AN IMPROVED THERMO-PNEUMATIC LUBRI- CATOR FOR OILING SHAFTS, AXLES, NECKS OF TIN ROLLERS OF MULES, AND OTHER PARTS OF MACHINERY
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Bickerton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County
of Lancaster, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED THERMO-PNEUMATIC LUBRI-
CATOR FOR OILING SHAFTS, AXLES, NECKS OF TIN ROLLERS OF MULES, AND
OTHER PARTS OF MACHINERY."
Sealed the 18th January 1878, and dated the 20th July 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bickerton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th July 1877.
"AN
SAMUEL BICKERTON, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster.
IMPROVED THERMO-PNEUMATIC LUBRICATOR FOR OILING SHAFTS, AXLES, NECKS
OF TIN ROLLERS OF MULES, AND OTHER PARTS OF MACHINERY."
This is an improvement on the Invention for which Letters Patent were granted
to me, dated April 12, A.D. 1858, No. 787, and has for its object principally greater
facility for filling the bottle with the lubricating material.
In the holder for the glass bottle containing the oil I have a moveable valve
composed of a ball or disc (made of glass or any other suitable substance). This ball
or disc, by preference a ball, falls into a seating in the holder when in use, the said
seating having a slight opening or slit to prevent the ball from being absolutely oil
and air tight, and the use of the ball is to open and close or partially close the
passage in the lubricator so as to prevent too large a supply of oil.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the Figures on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, shewing the apparatus in position for work, in
which a is the glass bottle containing the lubricating material; b, the holder; and
c, the ball or disc. By this arrangement I am enabled to use a much larger opening
in the holder for filling the bottle with the lubricant without wasting time and oil,
and when the bottles are inverted for use the ball falls into its seating, and closes
or partially closes the aperture, leaving only enough space for the oil to pass to the
place desired.

page_text: For oiling the necks of tin rollers I fix a cover with a hole in the centre, made of
any suitable material, which cover is driven into the bonnet, and is for the purpose
of keeping the holder b and glass bottle firmly in their places.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Samuel Bickerton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th
January 1878.
SAMUEL BICKERTON, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster.
" AN
IMPROVED THERMO-PNEUMATIC LUBRICATOR FOR OILING SHAFTS, AXLES, NECKS
OF TIN ROLLERS OF MULES, AND OTHER PARTS OF MACHINERY."
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This is an improvement on the Invention for which Letters Patent were granted 1
me, dated April 12th, A.D. 1858, No. 787, and has for its object principally greater
facility for filling the bottle with the lubricating material.
In the holder for the glass bottle containing the oil I have a movable valve
composed of a ball or disc made of glass, metal, or any other suitable substance:
This ball or disc (by preference a ball) falls into a seating in the holder when in 1
use; the said seating having a slight opening or slit to prevent the ball being
absolutely oil and air tight, and the use of the ball is to open and close or partially
close the passage in the lubricator so as to prevent too large a supply of oil.
For oiling the necks of tin rollers I fix a cover with a hole in the centre, made of
any suitable material, which cover is driven into the bonnet, and is for the purpose 2
of keeping the holder and glass bottle firmly in their places; or in other cases, where
it is more convenient, I apply the lubricator through the back door of the carriage
of the mule.
This Invention will be clearly understood by referring to the Figures on the
accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 being an exterior view, and Fig. 2 a section of a 2
lubricator constructed in accordance with my Invention, shewing the apparatus in
position for work.
A is the glass bottle containing the lubricating material; B, the holder; and C,
the ball (which may be substituted by a disc or other valve), which should not fit
accurately on to its seating D, in order to leave a small passage constantly open for 3
the escape of the lubricant. By this arrangement of the lubricator I am enabled to
use a much larger opening E in the holder B for filling the bottle with the lubricant
without wasting time and oil, and when the bottles are inverted for use the ball
falls into its seating, and closes or partially closes the aperture, leaving only enough
space for the oil to pass to the place desired.
Fig. 3 is a side, and Fig. 4 a back view of my improved lubricator specially appli-
cable for lubricating the shafts of the tin rollers used in mules and other similar
machinery, for which purpose the lubricator F is provided with a long spout F¹;
which is capable of being disjointed or sliding off to facilitate the filling of the bottle
portion with oil.
The application of this modification of my Invention is shewn separately on a
small scale in Fig. 5, in which the lubricator F is seen mounted in a suitable fixing
upon the back door of the carriage of the mule, and with the spout F1 passing
through an aperture in the door, and terminating over the shaft G of the tin
roller H.

page_text: The fixing for supporting the lubricator is shewn separately in Figs. 6 and 7,
representing a side and end view respectively. This fixing I is attached to the
outside of the back door J of the mule carriage K, and so supports the lubricator,
which is placed in from the top, and is capable of removal for the purpose of
refilling, according to requirements.
It will be obvious that the shape of the bottle for containing the oil or other
lubricant may vary considerably without departing from my Invention.
I wish it to be understood that I lay no claim to an inverted glass bottle, save and
except when fitted with a ball or other loose valve, but what I do claim is,--
1st. The use and application to a lubricator of a movable ball or valve, as and for
the purposes herein-before described, and illustrated on the accompanying Drawing,
2nd. The application of a lubricator when mounted upon the back door of a mule
carriage for lubricating the tin roller shafts employed in a mule, as herein-before
described, and illustrated on the accompanying Drawing, or any mere modification
of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Bickerton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 18th day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.