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AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE LYTHOGRAPHIC PRESS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Cole at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 26th July 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, FREDERICK COLE, of 159, High Street, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE LYTHOGRAPHIC PRESS " to be as follows,
namely:―
I employ a cylinder in place of the scraper now in general use,
which cylinder imparts sufficient pressure to the stone to take off a
correct impression. The said cylander is connected with a frame which
moves horizontally over the stone, and is worked by webs attatched to a
rounce wheel capable of an alternate action.
The frame and roller can be raised or depressed at pleasure by means
of a guide having graduated perforations, so as to be adapted to the
respective thickness of the stones.
The weight which is necessary to impart the impression is placed
perpendicularly over the roller on a suitable frame, and may be en-
creased or diminished at pleasure.

page_text: As the framework which moves the roller which is attatched to it
has a free action of rising or falling by its own weight and the resist-
ance of the stone, a table is adjusted at either end of the stone in
order to recieve the cylander when it has conveyed the impression
to the paper by passing over the stone once only, and on another sheet
being laid on it is printed by the reverse action. Tables of different
thickness are employed to be adapted to the respective thickness of
the stones, and are consequently moveable, so as to be changed at
pleasure.
The tynpam is self-acting by means of the alternate motion of the
cylander and counterweights attatched.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jonathan Woofenden, of Belfast, in the
County of Antrim, Ireland, Engineer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Sealed the 13th April 1854, and dated the 20th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jonathan Woof-
enden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 20th October 1853.
I, JONATHAN WOOFENDEN, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim,
Ireland, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the so arranging the details of power looms
for weaving various fabrics that the fabric, as woven, may be taken up
or wound upon its beam in a positive and exact quantity at each throw
of the shuttle in proportion to the number of weft shots being used; the
introduction of elastic crank arms or connecting rods between the
cranks and lathe of the loom to give case in working; the use of an

page_text: elastic medium in the shedding levers or heddle actuating apparatus
and the heddles themselves; and the giving an elastic action to the
wiper or cam of the picking motion. The taking up motion is fitted
with a combination of smooth rollers, so that the woven piece, as it
passes from the breast beam, descends beneath a large smooth con-
ducting roller, and thence from beneath this roller over a small smooth
retaining roller disposed between the first roller and a second and
corresponding large roller driven by the loom's motion, and placed
beneath the cloth beam to answer as the taking up roller. The elastic
connection between the cranks and the lathe may be conveniently
effected by forming the rods each in two sections, one of them
having a recess for holding any suitable elastic medium. The other
section has a cross head or disc end arranged to fit into the first-
mentioned section, and bear up against the elastic mass, the disc
piece being, as it were, packed, both before and behind, with the
elastic material. This contrivance softens the blow in striking up
the weft threads. The elastic actions between the actuating apparatus
of the heddles and the heddles themselves, and between the wiper or
cam and the picking motion or spindle, is effected either by the intro-
duction of springs or elastic layers of any suitable material at the proper
points of connection.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Brown and Peter Macgregor
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
31st December 1858.
We, THOMAS BROWN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manufac-
turer, and PETER MACGREGOR, of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN POWER LOOMS
FOR WEAVING" to be as follows:-
Our improvements relate to a novel arrangement of apparatus for prevent-
ing the injury occasioned by the tearing or breaking, or what is termed
plucking" of the selvage of the cloth, which is commonly caused either by
a twist in the weft thread, by a knot formed in the same within or without the
shuttle, or from any similar derangement or irregularity or inequality of the
weft, which said arrangement of mechanism also acts as a self-acting "temple,"
and enables the weaving to be performed without the use of independant
"temples," as hitherto used. Upon the back of the breast beam of the loom
is placed a small spindle reciprocating in brackets or bearings, having two
sockets moveable upon the said spindle, which may be fixed at any distance
apart, as may be required; from these sockets small arms project, or may be
attached to them, which terminate in points bent downwards; at any convenient
angle tappet or other arms are fixed to the said spindle acting upon the arms
and points; and upon the "lathe" or "slay" are fixed tappets acting upon the
said tappet arms. When the shuttle is in either box, the arms and points fall,

page_text: penetrating just within the selvage, and between the weft and the reed,
becoming for the time a fixed point, round which the weft is carried as the
shuttle is impelled through the shed of warp, holding the weft thread firmly
until the shuttle has arrived home, when, as the lathe "beats up," the tappets
fixed to it push up the tappet or other arms, and raise the arms and points
from the selvage of the warp, carrying the points clear of the reed. As the
cloth or work is taken up, and the "lathe" recedes, the arms and points fall,
and retain the selvage and the weft thread as before, and thereby both preserve
the selvage in a perfect state, as well as performing the office of ordinary
"temples," as commonly used.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF ROSIN 'OIL, AND FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF BLEACHING AND DEODORIZING THE SAME DURING THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE
Year: 1853

page_text: cadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF ROSIN 'OIL,
AND FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF BLEACHING AND DEODORIZING THE
SAME DURING THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE."
Sealed the 4th May 1853, and dated the 25th February 1853.
PROVISIONAL, SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Goodell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 25th February 1853.
I, FREDERICK GOODELL, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "An IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE DISTILLATION OF ROSIN
OIL, AND FOR AN IMPROVED METHOD OF BLEACHING AND DEODORIZING THE
SAME DURING THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE," to be as follows:-
The apparatus forming the first part of this Invention consists of an
iron kettle or retort, which has the form of the segment of an egg. It is

page_text: set in a furnace composed of brickwork, and rests upon a central block
of cast iron. The thickness of metal in the kettle is greatest at the
bottom, and it gradually decreases until, at the upper edge of the
kettle, the thickness of the metal is reduced by about one-half; this is
to guard against cracking from sudden expansion or contraction of the
metal. The kettle is covered by a dome-shaped still-head, and it is
firmly secured to the lip of the kettle, when the apparatus is in opera-
tion, by screw bolts; the joint being packed to prevent leakage. Con-
nected to the still-head is a worm or pipe, which is coiled in a tub, and
is kept cool by the continuous flow of a stream of cold water through
the tub. The material to be operated upon is admitted into the kettle
by a man-hole, and the products of distillation pass off into the worm;
in flowing through which they are cooled and condensed, and are then
ready to be subjected to the improvement which forms the second head
of the Invention. At the outlet of the worm is a wooden trough which
receives the condensed oil. This trough is lined with sheet lead or
zinc, and has a quantity of chloride of lime, or other cheap chloride,
strewed upon its bottom, over which the oil issuing from the worm
slowly flows, and thereby becomes bleached and deodorized. When the
oil has all flowed through the worm it is succeeded by a flow of bright
varnish from each charge of the retort, which varnish is collected in
another reservoir. The residuary carbonaceous substance left in the
retort is cleaned out after every charge, and may be sold as a base for
black paint and printers' ink.
The trough terminates at a suitable reservoir.
It is desirable to have a second apparatus similar to the above, for
redistilling the oil, which at the third distillation is perfected..
A SELF-ACTING CAM PRESS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Woodward at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th February 1853.
I, ALFRED WOODWARD, of George Street, Edgbaston, in the
County of Warwick, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A SELF-ACTING CAM PRESS" to be as follows, that
is to say:-
My improvements in presses consist in applying to the uprights
or or sides two strong metal racks and grooves for an inner frame
to move up and down in. The bottom of the inner frame forms
the bed, and on each side at the top of the same frame are fixed
two strong cogged or toothed wheels, with cams formed on their
axes, the more or less eccentricity of which defines the power of
the press, which is put in motion thus: A rope is fixed in the centre
of the top rail of the inner frame, and taken over a windlass attached
to the head; this being put in motion, winds the inner frame up,
causing the wheels to revolve by their teeth taking into the side racks,
and the heels of the cams being now presented to the top pressure
piece. This part and the bed are as far asunder as they can go,
and ready to receive the matter to be pressed, which must all at
.

page_text: times be packed within the range of the eccentrics or cams; and
when so packed and ready to receive the pressure, the windlass has
only to be liberated, when the weight of the goods to be pressed in
most cases will be sufficient to bring the parts together, causing
an immense pressure.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF OBTAINING POWER TO RAISE LIQUIDS, AND OF TREATING THE SAID LIQUIDS WHEN RAISED, AND OF USING THEM TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Youil at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
December 1858.
I, JOHN YOUIL, of Burton-upon-Trent, in the County of Stafford,
Common Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF OBTAINING POWER TO
RAISE LIQUIDS, AND OF TREATING THE SAID LIQUIDS WHEN RAISED, AND OF
USING THEM TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL POWER," to be as follows:-
My Invention is peculiarly applicable to raising liquids for the pur-
poses of brewing, and consists,-
Firstly, of raising the liquids from any given place to the required
height or situation, which I effect by creating a partial vacuum as
follows:-I connect a cylinder to a steam vessel by tubes or pipes, and
by the force of the steam exhaust the vessel or cylinder of the air; then
by the action of such partial vacuum or exhauster the liquid is raised,
which I call power obtained from atmospheric pressure,

page_text: Secondly, I treat the said liquids by boiling them in a partial vacuum
by steain in any convenient manner; and,
Thirdly, I use the said liquids when raised to obtain power for any
required purpose.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EMBOSSING PRESSES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Dolby at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
October 1853.
I, HENRY DOLBY, of 56, Regent Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Heraldic Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN EMBOSSING PRESSES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a new and improved construction of hand
press whereby the required impression is produced by a sharp blow in
place of pressure, as has hitherto been done in the ordinary lever press.
It consists in the employment of a barrel or box spring in conjunction
with a lever arm and link for depressing the plunger and giving the
required blow. The link connects the plunger with one end of the lover
arm before mentioned; this arm is secured to the axis of the barrel
spring, which is previously wound up. The plunger is elevated by the
depression of a hand lever which is formed at its extremity with two or
more teeth or projections. These teeth take into or gear with corre-
sponding notches or annular grooves formed in the top of the plunger.
The bearing for the fulcrum of the elevating lever is formed with two

page_text: corresponding oblique slots, one in each cheek, the lower portion of the
slots inclining towards the plunger. These slots, in which the pin or
working centre of the lever rests, are inclined and extended back for
the purpose of allowing the lever to be drawn out to a sufficient extent
to enable it to be re-engaged with the teeth or notches on the head of
the plunger after the plunger has been brought down by the barrel
spring before mentioned; thus bringing the press into position for the
next blow.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS, VESSELS, OR BOATS
Year: 1853

page_text: 1, JOHN BUCHANAN, of Leamington, in the County of Warwick, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE FORM AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS, VESSELS, OR BOATS," to be
as follows:
My Invention consists in constructing ships, vessels, or boats with a
longer bow and run, decreasing in depth aft somewhat in proportion as
they increase in breadth, the position of the main breadth being ascer-
tained by geometrical formula, and may be constructed when of iron so
as to affix thereto a wooden stern keel and stern post, sheathing the
same without perforating the hull for such purpose.
IMPROVED MECHANISM FOR FASTENING AND UNFASTENING DOORS, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY TO THE DOORS OF CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Nurse at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
May 1853.
I, JOHN NURSE, of Crawford Street, Bryanstone Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Coach Builder, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED MECHANISM FOR FASTENING AND
UNFASTENING DOORS, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY TO THE DOORS OF CARRIAGES,"
to be as follows, viz. :-
This Invention consists in the arrangement of certain mechanism
combined with a suitable lock, that is, a lock to which a system of
levers or cords & pullies may be applied so as to draw or shoot the
bolt of the lock from a distance from the place of the lock, so that,
when applied to carriages (particularly those of the Brougham class),
the coachman outside may open the door without alighting from his
seat. It is desirable to place the lock not, as usual, in the door, but in
the door post next the lock. The machinery may, however, be arranged
so that the lock may be in the door, as usual, the mechanism will then

page_text: press back the bolt in order to open the door, and the door will be
locked by pulling to the door, which may be effected by ordinary
mechanism of cord and pulley, the end of the cord being actuated by
the coachman or other person. The door may also be locked or
unlocked from within side the carriage in the usual way.
ADDENDA OR AMENDMENT.
The "certain mechanism" referred to in the foregoing as to be used
to draw or shoot the bolt of the lock is what will be readily understood
by mechanicians, its object and purpose having been already stated,
namely, either a cord, similar to the check string, passing over pullies
or wheels from the bolt of the lock, to which it is attached to the outside
of the carriage, or levers acting on their fulcrums, one terminal of
which is connected to the said bolt, and the other being a handle
outside the carriage, near the drivers seat, for instance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SMELTING IRON AND OTHER ORES, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LIME
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Londe Tabberner,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 7th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN LONDE TABBERNER, of Lorn Road, North Brixton, in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SMELTING IRON
AND OTHER ORES, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LIME," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is an improved manufacture of
metals in the process of smelting by the reducing the metals to a
powder, or into minute particles, prior to their being put into the
furnace, so as to permit the fire or heated air to act upon them
more efficiently and more rapidly than can be accomplished by the
modes at present in use in such manufactures. It is obvious that
the same principle is equally applicable to the manufacture or pro-
duction of lime, in which case the limestone is to be reduced in a
similar manner. The ironstone or ore may be reduced by any
efficient and economical mode at present in use, but the system I
at present prefer is that recently patented by Captain Shrapnel.

page_text: In the cases where this Invention is to be employed it will be
necessary that the furnaces or kilns should be so constructed as
not to permit the powdered stones to choke such furnaces or kilns;
this object may be accomplished in various ways by the introduction
of heat conductors and gratings.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN ROLLERS OR CYLINDERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Steiner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th June 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
J, FREDERICK STEINER, of Hyndburn, near Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Turkey Red Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN
ROLLERS OR CYLINDERS" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in cutting a log of wood transversely into
shives or disks, varying in thickness according to circumstances, and in
fixing or glueing the said shives or disks together in such wise that the
grain of the wood of one shive or disk does not coincide with the grain
of the adjacent shive or disk. By this means, when all the shives or
disks are secured together, and the surface is turned, a roller or cylinder
is produced, more uniform in its surface, more durable and less liable
to injury from warping, than those of the ordinary construction.
These rollers are particularly applicable to printing, dying, and
bleaching purposes.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND PROTECTING INSULATED TELEGRAPHIC WIRES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Day at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th
February 1853.
I, JOHN DAY, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND PROTECTING INSULATED TELEGRAPHIC
WIRES" to be as follows:-
I roll a trough, either semi-circular or of any other shape, of thin
wrought iron; in this I place the insulated wire. I then enclose
it by placing another similar shaped trough, which, when placed
over the under trough, forms a tube or cover. I keep the top and
bottom parts together by rings slipped over them at convenient
distances, or I tie them together by wires.
A NEW SYSTEM TO RENDER BOOTS AND SHOES WATERPROOF WITHOUT SEWING OR NAILING WHATEVER; & THE SAID INVENTION TO BE APPLIED ALSO TO RENDER WATERPROOF HATS, CAPS, & GENERAL HATTING; MY INVENTION CONSIST ALSO IN THE APPLICATION OF MACHINES TO THE MANUFACTURING OF GENERAL SHOEMAKING AND HATTING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benoit Dulaurier at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, BENOIT DULAURIER, residing at Paris, Rue du Delta projettée, 8,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
SYSTEM TO RENDER BOOTS AND SHOES WATERPROOF WITHOUT SEWING OR
NAILING WHATEVER; & THE SAID INVENTION TO BE APPLIED ALSO TO RENDER
WATERPROOF HATS, CAPS, & GENERAL HATTING; MY INVENTION CONSIST
ALSO IN THE APPLICATION OF MACHINES TO THE MANUFACTURING OF GENERAL
SHOEMAKING AND HATTING," to be as follows: -
I employ three compositions, the first formed of caoutchou and
of gutta percha melted separately in a pot placed in another on the
fire, the last containing water in ebulition; the mixture comes
directly after. I also employ the glue at cold by the usual process.
The secund formed of a purified asphalte and of marine glue. And
the third of Monsieur de Coulène's putty.
Once the boots and shoes on their trees or lasts, they are placed
in their respective screws only used for that purpose, and afterwards
by means of levers the uppers are strongly pressed on their trees or

page_text: lasts with the matrixes, in order to have them well stretched
before the nails might be taken away, and this as long as the said
uppers do not addhere completely on the interior soles. When the
nails have been taken away the soles are covered with glue. The
complete finishing of the adhesion of the uppers is obtained by
other pressions through the assistance of other levers, who cause
the two matrixes to move, and to come from right and left to addhere
to the uppers on the soles through the motion alone of the levers.
I obtain the pression of the trimmings, &c., of the last; soles, and
of the heels by means of vertical pressions, which ends the work of
the glueing.
NR
I shall complate the description of my Invention, and
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCOMOTIVES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Claude Arnoux at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1, CLAUDE ARNOUX, of Rue du Montparnasse, Paris, France.
Administrator of the Messageries Generales, and of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, do hereby declare that the nature of the Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCOMOTIVES" to be
as follows:-
The improvements refer to a Patent granted to me on the 24th June
1852, and consist in various arrangements of locomotive wheels for
enabling the locomotive to overcome curves.
If one pair of driving wheels are fixed to the same axle tree, I place
the cylinders inside or outside the splinter bar. The front and back
parts of the locomotive are supported by converging axles, each pro-
vided with directing wheels. The motive wheels are made without
any rim.
I also employ at option two pairs of coupled motive wheels fixed to
the same axle, the wheels are without rims, and the cylinders may be

page_text: placed at the exterior or interior of the splinter bars. One of the axles
receives motion direct, and communicates it to the second.
To avoid the slipping of one of the wheels on curves when only one
pair of motive wheels is used, I fix the two wheels to two half axles,
each of which is set in motion by a small pair of cylinders, one external
and the other internal. And when two pairs of coupled wheels are
employed, I employ a second pair of half axles. These wheels receive
motion separately from wheels receiving it direct from two coupled
cylinders.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS FOR CLEANING TABLE CUTLERY
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harvey Hilliard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HARVEY HILLIARD, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, of the firm of Hilliard and Chapman, Cutlers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS FOR CLEANING TABLE CUTLERY" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to various modifications of existing cutlery
cleaning apparatus, wherein the drum or containing box is made
entirely or chiefly of cast metal to avoid the tendency to warp and
get out of shape attending those of wood as hitherto constructed.
It is made in two halves, hinged or otherwise held together, so as to
open out easily and expose the inner parts, and allow of these being
taken out or put in entire.
The polishing wheels are also of cast metal, and their surfaces are
grooved and perforated for the attachment of the leather or bristles or
other cleansing surface. These bristles or cleansers are secured by

page_text: wires passing through the perforations to the back, in the manner
of the leaves of a book, each two adjacent lines of bristle or cleansing
surface being formed of one piece of leather folded down. It is pro-
posed under one modification to make the metal surfaces to which the
bristles are attached in separate segmental pieces, connected in such a
manner to the polishing wheels as to yield slightly to the knife whilst
they are pressed forward by springs. The object of this is to provide
for the unequal thickness of the back and edge, and heel and point
of the knife, so that the thicker parts may not be worn away too
rapidly.
It is further proposed to employ metallic sharpening surfaces, in
combination with the leather bristles or cleansers, the two being set
alternately round the polishing wheels. The iron stand of the machine
is hinged to the drum, so as to fold over upon the latter for packing up,
a hooked rod being provided below to secure the legs in the proper
position for supporting the apparatus.
At one side of the drum is placed a knife sharpener made of steel
discs or segments. It is proposed to make these discs or segments
of larger diameter than usual, so as to give a more tapering edge to
the knife. The attendant, after taking the knives out of the drum in
their cleaned condition, can then at once draw them through the
sharpeners, thereby perfecting the combined operation of cleaning and
sharpening. It is further proposed to construct the drum, so as also to
contain revolving brushes for cleaning forks and the shoulders of knives.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CRUSHING AND GRINDING QUARTZ, MINERALS, AND OTHER MATTERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Burt Hall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th December 1853.
I, ROBERT BURT HALL, of Whitecross Street, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CRUSHING AND GRINDING QUARTZ, MINERALS, AND OTHER MATTERS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object a peculiar construction and com-
bination of mechanical parts, by which the crushing and grinding of
quartz, minerals, and other matters are more advantageously performed.
For this purpose a vessel, by preference with parallel sides and semi-
circular interior periphery, is employed, producing a continuous hollow
semi-circular trough. On one side is fixed an axis or neck turning in
a bearing, on the other side is a hollow axis turning in a bearing,
through which the charge is introduced. This vessel is vertical and
revolves on its horizontal axes. On one side are a series of openings
through which the lighter and floating parts are washed away. Within

page_text: the vessel two or more spheres are used, which, rolling within the con-
tinuous trough or inner periphery of the vessel, crush and grind the
matters in the vessel. Mercury is introduced when amalgamation is
desired to be carried on at the same time as grinding; and in order to
ensure that the rolling spheres may be kept down to their work, guides
are fixed on the interior. If the section of the inner periphery be
other than semi-circular, the rollers are to be made accordingly.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING WATER IN THE HOLDS OF VESSELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Richards at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.).
I, RICHARD RICHARDS, of Paddington, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING WATER IN THE HOLDS
OF VESSELS" to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of a simple arrangement of mechanical
parts, to be fixed in any convenient place on board ships, where the
motions of an index may be seen or an alarum heard, the same being
actuated by the rise or fall of water in a vessel's hold, elevating or
depressing a buoyant body attached to such indicator.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention I will now
proceed to give a general description thereof.
I select a portion of the ship's pump well, or any other more conve-
nient situation in the holds of vessels, and enclose it in a suitable frame-
work to allow of the easy working of a buoy or float, which may be a

page_text: galvanized cast iron air-tight box, varying from six inches to eighteen
inches square or thereabouts, to which I attach suitable wire ropes,
wires, chains, or rods, and convey the opposite end or ends thereof over
a pulley on deck or elsewhere, to which a weight must be affixed to
keep such communication with the buoy in proper tension. The buoy
may have a centre guide rod, or a guide rod at each corner; or other-
wise, to prevent its floating about, and so as to oblige.it_to_rise and fall
perpendicularly in the same column. It is obvious that by this arrange-
ment the weight above will tlescend with the ascent of the buoyant
body in the-holds-and-vice-versâ, thereby indicating not only the pre-
sence of water, but its actual height on a scale, which may be placed
near the weight, or form a dial-for, an index finger, worked by wheels,
operated on by the rise and fall of the weight, or by like means it may
be made to strike a bell or other alarum.
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Having thus described one mode of carrying out my said Invention,
it will be obvious that the principle of the action thereof. is applicable
to a variety of arrangements of wheel work, dials, and alarums, and
also that the buoys may be variously arrangend and constructed. I
therefore do not restrict myself to any particular materials for the buoys,
or floats; or indicator apparatus, or to the kinds of alarums, it may be
made to operate on, or the situation of the parts, or the whole,-so-long
as the principle of my said Invention is adhered to; and I do declare
that what I claim as my Invention is, namely,-
...
The peculiar mode of indicating water in the holds of vessels by such
water causing the rise and fall of a floating body to operate on a suitable
index or alarum, as described.
CERTAIN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DETACHING BOATS OR OTHER FLOATING VESSELS FROM THEIR MOORINGS OR FASTENINGS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Butler Clough at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, CHARLES BUTLER CLOUGH, of Tyddyn Mold, in the County of
Flint, Gentleman, Justice of the Peace, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DETACHING
BOATS OR OTHER FLOATING VESSELS FROM THEIR MOORINGS OR FASTENINGS"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a look capable of turning upon a pivot
mounted in a shackle, and weighted or connected to a weight in
such a manner that the falling of the said weight shall cause the
hook to cant over. This hook may be attached to the ends of the
tackle for lowering a boat from a ship's side, being hooked into a
ringbolt or staple at the bow and stern of the boat. As soon as the
boat touches the water, the strain or stress upon the hooks is thereby
removed and the weight falling causes the hooks to "cant" over,
and disengage themselves from the ringbolts or staples, and the boat
is thus cast loose. If preferred, the weighted hooks and shackles

page_text: may be fixed to the bow and stern of the boat, and links or rings at
the ends of the tackle hooked on to them. When employed for moor-
ing vessels, the hook and shackle should be attached to the pier or
other mooring, and a ring or loop upon the end of the hawser passed
on to the hook. So long as a strain or stress is kept upon the
hawser, the hook will "hold fast;" but as soon as it is desired to
"cast off," the hawser must be slackened, the weight will then
"cant" the hook over, and disengage the hawser from the moorings.
A NEW DESCRIP- TION OF CLOTH OR FABRIC APPLICABLE TO MOST PURPOSES TO WHICH WOVEN AND KNITTED FABRICS ARE APPLIED
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Lacey and William
Wilkinson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 27th August 1858.
We, EDWARD LACEY, of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford,
Maltster, and WILLIAM WILKINSON, of Nottingham, Pattern Designer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW DESCRIP-
TION OF CLOTH OR FABRIC APPLICABLE TO MOST PURPOSES TO WHICH WOVEN
AND KNITTED FABRICS ARE APPLIED " to be as follows:-
Our cloth or fabric consists of a combination of wire with hemp,
cotton, linen, or other material capable of being woven or knitted or
worked in a bobbin net or twist lace machine. For all coarse fabrics,
such as sail cloth, sacking, wrappers, or coverings for goods, we weave
wire, hemp, or other suitable material in an ordinary loom, taking wire
of a gauge suited to the fabric to be produced for the warp, and hemp,
linen, or other material aforesaid for the weft, or vice versa, and we
proceed in the manufacture of the cloth or fabric as if both weft and
warp were of hemp or linen. For some description of goods we take
wire previously covered, and for the manufacture of fabrics to a great

page_text: extent fire-proof for railway goods wrappers and coverings for goods
waggons we make the greater part of the fabric of wire, and if iron
wire is employed we first galvanize it in order to protect it from rust.
For the finer fabrics we mostly produce them in a bobbin net or twist
lace machine, and then we cover the wire with silk, cotton, or other 5
suitable material previous to its being worked in the machine.
THE APPLICATION OF THE PROCESSES OF LITHOGRAPHIC AND ZINCOGRAPHIC PRINTING TO THE PRINTING OF WORDS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS, AND MARKS ON METAL, GLASS, WOOD, OR OTHER HARD SUBSTANCES SHEETS, SLABS, OR FLAT PIECES, WITH OR WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF TRANSFER OR OTHER PAPER, OR ANY OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIAL
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Frederick Adams,
William Gee, and George Davis at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 13th September
1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, CHARLES FREDERICK ADAMS and WILLIAM GEE, of 23, Middle
Street, Cloth Fair, London, and GEORGE DAVIS, of 8, Bath Street,
Newgate Street, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF THE PROCESSES OF LITHOGRAPHIC AND
ZINCOGRAPHIC PRINTING TO THE PRINTING OF WORDS, PATTERNS, DESIGNS,
AND MARKS ON METAL, GLASS, WOOD, OR OTHER HARD SUBSTANCES
SHEETS, SLABS, OR FLAT PIECES, WITH OR WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF
TRANSFER OR OTHER PAPER, OR ANY OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIAL," to be as
follows:-
The words, design, pattern, or marks intended to be printed are
transferred or marked on stone used by lithographers, or zinc used by
zincographers, in greasy ink, or with greasy crayons; it is then treated
to a solution of acid and water, when it becomes ready for use. The

page_text: slabs of stone or plates of zinc are printed from in the same way as
lithographers and zincographers print paper and cards, that is to say:
The slab of stone or sheet of zinc is wetted on the surface, and before
it is dry a cylindrical roller, having greasy ink on its surface, is passed
over it, the parts marked in greasy ink or crayons take the ink, while
all other parts being wet repel it; the plate of metal or other hard sub-
stance is laid on the stone or zinc, or under the stone or zinc, and
pressure being applied, the printing is accomplished.
The parts of this Invention which are not new are all the parts as
applied to paper and cards; and we claim the application of the above
processes to the printing of hard substances direct from the stone or
zinc, without the intervention of paper or other flexible material, and
the application of the above processes to the printing of slabs or pieces
of thick unyielding material.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINE GOVERNORS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William John Thomas Jones, of 10, Palace
Street, Pimlico, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM
ENGINE GOVERNORS."
Sealed the 7th June 1858, and dated the 14th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William John
Thomas Jones at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 14th April 1853.
I, WILLIAM JOHN THOMAS JONES, of 10, Palace Street, Pimlico,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STEAM ENGINE GOVERNORS " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of applying springs acting on a piston in a
cylinder, to prevent the prejudicial effect of any sudden action of a
governor. The springs receive the first effort of any sudden action,
and tend to neutralize it.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CERTAIN VESSELS OR UTENSILS FOR HEATING LIQUIDS
Year: 1853

page_text: Smith at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 8th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM FORD SMITII, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN CERTAIN VESSELS OR UTENSILS FOR HEATING LIQUIDS,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention is particularly applicable to portable vessels, or
vessels or utensils used for domestic and other purposes; it is likewise
applicable to vessels which are permanently fixed. It consists in
arranging flues or surfaces in the interior of vessels or utensils, which
shall
expose a greater area or surface to the action of the heat than
is at present obtained, and thus communicate the heat to the liquid
more rapid and economically.
ADDITION.
The
The flues or surfaces may be arranged of various forms.
drawing annexed hereto shews two modes of applying my Invention.
Fig. 1, represents the side sectional view of a kettle; Fig. 2, the

page_text: plan sectional view; Fig. 3;.a cross sectional view; Fig. 4, 5, & 6,
represent another mode,..which, may be applied to pans, kettles, or
other utensils for heating liquids; Fig. 4, side sectional view of a pan;
Fig. 5, back view at right angles to Fig. 4; Fig. 6, plan view. The
tinted parts of each figure are the flues or surfaces in the interior of 5
the vessel, which are exposed to the heat of the fire. The arrows point
the direction the current or draught takes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION OF SMOKE IN STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Beasley Burney at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, ou
the 20th October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN BEASLEY BURNEY, of Battersea, in the County of Surrey,
Superintendent of the City Steam Boat Company, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREVENTION
OF SMOKE IN STEAM BOILERS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the constructing steam boilers (more
especially marine boilers) by arranging the fire tubes below the crown
On each side of
of the furnace, thus allowing a larger fire box behind.
the boiler there is an atmospheric pipe, or two such pipes may be
placed at any other convenient part of boiler, to admit air into the
bridge, which bridge is to be of cast iron; and there is also a small pipe
conveying steam from the top of boiler, passing through the atmospheric
pipe into the bridge aforesaid. From the steam pipe issues a jet of
steam which causes the air from atmospheric pipe to rush into the
bridge. Such air becomes heated and then passes through orifices at

page_text: the back and top of bridge, and uniting with the smoke ignites it, and
thus prevents its accumulation and emission. The mouth of the steam
pipe and atmospheric pipe might be introduced either before the bridge,
behind the bridge, or any part of back of furnace, and have nearly the
same effect.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGNALLING TO PREVENT COLLISIONS ON RAILWAYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Littell Tizard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th November 1858.
I, WILLIAM LITTELL TIZARD, of Aldgate, in the City of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
SIGNALLING TO PREVENT COLLISIONS ON RAILWAYS" to be as follows:-
I convey a signal or signals by means of a carriage or carriages, which are
propelled on a rail or rails by means of rockets, carrying one or more fog
signals or similar compounds that will explode with sufficient noise to alarm
the officials of an approaching train on coming in contact with or being
crushed by the wheels thereof. Every train should be provided with two,
three, or more of my signal carriages, and on a train being brought to a stand
from any accidental cause, one or more of my signal carriers should be placed
on the up and down line of rails, or either of them, and should be started by
lighting the rocket. The carrier would be propelled a given distance, and
would leave the fog signal or similar explosive compound on the rail ready to
be exploded by the approaching train. When required to send the carrier a
long distance, two, three, or more propelling rockets might be arranged to be..

page_text: fired in succession. For greater certainty of action, in some cases I arrange a
series of longitudinal rods on a railway, carrying at intervals moveable arms,
on the points of which are placed fog signals or other explosive materials, an
indefinite number of which signals are simultaneously placed on a rail by
moving the longitudinal rod or rods. The fog signals could be deposited by
these means after the passage of the signal carrier or carriers before men-
tioned; or, in some cases, the longitudinal rods with arms for depositing the
fog signals might be employed alone.
A NEW SYSTEM OF WEAVING BY HAND
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Martin Adolphe Bayet
Lemonnier at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 27th October 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JEAN MARTIN ADOLPHE BAYET LEMONNIER, of Liége, Quai St.
Leonard, 108, Belgium, lo hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for A NEW SYSTEM OF WEAVING BY HAND" to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in the combination of machinery for
weaving carpets and other fabrics with different colors or hues. The
apparatus is composed, firstly, of a warping frame; secondly, a mecha-
nical reader; and, thirdly, a loom. This loom differs from those usually
made use of for weaving; first, in its batten, which is placed vertically,
and the reed of which is open at top; second, in the substitution of
flying warp for certain fixed warp; thirdly, in having hooks fixed at
both extremities of the reed in which the flying warp is set; fourthly,
in suppressing jacquard apparatus and other similar known mechanism.
The warping frame consists of a new arrangement of moveable bobbin
frames for preparing and winding the flying and fixed warps.

page_text: The mechanical reader obviates the use of cards, and enables the
design to be read off and worked with facility and economy of time and
labor; it is composed of two straight transverse bars moveable in
a frame (one of which is marked with divisions), and provided with two
counting slides, moving from right to left, or vice versà, to count the
stitches of the pattern.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING TYPOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by André Calles at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
September 1858.
I, ANDRÉ CALLES, of Southwark Square, in the County of Surrey,
Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING TYPOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS" to be as
follows:-
The Invention consists of certain machinery or apparatus for per-
forming the operations of type-founding, which have always hitherto
been performed by hand labour.
The moulds and matrices in use in foundries may be still employed.
The moulds are placed in frames called mould carriers, which com-
municate to them the necessary movements for working, whether
opening or closing, and for the clearing out of matrices and the dis-
charging of the letters. The thickness of the types is regulated by the
mould carriers, as also any alteration in the form of the body of the
types. The machine is set in motion by any prime mover; and by
means of an excentric gives to an upper plate, to which are fixed the

page_text: mould carriers, a to and fro motion, allowing an interval for the pouring
in of the metal, and the forcing out of the letters. The extremity of
the motive shaft which carries the excentric is provided with a
moveable piece, which, during its revolution, opens or closes a cock
which supplies the metal, so that the feed may be obtained at the
proper moment. The melting of the metal is performed in a receiver
or retort.