US1416105A - Waste retainer for journal boxes - Google Patents

Description

R. G. McKEE.

WASTE RETAINER FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG,17,192I- Patented BL y 16, 1922..

UNITED STATES ROBERT exmoae McKEE, or PERU, INDIANA.

.WASTE RETAINER FOR JOURNAL BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1922.

Application filed August 17, 1921 Serial No. 492,998.

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Waste Retainers for Journal Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in devices for retaining or holding in place the fibrous or other material usually employed in journal boxes to supply the journal end of the-axle with lubricant from the oil well of the journal box.

To that end the invention has particularly in view a so-called dope retainer that may be made to fit in all sizes of journal boxes, and when placed in position therein constitutes practical and effective means for holding the lubricating dope in place, thus preventing the same from working the lid of the journal box open and allow oil-to bleed from the journal box. By employing a device of this character in journal boxes cotton waste may be efficiently employed in place of woolen waste, thereby effecting a material economy in the upkeep and maintenance of proper journal box conditions.

A further ob ect of the invention is to provide a device that is simple and cheap to manufacture and which may be easily and quickly removed and replaced without inconvenience and with a minimum of manual efi'ort.

With the above and other objects in view which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangementof parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated and claimed.

A preferred and practical arrangement of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a journal box showing the application of my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective view "of my improved device.

Similar reference characters designate cor responding parts throughout the severalfigures of the drawings.

In carrying the present inventlon lnto effect any suitable and convenient wire or metallic strip may be used to advantage for the purpose of providing the body of the retainer, which is fully shown in Figure 3,

and designated generally as R. In the arrangement shown in the drawings the present retainer preferably consists of a single wire w, bent to form the skeleton-like body portion 1 and the rearwardly extending and substantially parallel arms 2-2. The retainer body portion 1 may be formed by zigzag arrangement of the wire, resulting in the looped retaining fingers 3 whose front and rear ends are preferably di ped or bent downwardly as at 4 to more e ectively engage the cotton waste and prevent its escape through the lid of the journal box, as will be apparent for example, from Figure 1 of the drawings.

At a substantially intermediate point the rearwardly extending arms 2-2 have suspended therefrom in any suitable manner a depending strap or loop 5, referably of the same material as the b0 y of the re taining frame and attached thereto in a suitable and convenient manner, as for'example, the manner shown in Figure 3 where the ends of the strap are simply looped about the arms 2-2 and located in the keeper depressions 2 to prevent the shifting of the 100 on the arms.

When the device is in use the same is applied as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings. The depending strap or loop 5 is preferably wraped or enclosed by a portion of the waste or dope so that the journal end of the axle is always insured a supply of oil from the lubricant well, while at the same time the bulkiness of the dope-" around the loop or strap serves to hold the body an of the waste in place at the rear end of the journal box. The fingers 3 of the retaining body 1 located between the front end of the axle and the opening of the journal box also serve to hold the body of waste 3/ below the level of the journal box opening and thus prevent its escape. When the device is in use it will be apparent that the tendency of the frame to be ejected or worked out of the box will be resisted by reason ofthe loop or strap 5 being arranged below the journal end of the axle A, while at the same time the lateral shifting of the frame will be prevented due to the fact that the strap or loop 5 with its surrounding waste or dope is anchored in the main body or waste confined within the-bottom of the journal box in the well .known manner.

Without further description it is thought that the features and advantages oi the present device will be readily apparent, and its adaptation and use as a horizontal member for holding the lubricating dope in place .will be readily appreciated by those familiar with the art. t will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportions and minor details of construction will be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the appended claims.

I claim A waste retainer for journal boxes includ ing in combination with the journal box and the journal end of the axle therein a horizontally disposed waste retaining i rame of skeleton formation adapted to be located between the end of the axle and the opening in the journal box and having rearWar dly extending arms, an anchoring strap depending from said arms and adapted to be positioned beneath the journal end of the axle to prevent the said retaining frame from working upwardly.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. ROBERT GILMORE MoKEE. Witnesses:

CHARLES CooKLEY, BUELL HILEs.

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