US Patent: 642,366 - Lubrication for Gas Engines


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US Patent: 642,366

Lubrication for Gas Engines

Patentees:

Hubert F. Probert (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL

Charles H. Morse (exact or similar names) - Chicago, Cook County, IL

USPTO Classifications:

184/18, 92/153

Tool Categories:

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines : internal combustion engine lubrication

propulsion and energy : internal combustion engines : gas and gasoline engines

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 20, 1899
Granted:	Jan. 30, 1900

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Description:

Claim:

In a lubricator for gas-engines the combination of a cylinder provided with a lubricant-channel around its lower end, a piston arranged in said cylinder and having its lower edge attenuated or sharpened and dipping into said channel and its lower end formed in the shape of an inverted cup whose walls gradually converge toward the top of the cup which is unobstructed to permit the lubricant to work its way to the extreme crown or top of the cup, a crankpin pivoted across said cup in said piston at a distance below the top of the cup, a crank pivoted on said pin and means for supplying said channel with lubricant.