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In moving balanced slide valves across thee of the valve.
Year: 1874

page_text: And, Fourthly. In moving balanced slide valves across the traverse of
the main valve.
In performing the first part of my Invention I dispense with the
eccentric for working the double lever, by which the amount of steam is
regulated as described in reference to the Specifications above referred
to, and in lieu thereof I use an elbow lever mounted on a stud fixed in
the other eccentric rod or its equivalent, one arm of this elbow lever is
connected by a link to the sliding block or its equivalent carrying the
double lever, and the other to a link jointed to a fixed centre.
My second improved valve motion consists of a lever worked by an
eccentric, and this lever is connected to the expansion valves by a link,
which is made to rise and fall in the said lever by the governor in
combination with the balanced slide valves carried on the back of the
main valve. The elbow lever above described in the first arrangement
may also be used in the second arrangement.
My third improvement consists of a lever connected by links to the
slide valve; one end of this lever is jointed to a fixed fulcrum, and the
other to the rod of a piston working in a cylinder; the pressure of the
steam on the piston counterbalances the pressure on the slide valve.
One or more of such pistons may be used.
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My fourth improvement consists in moving balanced slide valves.
across the main valve, instead of in line with it as heretofore; all theso
valves may be moved to and fro by a toggle joint connected to an
eccentric or its equivalent, or by an eccentric fixed to a screwed shaft,
the position of which is varied directly by the governor.
A NEW AND IMPROVED JACK
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th September 1874.-A communication from Eugène Petry
Chaudour, residing at Licge, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Copper-
smith.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 18, Rue de la Chaussée d'Autin, Paris, France, and 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for A NEW AND IMPROVED JACK," com-
municated to me by Eugène Petry Chaudoir, a person resident at Liege,
in the Kingdom of Belgium, Coppersmith, to be as follows:-
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The Invention relates to a new and improved jack designed to replace
locomotives and waggons on railways, and consists of a combination of
endless screws, cog wheels, and rollers to impart a continuous movement
to this jack. By means of a crank a rotary motion is imparted through
an intermediate endless screw to a cog wheel kayed on the end of
another endless screw, by which the rotating motion is transmitted to
cog wheels kayed on the ends of axes, upon which are also mounted on

page_text: the rollers carrying the jack, which receives thus a rotary movement and
will run on portable rails which are placed in the required position.
The apparatus in represented in the annexed Drawings, in which A. is
the crank; B, the first endless screw; C, the 1st cog wheel; D, the 2nd
endless screw; E, the other cog wheels; F, the axes upon which the t
latter are keyed; G, the rollers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING AND OTHER MACHINES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th December 1874.-A communication from abroad by Jules
Decoudun, of Paris, France.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING AND OTHER MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in dispensing with the metallic core or spindle
of the india-rubber roller or rollers used in wringing and other machines,
whereby increased clasticity and greater durability are obtained, and the
objection to the general use of rubber rollers, namely, the want of
perfect adhesion between the india-rubber and its core is overcome.
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According to the improvement of this Invention, which is illustrated
in the accompanying Drawing, a solid india-rubber roller A, Figure 1,
is placed between the metal rollers B, C, D, which rollers, or one of
them, receive rotary motion, whereby the rubber roller is rotated also,
and the fabrics E are drawn between them as shown.
The fabric may

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either be spread out flat, folded, or twisted, the difference in thickness
hardly affecting the action of the rolls, owing to the extreme elasticity
of the rubber roll A. Pressure is applied on the upper roll B by means
of a screw, springs, or weights.
The arrangement of the rolls may be varied, the Invention consisting
essentially in dispensing with the core or spindle and using a solid
rubber roll lodged between non-elastic rolls.
Figure 2, shows the method of damping piece goods, which may be
passed between each of the three metal rolls B, C, D, and the elastic
roll A, before being conducted to the drying drum G, by which means 1
the fabric will be properly finished.
The rubber or other clastic rolls may be one or more in number, and
disposed between any suitable number of motal or other non-clastic rolls.
The rolls may also be combined with a washing, ironing, or other
machine.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDUCTING CORES FOR SUBMARINE AND OTHER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH CABLES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen John Neave at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th December 1874.
I, STEPHEN JOHN NEAVE, of the Jerusalem Coffee House, Cornhill, in
the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDUCTING CORES FOR SUBMARINE AND OTHER ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPH CABLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in substituting a spiral conducting wire or
core instead of the straight one hitherto in use. The wire thus made is as
elastic as the gutta percha or other covering, as by its peculiar con-
struction it will expand or contract with it, and thus counteract any
strain that may be put upon it and prevent its breaking, without causing
any danger from breakage or knuckling through, which has caused
the failure of many submarine cables. By the adoption of my improved
form of cable this is entirely prevented, the covering of the wires will
as well as the weight of the cable be considerably lightened and expense
saved.
IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR HOISTING AND LOWERING GOODS, MERCHANDISE, OR OTHER ARTICLES BY HYDRAULIC POWER
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hitchen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
October 1874.
I, JOHN HITCHEN, Engineer and Machine Maker, of Halifax, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR HOISTING AND LOWERING GOODS,
MERCHANDISE, OR OTHER ARTICLES BY HYDRAULIC POWER," to be as follows:
This Invention relates to that class of hoists termed "hydraulic lifts,"
and which are employed for raising or lowering mechandise or other
articles from one story of a building to another, or for other purposes
wherever a "hydraulic lift" can be employed, and my improvements
consist in constructing the "ram" of such "lifts" in such manner that
the same will slide telescopically to the desired height; and for this
purpose I employ a number of telescopic tubes or rams, each being
provided with glands and rings or flanges as required for their efficient
working. The rope, chain, platform, box, or other receptacle for the
articles to be raised or lowered are attached to the top of the said tubes
or rams by suitable means. Inlet and outlet pipes for the water are
provided at the bottom in suitable position.
Year: 1874

page_text: service may be quickly emptied of the exhausted fibre and recharged.
Or a larger size may be used, and the liquor received in any suitable
vessel, and afterwards poured into the cups.
To avoid the necessity of holding G while the liquor is passing through
the apparatus D may be furnished with a flange or with legs, or hooks,
or catches, to enable it to sit on, in, or over the receiving vessel. For
the funnel A may be substituted a chamber of a size sufficient to contain
the quantity of water required to make the tea, and a further addition
may be made of a lamp for boiling the water, and a cock for admitting
it to the tea chamber.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SECURING THE LIDS OR COVERS OF GAS AND OTHER RETORTS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Francis Braidwood at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th February 1874.
I, JAMES FRANCIS BRAIDWOOD, of the Phoenix Gas Works, 69,
Bankside, Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey, Gas Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SECURING THE LIDS OR COVERS OF GAS AND OTHER RETORTS," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object a more speedy and effectual means
for securing the lids of gas and other retorts to their mouth-pieces, and
is carried out in the following manner, viz., the cross bar is hinged at one
end by preference to the left hand lug (or ear); the other end of the cross
bar is thickened and bévilled at the outer edge which enters the top part
of the lug (or ear), and fits a similar bevil at the outer end thereof. In
the centre of the cross bar there is a slotted hole through which the pin
whereon the holding levers move is passed. There is also attached to
this cross bar a set screw and lock nut actuating a steel die or pressing
block, for the purpose of regulating the distance of the centre pin
(carrying the holding levers) between the cross bar and retort lid. The

page_text: centre of the cross bar is thickened by bosses for the purpose of giving
additional stability to the holding levers when pressing against the
retort lid.
The holding levers are actuated by the top-one being elongated, and
carried at right angles to form the handle, the end being bent upwards &
for greater convenience in working.
The bottom lever is connected to the top one by the pin already
described, as passing through the slotted hole in the cross bar.
On the ends of the levers which press against the retort lid are
attached two wedge-shaped cams having a partial rotative motion which 1
is regulated by two stops.
The required pressure on the lid is obtained by the set screw, lock
AN IMPROVED RAISING OR LOWERING APParatus
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Kitson and John
Naylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 4th December 1874.
We, ALFRED KITSON, Book-keeper, and JoHN NAYLOR, Plumber,
both of Halifax, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED RAISING OR LOWERING APParatus,”
(to be as follows) :—
The object of this Invention is to provide apparatus which can be
attached to the outside of mills and similar large buildings, such
apparatus being applicable either for conveying working materials to
and from the different floors or stories, or when required to be capable of
carrying human beings with safety, when through reason of fire or other
cause the usual passage is not available. For this purpose we make use
of one or more endless chains, which extend from top to bottom of the
mill or other building, the chain being carried by chain wheels sup-
ported on brackets fixed to the wall or other suitable part of the
building. Attached to the chain or chains at intervals are
"chairs" or
receptacles, into which human beings or materials to be raised or

page_text: lowered are placed. These chairs are so arranged on the chains, that
while one chair can be presented at a door or window of one floor or
storey, other chairs are presented at other doors or windows on other
floors or stories at the same time, so that each can be used at once or
simultaneously. These chairs are also so constructed, and cach provided
with a seat, that on a person entering and sitting thereon, a cover of
wirework or other material is instantly thrown over the entrance to the
chair by the action of the seat, which effectually prevents the person
falling out in transit, and can only be released on reaching the ground.
The bottom chain wheel is provided with a brake pulley, toothed wheel,
and T catch for controlling the motion of the said chain or chains,
which motion may be imparted by hand wheel, steam power, or other
motive power.
AN IMPROVED BOOT CLEANING MACHINE, PART OF SUCH MACHINE BEING APPlicable for OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henry Ellis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
March 1874.
I, GEORGE HENRY ELLIS, of New Barnet, in the County of Herts,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED BOOT CLEANING MACHINE, PART OF SUCH MACHINE BEING APPlicable for
OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention consists in the construction of an improved boot.
cleaning machine, in which I employ vertical revolving brushes actuated
from a treadle by means of an improved arrangement of mechanism as
herein-after described; and the object of my Invention is simplicity and
economy. of construction. The improved machine also works with but
little noise, and the cleaning of the boots is effected more quickly and in
a better manner than hitherto.
The improved machine is constructed of a strong frame of wood or
iron with a table at top; through this table passes the vertical brush
spindle resting and working in a bracket fixed to the frame. The three
brushes, videlicet, the hard brush for removing the dirt or mud, the soft
or polishing brush, and the blacking brush are all placed on the said

page_text: spindle and form one continuous brush. The hard brush is preferably
placed at the lower part of the spindle, so that its lower end just clears
the table; it is cylindrical in form, somewhat concave or hollow on the
surface, so as to better adapt itself to the shape of the boot. The polishing
brush is of the same size and shape as and is placed immediately above
the hard brush, and on the top of the polishing brush is placed the
blacking brush, which is made conical or hemispherical in form.
To drive the brushes I employ a treadle moving on a centre or rod
passing through the sides of the frame at a short distance above the
ground; this treadle has two uprights; the lower ends of these uprights
move on the said centre and the upper ends are connected by a cross
piece moving on pivots or centres; in this cross piece is a slot in which
works an eccentric, stud, or pin on the under side of a horizontal fly
wheel, having a vertical spindle working in suitable bearings in the said
frame; on the fly wheel spindle is fixed a friction pulley or roller
bearing against and driving a smaller pulley or roller (preferably of
vulcanized india-rubber) on the brush spindle.
The treadle extends through the frame of the machine, so that the
machine may be worked and used from cither side or by two persons at
one time.
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Where very great speed is not required the brushes may be placed on
the main spindle.
The improved mechanism herein-before described for driving the
brushes may be employed for driving vertical spindles for other
purposes, such for instance as the grinding and polishing of cutlery.
IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur James at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th April
1874. A communication from abroad by William Trabuc, of
Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America.
I, ARTHUR JAMES, of Redditch, in the County of Worcester, Needle
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN NEEDLES," to be as follows :—
The said Invention consists of the improvements hercin-after described
in needles, by which improvements the threading of the needle is greatly
facilitated, and a saving of time and labour in using the needle effected.
The said Invention is applicable both to sewing machine needles and to
needles for hand sewing.
In making needles according to the said Invention a lateral passage
or slot is made in one side of the needle, the said passage or slot opening
into the eye and permitting the introduction of the thread, thereby.
superseding the ordinary method of threading the needle by passing the
end of the thread through the eye.

page_text: In making sewing machine needles the eye is made at the usual part
of the needle and of about the same length as the eye of an ordinary
sewing machine needle, but only of about one half the width. The
groove in which the eye is situated may be of the ordinary size. The
divided parts formed by the lateral passage or slot opening into the cyc
are tapered or bevilled, so that their opposed ends aro nearly pointed.
By this tapering or bevilling the smooth passage of the needle through
the fabric during the process of sewing is secured. The lateral passago
or slot is of such a width as only just to permit of the introduction of the
thread.
In needles for hand sewing it is preferred to make the passage or slot
for the introduction of the thread in an inclined direction, the said
passage commencing at a point opposite the middle of the eye, and
opening into the eye near the bottom of the said cyc. The outer sides of
the parts where the passage is made are tapered or rounded, so as to
permit the needle to pass smoothly through the fabric.
The head and eye of a needle of the kind last described, have the
general figure of a hook (by which the thread is retained) protected or
covered by a lip or guard to retain tho thread in the eye. In this case
or in the case of sewing machine needles the lateral passage by which 2
the thread is introduced into the eye is only of sufficient width to permit
of the ready introduction of the thread.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF RAISING AND LOWERING WINDOW AND OTHER SASHES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Colc at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd April
1874.
I, FREDERICK COLE, of No. 24, Victoria Park Road, South Hackney,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF RAISING AND LOWERING
WINDOW AND OTHER SASHES," to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention has for its objects the abolition of the use of lines,
weights, and pulleys, usually used for raising and lowering window and
other sashes, which are continually getting out of order by the lines
breaking, and also to prevent the sashes being raised or lowered from the
outside.
In order to effect these objects I attach an iron rod or rod of some other
suitable metal to the opposite side of each sash frame. These rods after
passing through guide plates screwed or fastened to the window cill or
frame, are respectively attached to two curved rails (which may be made
of wood, iron, or other suitable material) placed in a cavity or space left

page_text: for that purpose underneath the window cill, and so constructed that
they respectively rise or fall with the sashes.
I raise and lower the sashes by means of two perpendicular screws,
respectively working through the two curved rails, in such a manner
that the screws do not rise or fall, and that the sashes can only be raised
or lowered by respectively turning the screws. When one sash only is
required to be raised and lowered, I use only one rail which need not be
curved and one perpendicular screw, but I can use one or two side rods.
In some cases I can use a side screw action, but I prefer the use of
perpendicular screws as before explained.
This Invention can be applied to wooden shutters, now raised and
lowered by means of line, weights, and pulleys.
A NEW APPARATUS INTENDED TO SUPERSEDE OR TAKE THE PLACE OF BELLOWs MOVED BY PEDALS IN ORGANS AND HARMONIUMS, AS ALSO THE HAND LEVERS IN CHURCH ORGANS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Salvator Guerra at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June
1874.
I, SALVATOR GUERRA, (Artist), residing at the Arts Club, Hanover
Square, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW APPARATUS INTENDED TO SUPERSEDE OR TAKE THE PLACE OF BELLOWs
MOVED BY PEDALS IN ORGANS AND HARMONIUMS, AS ALSO THE HAND LEVERS IN
CHURCH ORGANS," to be as follows:-
A small air pump A intended for the condensation of the air into a
receptacle or reservoir B, with a manometre; a regulator C to enable to
regulate the admission of the air into the instrument through a tube m.
The small air pump as well as the instrument to be moved by hand, so
that the whole of this system is composed of,-
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR DIGGING LANd and Making DRAINS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Forster Hall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th October 1874.
I, THOMAS FORSTER HALL, of Prudhoe, in the County of Northumber-
land, at present residing at Stratford, in the County of Essex, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR DIGGING LANd and Making DRAINS," to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for digging land
and making drains.
The machine consists of a frame carried on three wheels, the front
wheel for carrying weight and steering the side wheels (one or both)
are used for driving the digging machinery in a similar manner to corn
seed drills and reaping machines. A spur wheel on the right-hand
wheel gives motion to suitable gear wheels to obtain the required speed.
A driving shaft or spindle carrying cranks at the ends is placed on the
front of the machine, to which is attached coupling rods; the other
ends of the coupling rods are attached to lever cranks on a second
spindle. From the same crank pin connecting rods are carried down

page_text: to the digger, which may consist of any number of spikes, tines, forks,
spuds, or other penetrating or cutting instruments fitted in a weigh bar
or rocking shaft, the motion of the crank working the digging instru-
ments in and out of the land. When the digger is at the full depth in
the land a curved lever is pulled over by an eccentric carried on a shaft,
thus turning the land from the advancing machine.
The motion of the cranks on Number 2 shaft when rising carries the
digger forward, say nine inches for the next hold on the land, and the
eccentric rod motion sets the tines or forks in proper position for
entering the land.
The connecting rods and digger being worked by a rocking shaft
allows the motion to halt while the digging instruments enter the land.
For digging or making drains by this improved machinery one or
more spades or other digging instruments of suitable shape mounted and
acting as previously described to suit the width of the drain required are
employed, the earth as it is dug up being raised by suitable mechanism,
as is well understood.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF ANODES OF NICKEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF NICKEL PLATING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wm. Perkins at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
October 1874.
I, JOHN WM. PERKINS, of Arlington Lodge, Herne Hill Road,
Brixton, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF ANODES OF NICKEL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF NICKEL PLATING," to be as follows:-
For the purpose of plating with nickel, so as to obtain a regular
deposit, it is necessary to use metallic anodes of nickel; and from the
great difficulty of casting metallic nickel when pure into plates I
propose to alloy the ordinary nickel of commerce with tin; the manner
in which I accomplish this is by melting the nickel in crucibles in the
ordinary manner as soon as the fusion is complete; I then add thereto
from 10 to 15 per cent. of metallic tin, and at once pour the alloy into
molds of any desired form,.and the plates may then be used with any
of the ordinary solutions in use for plating with nickel.
AN IMPROVED MOUNTING FOR HAND MIRRORS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Primerose Howard
Vaughan at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 21st September 1874.-A communication from
abroad by Arthur Jeraunec, residing at Paris, in the Republic of
France.
I, EDWARD PRIMEROSE HOWARD VAUGHAN, F.C.S., of 54, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MOUNTING FOR HAND
MIRRORS," being a communication to me from abroad by Arthur
Jeraunec, residing at Paris, in the Republic of France, to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in an improved mounting for hand mirrors,
by aid of which such mirrors may be either held vertically or set at any
required angle on a table or other horizontal surface.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing is a vertical section of a mirror
provided with this mounting; Figure 2 is a plan of the same.

page_text: a is the mirror set in the wooden, metallic, or other frame b, at the
bottom of which is adapted the support c, d, of the hinge; e, e, are
supporting studs or projections, also set at the bottom of the frame b;
fis a tubular handle hinged by the pivot to the support c, d. In this
handle is set a metallic spindle & surrounded by a spiral spring i, and
terminated by a knob or pull piece j; k, l, are holes or notches cut to
any required number in the support d, and corresponding in shape
with the lower end of the spindle 7, which entering therein under the
pressure of the spring i securely locks the handle in whatever position
may be given to it.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STAMPING AND REGISTERING TICKETS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES WHERE STAMPING AND REGISTERING IS REQUIRED
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Copland Brockbank at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 10th December 1874.
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I, JOHN COPLAND BROCKBANK, of 5, Southampton Buildings, Holborn,
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR STAMPING AND REGISTERING
TICKETS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES WHERE STAMPING AND REGISTERING
IS REQUIRED," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in an improved apparatus for stamping and
registering tickets, applicable also to other purposes where stamping and
registering is required, and the following is an example of my Invention
as applied to tickets :-On a table or counter I fix an ordinary upright
self-inking stamp, on which the date may be altered by means of
movable discs having various numbers and letters cut or cast on their
periphery.
In front of and attached to the movable part of the said stamp is a
guard, which is brought down when the stamp is depressed; and at the
back of the movable part of the stamp is fixed a spindle acting on a

page_text: spring lever placed underneath the table or counter aforesaid, which
when the stamp is depressed forces a second guard through a slot cut
in the table in front of the stamp. At the back of the stamp is a plate,
which in conjunction with the two guards aforesaid (which overlap one
another when the stamp is depressed) prevent the possibility of stamping
and registering more than one ticket at a time.
To the above described stamp is connected by means of levers a
counting apparatus composed of a series of wheels and pinions gearing
suitably with each other and giving motion to hands working on dials
where units, tens, hundreds, and thousands, are marked, so that each
time the stamp is depressed for stamping a ticket the said ticket shall
be duly registered on the aforesaid dial, thus checking the number of
.tickets issued.
It is obvious that this improved apparatus may be applied to various
useful purposes where stamping and registering is required, such as the
stamping of gloves and collars, or other articles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COCKS OR TAPS FOR HIGH OR LOW PRESSURE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Cooke and William
Hawkes Myhill at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 4th March 1874.
WC, JOSEPH COOKE and WILLIAM HAWKES MYHILL, of Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Miners' Lamp Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COCKS OR
TAPS FOR HIGH OR LOW PRESSURE," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists principally of a simple arrangement by which
to depress and elevate the valve or diaphragm of taps or cocks. This
we accomplish by the application of a cam, eccentric, or snail shell
wheel which is placed in such position that on being turned by handle
or key its partial rotation shall impinge on a surface, being the outer part
of a piston, which reciprocates by pressure of the fluid or a spring
outwardly, and by the cam inwardly.
We sometimes use a lever in place of a cam and have the gradient on
the outer part of the piston, or the lever may be so fulcrumed that the
short end shall impinge most when in the line of centre of the piston,
but we prefer the snail shell form of cam (that is a cam gradually

page_text: increasing from a minimum to a maximum) because in whatever
position it is placed the pressure is concentrated in the same radial line,
that is, it presses the piston in the most direct line from the centre of
motion.
When a diaphragm is used for a valve, and the pressure of the fluid is
not sufficient to raise it, we place the seat of the valve rather below the
level of the outer part where the diaphragm is fixed (as in the usual
way) it then acts as a spring.
The cap to the tap or cock has a circular recess for the lower portion
of the piston to slide in and out, but we prefer also a parallel motion to
the piston which is formed by the aperture through which the piston
moves, being parallel, and the piston fitting the same; the cam is sup-
ported by two standards, by preference, and may be acted upon by a
handle fixed or loose, or the cam may be so constructed and placed that
a keyhole may be either in or through the centre, or in or through the
periphery.
IMPROVEMENTS IN Steam Engines
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd July 1874.-A communication from abroad by Madame
veuve Barbe Pauline Jacques-André, of Paris, in the Republic of
France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN Steam Engines,”
to be as follows :-
All Corliss' engines hitherto constructed, either with or without steam
jackets, have, the four steam ports either cast in one piece with the
cylinder, as is the case in the simple Corliss' engine; or these ports are
sometimes combined in pairs and connected to each end of the cylinder,
forming one piece with an annular part, in which is enclosed the interior
socket or stuffing box; or they may be cast with the supporting feet or
foundation blocks which carries the cylinder at each end. This arrange-
ment is that known as the Inglis' engine. In other cases again these
ports are cast in pairs with the covers or end plates of the cylinders.

page_text: The arrangement or constructions of parts which forms the subject of
the present Invention differs completely from the other arrangements
above referred to. The four steam ports are entirely independent of the
cylinder, and also of one another, and morcover the lower or exit steam
ports on the under side of the cylinder are independant of the framing i
or feet which support the cylinder on the foundation plate. From this
it will be understood that the four steam ports are only connected to the
cylinder by screws, bolts, or other analogous devices, which will admit of
any or all of them being removed for repair, or that others may be fixed
in their place, without requiring any other part of the engine to be
removed or displaced. This is an advantage which the present Invention
possesses over other systems of construction, some of which will not
admit of any of the parts being exchanged for new ones; and other
constructions will only admit of this by taking the machine entirely to
pieces, which will cost much money, and will involve a considerable
loss of time, while by the improved construction of independant or
separate steam ports the latter can be removed and others put in their
place at trifling expense and in a very short time while the engine is at
rest for the usual stoppages.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOLDING SACKS WHILE BEING FILLED WITH CORN, SEED, FLOUR, COAL, OR OTHER PRODUCE OR MERCHANDIZE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred William Tooley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th October 1874.
I, ALFRED WILLIAM TOOLEY, of Dunstable, in the County of Bedford,
Corn Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOLDING SACKS WHILE BEING FILLED WITH
CORN, SEED, FLOUR, COAL, OR OTHER PRODUCE OR MERCHANDIZE," to be as
follows:-
My Invention of improved apparatus for holding sacks while being
filled with corn or other produce, consists in adapting to ordinary sack
barrows certain appliances whereby the mouth of the sack may be held
up to the proper height while being filled. These appliances consist of
a pair of horizontal levers which are jointed to the upper ends of the
handles of the barrow, and carry at their outer ends hooks on to which
the mouth of the sack is hooked. The opposite ends of the horizontal
levers are connected by links to another pair of levers which are keyed
on to a rocking shaft, mounted in bearings in the side arms or handles of
the barrow.
On to this rocking shaft is keyed a hand lever which is

page_text: provided with a catch and ratchet or other equivalent device whereby
the lever may be held in any position. By depressing the outer end of
this hand lever the hooks at the ends of the horizontal levers will be
brought down to their lowest point, and when the mouth of the sack is
attached to the hooks the filling operation may be commenced, and as the
filling proceeds the attendant by lifting up the hand lever will also lift
up the mouth of the sack. This may be repeated until the sack is full,
when it can be wheeled away on the barrow to any desired place, and
when detached from the hooks the mouth of the sack may be closed in
the ordinary manner and an empty sack put in its place.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING TRAMWAY TRACKS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John James Webster and James
George Thompson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents
with their Petition, on the 31st January 1874.
We, JOHN JAMES WEBSTER, of 42, Westbourne Road, Birkenhead,
& JAMES GEORGE THOMPSON, of Salisbury Lodge, Birkenhead, in the
County of Cheshire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING TRAMWAY TRACKS," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to apparatus to be applied to tramway cars for
the purpose of clearing the tracks on which they run from mud, small
stones, and other obstructions. For this purpose we mount under the car
a transverse shaft provided at each end with a circular brush of wire or
other stiff and elastic material, these brushes being fixed on the shaft at
a distance apart suited to the gauge of the tramway. The bearings of
the shaft are in swing frames or brackets jointed to the body of the car
so that the shaft can be raised or lowered, and thus the brushes can be
lifted clear of the tracks or permitted to bear down upon them. On one
of the running axles of the car we fix a drum (which may conveniently
be put on in halves without removing the running wheels), and on a

page_text: swing frame or bracket jointed to the body of the car we mount another
drum which we may call a friction drum, in such a manner that it can
either be pressed against the drum on the axle or moved out of contact
therewith.
The peripherics of the two drums may be grooved in order to provide
greater driving friction when they are brought into contact, or the axle
drum may be provided with a periphery of wood endways of the grain
for the same purpose. A pulley on the shaft of the friction drum is
connected by a band with a pulley on the shaft which carries the
brushes. A lever is provided under the car with a rod at the end in a
convenient position so that the driver or conductor of the car can raise
or lower the lever. This lever is attached to the swing frame which
carries the friction drum, so that when it is raised the friction drum is
taken out of contact with tho axle drum, and at the same time the lever
meeting a projection from one of the swing bearings of the brush shaft
raises that shaft so that the brushes are lifted off the tracks. When on
the other hand the lever is lowered the friction drum being brought into
contact with the axle drum is caused by the frictional pressure to revolve,
and drives the revolving brushes, which being at the same time lowered
down upon the tracks clear them of mud, small stones, and other
obstacles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING OR TREATING WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Neil Macmillan, at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
January 1874.
I, NEIL MACMILLAN, senior, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING OR TREATING WOVEN FABRICS," to
be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object the finishing or treating of woven
fabrics in a superior manner, and relates to an arrangement of apparatus,
an important novel feature of which is the performance by it of the
combined operations of dressing and hot pressing, instead of these
operations having to be performed by separate machines as ordinarily
practised.
The improved apparatus can also be very easily adjusted or arranged
for giving different finishes or degrees of finish to the fabrics passed
through it.
In the improved apparatus the fabric, which is drawn off a roller and
under or over one or more breadthening or smoothing bars in the

page_text: ordinary way has the stiffening or dressing liquor applied to it by a
polished roller over which it passes, and which is made of steel and solid
to insure its perfect truth notwithstanding the changes of temperature
to which it is subjected. The steel roller is driven in the opposite
direction to the movement of the fabric, and rests on a hollow roller of
annealed or malleable cast iron heated internally by steam, and turning
partly immersed in a trough containing the stiffening or dressing liquor,
which liquor it takes up and supplies to the steel roller above. The
fabric next passes onwards to a series of three hollow iron cylinders
heated by internal gas jets, a number of guide rollers being used to lead
the fabric, so as to pass in contact with a large portion of the cir-
cumference of each heated cylinder. The last of the three heated
cylinders has bearing on it and pressed down by weighted levers a paper
bowl or calendering roller covered with paper, and the fabric is led
round the under side of the heated cylinder, and then between it and the
upper paper bowl, from which last it passes to the batching or take-up
roller.
.
A large drum or cylinder fitted so that it can be heated internally by
steam is mounted over the three gas heated cylinders, and the fabric may
be passed round it instead of or as well as the latter, the drum being
used chiefly in cases in which the fabric requires a longer time for drying
it. The three hollow cylinders may be heated by steam instead of gas if
preferred. The batching roller may be hollow and heated by gas or
steam.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES AND OTHER TIMEKEEPERS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Collett at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
November 1874.
I, HENRY COLLETT, of 22, Foxbury Grove, Brockley Lanc, near New
Cross, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES AND OTHER TIMEKEEPERS," to be as
follows:-
In watches and other timekeepers in which the works are driven by a
spring contained in what is termed a going barrel," and in which
a chain and fusee are dispensed with, the power of the spring upon the
works varies constantly as the spring unwinds and gradually becomes
less and less; this causes irregularities in the going of the watch, so that
for a watch, clock, or other timepiece to keep accurate time from day to
day, or period to period, it must be set so that for a portion of the day or
period it shall gain, and for the remainder of the day or period when
partly unwound it shall lose.
My Invention has for its object to remedy this defect. For this
purpose, in place of connecting the outer end of thic coiled mainspring to

page_text: the inner circumference of the barrel as heretofore I form the main-
spring with a projection upon its end to enter a slot cut radially or
nearly so in the bottom of the barrel, and which works in manner herein-
after described upon a steel plate or other hard metal plate which must
have a smooth surface, and which I let into the barrel at one side of the
said radial slot; the outer end of the spring is also made to bend inwards,
so that its end shall always bear upon the outermost coil. By this
means when the spring is fully wound up within the barrel and the coils
of the spring lie closely one against the other, the outer end of the
spring bearing upon the outermost coil will by means of the said pro-
jection working and moving inwards in the said radial slot have been
brought closer to the centre of the barrel, and will act upon the barrel
with less leverage than if it were connected to the barrel at its
circumference, but as the spring unwinds and the coils of the spring
open out from one another, the end of the spring moving outwards in
the radial slot before mentioned approaches gradually towards its cir-
cumference and acts with increasing leverage upon it. By this means
as the power of the spring decreases its action upon the barrel increases,
and the force exerted to turn the movements of the watch or timekeeper
will remain uniform, and I obtain in this way a "self adjustment” to
the going barrel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PISTONS OF STEAM, AIR, GAS, OR VAPOUR ENGINES, WHEREBY INCREASED SURFACE IS OBTAINED
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Perch and Paget Higgs
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 21st July 1874.
We, WILLIAM PERCH, of Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan, Coal
Owner, and PAGET HIGGS, also of Cardiff, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PISTONS OF
STEAM, AIR, GAS, OR VAPOUR ENGINES, WHEREBY INCREASED SURFACE IS
OBTAINED," to be as follows :-
We so construct the pistons of steam, air, gas, or vapour engines, as
that their acting surface shall be the surface of a paraboloid, or of a
re-entrant cone, or of a cone, or of any mathematical figure giving a
maximum surface. To obtain this maximun surface without increasing
the weight of the piston, we cast or make the piston hollow, or we build
up the piston in rings or sections, the sum of the surfaces of these rings
or sections forming the surface of the piston, the rings or sections being
tied or bound together with bolts or otherwise. Or if preferred, the
piston may be made solid. We also construct the cover of the cylinder
in which such piston is used of such a form as that its contour shall
follow the contour of the before-described piston surface.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOORING CRAMPS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Cheadle at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st
August 1874.
I, GEORGE CHEADLE, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Hardware Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOORING CRAMPS," to be as follows:-
I have a body or frame made of cast iron or other suitable material.
The said body or frame has two or more uprights fixed thereon,
through which I carry a screw, at one end of which is fixed a faco
plate in a transverse direction to the said screw. The screw is propelled
and repelled by means of bevel or other suitable wheels, one of which
has a screw or thread cut therein, through which passes the above
The whole is actuated by a handle fixed in the most suitable
screw.
position.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE STORAGE OR CONVEYANCE OF EGGS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas William Vernon Harte
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th April 1874.
I, THOMAS WILLIAM VERNON HARTE, of Formby, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE STORAGE OR CONVEYANCE OF EGGS," to be as
follows:
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This Invention relates to the method of storing eggs in a convenient
and accessible manner without liability to breakage, and also their safe
conveyance by rail or otherwise.
The Invention consists principally in the employment of movable
shelves or trays perforated with a number of holes, each of a sufficient
size to hold one egg, and arranged in drawers, boxes, or cases, so as to be
capable of being either raised up vertically by means of handles or
drawn out horizontally one shelf or tray at a time, so that the contents
of each shelf or tray are readily accessible at any time without disturbing
the remainder; and as cach shelf or tray is made to contain a definite
number (say twenty-five or fifty for instance), the number of eggs in the

page_text: drawer, box, or case, and for each variety of egg can at any time be
readily ascertained.
For drawers the shelves or trays are better made to lift out vertically,
but for boxes or cases the front is made to fall down, and the shelves or
trays slide out vertically.
For cases intended for conveyance to a distance by rail or otherwise
either arrangement may be employed, the whole being packed solid by
means of bran, sawdust, or other suitable substance.
AN IMPROVED TIP FOR SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Dawson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
September 1874.
I, RICHARD DAWSON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Shuttle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED TIP FOR SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in making that part of the shuttle tip which
is driven into the shuttle of larger diameter than usual, and hollow
instead of solid, in order that its effect upon the wood may be more that
of a hoop than a spike, and thus may serve to prevent rather than be the
cause of the shuttle splitting.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING OR PROPORTIONING AND TITRATING THE QUANTITY OF TANNIN IN OAK BARK AND OTHER TANNING SUBSTANCES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd December 1874.-A communication from abroad. by Louis
André Beaudet, of Paris, France, Tanner.
I; WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, 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
ASCERTAINING OR PROPORTIONING AND TITRATING THE QUANTITY OF TANNIN IN
OAK BARK AND OTHER TANNING SUBSTANCES," a communication to me from
abroad by Louis André Beaudet, of Paris, France, Tanner, to be as
follows:-
Hitherto the quantity of active principle contained in tanning
materials has been ignored, particularly in oak bark, chesnut, sumach,
the numerous varieties of catechu, gall nuts, and those in ordinary use,
although it is well known that the quantity of tannin varies with the
season, climate, age of the trees, and other circumstances; it is also

page_text: sought, which quantity is engraved in centimetres on the conical test
glass.
The tannin may also be proportioned or titrated by the combination
of the weights, volumes, and graduations, whatever the form of the
vessels employed.