US280626A - Oilman jaquith - Google Patents

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G. JAQUITH.

SPINNING RING. No. 280,626. Patented July 3, 1883.

WITNESSES INVENTOR I ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GILMAN J AQUITH, OF MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JANUARY 81'- WOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

SPINNING-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,626, dated. July '3, 1883.

- Applicationfiled June 7, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GILMANJA UITH, of Maysville in the county of Mason and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spinning-Rings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and cheap form of spinning-ring, which shall automatically effect its own lubrication without the necessity of frequently doing this by hand or by other devices.

To this end the improvement consists in a spinning-ring having in its upper periphery or flange, around which the traveler moves, an annular oil-chamber,with openings only at the top, or at a point through which the oil cannot run out from gravity, and through which the oil is introduced. With a spinning-ring so constructed with an' annular reservoir, I find that the upper portion of the spinning-ring is constantly and uniformly lubricated with a small but sufficient quantity of oil as long as the supply lasts. As to the manner in which the oil passes from the annular chamber to the exterior of the walls of the ring without special openings through which it may gravitate, Iwould state that this occurs in two ways: First, the oil penetrates the natural pores of the thin metallic walls of the chamber and oozes out on the exterior as a thin sweat 5 and, secondly, inthe rapid revolution of the traveler its centrifugal action and inductive effect on the air draw some of thevapors of the oil out through the inletholes, which condense on...the exterior of the cold metal; or a small quantity of the oil, adhering to the walls of the inner chamber by surface adhesion, is constantly drawn'to the exterior throughthefilling-holesbythe induction of the traveler.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a spinning-ring with a segment broken out of its periphery, the said ring being in an unfinished state, and showing the first step of forming the annular chamber by turning a groove in its flange or upper periphery. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the ring, having its annular chamber completed by the closure of the walls go of the groove, and the ring being shown seat ed in a portion of the rail, which is here shown in section.

A indicates the ring, and I) 7) its flange, on and around which the traveler B moves. Said flange is made hollow or formed with an oilreceptacle, 0, in its upper part. This receptacle is constructed by grooving the top of the flange, as in Fig. 1, so as to leave two upright thin metal walls, with a small space between them. These two separated walls are then brought together at'the top, thus forming the closed annular cavity or oil-receptaclee on top of and all around the. ring. Two or more small apertures, 8, must be made in the upper part of this close oil-receptacle for the expulsion of the air at one of said apertures when replenishing the receptacle or cavity with oil at the other. The oil contained in this receptacle, I find, serves to lubricate the ring as the traveler B rapidly revolves around and over it, acting in the way heretofore indicated, and thereby preventing the traveler from wearing, and giving a perfectly uniform friction to it, and consequently uniform tension to the thread.

To explain the advantages of this construction of the ring and method of lubricating it for thetraveler, I would briefly'state that the manner of oiling heretofore practiced has been to put the oil on the outer surface of the top of the ring, which oil the traveler (that moves with a velocity of five or six thousand revolutions a minute, more or less) almost immediately clears from the ring, excepting the small quantity, if any, that penetrates the pores of the iron of which the ring is made. This produces a very light friction of the traveler when the ring is freshly oiled and the frame is first started, but an increased one as the oil is thrownoff, and this increases the tension on the thread, by which the traveler is propelled. It consequently becomes necessary to replenish oil to the traveler several times in'the course of a day, and even then uniformity of tension or friction is not secured. With my improvement, on the contrary, fresh oiling need not be resorted to oftener' than once infour or five weeks, and a uniform friction is obtained also, only a small proportion of the oil formerly used is required, and a great saving in cleaning the work, and very-much less breakage of I00 ends, and consequently bad places or piecings, takes place, besides a great saving in waste.

I am aware of the English Patent No. 2,87 of 1878, which shows means for oiling a spinning-ring, consisting of a duet leading from the edge of the ring to a cup or oil-reservoir beside each ring in which cup is aplunger for each ring, fitting in the duct and arranged to act as the plunger of a pump to force at times a supply of oil to the wearing peripheryof the ring. The expense and impraeticability of providing aseparate pump for oiling each one of the spinning-rings is so obvious an objec tion that I do not considerit necessaryto dwell upon any further distinction as to the different principles of myinvention and its simple and practical construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Aspinningringhaviilg in its np )erperipl1- eral edge or flange an annular oil-reservor, with inlet-orifices for introducing the oil, substanrially as shown and described.

GILMAN .TAQUITH.

Witnesses:

1%. K. Honnmcn,

S. Voon.

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