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or Improved Wood Felt suitable for Surgical Bandages and other Purposes, and a Process for Producing the same.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Aug., 1889-Accepted; 2nd Nov., 1889
A New
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
or Improved Wood Felt suitable for Surgical Bandages
and other Purposes, and a Process for Producing the same.
I, GUSTAV WALCHER of Seestrasse 44 Stuttgart in the Empire of Germany
Doctor of Philosophy do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to manufacture a new or improved wood felt having
great powers of absorbing liquid such as water and especially of great use as a
surgical water bandage. The new or improved felt is made by soaking and felting
together woody fibrous material in a suitable quantity of spirit or other easily
vaporised material.
After soaking and felting the spirit is poured off and the felt dried from the last
portion of spirit by heat. The dried felt is compressed between rollers or otherwise
and is rendered pliant and suitable for the purpose above set forth thereby.
Dated this 14th day of November 1888.
HERBERT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Wood Felt suitable for Surgical Bandages
and other Purposes, and a Process for Producing the same.
I GUSTAV WALCHER of Seestrasse 44, Stuttgart in the Empire of Germany, Doctor
of medicine do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to manufacture a new or improved wood felt fabric
or wood fibre fabric of a wool like nature having great powers of absorbing liquid
such as water and not liable to be reduced to dust, this material being of great
use as a surgical water bandage. The new or improved felt fabric is made by
soaking and felting together in the same way as hair felt long woody fibrous
material but in a suitable quantity of spirit or other easily vaporized material.
After soaking and pounding with the spirit almost. to a paste in suitable metal
or other vessels the spirit is drawn or poured off and the felt dried from the last
portion of spirit by heat. The dried felt is compressed between rollers or otherwise
and is thus rendered pliant and suitable for the purpose above set forth thereby.
Haying now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is.
1. The improved non friable and absorbent wood felt or fibre fabric produced
substantially as set forth.
2. The method of producing a non friable and absorbent wood felt or fibre fabric
by soaking in spirit or other easily vapourized liquid drawing off said liquid and
drying and rolling or pressing the residue substantially as set forth.
Dated this 6th day of August 1889.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W., Agents to Applicant.
Year: 1888

page_text: We JOHANN HEINRICH COHRS and JOHANN HENNING FRIEDRICH COHRS of
Reinbeck in the Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a spline or feather for machinery which
may be easily inserted and removed when required and it consists in employing in
place of the usual prismatic feather or key, a screw threaded bolt, also forming the
grooves in the shaft and wheel hub or other parts to be connected with screw threads,
corresponding halves in each, so that the bolt may engage therewith.

page_text: and the like
We JOHANN HEINRICH COHRS and JOHANN HENNING FRIEDRICH COHRS of
Reinbeck in the Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a spline or feather for machinery which
may be more easily inserted and removed when required than ordinary feathers or
splines and it consists in employing in place of the usual prismatic feather or key a
screw threaded bolt at the same time forming the grooves in the shaft and wheel hub
or other parts to be connected with screw threads, corresponding halves in each so that
the bolt may engage therewith.
Instead of a groove a hole of circular cross section is drilled at the point of contact
between hub and shaft etc. parallel to the axis of the shaft, after the part to be secured
has been placed upon the shaft and into this hole is cut a screw thread into which is
fitted a screw bolt's, the worm of which fits half into the hub or other part and half
into the shaft.
In this manner a firm connection is produced between hub and disc whilst by
unscrewing the bolt, an immediate disconnection takes place. Generally a key cannot
be withdrawn without much difficulty and if it cannot be withdrawn and has to be
drilled out, it happens very often that the wheel etc. becomes useless.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawing represent the securing of a pulley to
the end of a shaft w. In this case the screw can be provided with a head and can be
screwed in or out by a key.
Fig. 3 shows the arrangement of a screw for fixing a pulley on the body of a..
shaft w. In this case holes ii are made in the end of the bolt to replace the head and
the turning of the screw is done by means of a pin or bolt inserted into the holes
the shaft being recessed for a sufficient distance to permit of the withdrawal of the
bolt.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what, manner the saine is to be performed we declare that what,
we claim.is
As a connection between a shaft and a machine part to be secured thereto, in place
of the usual key or feather, the screw bolt 's fitted in a threaded hole between the shaft
and said machine part substantially as illustrated and described.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1889.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicants.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th July, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 24th Aug., 1888
Сотбивной от общо
DAVID HENRY SAUL Gas Engineer 126 Commercial Street Shoreditch London E.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A form of Atmospheric Gas Burner for heating asbestos or other fuel especially
applicable to slow combustion grates. It consists of a bent air chamber or tube which
passes under the bottom bar of the grate, to which is affixed an oblong burner which
can be closed with a lid when required. It can also be applied to any ordinary fire
grate.

page_text: An Improved Atmospheric Gas Burner, Applicable to Slow
Combustion or other Fire Grates.
DAVID HENRY SAUL Gas Engineer 126 Commercial Street Shoreditch London E.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
A form of atmospheric gas burner for heating asbestos or other fuel especially
applicable to slow combustion grates.
It consists of a bent air chamber or tube which passes under the bottom bar of the
grate to which is affixed an oblong burner, which can be closed with a lid when
required.
There has been a difficulty heretofore to adapt an asbestos gas fire to the form of
slow combustion fire grates whose bottom rests upon the hearth. The nature of my
invention is to obviate such difficulty. Fig. 1 is an elevation Fig. 2 a transverse
section & Fig. 3 a longitudinal section. A is the nozzle for gas supply B the air
chamber which rests upon the bottom of the hearth, & turns upwards under the bottom
bar of grate. C is the burner which drops on to the collar of air tube B, it consists
of a hollow chamber at back communicating with a number of channels for conveying
the atmospheric gas to the point of combustion, the oblong groove at E D is a lid
that can be closed so that ordinary Coal or Coke can be burned without the necessity
of taking out the gas burner.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention,.
& in what manner the same is performed, I declare that I claim is
Firstly. The combinations & arrangements of the parts forming the new & improved
atmospheric gas burner.
Secondly. The bent air chamber for the specific purpose hereinbefore mentioned &
described.
Thirdly. The lid for the closing of the gas burner when not required, so that
ordinary fuel can be burned without taking out the gas burner.
Dated this 13th day of July 1888.
DAVID HENRY SAUL.
Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in Electric Incandescent Lamps.
1 JOHN WILLIAM OLDROYD of No. Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in electric incandescent lamps, the object
of the same being to increase the illuminating power of the lamp.
In order to attain the desired object I fix a reflecting rod or pencil between the
filament in such manner that the light developed by the glowing filament is reflected
in all directions.
My improved reflecting rod or pencil can be made of any form corresponding to
the shape of the filament and may be made of any suitable material such as a
metallic tube closed at the one end, and provided with a highly polished coating of
platinum, silver or other material, or the said rod or pencil can be made of glass
and provided on the inner surface with a coating of inercury, platinum, silver or
other suitable reflecting material.
In the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is the elevation of an electric incandescent lamp with my improved
reflecting rod or pencil applied to the same.
Fig. 2 is a section of Fig. 1 on the line x, x. A is the bulb, B the socket, C, the
insulating core, D the platinum connecting wires, E the connection of the same with
the filament F.
G is the reflecting rod or pencil which is firmly attached to the insulating core C,
or in any other appropriate manner.

page_text: It will be evident from the foregoing that by employing my improved reflecting rod
or pencil, the illuminating power of the lamp will be enormously increased.
Having now particularly described my said invention and in what manner the same
is to be carried into effect, what I claim is:
In electric incandescent lamps, the combination of a reflecting rod or pencil G,
with the filament F, bulb A and insulating core C, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth in the foregoing specification and shown in the accompanying
drawing.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 11th May, 1889
PHILIP JONES WHITAKER 26 & 28 St. Bride Street London E.C. Envelope
Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Improved method of cutting envelopes, by which a, portion of the lower flap is cut
out, leaving a space for the gum on the upper flap when moistened-to secure the
three under flaps so securely that an envelope cannot be tampered with.
PHILIP J. WHITAKER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Envelopes.
PHILIP JONES WHITAKER 26 & 28 St. Bride Street London E.C. trading as
P. J. Whitaker & Co., Envelope Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
It is claimed for this invention an entirely novel method of cutting an envelope, by
means of which a space S is left in the lower flap LF which enables the upper or
gummed flap G when moistened, to secure not only the lower flap, but also the side
flaps SF so securely, that if any attempt is made to unfasten the envelope, the paper
must tear apart.
The invention is shown in one size only at present but can be applied to all sizes of
Envelopes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is:
1st by cutting the space in the lower flap, and
2nd by making the side flaps very deep, I am enabled to produce
3rd more points of contact between the four flaps, and thus give greater security to
the enclosure.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1889
Improvements in Advertising.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1888
Specification Accepted, 30th Nov., 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Advertising.
I HARRY HUMFREY RUMBLE of Cross Street, Reading in the County of Berkshire,
Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is to print advertisements on all paper in the form of
sheets or otherwise manufactured for use in water closets or as curling papers or the
like. When oblong sheets of paper are used the advertisements are preferably printed
in sets, one set along each of the shorter edges or sides of the paper so as to leave a
free space in the centre thereof or the advertisements may also with advantage be
printed along each edge of the paper. The advertisements on one or both sides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
Papers for the purposes described having advertisements at or near the edges
thereof and a clear central space substantially as set forth.
Articles of Paper, Leather, and similar Materials.
Year: 1888

page_text: Articles of Paper, Leather, and similar Materials.
I, GEORGE ISAAC of Anson Road Southtown, Great Yarmouth in the County of
Suffolk, Printers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved punching machine which is simple, strong,
cheap and easy to work, and will occupy but little space; and being constructed
without side arms or standards, work of any size can be freely turned in any direction,
so that the punch at each impression may be placed under the centre of the platten,
thus avoiding all possibility of side play or wringing of the platten whilst work is
being punched.
a thread
The punching machine consists of a strong box casting carrying a ram, actuated by
a crank pin, working in a cam groove; power being applied to the crank spindle by
means of a wheel and pinion assisted by a fly wheel. The ram spindle has
cut thereon with nuts above and below the cam block, by means of which the face of
the ram, which is true with the planed table on which the work to be punched is
placed, can be easily adjusted to suit various depths of punches, so that nothing but a
piece of cardboard or similar substance need be used to protect the cutting edge of
the punch.
In the accompanying drawing which represents a perspective view of a punching
machine constructed according to my invention, A is the ram spindle, and B the cam
block thereon, c c being the adjusting nuts working on the screw thread D cut on the
ram-spindle A one edge of the cam block B is flat and rests against the disc E. This
disc E carries a crank pin which takes into the horizontal groove F upon the cam- .
block B. Power is applied to the drum G and transmitted by the pinion H and
wheel J to the spindle K carrying the disc E which in revolving vertically actuates
the cam block B by means of the crank pin and groove F.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
nuts c c
In a punching machine, the ram spindle A with a screw thread D and adjusting
thereon, provided with a grooved cam B actuated by a crank pin upon the
disc E, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
A PORTABLE FRAME AND STAND FOR NEEDLEWORK
Year: 1888

page_text: 1, SAMUEL HENRY SOPER, junior, of No. 80 North Street, Brighton in the County
of Sussex, Draper, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for A PORTABLE
FRAME AND STAND FOR NEEDLEWORK, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention has for its object to provide means whereby the inconveniences
accompanying many of the systems employed in working Art Needle Work may be
obviated. Such inconveniences exist for instance where persons have to hold the
Needlework in their hands. The present invention is to provide a Frame that can
be adjusted to materials of different sizes, and to be fixed in à Stand in such a manner
as to allow the Frame to revolve.
a
With these ends in view the invention consists in certain features of construction
and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the
claim, and to enable my invention to be better understood I will proceed to describe
the same in detail by the aid of the annexed drawings in which Figure 1 is an
elevation shewing the Frame and Stand fitted together and ready for use,
Figures 2 and 3 shew the Standards A. A. of the Frame Stand with holes made
to receive the bars D. D. and at the top with Sockets E. E. on which the Frame
revolves.
Figures 4 and 5 shew the top and bottom of the Frame B. B. with boles
made at each end to receive the adjusting bars C. C and upon which is fastened
tape for the purpose of attaching the material used.
Figures 6 and 7 shew the sides of the Frame or adjusting bars C. C. pierced with
pin holes for regulating the size of the Frame, on the back are fitted, curves with holes
through, which may, if desired, be used to fix the Frame into any position by inserting
a pin through one of the holes into the Standards A. A.
Figures 8 and 9 shew the bars of the Frame Stand D. D. pierced with pin holes to
adjust the Stand so that it can be used to any size of Frame.
Figure 10 shews the pins for fixing the several parts of the Frame and Frame Stand
together, these pins being made of hardened steel, brass, or any other article that
may be suitable.

page_text: On the adjusting bars of the Frame C. C. I screw on plates at F. F with a projecting
arm, which is placed in the sockets, E. E.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is.―
The construction of a Portable Frame and Stand for Needlework or other purposes
where the Frame and Stand can be adjusted as required, substantially as and for
the purposes hereinabove described and referred to in Figures 1 to 10 of the
accompanying drawings.
Year: 1888

page_text: I, Countess ROXANDRA VENTURA of Jassy in Roumania do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the process of separating butter from the other parts of cream,
and it has for its object to provide a method by which the purpose in view is attained
without any mechanical labour, in contradistinction to the usual shaking or beating of
the churning process.
According to the invention, sufficiently thick cream is filled into a bag of coarse
linen cloth, and this bag is placed into a second one made of fine cloth, both bags
being afterwards carefully tied up, so as to prevent any foreign body from gaining
access to them.
Both bags with their contents are then buried in the ground, at a depth of about
20 inches, by first digging a hole of the indicated depth, placing therein the bags, and
covering them with the earth dug out.
After the lapse of about 24 hours, the whole is dug out again, when the inner bag
will be found to contain a ball of butter quite free of whey.
It will be readily understood that cloths of other textile fibres may be used instead
of linen cloths.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
An improved process of separating butter from the other parts of cream, the said
process consisting in keeping the cream, which is enclosed in an inner coarse and an
outer fine textile fabric, buried in earth during about twenty-four hours.
Dated this 17th day of August 1888
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improvement in Rubber Water Bottles.
Year: 1888

page_text: An Improvement in Rubber Water Bottles.
I, ISAAC BLUE HARRIS Superintendent, of the North. British Rubber Company's
Works, Castle Mills, in the City of Edinburgh, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention which relates to rubber water bottles, has for its object to provide
means whereby the neck and mouth of the bottle may be supported both in the act of
filling with hot water to avoid scalding of the hands and when hung up out of use to
avoid wear and cutting of the tubular neck part owing to the weight of the valve and
filler causing the mouth piece to droop.
To. that end the water bottle which may be of the usual formation is, as represented
in front elevation at figure 1 and in side elevation at figure 2 of the accompanying
drawings, fitted with a flexible strap or straps A, or equivalent attachments, connecting
the usual suspension band B, and the bottle mouth or filler C.
These connecting straps or attachments, which may be obviously made of various
materials and in various ways as for example of cloth coated with India-rubber
attached and vulcanised on in making the bottle or bag, serve to hold up the neck and
mouth piece Capproximately in line with the axis of the bottle both when the band B
is held by hand in the act of pouring hot water in through the mouth and when the
bottle is out of use and suspended by the band from a hook.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A rubber water-bottle provided with a strap or straps or equivalent attachments
connecting the bottle mouth and the suspension band substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
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CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
A'gents.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1888-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1889

page_text: The pulley by means of the endless band f* gives motion to the pulley ³ fixed
on the vertical axis on which the disc or pulley i is fixed--the crank pin on which
gives motion to the crank arm 3 and to the lever arm ³ fixed on the horizontal
axis to which a rocking motion is thus given and to the female figure C fixed on
the end of the axis it in front of the scenic board D the figure C by this means has a
dancing motion imparted thereto. The axis has a weight i fixed thereon to cause
the dancing figure C to assume a vertical position from time to time as required.
The pulley may have an endless band thereon to transmit motion to a number
of other figures or objects if desired.
If desired strings may be so mounted on the banjo of the figure A that the
movable arm A thereof plays such strings, or a musical box or other musical
accompaniment may be added to the toy.
In cases where only one of either of the automaton figures is arranged as a separate
toy then the endless bands may be dispensed with and the parts may be actuated by
frictional contact in a manner such as that described in the specifications and
illustrated by the drawings of an invention for which the said George Cole has made
application for Letters Patent dated 6th September 1887 No. 12058.
Or the parts may be actuated by wheels furnished with elastic or flexible surfaces
or peripheries driven by frictional contact with a rotating motor as will be readily
understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is -
1. The improved arrangement construction and combination of mechanism for
actuating a series of toy figures such as A B and C substantially in the manner and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and as represented in the drawings hereunto
annexed.
2. In mechanism or apparatus for actuating toy figures and objects we claim the
grooved pulley or horizontal rotating drum f having on its upper surface pins or
projections which act in conjunction with arms or wings such as gl g¹ fixed on the
horizontal axis g to give a backward and forward rotary motion to the figure or
object mounted on the end of such axis g substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
3. We claim the arrangement and combination of the mechanism for actuating the
figure A substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
represented in the drawings hereunto annexed.
4. Also we claim the arrangement and combination of the parts i¹²¿ª³¿^ for
actuating the dancing figure c substantially in the manner and for the purposes
herein before set forth and represented in the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this 8th day of Sentember 1888.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or relating to the Pockets of Wearing Apparel.
Year: 1888

page_text: [Communicated from abroad by CHARLES BREMBLE HAWES, Painter, HENRY ABEL
FLATMAN, Engineer, both of Southbrook, Canterbury, New Zealand.]
Improvements in or relating to the Pockets of Wearing Apparel.
1, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to render the pockets of wearing apparel proof
against accidental and surreptitious loss of their contents; to improve their appearance
and the better to maintain their shape.
To these ends the invention consists in the application and securing to the opposite
sides of the mouth of the pocket, preferably, suitably encased and protected, of hands
or strips of steel, 'cane, whalebone or any other suitable material having a spring
character, and each of which is convex in the direction of its length, all substantially
as hereafter described.
or elastic
In the drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a horizontal section,
of a pocket opened at its mouth and having spring bands applied to the opposite sides
of its mouth in accordance with this invention; the line of section is lengthwise of
the bands. Figure 2 is a central vertical section of the pocket of figure 1.
In the drawings, A is a pocket of an article of wearing apparel, formed as usual or
in any other suitable manner. B is the mouth of the pocket and C, C are spring
bands, one along each side and from end to end of the mouth of the pocket. These
spring bands are to be made of steel, whalebone, cane or other suitable material and,
from end to end, each is convex and preferably encased in leather or other suitable
material a as a protector against cutting the cloth of which the pockets are made
and so encased each band is enclosed in the cloth of the pocket and by lines of
stitches b, at each end of and along the length of each band, the bands are kept
in their proper position.

page_text: The two bands in position as stated have their convex sides outermost and their
concave sides toward each other.
Spring bands applied to the mouth of a pocket as above explained act to keep
the opposite sides of the mouth closed against each other and thus to prevent
accidental escape and surreptitious removal of the contents of the pocket and further-
more to improve and keep the shape of the pocket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondents 1 declare that what I claim is
--
The combination with a pocket of wearing apparel of spring bands applied and
secured to the opposite sides and along the length of the mouth of the pocket and
each convex from end to end, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.
Dated this 27th day of July 1888
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Joints for Metal Vessels.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th June, 1888
Specification Accepted, 13th July, 1888
Improved Joints for Metal Vessels.
Q
I WILLIAM HUMPHREY WHEATLEY of 156 Strand in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My invention relates to unriveted seams, by which the foot, the bottom and the
body of a metal vessel, such as a coal hod are lapped together.
My invention consists of an improved unriveted seam of peculiar construction, as
hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I will proceed to describe it
with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figure 1, is a vertical section of my improved hod, the seam being closed.
Fig. 2, is a vertical section of the hod of the seam being open.
Figs 3, and 4, are detail vertical sections showing in modification the seams being
open and closed respectively.
Figs. 5 and 6 are top views of the bottoms shown in Figs. 1, and 2, and 3, and 4,
respectively.
Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in the drawings.
A, is the body having a lap formed in an inturned part a, upturned part a¹ and
out-turned part a¹¹.
B, is the bottom formed with a downward part b, and an inturned part b².
C, is the foot formed with an inturned part c, upturned part c¹ and an out-turned
part cll
The parts of the body and foot are lapped together, while the parts of the bottom
lap the end parts of the body and foot and the parts of the body and foot the end
parts of the bottom.

page_text: In the modifications shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the parts a", a¹ of the body and the
parts c, c¹ of the foot are dispensed with, and the lap of the bottom is provided with
an additional down turned part 6" and an out-turned part 6111 so as to still lap the
end parts of the body and foot
Having now fully described and ascertained what the nature of my said invention
is, and how the same is constructed and performed, I do hereby declare that what 1
claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,
1. The combination of the body A, having a lap, the foot C having a lap, and the
bottom B, having a lap, embracing the laps of the body and foot substantially as
described.
2. The combination of the body A, having lap formed with an inturned part a,
upturned part a', and out-turned part all; the foot C, having lap formed with an
inturned part e, upturned part c¹ and out turned part c¹¹, and the bottom B, having
lap formed with a downward part b, an upturned part b' embracing the out turned
parts of the body and foot substantially as described.
Dated th: 11th day of Tum 1000
Year: 1888

page_text: 1 JOHN FROTHINGHAM WARD of 291 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, County of
Hudson, State of New Jersey, United States of America, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying drawings:-
The object of my invention is to so construct the rain of a vessel, that it will be
more effective in action and less liable to be injured itself than are rams of the
ordinary construction. A vessel's ram as usually made, has a single sharp vertical
nose or edge projecting from the bow of the vessel, with a curved outline in elevation
or coming to a sharp point.
Such a ram in striking a vessel at an angle and with a glancing blow, will be apt
to do little or no damage to the vessel attacked, and on the other hand, will be liable
to be injured itself by the breakage or bending of its nose or edge as it is not suffi-
ciently strong laterally to withstand the strain.
In my improved ram, the projecting end extends transversely of the bow, so that it
will be effective in its action upon a vessel, whether approaching at right angles or at
any other angle, and will resist lateral strains.
In the accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the forward part of a vessel provided with my improve-
ments.
Fig. 2 is a deck plan view of the same: and
Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the forward part of the vessel.
In the views, the dotted lines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 &c. indicate the lines of the vessel at the
corresponding points in the different figures.
It will be seen, on reference to these figures, that the ram A on the bow of the
vessel extends transversely like the end of a chisel held horizontally. Owing to
the consequent presence of the two attacking edges or corners a. a (Fig. 2) of tho
ram, the latter in approaching the attacked vessel at an angle, other than a right
angle, will not glance off but will strike a blow which will prove effective to do more

page_text: or less damage to the vessel attacked, and this without danger of injury to itself from
lateral strains, for the great horizontal width of the nose of the ram will resist any
such strains.
In approaching a vessel at right angles, my improved form of ram will be as
effective as the ordinary form of ram under similar conditions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what
I claim is
A vessel having a ram extending transversely of the bow and provided with two
oppositely located attacking edges or corners, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 19th day of March 1888
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.
An Improved Appliance for Stoning Raisins and other Fruit.
Year: 1888

page_text: An Improved Appliance for Stoning Raisins and other Fruit.
We JOHN FORDHAM, 145 Wickersley Road, London S.W., Metal Refiner, and
JAMES MARSH. 32 Bath Street, Hulme, Manchester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be'
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention is devised with the object of providing a simple and efficient means
for the removal of the stones or seeds from raisins and other fruit without soiling the
fingers.
In order that our invention may be the better understood we have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings in which Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a plan
and elevational view of the device or appliance according to our invention, and
Figure 3 is a sectional view of a portion of the implement, drawn to enlarged scale,
showing the disposition of the pins.
The improved appliance according to our invention comprises a circular head A of
suitable size provided with a handle B. Upon the upper surface of the head A are
disposed a number of sharp pointed pins or teeth a having knife edges as shown in
Figure 3. They are of different lengths and are set to extend to the average depth
of the fruit, so as to avoid the contingency of injury to the fingers. Said pins or
teeth a are disposed in regular longitudinal rows, with the knife edges at right angles
to the handle B each row being transversely irregular, and breaking joint with the
preceeding and succeeding rows.
In its use, the implement is taken preferably in the right hand the raisin or other
fruit to be stoned being in the left hand. The pins or teeth a, being pressed into the
fruit, the implement is moved from left to right, which not only cuts and opens the

page_text: fruit, but, by reason of the arrangement of the pins above described, remove, in their
passage, the stones or seeds contained within the fruit.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved appliance for the removal of the stones or seeds of raisins and other
fruit substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 19th
C
1000
JAMES STEVENSON,
Gray's Inn Chambers, 20, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agent for Applicants.
Year: 1888

page_text: I, ROBERT HARRY TOOKEY, of Bridgen Villas, Forty Hill, Enfield, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to parapet mountings for machine guns. As these are now
constructed, the wheels are carried on an axletree attached to a socket which can be
slid by hand along the main stem of the mounting and the pivot of the gun is on a
separate sliding socket. Thus for raising the wheels from the ground, and for raising
the gun to firing position two separate movements are required.
According to part of my invention I attach the axletree to the socket of the gun
pivot so that both the wheels and the gun are slid along the stem together.
As at present mounted the gun together with the pivot and the elevating and
traversing gear has to be slid by hand along the stem and clamped in position.
According to my invention I apply gearing whereby the gun and parts connected
with it can be readily raised and lowered as I will describe referring to the
accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation shewing a machine gun such as a Maxim Gun in firing
position.
Fig. 2 is a plan of the mounting partly in section on the line X Y.
The stem B and arms C C are made preferably of steel tube. When the gun is in
firing position the foot D rests upon the banquette, and the handles E E rest upon the
crest of the parapet.
When it is desired to move the gun from one position to another, the muzzle
of the gun is elevated and the whole system is slid down the stem. In order to
effect this movement, and also to slide up the gun to firing position I employ a hand
wheel H to turn a worm F and pinion gearing with a rack G on the underside of
the stem B. The axletree which carries the wheels I is fixed on the same socket with
the pivot A of the gun, so that as this socket is moved up or down the stem the
wheels I are raised or lowered with it.

page_text: When the wheels I are thus lowered to the ground and the wheel H is still farther
turned, the foot D is raised off the ground, the mounting now resting upon the wheels
and handles. The handles E E can then be grasped by a gunner and the whole can
be wheeled to a fresh position.
Obviously the rack and pinion motion could be applied for raising and lowering
the gun alone, the axletree being as at present on a separate socket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
•
1. In parapet mountings for machine guns, attaching the axletree to the pivot
socket of the gun so that the wheels and the gun can be raised and lowered together.
2. In combination with the pivot socket a rack on the stem and a pinion with
worm gear and hand wheel for raising and lowering the socket, substantially as
described.
Year: 1888

page_text: I JOHN WILLIAM BANNISTER, trading as the firm of J. Bannister and Sons of
Whitehall Road Leeds in the County of York, Cloth Dyers and Finishers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my invention is to dispense with the employment of a mordant which
is generally used with the ordinary preparatory process well known for dyeing woollen
or other woven or felted fabrics, and to complete the dyeing in one operation.
For the above purpose I employ a combination of ingredients in or about the
following proportions.
To 500 gallons of water I add :—
Copperas 8 lbs.
Blue-stone 6 lbs.
Soda (Common or Calcined) 7 lbs. or equivalent alkali.
Oxalic acid 9 lbs. (or equivalent acid).
These are all placed in a vessel and well boiled until the whole are dissolved after
which to them are added
Logwood 150 lbs.
Fustic 1 lbs.
All being placed in one vat, the process of dyeing is proceeded with in the ordinary
way except that the work is begun and completed in one vat instead of two.
Although I have given the proportions of the ingredients which I find to work well,
[Pro

page_text: in practice these proportions may be varied or modified to suit the quality of the
material or the depth of shade or colour required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I claim is :-
The combination of the aforesaid ingredients employed substantially as herein set
forth for dyeing woollen or other woven or felted fabrics.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pads and the like for Trusses and other Surgical Appliances.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pads and the like for Trusses
and other Surgical Appliances.
1, JOHN HARRINGTON HAYWOOD of Castle Gate, in the Borough of Nottingham,
Surgical appliance manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
This invention relates to the manufacture of pads and the like for trusses and other
surgical appliances and it has for its object the improved construction of such pads
in a much quicker manner, and at a less cost than heretofore.
Hitherto these pads have been formed by cutting them out of cork of a suitable
size and shape.
In carrying out this invention I form pads by compressing paper pulp or the like
into moulds of any suitable size and shape to form the desired pad, these when dry
may be japanned or enamelled so as to make them impervious to perspiration,
water, etc.
Pads thus formed may then be secured in their places and covered by leather in
the usual way.
By this means pads may be formed of any desirable shape and size, more durable
and at a less cost than heretofore.
.
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.

page_text: and other Surgical Appliances.
I, JOHN HARRINGTON HAYWOOD of Castle Gate in the Borough of Nottingham,
Surgical Appliance Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of pads and the like for trusses and
other surgical appliances and it has for its object the improved construction of such
pads in a much quicker manner and at a less cost than heretofore.
Hitherto these pads have been formed by cutting them out of cork of a suitable
size and shape and in some cases have been formed of india-rubber.
In carrying out this invention I form pads by compressing paper, wood, or other
like pulps into moulds of any desired shape and size to form the desired pad when
the material is wet; these when dry may be japanned or enamelled so as to make
them impervious to perspiration or other moisture.
Pads thus formed may be then secured in their places or they may in some cases
be formed on the ends of the springs in the trusses and covered by leather in the
usual manner.
By this means pads may be formed of any desirable shape and size more durable
and at a less cost than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The manufacture of pads for trusses and the like of paper, wood, or other like
pulps substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The manufacture of pads for trusses and the like of paper wood or other
like pulp.
Dated this 1st day of February 1889.
Improvements in Hoods or the like for Perambulators or Carriages.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1388-Accepted, 4th Sept., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hoods or the like for Perambulators or Carriages.
A communication from EUGENE LANDIN, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, M.L.M.E.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The present invention refers to a hood for perambulators and the like, which hood
when folded up is perfectly inside the body of the carriage.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a side elevation of a perambulator
body with extended hood. To the arm A are pivotted the hoops or ribs B and the arm
formed with a notch C at one end, a slot D in the middle and is provided with a
pin E at the other end. The hoop G is on each side provided with a pin K which
engages in the notch C of the arm A when the hood is extended, and with another pin
sliding in the slot D of the arm A, attached to the pin E by a spring F and forming
the pivot round which the hood or the arm A turns when the hoop G is operated by
the draw bar L pivotted to it and retained in position when desired by a hook M at
the back of the body of the carriage.
Fig. 2 represents a rear elevation with extended hood N, O are two rods fixed to the
frame P of the carriage and serving as a support for the rod L which operates
the hood.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same with the hood folded up into the interior
of the body of the carriage and showing the position of the arm A when the hood
is so folded up.
Fig. 4 is a back view with the hood folded up.
Fig. 14 is a sheath for the front hoop of the hood.
It is to be understood that the parts of the herein described folding hood may be
constructed of any desired material, form and dimensions to adapt thein to any size
of carriage or perambulator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A hood folding up into the interior of the carriage body and which may be
extended or folded up instantaneously by means of a rod, substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of September 1888.
THOMSON
POLIT
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.