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IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY LAMPS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Young Hall, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS YOUNG HALL, of the Borough and County of New-
castle-upon-Tyne, Coal Owner, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY LAMPS" to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of the light chamber of
safety lamps in such manner that, whilst all the advantages obtainable
from the employment of wire gauze are satisfactorily secured, the
glass portion of the lamp is guarded from fracture, and otherwise
preserved in an efficient condition. This is accomplished in manner
following (that is to say):-The bottom part of the lamp contains a
well for oil, on the same (or nearly the same) principle as other
lamps; from this well a cotton wick communicates with an argand
or other burner, placed above the oil. About three fourths of the
cylinder which constitutes the chamber is formed by disc glass, and

page_text: the rest of the circumference is made up by a corresponding piecc
of double wire gauze, to the inside of which is attached a reflector.
The glass portion of the cylinder is protected from the conse-
quences of fracture by a covering of wire gauze or talc, and while,
by means of the reflector, a much more brilliant light is thrown;
out than is afforded by any lamp at present in the use, the glass
may be subjected to extreme variations of temperature without
injury, as from its having a section cut out of it, it can expand
and contract with freedom.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS OR PUMPING
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Williams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 13th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, RICHARD WILLIAMS, of Machen, in the County of Monmouth,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS OR PUMPING" to be as
follows, viz. :-
My Invention consists in or has reference to the construction of
pumps, so as to require neither working band or leather bucket.
This improved construction of pump consisting in having a hollow
plunger (which is provided with a suitable valve) working through
a stuffing box, and requiring no working barrel, and not having the
plunger solid, as heretofore the case.
A pump thus constructed will give many advantages in pumping over
those now in use, and the arrangements aforesaid may be applied to the
old construction of pumps by taking out the working barrel only thereof.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING VESSELS."
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of Chancery Lane, in
the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING
VESSELS."
6 months.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DISINFECTING, ESSENTIAL OILS, AND IN TREATING FATTY MATTERS OBTAINED FROM SHALE, SCHISTUS, OR OTHER BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES, AND IN RETORTS EMPLOYED IN DISTILLING SUCH MINERALS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Jordan, of Old Broad Street, in the City
of London, for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DISINFECTING, ESSENTIAL OILS, AND IN TREATING
FATTY MATTERS OBTAINED FROM SHALE, SCHISTUS, OR OTHER BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES,
AND IN RETORTS EMPLOYED IN DISTILLING SUCH MINERALS."
6 months.
Dated 12th July 1852.
IMPROVED BUSKS FOR STAYS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Auguste Joubert,
Léon Jacques Tricas, and Jules César Kohler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 29th October
1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
WC, CHARLES AUGUSTE JOUBERT, of Paris, in France, Merchant,
LEON JACQUES TRICAS, also of Paris, Merchant, and JULES CÉSAR
KOHLER, also of Paris, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVED BUSKS FOR STAYS" to be as follows:-
We employ two thin plates of steel or other suitable material, and
connect them by catches or links at or near the ends and at inter-
mediate parts, if required. These catches are so made that they may
be released by pressing small studs, which can be effected even when
the stays are covered by a gown or other article of dress. Each plate
is either made without joints in its length, or is furnished with one or
more joints to admit of flexibility. We apply a joint formed of two
links attached to the two plates, so that the plates may be separated or

page_text: approached by straightening or bending this joint. A hook being
applied to this joint may be connected to the lacing of the stays or
dress so as to loosen it when the plates are separated. The plates are
made double to receive the catches between them, or they may be made
single. The number of links and catches may be varied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING RAISED SURFACES AND IMITATIONS OF CARVINGS FROM MATERIALS NOT HITHERTO SIMILARLY APPLIED
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Hitchins and Wil.
liam Batley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 3rd December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, HENRY HITCHINS, of King William Street, City, and WILLIAM
BATLEY, of Denmark Street, Bloomsbury, both in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING RAISED SURFACES AND IMITATIONS OF
CARVINGS FROM MATERIALS NOT HITHERTO SIMILARLY APPLIED," to be as
follows:
The application of shavings or thin layers of wood, ivory, bone,
horne, and all other substances froin which shavings or thin layers
may be obtained, and which, combined with glue, or any other
adhesive matter, may be formed or moulded into a more solid body,
and used as ornamental and useful decoration.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCREW PROPELLERS FOR PROPELLING VESSELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Clark at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of Upper Street, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCREW PROPELLERS
FOR PROPELLING VESSELS" to be as follows:-
In forming the blades of screw propellers, each of two different rakes
or pitch, the one as the propelling surface, the other as the support
thereof. The outer part of the surface, or that nearest the peri-
phery, having a rake or piteli calculated to propel the vessel, while
that portion nearest the centre is of a pitch or rake equal only to the
speed of the vessel so propelled, and therefore possessing no propelling
power when the vessel is going at full speed.
THE APPLICATION OF. PORCELAIN, GLASS, OR EARTHENWARE TO ARTICLES IN WHICH OR FOR WHICH THOSE MATERIALS HAVE NEVER HERETOFORE BEEN USED
Year: 1852

page_text: William IIarcourt, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 19th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOSEPH HARCOURT and WILLIAM HARCOURT, of Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Brass Founders, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF. PORCELAIN, GLASS, OR
EARTHENWARE TO ARTICLES IN WHICH OR FOR WHICH THOSE MATERIALS
HAVE NEVER HERETOFORE BEEN USED" to be as follows, that is to say -
Our Invention consists in the application of the said materials to-
Vases or ornaments for window 1ods.
Brackets for the same.
Certain descriptions of handles for carriage doors.
Mounts for organ and desk rails.
Certain parts of iron and brass bedsteads.
Certain parts of gas fittings.
Spires for bird cages and clock cases.
Venetian blind turns.
IMPROVEMENTS IN 'THE REPRODUCING OF DRAWINGS AND IN THE MODE OF OBTAINING DESIGNS, TO BE PRINCIPALLY USED IN THE ENGRAVING SURFACES FOR PRINTING FABRICS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Louis Barbé, of Mulhouse, in the Republic
of France, for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'THE REPRODUCING OF DRAWINGS
AND IN THE MODE OF OBTAINING DESIGNS, TO BE PRINCIPALLY USED IN THE
ENGRAVING SURFACES FOR PRINTING FABRICS."
6 months.
Dated 12th February 1852.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MANURE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Chalker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st October 1852.
I, ROBERT CHALKER, of 6, John St., Adelphi, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MANURE" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of first mixing animal or mineral phosphates
in a suitable vessel or tank with liquid blood, and acting on such
mixture with acid, such combination being then used alone or com-
bined with other materials as a manure.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN TRANSMITTING ELECTRIC CURRENTS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Napoleon Le Gras
and William Lawrence Gilpin at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 29th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, LOUIS NAPOLEON LE GRAS, of Wenlock Street, City Road, in
the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM LAWRENCE
GILPIN, of Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the said County, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN TRANSMITTING ELECTRIC CURRENTS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in making use of water as a conductor of
electricity, in place of wires as now ordinarily employed. We place the
water in a tube of gutta percha or other non-conductor of electricity,
or in a metal tube, protected internally by a coating of gutta percha or
other non-conducting substance.
In the case of a submarine telegraph we place three or four water
tubes together, and in order to prevent any strain from rending the
tubes or breaking them we make use of ropes running the whole length
of the telegraph, and make them bear the strain.
MORE THOROUGHLY AND EFFECTUALLY CLEANSING, EXTRACTING, & SEPERATING OR FINING ALE, BEER, PORTER, BITTER BEER, INDIA PALE ALE, AND OTHER MALT LIQUORS FROM THE YEAST, BOTTOMS, BARK, SEDIMENT, AND OTHER EXTRANEOUS MATTERS AND IMPURITIES WITH WHICH IT MAY BE IN COMBINATION
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Plimsoll at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL PLIMSOLL, of Sheaf Gardens, in the Parish of Sheffield,
in the West Riding of the County of York, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "MORE THOROUGHLY AND EFFECTUALLY
CLEANSING, EXTRACTING, & SEPERATING OR FINING ALE, BEER, PORTER,
BITTER BEER, INDIA PALE ALE, AND OTHER MALT LIQUORS FROM THE
YEAST, BOTTOMS, BARK, SEDIMENT, AND OTHER EXTRANEOUS MATTERS
AND IMPURITIES WITH WHICH IT MAY BE IN COMBINATION," to be as
follows:-
To place the whole or part of the contents of the vessels in which the
malt liquor has been fermented, after the completion of that process,
into bags; to place such bags upon the rails of a bench or press, so
constructed as that whilst it shall support the bags, yet shall offer no
impediment to the free escape of the liquor, which exuding through the
fabric (flax) of which the bags are composed is received into a vessel

page_text: below. The bags are tied securely, and a small rail or frame of bars
placed upon it, which is weighted to aid in the escape of the liquor.
The fabric for the bags is made of flax or hemp thread, so twisted &
woven as by experiment is found best for the purpose.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, CARVING, AND ENGRAVING WOOD, STONE, METAL, AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIALS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Searby at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
October 1852.
I, GEORGE SEARBY, of No. 9, Markham Street, Chelsea, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, CARVING, AND ENGRAVING
WOOD, STONE, METAL, AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIALS," to be as
follows:-
By the combination of several parts acting on the principle of the
slide, rest, or floating bed, and pantagraphs, having vertical and hori-
zontal movement, with both hollow or open and solid beds, in conjunc-
tion with a fixed tool or tools, consisting of cutters, drills, and saws, and
thereby producing fac-similies of anything presented to its operation by
cutting, carving, and engraving, by means of a tracer passing over the.
pattern to be imitated.
AN IMPROVED PLOUGH
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Abbott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1852.
I, WILLIAM ABBOTT, of Bideford. in the County of Devou, Maltster
and Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN
IMPROVED PLOUGH" to be as follows:-
The principal object of the said Invention is to save horse labor by
Under the
reducing the friction incident to the ploughs now in use.
old system of constructing ploughs a large portion of the horse labor
was occasioned by allowing the left-hand side and under part of the
plough to come in contact with the ground. The improvement, there-
fore, introduced by the said Invention is accomplished by removing all
the left-hand side and bottom part of the plough behind the spill
which takes the share, and in lieu of this a wheel is fixed at the end
of the beam, and the handles are continued down to the bottom of
the spill, which gives sufficient strength to the plough. Another part
of the improvement is in the mode of fastening the share to the spill.
This is effected by passing an iron bolt horizontally through the font
of the spill, and fastening it with a nut.
A METHOD FOR MAKING WATCH CASES BY MACHINERY
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John O'Keeffe at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN O'KEEFFE, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Rose Engine Turner, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A METHOD FOR MAKING WATCH CASES BY MACHINERY" to
be as follows:-
I propose to make watch cases out of metal plates or sheet metal
by means of a screw press (somewhat similar to the ordinary screw
copying press) furnished with internal and external dies, the latter
so constructed as to correspond in shape and size to the internal
and external dimensions of the part of the case to be formed when
completed.
The
press consists of four upright columns, fixed upon a bracket
bolted on to a stand or base plate.
The top of the columns support a cross piece carrying a nut,
into which works the main screw, the latter having attached to it at
the lower extremity a cylinder, termed a "maid," carrying the ex-
ternal die for forming the interior portion of the case; this cylinder
slides vertically by the action of the main screw in an adjustable

page_text: guide secured to the columns by pinching screws. The main screw
has a fly wheel keyed on to it, in order to give the requisite amount
of pressure to the external die when coming into contact with the
sheet metal for forming the various portions-of the case, the metal
being placed upon a female die formed in two halves, so that when
any portion of the case is completed the same can be readily with-
drawn, the female die being situated immediately underneath the
main screw, and carried by an adjustable box bolted on the bracket
at the top of the stand.
_ On.motion_being communicated to the fly wheel the main screw
causes the maid, and consequently the male die, to descend and come
in contact with the top of the metal (out of which the case is to
be formed), which yielding to the pressure upon it, the underside of
the metal is forced into contact with the interior of the feinale die so
as to assume the form of the latter, while at the same time the upper
side of the metal plate, to form the interior of the same particular
portion of the case, is made to correspond in shape with the male
die, the latter being made in pieces so as to be withdrawn from the
interior of the case when required.
When this operation has been completed the male die is with-
drawn from the maid; the latter by a reverse motion of the screw
is brought to its original position, when an annular die is substituted
for the male die, and on the second descent of the screw being
effected the annular-die-causes-the-top-edge-of-the-middle part of
the case to be raised and formed. The top and bottom portions of
the case are formed by internal and external dies in like manner.
My claim is for forming and making watch cases by machinery,
as above described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AXLES FOR RAILWAY WHEELS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Abraham Ripley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 13th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ABRAHAM RIPLEY, of Philadelphia Terrace, Westminster Road,
in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AXLES FOR RAILWAY
WHEELS" to be as follows:
This axle consists of two separate pieces, namely, a tube and solid
shaft. The shaft to be about one fifth longer than the tube, and is
passed through the tube; a nut fixed on to the solid end preventing
the tube from coming off; a shoulder or projection on the shaft, keeping
the tube from passing beyond the required distance; thus forming
one axle. Between the tube and shaft is a recess or chamber,
to receive the oil or grease used for lubricating the bearings. A
wheel keyed fast on to each end of this axle will therefore act inde-
pendent of each other, and thus avoid friction in passing over a
curve.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SATURATING CANVAS AND OTHER FABRICS IN ORDER TO RENDER THEM BUOYANT AND WATERPROOF
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Bell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE BELL, of Wellington Street, Goswell Street, in the.
County of Middlesex, Paint Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SATURATING CANVAS AND
OTHER FABRICS IN ORDER TO RENDER THEM BUOYANT AND WATERPROOF
to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in the use of india-rubber or gutta-percha
burnt or decomposed by heat for saturating canvas and other fabrics
for rendering them buoyant and waterproof.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SULPHURIC ACID
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Bell, of Don Alkali Works, South Shields,
for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SULPHURIC ACID."
6 months.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COCKS AND VALVES FOR LIQUIDS AND STEAM
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Derrington and John
Chadwick at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 10th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JAMES DERRINGTON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Brass Founder, and JOHN CHADWICK, of the same place, Book-keeper,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COCKS AND VALVES FOR LIQUIDS AND STEAM" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the use of a spherical valve adapted
to a seat, and retained there against the pressure of the fluid by
means of a screw or other apparatus suitable for the purpose. The
valve may be of metal or other hard substance, or of gutta percha,
india rubber, or other elastic material.
THE COUNTERACTING REACTION MOTIVE POWER ENGINE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION, left by William Willcocks Sleigh
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM WILLCOCKS SLEIGH, of No. 1, Queen's Square, Blooms-
bury, in the County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine and Surgeon,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for producing motive
power, and which I entitle "THE COUNTERACTING REACTION MOTIVE
POWER ENGINE" to be as follows:-The motion of an axletree, and of
any machinery that may be attached thereto, is produced by the
application of water, or of any suitable fluid or liquid, by a forcing
pump, to certain chambers fixed to said axletree; said chambers being
so constructed that the force or pressure of said liquid or fluid, which is
in the direction opposite to that in which it is intended motion should
take place, is by a certain contrivance counteracted; said motion not
being produced by nor depending upon the exit or escape of any of said
liquid or fluid from said chambers.
AN IMPROVED CART OR VEHICLE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Bird and Edward
Welch at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 30th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
WC, EDWARD BIRD, of Birmingham, Gentleman, and EDWARD WELCH,
of London, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED CART OR VEHICLE" to be as follows:-
These improvements in a cart (which will be extremely useful in the
colonics) consist, first, in placing the seat of the driver behind the body
of the cart, by which arrangement he will be able to protect the pro-
perty conveyed from injury or theft better than in a vehicle of the old
construction, and parcels, letters, bags, or other matters can readily be
delivered without the driver leaving his seat. Secondly, in the addition
of one or more swivel guns fixed on the vehicle when gold or other pre-
cious merchandize has to be conveyed. And, lastly, in lining the vehicle
with gutta purcha or other substance impervious to water.
Year: 1852

page_text: Sealed the 24th January 1853, and dated the 13th November 1852.

page_text: edge is required to be produced, I cut linen to nearly the shape,
and somewhat larger than the collar to be produced, and place it on
a bed shaped to the pattern. I next place a piece of very thin metal
of the same shape on the linen, and turn up about the eighth of an
inch of the linen over the pattern plate. I then bring over a heated
iron hinged to near the end of the pattern plate, when by the heat
and pressure the desired shape will be imparted to the linen.
AN IMPROVED AXLE IN TWO PARTS, APPLICABLE TO RAILWAY AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF CARRIAGES AND VEHICLES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Jeremiah Payne at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN JEREMIAH PAYNE, of No. 5, Saint Stephen's Terrace, Wharf
Road, King's Cross, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED AXLE IN TWO
PARTS, APPLICABLE TO RAILWAY AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION OF CARRIAGES
AND VEHICLES, BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE," to be as follows: —
The axle is formed or consists of two parts parallel to each other,
and nearly meeting in the centre of an iron plate, which is above the
axle between the wheels, to which iron plate such two parts are fitted
by means of four bearings secured by bolts and nuts; two of such
bearings being fitted at the two ends of the axle near the centre of
the iron plate between the wheels, and the two other of such bearings
being secured in like manner to the ends of the iron plate near the
inside of the wheels. The wheels are fixed to the axle, and are
enabled to revolve independently of each other, and, by means of
springs so arranged as to be fitted with bearings on the ends of the
axle outside the wheels, and one on each end of the iron plate and

page_text: bearing inside the wheels, will give a more equal weight on the axle,
thereby adding to its safety, and producing a more easy and direct
draught to the carriage, and at the same time will allow the body of
the carriage or other vehicle being built so as to extend over the
wheels, and thus permit not only of greater width in its construction,
but also, by giving increased space in the interior, will add consider-
ably to the comfort and accommodation of the passengers and other
persons using the same.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR PREPARING OR SCUTCHING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS REQUIRING SUCH AN OPERATION
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert James Corlett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th October 1853.-A. communication.
I, ROBERT JAMES CORLETT, of Monmouth, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR
PREPARING OR SCUTCHING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS REQUIRING
SUCH AN OPERATION" (a communication from Benjamin Delattre, of
Setques, in the Empire of France,) to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to prepare flax by the better breaking
of the straw for the after process of removing the woody parts; also for
softening harsh fibrous materials, such as hemp, jute, and other analo-
gous plants previously to heckling the fibres; also for rebreaking the
straw or woody particles left in scutching other tows when made on the
ordinary systems. The flax, straw, or other material to be broken or
softened is held in the holder, and is suspended between the stationary
jaws; it also passes through other jaws which have a short, quick, oscil-
lating motion from their centre of motion; thus the flax, &c. is beaten
backwards and forwards between the stationary jaws and the moving
jaws, at the same time that the holder is caused to rise gradually and
draw up the fibres; thus it is evident that the straw will be broken, or

page_text: the fibrous materials softened by a sort of rubbing process to which
they will be exposed, the actiou beginning about the middle of the
length of the fibres, and gradually advancing towards the end, and
when the straw is broken the particles will be very fine, as the holder
rises slowly, thus the separation subsequently of the woody from the
fibrous parts is rendered easy. When one of the ends is done a new
holder is put on the finished end, and the first holder is removed, in order
to expose that part of the flax to the action of the machine.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OR THICKENING OF COLOURING MATTERS FOR PRINTING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Roy at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM ROY senior, of Cross-Arthurlie, in the County of Ren-
frew, North Britain, Calico Printer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OR THICKENING
OF COLOURING MATTERS FOR PRINTING" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the application and use of carrigeen, or
what is commercially known as Irish moss, for thickening and preparing
the colours used by printers of calicoes and other goods. The moss is
gathered in the ordinary manner, and is then boiled in pure water
alone, so as to be reduced to a jelly consistency. In this condition it
is added to the colour and mixed up therewith, of a consistency and to
an extent suited for the special purpose to which it is to be applied.
By this mode of treatment the colour is prepared at a much cheaper
rate than has hitherto been the case, whilst the printing effect is equal
to that of colours prepared in the ordinary way.

page_text: Although the material intended to be used in this way is found in
the greatest abundance in Ireland, it is not wholly confined to that
country. The plant is one of the algo, and is scientifically known as
"fucus vesiculosus," or "odonthalia dentata," and plants of this class
are suitable for use in colouring matters, either in a simply dried state,
calcined, or boiled.
THE IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL VINEGAR
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Fermont Van Waesberghe, of Lokeren,
in the Kingdom of Belgium, for the Invention of "THE IMPROVED
MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL VINEGAR."
Sealed the 1st February 1854, and dated the 28th September 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Fermont
Van Waesberghe at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 28th September 1858.
I, JOSEPH FERMONT VAN WAESBERGHE, of Lokeren, in the Kingdom
of Belgium, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "THE
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL VINEGAR" to be as follows:-
My Invention has relation to apparatus employed in the manufac-
ture of artificial vinegar, and is exemplified in the Figure of the
Drawing annexed; but I do not confine myself to the form of appa-
ratus therein shewn, nor to that precise arrangement of the parts
employed in or constituting the same.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
A, is a vat or vessel for containing the liquid from which the vinegar
is to be produced; B, is another vessel or basin into which the liquid
flows, and from which it filtrates slowly into the double vat beneath
through small holes C, which are partially stopped up by ears or spikes
of rye or other like grain, or by rolls of suitable permeable material,
for the purpose of preventing the too rapid passage of the liquid;
D, are glass tubes, which serve to oxidize or acidify the liquid by means
of the air which enters through them; E, is the double vat, in which
is inserted the bent glass tube F, for indicating the quantity of liquid
which the vat contains; G, is a wooden tap, by which the liquid is
drawn off; and H, are holes, acting in concert with the glass tubes D,
to produce the current of air. The evaporative action produced by the
glass tubes D, serves not only to improve the manufacture of the
vinegar, but also to dissipate or remove the fumes which might prove
injurious to the health of the workmen attending the apparatus.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPIRIT, AND IN THE STILLS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Flude at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
February 1858.
(This Invention did not proceed to the Great Seal.)
I, CHARLES FLUDE, of the Canal Bank Distillery, Surrey Canal
Bridge, Old Kent Road, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF SPIRIT, AND IN THE
STILLS AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the construction and application of certain
stills and apparatus whereby a better rectification is effected, and a
cleaner product obtained, than by the stills now in use for such purpose;
and consists in the construction and application of a series of double
stills, or stills furnished with jackets or external rectifying chambers,
through which the alcoholic vapours are passed previous to their
entrance to the refrigerator, by which means a better rectification is
effected; the aqueous and oily particles of the raw spirit constituting
its impurities being thereby conducted and separated, being returned
to the still for redistillation, while the finer portions of the spirit are
allowed to pass over for ultimate condensation and reception; the
whole constituting a consecutive series of separations of the impurities
of the spirit before receiving the product, which object is facilitated

page_text: by the use of an external rectifier or battery of pipes cooled by the
atmosphere, and also returning the portion separated by condensation
to the still, whence they again rise in a state of vapour, and are mado
to pass through the whole system previously described. A water-bath
with a regulated temperature is also employed, by which spirit of any
required degree of strength is obtained: this is termed "a Thermal
Regulator. And also an improved system of refrigeration in lieu of
the ordinary worm-tubes employed in distilleries: this consists of a
series of double cylinders placed vertically, and furnished with a jacket,
through which the vapours are made to circulate in a thin sheet,
cooled by the action of water within the cylinders and by the atmo-
spheric action without.
AN IMPROVED PORTABLE SKETCHING APPARATUS FOR ARTISTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Brett at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN BRETT, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex,
Artist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
AN IMPROVED PORTABLE SKETCHING APPARATUS FOR ARTISTS" to be as
follows:-
This improved sketching apparatus consists of a camp stool, having
two of its legs so arranged as to form between them a box or compart-
ment for the reception of a tray or drawer, which serves to hold a
palette, sketch-book, &c., and is made to slide in and out of the com-
partment. When slid out it forms an easel. At the lower part of the
tray is a trough or dish (divided into compartments) for the reception
of colors, and a case for holding pencils, crayons, brushes, knife, &c.
The color dish is made to shut in and the case to fold up when not in

page_text: lise. At the side of the easel are hinged rests to support the drawing
or sketch book. The color trough may be removed from the com-
partment when desired, and fixed on to the palette.
When the apparatus is not in use the top or sent of the stool falls
over the opening of the compartment which holds the easel, so as to
form a protection against wet.
KEEPING UP A COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GUARDS AND ENGINE DRIVER, AND BETWEEN THE GUARDS AND PASSENGERS, BY MEANS OF A LAMP SIGNAL, WHICH ANSWERS BOTH FOR A DAY AND NIGHT SIGNAL FOR A RAILWAY TRAIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Addison at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
January 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOUN ADDISON, Captain in the Service of the Honorable East
India Company's Service, of 3, Lawn Place, South Lambeth, London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "KEEPING UP A
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GUARDS AND ENGINE DRIVER, AND BETWEEN
THE GUARDS AND PASSENGERS, BY MEANS OF A LAMP SIGNAL, WHICH ANSWERS
BOTH FOR A DAY AND NIGHT SIGNAL FOR A RAILWAY TRAIN," to be as
follows:-
I would place the rear guard on a scat projecting from 8 to 12 inches
over the side of the carriage, and facing each other, and these seats, if
necessary, could be made to ship and unship so as to be easily removed
from one side of the carriage to the other, and thus placing the guards
on the central side of the rails, this on some lines being necessary on
account of the carriages being broader than on others, and also less
space between the rail and the side of the tunnel. On the top or side
of each seat would fix a lamp, the rear light being visible to the rear

page_text: guard of a train advancing in the rear, and to a train advancing towards
them in front the light on the seat of the front guard would be visible;
the backs of the lamps should be covered with a reflector made of tin,
and 3 or 4 inches larger than the diameter of the lamp, this margin
being painted with a white and red streak; and when a day signal was.
made by either guard they would merely have to pull a cord attached
to the latch of the reflector, and it would instantly fly open by means
of a spring, and which could not fail being instantly observed by the
guard facing him who made it. At night the light would be seen by
the same means, for it must be borne in mind the lights from both lamps
are invisible to both guards except when making a sigual, and conse-
quently by placing them face to face the lamps answer three purposes,
viz., a day and night signal, and render unnecessary the lamps placed
on the buffers. In foggy weather the night signal could be used, if
necessary, for a day signal.
The passengers, if permitted to use signals, would only have to put
out of the window a small flag for a day signal, and by fixing the car-
riage lamps so as to be readily taken out by the passengers in either
carriage they would of course put it out of the window also, which
could not fail being instantly seen by both guards.
BOLTING CARRIAGE GATES, DOORS, &c.
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Hood Wilson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 29th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS HOOD WILSON, of the Parish of Twickenham, in
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"BOLTING CARRIAGE GATES, DOORS, &c.," to be as follows:-
A case is fixed to a gate or door. A rod rises up or down the
case. On the bottom of the rod a wheel is fixed, and round the
rod or bolt springs are entwined to drive the wheel and rod or bolt
out of the case, and which rod or bolt will remain out, and by the
motion of the gate will run on the ground or floor until the gate or
door is closed, when the wheel and rod or bolt will sink into a hole
in the mortice plate which is fixed in the ground or floor, and will
drive up an iron stop, which is placed on the outside of the gate,
and which will prevent the gate from going beyond its proper place.

page_text: The handle to open the bolt is fixed on the rod, and will turn round
in a groove cut in the case to keep the bolt up when required.
These bolts are made double, if required, by having two rods and
wheels working in one case, which is opened in the middle by two
handles.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STEERING VESSELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Josiah Hornblower at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th August 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceedl not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOSIAH HORNBLOWER, of Poplar, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STEERING VESSELS" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in causing the tiller to travel in a spiral
slot or opening cut in a metallic drum or cylinder placed across the
deck of the vessel, and supported in suitable standards. A groove is
cut at each end of the cylinder, round which a rope or chain may
travel. Two blocks or pullies are secured to the deck a little "abaft"
or behind the wheel, at the back of which and on its axis is placed
cither a wooden or metallic drum or cylinder. A rope or chain having
been secured to the drum or cylinder in which the tiller travels is
passed partly round the groove, thence through one of the blocks on
deck, and carried three or four times round the drum at the back of the
wheel through the block upon the other side, and finally secured to the
groove at the other end of the large drum or cylinder. The tiller bas
1
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page_text: a slot at its outer end, through which is passed a short arm carrying at
its lower end a friction roller, which works in the spiral slot of the
drum or cylinder; the upper end of the short arm is secured to a
guide which slides upon two guide rods fixed to the upper part of the
standards of the drum or cylinder. The spiral slot in the drum or
cylinder makes one turn of the drum, and thus one revolution of the
wheel causes the tiller to traverse from one end of the cylinder to the
other, and puts the helin either from starboard to port (from right to
left) or the the reverse, a sliglit motion of the wheel either to the right
or left causing considerable deflection of the rudder. The ship may be
"put about" in a much shorter time than by the means at present in use.
I do not confine myself to the precise mode of arrangement herein de-
scribed, but substantially this is a description of my Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ECONOMIZING FUEL, BY RENDERING AVAILABLE THE HEAT FROM COKE OVENS; AND APPLYING THE SAME TO THE HEATING OF AIR KILNS, STOVES, OVENS, AND TO THE GENERATION OF STEAM
Year: 1853

page_text: Rendering Available the Heat from Coke Ovens,
and Applying the same to Heating Air Kilns,
Stoves, Ovens, and Generating Steam.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Sawtell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th May 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
JOSEPHI SAWTELL, of Newport, in the County of Monmouth, .do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ECONOMIZING FUEL, BY RENDERING AVAILABLE THE HEAT FROM COKE OVENS;
AND APPLYING THE SAME TO THE HEATING OF AIR KILNS, STOVES, OVENS, AND
TO THE GENERATION OF STEAM," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists, firstly, in so arranging and combining
together coke ovens so that the smoke and other products of com-
bustion shall pass off through one common flue, and the heat there-
from, which has hitherto been lost, is rendered available for the purpose
of generating steam, or otherwise applying it to some useful purpose.

page_text: An example of a mode of applying the heat is exhibited by the
annexed Drawing. Fig. 1, of which is a longitudinal and vertical
section of an arrangement of coke ovens in combination with a steam
boiler. Fig. 2, is a horizontal section taken through the line A, B,
at Fig. 1. At both these Figures the same letters of reference are
employed to denote corresponding parts. A, A, A, are coke ovens.
B, B, flues extending from the fire-places of the several ovens to the
vertical fluc C. D, D, are flues in connection with the flue C, and
extending around and under the steam boiler E, for generating steam,
said flues terminating in a chimney shaft, as at F; and this Invention
may also be applied with advantage to retorts employed in the manu-
facture of gas.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTERS
Year: 1853

page_text: ALG
tents, w
the 25th May 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PIERRE TROSSAERT BUNDERVOET, of Ghent, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTERS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates principally to that description of shutters which
are required for protecting shop fronts or the windows of shops. The
shutters are constructed of narrow strips of metal which are connected
together by joints or hinges, so that when not in use they may be
wound round a roller, and will then occupy but little space. It has
been found convenient in practice to place this roller in a vertical
position, and to cause the top and bottom of the shutter to run in
grooves or channels made in the window frame for that purpose. The
shutter is opened and closed by means of a rack and pinion or other
suitable gear, which may be worked either from the inside or outside of
the house. It will, of course, be understood, that the precise arrangement.

page_text: construction, and mode of adapting the several parts will vary accord-
ing to circumstances, such as whether the window is single or double,
tall and narrow, or low and long, or wide. I would also remark, that
although the Invention is particularly adapted for shop fronts, it may
also be employed for securing private dwellings, warehouses, offices, and
other places where security is required.
AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF IODINE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Murdoch at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his l'etition, on the
3d March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES MURDOCH, of 7, Staple Inn, in the County of Middlesex.
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF IODINE" to be as
follows:-
The process has for its object the extraction of iodine from the
mother waters obtained in the purification of native nitrate of soda,
which has not been hitherto effected; and it is conducted as follows:-
The said mother waters are mixed with chloride of potassium, to
convert the remains of the nitrate of soda which they contain into
nitrate of potass; they are then treated with a slight excess of alkaline,
carbonate of potass, or soda, which decomposes the iodates and iodides
of calcium and magnesium contained in the waters, and the carbonates
of lime and magnesia resulting from the decomposition become pre-
cipitated. The liquors are then poured off, and sulphuric acid added
to them; whereupon impure iodine is precipitated, consisting of sub-
chloride of iodine, with great excess of iodine. This precipitate is

page_text: filtered upon cloths, and then saturated with a solution of caustic
potass. The liquid obtained is evaporated to dryness in a cast-iron
vessel, charcoal in powder being added from time to time. The salt
is then heated to fusion, and left to cool, and then treated with water,
which dissolves all the iodides and iodates. This liquor is then decom-
posed by an excess of sulphuric acid in any suitable apparatus, and,
heat being applied, the iodine is volatilised; and towards the close of
the operation a small quantity of peroxide of manganese is introduced
into the apparatus to determine the decomposition of the last traces of
hydriodic acid resulting from the action of the sulphuric acid. The
iodine is then collected, dried, and, if requisite, sublimed a second
time.