Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 902
Number 7 designates the lantern which forms an oilstorage in the middle of the stuffing box. The oil supplyis taken in at the point marked ^sJ 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… … 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. Nuniber 15 is the oil gland which should be kept justtight enough to keep the oil in the stuffing-box…
