US853695A - Sight-feed. - Google Patents

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' UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE. `JOHN C. HILL, ILLINOIS. SIGHT-FEED.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 14, 1907.

Application led July 16,1906. Serial No. 326,327.

portion of said 3, the commu-nication of the port with the outlet passage 4 is closed, and the upper port 7 is brought above the inclosing wall of the passage 2 so that the lubricant will discharge outwardly through said port 7 against a transparent wall of the appliance hereinafter described, to give a visible indication of the flow.

8 is a conical valve at the upper end of the piston valve 5, and adapted in the firstdescribed position of the valve above described, to seat upon and close the upper end of the passage 2, to prevent leakage therefrom of the lubricant.

9 is a spring the tendency of which is to hold the piston valve to its first described position, and to this end the said valve will be provided with a guiding and operating To all whom it may concern: l point of use. In the other Be it known that I, JOHN C. HILL, a citivalve 5, illustrated in Fig.

zen of' the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Sight- Feeds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for visibly 1o indicating the flow of the fluid in its passage simple and durable arrangement and combination of parts whereby a temporary visible iow of the fluid can be had at the will of the of the deliveries of a multiple delivery pump, all as will hereinafter more In the accompanyinv' l is a front elevation of a multiple delivery indicator constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sec` tion on line x` Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse section illustrating the parts in a reverse position ,to that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail transverse section on line x-x Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the plate 3o which locks the handles from rotation.

.Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several views.'

eferring to the drawings, 1 is a main trunk or housing, which in'the multiple and 3 5 preferred form of the appliance lis formed with a series of vertical passages 2, which at their upper ends are formed with seats for the controlling valves hereinafter described.

3 are a series of inlet passages connecting 4o with the lower end of the series of passages 2. and adapted to conduct the multiple discharges of a pump into passages 2, aforesaid. 4 are a series of outlet passages connecting with the series of passages 2, near ends thereof, and are adapted for connection with a series of pipes extending to the points to be lubricated.

5 are a series of tubular piston valves sliding in the upper portions of the vertical pas- 5o sages 2, and veach provided with a pair of lateral ports 6 and 7, arranged in vertical separated relation as shown, and adapted in one position of the -valve 5, illustrated in Fig. 2, to register the passage 2, through the lower port 6, with the outlet passage 4, so that the iiow of the lubricant will be to the drawings z`Figure ving into the top of the housing l as shown.

12 is anoperating handle,

the top of the bushing downward swing of the operating handle to lift the piston valve into the position in which it gives a visible indication of the flow of the lubricant.

14 is a late secured to the top of the housing 1, andp provided with a series of rectangular recesses 15 corresponding with the number of operating handles 12, and adapted to form receiving cavities for the lower ends of said handles to prevent any rotation of said handles from their proper position in relation to the main housing.

16 is a vertical plate arranged in front of the series of'guide stems, springs, etc., above described, and adapted to from view, and at the same time constitute a reflector to aid in a better observation of the fiowof the lubricant heretofore described.

I7 are a series of orifices in the plate 16 for the outward discharge of the lubricant against the transparent wall of the ap liance.

18 is the transparent wall of the appliance secured to the front thereof in any usual and suitable manner. Such wall 18 is arranged a short distance in front of the vertical plate 16, before described, so as to leave a collecting chamber for the lubricant in making a visible test of the flow thereo conceal the same IOO IIO

19 is an outlet passage connecting with the loiver end of said collecting chamber, and adapted for connection With a drain pipe extending to the supply tank of the pump.

Having thus Jfully described my said invention, What l claim as neWland desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1 l A visible indicating appliance for lubri cators and the like, comprising a housing formed with a main passage, inlet and outlet passages communicating with said main passage at different points in its length, a piston valve moving in said passage and provided with lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the flow of luid Vfrom the main passage, means 'for imparting a sliding movement to said piston valve, and a transparent Wall connected to the housing and forming a part olf' the inclosing Wall olf' a collecting chamber lormed in said housing.

2. A visible indicating appliance for lubricators and the like, comprising a housing formed with a main passage, inlet and outlet passages communicating vvith said main pas sage at different points in its length, a piston valve moving in said passage and rovided With lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the flow of fluid from the main passage, a spring tending to maintain said piston valve in one position, means for moving said valve into its other position, and a transarent Wall connected to the housing and rorming a part of the inclosing Wall of a collecting chamber Jformed in said housing.

3. A visible indicating appliance for lubricators and the like, comprising a housing formed with a main passage, inlet and outlet passages communicating With said main pasl sage at dillerent points in its length, a piston SOP valve moving in said passage and provided with lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the flow of fluid from the main passage, a spring tending to maintain said piston valve in one position, means for moving sai valve into its other position the same comprising a handle having pivotal connection to an operating stem on the valve and provided With a lateral lifting toe, and a transparent Wall connected to the housing and forming a art of the inclosing Wall of a collection chamber formed in said housing.

4. A visible indicating appliance for lubricators and the like, comprising a housing formed -With a main passage, inlet and outlet passages communicating with said main passage at different points in its length, a piston valve moving in said passage and provided with lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the 'flow of iluid from the main passage, a handle having pivotal connection to an operating stem on the valve and provided With a lateral lifting toe, a plate provided with a rectangular recess adapted for engagement With the lower end of the operating handle, and a transparent Wall conl l, l l l nected to the housing and vForming a part ol the inclosing Wall ol`- a collection chamher 'formed in said housing. 5. A visible indicating appliance for lubricators and the like comprising, a housing formed with a series o'l inain passages arranged in parallel relation, individual inlet and outlet passages commun' :ating with said main passages at di'l'lerent points in their length, a series o'l individual piston valves moving in said main passages and provided with lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the .llow of V[luid lroin l said main passages, means -for imparting slidl ing movement to said valves, and a transparent Wall connected to the housing and l forming a part ol the inclosing wall ol" a collecting chamber common to the indicating discharge from the lateral ports el' the series of valves.

6. A visible indicating appliance 'for lubricators and the like comprising, a housing formed with a series o'l main passages ar ranged in parallel relation, individual inlet and outlet passages communicating with said main passages at dil'lierent points in their length, a series of' individual piston valves moving in said. main passages and provided with lateral ports adapted to control the direction of the 'flow of VIluid from said main passages, a series of springs tending to maintain said piston valves in diie position, means for moving saidv valves into their other position, and a transparent wall coiniected to the housing and forming a part of' the inclosing Wall oi' a collecting chamber common to the indicating discharge from the lateral ports of the series of valves.

7. A visible indicating appliance `for lubricaters and the like comprising, a housing formed 'with a series of main passages arranged in parallel relation, individual inlet and outlet passages communicating with said `main passages at di'llei'ent points in their l l length, a series of individual piston v: lves moving in said main passages and provided With lateral ports adapted to control the, direction of the 'Ilow o'l lluid from said main passages, a series ot springs tending to maintain said piston valves in one position, means for moving said valves into their other position the same comprising a series oli handles having pivotal connection to a series ol stems on said valves and provided 'with iu dividual lifting toes, and a transparent wall connected to the housing and forming a part of the inclosing wall of' a collecting chamber common to the indicating discharge from the lateral ports o'l' the series ot valves.

8. A visible indicating appliance 'lor luhricaters and the like comprising, a housing formed with a series of mainl passages arranged in parallel relation, individual inlet andy outlet passages communie ating with said main passages at dillerent points in their ICO IIO

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length, a series of individual piston valves moving in said main With lateral orts adapted to control the direction of t e il the lower ends thereof, -and a transparent I frorn the Well connected to the housing and orrning a part ofthe inclosing Well charnb of July 1906.

vWitnesses ROBERT BURNS, HENRY MOE.

' of a connecting ports of the series of valves Slgned at Chicago, Illinois,

JOHN C. HILL.

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