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IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANOFORTES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Alfred Waddington at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th July 1882.
WILLIAM ALFRED WADDINGTON of Stonegate in the City of York Pianoforte
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANOFORTES
""
A metal bar is fastened to the pianoforte frame and made to push or pull at the
bottom part of the pianoforte sound board to assist in supporting the pressure of
the strings upon the bridge that is fixed to the sound board By fixing a metal
bar to the pianoforte sound board as described above a more durable and better
quality of tone is produced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Morris, of Maida Vale, in the County of Middlesex.
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO."
A communication from abroad by Leopold Jessurun of Hamburg in the
Empire of Germany.
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Morris at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th February 1882.
CHARLES MORRIS of Maida Vale in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN PIPES FOR SMOKING TOBACCO." [A communication from abroad by Leopold
Jessurun of Hamburg in the Empire of Germany.]
This Invention has for its object improvements in pipes for smoking tobacco.
The improved pipe consists of a tube preferably made of glass to hold the tobacco
required for smoking.
Through one end of this tube is inserted a hollow stem terminating at one
end in a mouth piece and at the other in a disc or plug which is moveable up
and down the tube by means of the stem to which it is attached, similar to
the piston of a squirt, and it fits the tube in like manner.
The plug or disc has a hole through its contre communicating with the hollow
of the tube to permit the smoker to draw the smoke of the tobacco through the
mouth piece of the stem.
The other end of the glass tube is left entirely open for the purpose of filling
the tube with tobacco, after this the plug is pushed down on the tobacco con-
tained in the tube by which means it may be compressed to any consistency the
smoker may require.

page_text: The plug is then withdrawn to the stem end of the tube and the tobacco
ignited at the other or open end. By drawing back the stem an empty space
is left between the plug or disc and the tobacco, and in this space the smoke
cools before it is inhaled by the smoker. As the tobacco becomes consumed, it
is pushed forward by the smoker by means of the plug, so as to expel the ash as 5
it forms.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PADDLE WHEELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Percy Maccausland Crause at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st September 1882.
PERCY MACCAUSLAND CRAUSE, of 27 Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne, in the
County of Sussex. 'IMPROVEMENTS IN PADDLE WHEELS."
The object of my said invention is to construct paddle wheels, for propelling
steam vessels, upon an improved principle, whereby vibration is greatly lessened or
entirely prevented, ant the loss by slip is reduced, and a saving in fuel is insured.
I construct my said improved paddle wheels with floats of a curved form, each
float being helical in form, and being a portion of a helice or screw; and I place
such helical floats in pairs, one of each pair being a portion of a right handed screw
and the other a portion of a left handed screw. I fit such paddle wheels with four
(or more or less) pairs of such floats, so that a right hand float entering the water,
and producing its propulsive effect, is followed by a left hand float in a similar
manner.
The result of this arrangement also is, that one end of the float enters the water
previously to the rest of the float, instead of the whole outer edge of such float as
in the common paddle wheel. The pressure and reaction of the water upon each
blade or float of my said improved paddle wheel, is thus rendered gradual, and
concussion and vibration is thereby reduced, or entirely prevented. Smoothness of
action is thus secured.
The action of the blades or floats being oblique, or inclined to the line of motion,
the effect thereof is to cause the water to be thrown to the right and left of the
wheel. In order to counteract this indirect action, I place segmental plates
alternately on the right and left hand of the floats, partially filling up the spaces
left at the ends of the floats, whereby the water is prevented from being thrown
outside the path of the wheel, and the propelling effect is properly kept in the right
direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION loft by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1882, a communication from
abroad by Alexandre Tavan, of Nimos, Franco,
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS," a communication from abroad by Alexandre Tavan, of
Nimes, France,
This invention has for its object to measure liquids with accuracy and speed, and
is particularly applicable in public houses or by spirit merchants. The apparatus
comprises a barrel or receptacle for the liquid to be measured, which barrel, if made
of glass, is provided with graduations, or if made of metal, it communicates at the
bottom with a graduated pipe. The barrel stands on a frame and communicates at
the base with a casing containing divisions corresponding to the different quantities
of liquid which are to be drawn off. The barrel is surmounted by a second casing
which contains the distributing levers. A vertical pipe passes through the interior
of the barrel up to the second casing and serves to admit the air necessary for the
regular discharge of liquid. The glasses or other vessels which receive the measured
liquid are placed under the barrel. By depressing one of the levers a vertical rod
is raised and allows liquid to escape, the return motion being afterwards effected by
a spring attached to the lever. The distributing lever has a click which gears into
a tooth-wheel and moves one tooth of the same during every notion of the lever.
The distributing lever rests with a vertical projection on a shorter lever which is
pivoted to the casing, and rests on a vertical pipe. The latter is provided at its
lower end with an indiarubber disc and slides over the vertical rod, tho down
motion of which closes the upper valve of the liquid receptacle. Thereby the vertical
projection of the long lever is arrested and serves as a fulcrum for the lever, so that
the further down motion of the latter lifts the lower valve and allows the liquid
contained in the receptacle to escape. The return motion of both levers is effected
by a helical spring. In order to keep a record of the quality of the liquids measured
out, another casing is applied which communicates with a pipe rising to the height
of the liquid receptacle. The periodical communication is established by means of a
vertical rod pivoted to the large lever and provided at its lower end with a small
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page_text: valve. The said casing receives the liquid flown out from the gauged divisions.
The quantity of liquid contained in the barrel can be easily read off from the external
graduated tube which communicates with the main receptacle and is provided with
a conical float. The latter strikes at its highest position against an indiarubber
plate, thereby forming a hermetic joint. The levers, valves and movable parts 5
connected therewith are preferably arranged in duplicate for every barrel or
receptacle, and the revolutions of the tooth-wheel may be recorded by a counter.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OPENING OYSTERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th January 1882. A communica-
tion from abroad by Alfred Lesquillons, of Pontoise France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR OPENING OYSTERS," A communication from abroad by Alfred
Lesquillons, of Pontoise, France,
This Invention has for its object to provide instruments for opening oysters with
facility and safety.
These instruments consist 1, of a grooved holder provided with a handle and
serving to clip the oyster in the desired position, and 2, in a specially shaped knife,
resembling somewhat a lancet and provided with a cross handle similar to that of
a cork screw, the two instruments being held together by a chain. The lower part
of the holder is concave, so as to fit approximately the shell of an oyster, and
rivetted to two posts fixed to the base plate. The upper part of the holder together
with the handle is hinged to the lower part and provided with two fingers which
can be made to press on the upper half of the shell, when the oyster is placed in
the lower part of the holder. After the oyster has been clipped fast, the lancet
shape knife is introduced into the joint so as to cut the ligaments, thereby allowing
the oyster to be opened.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLOUGHING OR CULTIVATING BY ENGINE POWER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Imray at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th August 1882. Communicated to him
from abroad by Paul Dietrich of Berlin in the German Empire.
JOIN IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLOUGHING
OR CULTIVATING BY ENGINE POWER [Communicated to him from abroad by
Paul Dietrich of Berlin in the German Empire]
و"
According to this invention, a traction engine is provided with two winding
drums either or both of which can be worked. The ropes from these drums pass
over horizontal guide pullies and are attached respectively to two steam ploughs or
cultivators being each attached to another rope which passes over a guide pulley
to the winding drum of another smaller engine. Thus when a field has to be
ploughed or cultivated three engines are employed one at each end of the field and
a more powerful engine in the middle, and two ploughs or cultivators are drawn
by these to and fro, that is to say towards the middle and back to the ends and so
on, the three engines being advanced step by step as each successive width of the
ploughing or cultivating is completed In cases where only one engine is
available, horses or oxen may be employed instead of the two extreme engines.
According to another arrangement the central engine may work a dynamo-
electric machine producing electricity which is led by suitable conductors to
electro-dynamic machines at each end of the field, these being applied to work the
winding drums whereby the ploughs or cultivators are drawn back from the
middle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE CLOTH SUITABLE FOR CARRYING BELTS FOR CENTRIFUGAL DRESSING MACHINES AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nathaniel Greening and Linneaus
Greening at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December
1882.
NATHANIEL GREENING and LINNEAUS GREENING both of Warrington in the
County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE CLOTH SUITABLE FOR CARRYING
BELTS FOR CENTRIFUGAL DRESSING MACHINES AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES.'
"
The object of this invention is to produce a wire cloth possessing great regadity
in the weft and pliability in the warp suitable for carrying and driving belts for
elevators and for lining of centrifugal machines and for other dressing purposes.
The interstices not being opposite to each other as heretofore but arranged at an
angle so that a smoother surface is obtained on the face of the cloth than has
hitherto been practicable.
In performing our invention instead of having the warp to interlace with the
weft the warps which may be of semi-circular or other suitable cross section and
may be arranged in sets of varying size say the middle one larger and those on
either side smaller gauge are continued through in a direct line and the weft
which may be of square or other cross section is all knocked up close together and
interlacies with the warp. In wire cloth thus constructed the only direct thorough-
fares between the wires are situated at an angle to the surface of the cloth. This
wire cloth is also suited for malt kiln floors drying purposes and in the con-
struction of coffee rosters filter presses (hydraulic and other kinds) paper wires
wire work for lead sieving and other analogous mining washing or other purposes
for which woven wire is used.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BAISING WATER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL FOUNTAINS AND WATERFALLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd March 1882. A com-
munication from abroad by Joseph Fangeat of Lyons in the Republic of
France.
BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS of the firm of Harris and Mills of 23
Southampton Buildings in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BAISING WATER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL
FOUNTAINS AND WATERFALLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES A communication from
abroad by Joseph Fangeat of Lyons in the Republic of France
The apparatus constituting the subject matter of the present application is
intended to replace known motors for the elevation of water.
It consists of a windlass operated by a weight, upon the axis of which is mounted
a toothed wheel gearing into a small pinion; upon the axis of this pinion a second
toothed wheel gearing into a second pinion and so on up to four or five shafts
according to the speed which it is desired to obtain for the descent of the weight;
upon the shaft of the last pinion is mounted a fly carrying at one part of its felly,
or on one of its arms, an axis in the form of the letter T upon the upper arm of
which are mounted two grooved pulleys embracing a pendulum whose point of
oscillation is situated in the vertical passing through the centre of the Ĥly: this
pendulum carries at its upper part a horizontal balance to which it transmits its
movement. It is to this balance that the rods of the pumps to be operated are
fixed.
By raising the suspended weight once or twice a day there is thus obtained a
motive power the employment of which will be of great utility for transforming
into fountains and even into water-falls the subterranean sources and springs, it
will be valuable for the watering of gardens, and the combination of several of
these apparatuses can produce a constant waterfall of several yards in height.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON TUBES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Walker at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1882,
SAMUEL WALKER of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND IRON TUBES
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the
manufacture of steel and iron tubes by which improvements steel and iron tubes
are made without welding and are free from the defects inseparable from the
welding process:
I will describe my invention in connection with the manufacture of a weldless
steel tube: I take a circular disc of steel of a size and thickness dependent on
the size and thickness of the tube to be made and I heat the said disc of steel to
a red heat and by means of a mandril or plunger and a raising or drawing
through die I give to the disc of steel the figure of a short hollow cylinder closed
at one end.
Although I prefer to heat the disc of steel during the drawing through processi
yet I do not limit myself thereto as the disc may be operated upon when cold.
The raising of the disc into the short hollow cylinder or cup described may be
effected at one operation where the disc is small and thin but where a large and
thick disc is to be operated upon it may be subjected to the action of two or more
mandrils or plungers and dies of different sizes. I prefer to work the mandrils or
plungers by hydraulic power but I do not limit myself thereto.
The steel cup or hollow cylinder closed at one end made as described is pierced
at its closed end and the piercing expanded by the use of a conical tool or the
closed end may be cut off by a circular saw or otherwise. When piercing and
expanding is resorted to the steel is preferably operated upon while at a red heat
but when the closed end of the hollow cylinder is cut off the cutting may be
effected either while the steel is hot or cold. When it is operated upon cold it
should be carefully annealed to facilitate the action of the said or cutting tool.
A short thick steel tube having been made by the process or processes described
it is elongated and reduced in thickness and diameter so as to produce a tube of
the required kind by the drawing or rolling process. In conducting the drawing

page_text: or rolling process the partially made tube is operated upon while cold. During
the drawing or rolling operation the tube is annealed from time to time
In drawing or rolling down the steel tube I prefer to reduce it by each drawing
or rolling process to a less extent than is commonly practised in drawing or
rolling down copper or brass tubes.
The application of my invention to the manufacture of iron tubes differs in no
essential respect from its application to the manufacture of steel tubes as
hereinbefore described
IMPROVEMENTS IN BORING MACHINERY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Orton at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1882.
JOSEPH ORTON of the City and County of Durham Merchant and Contractor
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BORING MACHINERY."
According to my invention I make borers or drills of steel having an oval
section thickest in the middle and tapering down to nothing at the sides; the
thickness at the centre may vary; for example it might be 2 inches or it might be
only three eighths of an inch. The width of the steel must also depend on
circumstances; it may for example be one inch broad or it might be 12 inches
broad. The oval shaped metal to be made up into a drill is twisted with the
number of twists required. The point of the drill is preferably made semicircular
and notched in the centre. The rear or driving end of the drill is made to suit
the box to be applied for driving same. By making the drill of the oval section
before referred to the strength is in the middle and the thin cutting edge will clean
the dirt from the sides of the stone or coal. In mild stone or coal it will clean by
adding on as many rods as may be necessary up to forty feet before taking the
drill out of the hole and consequently gas and water is kept back from the
attendants until the mouth of the hole is made safe.
The small drills constructed according to my invention are suitable for cutting
hard rock or ironstone and both the small and large are suitable for cutting mild
rock or coal without blasting.
The apparatus or machine or frame for carrying the drills may be constructed
with two upright frames or standards and, say, four self locking arms:-These are
adjusted and held in position by adjustable screw jacks at top and hooks or spikes
at bottom their height if necessary at bottom being regulated by wood blocks.
.The drill is carried in a frame adjustable between the standards up and down
and sideways according to the requirements of the boring and to cut one hole into
the other when necessary. The driving may be effected by nut and screw in
which case the nut should be reversible so as to go into the ends of the driving
screw to unloose the machine or drills. The uprights or standards are made with
boles formed from top to bottom to carry the boring screw and nut and provided
[Price 2d1

page_text: with two self-locking arms and so arranged as to work with a slot pin from top to
bottom or vice versa and secured as before described. The slide bars are fixed
from one upright to the other to work from bottom to top or vice versa: the self
locking arms being free to slide from one side to the other and up or down.
One two or more drills may be operated at one and the same time on the same
or several frames and the slide may be from say one to, say, six feet. The ratchet
braces may be applied one to the box connected with the driving screw at the
front part and the said box to fit on the drill or rod and the other brace to the
other end of the boring bar or screw. The drills may be worked by the ratchet
braces aforesaid or by compressed air or other suitable motor.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CENTRE CHANGE VALVES OF GAS PURIFIERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Blakeborough at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th October 1882.
ROBERT BLAKEBOROUGH of Brighouse in the County of York Gas and Water
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CENTRE CHANGE VALVES OF GAS PURIFIERS."
This invention relates to improvements in valves of apparatus for purposes
aforesaid and the object is the construction of such valves so that the whole of the
purifiers connected therewith may be in use and operation or that any one or more
of such purifiers may be shut off or disconnected at will.
The object aforesaid is, accomplished through the agency of an additional taper
conical valve concentric with and within the ordinary valve, the improved and
additional valve referred to is provided with portways communicating with the
several connecting pipes of the purifiers and having pinion or other gear for turning
reversing and setting the valve to the position required.
Another construction of valve for purpose aforesaid comprises a disc valve having
the necessary portways for communicating with or shutting off connection with
pipes of the several purifiers or in some cases I employ a slide valve having the
requisite portways for shutting off turning and diverting the gas to and from the
connecting pipes of the several purifiers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FELT LEATHERS FOR THE LININGS OF HATS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles James, Shaw and Edward
Nördlinger at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th April
1882.
CHARLES JAMES SHAW and EDWARD NÖRDLINGER, both of Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark, North Britain "IMPROVEMENTS IN FELT LEATHERS FOR THE
LININGS OF HATS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
"
This Invention which relates to Improvements in Felt Leathers for the linings
of hats and other coverings for the head has for its object to enable the felt leathers
to absorb the perspiration coming from the head and thus to prevent the perspiration
drying upon the head.
The Invention consists in constructing the felt leathers of an outside band of
leather or other like material having a number of fine perforations therethrough.
The said band is arranged next to an inner band of flannel or other absorbing material
with a thin band of waterproof material at the back of the flannel to prevent the
perspiration absorbed by the flannel from damaging the body of the hat.-The
perspiration thus aborbed evaporates and is carried off by the ordinary means of
ventilation, thus keeping the head always at about the same temperature.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Francis James Candy of Highfield Fen Ditton in the
County of Cambridge for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Francis James Candy at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1882.
FRANCIS JAMES CANDY of Highfield Fen. Ditton in the County of Cambridge
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES"
The improvements consist in making buckles double, that is to say with double
tongues or sets of tongues on one and the same spindle, said tongues being placed
back to back to work in opposite directions.-Sometimes in arranging the tongues
on separate spindles and to face each other or be back to back, in the same plane;
or in different planes when the strap end is to pass over or under one set of
tongues-such buckles may have one solid frame or a composite frame piece and
carry also one or more guide piece or other receptacle to hold or control the
strap or strap ends-It is contemplated to use a plain endless strap-or a single
strap, or equivalent with the improved buckles which in themselves may be made
of metal.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent. filed
by the said Francis James Candy in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th April 1883.
FRANCIS JAMES CANDY of Highfield Fen Ditton in the County of Cambridge
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUCKLES
み
The improvements consist in making buckles double that is to say with double
tongues or sets of tongues on one and the same spindle said tongues being placed
back to back to work in opposite directions-Sometimes in arranging the tongues
on separate spindles and to face each other, or be back to back, in the same plane,
or in different planes when the strap end is to pass over or under one set of
tongues such buckles may have one solid frame or a composite frame piece and
carry also one or more guides or guide piece or other receptacle to hold or control
the strap or strap ends It is contemplated to use a plain endless strap-or a single
strap, or equivalent with the improved buckles which in themselves may be made
of metal. The annexed drawings illustrate various modes of performing the
invention and will generally speak for themselves, each Figure shows a side or
sectional view and a plan view of various buckles-Figures 1 to 9 being different
new devices for various purposes-Figure 11 for thick harness straps-Figure 12
is a triangular buckle and Figure 13 a four sided buckle-Figure 14 shows strap
attached and intended for a rug or books-all the buckles are intended to prevent
stitching one end of the strap and to use both ends free The tongues may be
pointed for use with ribbons or woven bands.
Having described the nature of my invention and the manner of performing it
I claim generally buckles made with double tongues or sets of tongues on one and
the same or separate spindles, said tongues arranged face to face or back to back
all substantially as illustrated and described and for the purposes set forth.
In Witness whereof I the said Francis James Candy have hereunto set my
hand and seal this ninth day of April A.D. 1883.
IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS AND COUPLINGS FOR TUBES AND PIPES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Alfred Bickley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th March 1882.
THOMAS ALFRED BICKLEY of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Merchant
"IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS AND COUPLINGS FOR TUBES AND PIPES;
This Invention Consists in coupling or jointing tubes and pipes in the following
manner.
I take the tubes and bring the ends butt to butt and then slip over the meeting
edges a short piece of tube of larger diameter to cover the joint and this covering
tube is contained within a second cover of a barrel form by preference this second
cover has a hole in it through which I pour lead which fills up the joint and secures
all the parts-For stoneware or other pipes than metal liquid cement or plaster of
Paris or any similar material may be used
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO CLOTH PLATING AND MEASURING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Edmeston and Alfred
Edmeston at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June
1882.
CHARLES EDMESTON, and ALFRED EDMESTON, of the City of Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO
CLOTH PLATING AND MEASURING MACHINES"
Our invention consists in arranging the gripper plates or bars to rise and fall
and in actuating them by cains or excentrics, and connected mechanism from the
crank shaft to lift and allow the plaiting knife or edge to pass under, and then
descend upon, and hold the plait of the cloth when the knife or edge retires.
Our invention also rotates to a motion for stopping the machine when the plait
is not gripped or held, or when the cloth comes to an end, and consists in a frame
oscillating from a fulcrum through or between bars in which the cloth passes to
the knifes or edges for plaiting, so that if the cloth is present and at the proper
tension, this frame swings uniformly with the motion of the plaiting knife or edge,
but if the cloth becomes slack by missing, being caught by the gripper or by
slipping from it or comes to an end, the frame does not swing in unison with the
plaiting knife or edge and thus coines in the way of mechanism receiving uniforın
oscillations or motion, which causes the strap fork of the machine to be traversed
and thus stops the machine
Our invention also relates to a self adjusting feeding motion to deliver the cloth
from the batches or plaits to the plaiting machine and consists in connecting the
reciprocating lever of the plaiting machine with friction pawls or clutch by means
of chains cords or rods which pawls or clutches act to give rotary motion to
rollers through which the cloth passes from the batch to the plaiting machine.
The increase or decrease of the stroke or speed of the reciprocating plaiter will
thus increase or decrease the supply of cloth accordingly.
Our invention also relates to means for producing certain kinds of plaiting
termed "book fold" and consists in selfacting mechanism by which the radius of
the crank pin working the plaiting edges is made to gradually increase or decrease
as required, the screw or other mechanism acting upon the crank pin, being moved
by differential gearing or by a ratchet and pawl at each reciprocation or double
reciprocation of the plaiting edge.
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSING FASTENING, AND RELEASING THE DOORS OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Pontifex at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th August 1882.
FREDERICK PONTIFEX of 14 Barnsbury Park in the County of Middlesex
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSING FASTENING, AND RELEASING
THE DOORS OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES
This Invention consists of a bar or rod. of iron or other material placed
horizontally on the side of a Railway Carriage either above or below the door
which rod or bar has a to and fro motion communicated to it by mechanism put
into motion by the starting of the train.
One method of obtaining this to and fro motion is by a spur wheel or segment
thereof on one of the axles working into another wheel which would communicate
the necessary motion to the bar or rod by the addition of levers or any other known
mechanism that may be necessary according to the construction of the carriage
On the bar or rod near the hinge side of the door there is placed a roller stud or
other projection so that upon the train starting and the rod moving the roller or
stud would be pressed against the outside of the open door and being drawn some
inches forward would effectually close and secure the door
When the train stops the stud or roller can be released and the rod or bar
returned to its original position either by means of a counterweight or by any
other suitable mechanical contrivance
IMPROVE- MENTS IN TOOLS OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PIPES OR TUBES A
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Denton Abel of No 28 Southampton Buildings
Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex for an invention of IMPROVE-
MENTS IN TOOLS OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PIPES OR TUBES A communi-
cation from abroad by Th. J. W. Geerkens of Tönning in the German
Empire
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Putent.)
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Denton Abel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1882.
.
CHARLES DENTON ABEL of No 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in
the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN TOOLS OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING
PIPES OR TUBES" [A communication from abroad by Th. J. W. Geerkens of
Tönning in the German Empire.]
According to this invention a rectangular frame having a rod or lever at cach
end has internal guides into which are inserted two sliding blocks. The one block
rests with its back surface against the frame and has its front surface notched out
to embrace the pipe or tube to be operated upon. The second block carries within
a slot a steel cutting disc mounted on a pin passing through the block, on which
pin the disc is free to revolve. The second block rests with its back face against
a plate which in its turn bears against the end of the one rod or lever which is
arranged to screw in and out of the frame, so as to cause the second block with its
cutting disc to advance towards or recede from the first block. Thus in operating
with the apparatus, the pipe or tube to be cut is inserted between the two blocks
and the cutting disc is advanced by screwing the hand rod until it bites into the
pipe at the point where it is to be cut, after which the frame is turned round by
means of the rods or levers so as to cause the disc to cut the pipe all round. As
the frame with its rods is similar in construction to that of an ordinary screw
cutting tool, this may be utilised for the purposes of this invention by removing the
screw cutting taps and and inserting the before described blocks with disc cutter.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERING BOTTLES, JARS, FLASKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Brooke and John Brooke at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd August 1882..
THOMAS BROOKE and JOHN BROOKE, both of Sheffield in the County of York,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERING BOTTLES, JARS, FLASKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
VESSELS."
Our Invention relates to improvements in the method of stoppering bottles, jars,
drinking flasks, and other similar vessels which we accomplish in a simple and
effective manner and so that the stopper may be removed or withdrawn with the
greatest ease. Our invention may be applied to existing bottles or vessels, but it
is preferable that they should be made originally with our improvements.
In applying our invention to a bottle (for example) two openings are formed
opposite each other in the sides of the mouth of the bottle, forming the entrances
into internal segmental grooves, which run partly round the neck in opposite
directions, and below these grooves the interior of the neck is tapered for a short
distance downwards. The Stopper which may be of glass or other material is
formed with a bevilled groove round its lower end to receive a ring of indiarubber,
cork, or other suitable elastic material, and nearer the top are two projections
which in size correspond with the entrances in the sides of the mouth of the bottle,
and into which they may be passed and turned into the segmental grooves before
mentioned. The Stopper is provided with a convenient thumb bit to turn it by. The
stoppering action is as follows, when the stopper is inserted into the neck of the
bottle, the rubber ring bears against the tapered portion of the neck, and requires
forcing down till the projections are low enough to enter the segmental grooves, it
is then turned round as far as the grooves will allow. The forcing down of the
stopper compresses the elastic ring against the tapering neck and effectually
closes the bottle. In its application to existing bottles, the parts in which the
stopper engages may be made in Britannia Metal, or. other suitable material and
secured to the bottle neck by "spinning" or by other means, or instead of forming
the grooves as before described, we may employ an equivalent method consisting
of two bars, preferably formed of wire, and carried over the top of the bottle in such
a position that the projections on the stopper may be turned underneath them.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MOTOR ENGINES OR MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Carlo Cizzio at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1882.
CARLO CIZZIO of Carzoneso, Ticino Switzerland at present residing at Bishop's
Road in the county of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOTOR ENGINES OR
MACHINES
"
This machine is constructed as follows:-
Upon a shaft or axle carried in suitable framing I place one or more wheels or
equivalent. These are provided with levers or arms carrying weights and suitably
adjusted so as to swing as required and provided with the necessary stops and
accessories. The difference in leverage obtained by the adjusting of the weights
and levers so as to throw their weight mainly upon one side of the wheel or wheels
causes them to revolve.
The machine may be applied to the ordinary purposes of a motor.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIREPLACES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Howard Greenhous at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd May 1882.
HOWARD GREENHOUS of the City and County of Worcester, Ironmonger
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIREPLACES "
This Invention consists in forming fireplaces for house and other domestic
purposes so that complete radiation of heat is obtained with absence of soot and a
highly ornamental character imparted to the opening in which the fire may be
placed, the effect being that of a fireplace and hearth lined with a glazed ornamental
surface or plain if desired such as has hitherto been obtained only by the expensive
process of using tiles-With this view I construct the sides, back and hearth up to
the throat of the flue in solid fire clay, the sides and back being either in one piece
or in three if preferred, and these slabs I glaze with a vitreous enamel and
ornament the surface when required with any device. When the sides and
back are in three pieces they are rebated together at the angles, and sockets are
formed on the bottom edge to receive plugs or dowels formed on the hearth.―
When Leamington bars are used for the fire basket, sockets are made in the side
slabs to receive plugs upon the frame of the bars.
The result is a solid back fireplace with solid jambs and hearth of thick glazed
fire clay without iron frames or fixing of any kind.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRYING CROPS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hooper at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th July 1882.
JOHN HOOPER of the Town Mills Great Torrington in the County of Devon
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRYING CROPS
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for drying crops.
In order to dry hay corn and other crops in the stack I lay a horizontal pipe
at or near the bottom of the stack whilst the stack is building, and I erect near
the middle of the stack another pipe or shaft and with this the first pipe
communicates. The upright pipe or shaft tapers, its smaller end being downwards
to render it easier to draw it out of the stack when the apparatus has served its
purpose.
The upright pipe or shaft is made in sections of convenient length and these are
added one over the other and locked together as the stack increases in height.
Horizontal and perforated pipes also are laid into the stack at different levels
say four at each level, radiating from the centre pipe or shaft.
There are long holes or slots in the central pipe or shaft and into these the
inner ends of the radial horizontal pipes are inserted so as to establish a free
communication and in such manner that the arrangement may not be disturbed by
the settlement of the stack. The radial pipes are so set at the various levels as
most effectually to establish communication with every part of the stack.
A moveable stopper or valve is provided within the centre pipe or shaft.
Together with this apparatus in the stack I employ a fan driven by horse gear
or manual labour or by a steam engine. The fan forces air into a chamber which
is connected by a flexible hose with the horizontal pipe at the bottom of the stack.
The air thus finds its way into the centre pipe or shaft as far as the moveable
stopper and into the perforated radial pipes.
From these the air issues carrying with it the moisture and warmth it may find
in its course.
The stopper is moved from time to time to regulate the current of
air and its use admits of the apparatus being set to work to dry the lower part of
the stack before the stack is raised to its height.
When the stack is found to be dry arool the pipes are drawn out and may be
used in the erection of another stack
The apparatus can be used with an exhaust fan if desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE AND MANNER OF INCORPORATION AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPOUNDS SUITABLE FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Shepard Page at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1882.
GEORGE SHEPARD PAGE of Stanley County of Morris State of Jersey in the
United States of America but at present of the American Exchange Strand in the
County of Middlesex-" IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE AND MANNER OF INCORPORATION
AND MANUFACTURE OF COMPOUNDS SUITABLE FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION AND
OTHER PURPOSES
"
I take any or all of the following mineral substances namely:-Metallic Oxides,
Silicates, Phosphates, Aluminates Borates, Carbonates, Sulphur, Selenium or
Compounds of these; Sulphides &c; Compounds of Tungsten and the like
minerals; Pseudo Carbons and Carbon in various forms in a state of fine division
and suitably dried by heating, which I incorporate with the following organic
substances either singly or in combination obtained from and by the preparation
of certain portions of Coal Tar, Coal Tar Oil, Mineral Oil or Shale Oil, Naphtaline,
Anthracene, Pyrene Chrycine and their Homologues and Derivatives, from Bitumen
natural Asphalt, Colophony, resins, natural gums and resins mineral wax and
Hydrocarbons, Varieties of Guttaperchas and Caoutchoucs, Camphor in various
forms or varieties; Cellulose in various forms, as Pyroxiline &c; also certain so-
called waste organic substances, containing Nitrogen in an albumenoid form of
combination, Tannin and other substances, containing Tannic or Tannogallic acid so
called; Leather and Horn Substances &c; the said organic substances being for
this purpose obtained and employed in a liquid, semi-liquid or gelatinous condition,
as may be brought about by fusion or the employment of Solvents, the said
Solvents being included in the list of organic and other substances claimed and
detailed in this specification.
I propose that in cases, where great density or hardness in the insulating material
are not required as for example in covering land lines, the said substance or
preparation may be employed direct.
For the formation, manufacture and fashioning of material or instruments of any
particular or required hardness density or plasticity, I propose to increase the.
hardness and elasticity of this insulating material by the application of pressure in

page_text: graduated degree and by any ordinary apparatus or instrument for the purpose of
applying pressure, but preferably by the application of hydraulic pressure at a more
or less elevated temperature, depending on the special use and application of the
insulating material. In this manner I obtain a highly electrical and heat insulating
material of any desired elasticity and hardness, which can be fashioned and worked
to any required form, and has a high degree of incombustibility.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR EASING STRAINS ON THE SHEETS OF FORE AND AFT RIGGED VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Arber Ray at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th June 1882.
ROBERT ARBER RAY of Great Grimsby in the County of Lincoln
" IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR EASING STRAINS ON THE SHEETS OF FORE AND AFT RIGGED
VESSELS."
My Invention relates to an apparatus for easing violent strains or jerks on the
sheets of fore and aft rigged vessels when jibing and it consists in a spring draw
box mounted in gimbals so as to be free to oscillate in any direction to the draw
rod, of which the sheet is attached or made fast.
The draw box is a hollow cylinder preferably of cast iron furnished with
trunnions at its upper end on which to oscillate. This cylinder contains a strong
volute spring which is confined between the upper closed end of the cylinder and
the lower end of the draw rod which passes through it and through a hole or
guide in the top of the cylinder its upper projecting end being adapted for the
attachment of the sheet thereto.
The trunnions of this cylinder are mounted in bearings in a gimbal ring also
provided with trunnions at right angles to those of the cylinder mounted in
bearings in a suitable fixed frame.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Gardiner Rigden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th August 1882.
WILLIAM GARDINER RIGDEN of N° 71 Gresham Street in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in glove fastenings and relates to
the class of fastening in which on the one side of the parts to be retained there is
a metal eyelet and on the other a tongue jointed to a plate fixed upon the glove.
The tongue being passed through the eyelet and folded down draws the parts
together.
Now according to my invention, in order to retain the tongue in position so that
the glove may remain fastened, I form a suitable catch or nib upon or out of the
under side of the tongue, which engages with a corresponding catch or nib formed
upon or out of the end of the base plate; the said catches or nibs upon the tongue
and base plate being formed by suitable press tools.
Or I dispense with the catch or nib on the tongue, and place upon or form out of
the base plate a double spring catch or clip, such that the end of the tongue may
enter the two sides of the clip and so be retained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRIVING DYNAMO - ELECTRIC MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Swalwell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1882.
:
JAMES SWALWELL, of Acre Street, Battersea, in the County of Surrey, Mechanical
Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRIVING DYNAMO - ELECTRIC
MACHINES
"
This invention relates to the construction of an improved apparatus specially
applicable for driving dynamo-electric machines, from a motor or pulley, the
shaft of which shall be in the same axial line as the shaft of the dynamo machine
to be driven, and whereby a high speed will be given to the dynamo machine from
a motor having a comparatively slow speed and space be economized.
A suitable arrangement for carrying out my invention is the following:-
On the same foundation plate as the dynamo machine I provide a standard or
frame which forms a bearing for the end of the shaft of the dynamo machine,
and on the end of this shaft I key a friction pulley; the said standard also carries
a suitable number of arbors, or small shafts arranged concentrically around the
herein before described friction pulley, and each of these shafts carries a loose
friction pulley the periphery of which is provided with a suitable elastic medium
for forming a friction surface; the loose friction pulleys are driven by the hoop or
flange of a wheel or disc, keyed on the shaft of the motor.
By this arrangement the dynamo machine will be driven at a speed greater
than the speed of the motor, the difference of the speed depending on the relative
circumference of the flanged driving wheel and that of the friction pulley on the
shaft of the dynamo-machine.
Instead of the loose friction pulleys being carried on shafts in a fixed frame,
they may be carried by a disc or wheel on the shaft of the motor in which case
the flange or hoop for driving the loose rollers would be on a fixed frame.
Instead of friction pulleys toothed wheels or pinions may be employed.
In some cases instead of the motor being on the same bed plate as the dynamo-
machine, it may be placed in any suitable position to drive a pulley on the shaft
of my improved apparatus.
The speed of the dynamo-machine may be still further increased by providing
the shafts or arbors of the loose friction pulleys with two friction wheels or pulleys

page_text: of different diameters, the smaller of which is driven by the flanged wheel or ring
and larger one being outside the driving flange and in driving contact with the
friction pulley on the axis or shaft of the dynamo machine.
By making the spindles or arbors of the friction pulleys drivers I may drive a
series of one or more dynamo machines in addition to the dynamo machine on
same axial line as the motor.