A PROFLUVIUM BOX, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYING CARRIAGE AND ALL OTHER KIND OF WHEELS WITH OIL, BY WHICH MEANS THERE IS A CONSTANT FLOWING, OR FLUX AND REFLUX
Year: 1789

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NORTON, of Berners Strect, in the Parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, otherwise
Mary-bone, in the County of Middlesex, Coachmaker, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Twenty-seventh day of August last past, did give unto me, the said James
Norton, His special licence, full power, sole priviledge and authority, for the
term of years therein mentioned, to make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A
PROFLUVIUM BOX, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPLYING CARRIAGE AND ALL OTHER KIND
OF WHEELS WITH OIL, BY WHICH MEANS THERE IS A CONSTANT FLOWING, OR FLUX
AND REFLUX;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging me,
the said James Norton, to particularly describe and ascertain the nature of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instru
ment in writing under my hand and seal, and cause the same to be inrolled
in the Court of Chancery within one calendar month next after the date
thereof, as by the Letters Patent, reference being thereto had, will more fully
appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Norton, do hereby declare that my said Invention is particularly
described and ascertained in the Drawings in the margin of these Presents
made, and the references thereto and explanations, as follows (that is to
say)

page_text: Fig. 1, the end of the nave of the wheel, exhibiting the hoop and race or
the oil receiver and spring ketch.-a, the face of the spring ketch, through
which the oil is conveyed into the receiver by a funnel, as appears by the
section Figure 10. b, the front of the receiver.
Fig. 2, the nave of the wheel lengthways, shewing the side of the spring
ketch, which opens by the pressure of a pin with the hand.-a, one side of the
spring ketch, shewing it in the state when opened. b, the hoop, which may
be angular or circular. c, the nave of the wheel. d, the iron hoop next the
bed of the carriage. e, the reservoir at the extremity of the nave next the
bed of the axletree, as is more fully described by the Fig. 9, 9, and by the
section Fig. 10. f, the bed of the axletree.
Fig. 3, a representation of one end of the axletree.-a, the bed of the axle-
tree. b, the shoulder of do. c, the arm of do. d, the screw at the end of do.
e, the nut of the screw of do. f.f, channels through which the pin is put to
secure the nut on to the screw.
Fig. 4, a representation of the profluvium box, with its ribs and channels,
for the flux and reflux of the oil.-a, a, the rings or fillets, whose diameters
are made to fit the case for the said box (which case is Fig. 6), and are
soldered thereto at each end for retaining the oil when conveyed therein, that
it may flow through its proper channels. b, b, b, the channels through which
the oil flows. c, a small hole at the top of the said box through which the oil
passes on to the axletree, after having traversed the channels, as is seen in the
section Fig. 10 at f. d, d, the ribs.
Fig. 4*, a section of the said box, shewing the division of the channels and
position of the ribs.-a, a, a, the ribs. b, b, b, the channels. c, the entrance
for the oil.
Fig. 5, another representation of the profluvium box, as Fig. 4, shewing
where the oil enters the lower channel at a.
Fig. 6, the case of the box Fig. 4 and 5, into which case the aforesaid box
is soldered at each extremity, as before observed.-a, a, triangular ribs, fitted
into the nave of the wheel. b, b; b,.b, b, stubbed ends, which fit into mortices
in the back of the door of the receiver and door of the reservoir, to steady and
secure the whole.
Fig. 7, 7, the oil receiver, the back of the door of which is fixed on to the
end of the case, box, and axletree by screws.-a, a, the screw holes and mor-
tices. b, mortice. c, a sinking on the back of the door to receive the small
fillet of the box Fig. 4. d, a hole through which the end of the arm of the
axletree passes at the worm, which, when the said door is fixed, the nut
is screwed and pinned thereto; the nut is therefore concealed in the said

page_text: receiver. e, the oil receiver, which is screwed on to the face of the door at f.f.
9, the spring ketch, as is more fully described Fig. 8, 8. h, the hole through
which the oil passes from the receiver into the channels.
Fig. 8, 8, two representations of the spring ketch, which is screwed on to
the face of the receiver Fig. 7, 7, and through which the oil is conveyed by a
funnel, as seen by the section Fig. 10.
Fig. 9, 9, the reservoir, the back of the door of which is fixed on to the fillett
at the other extremity of the case, box, and bed of the axletree by screws.--
a, a, the screw holes and mortices. b, mortice. c, a sinking on the back of
the door. d, d, a rim on which the cap of the reservoir is screwed. e, a hole
through which the shoulder of the axletree passes. f, the cap of the reservoir.
g, the inside of do. h, the hole through which the shoulder of the axletree is
continued to meet the bed, all which will more plainly appear by the section
Fig. 10.
Fig. 10, a section of the nave lengthways, containing the axletree, case, box,
receiver, reservoir, and spring ketch, with the funnel and oil vessel, shewing
the manner of conveying the oil into the receiver, and the passage through the
door underneath the nut of the screw into the lower channel through the rim
(as seen Fig. 5 at a), which, when full, rises into the upper channels
through b*, Fig. 4, which, when supplied, passes through the hole c, Fig. 4,
on to the axletree; the overflowing of the oil or surplus, occasioned by rising
ground or otherwise, falling into the reservoir, and the oil making its progress
along the axletree and lower part of the box into the receiver, and so making
continual revolutions.-a, a, section of the nave. b, b, do. of the case of the
box, as Fig. 6. c, c, do. of the box, with ribs and channels at Figure 4 and 5.
d, d, d, the same where soldered together at the ring or fillets. e, the entrance
for the oil. f, the hole through which the oil passes on to the axletree.
9, 9, 9, the cap and door of the reservoir. h, the reservoir. i, i, the box and
door of the oil receiver. k, the spring ketch, with the channel through which
the oil is conveyed into the receiver, which when done the channel is corked
up. 1, the axletree. m, the nut and screw.
Fig. 11, a profluvium box, calculated for the use of wheel and mill work, of
all descriptions, having its parallel sides, and is to be supplied with oil at
either or both ends.-a, a, the axis of the wheel. b, the profluvium box, with
its ribs and channels, having 4 ribs and 4 channels, and receiving its supply of
oil at each end.
Fig. 12, the same in its case, with an oil receiver fixed at each end; the oil
receiver differing from the former only by the manner of supplying it with the
oil, by the spring ketch being fixed in the top and even with the surface, the

page_text: ketch opening by the pressure of a pin as the former.-a, the case of the
profluvium box. .b, b; the oil receiver. c, the spring ketch.
N.B. My said Invention not only lessens the friction, but also promotes
the ease and velocity of wheelwork, and is applicable to all sorts of wind or
water mills, steam engines, cranes, blocks, capstones, and all machines turning
on an axis or a pin for any purpose whatever, and which may be made of
wood, or any kind of metals.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Norton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth of September One thousand seven
hundred and eighty-nine.