Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Lubricating the Spindles of Spinning and Twisting Machinery.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Jan, 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Lubricating the
Spindles of Spinning and Twisting Machinery.
We EDWIN JAMES OATES, ARTHUR DONALD OATES, Worsted Spinners, and
WILLIAM EARNSHAW, Manager, all of Ryburne Mills, Halifax, in the county of York,
do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
For lubricating spindles, we employ upon the lifter rail for each spindle a circular
metallic or other oil reservoir or chamber encircling the spindle, within the reservoir
is the ordinary flannel or cloth absorbent washer, and a loose cover resting on a
suitable ledge in the said chamber.
The cover has a number of oiling holes therein, and there is sufficient space between
the edges of the cover and the chamber to allow any lubricant which may have lodged
on the plate to pass into the chamber, and so not run off on to the lifter rail; by this
means the oiling can be accomplished in a much shorter time, there is no waste, and
spindles only require oiling once or twice per week.
Dated this Thirteenth day of May 1889
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Lubricating the
Spindles of Spinning and Twisting Machinery.
We EDWIN JAMES OATES, ARTHUR DONALD OATES, Worsted Spinners, and
WILLIAM EARNSHAW, Manager, all of Ryburne Mills, Halifax, in the county of York,
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:-
Figs. 1 and 1ª are elevations in section of our lubricating arrangement.
Fig. 2 shows plan of cover and reservoir.
Fig. 3 shows plan of reservoir and absorbent washer.
Fig. 4 shows plan of cover detached.
For lubricating spindles, we employ upon the lifter rail for each spindle, a circular
metallic, wood, or other oil reservoir or chamber A, encircling the spindle B, within
the reservoir is the ordinary flannel or cloth absorbent washer C, and a loose cover D,
resting on a suitable ledge in the said chamber.
The cover has a number of oiling holes E therein, and there is sufficient space
between the edges of the cover and the chamber to allow any lubricant which may
have lodged on the plate to pass into the chamber, and so not run off on to the lifter
rail; by this means the oiling can be accomplished in a much shorter time, there is no
waste, and the spindles only require oiling once or twice per week.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Lubricating the spindles of spinning and twisting machinery by means of
metallic, wood, or other oil reservoirs A, absorbent washer C, and loose cover D,
substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Turenty first day of January 18ÒN ''
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicants.