USRE3632E - Improvement in apparatus for oiling wool - Google Patents

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A. EARL AND HENRY HOLCROFT.

Letters Patent No. 47,938, dated .May 30, 1865;fre1'ssue-No. 3,632, dated September 7, 1.869.

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To allivhom it may concern A Be it known that B. A. EARL, of` Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and HENRY HoLcRoF'r, of Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, did invent certain Apparatus for Oiling Wool,` for which Lette-xs Patent were granted to them' on the `30th day of May, 1865, and that. I, B. A. EARL, the sole owner of the same patent, do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, which consists of a box, containing lubricatingmaterial, in combination with a sprinkler, to which such a. movement is imparted that it will be immersed in the said lubri eating-material, and discharge the same by percussion, and in small drops, on to the traversing wool, thereby insuring the effective and uniform saturation of the same.

In order to enable, others skilled in the art to make and use the invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms` a part of this specification, and in which- Figurel is a sideview of the apparatus for oiling wool in carding-engines, pickers, 86e.;

Figure 2, a transverse section; and

Figure 3, a plan view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. i l

A and A' represent portions ofthe side frames ot'a carding-engine, to which is secured the box or reser-l voir B, containing the lnbricating-material- D is the usual endlessband of slats, on which the wool is placed, and by which it is ,conveyed to the feed-rollers E and E', tig. 2. v

A shaft, F, is arranged to turn 'in the opposite ends of the box, and from this'sha'projeet arms a a, carlying astnp of wire gauze, or other 'equivalent Aarrangement of wires or mds, forming the sprinkler.,

A spiral spring, G', coiled around the shaft, tends to turn the same in the directionof the arrow, fig. 2,

and to force the arms a against the front edge y of the box'B.

On one end of the shaft, outside the box,'is a pulley, d, to thelperiphery of which is secured one'end ofa chain or cord, the other end being connected to the lever D', whichvis hung to the end of the box, and from thelatter projects a pin, H, carrying a cam,

. I, and a pulley,V J, to which a rotary motion, in thel direction -of the arrow, fig. 1,.isimparted by a band,

or by any suitable system of gearing, from any moving part ofthe carding-engine or picker.

As the cam I continues to revolve, its pin m will move away from the lever D; but a pin, n, on the latter, will'bear against the edge of the can?, sothat the sprinklerwill remain immersed inthe lubricatingmaterial until the-shoulder x, on the cam, passesv the' pin n, when the lever will be released, and the spring G will turn the shaft F rapidly in the direction of the arrow, fig.- 2, andcause the arms a of the sprinkler to strike the front edge, f1, of the box with suchvforce that the lubricating-material, carried up by and contained in the meshes of the gauze', will be spirted or sprinkled in a number of small drops on tothe Wool beneath.

This operation or causing the sprinkler to be immersed in and pass through the lubrieating-material, and then to discharge the same by percussive action, is repeated, and must of necessity result in the eectual and uniform saturation of the traversing wool.

A series of wires, arranged in theform of a comb, may be used in place of' the gauze.

Although specific mechanism has been described and illustrated for operating the sprinkler, it will be evident to those familiar with machinery of this' class, .tha-t other/devices maybe employed to actuate the said sprinkler, with the view of producingits desired action.

I therefore claim, as the invention of the said EARL and HOLCEOET, and desire to secure by Letters Patent'- .l Themechanism for oiling woolpsubstantially as described, said mechanism consisting of an oil-reservoir and a sprinkler, having such a movement imparted to itthat it Will .enter the oil in the reservoir, and

vthen discharge t-he adhering oil on to the'wool inthe form ot' drops or spray.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, before two subscribing witnesses.

B.A. EARL.

V'Vitnesses f H. .Howsom J ons WHITE.

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