AN IMPROVED * METHOD OF LUBRICATING AXLETREES OF FIXED ENGINES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Auguste Gobert, of 49, Rue du Marché, in the
City of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, but now staying at the
Great Northern Hotel, King's Cross, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED
* METHOD OF LUBRICATING AXLETREES OF FIXED ENGINES."
Sealed the 7th May 1867, and dated the 10th November 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Auguste Gobert at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th November 1866.
I, AUGUSTE GOBERT, of 49, Rue du Marché, in the City of Brussels, in
the Kingdom of Belgium, but now staying at the Great Northern. Hotel,
King's Cross, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ax
IMPROVED METHOD OF LUBRICATING AXLETREES OF FIXED ENGINES," to be as
follows:-
An oil cup or reservoir is fixed at a lower level than the axle bearing to
which the oil or other fluid lubricating matter is to be applied; the oil cup
contains the cushion on which the axle revolves; a hole or opening is made
in the cushion. A wick. or pad possessing the property of capillary attraction
is inserted in the oil cup or reservoir, and passes through the hole or opening

page_text: of the cushion, so that one end of the wick or pad shall touch the axle
bearing to be lubricated, and the other end shall dip into and absorb the oil
or other lubricating matter. The wick or pad is supported by a collar or
case of metal or any rigid substance, and is kept in its place and in constant
contact with the axle bearing to be lubricated by a spring and guide or other
mechanical contrivance ; and such cup or reservoir may be made with an
aperture in the lower part closed by a screw plug or any suitable mechanical
contrivance, so as to allow of the cleansing of it and the introduction of
another wick or pad when required without dismounting the axle bearing or
the cup.
The object of this Invention is to apply oil and other fluid lubricating
matters to the axletrees of fixed..engines in motion from beneath through the
agency of a wick or pad passing through the cushion and possessing capillary
attraction, and I claim to be entitled to the whole and every part or parts of
such Invention, and to every method of using and applying the same.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Auguste Gobert in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
8th May: 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AUGUSTE
GOBERT, of 49, Rue du Marcbé, in the City of Brussels, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, but now staying at the Great Northern Hotel, King's Cross, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me,, the said Auguste Gobert, Her special licence that I, the said Auguste
Gobert, my executors, administrators, and assigns; or such others as I,
the said Auguste Gobert, 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
"AN IMPROVED, METHOD OF LUBRICATING AXLETREES OF FIXED ENGINES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Auguste Gobert, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one

page_text: of their hands and, seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same 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 Auguste Gobert, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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:-
.
An oil cup or reservoir is fixed at a lower level than the axle bearing to
which the oil or other fluid lubricating matter is to be applied; the oil cup
contains the cushion on which the axle revolves; a hole or opening or several
holes or openings are made in the cushion on which the axle revolves. A
wick or pad, or several wicks or pads, or a combination of both possessing the
property of capillary attraction, are inserted in the oil cup or reservoir, and
pass through the hole or holes of the cushion, so that one end of the wick or
pad shall touch the axle bearing or machinery to be lubricated, and the other
end shall dip into and absorb the oil or other lubricating matter. The wick
or pad is supported by a collar or case of metal or any other rigid substance,
and is kept in its place and in constant contact with the axle bearing or
machinery to be lubricated by a spring and guide or other mechanical
contrivance; and such cup or reservoir is when requisite to be made with an
aperture, through which the oil or other fluid lubricating matter may be
introduced at such a level that when the oil cup or reservoir is filled up to it
the oil or other lubricating matter will not overflow; this aperture is to be
closed by a lid and washer or suitable contrivance; and such cup or reservoir
may be made with an aperture in the lower part closed by a screw plug or
any suitable mechanical contrivance, so as to enable the cup or reservoir to be
cleansed when requisite without stopping the machinery nor dismounting the
axle or the cup.
The above Invention consists in the hole made through the cushion, on
which the axletrees of fixed engines revolve, and the object of this Invention
is to apply oil and other fluid lubricating matters to the axletrees of fixed
engines in motion from beneath through the agency of a wick or pad passing
through the cushion and possessing capillary attraction, and I claim to be
entitled to the whole and every part or parts of such Invention, and to every
method of using and applying the same.
The following is the description of the Drawing relating to the above.
Invention Figure 1, 2, and 3 show a horizontal shaft; Figure 4, 5, and 6,

page_text: show a vertical shaft; Figure 7. and 8 show a pulley; Figure 9, 10, 11, -
and 12-show a piston guide; Figure 13 and 14 show a connecting rod..
In these Figures A is the oil cup or reservoir; B, the opening for the
introduction, of the oil; C; the plug for cleansing the cup or reservoir'; D,
the lubricating wicks and pad; E, the cushion through, which the hole: is!
made., .
In witness whereof, I, the said Auguste Gobert, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.