Improvements relating to Means for Applying Oil, Whiting and similar Substances to Rubbers, Cleaners, or Clearers in Machinery for Preparing Flax and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements relating to Means for Applying Oil, Whiting and
similar Substances to Rubbers, Cleaners, or Clearers in Machinery
for Preparing Flax and other Fibrous Materials.
I, JAMES WALLACE, Junior, of Brookhill Avenue, Belfast, in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Mill Manager, 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 :-
My invention relates to means for applying oil, whiting and similar substances to
rubbers, cleaners or clearers in machinery for preparing flax, cotton and other fibrous
materials, for example, in spread-boards, doubling-frames, drawing-frames, roving-
frames, and carding-machines.
Heretofore it has been customary to apply oil by hand to the rollers of such
machines to remove dirt and other substances therefrom, and to such rubbers, cleaners
or clearers to enable them the more easily and effectually to keep the rollers free from
gum, dirt and the like. This operation, however, entails a considerable amount of
labour and has the disadvantage that the attendant who applies the oil may injure the
material by the application of too great a quantity thereof.
Now my invention is designed to provide the means whereby oil, whiting or
similar cleaning substance (whether liquid or in the form of powder) will be auto-
matically applied to a rubber, cleaner or clearer, that is to say, to provide means for
holding oil or other cleaning substance and giving it out either slowly and con-
tinuously, or at regular intervals to the said rubber, cleaner or clearer.
For this purpose, I use a roller so arranged that it will supply oil, whiting or other
substance to the rubber, cleaner or clearer. Or I employ a trough containing the
oil or other substance and a band, wire or chain dipping into the same and moving in
contact with the rubber. Or I use other suitable devices.
In some instances, I combine automatic oiling devices with rubbers such as arc
described in the specification accompanying my application for Letters Patent dated
25th April A.D. 1887, No. 5985.
In other instances, I apply my invention to ordinary revolving rubbers, using a
separate oil-roller or oil-band for each roller or pair of bosses.
In the accompanying drawing, I have shown a sectional elevation of part of a
roving-frame provided with a travelling band or rubber as described in my said
former specification, and having my present improvements applied thereto.

page_text: A is part of the frame of the machine. B is the pressing-roller. C is the boss-
roller. The rubber-rollers and bands or belts are constructed and arranged as
described in the said former specification and the same reference letters as are used
therein are employed to indicate the several parts.
k is a roller of wood or other suitable material covered with flannel or the like,
which is to be kept moistened with oil. This roller is carried by arms pivoted upon
a rod fixed in the frame of the machine, so that the roller k is free to move upon or
about the axis of the said rod. A notched disc or cam m is fixed upon the driving shaft c.
The roller rests upon the periphery of this disc or cam, and each time the notch in
the said cam arrives beneath the said roller, the latter will be permitted to rest upon
the rubber-band or belt e and apply a small quantity of oil to the same.
n is a roller similar to the roller k, and to which whiting or similar substance is
to be applied when necessary. This roller is in contact with the lower rubber-band
or belte and is arranged to be rotated thereby so that it will continuously or at
intervals supply whiting to the same.
e, and
According to another modification of my invention, 1 fix the arms on the rod /
and provide means whereby the said rod may, at suitable periods, be partially rotated
either by hand or automatically, to remove the roller k from the band or belt
then released to permit the said roller to come into contact with the said band or belt.
I may, however, use other suitable means for obtaining an intermittent supply
of oil to the rubber-band or belt; or I can arrange to have the oil-roller continuously
in contact with the said band or belt.
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My present invention affords the following advantages, viz. The rollers require
no washing. By the regular supply of a very small quantity of oil to the rubber it is
made more efficient in its action, and
lick up
is reduced to a minimum. The
rollers take a much better surface when slid and when working. There is less risk
of the material being injured by oil than there is when washing the rollers. By the
application of a regular supply of whiting to the rubber acting on the boss-roller the
latter is kept in better order than heretofore. Brushing out is dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it understood
that I claim -
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First. The provision of means for automatically applying oil, whiting or similar
substances to the rubbers, cleaners or clearers of machinery for preparing flax, cotton
and other fibrous materials.
Second. The combination, with an oil-roller, of means for moving the same
alternately into and out of contact with the rubber, cleaner or clearer, substantially as,
and for the purpose, set forth.
Third. The combination, with a travelling band or belt serving as a rubber, cleaner
or clearer, of an oil or whiting roller and means for moving the same alternately into
and out of contact with the said band or belt, substantially as described with reference
to the accompanying drawing for the purposes specified.
Fourth. The combination, with a rubber, cleaner or clearer, of a band, chain, wire
or the like arranged to dip into oil contained in a suitable receptacle, and to apply
such oil to the said rubber, cleaner or clearer, substantially as, and for the purpose,
set forth.
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