CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING, DOUBLING; OR TWISTING FIBROUS MATERIALS, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR LUBRICATING THE FOOT BEARINGS COPANY VERTICAL SHAFTS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Marsh, of Dukinfield, in the County of
Chester, Iron Moulder, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING, DOUBLING; OR TWISTING FIBROUS MATERIALS, WHICH IS ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR LUBRICATING THE FOOT BEARINGS COPANY VERTICAL
SHAFTS."-A communication from abroad by Thomas Marsh, of Rhode
Island, United States of America.
Sealed the 28th August 1866, and dated the 5th May 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Marsh at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th May
. 1866.
I, JAMES MARSH, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Iron Moulder, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, IN
Apparatus For LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING,
DOUBLING, OR TWISTING, FIBROUS, MATERIALS, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE. FOR
LUBRICATING THE FOOT BEARINGS' OF ANY VERTICAL SHAFTS," (being & com-
munication to me from; abroad by Thomas Marsh, of Rhode Island, United
States of America,) to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to a novel arrangement and construction of apparatus
for lubricating that portion of vertical shafts or shafts slightly. inclining from.
the perpendicular, and also of spindles employed in spinning, doubling, or
twisting machinery which bears and rotates in bottom bearings or "footsteps.".

page_text: The improvements consist in the novel arrangement and construction of
such "footsteps" for the purpose; the portion thereof in which the bottom of
the shaft bears is of a cup-like form, and this cup-like bearing is screwed or
otherwise secured into another outer cup or recess of larger dimensions, so as
to leave a space between the two cups, and the space is enclosed at the top by
a concave or dished flange extending from the inner cup over the space to the
outer, such flange forming the lid or cover thereto. The side of the footstep
or inner cup-like bearing is slotted or perforated in order that oil or liquid
lubricants conveyed to or poured into the hollow or dish of the "footstep"
will flow through the perforations into the said space, which acts as a
reservoir or receiver to supply lubricant to the frictional part of the bearing of
the shaft or spindle until the lubricant decreases in the reservoir, so as to fall
below the perforations.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Marsh in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 8th
October 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
MARSH, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Iron Moulder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said James Marsh, Her special license that I, the said James Marsh, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Marsh, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING, DOUBLING, OR TWISTING FIBROUS MATERIALS, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE
FOR LUBRICATING THE FOOT BEARINGS' OF ANY VERTICAL SHAFTS," a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Thomas Marsh, of Rhode Island, United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Marsh, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and

page_text: 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.
. NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Marsh, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying. Drawings (that is to say):-
The Invention relates to a novel arrangement and construction of apparatus
for lubricating that portion of vertical shafts, or shafts slightly inclining from
the perpendicular, and also of spindles employed in spinning, doubling, or
twisting machinery which bears and rotates in bottom bearings or "footsteps."
And the improvements consist in the novel arrangement and construction of
such "footsteps" for the purpose; the portion thereof in which the bottom of
the shaft bears is of a cup-like form, and this cup-like bearing is screwed or
otherwise secured into another outer cup or recess of larger dimensions, so as
to leave a space between the two cups, and the space is enclosed at the top by
a concave or dished flange extending from the inner cup over the space to the
outer, such flange forming the lid or cover thereto. The side of the footstep
or inner cup-like bearing is slotted or perforated in order that oil or liquid
lubricant conveyed to or poured into the hollow or dish of the footstep will
flow through the perforations into the said space, which acts as a reservoir or
receiver to supply lubricant to the frictional part of the bearing of the shaft or
spindle until the lubricant decreases in the reservoir, so as to fall below the
perforations.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made about the full
size.
The various Figures in the Sheet of Drawings represent vertical sections of
the improved footstep; Figs. 1 and 2 being adapted more particularly for the
spindles of "mules" in fine spinning throstles, and Figs. 3 and 4 for the
spindles of "roving" or slubbing frames.
a, a, is the outer cup or recess, in which is screwed or otherwise secured
the inner cup or footstep b; the space c formed between these two caps is
formed for the purpose of receiving oil or other lubricant which is conveyed
thereto from the hollow dish d of the footstep through the perforation e com-
municating therewith. The space c serves as a reservoir to supply lubricant
to the frictional parts of the bearings of the shaft or spindle until the
lubricant decreases in the reservoir, so as to fall below the perforation.

page_text: Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I. wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim the novel and peculiar arrangement and construction.
of the apparatus employed as self-lubricating bottom bearings and "footsteps"
for vertical spindles or shafts; as herein-before described and illustrated..
In witness whereof, I, the said James Marsh, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
$
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES, C.E.,
Office for Patents,
4, St. Ann's Square,
Manchester.
'JAMES MARSH. (L.S.)
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