US3777401A - Saw chain lubrication means - Google Patents
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- ABSTRACT [22 ⁇ Filed: Sept. 27, 1971 Disclosed herein is a chain saw cutter bar including two side plates having respective inside surfaces defin- [21] Appl' 183398 ing therebetween a groove adapted for receiving the tangs of a saw chain, together with means in one of 52 us. c1 30/383, 83/169 the side plates defining av i n hole ommuni- 51 Int.
- the transverse aperture or duct extended generally perpendicularly to the plane of the cutter bar and provided a surface or shoulder which also extended generally perpendicularly of the inside surface of the rail in a manner to afford collection and accumulation of wood chips or sawdust in the oil duct. Such accumulation of wood chips and sawdust could eventually clog the-oil duct and was undesirable.
- the invention provides a cutter bar constructed to provide a lubrication hole arranged in a manner so as to avoid sawdust accumulation therein while, at the same time, providing an adequate and reliable arrangement for supplying oil to the peripheral groove of the cutter bar.
- the invention provides a cutter bar including a lubrication hole having a wall surface which merges with one of the groove defining surfaces at an angle greater than 90, whereby to avoid formation of a surface which could serve to facilitate sawdust accumulation.
- the lubrication hole is provided by a cylindrical passage which is inclined toward the peripheral cutter bar groove in the direction of chain travel and which is additionally inclined outwardly in the direction toward the periphery of the cutter bar from the outside surface of thebar to an outlet in the cutter bar groove.
- an insert which is adapted to be placed in an existing oil duct of a prior art cutter bar and which is formed to provide a lubrication hole with a wall or surface merging with one of the surfaces defining the cutter bar groove so as to avoid accumulation in the lubrication hole of wood chips or. sawdust, and thereby prevent clogging of the oil passage to the cutter bar groove.
- One of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a cutter bar provided with a non-sawdust clogging arrangement for supplying oil to the cutter bar groove and ultimately to the saw chain.
- Another of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of a chain saw including a system for supplying oil to the saw chain, which system is not subject to clogging by wood chips and sawdust.
- Another of the principal objects of the invention is the provision of an arrangement affording ease of modification of existing chain saws and cutter bars to provide a lubrication hole having a surface merging with one of the surfaces defining the cutter bar groove so as to avoid any tendency for sawdust accumulation in the system for supplying oil to the saw chain.
- Still another object of the invention is the provision of a non-clogging system for supplying oil to the periph-' eral groove of a cutter bar, which system can be readily and economically manufactured and which will not easily clog up with sawdust or wood chips and which will provide reliable service overa long and useful life.
- FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view of a portion of a chain saw embodying various of the features of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view, with parts omitted, and with portions broken away, taken from the left of FIG. 1 and illustrating one embodiment of a cutter bar formed in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a portion of the chain saw illustrated in FIG. 1.
- FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken generally along line 4-4 of FIG. 3.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a portion of the cutter bar shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 2 illustrating a cutter bar in accordance with another embodiment of the in vention.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 8 is a fragmentary, enlarged view of aportion of the cutter bar shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary view, partially in section, of another construction embodying various of the features of the invention.
- FIG. 1 a chain saw 11 comprising an engine casting or chain saw frame or powerhead 13 including a cutter bar mounting surface 17 from which extends a pair of cutter bar mounting posts 19 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 1).
- the chain saw 11 also includes a guide plate 21 which is received on the mounting posts 19 and a cutter bar 23 which is located exteriorly of the guide plate 21 with the mounting posts 19 extending in an elongated mounting slot 27.
- the cutter bar 23 includes two spaced rails or side plates 29 which respectively include peripheral surfaces 31 adapted to provide bearing supchips or sawdust while simultaneously affording a reliable supply of oil to the saw chain.
- the lubricating system includes, in the powerhead 13, an oil supply conduit 47 which communicates with a suitable oil pump (not shown) and which terminates in the cutter bar mounting surface 17, together with means in the adjacent rail or side plate 29 of the cutter bar 23 defining a lubrication hole 49 which includes an inlet located in the outside surface 37 and communicating with the oil supply conduit 47, which further includes an outlet located in the inside surface 39 and communicating with the groove 41, and which still further includes a merging surface 51 which, in the direction of intended chain travel, indicated by the arrow 53 in FIGS. 2 and 4, extends to and in inclined relation to the inside rail surface 39, whereby such merging relation avoids sawdust accumulation in the outlet into the groove 41 of the lubrication hole 49.
- the merging wall surface 51 (See FIG. 4) is provided by formation of the lubrication hole 49 with a drill and at an angle 57 which extends, as shown in FIG. 4, at approximately 30 to the direction of intended chain travel as indicated by the arrow 53.
- the merging surface seen at 51 in FIG. 4 is provided.
- the lubrication hole 49 is also preferably drilled from the outside surface 37 at an angle of about 30 as seen at 59 in FIG. 3.
- the resulting lubrication hole 49 extends obliquely as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 5 to thereby provide a rising oil passage or lubrication hole which extends at an angle 60 of about 45 as shown in FIG. 5.
- Employment of such an inclined lubrication hole serves to locate the inlet at a maximum distance from the peripheral rail surface consistent with locating the outlet as far as possible from the groove bottom wall 43.
- the outlet is wholly formed in the side rail inside surface 39 and as close as possible to the peripheral rail surface 31. Such construction affords complete wiping of the outlet by the chain tangs to assist in avoidance of accumulation of sawdust.
- the inlet of thelubrication hole 49 is provided with an enlarged well 61 which extends from the inlet in the outside rail surface 37 in the general direction counter to the direction of intended chain travel and inwardly or away from the outer periphery of the cutter bar.
- a well can be economically provided in the rail or side plate by a coining operation during the rail blanking operation.
- the oil supply conduit 47 in the powerhead 13 is preferably provided with an enlarged mouth or well 63 which can be elongated in the direction parallel to the adjustment slot 27 (See FIG.
- a suitable bore, opening or slot 67 is provided in the guide plate 21 to afford communication between the well 61 and inlet and the oil supply conduit 47.
- This slot 67 can, if desired, be elongated in the direction of cutter bar adjustment to provide for continued communication between the lurication hole inlet and the oil supply conduit 47, notwithstanding the before mentioned adjustment of the cutter bar 23.
- the mouth 63 could be formed without material elongation in the direction of cutter bar adjustment.
- the location of the lubrication hole can be varied as desired in the direction of cutter bar adjustment.
- the cutter bar 23 is provided with a duplicate or second lubrication hole 69 similarly located and constructed in the other rail and on the other side of the mounting slot 27.
- the invention also extends to arrangements including location of the lubrication hole in the opposite side rail, i.e., in the side rail opposite from the powerhead l3, and to provision of a suitable arrangement for supplying oil to the lubrication hole oil inlet in the side plate remote from the powerhead 13.
- FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 are illustrative of another arrangement which is in accordancewith the invention and which includes a cutter bar 77 having spaced side plates or rails 79 with respective peripheral surfaces 81, outside surfaces 83, and inside surfaces 87 which define therebetween a groove 89 having a bottom wall or surface 91.
- the cutter bar 77 also includes a mounting slot 93 and pair of spaced apertures 97 which extend transversely through the rails 79 and, at least in part, communicates with the groove 89.
- the apertures 97 extend at a right angle to the plane of the cutter bar 77 and are elongated along a line extending perpendicularly to the mounting slot 93 and have semi-circular end portions 99. Approximately the outer half of each aperture 97, i.e., the half closest to the peripheral surface 87, opens into the groove 89. The other or inner half of each aperture 97 is blind.
- one of the apertures 97 is adapted to communicate with an oil supply conduit (not shown). As thus far described, the construction of the cutter bar 77 of FIGS. 6, 7, and 8 is conventional.
- means are provided for modifying existing cutter bars to provide lubrication holes in accordance with the invention. While various arrangements can be employed in accordance with the invention, in the construction disclosed in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, such means includes provision in the aperture 97 communicating with the oil supply conduit of a lubrication hole 121 which includes a surface 123 in merging relation with the inside rail surface 87 and which includes an outlet 127 in co-planar relation to the inside rail surface 87 and an inlet 129 communicating with the aperture 97. Specifically, in the construction shown in FIGS.
- such means comprises an insert 131 received in the bore or aperture 97 and having a flat portion 133 defining a planar surface 135 located in co-planar relation to the inside rail surface 87, together with a peripheral flange 139 which extends the flat portion from the flat portion 135, generally mates with the wall defining the aperture 97, and has a length approximately equal to the width of the side rail or plate 83.
- the insert 131 also includes a merging wall portion 141 which provides the merging wall surface and which is formed out of the flat portion 133 and extends from the flat portion 133. More specifically, the merging'wall portion 141 extends at a relatively small acute angle 143 from the flat portion and in a manner such that the distance of the merging wall portion 141 from the plane of the flat portion 133 increases in the direction counter to the direction of intended chain travel indicated by the arrow 147 in FIG. 7. At its outer or free end, the merging wall portion 141 defines, together with the margin of the flat portion 133, the lubrication hole inlet 129 which communicates with the volume or space at the back side of .the merging wall portion 141 and within the confines of the flange portion 133.
- this space communicates with an oil supplyconduit (not shown) in the engine casting or powerhead, and constitutes an oil reservoir affording ample oil supply to the lubrication hole 121.
- the area within the margin of the flat portion 133 from which the merging wall portion 141 has been formed constitutes the lubricating hole outlet 127 to the groove 89.
- the insert 13l can be provided with a dimple 149 to indicate the proper orientation of the insert 131 in the bore, i.e., location in the aperture 97 such that the merging wall portion 141 inclines toward the flat portion 133 of the insert 131 in the direction 147 of intended chain travel.
- FIG. 9 Shown fragmentarily in FIG. 9 is still another construction of a lubrication hole 151 provided in a cutter bar 153 in general accordance with the invention. More specifically, the cutter bar 153 shown fragmentarily in FIG. 9 includes a rail or side plate 157 having an outeror outside surface 159 and an inner or inside surface 161 forming one wall of a groove 163 adapted to receive the tangs of a saw chain (not shown). As in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6, 7, and 8, the rail 157 includes an oil duct or aperture 167. Provided in the oil duct or aperture 167 are a larger insert 169 and a smaller insert 171 which are located in facing relation 7 to each other and which define therebetween the lubrication hole 151 and additionally provide a merging wall or surface 173.
- the larger insert 169 includes a flat portion 175 and a flange portion 179 extending from 175 and having an over-all height approximately equal to the width of the rail 157 so that the surface of the flat portion 175 is co-planar with the inside rail surface 161.
- a bent portion 181. which is cut out of the flat portion 175, which extends from the flat portion 175 and which provides the merging wall or surface which extends at an angle to, and at an ever increasing distance away from, the inside surface 161 in the direction counter to the direction of intended chain travel indicated by the arrow 183.
- the smaller insert 171 comprises a similarly shaped disc having a central portion 187 and a flange portion 5 189 which extends from the central portion 187 and is matingly received inside of the flange portion 179 of the larger insert 169 and which has an over-all height generally equal to the width of the side rail 157 less the thickness of the flat portion'175 of the larger insert 169.
- a bent portion 191 which is cut from and formed out of the central portion 187 and which extends, when the smaller insert 171 is located in the larger insert 169, in generally parallel relation to the merging wall surface 173 so as to define, together with the merging wall surface 173, the lubrication hole 151.
- the bent portion 191 of the smaller insert 171 can be formed so as to provide, in conjunction with the larger insert bent portion 173, an oil passage or lubrication hole which can either increase or decrease in size in the direction of chain travel.
- the inlet end of the lubrication hole 151 communicates with a suitable oil supply conduit (not shown) in the powerhead and the outlet of the lubrication hole 151 is generally located adjacent to the plane of the inside cutter bar surface 161 with the merging surface or wall 173 forming an angle 193 with the inside rail surface 161 of greater than 90 and preferably as great as about 145.
- a chain saw bar for guiding travel of a saw chain, said bar including two side rails having respective outside surfaces and respective inside surfaces extending in space oppositely facing relation to each other and defining therebetween a groove which includes a bottom wall and which is adapted for receiving the tangs of the saw chain, and a lubrication hole extending in one of said side rails and including an outlet located in said inside surface of said one rail above said bottom wall and communicating with said groove, said outlet being defined, in part, by a merging surface which, in the general direction of intended travel of the saw chain, extends to and in inclined relation to said groove, whereby to discourage sawdust accumulation in said lubrication hole.
- a chain saw bar in accordance with claim 1 wherein said bar includes an end adapted to be mounted on a chain saw powerhead and wherein said lubrication hole includes an inlet on said outside surface of said one rail, said lubrication hole extending from said one rail outside surface to said one rail inside surface such that said inlet is spaced from the outer periphery of said one rail at a distance greater than the distance from the periphery of said one rail to said outlet.
- a chain saw bar in accordance with claim 1 wherein said bar includes an end adapted to be mounted on a chain saw powerhead and wherein said lubrication hole includes an inlet on said outside surface of said one rail, said lubrication hole extending from said outside surface to said inside surface such that said outlet is located in the direction of intended chain travel ahead of said inlet.
- a chain saw bar in accordance with claim 4 wherein said well is elongated and extends, with respect to the adjacent part of said lubrication hole, in the direction counter to the direction of intended chain travel and in thedirection away from the periphery of said cutter bar.
- a chain saw bar in accordance with claim 1 including two of said lubrication holes.
- a chain saw bar for guiding travel of a saw chain, said bar including two side rails having respective inside surfaces defining therebetween'a groove which includes a bottom wall and which is adapted for receiving the tangs of the saw chain, and means in one of said rails defining a lubrication hole including an outlet communicating with said groove and located solely in said inside surface of said one side rail above said bottom wall and being defined, in part, by a merging surface which extends, in the general direction of intended travel of the saw'chain and relative to said inside surface of said one rail, at an angle of g reater than 90 whereby to discourage sawdust accumulation in said outlet.
- a chain saw comprising a frame including a cutter bar mounting surface and an oil supply conduit opening into said mounting surface, a cutter bar including two side plates having respective inside surfaces defining therebetween a peripheral groove which includes a bottom wall and which is adapted for receiving the tangs of a saw chain, said cutter bar being mounted on said frame with one of said side plates in overlying relation to said mounting surface, and means in said one side plate defining a lubrication hole communicating with said oil supply conduit and including an outlet communicating with said groove and located in said inside surface of said one side plate above said bottom wall and being defined, in part, by a merging surface which extends in the general direction of intended travel of the saw chain and relative to said inside surface of said one side plate at an angle of greater than whereby to discourage sawdust accumulation in said lubrication hole.
- a chain saw in accordance with claim 11 including a guide plate located between said cutter bar and said mounting surface and including a duct communicating between said oil supply conduit and said lubrication hole.
- a chain saw in accordance with claim 1 1 wherein said side plates each include respective outside surfaces and wherein said lubrication hole includes an inlet on said outside surface of said one side plate, said lubrication hole extending from said outside surface to said inside surface such that said outlet is located in the direction of intended chain travel ahead of said inlet.
- a chain saw in accordance with claim 15 wherein said well is elongated and extends, with respect to the adjacent part of said lubrication hole, in the direction counter to the direction of intended chain travel and in the direction inwardly from the periphery of said cutter bar.
- a chain saw in accordance with claim 1 1 wherein said lubrication hole outlet is elongated and extends, with respect to the adjacent part of said lubrication hole, in inclined disposition in the direction of intended chain travel and in the direction toward the outer periphery of said cutter bar.
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