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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LADIES' NECKLETS AND OTHER SIMILAR ORNAMENTAL FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Mason and Thomas Herbert
Hambleton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th May
1883.
JOHN MASON and THOMAS HERBERT HAMBLETON both of Macclesfield in the
County of Chester. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LADIES' NECKLETS
AND OTHER SIMILAR ORNAMENTAL FABRICS"
This invention relates to the manufacture in lengths in the loom of certain fancy
fabrics to be used as necklets for ladies or children and in some cases as a fringe
for other articles of apparal and also as an edging or gimp for furniture and other
analogous purposes.
We employ a loom of the construction now in use for weaving lengths of narrow
material such for instance as gimp or ribbon. In making ladies necklets we weave
into the centre of the main part of the fabric a warp of elastic material kept at a
certain tension so that when the lengths of the fabric are cut into single necklets
the elastic warp contracts and thus renders the said necklet self adjusting. One of
the principal novelties of our invention consists in weaving into the main fabric at
intervals (or continuously) ornamental trimmings, preferably made of chenille, in
diverse forms such as feestoons, loops or "drops" which may of course be varied in
many ways. The main fabric may also be plain or figured as desired, and the
chenille or other ornaments may be made to project either from one selvage or from
any part of the face of the main fabric. The upper selvage of the necklet may
also be ornamented and I prefer to do this in the following manner: at a little
distance from the outside warp thread and parallel therewith I have a guiding
cord or thread round which the weft loops at every alternate pick of the loom.
When the length of the fabric is finished this guiding thread is withdrawn and a
loop or pearl" edging is thus formed which greatly enhances the appearance of
the necklet.
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This looped edging may if preferred be cut to form a pile fringe or other
ornaments may be woven into this selvage in the same manner as the chenille
above mentioned.
In cases where this material is not required to be elastic or self adjusting it will
be evident that the elastic warp will not be required.
AN IMPROVED MEANS OF CONTROLLING AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF AERATED LIQUID BEVERAGES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Josiah Pumphroy at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd June 1883.
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JOSIAH PUMPHREY, of Birmingham, in tlie County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
AN IMPROVED MEANS OF CONTROLLING AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF AERATED
LIQUID BEVERAGES AND THE LIKE
The purposes of the present Invention are to retain the effervescence of aerated
waters until they are required for consumption, to avoid the waste thereof and
soiling of furniture caused by the uncontrolled escape of the fluids in the trans-
ference in the usual way from the bottle to the tumbler or other receptacle, and
to allow of any portion being drawn off as required and the retention of the
remainder.
To attain these objects there is attached to a stand or handle having a stop-tap
and outlet-tube a hollow spigot covered with a suitable yielding substance such as
cork or india-rubber, and which is arranged so that upon the insertion of the nozzle
of the spigot into the open mouth of the bottle it shall effect the displacement of
any bung or stopper which is retained in the neck of the bottle by the internal
gaseous pressure. The stopper being thus displaced, and the mouth of the bottle
being in close contact with the yielding periphery of the spigot, the fluid contents
of the bottle can pass out only when the tap is turned in the direction of the
water way.
The appliance may be used as a stand, in which case the bottle might remain
in a vertical position as long as required, or it may be used as a handle or pad,
when after a portion of the contents has been withdrawn the bottle may be placed
horizontally until again required.
By using an air tube the outer aperture of which is external to the bung on the
instrument any vessel may be emptied even though the contents are not
effervescent or subject to pressure from within, the air passing to the interior of
the vessel and the liquid falling by its own gravity through the tap and tube in
such a way as to be easily measured or decanted into small necked vessels without
any disturbance of the supply vessel.

page_text: The advantages in the use of such a contrivance are economy of the fluids used
and cleanliness, the fluids will be at the command of the user, and the vendor
need not as is usually the case open the closed bottle for the customer, and any
effervescent fluids being fresh drawn as required are fully charged with the
carbonic acid gas, and the peculiarity of aerated waters is preserved in the
highest degree to the advantage of the user, economy and convenience are also
attained by avoiding the necessity of using the largo deep glasses now used for
aerated waters.
IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EASING THE LATERAL MOTION THEREOF ON THEIR AXLES, AND FOR PREVENTING NOISE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Alfred Turner of West Gorton near Manchester
in the County of Lancaster for an Invention of "IMPROVED APPLIANCES
FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF EASING THE LATERAL MOTION
THEREOF ON THEIR AXLES, AND FOR PREVENTING NOISE
"
(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 James Alfred Turner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th February 1883.
JAMES ALFRED TURNER of West Gorton near Manchester in the County of
Lancaster "IMPROVED APPLIANCES FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF EASING THE LATERAL MOTION THEREOF ON THEIR AXLES, AND FOR PREVENTING
NOISE
"
My invention has for its object to prevent the unpleasant jarring and noise of
road carriages due to the lateral motion of the wheels on their axles, the axle boxes
of the wheels having of necessity some slight freedom of lateral play between the
inner shoulder or flange of the axle, and the outer screw cap or nut, so that, on
uneven roads, they are liable to be brought into forcible contact with the one or
the other abutinent, thereby producing both noise and an unpleasant jarring
sensation to the occupants of the carriage.
According to my present invention I obviate this inconvenience by interposing
either between the inner end of the axle box and the shoulder of the axle, or
between the outer end of the axle box and the screw cap or nut, or at both points,
one or more annular plates or washers so formed as to have a certain spring action,
so that when the wheel is held in position by the screw cap or nut, it will be held
with sufficient firmness thereby, and yet be capable of a certain amount of elastic
side motion on the axle which is necessary for its easy revolution thereon, and for

page_text: preventing undue wear of the end surfaces of the axle boxes and its abutments.
The said spring washers or discs may be variously formed for the above purpose,
the form which I prefer to employ being that of an annular plate of thin steel
having radial corrugations of a wide and shallow form, thus affording an efficient
bearing surface for the lateral thrust of the axle box, and affording sufficient
elasticity in being more or less flattened out by such pressure, and resuming its
original shape again on being relieved of such pressure. In order to prevent wear
as much as possible, I prefer to interpose between the spring washer and the
revolving axle box other washers of either leather or metal, or both, the leather
being, if requisite, cemented to the surface of the steel washer, or the latter may
be encased in leather.
Instead of forming the washers with radial corrugations, they may be dished or
otherwise formed so as to allow of being more or less flattened out when pressure
is put upon them.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH MACHINERY APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF HORSE SHOES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Dickson Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd January 1883.
THOMAS DICKSON RICHARDSON of North Greenwich Cubitt Town in the County
of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH MACHINERY
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF HORSE SHOES"
OR
My Invention relating to improvements in or connected with the manufacture
of Horse Shoes consists in the production by machinery of a particular type of shoe
heretofore formed by hand labour the said shoe having a thick heavy toe gradually
decreasing towards the heel and there formed or not with a calk or projection on
one or both heels.
In carrying out my Invention I provide a suitable roller or roll or a number of
the same formed with an eccentric surface or surfaces with bevilled or flattened
parts so as to roll or produce a shoe blank or blanks of increasing section from the
heels or calking to the toe which blanks are subsequently bent or formed into the
required configuration. The said roll or rolls may be conveniently arranged in
connection with any suitable types of rolling Mills operated through the inter-
vention of any suitable gearing.
In rolling or forming the metal into the shoe blanks as aforesaid the eccentric
surface or surfaces of the roll or rolls cause the production of the tapering or
varying section towards the heels which produce the quarters whilst the bevilled
or flattened parts of the said roll or rolls produce a thickening or further increased
section of the metal at the toe whereby a very efficient type of horse shoe blank is
produced which is subsequently bent or formed in any suitable manner.
The said roll or rolls are provided with suitable projections and recesses upon its
or their surface or surfaces for the purposes of forming at one operation the
perforated or partly perforated creases grooves or channels for receiving the nails
and the calking or heels of the shoes or such of them or other projections or
recesses as it may be desired to form on or in the blank.
A NEW OR IMPROVED STAND FOR HOLDING TENNIS RACKETS AND BALLS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Cleland Davidson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th May 1883.
SAMUEL CLELAND DAVIDSON of Belfast in the County of Antrim, Ireland,
Merchant, ." A NEW OR IMPROVED STAND FOR HOLDING TENNIS RACKETS AND
BALLS"
My invention consists of a new or improved stand for holding tennis rackets
and balls.
The stand is constructed as follows:-
Two end uprights are connected together near the top by two horizontal bars 3
or 4 inches apart and having indents or notches at regular intervals.
The rackets are placed with their handles down through the space between the
two bars and the heads of the rackets rest on the bars the notches of which prevent
the rackets turning and dropping through the open space.
The bases of the end uprights are connected together by a perforated narrow
tray. This tray serves to hold a number of balls and owing to the perforations
no water can lodge about the balls. The distance between the horizontal bars and
the tray should be such that when the rackets are in position the ends of the handles
should be quite clear of the balls in the tray.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS, PRONGS OR PINS FOR LADIES' WEAR.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Birnsting at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd January 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Maurice Birnstingl, of Paris, France,
LOUIS BIRNSTINGL, of Maidenhead Court, in the City of London, Importer,
Communicated
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS, PRONGS OR PINS FOR LADIES' WEAR.
to me from abroad by Maurice Birnstingl, of Paris, France,
This invention relates to improvements in Combs, pins, or prongs for securing
jewels, or other ornaments, in ladies' hair, or in bonnets, hats, or caps, and for this
purpose the head of the comb, prong or pin has secured to it a contrivanco con-
sisting of two links or rings, which are maintained in place by means of a spiral
spring, one end of which is secured to one of the rings or links, and the other to a
pin, fixed to the head of the comb or prong, and to which the other ring or link is
attached. The outer ring or link is provided with a tube into which the ornament
is fixed. The spiral spring permits of the ornament being arranged in the required
position.
In another arrangement the spiral spring and the links are dispensed with, and
the tube is fixed directly to the head of the comb, prong, or pin, by means of a cap
mounted on the said head.
Ora hole may be drilled in the head of the comb, prong, or pin to receive the
ornament.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO ROCK BORING AND OTHER DRILLS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Stephens at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th September 1883.
RICHARD STEPHENS, of the parish of Illogan, in the county of Cornwall,
Mechanical Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO ROCK BORING AND
OTHER DRILLS
This invention relates to Improvements in and applicable to that class of rock
boring and other drills which are driven or operated by air or any expansive vapor
or gas.
In carrying out my invention I construct an apparatus for the purpose of
admitting to the machinery of the above named drills the air, vapor or gas by
which they are operated and for permitting the escape thereof and retarding the
same as and when required.
The apparatus consists of a cam which is so manufactured as to have both edges
similar the cam itself is wider on the sides thereof as they near the ends thereof.
This cam is so constructed that at either end or at either side of either end are two
cheeks or clutches between which room is allowed for the motion of a "lug" or
"driver" hereafter mentioned which clutches or cheeks serve to raise and depress
the valves next mentioned
"
The valve is made so as to have a plain bearing face and is generally square in
driver"
form, on the back side thereof is placed a projection called a "lug" or
which fits and works freely in the cheeks or clutches above mentioned-It is not
absolutely necessary that the valves and cam should be united by cheeks on the
cam and lug on the valve these may be reversed but the mode I have pointed out
is most suited for general use.
The mode of working is that the cam is fixed on its centre pin and the two
valves put in their places at the ends with the lug or driver within the cheek or
clutch and as the cam is actuated the valves are lifted into or depressed from that
part of the machine called the port which receives or allows the escape of air or
vapor by the action of the said cam in a perpendicular direction the action of the
cheeks or clutches lifting the said valves at the same time allowing the said cheeks
and lug to partially revolve within and around each other and thus the valves to
be lifted perpendicularly and perfectly parallel to the face to which they are

page_text: opposed By this arrangement valves are obtained which do not admit of the
wasting of air or vapor.
For preventing the escape of vapor and at the same time keeping the piston rod
perfectly free but steady I employ within the piston gland and around the rod a
ring of metal cut into four segments the end of either segment overlapping the
other. This ring is placed in front of a corresponding groove cut in the gland,
between the back portion of the said groove or recess and the back portion of ench
segment of the said ring I place four springs one spring bearing on each segment of
the said ring The action of the said spring in euch segment is to keep the same
constantly close to the piston rod and close to one another and thus the said ring
stands in the stead of and obviates the necessity for soft packing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OR QUARRYING SLATE, COAL, OR OTHER MINERALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Wynne Turner at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1883.
FRANCIS WYNNE TURNER, of King William Street, in the City of London,
Slate Merchant, "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OR
QUARRYING SLATE, COAL, OR OTHER MINERALS."
My invention relates to improvements, in machinery or apparatus for cutting
blocks of slate from the solid rock, but may be also applicable to the cutting of
coal or other mineral.
My invention consists of a movable frame carried on wheels on which is mounted
one or more saw spindles, supported on suitable bearings, and each carrying one
or more circular saws adjustable in their position by set screws or otherwise
The said spindles are provided with continuous slots into which fits a feather or
key in the boss of the saw. The saw must thus be necessarily revolved by the
rotation of the spindle, though it may be moved to any required point upon the
spindle, and secured there by a set screw. To the spindle or spindles I attach a
rotary motor, which may be driven either by steam, water, gas, compressed air, or
electricity, or other known force, whichever force I may find it most convenient to
apply. I employ any known motor suitable for that force. As for instance for
steam or compressed air, I may use a Brotherhood engine, the steam or air being
carried to it by a flexible pipe. In the case of using water power, I may employ
the Ramsbottom engine or a turbine, and in the case of electricity, an electric
motor, the electricity being carried to it by suitable wires from a convenient
source. Alternatively the spindle may be driven by means of flexible shafting or
belting from a fixed motor, or from overhead shafting.
The saw frame, so provided and fitted, is placed upon the rock and guided in its
travel by a plank or rail, against or upon which the carrying rollers press. The
feed of the saws is effected automatically in the following way.
Upon the rotating saw spindle is fixed a drum, upon which is coiled a rope of
wire or other suitable material, provided conveniently with hooks or loops at either
end. Pegs or other convenient attachments may be driven into the rock at either
extremity of the proposed travel of the machine, to which the ends of this rope

page_text: may be fastened. As the spindles revolve the one end of the rope is hauled in
whilst the other is payed out, thus effecting the traverse of the machine.
The drum may be mounted on a counter-shaft driven from the saw spindle, if
the speed so obtained is more suitable. The drum may also be driven through a
bevil or other reversing clutch, so that the traverse may be altered backwards 5
and forwards by the attendant, without altering the rotation of the saw, if
.desired.
IMPROVE. MENTS IN STEAM GENERATORS IN COMBINATION WITH APPARATUS MANUFACTURE OF INFLAMABLE GAS FOR THE -
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Gray Rhodes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd May 1883.
GEORGE GRAY RHODES, of Liversedge in the County of York IMPROVE.
MENTS IN STEAM GENERATORS IN COMBINATION WITH APPARATUS
MANUFACTURE OF INFLAMABLE GAS
FOR
THE
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The object of my invention is the introduction of Gas making retorts into the
flue tubes of Steam Boilers in such a manner that the heated gasses from the
under furnace or furnace tube which are being used for heating the said boiler are
also used in the heating of the retorts, and the heat radiating from the retorts in
which coal or other gas producing substance is carbonized generates steam.
I accomplish my object by constructing in the Boiler a combustion chamber of
such a size and shape that communication is made between the furnace or furnaces
and upper flue tube or tubes in which we place retorts mounted so that the beated
gases can act on the major portions of the said retorts: the front or mouthpieces
of the latter are fitted and connections made to the hydraulic main in the ordinary
manner: after the gases leave the retort chamber or flues they pass along the
tubes or flues to the chimney. The furnace is fed with coal or coke from the
retorts and in addition to the coke or coal we can use the gas manufactured by the
retorts in order to obtain the necessary heat. The gas to be consumed is supplied
through pipes to the Combustion chamber, and the required amount of heated air
supplied in conjunction with the gas for the purpose of combustion
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING BY HOT WATER
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Longden and Charles Frederick
Longden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February
1883.
HENRY LONGDEN and CHARLES FREDERICK LONGDEN both of Sheffield in the
County of York, Ironfounders, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING BY
HOT WATER
"
Our invention relates particularly to the radiators of hot water apparatus for
heating buildings, the object being to improve the circulation of the water in the
pipes of the radiators, and to obtain the inaximum of radiating or heating surface
in the minimum of space.
In carrying out our invention, we construct the radiator with a horizontal main
pipe or aquaduct forming the base of the radiator and which is placed in connection
with, and preferably upon or over the horizontal portion of the hotwater mains,
and connected thereto by a short pipe at each end, provided with stop cocks
Connected with and opening into the beforementioned horizontal main pipe or
aquaduct are a series of vertical double or twin pipes somewhat similar to those
described in the Specification of Patent N° 1632, dated April 25, 1879 granted to
Lewis Walker Leeds, which may be described as two parallel pipes joined together
and forming a single water way at each end; the lower end being joined or
connected to the horizontal main pipe or aquaduct, and the upper end opening
into a horizontal pipe, provided with a blow off cock to permit the escape of
imprisoned air
By the construction of radiators in the manner herein before described for the use
of hot water, a large amount of radiating surface is obtained occupying little room,
and any one of a series of radiators may be shut off from the remainder, for repairs,
or for other purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR PRESERVING ALIMENTARY AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Foster Wilkins at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th January 1883.
THOMAS FOSTER WILKINS, of Euston Road, London, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR PRESERVING ALIMENTARY AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES
My Invention relates to certain novel combinations of Chemicals whereby
I obtain Antiseptics suitable for the preservation of alimentary substances
generally.
I have found that Metaboric Acid is a much better Antiseptic than Boric Acid
and the Metaborates than the other Borates, also that the Potassium Compounds
are in some cases more efficacious than the Sodium Compounds.
These observations have led me to the Invention for the preservation of various
Alimentary Substances (notably Yeast and Beer) of the following Combinations, of
which Metaboric Acid, Metaborate of Potassium, Biborate of Potassium, and Sodium
Metaborate, or the one or the other of them, are necessary ingredients; but which
may be varied as circumstances may require by applying or omitting one or more
of the other Chemicals hereinafter mentioned.
I tako of: Metaboric Acid dissolved in Alcohol, say from 1 scruple. to 1 ounce,
to this I add :-
Sodium Metaborate
Potassium Metaborato
Potassium Biborate
Aminonium Metaborate or
Laderellite (N. H 4) 2 B8 013
Sodium Carbonate
Potassium Carbonate
} Each 1 scruple to 1 ounce
1 dram to 1 ounce
}
1 dram to 1 ounce
1 dram to 1 ounce
1 dram to 1 ounce
All the ingredients except the acid are to consist of saturated aqueous solutions.
The Antiseptic thus produced will be applied as circumstances shall require.
If the material to which it is to be applied is in the liquid form it may be simply
O poured into and nixed with it. If it is a firm solid, this should be placed in a
diluted form of the Antiseptic.
If however the material is a plastic solid, I propose to pour the Antiseptic into
dents or cavities in the substance and then intimately blend it therewith.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHTING APPARATUS FOR LOOMS 16
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT 'to Isaiah Wallwork and Abel Wallwork both of Hurst
Ashton under Lyne in the County of Lancaster Mechanics for an Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHTING APPARATUS FOR LOOMS
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaiah Wallwork and Abel
Wall work at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th June
1883.
ISAIAH WALLWORK and ABEL WALLWORK, both of Hurst Ashton-under-Lyne
in the County of Lancaster, Mechanics, "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHTING APPARATUS
FOR LOOMS
Our Invention relates to the apparatus employed in looms for weaving to weight
the warp beam-that is to say-to furnish resistance to the turning of the warp
beam in order to put the necessary tension upon the warp as is well understood.
In the loom as ordinarily. constructed chains or ropes wound around ruffles upon the
ends of the warp beams are tightened by means of loaded levers and the loads upon
the levers are shifted or lessened at intervals as the coil of warp upon the beam
becomes less in diameter. The object of our said invention is to shift the load
upon the lever by self-acting means so that it shall always be in correct position,
relative to the diameter of the coiled warp. In one arrangement we mount &
screw to revolve in bearings carried by the lever and we suspend the load from a
nut which slides upon the lever and engages with the said screw or a part of the
load is tapped to suit the screw. Upon one end of the said screw is fixed a chain
wheel which is driven by a pinion which receives motion through chain gearing
from a pinion on the end of the warp beam axle. As the warp beam revolves a
slow revolving motion is communicated to the said screw whereby the load is shifted
nearer to the fulcrum of the lever and if the gearing be correctly proportioned the
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page_text: rate of movement of the load will be in proportion to the reduction in diameter of
the coiled warp, so that the weight upon the beam will be reduced to the extent
We may vary the
required to maintain a constantly equal tension upon the warp.
arrangements for driving the screw and may use a worm and wheel or pullies or
other gearing or connection in place of the pitch chain. We may use one loaded
lever or two such levers and may use a loaded lever connected by means of a rod
with an unloaded bell-crank lever. In another arrangement we arrange for the
load to be shifted once, twice or oftener during each revolution of the warp beam.
We may use a screw as in the first arrangement or a rack and pinion or worm or a
cord chain or band to shift the load. At intervals a catch or pawl moves a ratchet
or toothed wheel which is connected by means of gearing with a pulley upon which
the cord, chain or band is wound or is otherwise connected with the parts which
move the load upon the lever. Any suitable motion may take the place of the said
catch or pawl and ratchet wheel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CRUSHING OR PULVERIZING MINERALS OR OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Rowland Jordan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1883.
THOMAS ROWLAND JORDAN, of Gracechurch Street, in the City of London,
Engineer, " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CRUSHING OR PULVERIZING
MINERALS OR OTHER MATERIALS
"
My invention relates to apparatus for crushing or pulverizing minerals and
other materials and comprises improvements in the apparatus described in the
specification of former Letters. Patent dated 3rd December 1879 No 4951.
According to my present invention the crushing chamber is formed of two
castings connected by their flanges as described in the said former specification.
The bearings for the beater shafts are formed in a separate casting, and the said
shafts are made hollow or tubular so as to adinit air to the centre of the crushing
chamber.
One important feature of my present invention consists in the employment of a
ring of hard steel or other suitable material fixed to the outer extremities of the arms
of each of the beaters. These rings avoid all wear of the casing and materially
reduce the wear of the beaters. The said rings also prevent the material from
leaving the apparatus until it is reduced to the requisite degree of fineness,
without the necessity for employing sieves. They also prevent friction between
the casing and the moving parts of the apparatus.
The material to be pulverized is conducted from the hopper through a pipe or
passage to near the centre of the crushing chamber instead of to the periphery
thereof as described in the said former specification; and the crushed or pulverized
material is delivered through a pipe leading from the upper part of the periphery
of the casing or chamber by a current of air produced by means of centrifugal
vanes or fans fixed on the inner sides of the beaters.
To prevent the crushed material from passing between the aforesaid rings except
at the part below the said pipe, I fix pieces of metal between the two castings.
These pieces partially surround the said rings in close proximity thereto.
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page_text: I also provide a tray below the hopper in the aforesaid pipe or passage. This
tray has a projection on the underside at its rear end and an aperture at its front
end; and a cam is fixed upon a shaft carried in suitable bearings and driven by
any convenient gearing, for imparting reciprocating motion to the said tray.
An outlet is provided at the lower part of the crushing chamber to permit the
exit of any material that may find its way into the space between the casing and
the said rings.
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINES FOR REELING OR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Dyson and John Howard
Stott at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September
1883.
JOSEPH DYSON, of Farnworth, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, and JOHN
HOWARD STOTT, of Rochdale, in the same County, Machine Maker, IMPROVE
"
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO MACHINES FOR REELING OR WINDING YARNS OR
THREADS,"
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Our invention relates to the reeling or winding of yarn or thread from cops,
bobbins or spools where the yarn of the cop, or spool, is wound in the cone forin,
as in ring spinning machines, and is more particularly applicable to the reeling of
yarn or thread from bobbins or spools produced by ring spinning machines, though
applicable to other cops, bobbins, or spools wound in like form in other machines,
and the object of our improvements is to give increased and a more regular tension
to the yarn or thread as it unwinds from the cone of the cop, bobbin or spool, and
our invention consists in applying a staple or ring of metal loosely to the bobbin or
spool at the small end of the cone of the thread; through which staple or ring, the
thread as it unwinds passes in going to the reel or surface upon which it is to be
wound. As the spool is placed in its ordinary inclined position, the staple or ring
slides down it, by its own gravity, as the thread unwinds keeping to or against the
small or cone end of the thread upon the bobbin or spool.
IMPROVED HAND DRILL AND TOOL HOLDING CHUCK
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Phillips Thompson at the
A com-
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1883.
munication to him from Reginald Fairfax Hyde a person residing at Spring-
field Hampden County in the state of Massachusetts
دو
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON of the firm of W. P. Thompson and Boult
Agents for Foreign Patent Solicitors 6 Lord Street Liverpool in the county of
Lancaster Civil Engineer "IMPROVED HAND DRILL AND TOOL HOLDING CHUCK
a communication to me from Reginald Fairfax Hyde a person residing at Spring-
field Hampden County in the state of Massachusetts
This invention relates to an improved Hand-drill and the first part to the Drill
Stem and its operating mechanism while the Second part relates to the tool holding
chuck.
The drill consists in brief of a Stem having right and left intersecting grooves,
two tubes arranged to enclose the Stem and Slide one within the other, a coil Spring
without the Stem and arranged within one tube to have its ends bear against both
tubes, a handle upon the end of one tube, and two loose nuts Sleeved upon the
Stem-the one provided with a right hand land and the other with a left hand one,
and both provided upon their opposite and outer perimeters with ratchet teeth,
and both nuts enclosed between corresponding ratchet pieces fixed to one tube to
cause the Sliding of the tube over the Stem to cause one or the other of the nut
Sections to become fast with the Sliding tube, to impart rotation to the drill-Stem,
and to cause a change of direction given the tube to make the other nut Section
fast to the tube to continue the rotation of the Stem in the Same direction.
There are right and left hand nut pieces and threaded Sections of one tube with
clutch pieces threaded to plug couplings The other tube has a conical Surface
with a conical plug having a threaded bushing and counterbore while connected
with the Stem is another plug with threaded bushing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PENCIL-CASES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Otto Bussler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September 1883.
OTTO BUSSLER of N° 71 Myddleton Square in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PENCIL-CASES"
In the Specification to Letters Patent dated the 16th March 1883 N° 1399 I
described a construction of automatic pencil holder in which the lead is held by a
conical split nipper in a forward position protruding when in use, and in a backward
position protected by the case when not in use, the movement of the lead to and fro
being limited by a washer embracing it moving between the ends of a recess in the
case which form stops for it.
My present invention relates to pencil cases of this kind having for its object to
render them more convenient in use. In the first place, I apply a spring, which by
preference is a piece of caoutchouc tube, placed within the outer case and acting
against the moveable head, so that when the head is relieved from the pressure of
the finger applied to push out and release the nipper, the spring pushes the head
back, causing it to draw back with it the conical nipper so as to make it grasp the
lead in either its forward or its backward position. By fixing the one end of the
caoutchouc tube round a lip of the moveable head and the other end round the
tube containing the lead that is moveable with the head, and securing the
caoutchouc tube near its middle to the tube of the casing, the caoutchouc tube
becomes a contractile vessel containing air, and then, on pressing in the head so as
to compress the part of the caoutchouc tube between it and the casing, the air thus
compressed presses forward the lead so as to make its point protrude; and on
releasing the head, the caoutchouc tube expanding again reduces the internal
pressure, so that the excess of external pressure pushes back the lead. The cavity
of the caoutchouc tube may be charged with water or other liquid instead of air,
and in this case it is extended as a small tube closed at the end which bears
against the end of the lead. For the part of the caoutchouc tube next the head
may be substituted a small cylinder fixed to the casing and having a piston attached
to the head, this piston forcing the liquid into the caoutchouc tube and so expanding
it longitudinally.

page_text: For the purpose of adjusting the protrusion of the lead and advancing it as it
becomes worn, I cut within the tube that contains the lead an internal screw, and
I connect to the head a stem with a screwed boss at its end, so that by turning
the head round and with it the screwed stem, the latter is made to advance along
the screwed tube and so push forwards the lead. In order to provide for a
considerable range of advance of the lead, I connect the stem of the screw,
directly to the bead; but by two or more lengths of tube in the manner of the parts
of a telescope, each of those parts, as well as the screwed stem, being free to slide
longitudinally but being prevented from turning round independently of the head.
not
IMPROVED MEANS OF PRF ENTING THE FREEZING OF WATER IN CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Blakely at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st February 1883.
WILLIAM BLAKELY of Bournemouth in the County of Hants IMPROVED MEANS
OF PRF ENTING THE FREEZING OF WATER IN CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES
Apparatus for extinguishing fire by the impregnation of water with carbonic
acid gas, known as chemical fire engines, and provided with tanks and vessels to
contain water, are usually left standing with water in them in readiness for use,
and in cold weather this water is apt to freeze if the engine be left in an exposed
situation, thus putting it out of working order perhaps at the moment when its
services are required.
To avoid this contingency and at same time to protect the various fittings of the
engine from accidental damage, is the object of my Invention which consists in a
peculiarly constructed non-conducting casing for the entire engine as hereafter
described.
The casing is constructed of two halves fitting together with a tight joint along
the median line so as to be readily applied to and removed from the engine which
it entirely encloses with the exception of the pressure gauge which it is preferred
should rise above the top of the casing.
This casing is of box like form and is constructed of wood lined internally with
flock or other loose fibrous material of animal or vegetable origin impregnated with
a solution of alum and mixed with powdered alum, this non-conducting lining
being applied to the interior surfaces of the casing and secured between the same,
and an inner lining of perforated zinc plates (or their equivalent) attached to the
cover by any suitable means, and provided with a layer of boiler felt which comes
next to the engine
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLATES FOR DENTAL PURPOSES AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernst Albert Schmid at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd October 1883. Communicated to
bim from Ernst Doerr a person residing at Glauchau, Saxony in the Empire of
Germany.
ERNST ALBERT SCHMID of Bull and Mouth Street in the City of London,
Commission Agent IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PLATES FOR
DENTAL PURPOSES AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR a communication to me from
Ernst Doerr a person residing at Glauchau, Saxony in the Empire of Germany
"
According to this Invention a press or apparatus is provided by means of
which dental plates may be readily manufactured without the necessity for hand
hammering which exists when the manufacture is carried on according to the
process hitherto practised. The mould of a press constructed for the purposes of
the present Invention consists of a lower part in which one portion of a repro-
duction of the cast is contained, a mid-portion serving to support a counterpart of
the cast and a top part upon which the screw or lever of the press acts through the
intervention of a bearing piece. In carrying out the manufacture of plates by
means of this apparatus the following is the procedure
After taking an impression in composition a cast is taken in Plaster of Paris;
the teeth in the cast are then cut off to within an eighth or a sixteenth of an inch
from the gum. The surface of the Plaster Cast is to be oiled or brushed over with
a plumbago solution By means of a piece of wire, a strip of Cardboard about half
to three-quarters of an inch wide is bound round the cast. There is then to be
poured upon the Plaster cast some of Spence's metal (or other alloy) which should
have been prepared in the meanwhile by melting The cast of Spence's metal thus
obtained is now to be plastered into the lower part of the mould of the press and
the entire surface properly oiled; the mid-part of the mould is now to be put on
and metal poured in, this operation being carried out in such a way as to leave a
alight space between the metal and the top part of the mould. This should be
filled with plaster and the top part be gently but firmly pressed down. When
cold, separate the parts between the lower and mid-portions and proceed to make
the plate as follows:-First, cut out a pattern of thin lead in the usual manner,
and from this cut the plate in Gold, Platina, Silver, or the like; anneal carefully
and then press it down upon the Die with the fingers or Horn Hammer. Now
LD.

page_text: bring the portion containing the other part of the mould in position, and put it
under the press and screw down gently until the outlines of the teeth show upon
the plate. Open again and saw, file or cut out the plate against the outlines of the
teeth. Anneal again and place the plate in position, then place it in the press
with all the parts placed together and press home until the edges of the parts of 5
the press meet. The plate is then finished, and with a few touches of a file the
plate will fit as accurately as a Vulcanite Plate made on the model
IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Kenworthy Dutton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd November 1883. Partly
communicated to him from abroad by Joseph Lewis residing at Chicago in the
United States of America and partly his own invention
EDWARD KENWORTHY DUTTON of 41 John Dalton Street, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BICYCLES partly communicated to me from abroad by Joseph Lewis residing
at Chicago in the United States of America, [and partly his own invention]
"
The Invention relates to the steering gear of Bicycles. The steering is effected
by acting upon a cross handle which is secured to the upper end of the fork in
which the front wheel is mounted. In some cases the rider is thrown forward and
as the said handle is in the way of his leg he cannot clear the machine and is
generally thrown upon his head. To remedy this defect is the object of the first
part of the invention.
To this end the handle is made in two parts which are
jointed together in the centre of the entire handle or are jointed to a cross head or
part secured to or formed on the fork head in such a manner as that the two
handles can be turned upward or in an inclined direction which will permit the legs
of the rider to clear the machine in case of accident. When the two parts are
jointed together a butt joint is used by preference so that the handle rigid in one
direction but yields in the other. The handles may be locked in their working
position so as to prevent them from turning up in ordinary use. In some case
rounded or conical studs are forced by springs into cavities so as to hold the handles
with a force which will yield to an undue strain or the butts or flats or parts of the
jointed ends of the handles may be acted upon by a spring or by springs or by a
yielding plate or part. In other arrangements the handles are locked by means of
spring triggers having lever arms extending outward so that in case of the rider
being thrown the legs will strike the said arms and thereby unlock the handles.
The facility for turning up the handles or one of them may also be of use at other
times when accidents do not occur.

page_text: According to the second part of the invention instead of the handles being
attached to the fork they act upon it by means of a crank or lever which acts upon
a longer lever or tiller upon the fork head so as to gain power the parts being so
arranged as that the handles are moved in the ordinary directions to obtain like
results. By preference the crank pin acts upon a carriage or block which slides
upon the tiller and in some cases one adjustment serves both for the slides and the
crank pin bearing.
IMPROVEMENTS, IN, CARD STANDS OR HOLDERS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Paul Ruffani of the City of Dresden in the Kingdom of
Saxony and German Empire for an Invention, of “IMPROVEMENTS, IN, CARD
STANDS OR HOLDERS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Paul Ruffani at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd May 1883.
PAUL RUFFANI of the City of Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony and German
Empire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD STANDS OR HOLDERS
"
My Invention relates to improvements in card stands or holders for holding
photographs, cards, price lists, bills of fare, and other cards in an almost vertical
position
My said card stand or holder consists of three four or more cornered, cross, oval,
or annular foot with two bent up arms; the smaller arm is formed by cutting or
stamping the same out of the broader arm.
The photographs, cards and such like to be held are inserted between these two
arms and are firmly clasped in the same.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Paul Ruffani in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 31st October
1883.
PAUL RUFFANI of the City of Dresden in the. Kingdom of Saxony and German
Empire 'IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD STANDS OR HOLDERS
"
My Invention relates to improvements in card stands or holders for holding
photographs, cards, price lists, bills of fare, and other cards in an almost vertical
position as will be seen from the accompanying drawing-.Figs 1 to 6.
My said card stand or holder consists of three four or more cornered, cross, oval,
or annular foot f with two bent up arms; the smaller arm 8³ is formed by cutting
or stamping the same out of the broader arm 8.
The photographs, cards and such like to be held are inserted between these two
arms and are firmly clasped in the same.
Having now described my said Invention for Improvements in card stands or
holders, and the manner in which the same is to or may be carried into effect, what
I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is :-
A holder or stand for cards, photographs and similar articles consisting of a foot f
with two bent up arms a' s of which the one is formed by being cut or stamped
out of the other substantially as described and shown in the accompanying
drawing.
In witness whereof I the said Paul Ruffani have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Eighteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
.
Witnesses:-
OTTO WOLFF
J. MULLER
PAUL RUFFANI (Ls.)
MENTS IN PRIMARY GALVANIC BATTERIES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Guillaume André at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1883.
GEORGE GUILLAUME ANDRÉ of Dorking in the County of Surrey
MENTS IN PRIMARY GALVANIC BATTERIES
"
"IMPROVE⭑
According to this invention I employ a cheap nitrate such as nitrate of soda or
nitrate of potash in combination with a sulphate such as sulphate of copper in one
and the same cell which contains the copper or other negative electrode; the zinc
or other positive electrode is contained in a saline (or it might be an acid) solution.
The negative electrode with its combined solution is contained in a porous cell or
cells which may be placed in the container for the solution surrounding the positive
electrode. The porous cell may advantageously be made of brown paper between
an outer and inner layer of parchment paper, on a wooden or other suitable
framework.
In the working of this battery the copper is thrown down as in an ordinary
sulphate of copper cell, but in addition to this the liberated sulphuric acid displaces
the nitric acid from the nitrate and this nitric acid then acts as a depolarizing
agent also thus effecting a great saving in the use of sulphate of copper.
also
by this means obtain a greater electro motive force and less internal resistance than
by the use of sulphate of copper solution alone.
In order to prevent the sulphate of copper which by osmose penetrates through
the porous cell and enters the exciting solution containing the zinc electrode from
depositing copper on the latter I provide the said electrode with an outer covering
of perforated or woven zinc which is separated or isolated from the electrode by
an intervening layer of canvas or other suitable material. The copper will then
deposit on the perforated zinc without interfering with the electric action of the
zinc electrode.