Improvements in the Bearings and Journals of Machinery, Shafting and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1889-
Complete Specification Left, 5th Aug., 1890-Accepted. 1st Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Bearings and Journals of Machinery, Shafting
and the like.
I, THOMAS HALL WHARTON, of Easby Road, Bradford in the County of York,
Commission Wool Comber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the bearings and journals or necks of mill
shafting, engines and machinery generally, and its object is to afford more perfect
lubrication as well as economise the lubricating material.
The said improvements consist in providing a cylindrical swell on the journal and
approximately its whole length and in recessing the bearing to receive such swell
leaving an annular lip at cach side of the bearing to embrace the journal at each end
of the swell. In this manner the lubricant is confined in the bearing by the lips at
each side and the lower part of the bearing together with the lower part of said lips form
a cup to contain the lubricant and prevent it running away when the journal is at rest.
The said swell may be made with the shaft or journal or may be mounted thereon in
the form of a sleeve. And the said lips may be made of the same metal as the bearing
or brasses," or such lips may form part of the pedestal, bearing block, bracket or the
like and the "brasses" or bearing fitted in between them.
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Dated this 1st day of November 1889.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Bearings and Journals of Machinery, Shafting,
and the like.
I, THOMAS HALL WHARTON, of Easby Road, Bradford in the County of York,
Commission Wool Comber, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the bearings and journals or necks of mill
shafting, engines and machinery generally, and its object is to afford more perfect
lubrication as well as economise the lubricating material.
The said improvements consist in providing a cylindrical swell on the journal and
approximately its whole length and in recessing the bearing to receive such swell
leaving an annular lip at each side of the bearing to embrace the journal at each end
of the swell. In this manner the lubricant is confined in the bearing by the lips at
each side and the lower part of the bearing together with the lower part of said lips
form a cup to contain the lubricant and prevent it running away when the journal is
at rest.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this Specifi-
cation in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the
figures.
Figure 1, is a plan view of my improved journal and pedestal with the cap
removed..
Figure 2, is a diametrical section of the journal and pedestal complete.
Figure 3, is a plan view of the pedestal with the cap removed.
Figure 4, is a similar view with the bottom brass also removed.
Figure 5, is a side view of the complete pedestal.
The journal A is of larger diameter than the shaft B and is essentially formed solid

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therewith or shrunk on, as I find independent collars liable to work loose.
pedestal C is provided with a recess D, D, on each side communicating with each other
by the channel E, and lips F round the outside of such recesses almost touch the shaft.
The pedestals are preferably bored out to receive the brasses G, G, with the cap in
position and such brasses have each projections outside to engage the recesses H and J
respectively formed on the pedestal and cap to hold such brasses in position.
In operation the recesses D, D are filled with lubricant to the height shown by the
broken lines in Figure 2, which lubricant is free to pass into the bearings at each end
and also along the channel E and up the passage L through the bottom brass to the
centre of the bearing thus keeping the journal flooded with lubricant.
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 what I claim is :-
The combination with a solid journal larger in diameter than the shaft and continua-
tion of a lipped pedestal provided with an oil recess or recesses, substantially as berein
shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of Awoust 1890
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.