Working Parts of Dabbing Brushes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Working Parts of Dabbing Brushes.
We JOHN CLOUGH of Russell Terrace, Bradford, Wool Comber, and JOHN
CHARLES WALKER of Shipley Fields Mill, Shipley near Bradford, Mechanical
Engineer, both in the County of York do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our improvements have particular reference to such combing machines as comb
the material by the operation of diverging combs, or combs moving in opposite
directions such as the so called "Nobles" and others of a kindred nature.
The object of our invention is to provide a means for lubricating the working
parts of dabbing brushes rendering such parts capable of being worked with great
velocity which is necessary in order that more work may be produced by the
machines than hitherto.
In our improvements we provide a means for constantly lubricating working
parts of dabbing brushes whilst in motion.
The apparatus consists of a trough or reservoir for holding the oil or lubricant
this is so fixed on the machine that the lubricant can be conveniently conveyed
from this reservoir or trough by a pipe or other suitable conductor to those parts
requiring lubrication; but in order that the lubricant may be more perfectly and
economically diffused we may place when preferred in or on this pipe or conductor
a cotton wick or other fibrous strand, one end of the same passing into the
reservoir or trough. We also attach to the end of the conductor next to the parts
requiring lubrication, if necessary a tuft of flexible material consisting of bristles
or other pliable or spongy substance whereby the lubricant is distributed evenly
and constantly onto the revolving or working parts.
By the above described arrangement a continuous and uniform supply of
lubrication being provided there is a great reduction of friction, wear, and tear
of machinery while at the same time the machines can be run at a much greater
speed than hitherto.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a side elevation shewing one arrangement
of our improvements-Fig. 3 is a front elevation and Fig. 4 a side elevation
shewing other arrangements of our improvements for lubricating the working
parts of dabbing brushes.
In our improvements we provide a means for keeping the working parts of
dabbing brushes lubricated whilst in motion.
At Figs. 1 and 2 we provide a tank a which also forms a cover or shield over
the crank arrangement b which imparts motion to the dabbing brush c.
The lower part of this tank a is supplied with the oil or lubricant, but in order
that such lubricant may be perfectly and economically applied we provide a pipe
or tube d through which a cotton wick e or other fibrous strand is passed, the
lower end thereof being immersed in the oil or lubricant and the upper end
terminating with a tuft or brush f consisting of bristles or other pliable or spongy
substance, and by the intermittent contact of the bristles for other pliable or
spongy substance with the working parts, the lubricant is distributed evenly on
the revolving or working parts which come in contact with the brush f at any
suitable point of the revolution of the crank b.
By having the hereinbefore mentioned tank a provided so as to form a cover for
the working parts any oil or other lubricant that might fly off runs down into the
tank again.
The mode of applying and position of our lubricating apparatus depends upon
the constraction or arrangements of the parts for giving motion to the dabbing
brushes, as for instance: at Figs. 3 and 4 the tank a could not be applied, so in
this case we place a tank g on the top of the headstock hand convey the oil or
other lubricant by means of a cotton wick i or other fibrous strand through the
tube j. such tube terminating at its lower end k with a tuft or brush of bristles
consisting of any such spongy or pliable substance, so that by the intermittent

page_text: contact of the bristles or other pliable or spongy substance with the working
parts or crank motion m the lubricant is distributed evenly on the revolving or
working parts.
By the above described arrangement a continuous and uniform supply being
provided there is a great reduction of friction, wear and tear of machinery, whilst
at the same time the machines can be run at a much greater speed than hitherto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The arrangement construction and application of lubricating tanks and means
employed for conveying the oil or other lubricant therefrom to the revolving or
working parts of dabbing brushes, substantially as berein set forth.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent.