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Improvements in and relating to Adhesive Stamps and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 16th Feb., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Adhesive Stamps and the like.
I LOUIS ESTEVAN GREEN DE WOOLFSON of 26 Saint John's Hill Shrewsbury
in the County of Shropshire, Surgeon, 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 consists of adhesive stamps of all kinds, whether used for postage
and Inland Revenue or otherwise being bisected into two equal parts or triangles
by a diagonal perforation, either from right to left or from left to right.
The perforation, preferably, to be similar to that in general use for postage
stamps and the like.
Adhesive stamps of all descriptions, square, oblong or otherwise, with a diagonal
perforation can be used as a whole, or if found necessary they can be separated into
two equal parts by the said perforation and each part can be used as separate and
independent stamp.
Stamps perforated as above may have thereon any device or inscription that may
be found desirable to meet general requirements..
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 general right of subdividing a whole adhesive stamp by means of perforations,
either diagonally or otherwise.
Dated this 8th day of December 1894.
LOUIS ESTEVAN GREEN DE WOOLFSON.
Improvements in Skylights.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th May, 1894-Accepted, 7th July, 1894.
Improvements in Skylights.
We, AUGUST SCHMEIL 17, Burg. Strasse, and PAUL SAAR, 3 Gr Breite
Strasse, both of Giebichenstein, in the German Empire, Merchant and Tin and
Hardware Manufacturer, respectively, 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 subject of this invention is an improved skylight, which, while being
adapted to be readily opened from within when required, is capable of such tight
closing as effectually to keep out snow and rain.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,.
in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section,
Figure 2 a front view, and
Figure 3 a section on line aa, Figure 2.
The frame of the improved skylight is fitted with a bridge a in the centre of its
upper side, and the said bridge is provided with a slot or notch of the shape
indicated in the drawings. An edge or flange a', integral with the frame, extends
all around it. Upon this flange a' the skylight proper, b, is placed; being likewise:
provided for the purpose with flanges b'. The skylight is fitted or suspended from.
the bridge a by means of two extensions c¹ and a cross piece d' situated between.
the said extensions.
To prevent the rain water collecting on or around the frame of the closed!
skylight penetrating under or between the tiles, the frame is provided on both
sides with guard plates or protecting ribs e. To ensure a tight-fit in all points of
the frame, it has an angle piece c fitted to its lower part. The bridge a, the
flanges a and the guard plates e are cast in one piece, and zinc fittings of any kind.
or shape are entirely dispensed with.
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;-
A skylight, having for its main feature a notched bridge a made in one piece
with the frame of the skylight and also with the fittings or flanges a¹, the guard
plates e and the angle piece e, for the purpose of both ensuring a perfectly damp.
proof closing of the skylight, and of enabling it to be readily raised or opened:
when required.
Dated this 10th an
May LOT.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicants..
Improvements in Tea and Dinner Trays or Waiters and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Cate of Application, 20th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr.. 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea and Dinner Trays or Waiters and the like.
HUGH TRAVIS SIMPSON The Glebe 157 Brixton Hill London S.W. Clerk
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
One tray is supported above another tray by suitable distance pieces and at such,
distance apart that tea cups & saucers & the like can be stowed on the lower tray.
Dated this 19th day of November 1894.
WHY
HUGH TRAVIS SIMPSON, The Glebe 157 Brixton Hill London S.W. Clerk,.
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 :-
I fix one tray above another tray by suitable distance pieces or supports at such
distance apart that tea cups saucers glasses and the like can be stowed on the lower
as well as on the upper tray.
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.) For a given number of articles to be carried my tray occupies only one
half the counter room that is required by an ordinary single tray capable of doing
the same duty.
(2.) Much more handy in narrow passages or on stairs than an ordinary single
tray of the same carrying capacity.
Dated this 10th day of April 1895.
HUGH TRAVIS SIMPSON.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Nov., 1894-Accepted, 1st Dec., 1894
DC PORTOLING
and by the following statement:—
bepavicularly CSCLIDER B ROCOLLA in
This invention relates to anchors of the class for which Patent No. 1353 dated
the 25th January 1889 was granted and has for its object to ensure that the points
of the flukes or arms shall when the anchor is up, rest closely against the ship's
side so as to prevent them from becoming engaged or entangled with any hawser,
rope or other projecting bodies they may come in contact with in harbour or
elsewhere.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings:
Fig. 1 is an end elevation
Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of my improved anchor.
Fig. is an elevation in perspective of the bow of a ship showing the port and
starboard anchors in their raised positions with their flukes lying flat against the
ship's side.
The anchor comprises the flukes A with trippers B springing from the cross-
head in which is formed the recess D for containing the trunnions E which are
shrunk into the crown end of the shank F and secured by the pins R. On either
side of the crosshead Caro arranged projecting luga or shoulders S whose highest
points extend outwards and behind the axis of the trunnions so that when the
anchor is raised as shown in Fig. 4 and tension applied to the shank, one of the
said lugs or shoulders S and the two points of the flukes on the same side are
caused to press firmly against the ship's side.
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. In ships' auchors of the kind referred to, the combination of the flukes A
trippers B, crosshead C and shank F with projecting lugs or shoulders S sub-
stantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
2. The arrangement and construction of ships' anchors with projecting lugs S
substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 1st day of November 1894.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agenta.
A Flexible Mounting for the Edges of Leather Articles such as Blotting Books and Purses, applicable also for other Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Flexible Mounting for the Edges of Leather Articles such as
Blotting Books and Purses, applicable also for other Articles.
GEORGE HENRY JAMES 10 Paternoster Buildings, London E.C. Fancy Leather
Goods Manufacturer 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 consists of pieces of metal gold, silver & other metals, fastened on
to the edges of leather articles, such as note cases, purses, memo. books, blotting
books, cigar cases, card cases, belts, writing cases, & wallets, thereby forming a
protecting rim and flexible.
A. one side of blotting book with silver clips. affixed as sketch.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1894--Accepted, 25th May, 1894
Improvements in or relating to Zithers.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Zithers.
[A communication from JULIUS TRANGOTT MÜLLER, of Dresden, in the
Empire of Germany.]
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Chartered 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:-
This invention relates to an improvement in zithers wherein dampers are
employed, such that several wires are acted upon when any of the dampers are
depressed, so that by their arrangement only a certain number of the wires can be
sounded at once.
In order to play on such a zither in several keys, a greater number of dampers
is required than with the ordinary instrument, but this can be avoided by arranging
the dampers in such a manner as to be movable in a horizontal direction, and thus.
a single damper may operate on several wires. Such an arrangement however is.
troublesome and expensive and moreover requires greater skill in the performer.
In this invention the dampers a are arranged for the same purpose for playing.
in two or three keys, close to each other side by side but they are made as narrow
as possible in width so as to obtain in this manner room for a greatly augmented
number of them.
The keys by which the performer with his fingers depresses the dampers a
must in order to give the fingers a better hold be made broader than the narrow
dampers themselves and cannot on that account be placed closely side by side
wherefore they are arranged to alternate in two or three rows as shown to facilitate
their operation.
Moreover to facilitate the attainment of a knowledge of how to play on the
instrument a diagram or music-staff c can be placed on this zither showing the
letters or numbers which correspond with notes of the scale in musical notation; or
on which a key-board can be formed, for those performers who have learnt to play
on the pianoforte.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me by my foreign correspondent and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. In a zither accordion in order to obtain several chords the arrangement of a.
number of dampers such as a side by side whereof the keys are arranged to.
alternate in two or three rows substantially as described.
2. In a zither-accordion fitted with apparatus such as described in Claim 1 the
application and use of a key-diagram such as c to indicate the wires which
correspond with the notes in musical notation or to the corresponding letters and
numbers or otherwise representing the key-board of a pianoforte substantially as
described.
3. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete
zither-accordion substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 8th day of March 1904
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and connected with Dhooties and similar Piece Goods.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Dhooties and similar
Piece Goods.
We, JOHN WILLIAM SOUTHWORTH of Clitheroe in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, and SURTEES IRWIN and ALEXANDER DAVID MCLAREN both
of 50 Fountain Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Merchants, 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 dhooties, dhootie bordered shirtings and dhootie
bordered jacconettes, and its objects are to give such piece goods a more
characteristic and merchantable appearance and to enable the goods of different
manufacturers to be more readily identified without materially increasing the cost
as compared with the cost of similar goods as at present commonly manufactured.
At present if a distinctive or characteristic device is required in the borders of
such goods a fancy loom or a loom having jacquard motions has to be used whereas
by adopting our improvements an ordinary loom may be employed and an almost
infinite variety of distinctive borders may be produced having a very attractive
appearance and producing very distinctive Oriental effects.
In carrying out our invention we arrange at or near the selvedge of the
cloth and weave therein any suitable number of warp threads consisting of
doubled or multiple twisted yarn each of which is composed of distinct or
contrasting colours or shades, as for example, each doubled thread may consist of
an end of pink doubled with an end of green, or orange combined with blue and
crimson or any other combination. These parti-coloured threads of warp of one or
more kinds are arranged in a stripe or stripes alone or in combination with a stripe
or stripes of self coloured warp threads so as to produce a border of any required
width. By using different patterns of the parti-coloured double twist warp threads
in combination with a stripe or stripes of plain or self-coloured warps a very large
variety of highly characteristic Oriental and attractive looking borders may be
produced which gives the cloths a superior appearance and enables them to be very
readily identified.
In substitution for the parti-coloured threads produced by doubling, we may use
equivalent threads such as those produced by known printing processes.
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:-
In dhooties and similar piece goods a border in which the warp or a portion of
the warp consists of parti-coloured warp threads alone or in combination with self
coloured warp threads arranged substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 2nd day of February A.D. 1894.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicants.
An Improved Filter for Air, Gas, Steam, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th A¨r., 1894-Accepted, 25th May, 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Filter for Air, Gas, Steam, and the like.
I, Dr. KARL MÖLLER of Brackwede, Westphalia, Germany, Manufacturer,
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:-
In the drawing
Fig. 1 is a horizontal section of the filter of this invention.
Figs. 2 and 3 vertical sections respectively through lines a-b and c-d of
Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 shews an alternative means for cleaning the filtering tubes.
A is the filter casing, F tube plates in which are mounted filtering tubes B made
of any suitable filtering material or fabric and open at both ends so that they may
be readily cleaned with a round brush in the pauses of working when the covers G
have been removed to obtain access to the tubes, or they may be cleaned whilst
the filter is working each by its own special brush S suspended and sliding by its
shank or rod airtight in the covers or a cover G (Fig. 4) when the dust or
impurities fall down into the chamber U of the casing, said chamber being pro-
vided with two cleaning apertures closeable by doors J and at the bottom with one
or more sack holders H for carrying a sack or sacks H' (Fig. 3) into which the
dust is swept or raked from the cleaning apertures; or the bottom of chimber U
may be inclined in the manner of a hopper when the dust will slide down towards
the sack aperture. The air or the like to be filtered is conducted through
passage D both to the top and bottom of the filter casing and tubes, as indicated
by the arrows (Fig. 3), and from these places passes into the filtering tubes B.
The air to be filtered may also be made to pass into the filtering tubes from
underneath only although this arrangement is only to be recommended in the case
of short or shallow filters. The filtered air passes out of the filter through pipes C
or past slides E. After cleaning the filter, and before it is again set to work air is
introduced into the same in a contrary direction for some time for the purpose of
reopening the pores of the filtering material.
In this construction of filter which differs essentially from that in which filtering
bags or pockets are used the filtering tubes may be easily cleaned with a brush
and as the air or other fluid to be filtered always passes from the inside to the
outside of the tubes, the use of frames for maintaining the filtering material or
fabric in an extended state is rendered unnecessary and the filter cheaper to
construct.
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 :-
A filter for air, gases, steam and the like in which filtering tubes composed of a
filtering material or fabric are mounted at their two open ends airtight in tube
plates within a casing, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 16th don of A 1004
CAPITAINE & VON HERTLING,
89, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Device for Use in Handling Cake, Bread-and- Butter, or the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 17th Nov., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Use in Handling Cake, Bread-and-
Butter, or the like.
ALICE GEORGIANA STEVENS of Milford Lodge, The Shrubbery, Grove Road
Southsea, in the County of Southampton, Lady, 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 a new or improved device for use in handling cake,
bread-and-butter or the like, and has for its object to provide means whereby slices
of cake, bread-and-butter or the like can be readily lifted from the plate to the
mouth of a person, without risk of soiling or by smearing the hands or gloves of
the individual employing such means, or rendering it necessary for such individual
to remove the gloves from her, or his hands, the invention also being adapted for
use in handing around cake or the like when it is not convenient to pass the plate
or dish containing same.
Heretofore as is well known, at social functions such as afternoon teas, considerable
inconvenience was caused by a person having to remove her (or his) gloves when
about to partake of slices of cake, bread-and-butter or similar food, in order to
prevent such gloves becoming soiled.
Now by the use of my invention, this inconvenience and risk of soiling the hands
or gloves, is entirely obviated, as will be readily seen upon reference to the
following specification, and the sheet of drawings which I have appended thereto
in order to illustrate more clearly my invention.
In the drawing
Fig. 1 is a view of a blank, stamped out of a sheet of metal and before it is
folded.
Fig. 2 being a perspective view of the device complete, while
Fig. 3 shows same in actual use.
In carrying out my invention, I form by stamping, cutting, or by any other
suitable process a blank a which may be of any suitable resilient metal or other
material, the said blank preferably consisting of a narrow portion a' having
enlarged ends a' of any desirable shape. The blank is folded or bent in the centre
to form a tongs as shewn in Fig 2. and being fashioned by resilient material, is
capable of having the ends a compressed together to grip the slice of cake or.
other substance placed between them, in the manner shewn in Fig. 3.
The device may be provided with any desirable ornamentation b, which can be.
embossed or otherwise formed thereon.
If desirable I may form the two end pieces separate, and connect them together
by means of a strip or strips of wire or other resilient material.
Having particularly described and ascertained the nature of ny said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is ;-
The device or tongs for use in handling slices of cake, bread-and-butter or the
like, substantially as described and shewn by the drawings.
Dated this 13th day of October 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents..
Improvements in Billiard Ques.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Billiard Ques.
We EDWARD BEADLE, of 5 Sandown Villas Grove Road, Upper Mitcham, in
the County of Surrey, Engineer, and ALFRED BEADLE, of 167 Elderfield Road,
Clapton Park, in the County of London, 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 has for its object to provide means for effectually securing the
leather or other tips to the ends of billiard cues, and consists in forming the said tip
with a shank which is secured in a bush, itself screwed into a ferrule on the end of
the cue, the outer end of the said ferrule being formed with a serrated edge which
engages with the tip and prevents the unscrewing of the tip bush.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a vertical section of the end of a billiard cue provided with a tip.
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the tip, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of the ferrule showing its serrated edge for engaging with the
leather or other tip to prevent the unscrewing of the tip bush.
The leather or other tip a is formed with a shank b fixed by means of cement or
otherwise in a corresponding square hole in the bush c itself screwed into the
ferrule d secured on the end of the cue e the outer end of the said ferrule being
formed with a serrated edge f which engages with the tip and prevents the
unscrewing of the bush c and the consequent loosening of the tip a.
The teeth f
are cut on the inner edge of the ferrule d only, so that, while engaging with the tip,.
a clean joint is left between the outer edge and the tip.
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. A cue tip having a shank & secured in a bush c, itself screwed into a ferrule d
on the cue and having a serrated edge f for preventing the unscrewing of the tip
bush, substantially as described.
2. A tip for billiard cues arranged and constructed substantially as described
with reference to the drawings.
Doted this 17th do of Iul 1904
Galvanic Battery.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
Galvanic Battery.
I, CHARLES EDWARD BUELL of 22 Manning Avenue, North Plainfield,
Somerset County, New Jersey, U.S.A. Electrician, 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 consists, essentially, in a battery cell containing an iron top-plate
or upper electrode, and a copper bottom-plate or lower electrode, together with
undissolved crystals of copper-sulphate and water, substantially as hereinafter
described.
In the drawing, my battery cell is represented as consisting of a cylindrical glass
cup or cell, C; a copper electrode, b, of the usual form, at or near the bottom of
the cell; an iron electrode, a, suspended in the cell about two inches, more or less,
above the electrode, b; an insulated conductor, w, for connecting the lower
electrode to an instrument or to another battery cell; a conductor, w', in electrical
connection with the upper electrode to complete the circuit; sufficient pure water, d,
to submerge both electrodes; and a mass, e, of undissolved crystals or lumps of
copper-sulphate within the water and preferably at the bottom of the cell around
the copper electrode.
The specific form of the cell, the electrodes, and the conductors, is not material.
The upper electrode may be composed of any kind of iron, including carbonized
iron or steel. The purer the iron is, the better for the purpose, however, and I
recommend the use of pure cast iron. Water should be occasionally added to
compensate for evaporation; and when the greater part of the copper-sulphate
becomes dissolved it should be renewed, as the battery is practically run down when
all the copper-sulphate has become dissolved.
When the battery has been charged it should be short-circuited a few hours,
preliminarily, to bring it fully into action.
This invention materially reduces the cost of constructing and maintaining
gravity batteries, increases the steadiness and reliability of the current, and
prolongs the endurance of the working electro-motive force.
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 :-
In a gravity battery cell, the combination of an iron upper electrode, a copper
lower electrode, and an electrolyte consisting of solid or crystalline copper-sulphate
with water, substantially as described.
Dated this 30th day of July 1894.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar.. 1894--Accepted, 14th Apr., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Centrifugal Machines.
I, GIDEON POTT of the Firm of Pott, Cassels, and Williamson, Engineers
and Founders, Motherwell, in the County of Lanark, 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:--
i
This invention relates to that class of centrifugal machines in which a large
orifice for the discharge of the material dried in the basket is formed around
the central boss carrying the basket at the lower end of the driving spindle and
which is covered by a valve adapted to be opened by sliding upwards over the
spindle and the object of the present improvements is the provision of means for
securing the valve upon the spindle so that when raised over the basket it may be
tilted to clear in rising such permanently fixed obstructions as the feeding spout of
the machine whilst it may be secured in its raised position to continue revolving
with the spindle. To that end the valve is carried upon the driving spindle by a
ball and socket or like joint the ball or other part being fitted as a sleeve or upon
a sleeve adapted to slide upon the driving spindle.
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the invention the basket A of
the centrifugal machine is formed with the usual orifice at a around the boss B by
which the basket is secured to the lower end of the driving spindle C.
The valve D which is of the usual conical formation has a socket & formed at its
upper end which socket is fitted over a ball E formed on a sleeve F adapted to
slide freely on the driving spindle the said sleeve being preferably made with a
flange or rim f by means of which the valve may be suspended when raised.
As indicated by dotted lines the valve D when raised from its seat in the basket
may be tilted upon the ball and socket joint to clear the feeding spout H or other
permanent obstruction. The ball and socket joint may obviously be varied
in form.
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 I am aware of
the Specification of Letters Patent No. 16794 of 1888 granted to John Laidlaw
and I wish it to be understood that I do not claim anything described and claimed
therein but what I claim is :-
In a centrifugal machine the combination with the valve and driving spindle of
a ball and socket or like joint adapted to slide upon the spindle substantially as
described.
Dated this 9th day of March 1894.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
An Improved Method of Preparing Pigment Paper for Photographic Printing.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 17th Feb., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Preparing Pigment Paper for Photographic
Printing.
I, WALTER WHITE, of 70 Shirland Gardens, Paddington, in the County of
Middlesex, Photo-Engraver, 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 is intended to provide means whereby all the usual operations in
the production of photographic prints by the carbon or pigment printing process
may be performed in any ordinary apartment and in ordinary daylight.
It is usual to immerse or float the insensitive pigment paper in or on a solution of
potassium or ammonium bichromate to render it sensitive to light and then to dry
it in a dark room or in a room illuminated only by a non-actinic light. But by
this invention no special apartment is necessary and the usual precautions to protect
the pigment paper from injurious light are not required.
In carrying this invention into effect a paper or other flexible material is selected (for
supporting the pigment and gelatine compound) which is opaque or which is suitably
colored so as to transmit only non-actinic light. This supporting tissue is coated
with the pigment compound and dried.
The sensitizing of this paper is performed by immersion in the usual way in the
solution of bichromate, and, when sufficiently flaccid, the paper is taken out and
laid on to a sheet of zinc, enamelled iron, or other smooth and opaque material,
the excess of solution being removed by a squeegee; the whole is then placed aside
in any convenient place in a current of air to dry.
If a highly glazed and impervious surface is required on the pigment paper, the
zinc or other support may be treated with a film of collodion, gelatine, or other
colloid, before the wet pigment paper is applied.
This invention greatly facilitates the manufacture of the sensitized pigment
paper and simplifies and makes more convenient the carbon process of photographic
printing.
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 use of opaque or non-actinic paper or other flexible material as a support
for pigmented gelatine, so that the same can be sensitized and, after squeegeeing on
to an opaque support, can be dried in ordinary daylight, substantially as herein
described.
2. The method of preparing pigment paper for the carbon process of
photographic printing substantially as herein described and for the purpose
stated.
Dated this 13th day of January 1894.
Dated this 13th day of January 1894.
WALTER WHITE,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Collapsable Book Rests
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left. 8th Nov.. 1894-Accented. 22nd Dec. 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Book Rests..
1, JOHN STEEL of 14 Martell Road West Dulwich Surrey Merchant and
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved form of book rest which is collapsable.
To a base, of wood or other suitable material there is hinged a rail, which when
upright supports the book and when folded down surrounds three sides of the base
thereby making it convenient for transit.
For supporting newspapers the rail- has an extension in exactly the same form
hinged to its cross bar and which folds down within (or outside) the original
rail so that the cross bar of the extension lies opposite the cross bar of the main
rail.
To hold the book in position & to control the pages two ordinary book holders
are screwed into the front of the base, and to provide for the stability of the rest
when supporting a heavy book, the base is furnished with two bars secreted
underneath which can be extended when necessary.
Dated this 9th day of Februar 1901
I, JOHN STEEL of 14 Martell Road West Dulwich, in the County of Surrey,
Merchant and Manufacturer 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 form of book rest, which is collapsable, and
is illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
A is base. B B B is the main rail hinged to the base at C C. H H are stop
-pins to prevent the rail falling back. D D D is the extension rail hinged to the
main rail at E E. FF are two bars-to ensure stability-hinged to the base
and which fold into a rebate under the base. G G are two book holders screwed
to the base.
The main rail is intended to support a book and the extension rail, which can be
placed at any angle, to support a newspaper, said rail being held in position by the
stiffness of the rivets which may be hammered up from time to time or by the
insertion of side springs I I.
The main rail folds down over the front of the base and the extension rail over
the back of the base and when the bars F F are folded in and the book holders G G
turned down the apparatus is in compact form for transit.
In the particular application of my invention I do confine myself to the precise
details herein set forth and deleinated-as it may be constructed with great
elaboration in many ways, and there may be more than two folding rails or only
the main rail-as may be necessary for various purposes.
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page_text: 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 combination of parts forming the improved collapsable book rest herein
described and illustrated.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
October 4th 1894.
Witness:
WM. JAS. DALTON, C.E.,
High Street and Vulcan Lane,
Auckland, New Zealand,
Authorized Patent Agent.
JOHN EARLE.
Manufacture of Bismuthoxyiodide Gallate.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 29th Dec., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Manufacture of Bismuthoxyiodide Gallate.
I, Dr. FRITZ LÜDY, of Bâle, Switzerland, Chemist, 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 :-
I have discovered that among other bismuth combinations, bismuth subgallate
(dermatol), on being treated with dilute halogen-hydrogen acids can take up, in
addition to the rest of the gallic acid, an additional halogen atom in the place of
a hydroxyle.
There is thus produced a mixed bismuth salt which is only decomposed on farther
treatment with halogen-hydrogen acids under separation of gallic acid.
By this means I am enabled to obtain a bismuthoxyiodide gallate which is of
therapeutical value. It is of a greyish green colour, amorphous, insoluble in water
and ordinary solvents easily soluble in potash or soda lye, perfectly light-proof, but
decomposes slowly under the influence of moist air.
Bismuthoxyiodide gallate can be applied with advantage to the treatment of
wounds, owing to its high antiseptic and drying properties.
The production of the said product can be obtained simpler and with greater
certainty by introducing a gallic acid rest into bismuthoxyiodide.
I found for example that freshly precipitated bismuthoxyiodide can be perfectly
converted into bismuthoxyiodide gallate by digesting it with gallic acid in a
water bath.

page_text: upon bismuth subgallate or of gallic acid upon bismuthoxyiodide, substantially as
described.
2. As a new manufacture the herein described bismuthoxyiodide gallate.
Dated this 26th day of November 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1894-Accepted, 14th July, 1894

page_text: being adapted to receive and grip between them the peg of a top inserted through
a suitable slot in the pistol barrel, whereby, on the pistol being fired, the top
is caused to spin and is projected from the pistol, substantially as described and
-shown.
2. In a toy pistol, the combination of a reciprocating strip of elastic material D,
a fixed strip E of similar material and a top adapted to be spun between the said
-strips and projected from the pistol, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 8th day of June 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents.
Improvements in or connected with Electric Accumulators.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Electric Accumulators.
1, SIEGFRIED HAMMACHER of Boppard on the Rhine in the Empire of
Germany, 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 a process for making accumulator plates, electrodes,
or paste therefor. It consists in converting an originally pulverulent substance
into a porous but also coherent body by chemical action. The electrode thus
formed has not only an extraordinary solidity but also yields a higher electro-
motive force than can be obtained with the ordinary pieces or masses of lead.
This improved process is based on the fact that the oxides of lead, manganese or
antimony, or a mixture of these metallic oxides with certain organic acids yield
salts insoluble in water. It is in no way necessary that these organic acids
should be added to the oxides in equivalent quantities, but for the effectiveness
of the accumulator it is however preferable to allow the acids to act on the
oxides in statu nascendi.
As suitable organic acids I employ the sulphonic acids of the phenol-group,
the general chemical formula of which group is C₂H₂-7 OH. The sulphonic
acids of naphthalene, diphthalic acid, carbolic acid or creosote are preferably
employed. They are characterised by being comparatively easily formed, and
being very constant. Precisely to this last named circumstance may be ascribed
the reason that the phenol-sulphonic compounds of lead are not destroyed on the
positive electrodes by the electric current, and that in consequence of the altered
chemical reaction the electro motive force attains a degree of 2-3 volts.
The following is the process for making this improved accumulator plate,
electrode or paste therefor. The oxides of lead, manganese or antimony, or a
mixture of these oxides is treated with a mixture of acids of the phenol group
and sulphuric acid. The proportions for mixing may be somewhat as follows,
1 part by weight sulphonic acid 9 parts by weight water & 90 parts by weight
of the oxide employed. The paste obtained is made into plates and dried. The
plates are then placed in a bath of dilute sulphuric acid by which means the
resulting lead-phenol compounds are converted into insoluble sulphonic salts.
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 :-
A process for making electric accumulator plates, electrodes or paste therefor,
consisting in exposing the oxides of lead, manganese or antimony, or a mixture
of these oxides, to the action of sulphonic acid compounds of the phenol group
with the object of forming a porous coherent substance, substantially as herein-
before described.
Dated this 26th day of October 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Vent Cover for Saucepans, Boilers, or other Vessels for Cooking.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Feb., 1895-Accepted, 27th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Vent Cover for Saucepans, Boilers, or other Vessels
for Cooking.
ISAAC KNIBB ROGERS Watchmaker 23, St. Margaret Street Bradford-on-
Avon do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improved cover is designed to prevent smoke from entering utensil, by the
action of a double cover, furnished with holes, which is worked by a handle
attached to upper cover, pivoted on lower cover opening on corresponding holes,
by a circular motion; the handle itself forming a shield to prevent, & exclude
soot, or dirt from entering utensil, when opened by circular motion to allow escape
of steam; thus doing away with the need of raising cover during the process of
cooking, or stewing.
ISAAC KNIBB ROGERS,
23, St. Margaret Street, Bradford-on-Avon,
Watch Maker.
An Improved Vent Cover for Saucepans, Boilers, or other Vessels
for Cooking.
ISAAC KNIBB ROGERS Watch-maker, 23, St. Margaret Street, Bradford-on-
Avon Wilts 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 improved cover is designed to prevent smoke from entering utensil, by the
action of a double cover, furnished with holes, which is worked by a handle
attached to upper cover, pivoted on lower, or ordinary cover, opening on to, or
closing on, corresponing holes by a circular motion when desirable during the
operation of cooking.
The handle for shifting position of cover, being made broader than diameter of
holes, & paralell with holes, forms a shield to prevent falling soot from entering
whilst vents are open for escape of steam.
Figure 1. shews side view of vent cover.
C & D. holes. E handle.
A lower cover.
B upper cover.
Figure 2. shows top view of vent cover with holes C. C, & D D, brought into
line by circular motion of upper cover worked by handle E, to allow of escape of
steam.
Figure 3. shows top view of vent cover with holes C. C. in bottom cover, closed
by circular motion of top cover.
Having now particularly described, & ascertained the nature of my said
invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
The application of a double, vented pivoted cover, to saucepans, & other

page_text: cooking utensils, to obviate the need of raising the cover during stewing, & boiling
operations.
Guarding against ingress of smoke; and preventing enterance of downfalls of
soot, or smuts, by the action of the handle forming a shield over vents, as shown in
annexed drawings.
Dated this 11th day of February 1895.
ISAAC KNIBB ROGERS.
Improvements in Refining Sugar.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1894-Accepted, 24th Mar., 1894
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Refining Sugar.
I, EUGEN LANGEN, of Werthstrasse 14, Cologne, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 present invention has for its object to obtain in the refining of sugar, at one
stroke, even from inferior solutions, a good washable filling mass. For this
purpose, in addition to the after-product crystals that may be obtained from the
working, I mix the whole or a least a very large portion of the raw sugar as first
introduced into the refining process (and which is ordinarily subjected to affinage)
with the thickened discharge-syrups of any degree of purity, and this mass is then
subjected to the well known processes of crystallisation in motion. The said
syrups may be subjected to concentration either before or after being mixed with
the raw sugar crystals.
This improved process is based upon the observation that when employing very
large quantities of crystals added as crystal generators, washable sugar can be
obtained even from inferior solutions by means of crystallisation in motion. Now
such large quantities of crystals are available in the refinery in the raw sugar,
which is usually first subjected to affinage, but which according to the present
invention is only subjected to affinage after it has served as crystal generator in
the process of crystallisation in motion. After the crystallisation the whole mass
is cooled; by this cooling an additional crystallisation is effected, and then the
cooled mass is purified by a known systemmatic washing process.
The washed crystals may either be sold directly as granulated sugar, or be led
into the refinery as charging material.
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 :-
:-
In the process of refining sugar, the introduction of the raw sugar used as
charging material in the refinery, and which is usually subjected to affinage, into
the syrups to be treated, and the subjection of this mass to the process of
crystallisation in motion, the said syrups being subjected to concentration either
before or after the introduction of the raw sugar crystals, as may be required.
Dated this 21st day of February 1894.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.