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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL, 650., UPON FIBROUS SUBSTANCES. No, 352,390. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING OIL, &c., UPON PIBROUS SUBSTANCES.

No. 352,390. Q Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR RENN, oF GREAT HORTON, AND PRIESTLEY FIRTH, or LIDGET GREEN, COUNTY on YORK, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR DIST RIBLT NG 0lL,'fc., UPONl'lBROUS SUBSTANCES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,390, dated November 9, 1886.

' Application and May 20, 1886. Serial No. 202,792. No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ARTHUR BENN, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at Great Horton,and PRIESTLEY FIRTH, asnbjectof the Queen of England, residing at Lidget Green, both in the county of York, England, have invented new and useful Improvements in- Apparatus for Distributing Oil or other Liquids upon Fibrous Substances, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to novel and useful improvements in apparatus for distributing oil or other liquids upon fibrous substances as they are passed through a gill box or similar machine.

The said invention consists of a plunger actuated by mechanism connected with the machine to which the apparatus is applied, regularly entering the vessel containing the liquid to be distributed, and thus displacing an equal bulk of such liquid from the vessel, and causing it to uniformly flow or drop upon the fibers as they pass through such machine.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings represents a side view of the upper portion of the back end of a gill-box fitted with our improved apparatus. Fig. 2 is aback view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a view showing the gillbox with the invention applied thereto.

The cistern A, holding the liquid to be distributed, is supported by brackets B, secured to the standards 0, in which the back or feed rollers, D, are mounted. The bottom roller is represented with the driving end of its arbor E broken off to enable the wormF, keyed thereon, to be seen in full in Fig. l. The said worm engages with the worm-wheel G, secured on the inclined shaft H, and such shaft has a worm, J, keyed on its upper end, which engages with the worm-wheel K on the horizontal shaft L. One end of the shaftL is carried in a bearing formed in the bracket M, secured to the cistern A, and the other end of such shaft runs in an eccentric bush, 0, fitted in the top of the standard N. Thesaid eccentric bush enables the worm J and worm-wheel K to be placed in or out of gear by turning the lever I, cast with such bush, the set-screw 1? being provided to retain them in either position. The bevel-wheels Q communicate motion from the shaft L to the screw R, which screw is mounted in a bearing formed in the bracket M, and is screwed into the plunger S.

The different parts of the apparatus are so arranged that when the gill-boX is' in opera)- tion the screwR is gradually unscrewed out of theplungerS. Thustheplungerisloweredinto the cistern A, containing the liquid to be distributed, and the-level of such liquid is raised above the ports or openings T in the side of the cistern. The liquid therefore flows down the incline Uand drops onto the fibers as they are fed into the box.

When the-plunger approaches the bottom of the cistern, the worm J andtworm-wheel K are thrown out of gear by means of the eccentric bush 0, and the plunger is raised to its original position by turning the shaft L.

The speed at which the plunger S is lowered, relative to the speed at which the gill-box is operated, may be regulated by substituting a larger or smaller worm-wheel for the wormwheel K, the brackets V and W, forming the bearings for the inclined shaft H, being adj ustable for that purpose by reason of theprovision of slots 1; and w, through which bolts 1; and w pass into the standards.

A small plunger, b, is suspended ,in the cistern A by the cord d, passing over the guidepulleys e and connected to the starting-lever of the gill-box g. The small plunger 12 is so arranged that when the gill-box is in operation such plunger is immersed in the liquid containedin the cistern; but when the starting-lever 9 is moved to stop the gill-box the said small plungeris raised out of the cistern A by means ofthe cord d. Therefore thesurface of the liquid contained in such cistern is lowered below the level of the ports T, and the supply or flow of liquid is immediately stopped.

As shown in the drawings, the apparatus is supported on brackets B, secured to the standards in which the feed-rollers D are mounted, and the power required to actuate the mechanism which lowers the plunger S is obtained from the arbor E of the bottom feed-roller, D, by means of the worm F, secured on the said arbor, engaging with the worm-wheelG on the bottom of the inclined shaft H, which shaft is connected to the screw working in the plunger S. The bottom feed'roller, D, of the gill-box is driven by the wheel A, secured on the arbor E, which wheel is connected to the wheel B, fixed on the driving-shaft D of the machine, by the double stud-wheel F, mounted on the stud G, fixed to the frame H. v

The fibers to beoperated upon are .placed u on the travelin aaron J which asses s l P under the cistern A, round the bottom feedroller, D, and therefore carries such fibers under the incline U, where they receive a sprinkling of the liquid flowing from the cistern A, and are then passed through the feed-"rollers D, by which they are fed onto the gills or fallers working in the box K.

We claimv g 1. The combination, with the feed-rolls of a gill-box and their operating mechanism, of a cistern or liquid-receptacle, a plunger, mechanism, substantially as described, for forcing the plunger down into the cistern, and gearing, substantially as described, connecting the feedroll-operating mechanism with the plunger mechanism, whereby they are simultaneously operated, as set forth.

2.? The combination,with the feed-rollers D D, having driving-shaft E, of the cistern, the plunger Shaving actuating-screw R, and gearing, substantially as described, connecting the shaft E with said screw R, as set fortlnwhereby the plunger is operated from the'feed roll shaft, as described. .1 i

3. In combination, the oil-cistern, the feedi'ollers D D, shaft E, worm F, worm-wheel G, shaft H, Worm J, worm-wheel. K, shaft L, bevel-gearing, screw R, and plunger S, all located and operating as described. 1 4. In combination, the feed-rolls of a gillboxprovided with operating mechanism, an oil-cistern, a plunger located therein, gearing, substantially as described, connecting the plunger and the feed-roll-operating mechanism, a supplementary plunger, its rope, and

the starting-lever to which said rope is connected, whereby upon the stopping of the machine the' auxiliary plunger is raised and the level of the oil correspondingly lowered, as set forth.

5. The combination,with a gill-box and its feed-rolls,of an oil-cistern having side outlets,a main plunger, mechanism, substantially as described, connecting it with the feed-rolls for moving it in the cistern to cause the oil to overflow, a supplementary plunger, the feedroll-startinglever,and means wherebysaid supplementary plunger is connected to the feedroll-starting lever, whereby it isdropped into the oil to bring it to the level of the outlets when the machine is started, and withdrawn to lower the level of the oil When the machine feedrolls, shaft E, shaft H, gearing therewith,

shaft L, geared to shaft H, and plunger S having screw R geared to shaft L, with the eccentric bearing-block O, in which shaft L is V V journaled, having lever I, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

" ARTHUR BENN.

PRIESTLEY FIRTH.

Witnesses:

DAVID NoWELL, SAMUEL A. DRAOUP.

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