Improvements in the Oiling of Hutch Axles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1896
TRUVIDIONAL
Improvements in the Oiling of Hutch Axles.
I, JOHN LOVE, Lynedoch Cottage, Loanhead, Midlothian, North Britain,
Colliery Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My said invention has for its objects, by means of improved apparatus and
arrangements, to expedite the processes employed in oiling hutches, to reduce the
quantity of oil used, and to diminish the expenditure of labor.
In carrying out my invention, I have a box made of cast iron with recesses on
each side where moveable cods are placed, one above the other, for the purpose of
holding springs in position. The upper cods form a bearing for the axle of a
wheel placed in the centre of the box. The wheel, when moved by the hutch to be
oiled, carries the oil up, and thus cils the axle of the hutch. It is well known
that the wheels of hutches are not all of one size, being reduced by tear and wear.
The principle of my invention lies in placing springs in the recesses of the box
under the cods that bear the oiling wheel. When a tub or hutch, with wheels of
small size, is run over, it pressés on the oiling wheel and bears down the cods,
and when the butch passes over, the wheel is raised to its former height by the
springs.
DL: 00-11
November 1905
Improvements in the Oiling of Hutch Axles.
1, JOHN LOVE, of Lynedoch Cottage, Loanhead in the County of Midlothian,
North Britain, Colliery Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the oiling of hutch axles and has for
its object, to expedite the processes employed in oiling hutches, to reduce the
quantity of oil used and 10 diminish the expenditure of labour.
But in order that my said invention may be more readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is an elevation and
Figure 2 a plan of my improved apparatus.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cast iron box A provided at each side
with a recess a within which are mounted, so that they are capable of sliding up
and down movable cods B. The said cods are placed one above the other and
are provided with a tail piece b for the purpose of holding the springs C in
position.
Within the said box A I mount a wheel D the axle of which is carried by the
upper cods; the said wheel when moved by the hutch to be oiled, carries the oil
up, and thus oils the axle of the hutch.

page_text: It is well known that the wheels of hutches are not all of one size, being reduced
by tear and wear; by my invention however when a tub or hutch, with wheels of
small size, is run over, the axle presses on the oiling wheel and bears down the
cods, and when the butch passes over the wheel is raised to its former height by
means of the said springs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. In means for oiling hutch axles, the employment of a wheel mounted within
an oil box whereby whenever a hutch passes over it, oil is fed from the box by
means of the wheel on to the axle of the hutch, substantially as herein before
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In means for oiling hutch axles, mounting the wheel, within the box, upon
cods which are operated by springs, whereby the axles of hutches with wheels of
different size can all be oiled, substantially as herein before described and shewn
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of August 1896.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.