US623501A

US623501A - Journal-box for axles

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Publication number: US623501A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1899-04-18
Anticipated expiration: 1916-04-18

Description

. Li A N0- 623,5'Ufl. Patented Apr. I8,'l899.

M. L. CONWAY.

.IDUBNAL BOX FOR AXLES. (Application mea June 4, 189s.) (No Model.) 2 Sheetsj-Sheet 2.

1H iullinilili ili ira raras MARTHA LUELLA CONWAY, OF BOONE, IOWA.

JOURNAL-BOX FOR AXLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lettersv Patent No. 623,501, dated April 18, 1899.

Application iled June 4, l1898. Serial No. 682,586- (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTHA LU ELLA OON- WAY,a citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Boone,in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Lubricating and Cooling Journal-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means forI lubricating and cooling journalboxes, and has special reference to a self-lubricating box.

The main object of my invention is the provision of an improved journal-box which has means connected therewith for feeding the lubricant in any quantity and at the proper time as needed, which is also provided, in connection with the lubricator, with a cooling or water-supplyin g device for preventing the box from becoming hot as the axle revolves, which may be easily applied to any ordinary cartruck, and which is the embodiment of simplicity, durability, and inexpensiveness in construction and operation, as well as very efficient and practical in use.

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of a journal-box for car-axles embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as disclosed herein.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved journal-box. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken from the opposite side. Fig. 4 is a top plan View with the oil-reservoir removed. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of my improved form of axle-brass. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of my oil distributing and regulating device. Fig. '7 is a perspective view of my improved j ournal-box with the water-reservoir attached; and Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail sectional View of a portion of the oil and water reservoirs, showing more clearly the manner of connecting the water-supply pipes.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the box proper, which is of ordinary shape and construction, but is provided upon its interior with the two pairs of guide-strips 2, in which is adapted to fit my improved brass 3, having the pair of lugs 4E and the cut-away portion 5, in which fits the projecting portion 6 on the under side of the top of the inside of the box. Upon each side, near the inner end of the brass, are the channels 7, through which the water and oil pass downward upon the axle, and upon the outer end is provided the channeled projection 8, which acts as a han dle to remove the brass when needed and also as a lock for the rimmed end of the axle. The box is also provided with the hinged lid 9, upon whose outer face is fastened the flat spring 10, whose loose end contacts the hollow lug 11 of the box, said lug acting as a bearing for the lid-hinge and also having the inclined front edge, which causes the spring to exert a tension to keep the lid closed and also to keep the same open, as desired.

Through the top of the box, in the forward portion thereof, are the oil-supply openin g 12 and the water-supply opening 13, from each of which extend theparallel channels l2X and 13 to the rear end of the box, directly over the inner end of the brass and the oil and water channels thereof. Mounted upon this forward end of the box is the oil reservoir or tank 14, upon whose inner side is secured the bracket 15, having the rightangled arm 16, provided with the screw-threaded opening or eye 17, in which is adapted to fit the exteriorly-screw-threaded hollow tube 1S, which is provided with the turning handle or means4 19 and forms a part of the oil-regulator, in connection with the stem 20, which is adapted to fit loosely in the hollow of said tube, and is also formed on its lower end with the ball 2l, which may be perfectly round or formed with the short rim 21X, as desired. This ball is adapted to rest in the enlarged mouth of the opening l2 to regulate the supply of oil to the axle or brass. It will thus be seen that by turning the tube the ball is allowed more or less play upward, and also when the car is in motion the ball will be raised as the car rocks to allow the oil to flow to the brass as needed, and that when the car is at a standstill the ball rests over said mouth and stops the flow of oil entirely. Secured to one end of the oil-reservoir, on the interior thereof, is the water-supply tube 22, whose lower end is bent to iitl in the elongated mouth 23 of the opening 13, and said tubes upper end pro jects above the top of the oil-reservoir. Fitting upon the top edges of this oil-reservoir is the lid 24, which is provided with the opening for the reception of the projecting end of the water-supply tube, and around this opening is the band or collar 2b', and adapted to fit on the end of this tube 22 is the hollow cap 2S, having the pivoted stopper 3l, which fits snugly over the hollow of the cap. Thus it will be seen that the pipe or tube 22 acts as a pivot for the lid to swing upon in order that the oil-reservoir may be filled and also to cover the same and keep the oil therein. From this construction it will be seen that I provide means for equally distributing oil over the axle and also means whereby water may be distributed as needed from any suitable reservoir; but to make my invention more complete I have illustrated in Figs. 7 and S an oil-reservoir provided with a watersupply reservoir. I employ about the same construction of oil-tank as above described, and, in fact, l can employ exactly the same; but in the drawings Figs. 7 and S contain a few changes, which are in the lid for the oilreservoir, said lid being provided with an opening which fits over the end of the watersupply tube, which is provided with the locking-lug 33 upon one side of its upper end, and when the lid is in place'on the oil-reservoir it is locked in place by means of the catch 3l, secured on the opposite end of the oilreservoir, and to close the end of the watersupply pipe or tube I employ the pivoted strip $35, carrying the plug 36 to t in the pipe when the water-reservoir is detached. Removably supported upon the slotted standard 37, which is engaged by means of the lockscrew 3S, secured in the lid of the oil-reservoir, is the water tank or reservoir 39, provided with the filling-opening l0, provided with the pivoted stopper or plug il to close said opening when the reservoir is filled. Depending from the under side and leading from the interior of the tank is the auxiliary \\\'ater-supply tube or pipe 42, provided with the water cut-off or cock 43, said cock regulating the flow of water to the waterdistrib uting pipe, in which the end of the pipe i2 its.

From the description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation of my device is readily understood, but briefly stated is as follows: The oil is placed in the reservoir and the regulator set for regulating the supply of oil, and the water-reservoir is also filled and its regulator set in such a manner as to supply the water as needed, and it may be turned on or off at different intervals to cool the axle of the car. Vhen the car is in motion, it rocks slightly, and as the ballvalve is very easily moved upward it allows the oil to iiow upon the brass, which distributes the oil evenly throughout the entire length of the axle, and thus it will be seen that I provide a thoroughly useful and pracltical device of this character.

It will also be noted that my invention may be applied to the ordinary form of axle without changing the truck and that the water and oil may be supplied in any well-known way to the reservoirs.

It will thus be seen that I provide a journal-box which is self-lubricating and has an oil and a water supply to lubricate and cool the axle, which is very easily adjusted to perform its functions in a thorough manner, and which is very simple, durable, and cheap in construction and very efficient and practical in use.

I claiml. A journal-box, comprising a brass movably secured in said box, an oil-reservoir secured upon the top of the box, said box having a channel leading to said brass, and a water-reservoir movably secured upon the lid of said oil-reservoir and connected with a channel in the box leading to the opposite side of the brass and through which channels the oil and water are conducted to the axle.

2. A journal-box, having guides located therein and comprising a brass having awater and an oil channel upon each side of one end and a pair of lugs one on each side to fit in said guides, a pair of parallel channels in the top of the box leading to the channels of the brass, an oil-reservoir having communication with one of said parallel channels, and a water-supply means having communication with the other of said parallel channels.

3. A journal-box, having guides located therein and a pair of parallel channels in the top thereof leading from the forward portion of the top inclinably toward the rear portion to openings in the under side of the top, and comprising a brass movably secured in said guides and having channels or grooves directly undei` the rear ends of said parallel channels, an oil-reservoir resting on the top of the box and having an automatic oil-regulator arranged to control the exit of the oil to one of said parallel channels, and a waterreservoir detachably arranged above the oilreservoir and having a regulating device to control the supply of Water to the other of said parallel channels.

4. A journal-box, comprising a brass located therein, an oil-reservoir secured upon said box and having communication with the brass, an armed bracket arranged in said oilreservoir, a screw-threaded tube movable in IOC IIO

said bracket and having a stemmed ball whose upon said movable lid of the oil-reservoir and on said casing and having communication to having a pipe Connected therewith in which Channels of 'alle brass, and means to autolo is located a controlling-valve leading to the n'iatieally feed the oil to the brass.

other of said parallel channels. Signed byme, atBoone, Boone county, Iowa.

Witnesses:

A. J. HOLMES, WM. E. JENNINGS.

ing guides located therein, a brass having lugs and Water and oil channels, movable in Said guides, oil and Water reservoirs located 5 6. A journal-box, Comprising a easing llav- MARTHA LUELLA CONWAY.