IMPROVE- MENTS IN MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING AND LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF RING SPINNING FRAMES
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1881. A communication
from abroad by Joseph W. Wattles, of the State of Massachusetts, United
States of America.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MECHANISM FOR SUPPORTING AND LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF
RING SPINNING FRAMES." A communication from abroad by Joseph W. Wattles,
of the State of Massachusetts, United States of America.
The mechanism constituting this Invention is composed as follows:-An oil cup
or reservoir provided with a screw threaded shank, and a nut to screw thereon,
the said appliances being for fixing the reservoir to the spindle rail of spinning
frames. The said reservoir has a tubular post or oil induct extending up from it
on its outside, the bore of such post being made to open into the reservoir.
In the vertical part of such bore is a female screw to receive the screw threaded
shank of a male screw provided with a head.
Furthermore, there is in the said induct a hole or passage leading laterally out of
it a short distance below its top. This hole is to serve two purposes, viz., to gauge
the height of oil in the reservoir, and as means of introducing oil into the educt
when the beaded screw is in place therein, though above the said opening. The
headed screw,
besides serving as a stopper for the induct and its lateral opening,
is to operate with an annular flange to keep the live spindle from rising upward
while it may be in rapid revolution. This flange extends from the live spindle at
its base and underneath the head of the screw.
Within the reservoir concentrically, and to project upward from it, is a dead or
stationary spindle, which is tubular, and has at the lower part of its bore one or
more oil ducts, to lead from such bore into the reservoir. Within such bore is a
wick spindle, which is conical at its upper end, and is encompassed with a tubular
wick. The said wick extends from the bottom of such spindle to, or nearly to, its
conical top, which answers as a pivot for the live spindle to rest and turn upon,
such live or rotary spindle having in it a conical step or bearing to receive the
conical top or pivot.

page_text: Furthermore, there are or may be to the dead spindle lateral projections or
bearings to bear against the main bore of the live spindle and aid in sustaining
such spindle.
The live spindle is tubular throughout, and has above its main bore, which
terminates at top or the bottom of the step, an auxiliary bore of less diameter,
which leads from the step to the top of the spindle. By means of the bore oil
may be introduced to the pivot and step, and thence to the wick and upper bearings
of the spindles in case of need, but generally speaking the wick will answer to
raise by capillary attraction oil from the reservoir to the pivot and step and upper
bearings of the spindles.
The live spindle has above its whorl a cup to receive the bobbin or the lower
part thereof. The live spindle has its whorl chambered to receive the upper end or
part of the oil reservoir, and serve as a cup or cover to such reservoir. The part
of the spindle that is within the whorl chamber and projects below the whorl is
provided with one or more annular flanges, such being to prevent oil from the
reservoir from rising upon the spindle and coming into contact with the whorl so
as to be thrown laterally therefrom while it may be in rapid revolution. The oil
rising up to either of the flanges will by centrifugal force be discharged therefrom
against the surrounding interior surface of the oil reservoir.
When a quill bobbin is supported on the live spindle, such bobbin is to be held
thereon by friction or adhesive bearings.