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IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL, IN PREPARING THE SAME FOR WEAVING, AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rowan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th December
1857.
I, WILLIAM ROWAN, of the firm of John Rowan and Sons, Engineers and
Iron Founders, of Belfast, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL, IN
PREPARING THE SAME FOR WEAVING, AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the spinning of yarn of flax, china grass, and
similar fibres, to its after treatment preparatory to weaving it in the loom, and
to arrangements of machinery employed therein.
It has for its object
the superseding of the present intermediate processes of reeling, drying, and
winding the yarn.
I make use of the present machinery for spinning the yarn up to that point
when it is wound on the spools or bobbins. These bobbins I make with
flanges on their lower ends only, and of a form similar to those used in the
shuttles employed in the loom for weaving, and I apply these in the spinuing
frame on spindles, with flyers and drags as at present. To regulate the
winding of the yarn on these bobbins, I give a reciprocating motion to the
frame carrying them, as is now done, and with the same appliances as now
used, that is by the employment of what is known as the "heart motion,"

page_text: with this difference, that I make the traverse produced by it less than at
present, and in addition to this traverse I impart a secondary motion to the
frame and bobbins carried by it, causing them to fall slowly, and thus by these
two motions combined the yarn is wound on the bobbins in the manner best
adapted for weaving. When considered necessary I fix a steam pipe across
the spinning frame near the bobbins to assist in drying the yarn, and I take
the bobbins whether dried or not direct from the spinning frame to the looms
for weaving when it is weft yarn on them, or if warp yarn I take them to tho
warping machine and fix them horizontally on spindles, allowing the yarn to
be drawn off from their ends in a similar manner as obtained in the shuttle in
weaving.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE BOATS, AND OTHER BOATS OR VESSELS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Smith at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd July
1857.
I, ANDREW SMITH, of Princes Street, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF LIFE BOATS, AND OTHER BOATS OR VESSELS," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in constructing the shell or body of the boat or
like vessel of wire gauze, moulded to the required form.
I take one or more sheets of wire gauze, of any desired strength and
fineness or coarseness of mesh, and mould it by pressure, or otherwise. Boats
having the stern formed like the fore part, when not of too large size, may be
moulded out of one sheet of wire gauze; but I do not restrict myself to such
form or mode of construction. The bulwarks and other parts requiring
strength may be made of rod iron, and be galvanized along with the wire
gauze. Boats thus constructed may be covered with leather, gutta percha,
mackintosh fabrics, or other suitable waterproof materials.
IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING LINEN AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1857

page_text: This Invention received Provisional Protection, out notice to proceeu
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Hollingworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th May 1857.
I, EDMUND HOLLINGWORTH, of Weston Underwood, in the County of Derby,
Wheelwright, &c., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WASHING LINEN AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain new and improved mechanical arrange-
ments and combinations of parts constituting machinery or apparatus adapted
for washing linen and other articles, and the improvement consists in com-
bining a rotating reel with a series of brushes, sponges, and other rubbing
surfaces arranged, disposed, and fixed to the inside of a casing or box, in
which the articles to be washed are placed, and securely held upon the rods
of the aforesaid reel, the rotation of which brings such said articles into
contact with the before-mentioned fixed brushes, sponges, &c., and thus effects
the washing thereof. The same result may be obtained by making the
before-mentioned reel a fixture, and causing the brushes, sponges, &c. to
rotate and rub against the articles placed upon the rods of said reel, as before
mentioned, and thus effect the washing thereof.
A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF PROPELLING VESSELS
Year: 1857

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Lloyd Owen, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
September 1857.
I, EDMUND LLOYD OWEN, of Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
Mineral and Metal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF PROPELLING VESSELS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in propelling vessels by the use of a long plate or
long plates of metal immersed in the water, and to which plate or plates of
metal an undulating or wave-like motion is communicated by steam or other
motive power. I attach the bands or long plates to the vessel in such a
manner that they are perfectly free to take the undulatory motion described,
the said motion being given by connecting the plates at one end to the piston
crank, or other suitable part of the motive power engine. I do not limit
myself to any particular position of the undulating bands, but I prefer to
place them at the sides of the vessel, and I sometimes enclose the said
undulating bands or plates in a tube, open at both ends, the said tube passing
through the vessel at or near the axis of the said vessel. I sometimes place
broad flanges or plates on either side of the vessel, and immediately over the
undulating plates when the said undulating plates are in the sides of the
vessel. The said flanges bear or ride upon the crests of the waves and give
to the vessel a steady skimming motion.
AN IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Barnard, and John Bishop,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 10th October 1857.
We, CHARLES BARNARD, and JOHN BISHOP, of the City of Norwich, in the
County of Norfolk, Ironmongers, and Copartners, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE," to be as
follows:-
This machine consists of a tank or cistern to hold the water or washing
fluid mounted upon a suitable stand, and of a cage or basket to contain the
clothes to be washed. The cage is open at the top for the reception of the
clothes which are laid evenly upon the bottom of it, a fixed cover is then
placed over them and held by a bar above the level of the water in the tank.
An up-and-down motion is given to the cage by cranks, connecting rods and
guides, or by a lever according to the size of the machine. On the descent of
the cage the linen is immersed in the washing fluid, and on its ascent squeezed
against the under side of the fixed cover, which alternate washing and
squeezing is continued until the linen is sufficiently clean.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN DRYING AND PREPARING GARANCINE
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Duncan Proudfoot at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd June
1857.
I, DUNCAN PROUDFOOT, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN DRYING AND PREPARING GARANCINE," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the treating, preparing, and drying of garancine,
or a preparation of madder, by inclosure in metal cylinders heated artificially.
The garancine to be dried by this process is deposited in a horizontal metal
cylinder, which may be made either of iron, copper, zinc, or other material,
and heated either by the direction of a fire or stove beneath it, or by steam.
This cylinder is disposed at a slight vertical angle, and the garancine to
be dried is deposited in the elevated end of the cylinder by means of a suitable
door or opening, and, being made to revolve, the dried garancine is discharged
at the lower end of the cylinder. An artificial current is created in the
cylinder in any convenient way, so that the vapour rising from the drying
garancine is thus carried freely off. In this way the garancine is most
effectively dried at a very economical rate.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING PRESSES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Stettinius Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1857.-A communication.
I, WILLIAM STETTINIUS CLARK, of the American Patent Office, 133, High
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING PRESSES," (a communication,)
to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to small portable presses in which a radiating cone-
shaped roller is used for giving the required impression, and consists in a
means of so adjusting the conical roller as to easily adapt it to the surface of
the type from which the impression has to be taken; in connection with the
conical roller, I employ a spring, so arranged in respect to the roller and its
centre of radiation, that, on turning the said roller in the direction of the
tympan, the latter will be depressed over the type, and on turning the roller
away from the tympan, the latter will, by means of its spring be raised, and
thus allow the paper to be placed readily upon the type.
AN IMPROVED PRO- PELLER FOR SHIPS AND VESSELS
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Barker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th April
1857.
J, JAMES BARKER, of Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey, Smith,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PRO-
PELLER FOR SHIPS AND VESSELS," to be as follows:-
My propeller consists of a float or blade made to travel to and fro in a
case, and to feather in its return stroke, so as to offer as little resistance as
may bo when not performing its propelling action.
The propelling float or blade is centerd upon the end of a shaft, and has
connected to it a guide pulley or pulleys which works or work in guides
formed by grooves in a case free to slide to and fro within certain limits in
a fixed case, springs being sometimes employed to assist in feathering and
altering the position of the blade. The sliding case is only moved when
required to reverse the action of the propellor. The guide pulley pulleys is
or are so placed that it or they cause the float to present its most extended
surface when propelling, and to turn or feather in the return stroke. By
means of a rack and pinion the sliding case is brought into action when the
motion of the propeller is reversed. One, two, or more of these propellors
may be fitted to each vessel.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN METALLIC ALLOYS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Albert Bahn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th July
1857.
I, LOUIS ALBERT BAHN, of Greek Street, Soho, in the County of Middlesex,
5 Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION OF CERTAIN METALLIC ALLOYS," to
be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the manufacture and application to the purposes
of sheathing for ships, boiler plates, tubes, and other similar purposes, of
O metallic alloys, composed of copper, tin, and spelter; the articles manufactured
from these alloys being afterwards galvanized.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC PENS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Ford Sturges at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
April 1857.
I, RICHARD FORD STURGES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for " A NEW OR
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC PENS," be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in making pens of the metal aluminum, or of
alloys containing aluminum in such quantity that the said alloys possess the
physical and chemical properties of aluminum, though in an inferior degree.
By making pens of aluminum or its alloys the said pens possess lightness and a
high degree of elasticity, and are incorrodible by ink. I do not confine myself
to any particular kind of pen, nor to any method of manufacture, as my
Invention is applicable to pens constructed in various ways, and the said pens
may be made by processes and machinery essentially the same as those by
which steel or gold pens are made. The essence of my Invention consists in
the manufacture of pens from aluminum or from alloys consisting mainly of
aluminum.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING ON WATER AND IN THE AIR
Year: 1857

page_text: etition,
5th June 1857.-A communication from Joseph Robatel, of Lyons.
I, JOSEPH ETIENNE MARIE JEAN CLAIR, of Armonay, Town in the French
Empire, Architect, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING ON WATER AND IN THE AIR," com-
municated to me by Joseph Robatel, of Lyons, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment of two hollow barrels, made
tapering towards both ends, and surrounded by screw vanes or threads. The
barrels are placed on each side of a vessel or stage carrying a steam engine or
other motor; rotary motion being communicated to the screw barrels, causes
them and the vessel to which they are connected to advance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Augustin Gras at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd January
1857.
I, AUGUSTIN GRAS, of Marseilles, in the Empire of France, Mechanic, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows:-
According to my improvements, I obtain motive power by means of a steam
engine forcing air by a suitable air pump into a reservoir. This reservoir is
connected with a worm or coil of tubes placed in the furnace of the steam
engine boiler. The air is admitted to the coil by means of a suitable cock or
valve; it becomes heated and highly elastic in the coil, whence it passes to
an air engine, from which the power is derived.
SUNDRY IMPROVEMENTS IN BEDSTEADS, ELASTIC BED BOTTOMS, THE SEATS OF CHAIRS, SOPAS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Peach at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th November
1857. A communication.
I, BENJAMIN PEACH, of the Town and Borough of Leicester, in the County
of Leicester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "SUNDRY IMPROVEMENTS IN BEDSTEADS, ELASTIC BED BOTTOMS, THE SEATS OF
CHAIRS, SOPAS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
In the present system of making spring bedsteads, couches, seats, &c.
coiled metal springs are fixed upon the under framework and support the
sacking or other material on which the mattress or seat covering rests. This
Invention consists in dispensing with such springs, and using instead thereof
what are known as india-rubber bands or rings, or spiral or other suitably
shaped metal springs, or straps of leather, cloth, or other substance having
similarly elastic properties; but india-rubber bands or rings are preferred.
The under framework of the bedstead or seat is made with a number of hooks
to support the rings or bands, or other elastic substance employed, and
between the rails of the framework hooked rods descend from the sacking,
slots, webbing. or other material on which the mattress rests, or which forms
the seat of chairs, couches, &c. The hooks of these rods catch into the
rings, or bands, or other springy substance employed, and are supported
thereby, thus producing an easy elastic structure.
A MACHINE OR APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CLEANSING, PURIFYING, AND DRYING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1857

page_text: Ims Invention received Provisional Protection, out notice to proceed win the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Lawes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th January 1857.
I, THOMAS LAWES, of the Office for Patents, 77, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A MACHINE OR APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CLEANSING, PURIFYING, AND DRYING
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention, which has for its object the cleansing, purifying, and drying
of various fibrous and other descriptions of animal and vegetable substances
such as feathers, hair, wool, flock, corn, grain, seed, or otherwise, consists
in constructing and employing for the above purpose or purposes a conical
or cylindrical vessel or chamber, mounted upon a hollow base or plynth,
and surrounded by a steam-tight case or jacket communicating with the
interior of the said vessel or chamber in such manner as to leave an in-
tervening or open space, in the form of a concentric channel of suitable
dimensions for the reception of the articles to be operated upon, within which
also a series of beaters or stirrers are caused to revolve through the intervention
of any suitable mechanism in gear with an engine for that purpose, the said
beaters or stirrers being secured to a frame moving from a fixed vertical centre
on the top or head of the conical vessel or chamber, whilst the interior of the
said apparatus is kept constantly filled or charged with steam, so as to supply
the necessary warmth or heat for the purpose of drying or otherwise, as
aforesaid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES WORKED BY STEAM OR VAPOUR
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Humphrys at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th October
1857.
I, EDWARD HUMPHRYS, of Deptford, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES WORKED BY STEAM OR VAPOUR," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in engines worked by steam
or vapour of volatile liquids. For these purposes, in engines worked by
vapours of a volatile liquid, in order to prevent vapours from escaping at the
stuffing boxes and joints, and to maintain or increase the temperature of the
parts in which such vapour is employed, the cylinders with their covers,
bottoms, and stuffing boxes, valve boxes, and supply pipes, are all enclosed in
a steam-tight case, having suitable stuffing boxes for the passage of the rods
connected to the piston, also the slide valve and other valve rods. This case
is to be kept supplied with steam of higher pressure than the vapour in the
engines, by which leakage of vapour will be prevented, and the temperature
of the parts maintained; and where steam is used in engines expansively, the
cylinders, valves, and other parts will in the same way be prevented cooling by
the steam contained in the casing, and when the steam pressure falls below,
the atmospheric pressure, the leakage of air into the cylinders will be
prevented.
IMPROVED METALLIC ROOFING SLATES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Bernard Ochin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th June 1857.
I, CHARLES BERNARD OCHIN, of No. 16, Place Royale, Paris, in the Empire
of France, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED METALLIC ROOFING SLATES," to be as follows:-
My improved metallic slates are made of sheet iron, or of any other suitable
metal, as also of any suitable shape, thickness, and size. They may be put
together before roofing so as to form plates of a convenient size, either for
common or for ornamental roofs; these metallic slates may also be laid on
roofs in the same manner as ordinary slates. They may be protected against
the action of the air, either before or after being laid on roofs, and be either of
a uniform colour, or ornamented with designs and patterns. The protection
of slates, made of sheet iron or other suitable metal, from the action of the
air before or after roofing, is by applying thereto layers of paints or of
varnishes, either of a uniform or of variegated colours, so as to produce on
the roof patterns or ornaments, either plain or in relief.
AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Aaron Marks at the Office. of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th October
1857.
I, AARON MARKS, of 119, London Wall, in the City of London, Trimming
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention of an improved fastener for gloves and other articles consists
of an elastic or other cord attached to a kind of hook, which hook if used for
gloves is sewn thereto, and after passing the cord or band round the wrist of
the wearer the cord is passed inside the hook and turned at right angles to
hang down, it having a tassel and knot or other enlargement, which when
passed under the hook forms a stop and so secures the glove; for this
purpose I form the upper part of the hook of a more or less ornamental shape,
say, for instance, in the form of a shell, which form if offering a less direct
hold, the scalloped edge affords all the hold necessary for the enlargement on
the cord.
This fastening may be applied to umbrellas and other articles requiring like
festoninge
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANGLES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Cutler at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd July
1857.
1, GEORGE CUTLER, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MANGLES," to be as follows:-
In carrying out this Invention four rollers are used, one being above and
three below. The pressure is given by the upper roller (which is mounted in
weighted levers), and is received by the centre one of the three lower rollers,
the other two lower rollers acting principally as guides. A cloth of any con-
venient or suitable length is attached by one end to the centre bottom roller
or bed roller. The mangle is provided with a table or flap made to fold down
upon hinges when not in use. The mangle is turned by means of a winch
handle attached to the axle of the bed roller. The mangle is operated as
follows: The cloth (attached to the bed roller) being drawn forwards over
the table, the clothes or other articles to be mangled are laid smoothly
thereon. The winch handle is then turned, which will have the effect of
drawing the cloth forwards, and winding it and the clothes or other articles
round the bed roller, under the pressure exerted by the upper or weighted
roller. This mangle is also applicable as a wringing machine by removing
the bed roller and substituting another without the cloth attached.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTORS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Julien Charles Dubois at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
May 1857.
I, JULIEN CHARLES DUBOIS, of 63, Rue de Cherche Midi, Paris, Statuaire,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTORS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in castors. For these pur-
poses each castor is made with one large and several small spheres. The
largest sphere is the one which forms, the roller and comes to the floor.
Directly above this large sphere there is one or two smaller spheres, one above
the other, which bear the weight of the article of furniture to which a castor
is fixed, and reduce the friction on the larger sphere. In addition to the
spheres above mentioned, there are other spheres around the large sphere, in
order to reduce the lateral friction, and to facilitate the rotation of the larger
sphere.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLOUGHING AND WORKING LAND
Year: 1857

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Francis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st March
1857.
I, HENRY FRANCIS, of No. 456, West Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLOUGHING AND WORKING LAND," to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in working ploughs, subsoil ploughs, scarifiers,
drillers, rollers, and other implements used in agriculture, by attaching them
separately or collectively to a locomotive or other engine constructed so as to
travel on the land by its own motive or other power, and which engine moves
the implements horizontally and transversly to the direction of its progress by
means of a lever or beam working on a fulcrum beneath the body of the
engine, the implements being attached to the outer end of the lever or beam
which projects beyond the wheels carrying the engine, and to which lever or
beam a vibrating motion is communicated.
Other arrangements and combinations of levers and cranks may be used to
effect the above objects, that is to say, to give a horizontally vibrating reciprocal
motion to the implements transverse to the direction in which the engine is
travelling. The working depth of the various implements attached to the
lever or beam is to be adjusted by screws or other mechanical means, and by
similar means provision is made for raising the implements above the ground.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jesso Briggs at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th February
1857.
I, JESSE BRIGGS, of Newstead Mill, Pudsey, near Leeds, in the County of
York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in adapting to the loose shuttle boxes of looms
certain novel mechanism for operating thercon, in lieu of the steel spring
commonly employed, the intention of this Invention being to obviate the
objection attending the use of the aforesaid spring, it having been found in
practice that during the operation of weaving, when the shuttle stops in the
edge of the warp, the resistance offered by the said spring breaks the warp,
thereby causing great hindrance to the weaver and damaging the piece.
The means by which it is proposed to effect these improvements are as
follows:-I employ a bell-crank lever, the fulcrum whereof is a pin or stud
connected to the upper part of the sword of the loom, upon which it acts at
the back of the shuttle box. I also employ a curved spring affixed to one or
both end framings of the loom. As the reed moves towards the work in the
act of "beating up" the upper end of the before-mentioned bell-crank lever
coming into contact with the aforesaid curved spring imparts the necessary
pressure to the loose back of the shuttle box.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BINDING OR COVERING BOOKS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Linsey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
September 1858.
I, JOHN HENRY LINSEY, of No. 4, Grocers Hall Court, City, Account Book.
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN BINDING OR COVERING BOOKS," to be as follows:-
My improvements have for their object the construction of bindings, or
backs and covers of books, in such manner that a new book, or set of leaves,
may be firmly and readily fixed into the binding when necessary by means of
plates of metal, and screws or studs, and other similar appliances, which will
clip or confine the flap of the hinge or joint attached to the book, and which
may be removed from one book to another as required.
I claim the application of loose plates, which may be attached to the covers
of books for the purpose of securely fixing the binding to books, and allowing
one binding to be used for a series of books when required.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN FASTENING BUTTONS AND STUDS TO DRESS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Felton, at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th November
1858.
I, ALFRED FELTON, of 184, Brick Lane, Spitalfields, in the County of Middle-
sex, Currier, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FASTENING BUTTONS AND STUDS TO DRESS AND OTHER ARTICLES," to
be as follows:-
My improvements in fastening buttons and studs to dress and other articles
consists in securing them either by means of a hollow stem projected through
the substance or article to which it is to be fastened, and the edge turned
down & spread out in the form of a lip or flange, and in the manner of
fastening eyelets. This may either be done with or without the intervention
of a collar between the substance of the garment or other article and the
edge turned down. In most cases I prefer to divide and cut the edge of the
hollow stem into equal parts before turning it down and spreading it out.
When the buttons or studs are to be secured to leather, as in boots, straps,
and other articles, the prongs formed by notching the edge turned down, if
preformed without the intervention of a collar, they enter the leather and form
a secure fastening; but when they are fastened to cloth or other like material
I prefer to use the collar as in fixing eyelets. Instead of forming the buttons
or studs with hollow necks or shanks for the purpose described, I sometimes
form them with holes in the centre, through which metal sockets like eyelets

page_text: are inserted. These metal sockets also pass through the article to which the
buttons are to be fastened, and are turned over and spread out as in fastening
an eyelet, and either with or without the use of a collar, and with or without
notching, as before explained.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Emil Moritz Stoehr at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th June
1858. A communication from I. A, Henze, of Wohldorf, near Hamburg.
I, EMIL MORITZ STOENR, of the City of Manchester, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING,"
being a communication from I. A. Henze, of Wohldorf, near Hamburg, to be
as follows:-
This Invention is applicable to looms in which two or more shuttles are
employed to produce the pattern, and it consists of an improved combination
of machinery for changing the position of the shuttle box, so as to bring any
of the shuttles when required in a line with the shuttle race.
In performing this Invention, a pinion on the crank shaft is used to drive a
pair of wheels, each of which has a stud for giving motion to a tappet plate,
which acts on a lever connected to the shuttle box in the usual manner; in
order to regulate the position of this tappet plate a chain of perforated and
plain links is employed; this chain is moved forward by an intermittent wheel
actuated by a stud projecting from a disc fixed to the same shaft as one of the
wheels above referred to. The chain is moved forward one link for every
pick, and above the drum, round which the chain passes, are placed suitable

page_text: instruments, which either pass through or bear upon the link; these instru-
ments being connected to the tappet plate, produce the requisite change in its
position to bring the shuttles in a line with the shuttle race in the order
required to produce the pattern.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF HEALDS OR HARNESS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Smithies at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
February 1858.
I, DAVID SMITHIES, of the City of Manchester, Heald Knitter, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF HEALDS OR HARNESS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in producing clasp healds by the
operation of weaving, in a loom of the ordinary construction instead of by
knitting as hitherto customary. In performing my Invention I employ a loom
with eight or other convenient number of leaves, and first weave two separate
portions of plain cloth, each with half the warp; a space of warp equal to the
depth of the heald is then left, and in that space each pair of warp threads is
made to pass over and under the other; two other plain portions of cloth
are then woven, leaving the warp crossed. Rods are woven in the plain
portions of the cloth which form the tabs. After this operation the partially
formed clasp healds are taken out of the loom, and the two upper tabs are
folded together, the two lower tabs are also folded together, thereby forming
clasp healds. These clasp bealds are made to answer the purpose of ring
healds by attaching the tabs of one clasp heald to one side of a pair of staves,
and the tabs of another clasp heald to the other side of the same pair of
staves.

page_text: The clasp healds manufactured in the manner above described may be used
instead of the ordinary clasp healds, and modifications may be made in the
foregoing details without "departing from the peculiar character of my
Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Burleigh and Frederic
Ludwig Danchell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 26th April 1858.
We, BENJAMIN BURLEIGH and FREDERIC LUDWIG DANCHELL, of Great
George Street, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacture of filters of improved
construction, viz., we construct a filter consisting of an external vessel or
casing made of metal, porcelain, glass, earthenware, stone, or other suitable
material combined with an internal filtering medium in a solid form composed
of charcoal, stone, or other suitable porous material. The said filtering medium
is made of a form adapted to the casing, either spherical, cylindrical, angular,
or in any other shape, either hollowed or otherwise, and is so fastened or
cemented to the casing between the inlet and the outlet that the fluid to be
filtered must of necessity pass through the said filtering medium, as the fasten-
ing or setting is intended to be water-tight. The cement used for securing the
filter medium in its case may be of gutta percha, gum shellac, marine glue,
Roman or other suitable cement; or, the said filtering medium may be fastened
to the casing by means of india-rubber, cork, or other water-tight packing.
The inlet of the casing may consist of one or more apertures conveniently
placed, as may also the outlet.

page_text: Another part of our Invention consists in adopting solid charcoal filtering
blocks, partly or entirely incased for cisterns, basins, or household filters by
fixing one or several of them to a pipe or series of pipes or other hollow vessel,
by means of which the fluid is drawn off after passing through the said filter-
ing blocks, which are likewise fastened with a water-tight cement or packing.
We also construct filters for sugar refining incased in a vessel or series of
vessels in each of which a solid block of charcoal is fixed with a similar water-
tight cement or packing, so that when the necessary pressure is applied, the
saccharine matter is forced through the charcoal, and thence into the receivers;
by this arrangement the filters may be cleansed without removal from the
casing by forcing through them a jet of water or steam, thus effecting a great
saving in labour.
We also in like manner construct filters of solid charcoal, stone, or other
filtering medium incased and fixed with a water-tight cement or packing, and
so placed on the suction pipes or force pipes of pumps that the fluid is made to
pass through the charcoal or other filtering medium either by suction or
pressure during the process of pumping.
We also construct pocket filters of solid charcoal, stone, or other solid
filtering medium incased or partly incased with or without a loose lid; the said
filter or filtering medium being fixed or fastened to the case as before described
by cement or other water-tight material placed between the inlet and the
outlet.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER ELASTIC BAND OR RING FASTENINGS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Horsey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th February
1858.
I, JAMES HORSEY, of Greek Street, in the County of Middlesex, India-
rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN INDIA-RUBBER AND OTHER ELASTIC BAND OR RING
FASTENINGS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming on india-rubber rings or bands, whether
made of india-rubber alone or of elastic web or cloth, one or more bands or
tabs, by preference of india-rubber or elastic web, but they may be of leather
or other material; or I employ in combination with an elastic ring or band
a split ring of metal. I form a button hole or slot in the tab, and connect it
to the article by a button, stud, binding screw, spring, ring, or other means.
Where the ring or band has to be applied to an article made of india-rubber,
such, for instance, as a tobacco pouch, I attach a button or stud to the flap
of the pouch, and pass the slot or hole in the tab over the button, or vice versa.
Or I bind the edge of the flap with cloth or other fabric, and pass the split
ring through the flap behind the binding.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TEA KETTLES AND OTHER LIKE DOMESTIC VESSELS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Noah Fellows at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th October
1858.
I, NOAH FELLOWs, the younger, of West Derby, in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TEA KETTLES AND OTHER LIKE DOMESTIC VESSELS," to be as follows (that is
to say) :-
This Invention consists in forming the bottoms of tea kettles and other like
vessels concave, and carrying a pipe or pipes from the bottom through the
body of the vessel, and out at the side or top thereof, so as to form a flue or
flues through which flame and heat may pass, thereby presenting a large
heating surface, and preventing the vessel choaking the fire. By this arrange-
ment a vessel may be formed that will boil water and so forth very quickly on
an open fire.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBROIDERING
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Thomas Hughes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd
May 1858. A communication.
I, EDWARD THOMAS HUGHES, of the firm of Hughes & Son, Patent
Agents, 123, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR EMBROIDERING," as communicated to me from abroad, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to embroidering so as to introduce the pattern at the
same time the fabric is woven, and consists of two frames working invertedly
by means of two springs passing over each other under a double pully, of a
diameter proportioned to the number of teeth or cogs in a wheel, which is
fixed to a cross piece adjusted to the batten. The said wheel gives motion to
the machine by means of two levers, each having an independent hook
corresponding to the jacquard. The frames rest on moveable feet to which
strings are attached, with elastic springs to preserve the required tension.
In order to produce the required pattern or design, a number of needles
divided into combs are fixed to each of the said frames, the needles being
supplied with the necessary materials for embroidering. On one side of the
batten is fixed an escapement pully, the other side resting on the wheel,
rotary motion being given to the wheel by the said pully, and two small
rollers containing the materials to be embroidered are fixed behind the batten
on a suitable frame.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ROOFING AND OTHER TILES
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Mark at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th May
1858.
I, WILLIAM MARK, of Stockton-on-Tees, in the County of Durham, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ROOFING
AND OTHER TILES," to be as follows:-
The first part of my Invention consists in forming tiles for roofing and other
analogous purposes, with a feather or projecting rib along one of the edges of
the tile, the opposite edge thereof being formed with a channel or groove
situated at the reverse side of the tile, and made suitable in form to fit upon
and receive the feather or rib before named of the next adjoining tile. At the
under side, between the two above mentioned edges of each tile, and running
in a direction parallel thereto, is formed a recess (extending partly across the
tile), for the purpose of receiving and lying over a portion of the joint of the
adjoining tiles of the next row, as herein-after explained. In using the tiles
they are placed side by side, so as to form rows, the feather or projecting rib
on the one side of each tile being received and covered by the recessed edge of
its neighbouring tile. The rows of tiles are laid so that they partly overlap
cach other, and are so placed that the joints between the individual tiles of
each row are situated between or "break joint" with those of the rows next

page_text: adjoining, so much of the rise formed by each joint of the one row as is over-
lapped by the next row being received and covered by the intermediate recesses
formed in the tiles, as before described.
The second part of my Invention has reference to tiles intended to be used
in the formation of gutters, spouting, &c., and consists in forming the body
thereof hollow, or in other words, as a double shell, with a space or cavity
between the two thicknesses. A portion of the inner shell or thickness of
material is cut away at one end of each tile, and a corresponding length from
the outer thickness or shell at the opposite end thereof, so that by placing a
number of tiles together the place of the portion removed from either shell of
one will be filled by the projection of the corresponding shell of the next.
The space or interval between the two shells at the part where the ends of the
tiles come together and fit into each other, as described, is to be filled with
cement, in order thereby to form a tight and secure joint.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALVES, APPLICABLE ESPECIALLY TO WATER METERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING FLUIDS, AND ALL HYDRAULIC PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Richmond at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th October
1858.
I, JOHN RICHMOND, Engineer and Machinist, of 21, Carlisle Terrace,
Fairfield Road, Bow, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALVES, APPLICABLE
ESPECIALLY TO WATER METERS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING FLUIDS,
AND ALL HYDRAULIC PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The quarter rotary valve is constructed and made of iron, brass, or any
other inetal. The chief improvement of these valves is to reduce friction. The
valve is of the disc construction, and is so made that it can be eased off the
face without loss of water, or any other fluids that it may be applied too, by
which micans it requires a very little power to work the same, and will give a
full flow of water or any other fluid that may be passing through it. The
faces of the valves will become better through wear, which is not the case
with ordinary valves. The upper disc is constructed with a hollow box, and
being moved a quarter round, will give either egress or ingress to the required
passages, at the same time will be quite tight on the faces; the spindle of the
upper disc does not come through the valve, but is kept up in the lower box
by a cylinder, and can be regulated as required.
A MACHINE FOR CUTTING UP ALMONDS FOR THE USE OF CON- FECTIONERS & OTHERS
Year: 1858

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jozé Luis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th July 1858.
-A communication.
I, JOZE LUIS, Patent Agent, of No. 1", Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square,
London, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A MACHINE FOR CUTTING UP ALMONDS FOR THE USE OF CON-
FECTIONERS & OTHERS," (a communication to me from a foreigner residing
abroad,) to be as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
A, A, A, a circular fixed plate supported on three feet, having three holes
E, D, pierced in it; C, E, D, knife fixed by two vices on the said plate;
B, C, moveable plate pierced with sixteen holes C, E, E, for the passage of
the almonds; B, E, handle cast in the same piece as the plate; C, E, a spring
having a little pusher for facilitating the fall of the almonds into the holes
C, E, E; C, E, E, holes pierced in the plate to the number of eight large and
eight small; E, axe on which the moveable plate turns; E, E, a hopper in
cast iron fixed on the moveable plate. The movement is as follows:-The
plate B, C, turns on its axe E, pressing but very slightly on the blades
C, E, B; during this movement the almonds pass into the holes C, E, E,
where they are cut in slices by the blades above mentioned, and fall at the

page_text: bottom of the machine, where a hole is arranged through which the almonds
fall out after having been cut. The holes are opened to just the size of the
almonds, so that they present themselves without difficulty. It is of course
understood that the movement is given by turning the handle from right
to left.