US843366A - Lubricator. - Google Patents

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PATENTB-DFEB. 5, 1907. E. REBER & E. c. CLARK.

LUBRIGATOR.

-APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 13.1906.

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EDWARD REBER AND EYERE T C. CLARK, OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.

LUBRICATOR.

Application filed June 13,1906. $1.1

Be it known that we, Enwann REBER and Evnnnrr C. CLARK, citizens ot the l nited States residents of San Bernardino. in the county of San Bernardino and State of Cali- 1 tam new and useful fornia, have made a c Invention in Lubricators; and we declare the "following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the invention, i rence being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specifica tion.

The drawing represents a vertical sectional view of the lubricatcr.

The invention has relation to that class of lubricators which feed by displacement of the oil by the water oi OOIllllS&t";ll; and it consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is to providmeans for filling the oil-chamber of the lubricat-or, whereby this operation will be materially facilitated and some of the obiections to the or inary mode oi filling av ided.

in the accompanying drawing, illustrating the invention, the letter a designates the oilchamber of a lubricate-r, having the condensing-chamber 7), from which a pipe 0 extends nearly to the bottom of the oil-chamber. A pipe (1, opening in the upper part at the oilchalnber. communicates with the feed-(hamber e and feed-passage f, which is p vided with a regulating-valve g. the oil-chamber is provided with a wasteplug 71.

To the bottom oi the oil-chamber is secured an outlet-pipe 7t, which opens at said bottom into said chamber. vided at its lower end with a union m, and to said bottom is also secured an inlet pipe p,

said pipe having an upward extension r, opening in the upper portion of the oil-chamber, and being provided at its lower end portion with a union n.

The bottom of This pipe is pro- I Specification of Letters latent,

l l l l l l I'atcnted Feb. 5. 1x073 tached to the lower ends of the outlet-pipe Z; and the inlet-pipe p of the oil-chamber by means of the unions m and n. This tank is therefore removable from the oil-chan1ber of the lubricator. It is provided with a glass gage at one end, as indicated at s, and with a waste-plug w. The valve of the pipe at is shown at t and the valve of the pipe 4; at Q. The top of the tank is provided with a fillingpassage and plug, as indicated at 0.

The supply-tank having been filled with oil and attached to the lubricator by means of the unions is ready for use. Its valves are normally closed. W hen the oil is exhausted l from the lubricator and it is full of water, the

valve t is first opened to equalize the pressure, and then the valve q is opened. The water from the lubricator descending through its outlet-pipe it forces the oil from the feedtank rapidly upward into the oilchamber through the inlet-pipe p and its extension 1", and when the gage 8 indicates that the oilchamber is full the lubricator is ready for action.

The supply-tank can be kept filled, the water of condensation being drawn off by means of the valved waste-passage in its bottom, or it may be detached from the lubricator and replaced by a filled tank kept in reserve. This filling-tank is readily applied to a lubricator and is designed to save time and prevent waste of oil and accidents from the escape of hot oil. It is also of importance in preventing the breakage of gageglasses, which is often caused by irregular 2 represents an oil-tank of proper capacity to provide oil for filling the oil-chamoer of the lubricator. To the top of the tank is secured t he upward-extending valved inletpipe u and the upward-extending valved outlet-pipe o, these pipes having threaded ends and being designed, respectively, to be at- Cooling or heating, and in avoiding delay in waiting for a lubricator to cool before filling.

llavin thus described the invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a lubricator, the combination with an oil-chamber having an oil-inlet pipe extending through its bottom wall, and awateroutlet pipe extending through its bottom wall, of a filling-tank having an upward-extending valved oil-pipe having detachable means of connection with said oil-inlet pipe of the oilchamber, and an upward-extending valved water-pipe having detachable means of connection with said water-outlet pipe of the oilchamber.

2. A lubricator having an oil-chamber provided with oil inlet and outlet pipes extending upward within the same to near the top thereof, a lateral feed-passage having communication with the lower end of said oiloutlet pipe and provided with a valve, said oil-inlet pipe having a lower extension through the bottom of the oil-chamber threaded at its lower end, said oil-chamber having a water-outlet pipe threaded at its lower end, and means for supplying the oilchamber with water of condensation having connection with a steam-supply.

3. In a lubricator, the combination of a filling-tank, an oil-chamber having inlet and outlet pipes for oil extending upward within the chamber to near the top thereof, said inlet-pipe having a bottom extension to the filling-tank provided with a valve, a feedpassage at one side of said oil-chamber having communication with the lower end of said outlet-pipe and having a valve in its lower end portion, a water-outlet-pipe connection between the oil-chamber and the filling-tank having a valve, a water-supply chamber communicating with a steam-supply from the boiler, and having a pipe extGDClID to near the bottom ol the o1l-cham her and a pipe communicating with the upper portion of said feed-passage.

4. In a lubricator, the combination with an oil-chamber having an oil-inlet pipe and a water-outlet pipe, of a filling-tank having an upward extending valved oil -supply pipe having detachable means of connection with said oil-inlet pipe, and an upward-extending valved water-inlet pipe having detachable means of connection with the water-outlet pipe of the oil-chamber.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDVVARD REBER. EVERETT C. CLARK.

Witnesses:

C. B. MoRRIs, A. G. IRVING.

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