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SAMUEL. H. BARBER, or' Ersr GREENWIGH, RHODE IISLAND. Leiters Patent No. 61,915 dated February 12, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN DEVICES POR OILING SPINDLES. TOP ROLLS. toWOP SPINNING AND OTHER MACHINERY.

TO ALL WIT-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. BARBER, ot"y East Greenwich, in the county of Kent, andv State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and improved Mode oi' Oiling the Bearings of Spindles, Top Rolls, site., in machinery used for manufacturing cotton, wool, and other material; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full and correct description thereof, reference being had to the'aecompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon. The same letters refer to similar parts `in all the figures. i

Figure I is a perspective view of a spinning,r machine with the arrangement for oiling applied to the spindles and top rolls. i 4

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of one of the oil tubes.

Figure 3 is an enlarged cross-section of a tube and spindle bearing. i

To construct my improved arrangement for oiling, takca tube, A, and make holes in its side at a proper distance apart to correspond with the bearings to be oiled, to which holes are fitted short tubes, (in some cases` the holes will answer the purpose,) c c c, in which are placed wicks, or the ends of the tubes may be made small enough to retard the ilow of the oil. This tube A is placed contiguous to the part to be oiled, and rests in suib able bearings, g, at its ends, and when the length of machine requires it, intermediate bearings may be put anywhere between the ends to hold. the tube up inline. A represents a tube for oling the spindle bearings, and C a tube to oil the bearings of the top rolls P P. These tubes A C are filled with oilithrough theopening S X. The arms R J are secured to the tubes, to turn them over towards the bearings and bring the ends of the small tubes, or the wickswin them, in contact with the bearing of the spindles Va and top rolls P, and so oil them without wasting the oil. The arms It J may be connected with the machine, sonas to be moved at regular inter vals, thus making it an automatic oiler; or they may be moved by the hand of the operative who attends to the machine.

The operation is as follows: The tube A is illedrwith oil, and when the bearings, are supposed to require lubricating, the handle R is turned over in the direction shown by the dotted line in figyl. This brings the ends of the small tubes e c, with the wicks in them, down into the openings K made in the front of the holsters to receive them, so that the wicks, which conduct the-oil from the insidcjof the `tube A, shall press against the spindles and oil them. The operation of the tube inY the `c ase of the top rolls and otherbearings is the same in principle. This arrangement for oiling has great advantages over the usual way of oiling with a single feeder or can: first, in oiling the bearings more perfectly; second, in saving of time;' forwherc there are hundreds of spindles inra machine, a gooddeal of time must be occupied in oiling cach one separately, `or 'the operation is likely to. be performed very negligently. A great saving of oil is accomplished, aseacll bearing has just enough given it, and no more, and this prevention of the use of an excess of oil saves the coverings of the top rolls from the usual damage donc to them by the oil, and also prevents injuring the goods manufactured by the same cause. The tube 1,.in iig. 1, is represented as `oiling the bearing of the-bottom roll.

It will be readily understood from the above description that this plan 'of oiling bearings is of value for machinery Working on nice material, such as lace and worsted, Where an excess of oil-would damage the goods `manufactured, as well as for machines having a great number' of bearings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is I claim the combination of th'e tubes, constructed and operating substantially as described, with the various machines used for manufacturing cotton, wool, .and other material, for the purpose and substantially as herein set forth.

SAMUEL H. BARBER.

Witnesses:

Homes N. Fosrsn, BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

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