers for said receptacles, discharge connections from the lateral receptacles adapted to lead to lubricators, a filler plug and a discharge faucet for the central receptacle, and means to discharge air from the lateral receptacles below the pistons, the air connection from the cylinder to the receptacles comprising a base plate secured to the said structure and having a duct therein, ports in the base plate and controllable valve plugs for said ports, thereby forming valves.

2. A lubricator container comprising in combination a body structure having a pair of laterally positioned oil receptacles, each having a contracted upper portion, a piston in the lower portion, piston rods extending upwardly through the contracted portion and up through the top of the structure, said rods having indicia thereon, fillers for each of the receptacles and connections adapted to lead to the receptacles, an air chamber between the receptacles, an air connection from the air chamber to the receptacles comprising a base plate secured to the said structure and having ducts therein, ports in the base plate leading to the receptacles below the pistons, and controllable valve plugs for said ports thereby forming'valves.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

BENITO MONTOYA.

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