US Patent: 397,202
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| Oil Cup
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Patentee:
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| Charles H. Nunn (exact or similar names) - Rochester, Monroe County, NY |
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Patent Dates:
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Oct. 23, 1888 |
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Feb. 05, 1889 |
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Description: |
| Abstract:
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in that class of oil-cups or lubricators which are designed for use upon engines and other machinery, whereby by the opening and closing of a valve the flow of the oil may be regulated. The invention has for its objects to provide an oil-cup of this class which will be so constructed as to admit of the use of either light or heavy oils, and which will operate with the same reliability when in either a stationary or a moving position, which may be quickly and easily filled, and in which the feed may be adjusted at will.
Claim:
The herein-described, oil-cup, comprising, in combination, an oil-chamber provided with a central vertical tube formed near its lower end with apertures for the passage of oil from the chamber, and having its lower end contracted, a valve-stem within said tube having its lower end contracted to fit the contracted lower end of the tube, and its upper end provided with a cap the depending lower edge of which is cam-shaped and provided with a series of notches and a corresponding series of The h ere in-described oil-cup, comprising, in combination, an oil-chamber provided with a centra] vertical tube formed near its lower mid with apertures for the passage of oil from the chamber, and having its lower end contracted, a valve-stem within said tube having its lower end contracted to fit the contracted lower end of the tube, and its upper end provided with a cap the depending lower edge of which is cam-shaped and provided with a series of notches and a corresponding series of indicating-characters, and a vertically-moving spring-actuated catch seated within a chamber formed in the cover of the oil-chamber and adapted to engage the notches in the cap upon the valve-stem. |
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