US Patent: 284,340
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| Lubricator
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Patentee:
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| Allen W. Swift (exact or similar names) - Elmira, Chemung County, NY |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jan. 27, 1883 |
| Granted: |
Sep. 04, 1883 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Swift Lubricator Co.
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Description: |
| Patented in Canada, patent #CA-20,190.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the class of lubricators which are usually designated "displacement" lubricators, and in which the lubricant is automatically discharged from the cup by the pressure of water obtained from condensation of steam and admitted into the cup and it has, more particularly, reference to the style of lubricator illustrated in my patent of September 26, 1882 (#265,180), In the operation of the said lubricator, I have found that owing to the peculiar arrangement of the oil inlet, oil-outlet, water inlet and observing-glass with the cavity of the arm which carries the lubricant-cup in a suspended position and forms an extension of said cup, the air which enters through the oil-inlet, while filling the cup and becomes confined therein, forms an elastic cushion which conduces to the pulsations and irregularities in the action of the lubricator as observed through the observation-glass thereof.
Claim:
In combination with a lubricant-cup provided with a transparent section and a water-inlet near said section, a nozzle applied adjustably to said inlet, and 'adapted to be set at a greater or less distance from the transparent portion of the cup, |
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