IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEARINGS AND BUSHES OF AXLES AND SHAFTS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Watson Burton, of Leeds, in the County of
York, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEARINGS
AND BUSHES OF AXLES AND SHAFTS."
Sealed the 21st August 1863, and dated the 24th February 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Watson Burton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th February 1863.
I, JOHN WATSON BURTON, of Leeds, in the County of York, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
BEARINGS AND BUSHES OF AXLES AND SHAFTS," to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object the combination of the materials herein-after
stated, so as, when combined, to form a substitute for the materials hitherto
employed for the purpose.
The bearing or part on or against which the axle or shafts works is composed
of glass or other similar hard and smooth material or composition, and the
flanges or ends are composed of brass or other suitable metal or alloy, and
there is inserted between the said bearing and the flanges or ends pieces of
wood, papier maché, felt, or other similar non-metallic and partially elastic
substance or material. The several parts are united as required by means of
countersunk bolts, or in any other convenient manner. By this combination
of materials there is provided a hard and smooth bearing of a more permanent
character than those in ordinary use, resting at each end against a kind of
cushion of partially elastic material.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Watson Burton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st August 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WATSON BURTON, of Leeds, in the County of York, Gentleman, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Watson Burton, Her special license, that I, the said John Watson
Burton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Watson Burton, 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, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEARINGS
AND BUSHES OF AXLES AND SHAFTS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said John Watson Burton, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, 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 John Watson Burton, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
My Invention of "Improvements in the Bearings and Bushes of Axles and
Shafts" has for its object the combination of the materials herein-after stated,
so as, when combined, to form a substitute for the materials bitherto employed
for the purpose.
The bearing or part on or against which the axle or shaft works is composed
of glass or other similar hard and smooth material or composition, and the
flanges or ends or outer parts are composed of brass or other suitable metal
or alloy, and there is inserted between the said bearing and the flanges or
ends pieces of wood, papier maché, felt, india-rubber, cloth, or other similar
non-metallic and partially clastic substance or material. The several parts

page_text: are united as required by means of countersunk bolts, or in any other
convenient manner. By this combination of materials there is provided a hard
and smooth bearing of a more permanent character than those in ordinary use,
resting at each end against a kind of cushion of partially elastic material.
Having thus stated the nature of the said Invention, I will proceed to
describe more particularly in what manner the same is to be performed by
reference to the accompanying Drawings, in which are represented the parts
above referred to.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a plummer block or bearing for a shaft or axle ;
and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.
A is the bearing or part on or against which the shaft or axle works, and is
composed of glass or other similar hard and smooth material or composition;
B, B, are the flanges or ends, composed of brass or other suitable metal or
alloy, which form the outer part or casing of the bearing A. Between the
parts A and B are inserted pieces of wood, paper maché, felt, india-rubber,
cloth, or other similar non-metallic and partially elastic substance or material C,
shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The parts are shewn as connected together
by means of countersunk bolts. D is an ordinary oil cup.
D is an ordinary oil cup. It will thus be
seen that by means of the above described combination a shaft or axle inserted
in the plummer block in the usual manner would be provided with a bard and
smooth bearing of a permanent character at A, resting against a kind of
cushion of partially elastic material C, enclosed by the metal flanges or
casing B.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that what I claim as
of my Invention is, the combination of parts composed of the materials herein-
before described for the purpose described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Watson Burton, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Nineteenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
HENRY CHADWICK,
18, East Parade, Leeds,
Clerk.
JOHN WATSON BURTON. (L.S.)