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AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OR MODE OF ORNAMENTING PAPER HANGINGS AND MACHINERY AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bailey at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th November
1867.
1, WILLIAM BAILEY, Manufacturer of Paper Hangings, in the City of New
York, U.S. of America, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OR MODE OF ORNAMENTING PAPER HANGINGS AND
MACHINERY AND APPARATUS THEREFOR," to be as follows:--
The ornaments are formed on the paper in leaf or bronze of gold or other
metal. For securing the leaf to the paper I employ the size or gum therefor
in the form of a powder or otherwise, and have the pattern or design to
form the ornament heated when impressed on the paper, all in the usual
manner.
Heretofore however the operation has been intermittent, while in my new
mode of manipulation the operation is continuous. I therefore have the
design or pattern affixed to or carved upon a suitable surface capable of
having a continuous motion imparted to it, the simplest form of which is that
at the periphery of a cylinder; such patterns or designs when not carved
upon are so attached to the cylinder as to admit of ready removal to give
place to others of different design. The paper is caused to pass between
this and a similarly moving surface or cylinder, care being taken mechanically
to prevent rents or wrinkles in the paper as it enters. I provide each of the
two surfaces or cylinders with cogs or the like to cause them to move in
unison. To make the impression on the paper one of the cylinders is forced

page_text: against the other, but undue pressure is prevented by adjustable stops, by
which the amount of pressure is limited.
I combine with this machinery a heating apparatus consisting of a steam
generator, or its equivalent, and in connecting the same with the pattern
carrying cylinder I use joints or "stuffing boxes," one part of which, or of the
machine, or of the said connection, is permitted to move or rotate while the
part or parts corresponding therewith remain stationary. I also employ one
or more endless "registering" belts, to which the paper is temporarily
attached when required. As an alternative for changing the design I remove
the pattern cylinder and substitute another.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COPS OR BOBBINS AND PARTS CONNECTED THERE- IN PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Illingworth and Henry
Illingworth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 2nd March 1867.
We, ALFRED ILLINGWORTH and HENRY ILLINGWORTH, of Bradford, in the
County of York, Worsted Spinners, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COPS OR BOBBINS AND PARTS CONNECTED THERE-
IN PREPARING AND SPINNING FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as
follows:-
Cops or bobbins as used in preparing and spinning various fibrous substances,.
are ordinarily bushed at their opposite ends so that they may at those parts.
fit tolerably closely to the spindles, so as to be somewhat assisted by frictional
contact therewith, but such method is open to many objections, to remedy
which according to our improvements the lower part or bush in contact with
the spindle is formed separate from the cop or bobbin and is part of a washer
upon which such cop or bobbin rests; this washer is also formed with a stud
or with studs or projections to enter recesses formed for them in the lower part
or flange of the cop or bobbin. The ordinary washers for regulating the drag
may be used under the washer on which the bush is formed. The pins or
projections may be on the end of the cop or bobbin and the recesses in the
flange.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING CARRIAGE HEADS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Harvie at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th March 1867.
I, EDWIN HARVIE, of No. 10, Rheidal Terrace, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING CARRIAGE HEADS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in the application of a spring as a means of raising
a carriage head; the spring curved as shown in the Drawing, and marked 1,
is fixed to the body of the carriage, and the upper end (in which is inserted a
small wheel) presses against the upper pillar so that it requires but a small
amount of power on the part of the occupant of the carriage to raise the head.
This Invention also consists in the application of a joint to the roof for
the purpose of causing that portion of the roof which covers the doorway to
fall down and assume a position in a line with the upper pillar when the head
is down, and of returning it to its proper position when the head is raised;
for this purpose one end of the joint, that marked 2, is fixed to the cant rail,
the other end working in a joint fixed to the hoop stick marked 8; between
the two is the joint marked 4, which drops down as the head is lowered and
causes that part of the roof to which it is fixed to fall flat, returning it to its
proper position again by being pulled out to its whole length when the head
is raised.
AN IMPROVED ROTARY PUMP FOR RAISING OR FORCING FLUIDS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hathornthwaite Winder at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd March 1867.
I, JOHN HATHORNTHWAITE WINDER, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED ROTARY PUMP FOR RAISING OR FORCING FLUIDS," to be as follows:-
The improved rotary pump is obtained by the employment of a screw or
part screw of one or more threads or wings applied upon an axis to work
within a cylindrical case. The case is provided with an inlet passage at one
end or side thereof and an outlet passage at another. Each thread, or part
thread, or wing, or a portion thereof in succession makes contact with the
inlet passage, and these parts of the threads or wings may, if desired, be
provided with suitable packing. The apparatus may be placed horizontally,
vertically, or otherwise, and be worked by hand or power. Valves may be
applied to the inlet and outlet passages when necessary. In adapting this
pump for the free passage of thick or muddy substances I make the screw
and cylinder to revolve together within an outer case. Advantages amongst
others to be obtained by a pump thus formed and arranged are great suction
and forcing powers, ease of working, and general adaptability.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SETTING UP, ARRANGING, AND ACTUATING SHIPS' PUMPS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Roberts at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st January
1867.
I, HENRY ROBERTS, of Cinderford, near Newnham, in the County of
Gloucester, late Chief Officer in the Mercantile East India Trade, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
SETTING UP, ARRANGING, AND ACTUATING SHIPS' PUMPS," to be as follows (that is
to say) :-
My Invention has for its object the arranging and setting up of ships'
pumps that they may be actuated by the roll of the ship, and as this rolling
motion is generally excessive in bad or boisterous weather so the pumps will
be continuous and more actively in use for raising and delivering the increase
of water or leakage attending a vessel strained by stress of weather. This I
effect by a pendulous or shifting weight or weights attached to the levers or
handles that actuate the piston or pistons according to the number of pumps
set up, so that at each roll of the vessel the piston or pistons is depressed or
elevated for raising and delivering the water at each stoke in proportion to
the extent of the roll of the ship and size of the cylinder of the pump.
Notwithstanding, in case of great peril of sinking by the ship being water-
logged, the piston rods of the pumps may be actuated by a crank or cranks
suitably set up on or between the decks for the convenience of being worked by
the crew or hands on board.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC- TION OF BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ignac Pick at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st December
1867.
I, IGNAC PICK, of No. 5, Falcon Square, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUC-
TION OF BAGS, PORTMANTEAUS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of bags,
portmanteaus, and other similar articles, and consists firstly in forming an
outer compartment on one side of the portmanteau, bag, or other article for
the purpose of containing fittings, such compartment being closed by a cover,
flap, shutter, or door, a partition intervening between the interior of the bag
and the cover in order to keep the fittings separate from the contents of the
bag or other article. The door or opening may be a rigid cover or flap
secured by a lock, or may consist of a number of strips connected by elastic or
flexible agents folding or rolling up together so as in each case to open
backwards when acted on by a spring or other means of folding or rolling the
same together; or the said compartment containing the fittings may be
opened and closed by one or more hinged doors of substantial material caused
to open by actuating a spring or other fastening capable of opening the doors
by a ready action; or the door may be sliding and opened and closed by
similar means. I also propose to construct one or both sides of the bag or
other article of ivory, wood, or similar solid or substantial material, or one
side may be of flexible material and the other solid. The bottom of the

page_text: article and the edges or either being formed of strips of such material jointed
together by cords, elastic webbing, or similar fabrics, so that this part of
the bag is rendered flexible, or the whole bag may be of such material, or one
or both sides of the bag may be made of strips of substantial or rigid materials
united together by elastic or flexible fabrics.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCH AND OTHER FASTENINGS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Josiah Blackham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
March 1867.
I, JOSEPH JOSIAH BLACKHAM, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Patent Brooch Fastening Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCH AND OTHER FASTENINGS," to
be as follows (that is to say):
My improvements relate, firstly, to brooch joints or the part that connects
the pin to the back of the brooch, and this I form of a flat piece of metal so
pierced that two parallel connecting strips are formed, as also four or other
convenient number of projections; and this plate I bend up in such a manner
that the two parallel strips shall form the joint for receiving the axis of the
brooch pin, the space between the two strips being. for the reception of the
joint end of the pin for the axis to pass through it, and the two strips so bent
into position; and the projections before named I turn down at right angles to
the plane, thereby forming studs or shanks for uniting this hinge joint to the
metal back or body of a brooch, which may be twisted for insertion into
plastic material or otherwise as required.
Secondly, my improvements relate to the part that engages with the brooch
pin when in use, and this also I purpose forming of sheet metal so pierced
that a centre piece is formed, which when bent across the middle and the two
sides brought together, so as to project at right angles with the base of this
part, a hook will be formed; and in like manner to the hinged part above

page_text: described; I also form projections on this part, which when bent down will
form shanks, as in the former case, for uniting or securing them to the metal
plate or body of the brooch; thus in both cases I avoid the use of solder, and
form the joint and also the detent with the means of uniting them to the
brooch from one piece of metal. The detent may be so modified and yet
maintain the advantages herein stated for covering or protecting the point or
not, as may be required.
And these said improvements are also applicable to fastenings for neckties,
IM- PROVEMENTS IN BOWLS, JUGS, AND ALL KINDS OF COVERED AND UNCOVERED ARTICLES OR VESSELS MADE OF GLASS, CHINA, STONE, OR EARTHENWARE, AND OTHER PLASTIC MATERIALS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Elisha Leigh at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd April 1867.
I, ELISHA LEIGH, of 7, Cleveland Square, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN BOWLS, JUGS, AND ALL KINDS OF COVERED AND UNCOVERED ARTICLES
OR VESSELS MADE OF GLASS, CHINA, STONE, OR EARTHENWARE, AND OTHER PLASTIC
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to vessels with lids and covers, such lids and covers
are usually made so that when the vessels to which they belong or of which
they form a part are broken they become useless; in order to obviate this I
make the lids and covers with a flange or collar on the outside at the top, and
so form this flange or collar that it will serve two purposes; 1st, that of the
ordinary knob for lifting it on and off; and, 2ndly, that of a foot or support
upon which it may stand when inverted, so that in the event of the vessel
being broken the lid thus formed may be used as a vessel itself.
AN IMPROVE- MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TYRES FOR RAILWAY WHEELS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Brook Woodcock at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th July 1867.
I, HENRY BROOK WOODCOCK, of Low Moor, in the County of York, Forge
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TYRES FOR RAILWAY WHEELS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment or application for the manufacture
of railway wheel tyres of converted or cemented bars, whereby I can obtain any
degree of hardness suitable for tyres without destroying their malleability.
The manner in which my Invention may be carried into effect is as follows:
-I take iron bars and convert them in the usual way in an ordinary con-
verting furnace, after which I select those bars which are of the necessary
degree of hardness and cut them into any suitable lengths for piling. I pile
these lengths together, and afterwards heat and hammer them until they are
perfectly sound; I then form them under the hammer into any convenient
shape for rolling into a solid or weldless tyre, or if preferred (this material
being easily welded) into tyres made in straight bars and afterwards bent,
welded, and blocked.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASHING BASINS AND OTHER UTENSILS FOR HOLDING LIQUIDS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isham Baggs at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th July
1867.
I, ISHAM BAGGS, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Practical
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WASHING BASINS AND OTHER UTENSILS FOR HOLDING
LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the application of a sypbon to washing basins
and other utensils for holding liquids, whereby their contents are either
retained or discharged at pleasure by merely effecting an alteration of the level of
the liquid. The syphon tube is placed on the exterior of the basin or vessel, and
the extremity of the short arm thereof is connected with and opens into the
bottom of the basin or vessel. When the level of the liquid contained in the
basin or vessel is below the bend of the syphon tube it is of course permanently
retained; but by effecting an alteration of the level of the liquid and raising it
above the upper bend of the syphon a total discharge of the entire contents of
the basin or vessel immediately ensues. This result may be effected in
various ways, as, for instance, by the forcible but momentary immersion in
the liquid of a body of adequate bulk, or by a slight tilting of the vessel itself
towards the side on which the syphon is placed, or by adding a further' portion
of liquid to that already contained in the basin or vessel, so as to raise

page_text: its level; or the syphon may be constructed of flexible material or of
moveable parts, so that it may be elevated or depressed to produce the
necessary alteration of level. It is desirable and important in some cases to
seal the lower end of the syphon tube by immersing it in water or other
liquid, whereby the action of the apparatus is rendered more effective.
AN IMPROVED LUBRICATING PACKING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Silver at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th September
1867.
I, THOMAS SILVER, of the City and State of New York, United States of
America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED LUBRICATING PACKING," to be as follows:-
The packing usually employed for stuffing boxes has hitherto been formed
principally of twisted fibrous materials and rolled canvass, or by plaiting or
braiding fibrous materials into a flat form of rope or gasket. In either case
tallow or other grease is required for lubrication, the necessity for which this
Invention is designed to obviate.
My improvements consist in the employment of dry powdered substances,
such as steotite or any lubricating species of talc, brimstone, and stearine,
separately or in combination, in connection with a tubular rope or gasket
constructed of any suitable fibrous material, the powdered substance or filling
alone forming the centre or core of the said rope. The powdered substance
during the process of construction is distributed through the body of the rope
or fibrous material, the object of the core being to lessen the cost of produc-
tion and increase the supply of lubrication. The rope or gasket may be
conveniently plaited, braided, or twisted around a funnel-topped tube in the
manner of casing whip stalks and other like articles, through which tube the
powdered substance passes into its centre, the rope being gradually withdrawn
as the process of manufacture is continued. The said tube may be punctured

page_text: with holes or apertures, through which the powder can be distributed into the
body of the rope at the same time. Any other device however may be
employed in the manufacture of my packing that will produce the desired
result. Stearine, paraffine, or bees'-wax may be combined with the packing,
when the same is to be used for pumps, to prevent the washing away of the
said powdered substances, and brimstone may be used for bearings and in other
cases where cooling is necessary. Spirits of turpentine, volatile or even other
descriptions of oils may be used with the steotite in the manufacture of the
packing.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR FILLING SACKS WITH GRAIN, FLOUR, BRAN, SUGAR, AND OTHER GRANULAR OR PULVEROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Denton Abel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
May 1867. A communication from abroad by Auguste Hourdain, of
Avesnes, Nord, in the Empire of France, Miller.
I, CHARLES DENTON ABEL, of No. 20, Southampton Buildings, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS
FOR FILLING SACKS WITH GRAIN, FLOUR, BRAN, SUGAR, AND OTHER GRANULAR OR
PULVEROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object to fill sacks easily and quickly with grain,
flour, and other granular or pulverous substances, and more particularly bran,
by the aid of one attendant only. For this purpose a hopper for containing the
grain or other substances is mounted upon a framing, over the mouth of which
hopper is fixel the sack to be filled, it being held firmly in that position by
means of a strap. Inside the mouth of the hopper is a piston or ram, the
upper end of which is connected by means of a rod to a lever, the fulcrum of
which is carried by an arm fixed to the framing, while the free end thereof is
provided with a handle whereby the attendant imparts to it and consequently
also to the piston or ram an up-and-down motion. To facilitate such motion
the lever has a tail piece provided with a balance weight, and the free end

page_text: thereof works between guides fixed to the framing. The piston or ram, the
diameter of which is somewhat less than that of the sack, is caused by its
weight and the reciprocating motion imparted to it to press the grain or
other substance firmly into the sack. It is made by preference of a long
tapering or conical form, with grooves on its sides, in order to facilitate the
passage of the grain past it into the sack, the lower end surface being of such
dimensions as to close the mouth of the hopper and prevent the grain escaping
therefrom when not at work. It is also by preference made hollow and of
wood to insure lightness, and the side surfaces are covered with bright sheet
metal to prevent the adhesion of the grain thereto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEATING AND ANNEALING FURNACES
Year: 1867

page_text: June 1867. A communication from abroad by the Union Car Spring
Manufacturing Company, (Incorporated) of the City of New York,
United States of America.
I, WILLIAM SPARKS THOMSON, of Cheapside, in the City of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEATING AND ANNEALING FURNACES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel construction of furnace or oven for heating
bars, rods, and other articles of iron and steel in an economical and expeditious
manner preparatory to subjecting them to further manipulation, as rolling,
drawing, or forging.
The furnace admits of modification in respect of size and arrangement, but
it may conveniently consist of an arched chamber communicating at bottom
with a fire-place, and fitted with, say, three retorts, one on either side of the
fire-place and one above; these retorts are by preference made of clay and
with a closed inner end; their other ends project through the front wall of
the furnace, and are closed by removable doors which allow of free access to
the interior for the purpose of charging the same with rods or bars; these
doors are each fitted with a smaller door which will allow of the heated rods
being withdrawn singly as required without the temperature of the retort or
oven being materially affected by the opening of that door. Each retort is

page_text: placed on a bed of fire-clay, which will protect its bottom from the direct heat
of the flames, and to prevent the wear internally of the bottom the retorts
may be fitted with false bottoms to receive the bars or articles to be heated.
The bed carrying the central retort is supported by arched bearings, between
which the flames and heated gases pass; the heated gases then play around
the retorts and descend in two streams to flues running under and parallel to
the side retorts. The gases as they reach the ends of these horizontal flues
enter flues that run upwards in the front wall of the furnace and meet and
escape at a common flue at the top of the furnace. A pan of water is used
in the ash-pit to throw up steam and protect the fire-bars.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN STREET AND SIMILAR LAMPS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Sturgeon at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th June 1867.
I, THOMAS STURGEON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
STREET AND SIMILAR LAMPS," to be as follows:-
The ordinary form of street lamp is too well known to require description.
My Invention consists in using, instead of the four glass sides which form
the upper part of these lamps, pieces of tin or other substance possessing a
bright reflecting surface, so that the light which at present passes through the
glass in the upper part of the lamp will be reflected down again into the street,
and thus increase the effective illuminating power of the lamp. I may also
accomplish this by blackening the glass in the upper part of the lamp on the
outside; or grinding it on the outside, or coating it with an amalgam or other
substance so as to make it opague, and to cause it to reflect the rays of light
instead of allowing them to pass through as at present. The glass sides in
the lower portion of the lamp remains unchanged. It is obvious that this
principle may be applied to street lamps of various forms.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MARINE STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John McFarlane Gray at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th July
1867.
I, JOHN MCFARLANE GRAY, Engineer for Geo. Forrester and Co., of
Vauxhall Foundry, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MARINE STEAM
ENGINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in or additions to single-acting screw
propeller engines, and consists in the employment of a fly wheel on a friction
centre as means for ensuring that such engines work smoothly at an uniform
speed. The fly wheel and friction centre are supported or hung on the crank
shaft of the engine, on an intermediate shaft, or on the propeller shaft itself;
the friction centre is constructed in any ordinary manner.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE HARNESS OF JACQUARD ENGINES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Anderson and Thomas
Anderson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 28th June 1867.
We, JOHN ANDERSON, of Bradford, in the County of York, and THOMAS
ANDERSON, of the same Place, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE HARNESS OF JACQUARD ENGINES," to be
as follows:-
Our Invention has reference to what is known as the "cumber board" in
jacquard engine harness, which, as is well known, is a board perforated with holes
at given intervals dependant upon the "set" for the reception of the harness
to keep the same at certain distances apart. When the "set" is varied a
fresh cumber board is requisite with perforations of suitable pitch. To diminish
this inconvenience is the object of our Invention. For this purpose in place
of the ordinary cumber board we use two boards, the one placed in the ordinary
position and the other a short distance above it, and we make such boards
with a rectangular aperture in lieu of the perforations, and use adjustable
strips which are passed transversely through the boards (secured by any con-
venient method) and placed at such distances apart as may be requisite. We
are thus enabled to alter the "sets" within a considerable range without
displacing or removing the "cumber boards" and have much convenience
from the arrangement.
A NEW AND USEFUL MODE OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest Baudesson de Richebourg
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd October 1867.
I, ERNEST BAUDESSON DE RICHEBOURG, of No. 13, Rue Gaillon, Paris, in
the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW AND USEFUL MODE OF ADVERTISING," to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in creating a novel means of adver-
tising, enabling merchants, shopkeepers, and others to call attention to their
various businesses and goods, and thereby extend their operations. For this
purpose I avail myself of the external and internal surfaces of all kinds of
small boxes or cases of wood, cardboard, and other appropriate materials in
daily use for the purpose of containing various articles, such as lucifers, pipe-
lights, pens, wafers, sealing wax, perfumery, blacking, preserved fruits, or
biscuits, and which said surfaces I propose utilizing by printing or fixing
thereon advertisements of other persons than the manufacturers or vendors of
the said goods.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES, LIFTS, AND FENCING FOR AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Sainty at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st February
1867.
I, JOHN SAINTY, of Burnham Westgate, in the County of Norfolk,
Agricultural Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN HURDLES, LIFTS, AND FENCING FOR AGRICULTURAL AND OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the construction of hurdles and lifts, or sectional
and other fencing, by the use of tensional rods or wires in combination with
resisting rails, bars, rods, or struts between the vertical or other ends or posts
of such hurdles, lifts, or fencing, and with or without diagonal bracings or
rods secured to the resisting rails or struts by nails, or otherwise, and to the
strained wire by loops or staples; the said hurdles or fencing may either be
composed of wood and metal combined, the posts and resisting rails or struts,
as well as the diagonal bracings being of wood, or they may be all composed
of metal, or some of these parts may be of metal and others of wood or other
suitable material, as found most desirable. As by this construction the ends
or vertical posts require fewer mortices to be made therein they are less
liable to split in driving, whilst the lapping of the straining wires round them
imparts additional strength to such posts, the whole constituting a simple,
economical, and efficient hurdle, lift, or fence.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PARCEL BOOKS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, AND OTHER BOOKS REQUIRING GREAT STRENGTH
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Francis Millin and Edwin
John Potter at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 3rd May 1867.
We, GEORGE FRANCIS MILLIN and EDWIN JOHN POTTER, trading under the
Style of Millin & Potter, of 52, Bow Lane, Cheapside, London, Stationers
and Printers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PARCEL BOOKS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, AND OTHER
BOOKS REQUIRING GREAT STRENGTH," to be as follows:-
We use prepared cotton fabric or linen (similar to that heretofore used for
address labels) instead of paper; this is printed and ruled in the ordinary way,
and is bound apart from the cover to which it is attached by means of a piece
of catgut or cord inserted in the back of the book, passed through eyelet holes
in the case or cover, and tied. We do not claim any speciality in the manufacture
of the fabric, but simply in its application to this purpose and in the binding,
which combines great strength with economy.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND SOFT IRON FROM CAST IRON
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hargreaves at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th April
1867.
I, JAMES HARGREAVES, of Appleton-within-Widnes, in the County of
Lancaster, Analytical Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND SOFT IRON
FROM CAST IRON," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in employing the substances herein-after men-
tioned as agents to act on and convert molten cast iron into steel and soft
iron: First, nitrates of lime, baryta, magnesia, iron, manganese, lead, and
chromium; second, chlorates of soda, potash, lime, baryta, and magnesia;
third, manganates of potash, soda, lime, baryta, and magnesia; fourth,
stamates of potash, soda, lime, baryta, and magnesia; fifth, hydrate of soda
and potash; sixth, carbonate of soda and potash.
The substances named, or any one or more of them, is or are placed at the
bottom or in communication with the converting vessel, so that the gases
liberated will rise by their own levity through the molten metal.
A convenient mode of carrying my Invention into operation is to enclose the
said substances or any one or more of them in capsules of soft iron or other
material, then to force these to the bottom of an ordinary ladle; when the
capsules are melted or destroyed gas is liberated, and the molten cast iron
converted into steel or soft iron, as may be desired.
AN IMPROVED HYDROSTATIC ENGINE
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles George Braxton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
January 1867.
I, CHARLES GEORGE BRAXTON, of Stamshaw Terrace, Portsea, in the County
of Hants, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED HYDROSTATIC ENGINE," to be as follows:-
Three, six, or nine cylinders are fixed horizontally or vertically, to which
are fixed iron pipes leading upwards to any height to be obtained, a branch
leading into each cylinder; several lifting pumps are fixed to the upper part
of pipes, and other pipes from the pumps to a tank below the engine; a feed
pipe is also attached to the tank from a reservoir or the sea; the pipes are
filled with water from the tank by hand, a winch being fixed for the purpose;
at the lower end of pipes at the joint at cylinder a slide is prepared to let
water into it; a valve or compresser movable inside the cylinder, and a piston
rod fixed to valve attached to a three-motion'd crank with a cog wheel into
another crank and cog wheel and fly wheel, set the crank in motion to cause a
rotary motion which moves the second and third set of three compressers or
valves, and the water also let on by slides as before to each cylinder and let
off after each stroke by a pipe prepared for the purpose, with a slide to be
opened as soon as the other is turned off and shut when the other is open; a
rope or strap or crank from the first-named crank to work the winch and
pumps for the purpose of conveying the waste water from the tank to refill
the pipes; an overflow pipe also is fixed to take off the surplus water.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Ritchie at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd October
1867.
I, CHARLES RITCHIE, of No. 15, Victoria Road, Pimlico, in the County.
of Middlesex, Tobacconist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOBACCO PIPES," to be as follows:-
My Invention is applicable to all pipes having two bowls one inside the
other; the inner bowl being moveable and having an aperture at the bottom of
it through which the smoke from the tobacco which is placed in the inner
bowl is drawn or passes into an annular space between the two bowls. In its
passage through this annular space to the stem which is connected with the
outer bowl only the smoke is deprived of a large portion of the essential oil,
which is consequently deposited on the outer or inner bowls or both, and the
object of the inner bowl is by its moveability to render the bowls capable of
being cleaned. As at present constructed the inner bowl of such pipes is
secured by means of a packing or joint of cork or other similar material
fixed to the interior surface of the outer bowl, which packing or joint either
fixes the inner bowl and renders it immovable thus destroying its object or
succumbs to the heat and moisture and comes out, thus rendering the pipe.
useless after a very short time. The object of my Invention is to remove this
difficulty, which I do by applying to the inner bowl a rim or collar of

page_text: meerschaum, wood, or other material suitable for the purpose, which is fixed
to the inner bowl but separate therefrom, whereby the inner bowl can be
removed at all times with perfect ease whenever it may be desired so to do.
My Invention is also applicable to all pipes having more than two bowls.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- PACTURE OF SHOULDERS OF THE BLADES OF KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES, AND OF THE MODE OF THE APPLICATION THEREOF
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Harry Rayner and John
Thomas Heath at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 23rd March 1867..
We, WILLIAM HARRY RAYNER, of 37, Arundel Street, Strand, in the
County of Middlesex, Purveyor, and JOHN THOMAS HEATH, Electro Plate
Agent, of 12, Dyer's Buildings, Holborn, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
PACTURE OF SHOULDERS OF THE BLADES OF KNIVES, FORKS, AND OTHER ARTICLES,
AND OF THE MODE OF THE APPLICATION THEREOF," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the making or manufacturing of the shoulders of
the blades of knives, forks, or other articles so as to form a socket into
which we fit the handle, which handle may be made of ivory, bone, metal, or
other material; a hole is then made which passes through such elongated
shoulders, through which we insert a screw, such screw passing through the
shoulders, handle, and tang of the knife or other article upon which the
handle is so fitted, such tang being flattened or not to admit the drilling of a
hole in it thro' which the screw is driven, thus firmly securing the handle into
the shoulder of the knife or other article.
Qur Invention has for its object in its application the prevention of the
loosening, breaking, splitting, or straining of handles of knives and other
articles, or from the bending backwards of the tang caused by the eleaning of
knives by knife machines, or of such knives or. other articles by other causes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESSING AND OTHER BAGS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Stennett at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th October
1867.
I, THOMAS STENNETT, in the employ of Samuel Fisher, of 188, Strand, in
the County of Middlesex, Dressing Case Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESSING AND OTHER
BAGS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing bags such as "fitted dressing bags"
with a box or case at bottom; the lid, and which forms the base of the bag
proper, is hinged to the box or case and fitted with a lock or other fastening.
The box or case contains drawers at each end which are secured by springs.
The box or case proper is fitted with articles such as brushes, combs, or as
taste or requirements may dictate; the cover is also fitted with articles such
as knives, razors, scissors, or otherwise. When the box is open all the
contents are exposed to view. The upper part resembles an ordinary bag
and is secured by a lock, spring catch, or other fastening.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OP CONSUMING SMOKE, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Barker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th October
1867.
I, JOHN BARKER, of Todmorden, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OP CONSUMING SMOKE, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as
follows:-
My Invention is designed for consuming the gaseous and carbonaceous
portions of smoke emanating from the fuel used in furnaces. The improvements
consist in the application of jets or flames of gas or other equivalent to ignite
the gas which is abundantly contained in the smoke after it has passed along
the flue and is passing to the chimney, for which purpose I apply one or more
gas supply pipes in the space behind the flue or in the flues if desired, and
provide burners in such pipes in such a position that the draught from the
furnace will not extinguish them, which is accomplished by placing them in
the opposite side of the pipe to the draught, so that the back part of the pipe
protects the gas flames. When gas is admitted to these tubes and ignited
such gas flames are surrounded by the gas and smoke from the furnace, and
the said gas becomes ignited by the jets, and the combustion extends and is
maintained the whole length of the flue, which also consumes the carbon in
the smoke.
AN IMPROVED SMOKE-CONSUMING APPARATUS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Baptiste Eloyne Grand
Perrin at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th July 1867.
I, JEAN BAPTISTE ELOYNE GRAND PERRIN, of No. 31, Rue d'Enghien,
Paris, in the Empire of France, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SMOKE-CONSUMING APPARATUS," to be as
follows:-
This apparatus consists of a cast-iron steam chest furnished with flanges, and
provided with an elbow pipe for the reception of the tube in communication
with the generator. In the interior of the chest is a bronze pipe, round at
the top and conical at the bottom, which terminates in. a flange by which it is
bolted to that of the steam chest. A second pipe of brass, outside the above-
mentioned one and perfectly concentric with it and furnished with a flange, is
bolted thereby to that of the steam chest at the opposite end to that to which
the bronze pipe is attached. A copper doned case covers these pipes and is
likewise bolted in conjunction with the brass pipe by means of its flange to
that of the steam chest. In this outer covering or case and on either side
thereof are two orifices for the admission and exit of a currant of water, which
circulates in the space comprised between the case and the last-named or
brass tube to prevent the apparatus from burning. At the top of the dome

page_text: 30 small tie pieces or screw cut tubes are fixed, 15 of which connect the semi-
conical pipe with the case, and the remaining 15 put the latter in communica-
tion with the brass pipe. This machine is fixed on the fire-box, the suction of
air in the semi-conical pipe is naturally produced by the drawing of the fire, and
escaping through the 15 small tubes which connect the said pipe with the
case or cover, mixes with the steam escaping from the other 15 tubes com-
municating with the brass pipe and with the generator. By this means a
mixture of steam and gas is produced of an uniform pressure sufficient to
produce the consumption of smoke.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Maurice Cockerell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th February
1867.
I, MAURICE COCKERELL, of Hammersmith, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS,"
to be as follows:--
My Invention is particularly applicable to those description of locks in
which a latch or catch is employed, such as mortise or lap door locks.
Heretofore motion has been communicated to the latch by means of a spindle
carrying a handle on each side of the lock, and when it is required to open or
close the door, for example, one or other of the handles is turned.
Now according to my Invention the latch is thrown back on one side by
pressing the handle on the spindle and on the other side by pulling it.
A convenient arrangement for carrying my Invention into effect is the
following: In the end of the horizontal bar forming the latch I insert a
lever having its fulcrum at some fixed point within the case to allow sufficient
room for the play of the horizontal bar with a spring between the lever and
the frame of the case, which always tends to keep the latch or bolt shot.
This lever abuts against a sort of balanced quadrant and through which the
door spindle passes. By pushing the spindle in one direction or drawing it in
the other, the quadrant presses against the lever which itself draws back the

page_text: latch, and on releasing the spindle the spring at the back of the lever again
shoots the latch. To give sufficient play to the handles when mounted on the
spindle I form a socket in the handle plate, into which the handle is free to
move to and fro when pushed or pulled or when the latch has motion
otherwise imparted to it.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR GALVANIZING OR TINNING AND ZINKING IRON WIRE AND OTHER DESCRIPTION OF IRON,
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
April 1867. A communication from abroad by Emile Delacroix, of
15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, Doctor of Medicine.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR GALVANIZING OR TINNING AND ZINKING IRON WIRE
AND OTHER DESCRIPTION OF IRON," a communication to me from abroad by
Emile Delacroix, of 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, Paris, France, Doctor
of Medicine, to be as follows:--
The improved apparatus of this Invention arranged as shewn, Fig. A. of
the accompanying Sheet of Drawing forming part of this Provisional Specifi-
cation for an ascending action, spreads the liquid metal uniformly on the surface
of the wire or hoop iron under treatment. Independently of the guages
or other accessary apparatus which may be applied at a distance from the
bath a first guage (Fig. No. 1) of a hollow pyramidical, the base of which
plunges well into the bath, has the effect of avoiding the drop or scum of
oxydation in order that a well vivified metal rises with the wire up to the
exit. The advantage of this method which keeps the wire vertical after it
leaves the bath is that it avoids any prejudicial movements, and consequently
insures until cooling a regular deposit of the fluid material.
Another advantage is that the entire method may be adopted in a very
small factory, it requiring very little space (see Fig. B.). Before the operation

page_text: in order to facilitate the placing of the wires the parts plunged in the vat are
raised momentarily by a rotary movement (see Fig. C.).
To prevent misconception I would here explain that I term ascentional
traction that which follows a vertical direction, or which does not depart more
than 25 degrees therefrom, and abstracting all that is now in use, and free to
the public, this Invention may be summed up as follows:-A tinning and
zinking guage with protecting exit tube, the base of which dips in the bath, and
the summit of which bears a guage with the ascensional method of traction.