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IMPROVEMENTS IN CHAIRS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Patterson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM PATTERSON, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Cabinet Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CHAIRS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the construction of the chair in such a
manner as to admit of the parts being folded together when required to
be packed, and fixed in their ordinary relative positions when required
for use. For this purpose the seat is made to be moveable, and the
frame into which the seat is fitted is hinged at the front and back parts
to the front and hinder legs respectively, so that, when required, the said
frame may be made to lie flat upon the back of the chair, and the front
legs to lie flat upon the frame, the seat being removed from its frame
and placed on the hinder legs; and when it is required to fix the parts
in their ordinary positions for use, this is done by means of thumb-
screws, passing through the front and back parts of the seat frame

page_text: respectively, and into plates fixed in the parts connected-with-the front.
and hinder legs respectively, the scat being inserted in its frame, and
secured in the ordinary manner therein by studs projecting therefrom
at the back and front parts of the said frame.
Year: 1853

page_text: over which it passes, and returns to another guide pulley, placed at the
same end of the carriage as the hook to the traction bar or rod of
which these flexible connections are affixed. These last-mentioned
pullies are near the sides of the carriage (one on one side, the other
on the other), and the flexible connections pass therefrom, each to one
end of separate rods (to which they are joined by hook or other-
wise,) which I call cross rods, as they cross each other with their other
ends directed towards the opposite sides of the next carriage which is
coupled therewith; and such other or opposite ends of these rods are in
like manner connected to similar chains or other flexible connections,
passing over pullies, and are otherwise similarly connected to the
traction bar of such next carriage.
Each end of each of a train of carriages is to be similarly fitted, and
I prefer that each pair of cross rods be at their outer ends connected
together by other rols, so that the cross rods be prevented rubbing upon
each other; and these other rods are so jointed that they shall not pre-
vent the cross rods freely adapting themselves to the varying positions
and motions of the carriages. And I also prefer forming one of these
cross rods with a long slot in the direction of its length, through which
the other rod passes.
The tendency of this system of cross connection acting with the
central hook connection or traction bar will be, when draught is exerted
through the train, to draw the opposite sides of adjoining carriages
together, and thus prevent the sideway movement.
OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING THIMBLES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Walker at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
September 1853.
I, SAMUEL WALKER, junior, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
THIMBLES" to be as follows:-
My new or improved machinery consists of a press such as is
commonly used for pressing, with the following appendages: the blanks
to be raised into thimbles are pushed by a feeder from a table on to the
lower die and formed into a cup shape; they are subjected several times
to this treatment, and at about the fourth pressure a ring is brought
over the blank and pressed thereon to make the blank take a central
position on the said die, the which, owing to the cup shape of the same,
it would otherwise rarely assume; the said ring is pressed on the blank,
and the plunger descends through the said ring, and forces the blank into

page_text: the lower die, thereby raising it into the form of a thimble. As the
plunger rises it brings the thimble upon it, but a fixed stop pressing
against the plunger catches the edge of the thimble, and prevents it
rising while the plunger is withdrawn from it; the thimble falls on a
table by which it is removed, and a second blank is subjected to the
treatment described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING METAL TIPS FOR SHOES AND CLOGS
Year: 1853

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Swire at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th December
1853.
I, BENJAMIN SWIRE, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster,
Nail Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING METAL TIPS FOR
SHOES AND CLOGS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, firstly, in the employment of a vibrating lever for
bending severed pieces of metal into the required shapes. The. lever is pro-
vided with proper bending tools, which are caused by the vibration thereof to
advance towards dies upon which the metal is placed; and as the extent of
the vibrating motion will vary according to the distance from the centre,
I avail myself of this to bend shapes of different corresponding sizes.
Secondly, my Invention consists in combining with the action of the above-
mentioned vibrating machine an apparatus at the driving shaft thereof for
turning severed pieces of metal into the aforesaid shapes. To the aforesaid
vibrating lever I also attach shears, for the purpose of cutting off' lengths to
be bent into the articles above mentioned.
THE APPLICATION OF THE EXTRACT OF THE PINE AND OTHER TREES OF THE FIR TRIBE TO DYEING AND COLORING PURPOSES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Edouard Loradoux
Bellford at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 23rd September 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE EDOUARD LORADOUX BELLFORD, of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn (City), London, Patent Agent, hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF THE EXTRACT OF THE PINE
AND OTHER TREES OF THE FIR TRIBE TO DYEING AND COLORING PURPOSES,"
(a communication from Nicolas Philibert Guinon, of Lyons, in the
Empire of France,) to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in the employment of the extract of the pine
and other trees of the same class as a substitute for catechu. The
extract of pine and other trees of the coniferous class is obtained in the
same manner as the extracts of dye woods; it may be, like them, of a
liquid or solid nature. I use it as a substitute for catechu in dyeing in
black (called mineral) with raymond blue ground (cyanure of iron),
as well as in solid greens. I can use this extract either alone or
mixed with other tannins. The astringent properties and the great

page_text: analogy which the tannin extract of pine presents with catechu in many
cases allow of employing the former as a coloring matter in the art
of dyeing, of printing upon tissues, and also as a precipitating body in
the manufacture of beer.
IMPROVED REAPING MACHINE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROV
UNAL
GATION
Dy Inomas Cooke Foster at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS COOKE FOSTER, of the Strand, in the County of Middle-
sex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for an "IMPROVED REAPING MACHINE" to be as follows:-
It consists chiefly of two parts, a cutting and a receiving portion.
The cutting is effected by means of a cylinder placed near the ground
transversely, in front of the machine, and provided with a series of
longitudinal blades, so centred as to fall at a convenient angle for
mowing and cutting in front of the machine, while the remainder of
the said blades round the remainder of the circumference remain shut
up perfectly close to the surface. The blades can be slightly inclined
longitudinally or curved, and the number will vary according to the
size of the cylinder. Motion is communicated to the cylinder and

page_text: blades from the main shaft of the machine by traction. The blades may
be made to open either by their own gravity or by means of springs.
The receiving portion of the machine is partly curved in section to
allow of the gathering of the corn into sheaves, and a trap is appended
which drops the sheaf when collected. The principal improvements are
the transverse cutters placed round the periphery of a cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SPINDLES AND BEARINGS OF LATHES AND DRILLING MACHINES, AND IN OTHER SPINDLES AND BEARINGS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Todd at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN TODD, of Fish Street Hill, in the City of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE SPINDLES AND BEARINGS OF LATHES AND DRILLING MACHINES, AND
IN OTHER SPINDLES AND BEARINGS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in lathes, spindles, and bearings
consists in forming the bearings and spindles of the "mandril head"
of conical forms, with the larger ends of the cones towards the nose of
the mandril.
The bearing next the nose of the mandril only may be thus formed,
which offers a firm resistance to the end thrust to which the spindle
is subject, and also maintains a firmer bearing than is obtained by
parallel bearings, or bearings coned in the opposite direction as
heretofore.
The spindle or mandril is held in its position by set nuts on the
projecting back end, or in other suitable manner.

page_text: My improvements in drilling machine spindles and bearings consists
in forming the bearings conical, which bearings may be coned in such
direction as to take the end thrust of the drill in a manner similar to
the lathe spindles and bearings, which with the other arrangements
described are also applicable to drilling machine spindles and bearings.
Set nuts pressing against the end of upper conical or parallel collar or
bearing may be used, or other suitable contrivance to keep the coned
part or parts of spindle up to their bearings. These conical bearings
are also applicable to other spindles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Julien François Belleville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JULIEN FRANÇOIS BELLEVILLE, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the
French Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING" to be as follows:-
I employ a cylinder open at one end and closed at the other; in this
cylinder is a piston in connection with a piston rod, which works
through a stuffing box in the closed end of the cylinder. The action of
this combination of apparatus is as follows:-When pressure is applied
to the piston rod the piston is moved from the closed end of the
cylinder towards the open end, and during this motion acts on the air
or other fluid in the cylinder, and thus propels the carriage, vessel, or
other structure to which it is attached. When the pressure on the
piston rod is removed the exterior pressure causes the piston to return
to its original position.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Julien François Belleville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JULIEN FRANÇOIS BELLEVILLE, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the
French Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLING" to be as follows:-
I employ a cylinder open at one end and closed at the other; in this
cylinder is a piston in connection with a piston rod, which works
through a stuffing box in the closed end of the cylinder. The action of
this combination of apparatus is as follows:-When pressure is applied
to the piston rod the piston is moved from the closed end of the
cylinder towards the open end, and during this motion acts on the air
or other fluid in the cylinder, and thus propels the carriage, vessel, or
other structure to which it is attached. When the pressure on the
piston rod is removed the exterior pressure causes the piston to return
to its original position.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DISENGAGING BOATS FROM SHIPS OR OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Abraham Matthews at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th May
1853.
I, ABRAHAM MATTHEWS, of Denby Street, Pimlico, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DISENGAGING BOATS FROM SHIPS OR OTHER VESSELS" to be
as follows:-
The improvements relate to applying disengaging means to the fixings con-
necting the supporting means, or the "tackles," with the boat, by which, when
the boat is lowered or being lowered by the "tackles," or whilst otherwise
suspended at the ship's side or elsewhere, all connection between the boat and
such suspending means may at once be released, and the boat allowed to
descend to the water.
Suitable catches or fastenings carried by the boat hold the ends of "tackles"
or other supporting means, and these catches or fastenings are so arranged and
connected together as to be capable of simultaneous movement, by a lever or
otherwise, to release the boat at the instant required.

page_text: ADDITION TO PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
The catches or fastenings which unite the supporting means, that is, the
ordinary tackles or other like supports, with the boat, are each capable of
a sliding (or a jointed) movement, in order at any instant to release the boat
from its supports & its connection with the ship. And whatever be the 5
number of catches used, they are all connected together to be acted upon at
the same time, in order that the boat may at every supporting part be simul-
taneously released. . -
IMPROVE- MENTS IN ROTARY PUMPS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Georges Cordier
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th August 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRI GEORGES CORDIER, Gunsmith, of Paris, in the French
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ROTARY PUMPS " to be as follows:-
My improved rotary pump consists of a cylindrical chamber, in the
centre of which is an axis, which carries a species of double cam as
wide as the chamber, and extending on each side from the axis to
within a very short distance of the inner circumference of the chamber,
which it thus divides longitudinally into two equal parts. This double
cam revolves in the cylindrical chamber, but without rubbing at the
circumference or ends. In the side of the cylinder is a longitudinal
slit through which passes a slide, which works up and down through a
stuffing box with its end always in contact with the double cam, but
avoiding friction between the surfaces. On each side of this slide is a
pipe through one of which the fluid comes to the machine, & through

page_text: the other it leaves it. Motion is given to the slide by means of a rod
receiving motion from an arm fixed on the axis of a toothed wheel,
which receives motion from another toothed wheel (having twice the
number of teeth) on the axis of the double cam. Sometimes, in place
of a double cam, I employ a cylinder placed excentrically on the axis,
and which revolves in, but without touching, the exterior cylinder; & in
place of giving motion to the slide exteriorly, I give motion to it by an
eccentric on the axis interiorly of the cylindrical case; and in place of
working through a stuffing box, the slide rises and falls in a closed
chamber, of the proper internal configuration, placed over the longitudi-
nal slit in the cylindrical chamber.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Cook at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th February 1853.
I, BENJAMIN COOK, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING FIRES" to be as follows, that is to
say:
My Invention consists in attaching a flexible tube by suitable
means to gas burners, the other end of such tube being provided
with a metallic pipe or tube, which being placed under or among
the fuel, and the gas being turned on and lit, the coals may be
readily ignited.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ICE PAILS, OR APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERATING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Fuller at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th April 1858.
I, WILLIAM FULLER, of Jermyn Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Ice Pail Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ICE PAILS, OR APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERATING," to
be as follows:
This Invention relates to an improved mode of constructing ice
pails, for the use of confectioners and others, for making ice creams
and water ices.
The vessel containing the cream or water to be refrigerated is fur-
nished at bottom with a pivot on which it turns, and is supported on
a step placed at the bottom of the pail. A vertical spindle rises from
the bottom of the icc vessel, and passes through a cross piece or bear-
ing which extends horizontally from side to side of the pail, but which
is hinged at one or both sides, so that it may be removed when it is
required to take the ice vessel out of the pail. A winch handle is
adapted to the upper end of the vertical spindle for the purpose of
turning the same during the refrigerating process. By this arrange-
ment of parts all gearing or wheelwork is dispensed with, and the

page_text: operator turns the spindle and ice vessel with one hand, while with the
other hand he stirs or mixes the ice or materials that are being ope-
rated upon.
By holding a spatula in the left hand and bearing it
against the sides of the ice vessel, while with the right he turns the
vessel, the ice that is produced at the sides of the vessel is moved into
the central part of the mass, and the ingredients thereby become
intimately mixed.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Smith Bartleet at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 13th May 1853.
I, ROBERT SMITII BARTLEET, of Redditch, in the County of Wor-
cester, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SEWING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of improvements in sewing machines, with
a view to render the same capable of receiving the different sizes
of needles, without the expence of having the needles cach made with
an enlarged end, which has heretofore been the practice; and the im-
provements consist of causing each of the sockets or holders of the
needles to be made capable of receiving different sizes of needles, by
being enabled to diminish or contract its holding parts; and in cases
where the needles by their differences in size will, by the mode of
fixing, be changed in their centre of action, I cause the table or surface
through which the needles pass when working, or the holder or socket
of the needles, to be moveable, to allow of the same being adjusted to
different positions consequent on using different sizes of needles in the
same holders or sockets.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING AND PLANING WOOD AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hunter at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd April 1853.
(Foid by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1. WILLIAM HUNTER, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Timber Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CUTTING AND PLANING WOOD AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates essentially the production of smooth plane
surfaces on wood and other materials, on the principle of circular
sawing. For this purpose a finely toothed circular saw, having a
dished centre, is used, this saw being caused to revolve at a very rapid
rate, whilst the wood or material to be planed or smoothed off is
traversed along a guide or fence in contact with the cutting edge.
The object of dishing the saw is, that only a narrow circumferential
portion near the teeth may bear upon or come in contact with the
wood, as the concavity of the dish is next to the wood, or the planed
face thereof. Such planing saw has no "set," as the cutting action
does not require it, but as it revolves very rapidly the severed portion
is borne clear away from the point of the cut, and the saw therefore

page_text: planes with great freedom and rapidity, and produces a smooth plane
surface, resembling that produced by the ordinary planing machinery.
It is obvious that instead of using a common saw thus modified for this
purpose, various classes or modifications of cutters may be used to
plane on the sawing principle. Similarly, one saw or cutter may
be made to plane two contiguous sides of a piece of wood, by making
the saw with a double dish, that is, with a thick edge, and a centre
sunk in or thinned off.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN, TEXTILE, AND LOOPED FABRICS, AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hodgson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th March 1853.
(This Invention did not proceed, the Law Officer having refused
Provisional Protection.)
I, WILLIAM HODGSON, of Wakefield, in the County of York, En-
gineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN, TEXTILE, AND LOOPED
FABRICS, AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows: -
My Invention consists in the manufacture of woven, looped, and.
textile fabrics, direct from a sliver, as it issues from a carding engine,
or from a portion of fibre, such as silk, hair, flax, cotton, or the like,
without the intervention of spinning machinery; and this I effect by
means of certain transmitting rollers, fingers, and apparatus, which
take hold of the sliver, or small portions of fibre, and deliver it or
them, in the state of thread, on to needles, when, by means of other
fingers and apparatus, it is formed into a fabric.
A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF Looms
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Barnes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th December
1853.
1, SAMUEL BARNES, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF Looms" to be as
follows:-
In ordinary looms the cloth beam receives its rotation from an emery or glass
covered roller, which is placed above the cloth roller, and kept in contact by
means of levers and weights. In my Invention I place the emery roller below
the cloth beam, by which arrangement I obviate the necessity of the weights
and levers, the weight of the cloth beam being found sufficient to keep the emery
roller in contact with the cloth beam, which receives from it the required rota-
tion or take up motion, as will be seen by reference to the annexed Drawing,
with the references written thereon.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELESTIAL AND TER- RESTRIAL GLOBES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Baptiste Verdun and
Jean Baptiste Mertens at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 4th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JEAN BAPTISTE VERDUN and JEAN BAPTISTE MERTENS, of Rue
du Buffauld, Paris, France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Gentlemen, do hereby declare that the nature of the Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CELESTIAL AND TER-
RESTRIAL GLOBES " to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in constructing globes of two senii spheres or
disks, and joining them afterwards together. These hemispheres are
provided with a metallic axis having the form of a telescope to enable
them to elongate or collapse when acted upon by a screw set in motion
by a winch.
By this means the size of the two hemispheres can be lessened or
they may be elongated at will, and globes of any required diameters
constructed.
They may be covered with paper or printed cloth to represent the
terrestrial or celestial bodies.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND REFINING OF SUGAR
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hawes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 17th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM HAWES, of 17, Montague Place, Russell Square, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE AND REFINING OF SUGAR " to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the defecating of saccharine
juices and solutions by employing salts or oxides of metals, for
which purpose I use bismuth, tin, zinc, or manganese, and I subse-
quently filter through charcoal or other filter.
WHITENING AND CLEANSING SUGAR BY THE APPLICATION OF STEAM AND HOT AIR IN A CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR MACHINE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the Right Honourable
Charles Augustus Lord Howard de Walden and Seaford at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, the Right Honorable CHARLES AUGUSTUS LORD HOWARD DE
WALDEN AND SEAFORD, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "WHITENING AND CLEANSING SUGAR BY THE APPLICATION OF
STEAM AND HOT AIR IN A CENTRIFUGAL SUGAR MACHINE" to be as
follows:
-
Oven or furnace heated steam, at a very high temperature, is intro-
duced into the rotatory drum of a centrifugal sugar machine. This steam
is mixed with a great proportion of air, with which it forms hot air
moist enough to cleanse the crystals of the sugar by its passage
through them, and hot and dry enough to prevent any part of the sugar
being dissolved.
The apparatus can be placed near any centrifugal machine, and is
composed of a furnace in which a coil pipe, coming from any steam
pipe of the factory, is heated to a high degree of temperature and
expansion. A pipe extends from this coil pipe to the centrifugal

page_text: machine, into which it enters through an opening in the moveable
cover, and projects a steam jet into the centre of the revolving drum.
Through an opening in the cover a suflicient quantity of air is admitted
to form, with the hot steam, the proper temperature and moisture for
the cleansing of the sugar.
In order to force this hot air to pass through the sugar vertically
placed along the circumference of the drum, and prevent its passage
between the superior ring of the revolving drum and the superior
border of the immoveable receiver, there is a concave annular ring fixed
on the exterior plate of the border of the revolving drum, in which is
suspended, nearly to the bottom of this concave ring, a circular leather
strap fixed to the immoveable upper part of the receiver, which forms a
flexible joint, and prevents the steam and air from passing over the
revolving drum without acting on the sugar.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEATING AND LIGHTING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
November 1853.-A communication.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HEATING AND LIGHTING," to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in passing, driving, or forcing atmospheric air or
steam through or into flame produced by the combustion of coal, naptha,
turpentine, shale, oil, or such like volatile bodies, or into or through the flame
of whale, rosin, or other oils.
A CERTAIN IM- PROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUTTONS, AND IN THE MODE OF APPLYING THE SAME TO GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1853

page_text: I, THOMAS GLOVER, of Woodstock, in the County of Oxford, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUTTONS, AND IN THE MODE OF APPLYING
THE SAME TO GLOVES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS," to be as follows:-
I take a disc of metal, and sink a cavity in it, which leaves it
something in the form of an eyelet, with the exception that the hole in
the bottom is of less diameter than the cavity, and this completes my
button, it having been burnished or ornamented as desired. The mode
of fastening such button to gloves, or other articles of dress which is of
suitable material, is as follows:-I take a round bit of soft metal, as
common shot, of suitable size, and, by wrapping it in the leather of the
glove or other suitable article, it is passed into the cavity of the button
from behind, and then by a suitable tool and pressure the shot is
spread or flattened, filling up the cavity of the button, and thereby
securing it.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Roscow and Robert
Bullough at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
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Millwright, and KOBERT BULLOUGH, of the same place, Millwright, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR RAISING WATER AND OTHER
FLUIDS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of a vertical rotary pump, and is particularly
applicable for pumping acids and other chemicals which have a
deleterious effect upon the leather buckets and valves employed in ordi-
nary pumps. We employ an upright cylindrical tube of the requisite
height, through the centre of which a rod or shaft passes, and is capable
of turning or revolving in suitable bearings at the top and bottom of
the tube. Near to the bottom of the tube, and below the level of the
fluid to be raised, a disc is keyed on the shaft, fitting closely the interior

page_text: of the tube. This disc is cut or notched in a radial direction, and bent
so as to form a series of inclined planes, similar to an ordinary disc
ventilator." That part of the tube which is below the disc may be
divided by means of a vertical partition or partitions, in order to pre-
vent the fluid from "whirling" or eddying. It will be evident that, if
rotary motion is applied to the shaft, the action of the inclined planes
of the disc against the fluid (which is prevented from "whirling" by
the partition) will cause the same to ascend the tube in a continuous
stream, for delivery or use, as in ordinary lifting pumps.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Coope Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th October
1853.
I, JOHN COOPE HADDAN, of Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer; do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ADHESIVE STAMPS AND LABELS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in improvements upon that description of adhesive
stamps or labels, several of which are printed or manufactured upon one and
the same sheet of paper or material, and which are made so as to be easily
separable from each other by having perforations, slits, or openings, between
the several labels, as in the recently issued new penny adhesive receipt stamps.
My Invention consists, firstly, in rendering the tearing process (of sepa-
rating the labels) less liable to deviate from the intended direction by making
the perforations or openings with angles, presented in the said intended
direction of separation, and either without or with a slit or cut beyond and in
continuation of the said angles.
Secondly, in making zig-zag, or wave line, or other curved or straight slits
or cuts between the several labels.

page_text: The Figure 1 of the Drawing illustrates some of my first and second
improvements by a representation of a portion of a sheet of labels with various
of my patterns of perforations, openings, or slits. In general use, however,
the several patterns are not intended to be repeated upon the same sheet, but
one pattern all over. Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the form of perforation
or opening shewn of the label_marked a. Figure 3 is a slight variation in
the said form which may be adopted.
My Invention consists, thirdly, in "weakening, removing, or destroying, or
partially removing or destroying or cracking, either the paper or material of the
labels themselves, or the gum, cement, or adhesive material upon it, or both
of these materials, at the intended line of separation, by a pressing or stamping
process, or by a folding process, or by the application of acids or other chemical
agents, or in any other suitable manner.- -
Fourthly, in combining any two or more of the above improvements, or any
parts of them together.
AN IMPROVED HOPPER FOR A PIANOFORTE"
Year: 1853

page_text: I. WILLIAM SANDILANDS, of Elm Tree Lodge, South Lambeth, in
the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for AN IMPROVED HOPPER FOR A PIANOFORTE" to be as follows:--
An improvement in the action of the hopper, by the entire preven-
tion of the noise occasioned by the falling of the front blade of the
hopper on the cloth, felt, or other material hitherto used for the purpose,
a universally acknowledged evil through the trade, alike deplored by
manufacturers and musicians. My Invention prevents the noise com-
plained of, by regulating the fall of the front blade of the hopper by
means of a ligament of silk, cotton, wool, wire, or other material suitable
to such a purpose, attached to the front blade of the hopper, and carried
to a pin placed to receive it, which regulates the motion of the hopper.
free of all noise; which Invention I exclusively claim, no one hitherto
having thought of effecting the fall of the front blade of the hopper
from the front, the plan hitherto pursued being to regulate it from the
back by means of cloth and buttons, &c. No person therefore from

page_text: this date can attempt to regulate the fall of the front blade of the
hopper from the front without trespassing upon my Invention. Lalso
claim an improvement, through the same means, in the setting off of
the hopper, (setting off) being a term well understood through the trade.
A NEW METHOD OF OBTAINING STEAM POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Chesneau at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 10th June 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE CHESNEAU, of Leicester, in the County of Leicester, Oil
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW METHOD OF OBTAINING STEAM POWER" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in dividing cast iron into small particles by a
Inechanical process employed for that purpose. That granulated iron
is placed in the boiler according to its interior form. I then fill the
boiler with water to its ordinary height. The granulated iron imme-
diately attracts the same degree of heat as the exterior parts of the
boiler, which are exposed to the fire. The small quantity of water
which the boiler contains, becoming heated with great rapidity, produces
an abundance of steam, and retains its power even after the fire is
extinguished. Or in lieu of cast iron I can use small coal or gravel
or small stones.
Ar IMPROVED CLOAK
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Chickall Jay at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th December 1859.
I, WILLIAM CHICKALL JAY, of Regent Street, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Ar
IMPROVED CLOAK" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improvement in the form and construc-
tion of cloaks, and consists in so forming and arranging such cloaks as
to admit of certain parts thereof being varied at the pleasure of the
wearer, so as to have the appearance-
First, of a cloak or mantle with sleeves.
Secondly, of a cloak or mantle without sleeves.
Thirdly, of a circular or shawl cloak.
In the cloak first mentioned the inner parts of each of the sleeves,
or the parts nearest the body, are fastened together by buttons or hooks
and eyes, in lieu of being sewn as usual.

page_text: The second description of cloak is formed by unfastening the inner
parts of the sleeves, and the sides of each of the pieces that formed the
sleeves are buttoned or otherwise fastened to the cloak, and presents
the appearance of part of the skirt (or as one of the breadths) of the
cloak itself.
Thirdly, when it is required to form a circular or shawl cloak, one
side only of each of the pieces are fastened to the cloak and the other
thrown loosely over, the arm of the wearer.
A SELF- ACTING SPEED-REGULATOR AND SAFETY-BREAK FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Elliot Hoole at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY ELLIOT HOOLE, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "A SELF-
ACTING SPEED-REGULATOR AND SAFETY-BREAK FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES"
to be as follows:-
To the carriage framing are affixed rods or pistons (a, a,) with con-
cave blocks (b, b,) attached thereto, to act on the periphery of the
wheel; the head (c, c,) of the rods or pistons works behind the head of
the buffer (d) to which it is connected by hinge-links to admit of the
necessary vibration. This secures unity of action between the buffer
and the regulators or breaks, so that the stoppage of the engine,
collision, or any obstruction that may present itself, will in all cases
destroy the effect of the motive power, and apply the force of concus-
sion generated by such stoppage, collision, or obstruction, to bring the
whole train to a stand. The stoppage of the engine and tender acts
upon all the regulators or breaks of the train in succession, from

page_text: beginning to end, so that the force of the concussion is made available,
and transmitted directly to impede the action of the carriage wheels;
the effect of this will be to regulate the relative speed of the carriages,
so as to secure uniformity of motion throughout the train, and enable
the driver to stop the train in a much shorter space of time than is
practicable by any contrivance now at his disposal.
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUBLICITY
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Des Moutis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th August 1853.
Specific
I, HENRY DES MOUTIS, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and Provisio
of 16, Castle Street, Holborn (City), London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUBLICITY"
to be as follows, viz. :-
This Invention consists in printing advertisements at the backs of
programmes of exhibitions, concerts, &c., &c., or notices of public
entertainments of all kinds, periodical or otherwise.
The said announcements being distributed gratuitously at the door
or at the interior of the respective establishments.
STOPPING OF BOTTLES CONTAINING RATED LIQUIDS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Taylor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Newport Pagnel, in the County of Bucks,
Chemist and Soda Water Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "STOPPING OF BOTTLES CONTAINING RATED
LIQUIDS to be as follows:-
For stopping bottles containing ærated liquids consists of a stopper of
metal, gutta percha, ivory, or wood, or any other hard substance made
hollow and plugged or stopped at the end entering the bottle, and
perforated with holes about the middle of the cylindrical part of the
stopper so as to allow of the passing of liquids or gases through the
perforated holes; which stopper is to be surrounded with an elastic.ring
made of india-rubber or vulcanized india-rubber, and which stopper,
when passed into the bottle, is with the ring of india-rubber held in its
place by a collar of metal surrounding the neck of the bottle, and having

page_text: two projecting arms with clamps so made as to admit of a proper
degree of motion for the elevation or depression of the stopper for the
admission of the liquids and gases, or for drawing them off, which
drawing off or filling is effected by the rolling motion given to the
india-rubber ring. By depressing the stopper the ring is rolled over
above the perforated holes in the stopper, and by elevating it the
ring is rolled so as to be below the holes, thus effectually securing the
liquids and gases.
CERTAIN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTER- ING IN OR UPON OMNIBUSES, AND ALSO THEIR EXIT THEREFROM
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John O'Leary at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
February 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN O'LEARY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Me-
chanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTER-
ING IN OR UPON OMNIBUSES, AND ALSO THEIR EXIT THEREFROM," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists principally in the application to such vehicles
of a "turnstile" or revolving gate, in such a manner that no passenger
can enter in or upon or leave the same without passing through the
said "turnstile," and consequently turning the same one-fourth of a
revolution. The "turnstile" is placed upon an enclosed platform at
the back of the vehicle, and the steps for mounting the roof of the
omnibuses ascend from the said platform within the "turnstile." There
is no seat on the front of the vehicle except for the driver, which is
railed off in such a manner as to prevent any passengers from ascend-
ing or descending to or from the roof of the omnibus in that direction.
The "turnstile" is to be connected to an indicating apparatus by means

page_text: of toothed wheels, so as to indicate accurately upon a dial the number
of revolutions performed thereby, and consequently the number of pas-
sengers both entering in or upon and leaving the vehicle. It must also
be furnished with a ratchet-wheel and pall, or other similar contrivance,
to prevent it from turning save in one direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Wright Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WRIGHT JONES, of Pendleton, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR STRETCHING WOVEN
FABRICS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the adaptation of a certain arrangement
for stretching textile fabrics preparatory to or during the processes
of bleaching, printing, finishing, or for operating upon such goods,
when they are required to be stretched for other purposes. The
apparatus consists of two sets of pointed instruments, mounted
upon endless flexible surfaces passed around rollers, and situate so
as to operate upon each side of the fabric. The distance trans-
versely between the flexible surfaces is greater at one end than at the
other, as therefore the goods are drawn forward over the points.
These instruments are caused to revolve, and as they successively
arrive at the wider part of the apparatus draw outward, and there-
fore effect a stretching of the goods crosswise, from which they

page_text: subsequently withdraw by passing downward over the rollers.
The goods will be drawn forward by means varying with the appli-
cation of the improved apparatus by the ordinary working of the
printing, finishing, or other machine for instance, or by the revolu-
tion of a simple roller upon which they are to be wound.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING PIPES OR HOLLOW ARTICLES FROM PLASTIC MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Whitehead at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th June 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Im-
plement Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING PIPES OR HOLLOW ARTICLES FROM
PLASTIC MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the collaring" or "socketing" of clay or
earthenware pipes. It consists essentially of a stationary supporting
frame contrived to hold or carry the socket or collar mould upon a gra-
duated incline in such manner that the mould may be raised or lowered
at pleasure, to suit long or short pipes. The plunger is worked by a
lever in the usual way, at a fixed height, so that when the plain clay
tube is placed with its end in the socket mould, the raising or lowering
of the latter will correspond to the length of pipe to be treated.
is to be understood that the plunger shapes the interior of the socket,
whilst the exterior is moulded in the socket by the plunger pressure.
It
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHING MACHINES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Simpson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th May 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1. GEORGE SIMPSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction of the
indicating lever or steel yard, which I make or construct according to
the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1, is a front view of my
improved steel yard or indicating lever; Figure 2, an end view of the
same; and Figure 3, a plan thereof; and instead of making them
wholly of iron, as heretofore, I propose to insert or bed slips of ivory,
enamel, or some similar light substance into the fan of the lever, so
that the index or indicating scale may be more easily distinguished
when the same happen to be fixed in dark situations.