IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING THE SHAFTS OF THE CONDUCTING PULLEYS OF MULES, TYDROWIN ADD ATSO ADDLICABLE TO MACHINERY IN GENERAL."
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Thornber England, of Colne, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LUBRICATING THE SHAFTS OF THE CONDUCTING PULLEYS OF MULES,
TYDROWIN ADD ATSO ADDLICABLE TO MACHINERY IN GENERAL."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Thornber
England at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd December 1863.
I, THOMAS THORNBER ENGLAND, of Colne, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING THE SHAFTS OF THE CONDUCTING PULLEYS OF
MULES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY IN GENERAL,"
to be as follows:-
In the horizontal blocks or steps, which carry the band-conducting pulleys
of mules for spinning, I cause the shafts or spindles to work in bushes either
open or closed at the ends, and place on the blocks or steps at each end of
the shaft a cup or vessel having a hole at the bottom leading to the spindle or
shaft, and for the vertical or angular conducting pulleys I cause the bottom of
the shaft to work in a closed bush with a lubricating cup or vessel at the side,
and also a cup or vessel leading to the top of the shaft. The said cups on
vessels contain lubricating matter, which is supplied gradually to the spindle or
shaft, and keeps it perfectly lubricated and maintains. it in good working con-

page_text: dition for a great length of time, and by reducing the friction prevents to a
great extent the wear and tear of the bands and economizes the lubricating
matter. These cups or vessels may be cast on the blocks or fixed separately
on the steps, and can be applied with advantage to the shafts or spindles
of all descriptions of machinery.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Thornber England in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 2nd June 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
THORNBER ENGLAND, of Colne, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Thomas Thornber England, Her special license
that I, the said Thomas Thornber England, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as 1, the said Thomas Thornber England, 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 LUBRICATING THE SHAFTS
OF THE CONDUCTING PULLEYS OF MULES, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE
TO MACHINERY IN GENERAL," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Thomas Thornber England, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Thomas Thornber England, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):
. In the horizontal blocks or steps which carry the band-conducting pulleys.

page_text: of mules for spinning, I cause the shafts or spindles to work in bushes either.
open or closed at the ends, and place on the blocks or steps at each end of
the shaft a cup or vessel having a hole or tube at the bottom leading to the
spindle or shaft. For the vertical or angular conducting pulleys, I cause the
bottom of the shaft to work in a closed bush with a lubricating cup or vessel
at the side, and also a cup or vessel leading to the top of the shaft. The
said cups or vessels contain oil or other lubricating matter, which is supplied
gradually to the spindle or shaft, and keeps it perfectly lubricated, and main-
tains it in good working condition for a great length of time, and by reducing
the friction, prevents to a great extent the wear and tear of the bands, and
also economizes the lubricating matter. These cups or vessels may be cast
on the blocks or steps or placed on them separately. For the purpose of
lubricating the necks or bearings of shafting, guide and jockey pulleys,
counter shafts, the necks or bearings of all kinds of spinning, preparing, and
weaving machinery, and also the necks or bearings of every description of
machinery, I employ cups or vessels placed upon or cast to the caps, steps,
or bearings of the shafts or spindles, and fill the said cups or vessels with oil,
tallow or lard, used separately, or tallow or lard combined with each other,
or with oil or any other lubricating matter, and also instead of placing the
cups upon the caps, blocks, or bearings, recesses may be cut or cast in them
in order, to be receptacles of the lubricating matter. I also apply tallow or
lard combined with oil, or tallow, or lard used separately or in connection
with each other, or with oil for the purpose of lubricating the spindles of all
kinds of spinning and preparing machinery, for which purpose the footsteps
and collars or bearings of such spindles are made with a cup or dish to receive
the same or are sunk in the spindle rails to leave a cavity to receive such
lubricating matter.
One arrangement of my improved cups or vessels for containing the lubri-
cating matter is shewn in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Figs.
1 and 2 are two views of one of the horizontal, and Fig. 3 a view of one of
the angular or vertical blocks or steps, which carry the conducting pulleys of
mules for spinning, a part of Fig. 2 being in section. In all the Figures the
blocks or steps are shewn at a, and the pulleys at b. In Figs. 1 and 2 the
parts of the block or step which enclose the bushes, in which the shaft of the
pulleys work are surmounted by cups or vessels c, through the bottom of
which, and also through the bushes, holes are formed leading to the ends of
the shaft. The said cups are filled with lubricating matter, and they are
provided with covers d, for preventing the entrance of dust and dirt. In
Fig. 3, the cup or vessel for containing the lubricating matter is shewn at

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e, and the cover at f. The said cup has a hole leading to the top of the
vertical shaft, which carries the pulley, and the footstep 9 has a tube h, at the
side leading to the bottom of the shaft, to which tube is attached a cup or
vessel i containing lubricating matter. In the Figures the cups or vessels c
and e are cast to the blocks, but they may be separate and fixed to them, and
they may also be made of any desired. form, and placed at any angle or
position, and I apply similar arrangements to all shafting and bearings which
require lubricating. In many cases the cups can be dished out of the metal
of the rails or bearings themselves for the purpose of making receptacles of
lubricating matter, which method is suitable for throstles, mules; roving
frames, and other spinning and preparing machines.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is, to be performed, I desire it to be
understood that. I claim the improvements in lubricating the shafts or spindles.
of the conducting pulleys of mules, and also the application of the same
system of lubricating to the shafting and spindles of all descriptions of
spinning and preparing machinery, and also machinery in general, as such,
improvements are herein described and illustrated in the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Thornber England, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-seventh day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
THOMAS THORNBER ENGLAND. (L.S.)