AN IM- PROVED MODE OF LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Gee Taylor, of the Firm of Messieurs
Clarc, Taylor, and Company, of Tyldesley, in the County of
Lancaster, Spinners and Doublers, for the Invention of "AN IM-
PROVED MODE OF LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING
AND DOUBLING."
Sealed the 22nd May 1868, and dated the 5th February 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Gee Taylor
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th February 1868.
I, SAMUEL GEE TAYLOR, of the Firm of Messieurs Clare, Taylor,
and Company, of Tyldesley, in the County of Lancaster, Spinners and
Doublers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OP LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES FOR SPINNING
AND DOUBLING," to be as follows:-
My Invention is applicable to throstle spinning and doubling
frames, and it consists in an improved mode of supplying oil or other
lubricating material to the spindle bearings in the lifting rail, whereby

page_text: the lubricating material and the time for applying it are economised,
and the spindles being more equally lubricated impart a more uniform
twist than heretofore; the wear and tear of the driving bands is also
reduced.
In applying my improvements to machines of the present construction
I place a small washer of flannel or other suitable material around each
spindle, and these washers bed on the lifting rail; above the washers is a
sheet metal or other cover, in which are tubes or grooves to convey the
oil from the edge of the cover to the small washers above referred to.
By this arrangement the spindles can be lubricated without stopping
the machine, and the washers when saturated imbibe sufficient oil to
keep the spindles lubricated for several days, whereas at present the
spindles are generally lubricated twice a day.
In constructing new machines according to my Invention the tubes
or grooves for conveying the oil from the edge of the lifting rail to
the washers can be made in the lifting rail itself, thereby dispensing
with the cover above referred to.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Gee Taylor in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
GEE TAYLOR, of the Firm of Messieurs Clare, Taylor, and Company,
of Tyldesley, in the County of Lancaster, Spinners and Doublers,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Gee Taylor, Her special
license that I, the said Samuel Gee Taylor, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Gee Taylor,
my executors, 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, excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain

page_text: and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES OF MACHINES POR SPINNING
AND DOUBLING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Samuel Gee Taylor, 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 the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Gee Taylor, 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 (that is to say) :-
My Invention is applicable to throstle spinning and doubling
frames, and it consists in an improved mode of supplying oil or other
lubricating material to the spindle bearings in the lifting rail, whereby
the lubricating material and the time for applying it are economised,
and the spindles being more equally lubricated impart a more uniform
twist than heretofore; the wear and tear of the driving bands is also
reduced.
In applying my improvements to machines of the present construction
I. place a small washer of flannel.or other suitable material around
each spindle, and these washers bed on the lifting rail; above the
washers is a sheet metal or other cover, in which are tubes or grooves to
convey the oil from the edge of the cover to the small washers abovo
referred to. By this arrangement the spindles can be lubricated without
stopping the machine, and the washers when saturated imbibe sufficient
oil to keep these spindles lubricated for several days, whereas at present
the spindles are generally lubricated twice a day.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I will
proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of the spindle of an
ordinary throstle spinning or doubling frame, and of the bolster or
lifting and footstep rails, to which my improved mode of lubricating the
spindles is applied; Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
a is the spindle; b, the flyer; c, the bobbin; d, the lifting rail, and
e, the footstep rail, all of which are constructed as usual; f is a small

page_text: washer of flannel or other suitable material lying upon the lifting rail
and provided with a hole through which the spindle passes, or a band
of flannel or other material extending the whole or part of the length
of the frame having holes through for the spindles to pass may be used
instead of the washers f. Above the washers f and resting upon them
is the sheet metal or other cover g, to which are soldered or otherwise
attached the spouts, tubes, or grooves, which are enlarged where they
project beyond the cover, forming little dishes i, into which the oil is
poured, and this oil runs along the spouts and drops on to the
washers, which are thus saturated and lubricate the spindles. The
bobbins c rest upon the usual washer or belt which lies upon the
cover g, instead of on the lifting rail as now customary. By this
arrangement the spindles can be lubricated by pouring a little oil in each
dish without stopping the machine, which effects a great saving in
time, as at present the machine is stopped when oiling, and the oil is
poured on the spindle between the washers or belt j and the lifting rail.
A great saving is effected in the lubricating material, for if the washers f
be saturated once a week they will keep the spindles lubricated, whereas
in ordinary frames the spindles are lubricated twice a day. Another
great advantage is the uniformity in the twist resulting from the equality
in the application of the lubricating material.
Figure 3 is a section, and Figure 1 a plan of a modification of my
Invention. In these views the parts marked a, d, f, g, and h, are
similar to those above described; the dish i is smaller, and projects less
from the edge of the lifting rail & than in Figuers 1 and 2, consequently
this arrangement is better adapted for rooms where the passage between
the frames is narrow.
Figure 5 is a section, and Figure 6 a plan of another modification of
my Invention. In these views the projecting dishes i are dispensed with,
and the washers frest upon a shallow sheet metal trough k, the cover g
bears upon the washers f and trough k, and in it are slot holes g'
* placed between each pair of spindles; the oil is poured through these
slots into the trough k, and thence it flows to the washers f.
In constructing new machines according to my Invention the tubes
or grooves for conveying the oil from the edge of the lifting rail to the
can be made in the lifting rail itself, thereby dispensing with
the cover above referred to.
washers

page_text: Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described several
convenient modes of carrying the same into operation, I wish to
remark that I do not intend to limit myself to the precise details given,
but that I claim the use and application of the lubricating washers or
belt f, and the mode of conveying the lubricating material thereto, as
shown and desorbed
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Gee Taylor, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this First day of August, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.