US1986910A - Lubricating device for twister rings - Google Patents

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. Jan. 8, 1935, o. ALDRICH ET'AL. 1,986,910

LUBRICATING DEVICE FOR TWISTER RINGS Filed Jul 3, 195-5 iNVENTORS.

WMHW. J zd ATTORNEYS.

Patented Jan. 8, v l l s l v XUNITED'STATE'S -PATENT cmcs William 0. Aldrich, Whitinsville, and Fred K.

r Hendrickson, Worcester, Mass., assignors to ,W hitin MachineWorks, Whitinsville, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts it -A pplicatlon July 3, 1933; Serial Net-zeros 4 Claims. (01. 118-59) This invention relates to twisting machines of An oil receptacle 30 surrounds the upperporthe ring type, particularly designed for twisting tion or the ring holder 12 andispreferablyperrelatively heavy thread or yarn. In such mamanently assembled therewith by forcing the re- I chines, the excessive pull on the traveler renders .ceptacle 30 over the upper end of the holder 12 or 5 lubrication of the rings desirable to reduce travby welding or otherwise securing these parts in 5 eler wear and replacement. It is also necessary assembled relation. l s to prevent excess oil from collecting on the floor The bottom of the receptacle30 forms a shoulbelow the machine. s s V der when the parts are assembled, by which shoul- It is the general object of our invention to proder the holder 12 is" vertically positioned in the vide an improved and simplified construction by ring rail 10. s I

which a twister ring may be eifectively lubricated The ring 20 is provided with radial openings 32 and by which excess oil will be collected and trans- (Fig. 4) communicating with a slot 33 on the inner ferred to a, suitable receptacle, I face of the ring, said radial openings extending A further object of our invention is to provide outward throug t e flange '21. A wick W is 15 a construction of lubricating device which may be threaded through the openings 32 and along the 15 readily installed in existing frames without expenslot 33 and may be knotted at t e uter Side Of sive alteration thereof. the ring as indi a in Fi 4- Our invention further relates to arrangements The ends of the wick W extend to a greater and combinations of parts which will be hereinor less extent around the outside of the ringholder after described and more particularly pointed out 12 and are received in the oil receptacle 30 which 20 in the appended claims. by reason of its annular form is capable of holding A preferred form of the invention is shown in a considerable supp of the drawing, in which A cover plate 40 fits inside of the receptacle 30 Fig. 1 is a plan view of a portion of a ring rail and outside of the ring flange 21 and excludes dirt 25 having our inv ti applied th t and other foreign matter from the oil in said 25 Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation, taken recepta An p g 41 is prov ded for pp along the line 2-2 in Fig, 1; ing oil to the receptacle 30, and a portion 42 of the Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional elevation, plate 40 is bentupward to clear the wick W where taken along the lin 3 3 i i 1, d it enters the radial passages 32 and to form a Fig. 4 is a partial plan view of the oil receptacle Shield thclccver- I 30 and ring, with portions of the ring shown in The slot 33is preferably so located in the face section, of the ring 20 that it is slightly above the point Referring to the drawing, the usual ring rail 10 of bearing engagement of the traveler T with the is provided with circular openings 11 in which we inner f f h rin 20- as secure substantially cylindrical ring holders 12 in Havin desc ibed the det f ns uct o 35 any convenient manner, as by set -screws 13. improved lubricating the use and A twister ring 20 is provided with a flange 21 es thereof W be readily pp T projecting outwardly therefrom, and the ring 20 p a l 30 holds a pp an O l from is preferably mounted in the holder 12 by forcing which dirt and lint is excluded by the cover 40.

40 the ring into the cylindrical upper portion of the This oil is drawn upwa d y t ap l ary ac 40 holder 12 until the houlder 21 engages th t of the wick W and is transferred in minute quansurfaee of the holder, titles to the slot 33 in the inner surface of the The lower portion of the holder 12 is flanged ring from Which o it OOZcS dow wa d to inwardly and upwardly as indicated at 22 to prolubricate the traveler.

. vide an annular channel or recess 23 in which oil Any x ss f l d ipp n f m th trav l 45 dripping from the traveler T or from the lower 1' fr m the w r d of the ring will be coledge of the ring 20 will be collected, 1 lected in the channel 23 of the holder 12, from At one side of each ring holder there is provided wh h h n l i Wi W t0 the c0nd11ct0r'25, a vent or short spout 24, positioned above a conto be thereafter delivered to a collecting or stor- 5o ductor 25 extending lengthwise of the ring rail age receptacle. The oil thus collected may be and adapted to convey excess oil to a suitable filtered or otherwise purified andused again if receptacle located at any convenient point. The so desired.

conductor 25 preferably has an upwardly extend- It will be noted that the ring20, ring holder ing flange portion 26 adapted to be secured to the 12, receptacle 30 and wick W may be assembled side of the ring rail 10 by screws 27. I and handled as a unit and. may be inserted in 55 and removed from the rail as a separate unitary structure.

All parts are simple and easily constructed, and the advantages of our invention may be utilized at very slight increase in cost over the ordinary construction in which manual lubrioation is commonly necessary.

Having thus described our invention and the advantages thereof, we do not wish to be limited to the details herein disclosed, otherwise than as set forth in the claims, but what we claim is:

1. In a ring twisting machine having a ring rail with a circular ring aperture, in combination, a vertical-flange twister ring, a ring holder therefor snugly fitting the aperture in said ring rail and having an annular oil-collecting channel in its lower portion, and means to supply oil to said ring, said ring, ring holder and oil supply means forming a separately assembled unitary means to supply oil to said ring, said ring, .ring' holder and oil supply means forming a separately assembled unitary structure.

3. In a ring twisting machine having a ring rail with a circular ring aperture, in combination, a vertical-flange twister ring, a ring holder therefor snugly fitting the aperture in said ring rail and having an annular oil-collecting channel in its lower portion, a substantially annular oil receptacle mounted on the upper part of said holder and providing an external shoulder to engage the ring rail and vertically position said ring holder, and a wick extending from said receptacle through radial openings in the ring to the inner face thereof, said ring, ring holder and oil receptacle forming a separately assembled unitary structure. r

' 4. In a ring twisting machine having an apertured ring rail, in combination, a vertical-flange twister ring, a ring holder therefor having an annular oil-collecting channel in its lower portion, a substantially annular oil receptacle mounted on the upper part of said holder and providing an external shoulder to engage the ring rail and vertically position the ring holder, a wick extending from said receptacle through radial openings in the ring to the inner face thereof, and a cover for said receptacle fitting between said ring and the outer wall of said receptacle and effectively excluding dirt from said receptacle, said cover having an oil opening at one part thereof and having an upwardly displaced portion shielding the wick at another part..

WILLIAM O. ALDRICH. FRED K. HENDRICKSON.

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