2 1,728,085 is formed with t rib 21 -wliose upper portion @s grooved as tt 22 to engage the bolt 17 4 L , 'n Whicli colinection, it ii@,ill be observed that this bolt is sp@iced froin thc,, opposite a- S;Lcle wi;lls of the groove 18. To decre,,tse -Nileiglit aiid ecorom;.ze in i-iiaterial, the plate 20 may well be provided witli ,t central openii-ig 23. A li-fivy,, coilecl,., coiiipressi.oii spi-in.- 24 is 1,1 vei,t-,icilly I)os;tlop.(@d lia the oil 10 to 'T'oi.,ce upon Llie spr:yit), 13 ,iiici O.oiN,r,,-,vardi),, i-ipon said reec@ptecle, tlitts tiglit.'ii7 hol.ciii-i(,,, the leii,es of- s@licl spi@;iig iii c(,iitact each otl-ier. Ti-io 0,D(I (f' 15 IL-I,,Is spriii(, rests upoii a late 25 preferl'i,)Iv p ai) Lipst@i,-iOi spring-i-c,,coi@7eo, St 119) ii @l 2C) at itF,@ side and a soelcot 27 -1@n "tF, loi-ver E,@ide. An ac l.iiistiii,,r 28 is t'llre,-tec-cl tlii-oii(yli. tl-,e loive,.@ ciid o-'@. tli(, 20 oil 1-0 @ii-id e-,,io-f,2-e@,, tli(.@ F,(,cket L . t' e sti:en,yth of ti@,o 24 t( 1)(-, Yii@ied ,,s oce@l,s,oii riay d,@,m@.incl. -L I 01) 1)0 Tjie sed si(.I.es o'@ t'i,, 12 a.-@e forii:ied ,-,itli s'ilill(,v@, roces,,@cs 29 25 the inner side of the oil. re,-ept,,icle 10 is foritlecl 1N,-ith verti-al (,,@rc,,oves 30 Ic.,aclin@,: dow,nivarcl,ly from said recess@@s. T-sli,,tpe 1,1 ef,.i)illary pacls or )iielis stich zs tli,- ct shoy@,ii ii-i Fi(,. 8 li,,ive theii, he,,ici i@@e00 ceivcd in the S,9 po,-tions 32 receined iii the groo-@,(-,,s, 30, @FiLiidiiiost iiistarices @llo bold F@@g,icl L,-icl sli@iiil,-,s i-@i i)lace. Tlii:is, tl-ie -w,-Icl@s (-,r ,-)ads @1-32 1- sei@ e,,l by ellipijlai@ity, to @'C'eec7, ol'..3L frozq tli@, recel),L-,,Icle 10 to the edo'es of the spi-in(y Ic,,ii,es it n-iay )eriiieate betiveen theiii to Iiibric,,tt;.oit, tlius insiiiacti.o,.i o-@o tl)c@ spi-,in-@, e%,en tli 01@l. 4() S ',Ire I)OIIILCI @fr'etioiiilly to,,otlei- by of th(,, To d@r't-,, i:iiud aii(i the 1,1 e '.i-om ,@i@ -T tl,,e o'l@l 10, I provir'@e '@3 ocires of. es 12 @-cr coiat-@et -ki-ilh 'L--I,e FO-I-,-c-,i- Ficl 45 e 13, these pacl-i:ii-igs bei-iio@ held iii gro")ves 34 in th(.@ 1,.)oi@tions of tl-ie fl,,n(ye I '@ iih@eli ext(,P,,,@'L bet-%Yeen sa-tcl flaiis@es 12. To ,p I @h p -Y 1- e clei,- c-o, the ]Dolt l't is i:en@.oved., 11 ) e, -i) liorizoiitei ,@lidin(,, of the bloel-, i4 @t,"jie l etiveen the fl-,irc_,es 12. tlle er,@ire dei-@.ce -Ti-i,,iv I)e up-@,-arOly ,@o ti ic-, fl,,in(res i'2 strad(-Ile tl,.(@ s,,)r,ii-ig 13, tle sel,le-v@- 28 beii-i(, ',-hen Ic;osenecl T -d 55 L,) pel -7iiit the recessara upnya@ o-11 tli(@ (i.e@,ice i@'@)r the piir-pose of. @ql-liow,',ny e.@iisertioT-i of the block 14 n,,i-'ch e,-,s,@, pr llsit-;oni.n,l), a]- --O of 11-ie I)Iate 1?0 if tl-ie latter -.e to it'ope(l l@)e The boit is now re )@ )@,-Iien this is done, the sci@eiv 28 is t---htt"!(,rebi, the sprin2- 24 uiici e-@ compi-essio.n. lklii-, se@reiv @m-ay be go aci ' j u s 4@ c,, C@, ,qs to ol)tain t'l@e eles;.red amo-Lint of fi-ictioil tli,,is @lns,-,Ilrlng exo-l-@ 4,li(, P:iachine is i)-@L@oof glile oi- beii,,), eii)pjoved i-,@i -Nvell ,),s -lubricat-'@lon of the spri-n(y As the ve'liiele 13 flexes, the tipper 'le; f -,Yliicli eii-ayes the plate 20 or the b'iock @ @,l ', 'D 14 as tl-ie case iii.-,y lie, aiici the loiver 'Le,,if eii Ya@)-es the sp-..-i-,i(,- 24-, iie(.,essarily 1-iave 110 I.oii@,@it-Lidinal movement. DurIng this 2iioi,-c-iiic,.iit, the spi@in(,r 2@l li,,ts t rockii-i(y riotl'on Aiiiieh is i)ern-iitteOL by the en(,,a(,ei@neiit o-L' the plite 25 vv@uli tlip. i-otit-ided c@-iid of tlie ,3c,,t -@ereNv -98. By allow- 75 tho@ spriii- to ro,-Ic iii this ilianiier, its :ti,,)per c,,-, (loe@, riot li,,tve to slide Lipo,-i the loiyer lea-l@ of thf,, veiiiele sprinz, and conseqtlel'lt".)T @@aid sv)ring vi,:).Il 1!eiiiaiii ii-i pi-oper i@-ith l.iie otl).(,.r parts oi" the clevice. so e q,bo -tT stited he, coilstruction Itei@oin described, is 1-lov@,- a@l-Le--@lt:lon is ii,,vitecl. to 'LIie f act tiie Ec(,pcA@ (,T the iiivention as -iiiy b(, S5 n4-iciii 's invitecl to the fact that the i@ccepticle 10 aiid its side flanges 12, '@ogether -1 'tll the spriiig 24 'Llid its coilil.ection iiith ,3ai,,i receptacle, coiis'ultute a yoke structure co-ol)eratiii(- @iith '(-,lie -@@astei-ier 17 and the go gi,ooi-ed plate 20 in yieldably holding the lea-@,es of' the vc-hicle sprina in contact in,-itli (aicli other lieiace tctino- as a shock absorber, eien thoiig'.1 Llie Ilubi-ic@)tiiio- feature of the i.-ii,en@lioi-i be elli-iiinated. i)5 I el,@iim: I. A coi,@ibi-iied sl-iock ab,,;orber and spring lui@,ric,@itor coi-iiprisil-ig iii oil receptacle provi-Oed at ;@'Ls upper encl iiitli - upstancli-@ig (?,s 'L-o straddle a spi-iii(-, I 1)1,ock hori- loo z(-)ntall-Y iiisert,,tble bet@veen said flaii(,es to ovol@l@-e th(-, spring, saic'L flai-iges and block iiite,.,-e-Tlo-.t(-ed i-ibs and grooves to = - zn I'@ 11(@'id 't-hem a-aill-ist rela'-ive vei-'ici,l iiiove-iei -iea,l ii- it, ii -, s f or lioldin- sa,@ci f-laiiges and lo5 b'lcck ac,,,iiiist relative horizontal movement, zn spring i-iieaiis in said receptacle for forcing upwai-dly on the spring @tlid downiiardly oii ti-ie @-eceptacle, jtnd capil@lary mep@ns for fe@-d;ng o,'l Troiii the receptacle to the sprirg. 110 2. combilied shock absorber cl spring ILibricator coi-iiprisiiig an oil receptacle proVI e a4" its upper end with upst,@inding il.aiiges to straddle I spr-lng, a blocli: insertible between said fl,,inges to overlie the 115 spriiig, inter-en(ya(@iiio@ meais on s,,Lld block t,,icl fla nges for holding them ag,,,,iiist relative voi-t@leal i-iioveii-ient, the loiver side of said I)Iock beiii, forl-aed with a traiisirei'se (yroove Plid said flanges being provid-ld -with open120 iigs a'L, the ends of sa,id @,rrooi,-e, a bolt passin,- thi-otigh saicl openin@@s and said (yroove, @t @)@rte iiiideriving said block incl having a --iecl i@@ sai-d o,r,-)oi,e and contacting I'@ ii,ith the lov,7er side ()f said bolt, spring melns 125 i-,-i sf,.id recept,,,cle for forcing up@,vardlv on spring and do-,vii-wai-dly on tl-ie recepi-,acle, aiicl capilliry iiaeaiis for feeding oil L the t@ecep'acle to the sprinly. 3. A conabi-iied sliocl@ fbso,.@ber-,ind spring 1.30

1,728,085 lubricator comprisin(y an oil receptacle provided, at its upper t) end witli tipstanding flanges to sti-acldle a sprin(y, ,t bolt passing through said flanges to extend transversely .5 oi7er the spring, .L plate underlying said bolt to lie upon tlle spring, the upper side of said plate liavincr a, o-i-oove receiving !he loiver side of said bolt, sprin,, means in the receptacle to force upwardly on the priiilo -iid downwai,dly on the receptacle, an@ eal)illai,y means iii said receptacle for feedin- oil io the sprin(r zn t)' 4. A combined shock absorber and spring Itibricator coniprisiiio@ an oil receptacle havzn i5 in(y an open upper en(-I, proi,ided with a continuous 1,Lterilly projectid(, flan(,e at said upper end and provided also with two spaced vertical flan-es risiiig from two opposite sicle portioias of @aid latei@al flanue to strad20 dle a spridg, the portions of s@aid lateral flange betNveen said vertical flanges beinforli-ied -@vith grooi,es, pacl@:ings in said -rooves to contact ivith the loiver side of the sprina, the inner sides of said vertical 25 flaii-es being formed 'with sliqllow recesses T-shaped wicks having tlieii@ head portions receive in said recesses alid their shank portions disposed iii stid oil recept,,tele, means bet@i,een the upper ends of the vertical 30 flanges to lie upon the spi-in-, ancl spring ineatis in the receptacle to for@e' doivnwardly on the littei, and upivarclly on the spring. 5. A device of the class described comprisinff a yol@e structure embodyino- a mem35 ber to abut a vehicle, spriiag leaf, and side poi-tions to s'uradclle tl-ie sprilig, a fastener passin(y tlirotio-h said side portions, and a plate member between said sicle portions to abu'L the spring le@tf opposite that above 'I f) nientioned, saict plate inember having t groove receivinu said fastener, oiie, of said ineinbers beino- in the form of a spriiito yieldably holct the leaves of the vehicle spi-in- in contact with each other. 45 In testimony wherecf I have hereunto affixed my sianature. zn WALKER H. SPAYD. 50 5 6( 65

Patented Sept. 10, 1929, l@728,085 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. WALRER H. SPAYD, OF VAN WERT, OHIO. COMBINED SHOCK ABSORBER AND SPRING LUBRICATOR. Application filed Jiily 28,1927. Serial No. 209,019. The invention relates to a nei%, ,ind improved device for effectively Itibricatin- the tn leaves of a vel-iicle sprin@-Y and at the same time holding a numbe,., o-'L saicl leai-es t@)- (,ether -with sufficient friction to effectively absorb shoclks which - would otlierivise t,,ilce place. One object of the invention is to pi-ovide device of the class set fortli provided with 10 novel means for securin- it in place tipon spring. in nother aim is to mali:e uniqtie pi,ovisioii to compensate for the extra space wliicli exists in the device when it is to 1-5 only three spring leaves iii-,tead of four, or to some other relatively small ntiml)er of leaves instead of t larger ntimber. A still further object is to provide ,t iioi-el arrangement of capill,,try p@qds or wicl@s for 20 feeding oil to the sprin(r leaves froni an oil &' receptacle which also ,icts as retainin(, meins zrl for a sprin- which frictionilly holds the n spring leaves in contact iiitli each oth(,r. A still further object is to i-nal@e novel 25 proiision for packiin(r the oi-I receptacle against entrance of dust and other forei-n matter. Yet another aim is to provicle a device which -will be rather simple and inexpensive, niay be easil3, applied and ivill be very efflcient ,ind dilrable. With the foregoing in view, the invention resicles in the novel subject mattei, lierein,35 after described ancl claiii-ied, tl-ie - clescription being stipplelaiented by the accompanyin(r dra-wings. Fia. 1 is a side elevation sho-wing the application of the device. 40 Fi-. 2 is -,t side elevation p,,ti-tly broken awliy and in section. Fi-. 3 is a section,,tl vie-w thi-ough the vehicle sprino,, ancl side elevation of the sliocli: absorber anci ILibricator, as indicited by line 45 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fi-. 4 is a v,-rtical sectional iiew on line 4-4 of Fi-. 3. Fi(r. 5 is an additional vertical section 0-a iiiie 5-5 of Fi-. 4. 15(i Figs. 6 ,ind 7 are horizontal section,,tl views on the correspondin'Yiy ntimbere(I lines of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a perspective vieiv of one of the T-E;Ii@@ ped ctpillai-y in,iclcs oi@ ,Lds. p The (:Ira-@vinc,r above briefly described illiisr);-) trates a consti.uction -wliich has in actuil service, pi-oven to be desir,,Lble froiii all staiidl)oiiits aiicl excgptionally efficieiit. Hence, this constri-iction iiiay be considere(I as i@el)resenting the prefel@l-'ed form of the 60 invention, -%vit@ the understtndino, lioivever that Avitliin tlle scope of such in-vention as claiiiied, variations may be inade. The @levice embodies an oil receptacle 10 lvhicli is pi-(,ferably of cylindrical foi-m ,tnd C) r) OPc,!n tt its tipper end. This upper end is provicled ivitli a contilauous laterallv pi-ojecting flange 11 -wliieh is preferably ;f substaiitially sqtiii-e outline, as seeii in Fi(T. 7. Integral Nvitl-i aiid rising fi,om opposite side, 70 portions of the flange 11, are tivo p,,trallel vertical flanges 12 to str,,iddle ,i nuiiiber of the letves of t vehicle spriilg 13. Betiveen the tipper I)oi-tions of these flano-es 19. t blocl@ 14 is provided to overlie the spriny 5 13, opposite eclges of s,,iid l@)locl@ being foi-nie@d with ril)s 15 receii,,@ible in (-rooves, 16 i-@i tile LI' inner sides of the flano-es 12, ivhen the block t, is . liorizontally @slicl int@o positioii botween s,,tid flanyes. These co-actin(r ribs and s 0 t, ,Crrooves hold the flan-es 19- aiid block 14 :1 acraiiist relative vertical iiioveiiient, and " i-e ative horizontal n-ioveiiient of these parts is prevented by a bolt 17. This I)olt is receiiable in a tr,,insverse gi-oove 18 formed in 85 the lower side of the block 14 and its ends pass throiio-h openincys 19 in tlle fl,,tn(,es 12, the bolt be@l?n@_r pi,efei,ably tbreadecl into one of these ope@ings as shonvn in Fi-. . 5. The loivei-most poi-tion of the bolt If' is eitlier 90 flusli with or somenvhat above the lower side of the bloel.: 14 so thtt -Wlien four lelves of the Spring 13 tre received bet-ween the receptacle 10 ,tnd the blocli:, the latter mav rest directly upon the uppermost leaf. HoN-,,- 95 ever, -",lien the device is applied to only three leaves of t sprin- as herein cliselosed, a -Bller plate 20 is posi-Lioi-ied under the bloclc 14 to occupy the space -which ivould otlierwise exist. The upper side of this plate I(O