[Steam-engine] Oiler injector for our Wach's

[Andre' Blanchard]

Here is a web page with some info on displacement cylinder 
lubricators.  It's purpose is to dispel some myths about Mccoy lubricators 
(mostly who did it first) but it shows some of the different types.
http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/mccoy/
Another page.
http://www33.brinkster.com/iiiii/mccoy/transactions/friction-steam.html

All kinds of info from Australia.
http://www.steamengine.com.au/misc/lubrication/lubricators.html


By the way the McCoy 1872 and the one by John Sees 1863 were connected to 
the cylinder and worked to some degree on pressure pulses to control how 
much oil was delivered.  The harder the engine was working the more oil it 
got.  I assume that the valve was lubed by the oil carried out with the 
exhaust steam, this would not work very well with four valve engines like a 
Corliss, as only the exhaust valves would get lubed the steam valves 
quickly be in trouble.


At 02:06 PM 4/21/2005, you wrote:
>I'd sure appreciate any diagrams and instructions you may have handy.  After
>reading your response it dawned on me that naturally the oil would go into
>the steam before it hits the valve chest.  After all that's what lubes the
>slide valve also, correct?
>   I cannot find anything on Manzel either but sounds interesting.
>
>Thanks for taking the time, Francis!!
>
>RickinMt.
>