Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians with questions and answers; a practical non-technical treatise .. (1913)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 898
ber 7 designates the lantern which forms an oilstorage in the middle of the stuffing box. The oil supplyis taken in at the point marked ^^a through a pipe con-nection from the oil trap. This passage being alwaysopen^, the oil is forced into the stuffing-box by the highpressure gas in the oil trap^… … Fig. 36212-ton linde ice machine—motor operated the inlet b^^ from a small oil pump operated from themain shaft. This oil overflows at c^ and is led backto the oil pan to be recirculated. ISTumber 15 is the oil gland which should be kept justtight enough to keep the oil in the stuffing-box…
