US1088711A - Oil-atomizer. - Google Patents

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E. LINDMUELLBR.

OIL ATOMIZER. `APPLICATION FILED Imam. 1913.

1,088,711. .I l Patented MaI1.3,1914f.

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EDWARD LINDMUELLER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO JOSEPH C. MQGLURE. OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

OIL-ATOMIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 3, 1914.

Application led February, 1813. Serial No. 751,111.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD LINDMUELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Atomizers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improve ments in oil atomize'rs and is designed particularly for use in connection with that class of lubricators wherein the atomized oil, as a lubricant, is carried b fluid pressure to the part to be lubricate The object of the invention is the provision `of a device for lubricating a piston within a cylinder, operating under steam or other motive fluid pressure, in ,an economical, facile and efficient manner, and this object is accomplished by the lutilization of the novelform of atomizer as will be hereinafter pointed out.`

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated. one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best mode I have so far de- -vised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a View showing a portion of a main steam line or pipe from a boiler to a cylinder, with my improved oil atomizer attached thereto and shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

In order 'to secure the highest efficiency and uniform distribution of the oil as a lubricant in the cylinder in which a steam piston is moving it is desirable that the lubricant be carried to the cylinder in an atomized condition rather than in drops, and to accomplish this conditionI provide an atomizer by which the oil is separated into fine particles, and the particles are carriedby the steam to the steam cylinder, through the main steam line or pipe 1. I

The atomizer comprises a metallic casing or casting 2 of suitable dimensions andI shape. In the drawings I have illustrated the shell or casing 2 of cylindrical form, but it will of course be understood that other desirable forms may be adopted to suit varying conditions. The cylindrical shell is provided with an inlet perforation for the oil feed pipe 3, and an outlet perforation for the pipe 4.

Within the shell are arranged a suitable number of shelves or plates 5, the upper one being located just below the oil inlet, and the lowermost one located just above the outlet plpe. The shelves are arranged in staggered relation and extend transversely across the cylinder or shell covering the whole area except for an opening G against the wall of the cylinder.

The shelves are slightly inclined downwardly, and their upper surfaces are convexed, (as seen best in Fig. 3), so that oil may freely run over the upper surface. The openlngs 6, it will be seen in Fig. 1, are arranged so that the successive openings are located at opposite points in the cylinder. This arrangement of shelves and their convex formation together with their downward incline, cause the oil, flowing into the cylinder or shell through pipe 3, to flow over the shelves in sheets, taking zigzag courses, and the f ilmy condition of the oil renders its atomization comparatively simple.

To atomize the oil I convey steam to the shell through the branch pipe 7 connected to the steam pipe 1 above the atomizer, and t-he steam enters at the top of the atomizer through a perforation. The passage of the steam through the atomizer shell. in close intercourse with the ilmy oil, breaks the oil into fine part".cles, and the atomized oil, together with \he steam as a vehicle, is carried out through the outlet pipe 4 into the steam pipe, and thence to the place to be lubricated. In this manner I perfect a great saving in the consumption of oil or lubricant compared with the old way of using a sight lubricator and feeding the oil to the engine in drops, which is uncertain in its results.

My invention causes a complete atomiz.

tion of the oil as it passes through the atomizer, with the result that the commingling of this vapor oil with the steam causes an equal distribution of the lubricant into all parts of the engine cylinder.

The following subject matter is disclaimed herein:

As a new article of manufacture, in an oil vaporizing device, a closed vessel provided with an inlet opening for steam, an inlet for oil and an outlet for vaporized oil and steam, said vessel including a part in its i-nterior integral with its walls having a downwardly slanting upper surface, said vessel including a passage through which 2. An' o il atomizer including a shell havlng a ser1es of shelves with convex upper surtaces, vand each shelf closing the cross area of the shell and downwardly inclined toward an opening located dametrically opposite the opening in an adjoining shelf,

In testimony whereof I aX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD LINDMUELLER.

Witnesses W. H. Moll/loma, l .JOHN Gnoss.

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