IMPROVEMENTS IN FOOTSTEPS AND BEARINGS OF SPINDLES, BOBBIN WHEELS, OR BRAIDS WORKING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SADDLES OF ROLLERS, AND IN APPARATUS AND VESSELS FOR LUBRICATING THE SAME, PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS AND VESSELS BEING APPLICABLE TO LUBRICATING ROLLERS, SHAFTS, SLIDES, OR OTHER BEARINGS
Year: 1873

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to Joseph Revell, of Dukinfield, in the County
of Chester, Contractor, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FOOTSTEPS AND BEARINGS OF SPINDLES, BOBBIN WHEELS, OR BRAIDS WORKING
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SADDLES OF ROLLERS, AND IN APPARATUS AND
VESSELS FOR LUBRICATING THE SAME, PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS AND VESSELS
BEING APPLICABLE TO LUBRICATING ROLLERS, SHAFTS, SLIDES, OR OTHER
BEARINGS."
Bealed the 12th May 1874, and dated the 14th November 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Revell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th November 1873.
I, JOSEPH REVELL, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Con-
tractor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FOOTSTEPS AND BEARINGS OF SPINDLES, BOBBIN WHEELS, OR
BRAIDS WORKING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SADDLES OF ROLLERS, AND IN. APPA-
BATUS AND VESSELS FOR LUBRICATING THE SAME, PARTS OF SUCH APPARatus and

page_text: VESSELS BEING APPLICABLE TO LUBRICATING ROLLERS, SHAFTS, SLIDES, OR OTHER
BEARINGS," to be as follows:-
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The object of this Invention is to economize oil, manual labour,
bobbins, and the wear and tear of the spindles and bearings.
My improvements in footsteps of spindles consist in making an
enlarged oil space or chamber at the bottom end, and likewise at the
top end of the footstep. The oil space or chamber at the bottom end is
cast or made with a convex bottom or as a raised stud or pin in the
centre, upon which the spindle revolves.
My improvements in bolsters or collars for spindles consist in forming
them with a socketed oil chamber, in which revolves a collar whose
upper end encircles tho spindle. They can also be made with a dished
oil cup or chamber in which a ring, stud, or ball is placed to lubricate
the spindle when in motion.
My improvements in bobbin wheels or braids consist in making them
as follows: The upper part is formed with a chamber to contain lubri-
cating apparatus, and on the top is placed a cover with tube or sheath
to carry the bobbin and to prevent contact of bobbin with spindle. The
said cover and sheath can be made in one piece or in separate pieces put
together.
For lubricating the spindles of slubbing, roving, or other spinning
frames when the collars or bolsters have a traversing motion I place a
dished oil cup on the collar or bolster, and in this cup I place loose
rings, studs, or balls made of any suitable material, which convey the
oil to the spindle when revolving.
For lubricating rollers used in spinning I form an oil cup in the
saddle or bearing, in which I place a loose stud, ball, wire, or tube,
around or over which I place loose wool, cotton, sponge, or other
absorbent material to contain oil or other lubricant.
For lubricating shafting or other bearings where desirable I attach an
oil cup, having a space or chamber to receive oil, from which it is con-
veyed by means of capillary attraction to another chamber or cup, made
to contain cotton, wool, sponge, or other absorbent material. This
chamber has a fixed tube projecting upwards from the bottom, in which
is placed a loose tube open or perforated at the sides to carry the oil from

page_text: the saturated material to the shaft or bearing, and when desired this
loose tube can be filled with a wick to assist in conveying the oil.
For oiling locomotive or other slides I use a similar apparatus to the
last described except the loose tube, instead of which I use a short
roller, stud, or ball to deliver the oil to the slide.
For supplying oil to the bearing or apparatus when required I use an
oil can made as follows:-Instead of a cork or stopper being required I
place a feeding tube in the can, and in connection with the feeding tube
I place a loose tube acting both as a feeding tube and air syphon to
admit air.
For large-sized feeding cans I make them wider at the shoulder than
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Revell in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 14th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
REVELL, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester, Contractor, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Fourteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in
the thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Revell, Her
special license that I, the said Joseph Revell, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Revell, 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 FOOTSTEPS AND BEARINGS OF SPINDLES, BOBBIN WHEELS, OR
BRAIDS WORKING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, SADDLES OF ROLLERS, AND IN
APPARATUS AND VESSELS FOR LUBRICATING THE SAME, PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS
AND VESSELS BEING APPLICABLE TO LUBRICATING ROLLERS, SHAFTS, SLIDES, OR

page_text: '
OTHER BEARINGS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Joseph Revell, 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Revell, do hereby de-
clare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Figures on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters of reference marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
The object of this Invention is to diminish friction on the spindles 1
and to economize oil, bobbins, manual labour, and the wear and tear of
the spindles, bobbin braids, and bearings, in connection therewith.
My improvements in footsteps of spindles consist in making an
enlarged oil space or chamber a at the bottom end and another
chamber b at the top end of a footstep c, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. The oil 1
space or chamber at the bottom end is cast or made with a convex or
curved bottom as at d, Fig. 1, or has a raised screw, stud, or pin in
the centre e, Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, upon which the spindle revolves, the
object of such convex or pointed form of the bottom, whether formed
out of the body of the step itself or formed by placing an upright pin,
screw, or stud in the bottom part of the step being to support the
weight of the spindle and to form an end or point upon which the
spindle can revolve freely, and also allowing room for any dirt or
impurities in the oil to get away and settle below the extreme end of the
spindle, which revolves freely in oil, the upper part of the step being
chambered out and furnished with a cover, and on Figs. 3 and 4 the
screw or stud is made adjustable and provided with a chambered
nut.
My improvements in bolsters or collars for spindles shewn in Figs. 7
and 8 consist in forming them with a socketed oil chamber f, in which
revolves a collar g, whose upper end encircles the spindle h, and they
can also be made with a dished oil cup or chamber, in which a ring or
ball is placed to lubricate the spindle when in motion.

page_text: Another of my improvements in bolsters consists in chambering them
out or forming them of an inner and outer tube, cylinder, or casing
closed at the lower end, forming a bearing, socketed bolster, and oil cup
combined, in which the inserted socket or collar on the spindle revolves
in oil, the object being to retain oil in the bolster as in a footstep.
My improvements in bobbin braids or wheels are to chamber them
out at the upper end to contain lubricating matter and apparatus for the
spindles and bearings, and to furnish them with caps or covers, and tubes
or sheaths, to prevent friction of the spindle with the bobbin and to
prevent oil getting from the spindle or bearing to the bobbin and to
prevent oil from getting to or soiling the cotton, wool, silk, or other
material which is being twisted or spun.
In Fig. 10 the bobbin wheel is chambered as at m, and has at the top
the cover n provided with a tube or sheath p and lug q to carry the
bobbin. The cap or cover and tube or sheath forming the upper part of
the bobbin braid can either be made in one piece or casting to reach on
and from and around the top of the braid, up the spindle level with the
top of the bobbin, or to any other height desired, or the tube and cap
can be made in one, two, or more separate parts, so that the cap or cover
can be used either with or without the tube or sheath encircling the
spindle within the bobbin.
If used jointly the tube or sheath can be loosely attached to the cover
or fixed firmly if desired. The upper end of the tube or sheath can be
socketed if desired and have a loose collar encircling the spindle and
revolving in an oil socket in the upper end of the tube or sheath.
The cap or cover is made to revolve with the braid by means of pins,
snugs, slots, or holes in or attached to the braid made to fit corresponding
pins, snugs, slots, or holes in the covers.
For lubricating the spindles of slubbing, roving, or other spinning
frames when the collars or bolster have a traversing motion I place a
dished oil cup on the collar or bolster, and in this cup I place loose
rings r, Fig. 10, or balls. 8, Fig. 9, made of any suitable material, which
convey the oil to the spindle when revolving.
In another arrangement of the bobbin braid it is made in one casting
as follows: To the bottom of the wheel is cast or fixed a tube or collar
as long as may be desired. The said tube or collar revolves in a socketed
bearing or bolster containing oil, and on the upper part of the wheel is

page_text: cast or fitted on a collar or tube in which the spindle revolves, and
which acts as a bolster or bearing for the upper part of the spindle, and
when required the upper part of the tube may be socketed to contain
oil and to form a bearing for the inserted collar on the spindle, as shewn
in Fig. 4.
For lubricating rollers used in spinning I form an oil cup in the
saddle or bearing, in which I place a loose stud, ball, wire, or tube, around
or over which I place loose wool, cotton, sponge, or other absorbent
material to contain oil or other lubricant.
For lubricating shafting or other bearings where desirable I attach an
oil cup having a space or chamber to receive oil, from which it is con-
veyed by means of capillary attraction to another chamber or cup made
to contain cotton wool, sponge, or other absorbent material. This
chamber has a fixed tube projecting upwards from the bottom, in which
is placed a loose tube open or perforated at the sides to carry the oil :
from the saturated material to the shaft or bearing, and when desired
this loose tube can be filled with a wick to assist in conveying
the oil.
For oiling locomotive or other slides I use a similar apparatus to the
last described except the loose tube, instead of which I use a short 2
roller, stud, or ball to deliver the oil to the slide.
For suppling oil to bearings or apparatus when required I use an oil
can made as follows :-Instead of a cork or stopper being required I
place a feeding tube in the can, and in connection with the feeding tube
I place a loose tube acting both as a feeding tube and air syphon to 2
admit air.
For large sized feeding cans I make them wider at the shoulder than
at the bottom end, and these cans are shewn in Figs. 11 and 12.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be a
understood that I claim,-
First. The chambering of the footstep so as to have the bottom end of
the spindle continuously working in oil or other lubricating matter,
and also to receive the dirt or refuse deposited, the bottom of the spindle
working on a stationary convex, curved, or other shaped surface, or on 3
an adjustable screw or stud covered by a lock nut when desired.

page_text: Secondly. The adaption of a cup in the bobbin wheel or braid
bevelled out so as to contain oil, and in which cup are placed rings, or
balls, or washers to convey the oil to the spindle, which arrangement is
also applied to horizontal shafting.
Thirdly. The collar arrangement for relieving the bearing of the top of
the spindle by adjusting an inner tube, which works in a chamber
formed by a second tube and a hollowing out of the top of the collar,
as shewn in Fig. 4.
And, Fourthly. The improvements in oil cans, as shewn in Figs. 11
and 12.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Revell, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.