US807406A

US807406A - Pile-wire lubricator.

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Publication number: US807406A
Application number: US19257704A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Tunstall
Original assignee: IVINS DIETS AND METZGER Co
Current assignee: IVINS DIETS AND METZGER Co
Priority date: 1904-02-08
Filing date: 1904-02-08
Publication date: 1905-12-12
Anticipated expiration: 1922-12-12

Description

PATENTED DEG. 12, 1905.`

W. TUNSTALL.

PILE WIRE LUBRIGATORn APPLICATION FILED FEB. B, 1904.

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No. 807,406.' PATBNTED DEG. 12, 1905.

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PILE WIRE LUBRIGATOR. A'PYLIGATION FILED rEB.e,19o4.'

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WILLIAM TUNS'IALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAANIA, ASSIGNOR TO IVINS, DIETS AND METZGER COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL- VAN IA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA. l

PILE-WIRE LUBRICATOR.

Z0 all whom it may concern."

Be it known 'that I, WILLIAM TUNSTALL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philad elphia,Penns'ylvania, have invented Improvements in Pile-Wire Lubrieators, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a pile-loom with means for lubricating the pilewires in a more effective manner than is possible with the devices now in use for the purpose. This object I attain in themanner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in .which- Figure 1 is a view, partly in section and partlyin elevation, of sufiicient of a pile-loom to illustrate my present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section on the line a a, Fig. 1. Fig.x3 is .a section on the line I) b, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view illustrating` another and simpler form of lubricating device within the general scope of my invention, and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lubricator shown in Fig. 4.

Referring first to Fig. 1' of the drawings, 1 represents part of the fixed framework of a pile-loom having bearings for a shaft 2, which of the fixed structure of the loom, this slide is connected by a link 16 to a lever 17, which' is hung to a suitable bearing on a transverse beam 18 of the frame and carries a vessel 19 for containing the oil or other lubricant which is to be applied to the pile-wires. Hence as the shaft 2 is rot-ated movement in a substantially vertical plane will be imparted to this vessel. Within the vessel 19 is a frame, one of whose side bars or plates 20 bears against specification of Letters Patent.

Application led PQlJI'US-ry 8, 1904. Serial No. 192,577.

Patented. Dec. 12, 1905.

one of the side plates of the vessel 19, while the other is provided with one or more lugs 21, bearing against the opposite side of said vessel. In these plates 20 are formed bearings for two shafts 22 and 23, each carrying a lubricating-block in the form of a roller 24, grooved for the reception of a belt 25, as shown in Fig. 2, the shaft 22 also having a spurwheel 26, which meshes with a spur-wheel 27 on a shaft 28, the latter passing through a ,stuffing-box 29 on the vessel 19 and being provided at its outer end with a ratchetwheel 30.

A bar 31, suitably clamped to the beam 18, has mounted upon ita pawl 32, which is acted upon by a spring 33, forward movement of the pawl being restricted by contact of the same with a pin 34 on the bar 31, as shown in Fig. 3. Whenever, therefore, the vessel 19 approaches thelimit of its downward movement, the pawl will engage with the ratchetwheel 30 and will impart movementvthereto.

oil applied to its surface at one point will diffuse itself laterally over the entire surface.

The vessel 19 is located at the point where l the pile-wires are being withdrawn from the rows of pile-loops, and its movements are so timed that during the withdrawal of each wire the vessel Vwill be raised so as to bring the periphery of the upper roller 24 into Contact with "the back of the wire, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Hence the oil is applied only to the back edge of the wire and in very small quantity, owing to the fact that the oil is present on the surface of the Vroller 24 only in the form of a very thin film. In this respectrny invention is an improvement upon the devices heretofore in use and which consists of brushes, pads, or swabs, the latter usually of textile iibers which are heavily saturated with Every reciprocating IOO lubricant and are more or less deeply indented by the Wire, and hence applythe oil not only to the back of the Wire, but also to the sides of the same. The roller 24 Whichl employ is of resisting material, the term resisting meaning a material which Will not be indented by its ordinary contact with the Wire, and hence will not have any tendency to apply oil to the sides of the Wire as well as to the back of the same.

Some of thel essential features of my invention may be embodied in a device in which the oil vessel 19 is stationary and in .which the surface whereby the oil is applied to the Wire has no rotating movement, one instance of such a device being shown in Figsl and 5, in which the oil-receiving vessel is represented at 35, said vessel having ani'inturned flange 36 at the top with central opening for the reception of a block or plug 37, of Wood or other capillary material presenting a resisting-surface, the rise of the block, owing to its buoyancy when partially submerged in the oil., assisted, if need be, by a spring 38, projecting its beveled upper end into the path of the advancing series of pile-Wires, as shown in Fig. 4, and contact of the first pile-wire of the series with said beveled upper end of the block causing slight depression of the latter and insuring' such close contact of the same With the under side of the pile-Wire as Will result in the desired transference of the proper amount of lubricant from the surface of the block to the back of the Wire as the latter is being Withdrawnfrom the web of cloth. In order to provide a proper body of oil, the vessel 35 is increased in dimensions in its lower portion, and to facilitate the access of the `oil to the upper surface of the block 37 the latter isV provided with a surrounding Wicl 39 or other textile body having greater capillarity than the block itself, this wick being contained in a central groove in the block, Which groove at the top of the block is deeper than the size oi" the Wick, so that it serves to prevent any contact of said Wick with the sides of the pile-Wire. rIhe Wick may be dispensed with if the block 37 has itself suiiicient capillarity.

It Will be evident that in carrying out my invention the lubricating-block may be caused to contact With the pile-Wire either as the latter is being Withdrawn or as it is being inserted, the former plan being prefer`red,'as the Wire is then under better control and the proper contact oi' the lubricating-block With the vvire is more certain. The modification shown in Figs. 4L and 5 is introduced simply to illustrate one of the broader embodiments of my invention, and I lay no claim thereto other than as it may be included Within the scope of my broader claims.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of a block of resisting material, disposed so as to contact With the back of the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, and means for supplying said block with lubricating material, substantially as specified.'

2. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of a block of capillary material, presenting' a resisting-surface and disposed so as to'contact with the back of the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the latter, and means for supplying said block With lubricating material, substantially as specified.

3. A pile-Wire lubricator for looms, consisting of a block of resisting material disposed so as to contact with the back of the Wire during thee insertion or Withdrawal of the same, and means, comprising a reservoir of lubricant and a Wick or other body of textile material, for supplying said block with lubricant, substantially as specified.

4. A pile-wire lubricator for looms, consisting ot' a block of resisting material disposed so as to contact with the back of the Wire during the insertion or Withdrawal of the same, and means comprising a reservoir of lubricant and a Wick or other body of textile material, contained in a groove in the block, for supplying said block with lubricant, substantially as specified.

5. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a lubricating-block, disposed in line With the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, said blockI being combined With means for applying lubricating material thereto and with means for moving it positively from and toward the back of the pile-Wire, substantially as specified.

6. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a lubricating-block disposed in line with the pile-Wire during th'e Withdrawal or insertion of the same, a reservoir for supplying said block with lubricating material, and means for positively moving said reservoir and its lubricating-block from and toward the back of the Wire, substantially as specified.

7. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricating material, and a roller of resisting material journaled in said vessel and having a belt depending into the lubricating material therein, said roller being located so as to contact With the back of the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, substantially as specified.

8. AA pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricating material, a roller -journaled in said vessel and located so as to contact with the pile-Wire during the Withdrawal or insertion of the same, means for supplying oil to the surface of said roller, and means for imparting intermittent movements of partial rotation to said roller, substantially as specied.

9. A pile-Wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricating material, a roller IOC IIO

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journaled in the upper portion of said vessel, another roller submerged in the lubricating material in the vessel, a belt connecting the two rollers, and means for imparting move- 5 ment of partial rotation to the upper roller,

substantially as specified.

lO. A pile-wire lubricator,comprisinga ves'- sel containing lubricating material, a frame removable from said vessel, and having upper and lower rollers mounted in it, a belt connecting said rollers, and means for imparting movement of partial rotation to the upper roller, substantially as specified.

11. A pile-wire lubricator,comprising a vessel containing lubricating material, a roller journaled in said vessel,means for raising and lowering the vessel so as to carry its roller from and toward the back of the pile-wire, and mechanism, having as elements a ratchet and pawl, whereby su ch movement of the lubricating vessel is caused to impart movement of partial rotation to the lubricating-roller, substantially as specied.

12. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a vessel containing lubricating material, means for positively raising and lowering said vessel, and a roller journaled in said vessel, and having a belt depending into the lubricating material therein, said roller being located in line with the pile-wire during the Withdrawal record of the case in the Patent Olce.

[SEAL] cirnsertion of the same, substantially as speci- 13. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a vesselcontai-ning lubricating material, a roller journaled in said Vessel and locatedin line with the pile-wire during the withdrawal or insertion of the same, means for raising and lowering said lubricating vessel, and means for imparting intermittent movements of partial rotation to the roller therein, substantially as specified.

14. A pile-wire lubricator, consisting of a Vessel containing lubricating material, a roller journaled in the upper portion of said vessel and located in line with the pile-wire during the withdrawal or insertion of the same, another roller submerged in the lubricating material in the vessel, a belt connecting the two rollers, means for raising and lowering the lubricating vessel, and means for imparting movements of partial rotation to the upper roller, substantially as specified.

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

WILLIAM TUNSTALL. Witnesses:

DAVTD C. ANDERSON, FREDK. J. KLEINHANS.

It is hereby certified. that the name of the assignee in Letters Patent No. 807,406, granted December l2, 1905, upon the application of' William Tunstall, of' Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Pile-VVire Lubricators. was erroneously written lund printed Ivins, Diets and Metzger Company, whereas the said name should have yeen Written and printed Ivins, Dietz and Metzger Company; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the Signed and sealed this 26th day of December, A. D., 1905.

F. I. ALLEN,

Omnmssioner of Patents.

substantially as specified.

WILLIAM TUNSTALL. Witnesses:

DAVTD C. ANDERSON, FREDK. J. KLEINHANS.

F. I. ALLEN,

Omnmssioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Phtent No. 907,406.

It is hereby certified. that the nainlfd if the :lssignvfe in Lvtflvrs Pah-nt Nn. 807,406, granted December 12, 1905, upon the npplicalion if Willi-ain Tunstall. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for an improvement in Pile-Wm LnlJrir-fimrs." was i-rrmwously wriltwn 1nd printed Ivins. Diets and Mntzgvr Company," lwrlms tllw sind name should have een written and primed hmm Dial: fmfl Allwrzgw ('mnjnmy; and Ilm( Lhv Huid Leiters Pilt/ent :should be read with this cnriwAi-Aiiun lharl-in thai theL szinw muy minfin-m bu the record of the case in the Patent (V)f`fi ;el

Signed and sealed this 26th davy of llucmnlwr, A. D.. ltlllf.

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