Improvements in the Means for Lubricating the Bearings in Shafting, Axles, and Machinery.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means for Lubricating the Bearings in
Shafting, Axles, and Machinery.
I, DAVID APPLETON, of 28 George Street, Cheetham Hill Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to a means for lubricating the bearings in shafting, axles,
and machinery, and the object of this invention is to avoid waste and prevent
injury to articles during the process of manufacture, caused by oil falling thereon
from the machinery employed. In this invention I form a solid lubricant in the
shape of a bar, and of a consistency that will sustain a proportionate weight when
placed on end.
I construct lubricating receivers such as a' shown on the accompanying drawing
which is a transverse section representing the bearing of an axle or a shaft, with
aforesaid lubricants placed in tubes or receivers in position for lubricating the
bearings.
The precise contour or outline of these receivers may vary according to the uses
to which they may be applied.
In the drawing 6 is the bearing of an axle or shaft which is supported by the
block a to which the receivers a¹ are attached for holding the solid lubricant d.
The tube a¹ has a cap or cover a² at the upper end, which will unscrew and take
off when a solid lubricant requires to be placed therein or renewed.
When a solid lubricant is placed in the tube a¹ the lower end of said lubricant
rests on the shaft or that part that requires to be lubricated.
The weight e which is recessed is then placed on the upper end of the lubricant,
said lubricant is thereby prevented touching the sides of the receiver but is always
in contact with the part to be lubricated.
When the cap a² is screwed on, the indicator f which is attached to the weight e,
is passed through the cover, and as the lubricant is absorbed the indicator descends
and gives notice when a further supply is needed.
Dated this 14th day of July 1893.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means for Lubricating the Bearings in
Shafting, Axles, and Machinery
1, DAVID APPLETON of 28 George Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Mechanic, 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 relates to a means for lubricating the bearings in shafting, axles,
and machinery, and the object of this invention is to avoid waste, and prevent
injury to articles during the process of manufacture, caused by oil falling thereon
from the machinery employed.

page_text: I effect this object by the means hereinafter described and as illustrated in the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show my invention applied to the bearings of machinery and
shafting with a single lubricator employed;
Fig. 4 represents two lubricators employed for a long bearing, and
Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections of a lubricant in a case constructed according
to my invention.
In these views similar letters refer to similar parts.
In this invention I form a solid lubricant as it, in the shape of a bar, and of a
consistency that will sustain a proportionate weight when placed on end. I
construct lubricating receivers such as a either of glass or metal, and place
within these receivers the aforesaid solid lubricant in a position for lubricating the
bearing. The precise contour or form of the case or receiver for containing a
lubricant as d may vary to suit circumstances, and the case a may consist of gas
piping and be permanently attached to the bearing as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, or
said case may form a part of the bearing as shown in Figs. 3 and 6.
In the drawings a is a receiver or case, of a tube form, that is inserted into, or
forms a part of a bearing as c for an axle or shaft b. The lubricant d is placed
within said case, the lower end d' resting on the shaft or axle to be lubricated.
The upper end of the lubricant may be inserted in a weight e which is
recessed and is placed within the case a so as to prevent the lubricant coming into
contact with the inside of the case. The tube forming the case a has a cap or
cover a¹ at the upper end that will unscrew and take off when a solid lubricant
'requires to be placed therein or renewed. When the cap or cover a¹ is screwed
on to the case, the indicator that is attached to the weight e is passed through the
cover a¹, and as the lubricant is absorbed, the indicator descends and gives notice
when a further supply is needed.
When a transparent case is employed, the aforesaid indicator and the cover a¹
may be dispensed with, and in some cases the lubricant may be employed without
the weight e, or said weight may be counterbalanced by weights g as in Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. For lubricating the bearings in shafting, axles, and machinery, the use of a
solid lubricant as d in the form of a rod or stick, substantially as berein before
described.
2nd. In combination with a solid lubricant as d, a receiver or case as a that may
be attached to, or form a part of the bearings in shafting, axles, and machinery,
in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before described.
3rd. A receiver or case for holding a solid lubricant constructed and arranged
so as to form a part of the bearing in shafting axles and machinery substantially as
herein before described.