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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM C. MANESS, OF LAREDO, TEXAS.
LUBRICATOR.No. 900,181.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. MANESS, a
citizen of the United States, residing. at La-
redo, in the county of Webb and State . of-
5 Texas, have invented 'a new 'and. useful Lu-
bricator, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
This invention relates to lubricating de-
vices for use in the journal boxes of railway
10 cars, or at other places where the lubricant
is to be fed upward to an under bearing jour-
nal.
The principal object of the invention is to
provide a novel form of lubricator which is set
15 into motion by the revoluble journal or axle,
and which will carry lubricant continuously
from the bottom of the box to such.journal.
A further object of the invention is to pro-.
vide a device of this type of such construe-
20 tion as to permit its ready introduction into
and removal from journal boxes of ordinary
construction.
With these and other objects in view, as
will more fully hereinafter appear,. the inven-
25 tion consists in certain novel features of con-
struction and arrangement of parts, herein-
after fully described, illustrated in the ac-
companying drawings, and particularly
pointed out in the appended claims, it being
30 understood that various changes in the form,
proportions, size and minor details of the
structure may be made without departing
from the spirit or sacrificing any of the ad-
vantages of the invention.
35 In the accompanying drawings:-Figure 1
is a .sectional elevation of a lubricating de-
vice constructed in accordance with the in-
vention, showing the same in position in an
ordinary form of journal box. Fig. 2 is a de-
40 tail view partly in section, of one end por-
tion of one of the frames. Fig. 3 is an end
view of the lubricator and showing the axle
thereon. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3
and showing the frames folded.downward.
45 Similar numerals of reference are em-
ployed to indicate corresponding parts
throughout the several figures of the draw-
ings.
The base plate 10 of the lubricator has a
50 pair of frames 12 pivotally connected to its
side portion 1.1. Each of these frames com-
prises a pair of spaced plates which are con-
nected together by a block or web 13 integral
therewith or secured thereto in order to
55 maintain the plates in proper relative posi-Patented Oct. 6, 1908.
tion. These frames may be moved down to
a position parallel with the base plate 10 in
order to effect their ready introduction into
the journal box, and when in position, may
be moved up to a position at a right angle to 60
the base plate, and when turned to this posi-
tion, the innermost plates 12 of each frame
will bear against the opposite side portions of
the main body of the base plate. Each of
the frames 12 carries a pair of pins 15 on 65
which are mounted rollers 16, formed of com-
pressed paper, vulcanized fiber, or other ma-
terial preferably non-metallic, and each
roller is provided with a peripheral groove
17, that will tend to carry up.a quantity of 70
oil from' the bottom of the journal box to the
lower portion of the journal or axle.
Secured to the bottom of the base plate
are three leaf springs 17', two 'of which are
arranged in parallel relation with each other, 75
and with the frames 12, while the third
spring is disposed at a right angle to the
other two. These three springs bear on the
bottom of the journal box and tend to hold
the lubricator up, so that the rollers are so
yieldably maintained in contact with the
journal or axle, and are frictionally rotated
by contact therewith. The innermost frame
12 at that end of the lubricator which is first
introduced into the journal box is provided 85
with a projecting eye 20, so that it may be
engaged and drawn up to a vertical position-
by the ordinary packing hook or similar tool,
and after the opposite end of the lubricator
is inserted, the .outermost of the frames is 90
turned up to vertical position. The hinges
are located at the outer edges of the roller
carrying frames, so that said frames.cannot
move toward each other, and when in posi-
tion in the journal box the frames are held 95
from outward movement, so that the rollers
will be maintained in proper position in con-
tact with the lower face of the journal or
axle, and will be operated at a speed pro-
portioned to that at which the journal or 100
axle is rotated, so that the oil or other lubri-
cant will be carried up into contact with the
journal.
I claim:-
1. In a journal lubricator a base plate, 105
frames hinged to the plate, and a pair of
journal engaging rollers carried by each
frame.
2. In a journal lubricator a base, a pair of
frames hinged to the base, said hinges being 110Specification of Letters Patent..
Application filed February 8, 1908. Serial No. 414,956.
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Maness, William C. Lubricator., patent, October 6, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth509267/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.