US1244923A - Oil-cup. - Google Patents

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M. c. & c. H. VAN ALSTIYNE.

OIL CUP.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19, 1917. 1,244,928. Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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Application filed May 19, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MATTHEW C. VAN ALsrYNE and CHARLES H. VAN ,ALs'rrNE, citizens of the United States, residing at South Haven, in the county of Van Buren and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil- Cups, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in oiling devices for vehicle springs,'and its objects are: first, to provide an oiler with which considerable oil may be stored for use without danger of veroiling the springs; second, to provide a spring oiler with which the oil will be distributed at the edges of the springs, but will not flow too freely, and, third, to provide an oiler for vehicle springs that may be readily connected with, or removed from the springs without the necessity of loosening, or removing bolts or keys.

Ne attain these objects by the mechanism and arrangement of parts shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a transversesection of a set of vehicle springs with our device in place, showing the manner of attaching the same. Fig. 2 is a plan of a short piece of spring with our device in place thereon. Fig. 3 is a plan of the web, or fabric used for conducting the oil from the container to the springs. Fig. a is a transverse section of our oil container showing the manner of applying the web. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the container disconnected from the side clamps or bodies of the device, and, Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of one of the sides or clamps detached from the container.

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In the construction of this device we use sheet metal. The sides 2 are formed with flanges c, a curved upper part b forming the receptacle or loop c, and a bearing 5 for anchoring the spring 8, as indicated in Figs. 1 and at. This connection may be made in any available manner, the only object to be attained being to provide an oiler that may be applied, or removed, without the necessity of too much exertion, or the eX- penditure of too much time. The object attained by the use of the flanges a, 0 1s a re- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 38, 1917 Serial N 0. 189,784.

ceptaole for the downwardly extending ends of the web 6, as indicated in Fig. 4.

The oil receptacle, or container 3 may be made of any desirable or available form, but we find the form here shown well adapt ed to the use. This consists of an upper part or cover having an oil hole through it, and having the ends turned upward, as at a, a, thus forming lugs or projections that are adapted to pass upward into the spaces or loops 6, e at the upper ends of the sides to form readily applied connections therewith. The sides 7 are securely connected with the top, and a bottom, 9, is securely connected with the sides to form the bottom of the receptacle. This bottom is made shorter than the cover of the receptacle for the purpose of forming openings at (Z, (Z for the web 6 to pass through. This web is provided with an opening 6 in the center for the storage of oil, and to more fully insure the proper distribution of the oil throughout the web.

hen it is desired to mount this oiler upon a set of springs, l, the cap or receptacle 3 is removed from the sides and the sides are passed upward with one at each edge of the springs, and when in proper position the receptacle 3 is properly connected with the sides and the whole is pressed downward until the bottom 9 of the receptacle rests on the upper surface of the springs, in which position the ends of the web will rest against the edges of the springs, thus insuring the distribution of the necessary amount of oil in the proper place to thoroughly lubricate the springs. It is, of course, understood that this oiler must be placed at the highest available point on the springs.

As indicated in Fig. 1, when the oiler is in proper position on the springs, with the lugs a, a engaged in the loops 6, c, and the spring 8 properly stretched, the oiler will be held firmly in place by the spring 8.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In an oiler for lubricating vehicle springs, an oil receptacle inclosed on all sides but having openings for the ingress and the egress of oil, lugs formedv on said receptacle and extending upward from the ends thereof, a web placed in the receptacle and lugs on the top, and springs connected with passing outward and downward through the the lower ends of the sides to draw them openings for the egress of oil, said web havforcibly toward each other. 10 ing a central opening, sheet metal sides hav- Signed at South Haven, Michigan, May ing flanges arranged to form receptacles 15, 1917. V

for the ends of the web, the upper ends of MATTHEW C. VAN ALSTYNE.

the sides bent to form loops to receive the CHARLES H. VAN ALSTYNE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatents,

Washington, D. C.

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