IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING AND COVERING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBROUS MATERIALS. PROVISIONA!
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Billington Booth, of Preston, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
LUBRICATING AND COVERING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR
PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBROUS MATERIALS.
PROVISIONA! SPECIFICATION left by the said John Billington Booth
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 11th April 1870.
I, JOHN BILLINGTON BOOTH, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING AND COVERING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY
FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be
as follows:-
I combine the foot step with an oil chamber and tubular cover for
the lower part of the spindle, arranged so as to serve the triple purpose
of a spindle step for the foot of the spindle to stand and work in, and a
permanent and secure oil box or cistern around the lower part of the
spindle, and enlarged if necessary around the hollow part of the spindle
foot to hold a considerable quantity of oil or other lubricating material
for the continual lubricating of the spindle; and also to act as a complete

page_text: cover for the whole of the lower part of the spindle, extending or
reaching to and even into the wharve, which I hollow out for that
purpose, thus keeping the oil reservoir or cistern and the lower part of
the spindle below the wharve entirely free from dust and dirt. In some
I make the said
cases I shorten the length of the tubular cover.
improved spindle step, oil box, and cover in one piece, or I insert a piece
of step metal, brass, or other material for the spindle foot to stand and
work in; this piece may be screwed or fixed in its place either from the
upper or lower end of the step, but I prefer the former. In some cases
I make the step and oil chamber together and carry the cover partially
over the spindle to any convenient height so long as the oil chamber
is not-affected. I also_construct_an_oil_chamber or cistern shaped to fit
and securely fasten to a spindle foot step, to which I firmly unite it, and
the foot step and chamber being so united they combine a foot step and
secure oil cistern, capable of containing a large quantity of oil or other
lubricating material around the hollow part of the spindle foot for
continual lubrication. I make the oil chamber to fit the foot step, and
firstly, to encircle the hollow of the spindle foot; secondly, to reach
partially up the spindle; and thirdly, in some cases I combine with it
a tube to reach to the wharve on the spindle, thus answering the triple
purpose of a foot step, oil chamber, and cover for the spindle. I mako
these improved oil chambers, cisterns, or tubes, of any suitable metal;
porcelain, glass, or other materials. I construct an improved spindle
foot step so as to form a considerable oil chamber around the hollow part
of a spindle foot. I unite the oil chamber or cistern or oil chamber and
tube to the outside, inside, or top of the above improved foot step, or to all
ordinary spindle foot steps now in use, and to which it or they can be
readily and most conveniently applied and united, and I fasten them
together to make a permanently secure oil chamber with plaster of Paris,
cement, screwing, brazing, or other suitable means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Billington Booth in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 11th October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BILLINGTON BOOTH, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, send a
recting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of April, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-
third year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Billington Booth, Her special licence,
that I, the said John Billington Booth, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Billington Booth, my
exccutors, 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 APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING AND COVERING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN
MACHINERY FOR PREPARING, SPINNING, DOUBLING, AND WINDING FIBROUS
MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Billington Booth, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describo 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 John Billington Booth, 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 thereof, reference being had to the Figures
on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and to the letters of reference.
marked thereon, that is to say :-
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, are sections of some of the ordinary foot steps
having shallow recesses for the lubricating matter, and these Figures
are shewn in order that my improvements may be compared with them,
and in the various Figures a, represents the spindles; b, the hollow
part of the spindle foot; c, the foot steps; d, the oil chambers or cisterns;
and e, the covers.
My Invention consists in combining in various ways the foot step with
an oil chamber and cover for the lower part of the spindle, arranged
so as to serve the triple purpose of a spindle step for the foot of the
spindle to stand and work in, and a permanent and secure oil chamber
or cistern and cover around the lower part of the spindle.

page_text: In Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 14, and 14, I represent
the lower ends b of the spindles a of different sizes in connection with
various forms of oil chambers d, covers e, and foot steps c, the spaces
forming the oil chambers or cisterns being turned out of the solid metal
or cast in the metal. Each chamber or cistern enlarged around the
hollow part of the spindle foot as shown at Figures 12, 17, 18, 20, 26º,
28, and 35, holds a considerable quantity of oil or other lubricating
material for the continual lubricating of the spindle, and also acts as a
complete cover to protect the oil around the spindle foot and keeps it
always clean, and when required 1 extend the cover even into the
wharve, which is hollowed out for that purpose, thus keeping the oil
chamber or cistern and the lower part of the spindle below the wharve
entirely free from dust and dirt, and some of these extended. covers
marked e arc shewn in Figures 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22, the
sorter covers being shewn in Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
14, and 14. I make the said improved spindle step, oil cistern, and
cover in one piece, or insert a piece of step metal, brass, or other
material for the spindle foot to stand and work in, and this piece may be
screwed or fixed in its place either from the upper end of the step as at g,
Figure 20, or screwed or fixed in from below, as shewn at h, Figures
21, 22, 23, and 24, the covers or tubes e in Figures 20, 21, and 22,
extending into the wharves, which are hollowed out for that purpose as
shewn in Figures 18, 19, 21, 38, and 46. It will be seen that in some
cases I make the combined foot step and oil chamber to cover only the
hollow part of the spindle as shown in Figures 5, 6, 10, 11, and 13,
and in other cases extend the oil cistern cover partially over the spindle
to any convenient height as shewn in Figures 7, 8, 9, 12, 23, 25, and 20,
so long as the oil chamber is not affected. I also construct an oil
chamber or cistern shaped to be fitted and fastened to a spindle foot step,
the chamber and foot step being so united as to combine a foot step and
secure oil cistern capable of containing a large quantity of oil or other
lubricating material around the hollow part of the spindle foot for
continual lubrication, and two different forms and sizes of the oil
chamber are shewn detached in Figures 27 and 28. In some cases I
make the oil chamber fit the foot step so as to encircle the spindle foot
as shewn in Figures 29, 30, and 31. In other cases I make it reach
partially up the spindle as in Figures 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37, or I
combine with it a tube to reach to the wharve on the spindle as shewn
in Figures 38 and 39, thus answering the triple purpose of a foot stop,

page_text: oil chamber, and cover, and I make these improved oil chambers and
covers or tubes of any suitable metal, porcelain, glass, or other material.
Other forms of my improved spindle foot steps, each having a large oil
chamber around the hollow part of the spindle foot are shewn in
Figures 37, 40, 41, and 42; and by one arrangement I make the interior
of the step so that should there be any deposit from the oil or other
source it may settle in the hollowed part of the step, keeping the clear
lubricant in direct contact with the spindle foot. I unite the oil chamber
or cistern or oil chamber and tube to the outside, inside, or top of my
improved foot step, Figures 43, 44, and 45, or to all ordinary spindle
foot steps now in use, and to which it or they can be readily and most
conveniently applied and united, and I fasten them together to make a
permanently secure oil chamber with plaster of Paris, cement, screwing,
brazing, or other suitable means, see Figures 27, 28, 29, 32, 36, 38,
and 40.
It is well known that in ordinary spindle foot steps now in use the oil
is subject to be thrown out, and dust and dirt gather round the top of the
step and absorb the oil. My aim as a spindle maker and spindle footstep
maker has been to overcome these defects by constructing an improved
spindle step, oil chamber, and tubular cover for the lower part of the
spindle together, separately, or combined. The step and oil chamber may
be formed together, and the oil chamber or cavity made of any suitable
dimensions to supply the requirements of the particular class of spindles,
these steps and oil chambers being suitable for every description of
spindle footsteps, whether for slubbing, roving, spinning, doubling, or
winding, and by my improvements new footsteps may be made in one
or more parts or pieces so long as the object is attained. It will be
perceived that these improvements can be readily applied to or combined
with present foot steps now in use in the various forms shewn in the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and thereby save the necessity of
entirely new foot steps by converting them into what may be called
self-lubricating spindle foot steps. The oil chamber being suitably con-
structed according to my improvements encircles the spindle foot,
encloses the oil, keeping it always in direct contact with the spindle foot,
prevents the oil from being thrown out, gathers no dust or loose fibre,
which therefore absorbs no oil, and the improved spindle steps or steps
and oil chambers, instead of requiring to be supplied with oil several
times a week like the ordinary spindle steps now in use, will retain the

page_text: oil for a very long period for the continual lubrication of the spindle foot,
effecting a very large saving of oil or other lubricant, and consequently
much of the time now required in oiling and cleaning.
I may observe that by my improvements in the method of making
the oil chamber and cover separately, and attaching the same to the
foot step by means of screwing or otherwise, admits of the foot step being
readily taken to pieces and put together again when the necessity may
arise for cleaning and examining the inside of the step or oil chamber,
and it will also render its application to present foot steps easy to
accomplish.
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 understood that I claim the improved spindle foot steps, oil chambers,
and tubes and covers suitably constructed together, or formed of separate
parts or in combination for new foot steps, or to apply to spindle foot
steps now in use and applicable to spindles employed in machinery for
preparing, spinning, doubling, or winding fibrous materials, the oil
chamber being formed to hold and enclose a considerable quantity of oil
or other lubricant around the spindle foot and in direct contact with it
free from fibrous or absorbent materials, small ducts, or other like
devices, as all such improvements are herein described and illustrated in
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Billington Booth, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy.
Signed, scaled, and delivered by the
within-named John Billington
Booth, in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES,
Patent Agent,
J. B. BOOTH. (L.S.)
Manchester.