IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF CERTAIN MACHINES USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Ward, of Warrington, in the County of
of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF CERTAIN MACHINES
USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING."
Sealed the 12th September 1856, and dated the 28th March 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Ward at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
March 1856.
I, WILLIAM WARD, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner
and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF CERTAIN MA-
CHINES USED IN PREPARING AND SPINNING," to be as follows:-
My Invention is applicable to slubbing frames, roving frames, throstles, and
other machines in which a lifting rail is employed, and consists in attaching to
the lifting rail or other convenient part of the machine a trough containing
the lubricating material. Within this trough is an arbor, provided with tufts
of bristles or other suitable projections, which convey the lubricating material
from the trough to the spindles. A rotary or a to-and-fro motion is given to
the arbor by means of a ratchet wheel and click, or by a lever fixed to the

page_text: arbor, acting on fixed pius, or in any other manner, whereby a small portion of
the lubricating material from the trough is applied to the spindles for the
purpose of lubricating them.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Ward in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
26th September 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WARD, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight, hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Ward, Her special license that I, the said William
Ward, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Ward, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
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 IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF CERTAIN MACHINES USED IN PRE-
PARING AND SPINNING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Ward, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and scals, 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 William Ward, do hereby declare the
nature of my 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 (that is to say):-
The nature of my Invention, which is applicable to slubbing frames, roving
frames, throstles, and other machines in which a lifting rail is employed, con-
sists in attaching to the lifting rail, or other convenient part of the machine, a

page_text: trough containing the lubricating material, which is applied to the spindles
periodically by a vibrating or rotating shaft, furnished with suitable projections.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Figure 1 is a section of part of a throstle to which my improvements are
applied; Figure 2 is a front elevation, and Figure 3, a plan of the same;
Figures 4 and 5 are detached views of my improvements, shewing the positions
of the parts when the lifting rail is up and when it is down.
a, a, are the drawing rollers; b, the spindles; c, the lifting rail; and d, the
foot-step rail, constructed in the usual manner. To thé lifting rail c is attached
the trough e, into which the oil or other lubricating material is poured at the
spout; at each end of the trough are bearings for the shaft g, to which are
attached tufts of bristles or projections made of other materials, marked h,
which convey the lubricating material from the trough to the spindles. The
requisite to-and-fro or vibrating motion is given to this shaft by the arm i,
attached to the shaft, and the piece j, attached to the foot-step rail d, the end of
the arm i passing through an opening in the upper part of the piece j. In
Figure 1 the lifting rail is about in its central position, and the arm i is moving
the projections h towards the spindles; when the lifting rail c arrives at the
highest point the projections h are brought into contact with the spindles, as
shewn in Figure 4, thereby imparting to them a portion of the lubricating
material from the trough e. When the lifting rail begins to descend, the
shaft is moved in the contrary direction, thereby taking the projections h
from the spindles immediately after they have applied the lubricating material,
and when the lifting rail is at its lowest point the parts assume the positions
shewn in Figure 5, that is to say, the projections are dipped into the trough
to obtain a fresh supply of the lubricating material, which, on the .next rise of
the lifting rail, is imparted to the spindles; by this means the lubricating
material is applied to the spindles immediately below the bearings, which, in
descending with the lifting rail, prevent to a great extent the waste occasioned
by the centrifugal force of the spindle.
Although I have only shewn my improvements as applied to a throstle, it is
evident that they may be adapted to slubbing frames, roving frames, or any
other machine used in preparing and spinning when a lifting rail is employed.
I would also remark, that the apparatus for lubricating may be attached to the
framing of the machine instead of to the lifting rail, as shewn.

page_text: Having thus described the nature and particulars of my Invention, I wish
it to be understood that what I claim is, the improvements in apparatus for
lubricating spindles, by means of which the lubricating material is applied
periodically.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Ward, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
Witness,
H. B. BARLOW,
Manchester.
WILLIAM WARD. (L.S.)