IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LUBRICATING OF SPINDLES, THE NECKS OR BOLSTERS IN WHICH THE SAID SPINDLES REVOLVE HAVING A TRAVERSING MOTION IN THE SAID NECK OR BOLSTER."
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jacob Henry Radcliffe, of King Street, Oldham,
in the County of Lancaster, Iron and Tin Plate Worker, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LUBRICATING OF SPINDLES, THE NECKS
OR BOLSTERS IN WHICH THE SAID SPINDLES REVOLVE HAVING A TRAVERSING
MOTION IN THE SAID NECK OR BOLSTER."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th August 1865.
I, JACOB HENRY RADCLIFFE, of King Street, Oldham, in the County of
Lancaster, Iron and Tin Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LUBRICATING OF SPINDLES, THE
NECKS OR BOLSTERS IN WHICH THE SAID SPINDLES REVOLVE HAVING A TRAVERSING
MOTION IN THE SAID NECK OR BOLSTER," to be as follows:-
First, my improvements consist of a tin case or tube being affixed to a
spindle which forms a cup or reserve containing oil, the said tube may be
made of different metals, such as brass, copper, or zinc, or it may be cast in
iron in one or more parts.

page_text: Secondly, in affixing a tin tube or case as an oil reserve on the said spindle
I adopt the following:-Supposing the spindles, which are of various sizes, to
be half an inch in diameter, I then inake a tube about three-fourths of an
inch in diameter and about four inches long. I also make another tube about
one and a half inches in diameter and about two inches long; this tube I
place a bottom on, with a hole in the centre so as to allow the first-mentioned
tube to enter the said hole in the bottom. I then solder them together and
on the bottom of the small tube I solder a hoop which has a screw thread
upon it.
Thirdly, in order to affix the above described tube to a spindle, I con-
struct a hoop or boss with a set screw near to the bottom in order to affix
it firmly to the spindle, the said boss or hoop at the top I bore out larger
sufficiently to allow of a screw thread being chased inside so as to allow
the hoop at the bottom of the tube above described to be screwed into the said
boss, and inside the said boss I place a washer of india-rubber, leather, or
other material, so that when the above-named tube is screwed down it binds
the washer to the spindle, thereby making it so as to contain oil when
poured in and forming a reserve on the spindle.
Fourthly, I construct a spiral spring longer than the tube, which I place
on the spindle, so that it will work freely up and down the said spindle inside
the oil reserve or tube.
Fifthly, I do not confine myself to the above-mentioned or described mode
of forming an oil reserve on the said spindle as I can make the same in
various ways. First, a tin case may be. soldered on to the spindle without
the aid of the above-mentioned boss, or it may be driven on the said spindle
so as to contain oil.
Sixthly, in order further to describe the working of the above, I must referr
to the traversing bolster or neck into which the spindle revolves; first, the
bolster or neck being affixed to a part of a machine which has a traversing
motion, or otherwise, the said bolster or neck when affixed to the machine
projects below the framework to which it is affixed in such a manner as to
allow the boss projecting. below 'the framework to enter the larger-or upper
part of the reserve which contains the oil and the spiral spring, thereby. when
in motion pressing down the spiral spring into the oil, and on rising again the
said spiral spring returns to its original position, thereby lifting a quantity of
the oil, and distributing a portion of the same on the said spindle, and causing
a continual lubrication of the said spindle with the same oil.
Seventhly, I do not confine myself in the above improvements to lubricating
spindles used in the manufacture of fibrous materials alone. But I also

page_text: SPECIFICATION- in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
.
by the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 7th February 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JACOB
HENRY RADCLIFFE, of King Street, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Iron
and Tin Plate Worker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of August; in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself; Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe, Her special licence that I, the said
Jacob Henry Radcliffe, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe; my executors, admi-
nistrators, 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 THE LUBRICATING OF SPINDLES, THE
NECKS OR BOLSTERS IN WHICH THE SAID SPINDLES REVOLVE HAVING A TRAVERSING
MOTION IN THE SAID NECK OR BOLSTER," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe, 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 Inven-
tion, 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-Jacob-Henry Radcliffe, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is.
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
First, my improvements for the lubricating of spindles which revolve in
bolsters having a traversing motion up and down the spindle used in the
manufacture of cotton and other fibrous materials, consists of a tin case or
tube being affixed to a spindle which forms an oil cup or reserve containing.
oil. The aforesaid tube may be made of different materials, such as brass,

page_text: copper, or zinc, or it may be cast in one or more parts of iron, in affixing a
tube or an oil reserve on a spindle I adopt the following method:-
Second, suppose spindles which are of various sizes, one of which is shewn
in section Fig. 1, with a neck or traversing bolster B, in which the said
spindle revolves. The spindle I suppose to be half an inch in diameter, I then
make a tube about three-quarters of an inch in diameter and about four inches
long. I also make another tube about an inch and a half in diameter and.
about two inches long. On this tube I place a bottom with a hole in the centre
so as to allow the first-mentioned tube to enter at the said hole, I then solder
them together as shown at El, on plan, and on the bottom of this tube. I solder
an hoop E2, with a screw thread upon it.
Third, in order to fix the above described tube to a spindle, I construct
another boss or hoop E3, with a small set screw upon it. This boss or hoop
I bore to fit the spindle, on the 'top part of this boss, which is made a little
larger, I chase a screw thread inside, so that the hoop E2 will screw inside
the said boss E3, and inside this boss previous to screwing it on the spindle
I place a washer W of india-rubber, cork, leather, or other material, so that
when the tube and hoop E2 is placed on the spindle and screwed down into
the boss it binds the washer tight to the spindle and thereby makes the
tube, into a cup or reserve so as to contain oil when poured in shown
on section D, Fig. 1.
Fourth, I also construct a spiral spring longer than the tube, Fig. 1, C, which
I place on the spindle and inside the oil cup, so that it will move up and down
the spindle with a very slight pressure of the bolster. When in working
operation the oil reserve D is partly filled with oil so that the upper part of
the spring C is dipped into the oil upon the downward pressure of the bolster,
and on the rising again of the bolster, the spring C lifts a portion of the oil up
the spindle, thereby continually lubricating the spindle with the same oil.
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Fifth, I do not confine myself to the above-mentioned or described mode of
forming an oil reserve on a spindle as I can make the same in various ways,
as a tin case or oil cup may be soldered upon the spindle without the boss, or
it may be driven upon the spindle so as to contain oil.
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And in order that my improved mode of lubricating spindles may be properly
understood, and practically adopted in all its bearings, I shall here refer to the
"annexed Drawings of various shapes of spindles and necks or bolsters into
which the spindles revolve, and the different modes of forming an oil reserve,
on the spindle for instance I make a tin tube E, a, and an iron boss to fit the
spindle E, b, with a small set screw in these two I solder together as at E, c; I
also make a cork ring E d, and to affix this tube or oil reserve on the spindle

page_text: I screw the small set screw tight to the spindle. which is in the iron hoop E b
afterwards I slide the cork ring down the spindle to the bottom of the tube Ec
which said cork binds both the spindle and the tin tube, therefore making it
to hold oil when poured in and form an oil reserve i, e;. with regard to the
spring c, in this instance, I place a tin tube at the top as shown in section C
and soldered to the wire spring at top and bottom, so that inside. this tin tube
the wire does not spring at all, and only the part of the wire spring which is
below the tube is used as a spring, so that by this mode it will require less oil
to be in the oil reserve as shown on section, Fig. 2.
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In Fig. 3 I use the same kind of a spring, but in this instance I dispense
with the iron hoop, as E, 6, is a tin tube, I make a little more; taper than in
the last-mentioned tube; E, m, is a țin tube I make to fit tight to the spindle,
I then solder the two together as shown at E, n. In affixing this tube to the
spindle I slide the cork down the spindle, as before named, and resting the end
of the tube E, m, against the pinion wheel which is an ordinary fixed wheel to
drive or give motion to the spindle, as shown in elevation Fig. 6.
Fig. 4 is another. node which I adopt for lubricating of spindles, as for
instance, I make a wire as shown at O, O, the upper part of which is fixed in
the set screw which fixes the bolster to the rail as shown in section on Fig. 4;
on the lower part of this wire I form a number of circles to enclose the
spindle, so that when the bolster is passing down the spindle it dips the circles
of wires into the oil, and on rising again it lifts a portion of it up the spindle,
thereby keeping up a constant and steady lubrication of the same.
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Fig. 5, is an elevation of a spindle with my improved lubricator affixed
to it, as described in section Fig. 2.
Fig. 6, is an elevation of a spindle, as shown on section, Fig. 2, with Masons
long collars or bolsters on. In the hole P, I place a little sponge or wool in
order to convey the oil to the upper part of the bolster.
Fig. 7, is an elevation of a spinning frame spindle without any improvements
being attached.
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Fig.-8-is-a-section-of-the-same with my lubricating apparatus applied,.
which is made in the following manner:-I make the warf and cup as shown
on elevation No. 19, full size, with or without the chased thread inside at the
top as shown on section No. 21. The said warf and cup in this instance is
driven on the spindle and made oil-tight with a little white lead. I also.
5 make a cap for the same, as shown on Fig. 18, which is screwed into the cup
and warf Fig. 19, or may be made without the screw thread upon it as shown
at Fig. 20, so as to fit into the cup Fig. 21, tight.
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page_text: Fig. 9 is an elevation of the said spindle with my lubricating apparatus
applied.
Fig. 10 is a spindle in section, with an oil cup affixed, which is made seperate
from the warf as shown on Fig. 21, which is driven on the spindle, and also
made oil-tight with the aid of a little white lead, and then the cap Fig. 20, is
placed in the cup as shown at the letter Q.
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Fig. 11, is a spindle in section with the cap and cup upon it as shown at
Figs. 22 and 28; this cup and cap may be formed of sheet brass, and likewise
made oil-tight, the cup and cap in this instance being much lighter than that
of cast iron as shown at Figs. 20 and 21.
· Fig. 12, is an elevation of the same.
Fig. 13, is a section of a spindle, with a long bolster upon it; this bolster is
'shown at Fig. 24, full size, the bottom of which I bore out a little larger, so
that it will allow the spring to go a little way into it, thereby allowing a longer
spring to raise the oil in this instance.
Fig. 14, is an elevation of the same spindle with a long bolster upon it.
Fig. 15 is. a section of Masons long bolster which is shown in elevation,
Fig. 6, this bolster being chambered out from R to S, which causes the
necessity for putting the sponge or wool into the hole at P, as before
'described. :
Fig. 16 is a section. of a long bolster which I adopt as a more efficient
means of conveying the oil to the upper part of the collar, and also that the
chamber part as shown at letter x, Fig. 17, may be kept clean. In this in-
stance I make a collar in two parts as shown at Figs. 16 and 18, the upper part
I bore out at the top as a neck for the spindle, the lower part at the letter U
I bore out to fit the outer surface of Fig. 18, I also saw a neck in. as shown
at letter V thereby making it. a split collar, Fig. 18, the lower part of the
collar I also bore to fit the spindle; and I also place inside the split collar
a wire worm, as shown on section, Fig 17,. to convey the oil up to the
top part of the bolster as the spindle revolves in the same. In affixing the
(lower part of this collar inside the split collar at the letter U I screw the set
screw W, which is upon the rail of the machine, up against the split collar,
and thereby forming a long chambered collar.
Fig. 17, is a section of the long collar, before described, showing the arrange-
ment of the wire worm and the split collar fixed to the rail.
What I claim is,-.
First, the affixing of a case or oil reserve on a spindle to contain oil for

page_text: Secondly, the applying of a spring or wire to raise the oil out of the
aforesaid oil reserve as herein described in connection with the bolster.
Thirdly, the arrangement, shewn in Figure 17, of a new bolster with a split
boss and a wire worm in connection with the same, to raise the oil to the,
upper part of the aforesaid long bolster, and to facilitate the cleaning out of
the chamber and wire worm.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jacob Henry Radcliffe, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
JACOB HENRY RADCLIFFE. (L.S.)