Engine attachment for valve gear lubrication

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH AN AUTOMOTIVE V-8 ENGINE HAVING AN ENGINE BLOCK WITH A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY INCLINED CYLINDER HEADS THEREON, EACH OF THE HEADS INCLUDING A FLAT SLOPING UPPER SURFACE HAVING A LOWER TRANSVERSE PORTION WITH AN OIL RETURN PORT THEREIN, AND ALSO HAVING AN UPPER TRANSVERSE PORTION, A STATIONARY HOLLOW ROCKER ARM MOUNTING SHAFT AFFIXED TO THE FLAT SLOPING SURFACE OF EACH HEAD, A PLURALITY OF ROCKER ARMS ON THE SHAFT, THE SHAFT HAVING MEANS FOR APPLYING OIL FROM THE INTERIOR THEREOF TO THE EXTERIOR THEREOF FOR LUBRICATING SAID ROCKER ARMS, SAID SHAFT ALSO HAVING AN OIL OVERFLOW DISCHARGE MEANS CONNECTED THERETO SO AS TO SPILL OIL FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE SHAFT ONTO THE SLOPING SURFACE FROM WHICH THE OIL FLOWS INTO SAID RETURN PORT, AND A COVER SECURED TO EACH HEAD SO AS TO ENCLOSE THE SLOPING SURFACE THEREOF, THE ROCKER ARMS AND MOUNTING SHAFT, A GASKET BETWEEN EACH OF SAID COVERS AND ITS RESPECTIVE FLAT SLOPING SURFACE, SAID BLOCK ALSO HAVING AN OIL SUPPLY PORT THEREIN FOR SUPPLYING OIL UNDER PRESSURE, AN ATTACHMENT CONNECTED TO SAID ENGINE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBE MEANS DISPOSED AT THE EXTERIOR OF SAID BLOCK AND HEAD AND HAVING A SUPPLY END, SAID TUBE MEANS BEING BRANCHED TO PROVIDE A PAIR OF DISCHARGE ENDS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SUPPLY END OF SAID TUBE MEANS WITH SAID OIL SUPPLY PORT IN THE ENGINE BLOCK, A PAIR OF FLUID CONNECTORS EACH APPLIED ONTO THE END OF THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF A RESPECTIVE SHAFT, AND IN TIGHT FITTING FRICTIONAL RELATION WITH SAID SHAFT, EACH OF SAID CONNECTORS HAVING AN OIL PASSAGE THEREIN, EACH PASSAGE HAVING AN INNER END COMMUNICATING WITH THE HOLLOW INTERIOR OF THE SHAFT AND ALSO HAVING AN OUTER END, EACH OF THE DISCHARGE ENDS OF THE TUBE MEANS BEING AFFIXED IN THE OUTER END OF THE PASSAGE IN A RESPECTIVE CONNECTOR, EACH OF SAID DISCHARGE ENDS OF EACH TUBE MEANS PASSING OVER THE UPPER TRANSVERSE PORTION OF ONE OF THE RESPECTIVE FLAT SLOPING SURFACES OF ONE OF SAID CYLINDER HEADS AND EXTENDING UNDER SAID GASKET AND AN EDGE PORTION OF SAID COVER WHEREBY TO SUPPLY OIL TO THE INTERIOR OF SAID SHAFT FOR LUBRICATING THE ROCKER ARMS, EACH OF SAID DISCHARGE ENDS BEING FLATTENED WHEREBY IT EXTENDS UNDER SAID COVER SO AS NOT TO SEPARATE THE EDGE OF SAID COVER FROM SAID FLAT SLOPING SURFACE MORE THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID GASKET.