Lubrication block and system for spinning and twisting rings
AssigneeHerr Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorsHyatt B. Atwood, James N. McLean
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Abstract
A spinning and twisting ring construction comprising a rail, a holder secured to said rail and mounting a spinning ring, a lubricant block including a lubricant feeder therein secured directly to said holder in lubricant conducting relationship, and a conduit in said holder for conducting lubricant from said lubricant block to said spinning ring.
Claims22
A spinning ring system comprising a rail, a plurality of holders, means mounting said holders on said rail, a spinning ring mounted on each of said holders, individual lubricant block means for each of said holders including lubricant feeder means in each of said lubricant block means for metering lubricant to a respective spinning ring, first conduit means in each of said individual lubricant block means for conducting lubricant into said lubricant block means and to said lubricant feeder means, securing means for securing each of said individual lubricant block means directly to a respective holder in lubricant-conducting relationship, second conduit means in each of said holders for conducting lubricant from each of said lubricant feeder means therein to a respective spinning ring, and third conduit means for conducting lubricant to said first conduit means from a lubricant source.
A spinning ring construction comprising a holder, a spinning ring mounted on said holder, a lubricant block, lubricant feeder means for metering lubricant, first and second end portions on said lubricant feeder means, conduit means in said block for conducting lubricant to said first end portion of said feeder means, a first bore in said lubricant block, said first end portion of said lubricant feeder means being received in said first bore, a second bore in said holder, said second end portion of said feeder means being received in said second bore, fastener means for securing said lubricant block directly to said holder, first conduit means in said lubricant block in communication with said lubricant feeder means for conducting lubricant thereto, and second conduit means in said holder in communication with said second end portion of said lubricant feeder means for conducting lubricant to said spinning ring.
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