Lubricant dispenser and holder therefor

Abstract

These objects are attained in a mount for a lubricant dispenser and that has a protective casing forming a cavity adapted to hold the dispenser and having a lower edge and a bracket having a lower generally horizontal leg on which the lower edge of the casing sits. An outlet fitting is provided on the lower leg positioned to received lubricant from the dispenser in the cavity of the casing sitting on the lower leg.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . In combination with a lubricant dispenser, a mount comprising:
 a protective casing forming a cavity adapted to hold the dispenser and having a lower edge;   a bracket having a lower generally horizontal leg on which the lower edge of the casing sits; and   an outlet fitting in the lower leg positioned to received lubricant from the dispenser in the cavity of the casing sitting on the lower leg.   
     
     
         2 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the casing has inwardly oriented projections in the cavity for gripping the lubricant dispenser. 
     
     
         3 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the casing is generally cylindrical, centered on an upright axis, and has an upwardly convex upper end. 
     
     
         4 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the casing is at least partly transparent. 
     
     
         5 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the casing is of lesser wall thickness in an upper region of the cavity than in a lower region of the cavity. 
     
     
         6 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a centering member on the lower leg of the bracket and in the cavity for aligning the casing on the bracket.   
     
     
         7 . The combination defined in  claim 6 , further comprising a snap connection or a seal connecting the casing and the centering member. 
     
     
         8 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the lower leg is formed with vertically throughgoing holes beneath the cavity. 
     
     
         9 . The combination defined in  claim 1 , wherein the bracket has an upright fastening plate having a lower edge from which the lower leg projects horizontally and an upper edge from which an upper leg projects horizontally, the upper leg forming at least one hole adapted to receive and surround the casing holding the dispenser. 
     
     
         10 . The combination defined in  claim 9 , wherein the fastening plate, the upper leg and the lower leg are formed unitarily from sheet metal. 
     
     
         11 . In combination:
 a generally cylindrical lubricant dispenser centered on an upright axis and having on the axis a downwardly open outlet;   a bracket having
 an upright wall plate provided with formations for attachment to a support and having an upper edge and a lower edge, 
 an upper leg projecting horizontally from the upper edge and formed with a hole through to which extends the dispenser, 
 a lower leg projecting horizontally from the lower edge, supporting the dispenser, and forming a protective part having an area equal to at least 80% of the hole, the upper and lower legs both having outer corners remote from the plate and rounded back toward the plate over at least a third of a horizontal projection of the respective leg from the plate, the bracket being formed at a corner at the lower edge between the plate and the lower leg with a throughgoing aperture; and 
   a feedthrough fitting in the lower wall engaged with the outlet.   
     
     
         12 . The combination defined in  claim 11 , wherein the hole is circular and wherein a radius of the corner rounding on the upper leg is greater than or equal to a radius of the hole. 
     
     
         13 . The combination defined in  claim 11 , wherein the protective part is circular and the lower leg has connecting webs that connect the protective part to the fastening plate. 
     
     
         14 . The combination defined in  claim 11 , wherein the upper leg is formed with at least two holes next to each other and the lower leg has at least two respective protective parts beneath the holes on the lower leg, each hole and the respective lower leg adapted to receive a respective dispenser. 
     
     
         15 . The combination defined in  claim 14 , wherein the lower leg is formed between the protective parts with an aperture and with an indentation formed on a free end of the lower leg.