Cover and seal for power driven threading machine oil reservoir
AssigneeEmerson Electric Co.
InventorPaul W. Gress
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Abstract
A removable cover and seal is disclosed for the oil reservoir of a power driven threading machine to facilitate transportation and storage of the machine without having to drain the oil reservoir. The cover is comprised of sheet metal having a flange about the outer peripheral edge thereof which conforms to the contour of the inner surface of the oil reservoir and is provided with a neoprene sealing gasket adapted to be compressed between the flange and inner surface of the oil reservoir when in covering and sealing relationship therewith. The cover is removably mounted on the reservoir and biased to maintain the sealing gasket compressed against the reservoir walls by means of spring clips mounted on the cover and interengaging with portions of the machine housing.
Claims21
An attachment for a portable power driven threading machine which includes housing means including means providing an upwardly open oil reservoir having a bottom wall and opposed pairs of walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and having corresponding upper ends, said walls having inner surfaces providing said reservoir with a peripheral sealing surface area below said upper ends, said attachment beign removably mountable on said housing means to close and seal said reservoir and comprising, cover plate means having outer edge means, compressible sealing gasket means on said outer edge means, and cover plate retaining means for releaseably interengaging said cover plate means with said housing means to position said cover plate means and gasket means relative to said sealing surface area such that said gasket means is sealingly compressed between said sealing surface area and said edge means.
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