CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM OR APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE CYLINDERS OF SLASHING AND TAPEING' MACHINES, SUCH MACHINERY BEING EMPLOYED IN THE SIZING OF COTTON AND OTHER YARNS
Year: 1865

page_text: for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM OR APPARATUS
FOR LUBRICATING THE CYLINDERS OF SLASHING AND TAPEING' MACHINES,
SUCH MACHINERY BEING EMPLOYED IN THE SIZING OF COTTON AND OTHER
YARNS."
Sealed the 1st August 1865, and dated the 18th February 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Ogden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
February 1865.
I, THOMAS OGDEN, of Cliff Mound, Higher Broughton, near Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM OR
APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE CYLINDERS OF 'SLASHING' AND 'TAPEING'
MACHINES, SUCH MACHINERY BEING EMPLOYED IN THE SIZING OF COTTON AND OTHER
YARNS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a novel and improved arrangement of mechanisni
whereby the size employed or any extraneous matters are prevented from
accumulating upon the periphery or outer surface of the heated cylinders of
"slasbing" and "tapeing" machines employed in sizing yarns.
The improvements consist in the novel application and use of a small extra
cylinder to each heated cylinder, which is covered with flannel or other
absorbent material, and which presses against and is caused to revolve by
contact with the surface of the heated cylinder. This small cylinder is
supported in suitable bearings attached to the framing of the machine, and

page_text: is perforated with one set of holes along its surface, parallel with its axis.
The interior of this cylinder is supplied through ordinary lubricating cups
with oil, tallow, or other lubricant, and as the small cylinder revolves a small
quantity of lubricant escapes through the perforation, which thus supplies and
saturates the absorbent material covering its surface. This absorbent material
being in contact with the large or heated cylinder of the machine keeps the
surface of such cylinder constantly greased or lubricated, whereby the adhesion
of the yarn and accumulation of size or dirt upon their surfaces is prevented.
When the machine is out of operation the lubricating cylinder is turned with
the perforations upwards, or in such a manner as will prevent the escape of
oil therefrom.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Ogden in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
August 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
OGDEN, of Cliff Mount, Higher Broughton, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Spinner and Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-eighth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Ogden, Her special license that I, the said Thomas Ogden,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Thomas
Ogden, my exécutors, 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, exercise,
and vend within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MECHANISM OR APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE CYLINDERS OF SLASHING' AND
TAPEING MACHINES, SUCH MACHINERY BEING EMPLOYED IN THE SIZING OF COTTON
AND OTHER YARNS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Thomas Ogden, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Ogden, do hereby declare the
nature of the 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :—
My Invention relates to a novel and improved arrangement of mechanism
whereby the size employed or any extraneous matters are prevented from
accumulating upon the peripheries or outer surfaces of the heated cylinders of
slashing" and "tapeing" machines employed in sizing yarns.
"
The improvements consist in the novel application and use of a small extra
cylinder to each heated cylinder, which is covered with flannel or other
absorbent material, and which presses against and is caused to revolve by
contact with the surface of the heated cylinder. This small cylinder is
supported in suitable bearings attached to the framing of the machine, and
is perforated with one set of holes along its surface, parallel with its axis.
The interior of this cylinder is supplied through ordinary lubricating cups
with oil, tallow, or other lubricant, and as the small cylinder revolves a small
quantity of lubricant escapes through the perforation which is thus supplied,
and saturates the absorbent material covering its surface. This absorbent
material being in contact with the large or heated cylinder of the machine,
keeps the surfaces of such cylinders constantly greased or lubricated, whereby
the adhesion of the yarn and accumulation of size or dirt upon their surfaces
is prevented. When the machine is out of operation the lubricating cylinder
is turned with the perforation upwards, or in such manner as will prevent the
escape of oil therefrom.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in detail,
I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings, Figs. 1 and 2 being made upon
a scale of about one inch and a half to the foot, and Figs. 3 and 4 about full
size; similar letters of reference being marked upon corresponding parts on
all the Figures.
Fig. 1 represents the front elevation of that portion of the sizing machine
termed a "slasher," containing the steam drums or cylinders having the
apparatus for lubricating the said cylinder adapted thereto shewn in contact
therewith; Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same; Fig. 3 represents a
transverse section of the lubricating cylinder; and Fig. 4 represents a portion
of the plan view of the same.
In Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, a, a, is the framing of the machine supporting the
steam cylinders b and c, over which is placed the steam cover or hood d, all of
which are usual and well known parts of the "slasher" machine employed for
sizing warps to the steam cover d or other convenient place. The brackets or

page_text: hangers e are secured for the purpose of supporting the lubricating cylinder f;
this cylinder has its exterior or outer surface covered with flannel or other
absorbent material g, which, when in contact with the large steam cylinder b
is caused to revolve, thereby causing with each revolution a small portion of
the lubricating material h contained in such cylinder to escape or flow through
the perforations i, i, i, and become absorbed by the flannel g, from which it is
transferred on to the periphery of the steam cylinder b, by which means the
surface of such cylinder becomes constantly greased or lubricated, whereby
the adhesion of the yarn and accumulation of size or dirt upon the surface
thereof is prevented. k is the inlet or opening through which the oil or
lubricant is supplied to the interior of the lubricating cylinder f, or it may be
supplied through the hollow shaft 1. When the machine is not in motion
this cylinder f is caused to assume the position shewn in Fig. 3, the oil at
this time being unable to pass through the perforations i into the absorbent
material g. I would remark that this lubricating cylinder may also be con-
structed with the cylinder to contain the lubricant, which is enclosed in a wire
guaze cylindrical casing having a space between. This cylindrical gauze is
covered outside with flannel or absorbent material, and supplies the lubricant
to the cylinder in a similar manner to the perforated lubricator.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim the employment and use of a lubricating cylinder or
roller or a lubricating bar or pad for the purpose of supplying lubricating
material to the surfaces of the heated cylinder of "slashing" machines
employed for sizing warps as herein-before described, set forth, and fully
illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ogden, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Witnessed by
JOHN L. DAVIES,
Office for Patents,
Manchester.
THOMAS OGDEN. (L.S.)