US542064A

US542064A - Device for oiling vehicle-axles

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Publication number: US542064A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1895-07-02
Anticipated expiration: 1912-07-02

Description

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- C. T; MOORMAN.

DEVICE FOR OILING VEHICLE AXLES.

No.542,064. Patented July 211895.

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lTED STATES- ATENT' OFFICE.

CHARLES T. MOORMAN, OF PAOKWVOQD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES A. MOORMAN, OF SAME PLACE, AND ELI W. MOORMAN, OF

IOKA, IOl/VA.

DEVICE FOR OILING VEHICLE-AXLES SPECIFIGA'I'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,064, dated July 2, 1895.

Application filed August 24, 1894. Serial No. 521,181. (Nb model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownrthat 1, CHARLES T. MOORMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Packwood, in the county of Jeiferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Oiling Vehicle-Axles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable I 0 others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to a device for oiling vehicle-axles; and it consists in certain peculiarities in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts, substantially as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the subjoined claims. i a

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, durable, and practical device by the use of which axle-spindles may be more quickly and easily lubricated than is now possible. This object is accomplished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed. in accordance with my invention, showing the same in the position it occupies while being operated. Fig. 2 is a View, partly 3o in'section, with the parts in the position they may occupy when the device is not in Opera tion. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the device used when it is desired to support the wheel in upright position in order to cleanse the spindle or adjust the washers. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the valve for controlling the issue i of the lubricant. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the cap for the frame.

The'same letters of reference designate the 40 same parts in the several figures.

The frame of my improved device consists of the two parts A and A, pivotally joined together by the bolt Z, and made of any suitable shape. Said part A supports the lubricater B and is provided with foot-pieces a, which may be any suitable construction that will enable them to engage the hub of the wheel. To the part A is pivoted an arm 0, having at its upper end an operating handle or lever C, by means of which its lower end is advanced toward or retracted from the wheel, and said lower endof the arm 0 carries a wrench D, which in the operation of the device is designed to engage the nut on the axle-spindle and to unscrew said nut from or to screw it upon said axle-spindle. For this purpose the head cl of the wrench is mounted upon one end of a shaft d, to the other end of which is secured a handle d by means of which it is operated.

E designates a spring which is intended to act automatically to hold the foot-pieces a into close engagement with the wheel-hub and, also to move the wheel longitudinally upon the spindle during the operation of un- 55 screwing the nut from the axle. Any construction or arrangement of spring or any [other suitable means which will accomplish the object stated may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention; but I prefer the construction shown, which consists of a bent spring located at the j unction of the two parts A and A of the frame and having one end seated in said part A and the other end seated in said part A and its intermediate part engaged with the pivotal bolt Z, as shown in Fig. 2, the spring thereby causing said part A of the frame to exert a constant pressure upon the wheel-hub in the direction of the burr, and as said part A is pivoted the pressure above described will cause the wheel to follow the burr as the. latter is being unscrewed when the wheel is elevated off theground. By the use of such a spring accidental disengagement of the device from the wheel is prevented and the necessity for handling the wheel in order to move it upon the spindle is avoided, as is obvious.

I The lubricator B, above referred to, consistsof a tubular or other suitably-shaped body havinginits lower end a spout b for the escape of oil and in its upper end an opening I), through which it is supplied with oil. Said spout projects upward into the body of the lubricator and the channel through it is tapered, as shown in Fig. 2. This spoutis normally closed by means of a valve or plug b which fits within the upper end of said spout and isof somewhat greater taper than the opening through the same. Said plug has a [co cup-shaped part b and a packing ring I), which fit the upper end of said spout and thereby serve effectually to prevent the es cape of oil when the device is not in use. The plug is secured to the lower end of a vertically-movable stem or rod 1), the upper end of which is secured to a centrally-pivoted horizontal lever b', the free end of which is formed into or provided with a thumb-piece 19"", by means of which said end may be depressed to raise the plug 19 from its seat when it is desired to allow the oil to escape. A spring b of any suitable construction is used to hold the plug normally to its seat and to return it to its seat when pressure upon the thumb-piece 19" is released.

The springs E and 11 and the lever 12' are preferably inclosed within hollowed-out parts of the frame, to which hollow parts access is bad by removing a cap G, which cap is removably secured to the part A of the frame by providing it with hooks or projections g g and engaging the same under projections g and the pivotal bolt l, respectively.

In order to enable the device to support the wheel in upright position when it is required to set it aside for the purpose of cleansing the spindle or adjusting washers, I have provided a detachable leg or support I-I, having at its bottom diverging feet and at its upper end slots h h, which are designed to engage pins h h, projecting from the end of the arm 0, said slots extending in different directions and one of them having an open end, as

shown in Fig. 3, for convenience in attaching said support to or removing it from said arm. When the wheel is withdrawn from the spindle audit is desired to hold it upright, the

foot-pieces a are engaged with its hub and the leg is attached, as above described. The wheel rests with its tire in contact with the ground and is prevented from falling over by the balancing force provided by the substantially inverted-U-shaped frame of the lubricator and the leg with diverging feet.

The handle 0' is provided with a recess within which is secured one end of a springcatch 0 the free end of whichsprings outward into engagement with the outer side of the part A of the frame when brought opposite thereto and thereby locks said handle and the arm 0 in the position shown in Fig. 1.

In the operation of the device hereinabove described the part A of the frame is engaged with one end of the hub of the wheel and the arm 0 is moved from the position shown in Fig. 2 to the position shown in Fig. 1 and the head 61 of the wrench is engaged with the axle-nut. The handle 01 of the wrench is now turned to loosen the nut by one hand of the operator, while with his other hand he may depress the free end of lever 12, so as to allow the oil to escape and lubricate the spindle, upon which latter the wheel is moved automatically by the pressure exerted upon .it by the action of the spring E during the operation of unscrewing said nut, and obviously the part A of the frame and the lubricant-receptacle supported by the same follow said wheel, thereby distributing the lubricant throughout the length of the spindle.

It will of course be understood that the I wheel is held elevated offthe ground bya lifting-jack during the operation of oiling the I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an axle lubricator, the combination with a frame adapted to be attached to a wheel, a lubricant receptacle supported by said frame and provided with a valve for closing its discharge opening, and a lever, connected with said valve and serving to raise the same from its seat, when depressed, substantially as described.

2. In an axle lubricator, the combination with the frame, having a pivoted part provided with devices for engaging it with the wheel and also provided with means for antomatically moving it in a direction lengthwise of the axle spindle, of a lubricant receptacle supported by said pivoted part of the frame, substantially as described.

3. In an axle lubricator, the combination with the frame, having a pivoted part designed to be engaged with a vehicle wheel, and a spring acting upon said pivoted part for the purpose specified, of a lubricant receptacle supported by said pivoted part of the frame and movable therewith. Y

4:- In an axle lubricator, the combination with a frame, having a pivoted part provided with devices for attaching. it to a wheel, and a spring acting upon said pivoted part of the frame, of a lubricant receptacle, supported by said pivoted part of the frame and provided with a Valve for closing its discharge opening, and a lever, connected with said valve and serving when its free end is depressed to raise said valve from its seat.

5. In an axle lubricator, the combination with a frame, adapted to be attached to a wheel, of a lubricant receptacle, supported by said frame and provided with a discharge spout, a valve normally closing the opening IIO said frame, a wrench carriedby said rod, and an operating handle for said'rod.

8. The combination with a frame adapted to be attached to a wheel, of a rod, pivoted to said frame a wrench carried by said rod, and an operating handle for said rod, said handle having a spring catch, substantially as described.

9. A means for supporting a wheel in vertical position when removed. from its axle spindle,said means embodyinga substantially inverted U-shaped frame one side of which is designed to be attached to the wheel and having at its other side a supporting leg having a broadened base detachabl-y secured to it, substantially as described.

10. The combination with the frame of an axle lubricator, said frame being of substantially inverted U-shape, one leg of which is designed to be attached to the vehicle wheel, an' arm pivoted to the other leg of said frame and provided with an operating handle, and a supporting leg having a broadened base detachably secured to said handle, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

11. The herein-described lubricator for axle spindles, embodying a frame made in sections pivotally attached together, a lubricant reoeptacle supported by one of said sections, a rod pivoted to the other of said sections, and a wrench carried by said rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. MOORMAN. Witnesses:

CHARLES WARFIELD, HENRY A. RUSSELL.