IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF ACTING APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING SHAFTING
Year: 1884

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I, EDWARD WHITELEY of Park Cottage, Lockwood near Huddersfield Yorkshire,
Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SELF ACTING APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING SHAFTING "
to be as follows:--
My Invention consists in the employment of apparatus for giving a continuous
supply of oil or other lubricant to shafting.
In order to carry out my invention I connect any ordinary feed cup to the
pedestal or bracket intended to be lubricated, and on the shaft I fix a disc having
an annular groove formed in it.
When the feed cup is supplied with oil it gradually finds its way into the pedestal,
and the rotary motion of the shaft works the lubricant out of the said pedestal
where it drops into a dish placed to receive it, and as one end of the dish is in
connection with the annular groove in the disc, the droppings of the oil are
received by it and carried around by centrifugal force to the top when it falls into
another dish or pipe, and conveyed back again to the feed cup, by which means
the oil is continuously carried around until it is all used up, consequently frequent
oiling is rendered unnecessary.
Dated this 30th day of Decembar 100A
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
1, Commercial Street, Halifax
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, EDWARD WHITELEY of Park Cottage Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SELF-ACTING APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING SHAFTING" and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention consists in the employment of apparatus for giving a continuous
supply of oil or other lubricant to revolving shafting.
In order that my invention may be better understood I herein give reference to
the accompanying Sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
A is a shaft revolving in brasses or other bearings B, in an ordinary pedestal C
supported by a bracket D in the usual manner. My invention is shewn at E
which consists of a disc made with an annular groove a and secured upon the said
shaft A by any suitable means.
The annular groove is, supplied with lubricant by a pipe or channel F from
a trough G and as the disc rotates the lubricant in the annular groove is carried
around by centrifugal force the lubricant coming into contact with the stripper or
pipe H which lubricant immediately passes down the said pipe and is conveyed
through the brasses onto the shaft, which is freely and continuously lubricated
thereby.
As the shaft rotates, the lubricant works its way out at each end of the brasses,
and drops into the trough G again; a sieve or perforated plate I being employed to
prevent dirt and grit from getting into the trough.
It will be apparent that instead of having a trough under the shaft containing
oil that a cup of oil may be connected to the upper brass B, and as it works out
at the ends it may be allowed to drop into a dish and be conveyed to the' disc by
a similar pipe or channel to F.
By this means shafting may be continuously lubricated at a small cost in oil, as
it is used over and over again without waste.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Firstly. For lubricating shafting a disc having an annular groove formed
therein for the purpose of lifting the lubricant from bottom to top by centrifugal
action in manner substantially as herein shewn.
Secondly. The means herein shewn and described for re-using the lubricant
until the supply is exhausted.