A NEW AND IMPROVED AXLE OR SPINDLE SOLE OR SOCKET
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris,
France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED AXLE OR SPINDLE
SOLE OR SOCKET."-A communication from Adolphe Broux and David
Broux, of the Firm of Broux Brothers, residing at Roubaix, France,
Manufacturers.
Scaled the 14th August. 1874, and dated the 20th February 1874.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th February 1874.
CI, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent
5 Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED AXLE OR SPINDLE SOLE OR
SOCKET," communicated to me by Adolphe Broux and David. Broux, of

page_text: the Firm of Broux Brothers, two persons resident at Roubaix, France,
Manufacturers, to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to a new and improved sole or socket provided
at the foot or lower part of the axle or spindle with a greater oil chamber
secured from the dust and dirt, and consists in constructing the sole
body with two transverse holes, but not passing entirely through the
said body, and lying athwart one another, and with the vertical hole in
which the axle or spindle pivot rotates. The outer apertures of the
both holes are then closed by means of plugs or bungs therein riveted
or screwed in such a manner that chambers or reservoirs will be formed
in which the oil poured at the lower part of the axle or spindle runs
down through the space round the said lower part, or through little
holes vertically perforated above the said cross chambers as shown in the
accompanying. Drawings, in which Fig. 1 and 2 represent a plan, top
view, and cross clevation of an ordinary sole, and Fig. 3, 4, 5, and 6,
plan, top views, and cross clevations of the sole constructed according to
the Invention, a, b, being transverse holes, a¹, b¹, plugs, and ƒ, ƒ, vertical
holes.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 17th August 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Ruo
de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special
licence that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with and no others, from time to time and at all times there-

page_text: after 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 "A NEW AND IMPROVED AXLE OR SPINDLE OR SOCKET,"
communicated to me by Adolphe Broux and David Broux, of the
Firm of Broux Brothers, two persons resident at Roubaix, France,
Manufacturers, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Henri Adrien Bonneville, 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 tho said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare 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:—
The Invention relates to a new and improved sole or socket provided
at the foot or lower part of the axle or spindle with larger oil chamber
secured from the dust and dirt, and consists in constructing the sole
body with two transverse holes, but not entirely passing through the
said body, and lying at right angles to one another, and with a vertical
hole in which the axle or spindle pivot rotates. The outer apertures of
both holes are then closed by means of plugs or bungs therein riveted
or screwed in such a manner that chambers or reservoirs will be formed
in which the oil poured in the lower part of the axle or spindle runs
down through the space round the said lower part, and through little
holes vertically perforated above the said cross chambers.
The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings in which
the same letters indicate similar parts.
The ordinary sole or socket being represented, Fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10,
11, 12, two holes are bored at the points a, d, Fig. 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14,
15 16 on the periphery a. b. c. d. of the main body, in such a manner

page_text: receives the foot of the axle or spindle. The chambers thus formed are
closed by means of little plugs or stopples A and D, soldered, riveted,
screwed, or otherwise fastened therein. By this very simple arrangement
the oil poured down towards the spindle foot will pass through the little
holes ffff, which may or not be formed according to circumstances,
will run down in the channels, and will remain therein an unlimited time.
The problem of permanently lubricating is as it were resolved by the
above described devices, and spindles rotating more than six thousand
revolutions will for more than a month remain without requiring to be
again oiled or lubricated.
These improvements may also be applied to the bearings of vertical or
oblique intermediate shafts, and the Figures 17 and 18 in the annexed
Drawings show plan, elevation, and section of one application amongst
numerous others which may be adopted. The oil is poured into the
circular groove ƒ, Fig. 17, and runs down through the little holes ƒ,ƒ,ƒ;ƒ,
Fig. 18, round the sole foot, which will be perfectly lubricated, and the
oil required to the working is retained between the walls of the chambers:
A, A, Fig. 17, forming channels at several points of the eight of the
die which is used as sole or socket.
After all, the Invention consist in constructing internally channelled.
soles or sockets in what manner soever the principle upon which the
Invention is based may be applied or modified, and whatever may be
the number of said chambers, their shape, size, relative position one in
respect to the other, and inside of the body of the piece, the latter
being itself capable of being of any size or species, and applicable for
any manufacturing machine or machinery, and oiled by means of a
lubricating matter of any kind, viz., oil, grease, soap, or analogous
matters poured into the chambers or passages, or impregnated in tissues
or other suitable materials in these chambers or passages. .
Having thus described the said Invention and the manner of carrying
it into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to.
the precise details above enumerated, as these may obviously be modified
as stated without departing from the principle upon which the Invention
is based according to the application to be made, but what I claim and
desire to secure by the said Royal Letters Patent is, a channelled axle or a
spindle, or bearing sole or socket, constructed substantially as above.

page_text: described and represented in the different Figures of the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.