IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Elcc, of the City of Manchester, Machine
Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING THE
SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING."
Sealed the 14th August 1868, and dated the 25th February 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Elcc at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th February 1868..
I, JOHN ELCE, of the City of Manchester, Machine Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRI--
CATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING," to be as.
follows:
. My Invention consists in making the top of the lifting: rail and foot--
step rail of throstle spinning and doubling frames of a concave form,
and recessing the collar of the footsteps and bearing to the same form
and level with the concave surface of the rails; a strip of flannel or.
other absorbing material having holes through for the spindles to pass.
fits in this concave groove, and the groove and flannel are covered by
means of a ribbed rail, the object of which in the lifting rail is to
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page_text: raise the flannel washer of the bobbin above the lubricating material,
and in the footstep rail to prevent the escape of the lubricating material
thrown off the spindles by centrifugal force, the ribs of the rail coming
within the outer edges of the concave groove. The groove above
referred to permits the lubricating material to pass from one spindle
to another, and the flannel serves as a filter to the lubricating material
and collects the dust and dirt. This mode of lubricating is also
applicable to the footstep rails of mules.
Another part of my Invention consists in making a vertical groove
in the lower and thicker part of throstle spindles on which the usual
wharve is fixed to allow the lubricating material to pass from the upper
part of the spindle to the footstep.
By means of these improvements power and lubricating material are
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Elce in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 22nd August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ELCE, of the City of Manchester, Machine Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the. said John Elce, Her special license
that I, the said John Elce, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said John Elce, 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 LUBRI-
CATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Elce, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or

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one 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 Scal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Elcc, 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 (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists in making the top of the lifting rail and
footstep rail of throstle spinning and doubling frames of a concave
form, and recessing the collar of the footsteps and bearings to the
same form and level with the concave surface of the rails, a strip of
flannel or other absorbing material having holes through for the
spindles to pass fits in this concave groove, and the groove and
flannel are covered by means of a ribbed rail, the object of which
in the lifting rail is to raise the flannel washer of the bobbin above
the lubricating material, and in the footstep rail to prevent the escape
of the lubricating material thrown off the spindles by centrifugal
force, the ribs of the rails coming within the outer edges of the
concave grooves. The grooves above referred to permit the lubricating
material to pass from one spindle to another, and the flannel serves
as a filter to the lubricating material, and collects the dust and dirt.
This mode of lubricating is also applicable to the footstep rails of
mules.
"
Another part of my Invention consists in making vertical grooves in
the lower and thicker part of throstle spindles on which the usual
wharve is fixed to allow the lubricating material to pass from the upper
part of the spindle to the footstep.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings.
Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a spindle with its
adjuncts, to which my improvements in lubricating arc applied. a is
the spindle; b, the wharve by which it is driven; c, the flyer; d, the
bobbin; e, the footstep rail; f, the stationary bolster rail; and g, the
lifting rail, on which are the friction washers g', and which is raised
and lowered in the ordinary manner to distribute the yarn evenly on

page_text: the bobbins; h is a ribbed rail placed over the footstep rail e to prevent
the lubricant being thrown off by centrifugal force, all these parts are
made as usual.
My improvements consist in making the upper surface of the rails e
and fof a concave form, and in recessing the collars of the footsteps e¹ 5
and bushes or bearings f¹ to the same form and level with the concave
surface of the rails. The strips of flannel or other absorbing material e³
and fare laid in the grooves in the rails e and f, and these strips
have holes in them for the spindles to pass through; the ribbed rails
gand.h are so constructed that the inner edges of the ribs overlap the 1
concave grooves, by which arrangement the oil or other lubricant that
may be thrown off the spindle by centrifugal force is conveyed again
into the concave grooves, and thence descends to the spindles.
concave grooves in the rails e and f permit the lubricating material
to pass from one spindle to another, and the strips of flannel e and 1
f by collecting the dust and dirt serve as filters to the lubricating
.material.
The
Another part of my Invention consists in making vertical grooves a¹
-see Figures 1 and 2, in the lower and thicker part of throstle spindles;
these vertical grooves allow the lubricating material to pass from 2
the upper part of the spindle through the wharve 6 to the foot-
.step.
The object and effect of the improvements above described is to
economise power and lubricating material.
·
Figure 3 represents my improvements as applied to the spindle of 2
a ring and traveller throstle; the parts marked a, a, b, d, e, e¹, e², ƒ‚ƒ¹‚ ƒ³,
and h are similar to those described in reference to Figure 1. The
Jifting rail g is provided with the usual rings g³ and travellers g³.
Figure represents my improvements as applied to an ordinary
'throstle spinning or doubling frame, the parts marked a, a, b, c, d, e, 3
.e, e, and are similar to those described in reference to Figure 1.
In this case my improvements are limited to the footstep rail, and
the lifting railf is made without the grooved recess and without
the ribbed rail to support the bobbin which rests as usual on the friction
washer g¹.
My improvements in lubricating may be applied to the footstep rails
of mules for spinning or doubling.
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page_text: Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described
various modes of performing the same, I declare that I claim as my
improvements in lubricating the spindles of machinery for spinning and
doubling,―
First. Making the lifting or bearing and footstep rails of machines
for spinning and doubling with a concave groove, and recessing the
footsteps and bearings to correspond, as shewn and described.
Secondly. Making the inner edge of the ribbed rail to overlap the
concave groove, and thus to prevent the waste of the lubricant, as shewn
and described.
And, lastly. The vertical grooves in the spindles of throstle frames
to convey the lubricant from the upper bearing to the footstep, as shewn
and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Elce, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this 20th day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
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