Improvements in Means for Lubricating Spindles Employed in Textile Machinery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Sept., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15h June, 1897--Accepted, 17th July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Lubricating Spindles Employed in
Textile Machinery.
We, JOHN MCQUEEN, of John Hetherington and Sons Limited, Vulcan Works,
Pollard Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, and GEORGE
EDWARD ROSS, Manager, and OLIVER HIRST, Spindle Maker, both of the same place,
do hereby declare the nature of this 'Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in means for lubricating those spindles in
which loose oil cups or reservoirs are employed, the chief object of our improvements
being to form such oil cups so that they can be readily detached for cleaning and can
be replaced after re-filling without stopping the spindles and further to protect the
oil in the cups or reservoirs from fly and fluff.
In carrying our improvements into effect we prolong the bolster case some distance
below the end of the spindle and its bearing and make the lower portion of the case
hollow and open at the bottom. We make the oil cup or reservoir in the form of a
tube with a closed end and turn this tube to fit the interior of the bolster case.
When the cup has been filled with lubricant it is passed up into the lower end of
the bolster case and secured thereto by a bayonet joint, quick thread screw or
other suitable form of joint or connection so that the oil surrounds the spindle
bearing and passing through slots or holes therein lubricates both the spindle and its
bearing.
This arrangement offers great facility for emptying, cleaning and re-filling the
reservoir with oil whilst the spindles are running and effectually prevents the
admission of fly and fluff.
Dated this 14th day of September 1896
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Lubricating Spindles Employed in
Textile Machinery.
We, JOHN MCQUEEN, of John Hetherington and Sons Limited, Vulcan Works,
Pollard Street, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, and GEORGE
EDWARD Ross, Manager, and OLIVER HIRST, Spindle Maker, both of the same place,
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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in means for lubricating those spindles in
which loose oil cups or reservoirs are employed, the chief object of our improvements

page_text: being to form such oil cups so that they can be readily detached for cleaning and can
be replaced after re-filling without stopping the spindles and further to protect the
oil in the cups or reservoirs from fly and fluff.
In carrying our improvements into effect we prolong the bolster case some distance
below the end of the spindle and its bearing and make the lower portion of the case
hollow and open at the bottom. We make the oil cup or reservoir in the form of a
tube with a closed end and turn this tube to fit the interior of the bolster case.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings-
Figure 1 is an elevation and Figure 2 a sectional elevation of a spindle to which
our improved means for lubricating the saine are applied.
In these views, a designates the spindle, a' the bolster or spindle bearing, b the
bolster case, and c the oil cup adapted to enter at the lower end and fit into the
interior of the bolster case to which it is secured as shown by means of a pin c¹ fixed
on the oil cup entering an open slot 6' in the bolster case and so forming a bayonet
joint.
When the cup c has been filled with lubricant it is passed up into the lower end of
the bolster case b and secured thereto by the bayonet joint so that the oil surrounds
the lower end of the spindle bearing and lubricates both the spindle and its
bearing.
This arrangement offers great facility for emptying, cleaning and re-filling the
reservoir with oil whilst the spindles are running and effectually prevents the admission
of fly and fluff.
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 :-
In combination, the spindle bearing a¹, the prolonged bolster case b, and the oil
cup c connected to the bolster case by a bayonet joint all substantially as and for the
purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 14th day of June 1807
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.