An Improvement Applicable to the Spindles of Machinery for Pre- paring and Spinning Textile Materials and to other Vertical or Inclined Spindles.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th Jan., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement Applicable to the Spindles of Machinery for Pre-
paring and Spinning Textile Materials and to other Vertical or
Inclined Spindles.
I GEORGE HENRY WRIGLEY of 57 Church Terrace Mossley (near Manchester) in
the County of York Machine Fitter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention is designed principally to be applied to mule spindles or to other
similar spindles employed in machinery for preparing spinning and doubling cotton
and other textile materials, but it is also applicable to such other vertical or inclined
revolving spindles or shafts as have their lower end supported in a footstep or oil cup.
The object of the invention is to prevent the waste of oil caused by the throwing
out of the same from the footstep or oil cup by the centrifugal action of the revolving
spindle and also to prevent the admission of fibres fluff, or dirt into the footstep or
oil cup which clogs the oil and necessitates the frequent cleaning out of the footsteps.
The invention consists of a removable cap or cover which is attached to the spindle
just above the footstep or oil cup. This cap or cover is made preferably of steel but
it may be made of other suitable metal or material. It is in the form of an inverted
cup or flange with a short neck or tube embracing the spindle. I prefer to split the
neck or tube so that it may fit tightly and revolve with the spindle, at the same time
that it can be adjusted to the proper height and removed when necessary.
cap or cover should be of a rather smaller diameter than the interior of the oil cup
and it should be so arranged as to revolve freely just inside the upper rim of the
latter.
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The action of this hollow cap is that it arrests all the oil that is thrown upwards and
outwards by the centrifugal action of the revolving spindle, and returns it into the
cup
or footstep, and at the same time it acts as a cover to prevent the admission of
any fibres, fluff, or dirt into the latter, and thus there is a great saving not only of the
oil but also of the wear and tear of the spindle and footstep as well as of the time and
labor required for oiling and cleaning out of the same.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: CUMI LEID SIMIFICATION,
An Improvement Applicable to the Spindles of Machinery for Pre-
paring and Spinning Textile Materials and to other Vertical or
Inclined Spindles.
I GEORGE HENRY WRIGLEY of 57 Church Terrace Mossley (near Manchester) in
the County of York, Machine Fitter 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 is designed principally to be applied to mule spindles or to other similar
spindles employed in machinery for preparing spinning and doubling cotton and other
textile materials, but it is also applicable to such other vertical or inclined revolving
spindles or shafts as have their lower end supported in a footstep or oil cup.
The object of the invention is to prevent the waste of oil caused by the throwing
out of the same from the footstep or oil cup by the centrifugal action of the revolving
spindle, and also to prevent the admission of fibres, fluff, or dirt, into the footstep or
oil cup which clogs the oil and necessitates the frequent cleaning out of the footsteps.
The nature of my said invention will be readily understood on reference to the
annexed sheet of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of part of a mule spindle with my invention applied thereto,
the footstep and part of the spindle rail being shown in section, and Fig. 2 is a similar
view. of a modification thereof.
a, a is the spindle-b, b the spindle rail, and e, the footstep.
The invention consists of a removable cap or cover d, d which is attached to the
spindle a, a just above the footstep or oil cup c, c. This cap or cover d, dis maide
preferably of steel but it may be made of other suitable metal or material. It is in
the form of an inverted cup or flange with a short neck or tube d*, embracing the
spindle. I prefer to split the neck or tube as shown at Fig. 1, so that it may fit
tightly and revolve with the spindle a, a at the same time that it can be adjusted to
the proper height and removed when necessary. The cap or cover d, d should be of a
rather smaller diameter than the interior of the oil cup c, c and it should be so arranged
as to revolve freely just inside the upper rim of the latter.
The action of this hollow cap d, d is that it arrests all the oil that is thrown upwards
and outwards by the centrifugal action of the revolving spindle a, a-and returns it
into the oil cup or footstep c, c and at the same time acts as a cover to prevent the
admission of any fibres, fluff, or dirt, into the latter and thus there is a great saving
not only of the oil but also of the wear and tear of the spindle and footstep as well as
of the time and labor required for oiling and cleaning out of the same.

page_text: As a modification I sometimes make the cap d, d in two pieces fitted together in the
form of a button (as shown in section at Fig. 2).
These are loose upon the spindle and enclose a small split ring e, e or bush (preferably
of vulcanite) which embraces the spindle a, a.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
:-
An inverted cap or cover attached to the spindle just above the footstep by a short
neck or tube embracing the same, the edge of the inverted cap fitting loosely and
revolving just within the upper rim of the footstep or oil cup.
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.