Band lubricator for cutoff machines and the like

Claim 1

AN APPLICATOR FOR APPLYING LIQUID LUBRICANT TO AN ENDLESS SAW BAND IN A BRAND MACHINE OF THE TYPE WHEREIN A STRAIGHT SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL CUTTING STRETCH OF THE BAND IS HELD BY A PAIR OF SPACED APART GUIDE MEANS WITH ITS SIDE SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY UPRIGHT AND ITS TEETH LOWERMOST, SAID APPLICATOR COMPRISIGN: AN ELONGATED SHOE HAVING AN INVERTED U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION, WITH A LENGTHWISE EXTENDING BIGHT PORTION DEFINING AN ELONGATED DOWNWARDLYK FACING SURFACE AND A PAIR OF OPPOSITE LEGS PROJECTING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BIGHT PORTION AND HAVE OPPOSING ELONGATED UPRIGHT SURFACES SPACED APART BY A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF A SAW BAND, SAID SHOE BEING ADAPTED TO SLIDINGLY STRADDLE A SAW BAND IN THE CUTTING STRETCH THROUGH WITH ITS SAID BIGHT PORTION SEATED DIRECTLY ON THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BAND AND ITS LEGS CLOSELY BUT SLIDABLY CONTACTING THE SIDE SURFACES OF THE BAND ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF ITS WIDTH BETWEEN ITS UPPER EDGE AND THE GULLETS OF ITS TEETH; MEANS ON THE SHOE PROVIDING AN ABUTMENT WHICH FACES IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIAL LENGTHWISE OF THE SHOE AND WHICH IS ENGAGABLE WITH A RELATIVELY FIXED PART ON A BAND SAW MACHINE ADJACENT TO ONE OF ITS BAND GUIDE MEANS TO RESTRAIN THE SHOE AGAINST MOVING FORWARDLY ALONG THE SAW BAND WHICH THE SHOE STRADDLES; MEANS IN THE SHOE DEFINING A PASSAGE THAT OPENS DOWAWARDLY THROUGH ITS BIGHT PORTION AND THROUGH WHICH LIQUID LUBRICANT CAN BE INTRODUCED INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE LEGS TO BE SPREAD OVER THE SIDE SURFACES OF A SAW BAND BETWEEN THE LEGS BY SAID OPPOSING SURFACES ON THE LEGS AS THE SAW BAND MOVES RELATIVELY TO THE SHOE; AND MEANS FOR COMMUNICATING SAID PASSAGE MEANS WITH A SOURCE OF LIQUID LUBRICANT.