Improvements in or Connected with Journals and Bearings for Lubrication Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1886-
Complete Specification Left, 12th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 1st June, 1869
Improvements in or Connected with Journals and Bearings for
Lubrication Purposes.
I, JOHN WOODFALL HEWARD, of 46 Spencer Street; in the County of Middlesex;
Chronometer Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in journals or bearings fornaxles.
and shafts, the object being to ensure a good .lubrication of the bearing and. shaftrior
axle by means of loose fitting rings within the bearing proper, which rings are..
occasionally rotated by surface contact with..the axle.or shaft.to lift., the oil or grease..
from a well or chamber for distribution and perfect, lubrication..of, the surfaces con
which the axle or shaft bears.
For the purpose of my invention, I make the bottom of the bearing, with a recess
for the reception of rings which stand vertically and are free to rotate, the chamber
forming a reservoir for the lubricant.
The axle or shaft is encircled by loose fitting rings, the peripheries.of..which..dip
in the lubricant and when rotated by frictional contact, lift...the.. lubricant and..
distribute it over the running surfaces while in action.
The rings are slightly thicker at .the.central.part.than at the edges, and do not.bear..
any weight of the axle or shaft, this being borne by Bushes which are fitted. in
the bearing.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said John Woodfall Heward.

page_text: Lubrication Purposes.
I, JOHN WOODFALL HEWARD, of 46 Spencer Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Chronometer Maker, 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 certain improvements in journals or bearings for axles and
shafts, the object being to ensure a good lubrication, of the bearing and shaft or
axle by means of loose fitting rings within the bearing proper which rings are
occasionly rotated by surface contact with the axle, shaft, or bearing to lift the oil
or grease from a well or chamber for distribution and perfect lubrication of the
surfaces on which the axle or shaft bears.
For the purpose of my invention. I make the bearing A, Figures 1. 2. 3 and 4 of
the annexed drawings, with a recess B for the reception of rings C which stand
vertically and are free to rotate, the chamber B forming a reservoir for the
lubricant:
The axle or shaft D is encircled by the loose fitting rings C. C. the peripherys of
which dip in the lubricant and when rotated by frictional contact lift the lubricant
and distribute it over the running surfaces and bearing parts while in action.
The rings C Care made of proportionate size to the bearing.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Fitting rings within axle boxes or bearings that they bear loosely upon the axle or
shaft and by frictional contact rotate and by their being within the oil or grease in
the chamber or oil well, the oil or grease becomes lifted and distributed to the brasses
or bushes or bearings as described with reference to the annexed drawings.
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1000
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H. GARDNER;
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. W. Heward.