IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING OIL OR LUBRICATING FLUID TO THE AXLES OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Barrans, of New Cross, in the County of
Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING
OIL OR LUBRICATING FLUID TO THE AXLES OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES.".
Sealed the 19th May 1857, and dated the 21st November 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Barrans at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st November 1856.
I, JOSEPH BARRANS, of New Cross, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
APPLYING OIL OR LUBRICATING FLUID TO THE AXLES OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for applying
oil or lubricating fluid to the axles of railway carriages and locomotive
engines. For these purposes an oil box or vessel is formed in or applied to an
axletree box, in which one or more rotating surfaces are used; it is preferred
to have a cylinder or cylinders on a suitable axis, which by their revolution
bring up the oil or lubricating material to the under surface of the axle, and
The lubricating
they apply such fluid to the under surface of the axle.
cylinder or cylinders pass through openings in a cover to the vessel or box

page_text: containing the oil or lubricating material, such cover resting on the surface of
the lubricating cylinder or cylinders and acts as a doctor or scraper, and at-
the same time prevents the splashing of the oil or lubricating fluid; and when
using more than one cylinder, it is preferred to employ dividing plates in the
vessel, to prevent the fluid being thrown towards one end of the vessel. The
cylinder or cylinders are pressed up to the axle by a spring or springs or
suitable apparatus.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Barraus in the Great Seal Patent Office on tho
20th May 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
BARRANS, of New Cross, in the County of Surrey, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Joseph Barraus, Her special license that I, the said Joseph Barrans,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Joseph Barrans, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR APPLYIING OIL OR LUBRICATING FLUID TO THE AXLES OF RAILWAY
CARRIAGES AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Joseph Barrans, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the samo was to bo performed, and causo the samo to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Barraus, do hereby declare tho
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for applying oil

page_text: or lubricating fluid to the axles of railway carriages and locomotive engines..
For these purposes an oil box or vessel is formed in or applied to an axletree
box, in which one or more rotating surfaces are used; it is preferred to have a
cylinder or cylinders on a suitable axis, which by their revolution bring up the
oil or lubricating material to the under surface of the axle, and they apply.
such fluid to the under surface of the axle. The lubricating cylinder or
cylinders pass through openings in a cover to the vessel or box containing the
oil or lubricating material, such cover resting on the surface of the lubricating
cylinder or cylinders, acts as a doctor or scraper, and at the same time
prevents the splashing of the oil or lubricating fluid; and when using more
than one cylinder, it is preferred to employ dividing plates in the vessel, to
prevent the fluid being thrown towards one end of the vessel. The cylinder
or cylinders are pressed up to the axle by a spring or springs or suitable
apparatus.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, Figure 2 is a side elevation, Figure 3
is an under side view, and Figure 4 is a plan, of a railway axletree box having
my Invention applied thereto. In all these Figures the same letters are used
to indicate the same parts. The lower part of the axletree box is made
suitable for containing oil or other fluid lubricating matter, as is shown.
a is a roller or cylinder below the axletree. The lower part of the surface
of the roller or cylinder a revolves in the lubricating fluid, and its upper
surface communicates such fluid to the under surface of the axletree, against
which the roller or cylinder is constantly pressed by springs at a¹ under the
axles of the roller or cylinder a. In order to prevent too much lubricating
fluid being carried up by the roller or cylinder a, a cover b, acting as a doctor
or scraper, is used; but this, if preferred, may be dispensed with. The
Drawing shows the application of only one roller or cylinder a, but more may
be used if desired, in which case it is preferred that there should be partitions
across the box to divide it into several compartments, and that the compart-
ments should only communicate with each other by a small hole through each
partition, by which the lubricating fluid will be generally kept to a like level
in the several compartments of the box; and in the event of any sudden
inclination, the lubricating fluid will only pass slowly through the partitions.
c is a plug, by which a supply of fluid is allowed to be introduced into the box.
In order to provent the lubricating fluid getting away, and also to prevent dust

page_text: or dirt getting into the box, a metal ring d is used, which embraces the axle;
the ring d is made in two halves or parts, and the upper part rests on the axle
by its own weight, and the lower part is kept up thereto by a tight spring d'.
e is a stop for adjusting the end play of the axletrec, and it is kept in position
by the set screw e.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Barrans, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twentieth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight bundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
S. CARPMAEL..
JOSEPHI BARRANS. (L.B.)