AN IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE AXLES OF CORVES' OR CARRIAGES EMPLOYED FOR CONVEYING COAL OR OTHER MATERIAL FROM PITS AND MINES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joe Green Hey, of Hartshead Moor, Cleckheaton,
in the County of York, India-rubber Manufacturer and Mineral Oil
Refiner, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR
LUBRICATING THE AXLES OF CORVES' OR CARRIAGES EMPLOYED FOR CONVEYING
COAL OR OTHER MATERIAL FROM PITS AND MINES."
Sealed the 7th March 1865, and dated the 16th September 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joe Green Hey at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th September 1864.
I, JOE GREEN HEY, of Hartshead Moor, Cleckheaton, in the County of
York, India-rubber Manufacturer and Mineral Oil Refiner, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS
FOR LUBRICATING THE AXLES OP 'CORVES' OR CARRIAGES EMPLOYED FOR CONVEYING
COAL OR OTHER MATERIAL FROM PITS AND MINES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is a means or method of lubricating the axles
of corves or carriages employed for conveying coal or other material from pits
and mines in such a manner as to secure a regular and economical supply to
the said axles, which I effect as follows:-To the outer face of each wheel of
the corf or carriage is cast a dome-shaped cup, or receptacle for oil, forming
one half of the boss, in which the axle works. On the inner face of each
wheel is a similar dome-shaped cup or receptacle (secured thereto by bolts or
other suitable means), having a pap or projection cast thereon, through which
is a pipo placed at an angle and reaching to the under side of the axle, a hole

page_text: being bored vertically in the pap or projection and communicating with the
above-mentioned pipe for the purpose of supplying the dome-shaped cups or
receptacles with oil, also serving as an overflow or gauge to regulate the
quantity of oil supplied; or the dome-shaped cups or receptacles may enclose
a boss in which the axle may work, one or more holes being bored through
the boss; oil flowing through, the hole or holes will lubricate the axle. In
discharging coal or other material the corves or carriages are frequently
inverted, the oil receptacle above described being also inverted will effectually
lubricate the axles without the waste consequent upon the plan or method of
lubricating by hand. The means of and apparatus for lubrication above
described may be applied to the axles of railway carriage-wheels, loose pulleys,
and other wheels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joe Green Hey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th March 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOE GREEN
HEY, of Hartishead Moor, Cleckheaton, in the County of York, India-rubber
Manufacturer and Mineral Oil Refiner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Joe Green Hey,-Her-special, licence that I, the said
Joe Green Hey, my executors, administrators, and assigns,, or such others
as I, the said Joe Green Hey, 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
"AN IMPROVED MEANS OF. AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING THE AXLES OF CORVES
OR CARRIAGES EMPLOYED FOR CONVEYING COAL OR OTHER MATERIALS PROM PITS AND
MINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Joe Green Hey,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument 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
t

page_text: Office within six calendar months next and immediately alter the oute
he said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joe Green Hey, do hereby declare
he nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
ormed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of this Invention is a means or method of lubricating the axles
of corves or carriages employed for conveying coal or other material from pits
and mines in such a manner as to secure a regular and economical supply to
the said axles, which I effect as follows:-To the outer face of each wheel of
the corf or carriage is cast a dome-shaped cup or receptacle for oil, forming
one half of the boss, in which the axle works. On the inner face of each
wheel is a similar domed shaped cup or receptacle (secured thereto by bolts
or other suitable means), having a pap or projection cast thereon, through
which is a pipe placed at an angle and reaching to the under side of the axle, a
hole being bored vertically in the pap. or projection and communicating with
the above-mentioned pipe for the purpose of supplying the dome-shaped cups
or receptacles with oil, a second pipe serving as an overflow or gauge to
regulate the quantity of oil supplied; the dome-shaped cups or receptacles
enclose a boss in which the axle works, one or more holes being bored, through
the boss; oil flowing through the hole or holes will lubricate the axle.--In
discharging coal or other matter the corves or carriages are frequently inverted,
the oil receptacle above described being also inverted will effectually lubricate
the axles without the waste consequent upon the plan or method of lubricating,
by band.
The means of and apparatus for lubrication above described may be applied?
to the axles of railway carriage wheels, loose pulleys, and other wheels.
.
Such being the nature and particulars of my said Invention, I will now:
proceed to describe more in detail the nature and particulars thereof, and the
manner in which the same is to be carried into practical effect. And.in order:
that the same may be distinctly understood, I have attached to these Presents
a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with
part in:
figures and letters of reference, the same letter referring to the same
the several views, in which Fig. 1 is an elevation. of a wheel with my im-
5 provements. áttached; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same; Fig. 3-is-an
elevation of a-wheel such as is employed for larger waggons; Fig. 4 is a
vertical section of the same; and Fig. 5 is an end elevation of part of a "corf,"
shewing axle and one of my improved wheels attached.
A is the 'rim of the wheel, to the outer-face of which is cast the domne-

page_text: shaped cup B, forming the half boss b, the inner face of the wheel being
formed of a similar dome-shaped cup C, forming the half of boss c, the inner
face of these parts, b, c, forming the boss, in which the axle works, being
brought near to each other in the said dome, yet leaving sufficient space for
the flow of oil from the dome by the passage C¹ to the said axle as the wheel.
revolves. The dome-shaped cup C is secured to the rim A by bolts or set.
screws D, the joint E being covered with white lead or other suitable
material, to. prevent leakage or loss of oil: F shews the pap or projection
through which the pipe F¹ is passed for the purpose of supplying the dome F².
with oil; G is the overflow pipe, which is placed at an angle, and reaches
near to the under side of the axle. The action of this self-lubricating wheel
is as follows: Oil being poured through the pipe F until the lower part of
the dome F is full to near the under side of the axle, should a greater
quantity of oil be passed through the pipe F¹, it will at once commence to
flow out of the said dome by the overflow pipe G, thus indicating a sufficient
quantity of oil is already in the dome. The corf or carriage being put in
motion, the outer diameter of the parts b, c, will by the revolution of the wheel
be constantly passing through the oil in the dome, a portion of which oil will
partially adhere thereto, from thence flowing by the inclined part forming the.
boss b, c, to the opening or passage C', thus lubricating the axle. Corves are.
frequently inverted; in such cases the oil in the dome will flush over the boss
b, c, and through the opening or passage above described, thus effectually
lubricating the shaft. The inlet and outlet for supplying and discharging the
oil are secured by means of the springs H, H, (which springs work on the
pins h, h,) at the under side of the end of each of these springs is fixed a
piece of india-rubber, covering the opening to the pipes in the said paps or
projections, or the openings thereto may be secured by a set screw. Or,
instead of the space or opening C¹ between the boss b, c, the said parts may
be pierced with a number of holes, through which the oil would pass to the
axle, or the wheels and dome-shaped cups or receptacles may be cast together,
and the opening or passage C₁ cut through the boss b, c, and the pipes
attached as above described. The means of lubricating above described is
also applicable to railway carriage and other wheels and pullies.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my said
Invention for "An Improved Means of and Apparatus for Lubricating the
Axles of Corves or Carriages employed for Conveying Coal or other Material
from Pits and Mines," I would have it distinctly understood that what I
claim and believe to be new within this realm is, the construction and
employment of wheels with the peculiar construction, method of and apparatus

page_text: for effecting the lubrication of the axles working therein, or any mere
modification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joe Green Hey, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, the Fourteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
Signed and sealed by the
said Joe Green Hey, in
the presence of
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax and Blackburn.
J. G. HEY. (LS.)