US708374A - Spinning-spindle. - Google Patents

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No. 703,374. Patented Sept; 2, 1902.

c. E, LOVEJUY. SPINNING SPINDLE.

Application filed Dec. 23, 1901.) No Model.)

7/ y m a a been STATES PATENT Ci -rice.

CHARLES E. LOVEJOY,

OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO SAWVYER SPINDLE COMPANY, OF MAINE. I

SPINNING-SPINDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,374, dated September 2, 1902. Application filed December 23, 1901. Serial No. 86,940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. LOVEJOY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lowell, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Spinning-Spindles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representinglike parts.

This invention relates to spinning-spindles and it has more particular relation to the oil snout ornozzle, which is mounted on the supporting-case and which directs oil to the interior of the case and to the bolster or other. bearing for the spindle.

I have herein shown my invention in connection with a well-known form of spindlebearing, and the various novel features of my invention will be hereinafter described in the,

specification and particularly pointed out in" the following claims.

Figure 1 is'a vertical section and elevation of a spindle-bearing embodying one form of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the top of the upright inlet portion of the oil-snout, the cover being raised.

Referring to Fig. 1, the supporting-case A, having a laterally-enlarged base A to rest upon the spindle-rail S, the spindle B, having a sleeve-whirl B, and the bolster 0, provided with a packing 0 may be and are all substantially of well-known construction, the base A being materially thickened, however, at a to impart greaterstrength below the whirl. In the presentembodimentof myinveiition the oil-snout comprises a radially-extended upwardly-inclined portion h on the base A having an uprightinlet portion h, a substan tially vertical inlet 71 in the latterflcommnnieating with the outer upper end of a slanting .duct i which passes through the part h of the snout and communicates with the interior of the case A. In Fig. 1 a plug 5 is shown, closing the end of the duct, the latter usually beingformed by drilling the part h of the snout. By making this-part h upwardly inclined its outercorner is raised some little distance above the spindle-rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, to obviate the likelihood of waste catching thereunder and to enable it to be very readily removed if it should collect.

cessible for cleaning should any small amount of waste collect. The slanting duct 2' prevents the oil from clogging up therein and acts to drain the upright portion or inlet i thoroughly.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the top of the upright h is laterally enlarged at its sides by a flange 77.2, which is upturned and extended inward toward the spindle, as at 72.3, to present parallel ears, between which the lug 71, of the oil-cover h is pivoted on a pin h, the flange extendingcontinuouslyfrom one to the other ear around the inlet. This flange serves to greatly strengthen the casting at a weak portion and provide a strong heavy support for the cover 71 and in addition asit is extended around the front, sides, and back of the inletc' it forms a cuplike oil-guard, preventing the oil from slopping over, due to the force with which it runs out of the nozzle of the can when the snout is being filled. As shown in Fig. 2, the inner face of the guard wall or flange is curved to receive the body 7L9 of the cover 71,5 4 when down, the lug 72 having a projection it there- .on (see Fig. 1) to extend above the sleevewhirl and prevent it from lifting accidentally when the spindle is running. The body h fits snugly into the cup-like guard at the top of the inlet and upon the top of the inlet when the cover is down, eifectulallypreventing the entrance of dust and lint, and the extension of the cover 72. toward the front of the inlet, as at 71 provides a convenient finger-piece for lifting the cover when necessary.

I have shown the lower part of the ears 7L3 as cut away quite sharply at 15- to increase the clearance between said ears and the whirl, to thereby remove any obstacle to the movemo ment of the driving-band, the long ends thereof at the knot often becoming frayed and tending to untie the knot if they strike the upturned adjacent portion of the oilsnout.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spinning-spindle,a supporting-case, an oil-snout having an upright inlet portion, enlarged at its upper end to form a raised guard extended around the top of the'inletopening, and a cover pivotally mounted on the guard having a body portion to enter the guard.

2. In a spinning-spindle, a supporting-case provided with an oil-snout, having an upright inlet portion, a flange on the top of the latter, upturned and extended around the top of said inlet portion, to form a guardwall around the entrance of the inlet, and a cover for the inlet pivotally mounted on the inwardly-extended portions of said ribs.

3. In a spinning-spindle, a supporting-case provided with an upturned oil-snout having an enlarged top to form a cup-like guard around the entrance of the oil-inlet, a pivotally-mounted cover on the snout, having its body portion adapted to snugly enter said guard and close the inlet, and an overhanging finger-piece on the cover.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. LOVEJOY.

WVitnesses:

GEORGE OTIS DRAPER, ERNEST W. WOOD.

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