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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM ORRIS TURNER, OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS.
LUBRICATOR.
935,948. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 5, 1909.
Application filed June 16, 1908, Serial No. 438,709. Renewed September 1, 1909. Serial No. 515,708.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM ORRIS
TURNER, a citizen of the United States of
America, residing at Beaumont, in the
5 county of Jefferson and State of Texas, have
invented certain new and useful Improve-
ments in Lubricators, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention relates to lubricators and
10 particularly to a device designed for use in
feeding graphite the same being utilized in
connection with the air pressure of an air
brake system, although the pressure for
operating the device may be obtained from
15 any suitable source.
An object of this invention is to produce a
lubricating apparatus in which the feeding
action takes place at the will of the engineer
or other operator, a suitable valve being pro-
20 vided which, when actuated, will cause an
adjustment of the parts, which will permit
the air pressure to feed the lubricant, means
being also provided for directing the lubri-
cant and delivering it to points of consump-
25 tion.
A further object of the invention is to
provide novel means for automatically re-
turning the lubricating feeding device to its
normal position for a repetition of the
30 operation.
Finally it is an object of the invention to
produce a novel device of the character
noted, which will possess advantages in
points of simplicity, efficiency and durability
35 proving at the same time comparatively in-
expensive to produce and maintain.
With the foregoing and other objects in
view, the invention consists in the details of
construction and in the arrangement and
40 combination of parts to be hereinafter more
fully set forth and claimed.
In describing the invention in detail, ref-
erence will be had to the accompanying
drawings forming part of this specification
45 wherein like characters denote correspond-
ing parts in the several views, in which-
Figure 1, is a longitudinal vertical sec-
tional view approximately centrally of the
lubricating device; Fig. 2, is a rear elevation
50 of the device partly in broken section. Fig.
3, is a top plan view of the valve.
In these drawings A, illustrates a recep-
tacle designed for the purpose of receiving
graphite, and the said receptacle is provided
55 with a screw threaded cap B for the purpose
of closing the opening in the top of saidreceptacle. A valve casing C, is preferably
formed integral with the receptacle, there
being an opening D, between the receptacle
and the valve casing through which the
graphite is discharged into the ports E, F,
and G, of the valve H, it being understood
that the opening D is large enough to com-
municate with all the said ports in the fill-
ing position of the valve. The valve has
a valve stem I, with a cross pin J, therein.
The valve casing C, is provided with op-
positely disposed longitudinally extending
slots K, in which the cross pin is slidable,
the movement of the valve in. the valve cas-
ing being limited by the ends of the slots
K, as the cross pin J, contacts therewith.
Interposed between the receptacle and the
valve casing is a channel L, terminating at
its outer end in a threaded nipple M, de-
signed to connect to an air pipe which may
lead to the main reservoir of an air brake
system, or it may lead to any suitable source
of pressure. The walls of the channel L,
overlie ports N, 0, and P, in the valve
casing, with which the ports G, F, and E,
register respectively. Ports n, o, and p, are
formed in the bottom of the valve casing in
line with the ports N, 0, and P, so that when
the ports of the valve and the ports of the
valve casing heretofore referred to, are in
registry, a passage will be formed from the
channel L to the pipes Q, R, and S, through
the ports of the valve and valve casing and
the ducts T, U, and V, so that the pressure
from any suitable source may force the
graphite which has lodged in the ports into
the pipes Q, R, and S.
It is my purpose to have the pipes Q and
S, tapped into the cage of the release valves
of the steam chest and the pipe R, connected
to the intercepting valve when used on a
compound locomotive. Where, however, the
lubricator is applied to a simple engine the
pipe R, will be provided with a plug.
A spring W, is interposed between the
cross pin J and bushing X, which is threaded
in one end of the valve casing, said bushing
having an aperture therein to permit the
valve stem I, to slide therethrough. By rea-
son of the fact that the spring W, exerts
pressure against the cross pin J, the valve
is held normally with its ports under the
discharge opening of the receptacle A, so
that the ports of the valve are supplied with
graphite or other lubricant by gravity and
when the operator desires to operate the60
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Turner, William Orris. Lubricator, patent, October 5, 1909; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513590/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.