IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SunSTANCES
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Marsh, James Marsh, and James Compstone Fell, all
of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED
IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
SunSTANCES"
Sealed the 4th July 1876, and dated the 1st May 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Marsh, James Marsh,
and James Compstone Fell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 1st May 1876.
THOMAS MARSHI, JAMES MARSH, and JAMES COMPSTONE FELL, all of Ashton-under-
Lync, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRI-
CATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to the lubricating apparatus to be used in connection with
the collars and footsteps in which the spindles of self-acting mules and twiners
revolve. We cast three, six, or any other convenient number of bosses or collars in
one piece with a top plate, and at the side of the collars, and also in one piece with
them and the top plate, we cast a longitudinal trough. The collar being bored
through vertically in the usual manner, we drill, slot, or otherwise form an opening
near the bottom communicating with the interior or boro of the collar; and it will
be evident that if oil or other lubricating fluid be placed in the trough it will pass
through the side openings and lubricate all the spindles.
In the troughs we place longitudinal pieces of felt for absorbing and filtering the
oil. In some cases wo cut out or form a circular chamber inside the collar round
the spindle, and let the side opening communicate with the chamber; and we close
the top of the troughs by lids, which may either be loose or fixed thereto by
hinges or otherwise.
The bosses for the footsteps are cast in one piece with the longitudinal troughs
and at one side thereof in a similar manner, these bosses we bore out in a cup-like
form with a footstep in the bottom, and we drill, slot, or otherwise form openings
through the inner side of the trough near the bottom, communicating with the
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page_text: interior of each cup as is the case of the collars. We also use the strips of felt in the
trough and the movable lids for covering the troughs as in the former case.
We may here state that in some cases (especially for applying our Invention to old
mules) we cast each collar or footstep separately but still in one piece with its
side trough, we prefer, however, to cast about six in one length, all connected
together by one longitudinal trough at the side.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Thomas Marsh, James Marsh, and James Compstone Fell in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st October 1876.
THOMAS MARSH, JAMES MARSH, and JAMES COMPSTONE FELI., all of Ashton-under- 1
Lyne, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRI-
CATING THE SPINDLES EMPLOYED IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to the lubricating apparatus to be used in connection with
the collars and footsteps in which the spindles of self-acting mules and twiners
revolve.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention we will now proceed to
describe the manner in which the same may be carried into practical effect, and in
order that the same may be clearly understood we have annexed hereunto a Sheet
of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters
of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof:-
In the annexed Drawings, Fig. 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 a plan view; Fig. 3
an end view, and Fig. 4 a transverse section showing one modification of our
Invention.
We cast three, six, or any other convenient number of bosses or a, a, in one
piece with a top plate b, b; and at the side of the collars, and also in one piece
with them and the top plate we cast a longitudinal trough c, c. The collar a being
bored through vertically in the usual manner, we drill, slot or otherwise form an
opening d, d, near the bottom communicating with the interior or bore of the
collar; and it will be evident that if oil or other lubricating fluid be placed in the
trough c, c, it will pass through the side opening d, d, and lubricate all the spindles.
In the troughs c, c, we place longitudinal pieces of felt e, c, for absorbing and
filtering the oil. In some cases we cut out or form a circular chamber ſ, f, inside
the callar round the spindle, as shown at Fig. 4, and let the side opening d, d, com-
municate with this chamber, and we close the top of the troughs by lids g, g, which
may either be loose or fixed thereto by hinges or otherwise, as shown at Fig. 2.
The bosses h, h, for the footsteps aro cast in one piece with the longitudinal
troughs i, i, and at one side thereof in a similar manner, as shown at Figs. 5 and 6,
these bosses we bore out in a cup-like form with a footstep in the bottom, and we
drill, slot, or otherwise for openings through the inner side of the trough near the
bottom communicating with the interior of each cup as is the case of the collars.
We also use the strips of felt in the troughs and the movable lids for covering the
troughs as in the former case. Instead of drilling holes to form the side openings,
as shown at Figs. 4 and 6, we sometimes cut through the sides of the trough with
revolving cutters, or we cast the openings between the trough and the cups, as
shown at Figs. 7 and 8; Fig. 9 shows a loose lid or covering for the footsteps. Instead
of lifting this lid the oil may be poured in by the slot k, .
We may here remark that in some cases (especially for applying our Invention
to old mules) we cast each collar or footstep separately, but still in one piece with
its side trough as shown at Figs. 10, 11, 12 and 13, and in some cases we cast the
collar and trough as shown at Figs. 14 and 15, we prefer, however, to cast about
six in one length, all connected together by one longitudinal trough at the side, as
previously described and shown at Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 7.

page_text: Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, we wish it to be understood what we claim as our Invention casting the
bosses for the collars and footsteps of mule and twiner spindles employed for spin-
ning and doubling cotton and other fibrous substances at one sido of a longitudinal
trough, and forming openings between the bore of the collars or footsteps and tho
said trough for the purpose of lubricating the said spindles, substantially as herein-
before described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Marsh and James Compstono Fell (on
behalf ourselves and the said Thomas Marsh), have hereunto set our hands
and scals, this Twenty-seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and soventy-six.
JAMES MARSH.
(L.S.)
JAMES COMPSTONE FELL (L.S.)