IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OF APPARATUS FUE SPINNING UK TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jabez Bunting Farrar, of Halifax, in the County
of York, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
LETTERS PATENT to Jabez Bunting Farrar, of Halifax, in the County
of York, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OF APPARATUS FUE SPINNING UK TWISTING FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jabez Bunting Farrar
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st June 1868.
I, JABEZ BUNTING FARRAR, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPINNING OR
TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to means of lubricating the spindles or bobbin
studs of cup and cap spinning and twisting frames, and for cleaning
the spindles in fly spinning and twisting frames, and consists in the
application to each spindle or stud of a washer or ring of felted or
fabricated fibrous substance or absorbent material saturated with oil
or other lubricant with a cover of metal or other suitable material
placed over it.

page_text: In applying this Invention to cup frames the lubricating washer is
placed on the stud above and resting on the top rail with the cover
over it enclosing the said washer, and upon this cover may be placed
a hardened metal washer for the cup to rest or rotate upon, or the cover
may be of hardened metal or material for that purpose. In the appli-
cation thereof to cap frames and as a cleaner in flyer frames this
lubricating washer with its cover is placed on the bobbin lifter rail
with the cover over it which may be hardened or have a hardened
washer placed thereon for the bobbin tube to rest or rotate upon.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jabez Bunting Farrar in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 1st December 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JABEZ
BUNTING FARRAR, of Halifax, in the County of York, Machine Maker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the First day of June, 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 Jabez Bunting Farrar, Her special
licence that I, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jabez Bunting
Farrar, 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 OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
SPINNING OR TWISTING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar, 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 Invention, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar, 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 and accompanying Sheet of Drawings (that is
to say) :-
:-
:
This Invention relates to means of lubricating the spindles or bobbin
studs of cup twisting and cap spinning frames and for cleaning the
spindles in fly spinning and twisting frames, and consists in the appli-
cation to each spindle or stud of a washer or ring of felted or fabricated
fibrous substance or absorbent material saturated with oil or other
lubricant with a cover of metal or other suitable material placed
over it.
In applying this Invention to cup twisting frames the lubricating
washer is placed on the stud above, and resting on the top rail with
the cover over it enclosing the said washer, and upon this cover may
be placed a hardened washer of metal or other material for the cup to rest
or rotate upon; or the cover may be of hardened metal or material for
that purpose. In the application thereof to cap spinning frames, and as
a cleaner in flyer frames, this lubricating washer with its cover is placed
on the bobbin lifter rail with the cover over it, which may be hardened
or have a hardened washer placed thereon for the bobbin tube to rest
or rotate upon.
In order that this Invention may be fully understood I herein give
reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrating the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 represents an elevation full size of a cup twister.
A is the spindle or bobbin stud fixed in the lifter rail B, and passes
through the top rail C which is a fixture to the framing; D is the
bobbin carried upon the collar A' of the stud;. E is the cup having
a hollow stem with a wharle or whirl F at the bottom end by which
tho said cup is caused to rotate on the stud as usual; G is a metal
cover resting on the rail, and H is a hardened washer upon which
the cup is supported and rotates, and I is a washer or ring of fabricated
or fibrous substance saturated with oil or other lubricant. Fig. 2
represents a cap spinner; J is the spindle or stud fixed in the rail K
(which is a fixture to the framing) and passing through the bobbin
lifter rail L carries the cap M on the top end; N is the bobbin placed

page_text: on the bobbin tube P in the usual manner; R is the cover with a
hardened washer upon it supporting the bobbin tube, and S is the
lubricating washer.
It will be readily seen that as by the action of the lifter rail in
the cup twister the studs are constantly sliding in close contact with
the lubricating washers the lubricant will be absorbed therefrom and
conveyed within the hollow tubes of the cups, and also in like manner
the lifter rail in the cap spinner causes the lubricating washers to slide
upon the studs, and thereby convey the lubricant within the bobbin
tubes, and the absorbtion of the lubricant being in such small quantities
as not to allow of any waste thereof. Also the close fitting covers of the
lubricating washers prevent any dirt entering and also evaporation
or drying of the lubricant.
It will also be observed that these washers and covers are very
readily applied to existing frames without any alteration thereof, also
that any one of them can at any time be examined and a fresh supply
of lubricant given if required without stopping the frame..
. By this Invention a considerable saving is effected in oil or lubricant
and also in labour, wear and tear, and power, as it is found that a fresh
supply of the lubricant is only required about once every fortnight.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jabez Bunting Farrar, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the within-named Jabez Bunting
Farrar, in the presence of
ARTHUR B. CROSSLEY,
Clerk to W. Tasker,
Patent Offices,
JABEZ B. FARRAR. (L.S.)
Halifax & Bradford.