Improvements in Apparatus or Mechanism applicable for Oiling Twine.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 1st Sept., 1893-Accepted, 14th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Mechanism applicable for Oiling
Twine.
We, ALFRED ERNEST CLIBBORN, of Bentham near Lancaster, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager of The Bentham Hemp Spinning Coy. Ltd., and
ROBERT GOODBODY of Clara, King's County, Ireland, Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object a method of oiling twine as it enters the balling
machine, and is especially adapted for use with twine for reaping machines.
The bobbin is placed upon a spindle, to either of them a regulated brake is
applied, the brake block being preferably placed on a horizontal or bell crank lever
having a weight on the other arm, adjustable as regards distance from the fulcrum.
The twine passes from the bobbin over a roller, preferably of tin, running with its
bottom in a cistern of oil. From this, it passes over a cocoanut fibre mat, or
equivalent mat, in a generally arched form placed over the oil cistern, in one end
of which the aforesaid tin roller revolves. The roof of this cistern, on which the
mat rests, is perforated, preferably on the side nearest the roller, so that any
surplus oil which soaks through the mat again enters the oil cistern. From
the mat, the twine enters the eye of the balling machine, preferably at a lower
level, and is balled in the usual manner. As the tin roller revolves at a con-
siderable speed with the twine, it is apt to splash the oil about. To avoid this,
therefore, we place a tin guard over the twine and roller for a considerable
distance on each side of the said roller and box-in the space in which the roller
runs, so that no oil can be splashed over. The twine preferably enters this
boxed-in space over an adjustable bar. This bar is adjustable by screws so as to
be raised or lowered, and by these means the twine can be caused to hug the roller
through a greater or less angle and thus receive a greater or less amount of oil.
Another advantage of this bar is that it knocks off any chips and causes them to
fall outside the cistern. A second bar can be placed a little beyond the roller with
preferably a sloping trough below it and a third above-fixed to the guard or
adjustable. This also assists in knocking off chips and delivers them into the
sloping trough. The oil running down this trough can be allowed to fall back
again into the cistern, while the chips from time to time can be removed at the end.
Any arrangement can be adopted whereby the twine shall not always follow the
exact same course over the pulley and mat, but this is not essential.
In our experimental machine, the cistern is about 3 feet long and 2 feet wide,
the height in the centre to the roof on which the mat rests is about 5 inches, and
the depth of the oil is kept at about 2 inches, the tin roller is 4 inches in diameter
and 10 inches wide, and runs about of an inch from the bottom of the cistern, its
journals being in V blocks of wood.
Dated the 30th day of November 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Mechanism applicable for Oiling
Twine.
We, ALFRED ERNEST CLIBBORN of Bentham in the County of York, Manager,
and ROBERT GOODBODY of Clara, King's County Ireland, Manufacturer, 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 :-
This invention has for its object a method of oiling binding and other twine as it
enters the balling machines, and is especially adapted for twine used with self-
binding reaping machines.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawings, in
which :-
Figure 1 is an isometrical view of the machine with the cover of the roller
withdrawn:
Figure 2, longitudinal section of the machine shown as it is connected with the
balling machine :
Figures 3 and 4, details of mechanism for supporting the bars:
Figure 5, a detailed view showing the inner end of the shield with its support.
A, is the bobbin which is placed upon a spindle and is regulated by a brake B.
The weight C of this brake is preferably adjustable in position as shown. The
twine from this bobbin passes over an adjustable bar D, then over a roller E
running in a bath of oil F. G is a second bar, also adjustable as regards height.
By the adjustment of these bars, the contact of the twine with the roller E is
regulated. These bars D and G can be rounded or augular. For very strong
twine having a considerable amount of chips, the bars are better more
or less
angular as more readily knocking off the chips, but for general purposes, the round bar
is best, as it does not make twine hairy. H is another bar, almost always made
angular and fixed to the shield I. This shield can be regulated in height, its
supports being supported with a tight fit in brackets J J. K is a stout cocɔanut
mat placed on the roof L of the oil reservoir F. This mat is loose and adjustable
laterally, but its ends are confined by low abutments R formed preferably of angle
iron. Perforations M can be made at each end or in the bottom, so that oil can
drop back again into the oil reservoir F: O, thimble through which the yarn
enters the balling machine: P, balling machine flier.
The mode of action is as follows:-
The bobbin of rough twine is placed on the spindle at A. and the twine led
through to the balling machine. As it passes over the roller E, it causes the latter
to revolve and receives a modicum of oil, the bars G and D regulating this amount.
Passing under the bar H, what sticks are not already knocked off by the bars G
and D are largely knocked off by this bar. It then passes over the mat K, which
can be of any suitable tough yielding material, not necessarily cocoanut fibre; we
have found, however, cocoanut fibre acts best, as it materially cleans, rounds and
stretches the twine. This mat equalises the amount of oil in the twine, scraping
off the surplus quantity and adding oil to any portion which may have escaped
being coated to the required extent; oil scraped off by this mat runs back again
into the reservoir E. The twine then passes on to the balling machine and is balled
in due course.
In some of our later machines, we have made the cross bars
somewhat in the shape of a fire bar, namely, with a projecting flange below. By
turning the bar round and bringing the projecting flange uppermost, the bar is
raised half an inch or more without otherwise altering the adjustment; if there be
2, 3 or 4 flanges of different radii, a large amount of adjustment can be made in this
manner. To clean the trough, we take out the roller and the back bar G, the
chips which fall into the oil can be cleaned out with a wire brush or a piece of wire

page_text: netting attached to a handle forming a scoop of wire netting of about one-eighth of
an inch mesh.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. A twine oiling and cleaning device consisting of a supply bobbin, an oil
supplying device E, adjustable cleaning and oiling regulating and cleaning
devices D, G and H, arched matting K and balling machine P substantially as
described.
2. In a twine oiling machine, the combination of a braked bobbin A, a roller E
running partially immersed in an oil reservoir F, and adjusting devices D and G,
the latter being on the same side of the twine as the roller is, whereby the amount
of contact of the twine with the oiling cylinder can be exactly regulated and the
surplus oil extracted by G allowed to fall back into the reservoir.
3. The combination of braked bobbin A, oiling devices EF sidewise adjustable
arched mat K and a delivery point O so placed as to cause the twine to be pressed
against the arched matting.
4. The combination of the braked bobbin A, oiling devices E F,-oil equalising
and twine cleaning device K and balling machine P, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
5. The combination of the braked supply bobbin A, adjustable scraping device DG
and a second scraping device on the opposite side of the twine H and a mat or
brush K, substantially as described.
6. The combination of the oil cistern F, the curved roof L having drip holes M,
the mat K, substantially as and for the purposes described.
7. The combination of the cistern F, arched roof L having drip holes M, mat K
and abutments R and drip holes M, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
8. In an oiling mechanism, the arched mat K, along which the twine passes,
placed in a position above both receiving and delivering points and placed
longitudinally with the twine, whereby the twine is caused to travel along the mat
for the whole length of the latter.
9. The combination of the arched support L, abutments R and the loose mat K
having its upper surface higher than the normal line of travel of the twine, whereby
the twine is brushed in its travel through a considerable space and the mat can be
at any time shifted a trifle and thus a fresh course on the mat obtained for the
twine.
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WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, and London, Patent Agents.