A New Means and Method of Automatically Lubricating the Picker. Spindles and Picking Bowls of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1889

page_text: 'Date of Application, 27th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 26th Apr., 1890
A New Means and Method of Automatically Lubricating the Picker.
Spindles and Picking Bowls of Looms for Weaving.
I, JAMES HOLLINGWORTH, of the firm of Hutchinson Hollingworth and Company
Limited, of Dobcross, Yorkshire, Power Loom Makers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in a new form of apparatus for automatically lubricating
the picker spindles and picking bowls of looms for weaving. As is well known,
these parts of looms require constant lubrication, and if left to the workman it is
often omitted, and if done, frequently too much oil is placed on the parts,
consequently the movement of the picker throws the oil about the loom, soiling the
fabric being woven.
The object of my invention is to provide a self acting or automatic means fo.
continuously supplying lubricant to the picker spindles and the picking bowls of
looms, and in order to carry out my invention with respect to the picking spindles,
I employ an oil vessel or cup attached to a convenient bracket, and in the oil cup
place at one end a projecting piece of wick, wadding, or other porous material,
which will absorb the lubricant by capillary attraction. This cup, with its wick, is
placed in such a position that every time the going part approaches its back position,
the picking spindle will come in contact with the lubricating wick, by which means
the picker spindle is kept constantly and equally lubricated thereby.
In carrying out my invention with regard to the picking bowl, an oil cup with
wick as previously described is placed in such a position that every time the picking
bowl revolves or turns over it comes in contact with the wick and is lubricated
thereby.
Instead of the picker spindle and picking bowl being made to approach the
oiled wick,. the oiled wick may be made to approach the spindle and bowl.
Instead of employing a wick to oil the picking spindle and picking bowl, the same
may be done by means of a revolving pulley or bowl, or travelling band, dipping
into the oil reservoir, and coming into contact with the picking spindle and picking
bowl, by which means the oil would be transferred to the said picking spindle and
picking bowl.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Means and Method of Automatically Lubricating the Picker
Spindles and Picking Bowls of Looms for Weaving.
I, JAMES HOLLINGWORTH, of the firm of Hutchinson, Hollingworth, and Company
Limited, of Dobcross, Yorkshire, Power Loom Makers, 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 consists in a new form of apparatus for automatically lubricating
the picker spindles and picking bowls of looms for weaving. As is well known,
these parts of looms require constant lubrication, and if left to the workman it
is often omitted, and if done, frequently too much oil is placed on the parts,
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page_text: consequently the movement of the picker throws the oil about the loom, soiling the
fabric being woven.
The object of my invention is to provide a self-acting or automatic means for
continuously supplying lubricant to the picker spindles and the picking bowls of
looms, and in order to carry out my invention with respect to the picking spindles,
1 employ an oil vessel or cup attached to a convenient bracket, and in the oil cup I
place at one end a projecting piece of wick, wadding, or other porous material, which
will absorb the lubricant by capillary attraction. This cup, with its wick, is placed
in such a position that every time the "going part" approaches its back position, the
picking spindle will come in contact with the lubricating wick, by which means the
picker spindle is kept constantly and equally lubricated thereby.
This part of my invention is shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, the former being sectional
-elevation and the latter plan view of my improved parts, wherein A represents the
framework of the loom, B the slay board, carried by the "going part" or lathe
sword C, and D is the picker spindle, which it is my intention to lubricate automati-
cally by means of an oil cup or trough E carried by bracket F attached to the loom
frame. The oil cup E may be of any ordinary construction, but the one I prefer is
made with a division plate a so that the wick b can rest or be supported thereon as
shown in Fig. 1. The wick or other material 6 absorbs the lubricant and is saturated
therewith, as will be well understood, so that every time the "going part" is in its
back position as shown in Fig. 1 the picker spindle D comes into contact with the
lubricating wick, taking therefrom a small quantity of the oil, by which means the
said picker spindle is automatically and freely lubricated.
In carrying out my invention with regard to the picking bowl, an oil cup with wick
as previously described is placed in such a position that every time the picking
bowl revolves or turns over, it comes in contact with the wick and is lubricated
thereby.
This part of my invention is shewn in Figs. 3 and 4, the former being sectional
elevation of such parts of the loom as are necessary to shew the application of my
invention, and the latter plan view thereof. A represents the tappet shaft carrying
the picking bowl B for acting upon the picking shoe C for rocking the picking
shaft D, all arranged in the ordinary manner. E is cross section of back rail of the
loom, to which rail the oil-cup F is attached by bracket G. This oil cup may be of
any ordinary construction, but I prefer to make it with an opening a (see plan view
Fig. 2) for the reception of the wick or other absorbent material b. The wick
absorbs the lubricant by capillary attraction, and as the picking shaft revolves the
picking bowl comes into contact with the moistened wick, whereby the bowl is
automatically & freely lubricated.
By lubricating the picker spindle and picking bowl in the manner described and
shewn in the Drawings, no attention is required on the part of the weaver or
"timer," neither does any superfluous oil get onto the spindle or bowl, as the wick
is only sufficiently moist as to supply the necessary amount of lubricant required.
Instead of the picker spindle and picking bowl being made to approach the oiled
wick, the oiled wick may be made to approach the spindle and bowl; and instead of
employing a wick to oil the picker spindle and picking bowl, the same may be effected
by means of a revolving pulley or bowl, or travelling endless band, dipping or passing
through an oil reservoir, and coming into contact with the picking spindle and picking
bowl, by which means the oil would be transferred to the said picking spindle and
pulley automatically.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
Firstly. In looms for weaving, the means or method substantially as herein shewn

page_text: Secondly. In looms for weaving, the means or method substantially as berein
described and shewn in the drawings for automatically lubricating the picking
bowl.
DL 04th low of Morob 1890
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield and Halifax, Agents.