Steam engines, a thorough and practical presentation of modern steam engine practice (1920)
Ludy, Llewellyn V., 1875-, American Technical Society · Chicago, American technical society · leaf 183
steam to the Surfaces tobe lubricated. By Oil Pumps. The oil maybe forced into the steam pipe bya small hand pump or, in largeengines, by an attachment fromthe engine itself. The supply ofoil is, of course, intermittent if thepump is driven by hand, but continuous and economical if drivenby the… … Fig. 98. Centrifugal Oiler STEAM ENGINES 167 becomes vaporized and lubricates all the internal surfaces of theengine. Fig. 99 shows the section of a sight-feed lubricator, which mustbe placed on the steam supply pipe in a vertical position above thethrottle. The reservoir 0 is filled with oil. The…
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