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IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES AND STUDS, WHICH IMPROVE- MENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph George Rollason at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st February 1879.
JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturing Jeweller. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES AND STUDS, WHICH IMPROVE-
MENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER LIKE PURPOSES."
My improvements in solitaires consists in so forming the shank secured to the
front or ornamental part of solitaires that the second or back part is unnecessary,
as the shank by an automatic action secures itself immediately when pressed into
the button hole of the cuff by the user. But in carrying my improvements into
effect 1 proceed in the following manner :-
I take a rectangular strip of metal and bend the two ends parralel together, and
so enlarge or shape the middle part that when secured to the back of the solitaire
it will act as a spring, the two ends being slightly opened. At each end of the
said strip I leave two narrow pieces of metal or projections, the purpose of which I
will hereafter describe.
I next take two pieces of metal of suitable size and shape and so bend them that
they can be fixed on the two projections at the ends of the spring, each piece forming
a right angle, one side pressing against the other forming with the spring a cross +,
the projections forming axis for the two right angular pieces to work upon.
In use the wearer takes the front or ornamental part of the solitaire between the
finger and thumb and presses the two angles that are together into the button hole
of cuff until the cuff comes in contact with the corresponding angles, causing them
with the aid of the spring to close on the side of the said spring (the angles in this
part being pierced to allow the spring to come between) and the two angles that
are together to open on the back of the cuff in the form of a T and hold the said
cuff securely together, to remove which a slight withdrawing pressure upon the
solitaire brings the cuff to press against the right angles, causing them to return to
their normal position, thereby releasing the cuff immediately.
My Invention can be applied to studs, the only difference being size and fashion.
My Invention can be applied with slight modifications for fastening purses or
pocket books.
A CONTRIVANCE MAINLY DESIGNED FOR THE AMUSEMENT OF CHILDREN IN PLAYING GAMES WITH TEETOTUM, BAGATELLE, AND ROULETTE, ADAPTED TO PORTABLE BOXES SUCH AS CONTAIN SPRING MEASURING TAPES, PIN- CUSHIONS, ANd other UsefUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES WHICH MAY BE UTILISED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Whitaker at the Office or
the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th September 1879.
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RICHARD WHITAKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Measuring
Tape Manufacturer. A CONTRIVANCE MAINLY DESIGNED FOR THE AMUSEMENT
OF CHILDREN IN PLAYING GAMES WITH TEETOTUM, BAGATELLE, AND ROULETTE,
ADAPTED TO PORTABLE BOXES SUCH AS CONTAIN SPRING MEASURING TAPES, PIN-
CUSHIONS, ANd other UsefUL AND ORNAMENTAL ARTICLES WHICH MAY BE UTILISED
FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to the combination in one contrivance or device of certain
means of amusement mainly designed for the use of children in playing games of
chance, such as teetotum, bagatelle, and roulette, so as to render cheating impossible,
with various portable useful articles, such as spring measuring-tapes, pin-cushions,
and other similar useful and ornamental articles, which may also be used for
advertising purposes.
The device is preferably made in the form of a shallow cylindrical box or case,
preferably of thin sheet metal, the centre part of the depth of which is utilised as
a pin-cushion, its periphery being' suitably padded, or it is fitted with a spring
measuring-tape or other useful adjunct calculated to enhance the appearance of
the whole device. Each end of the box is utilised for the adaptation of the meaus
of amusement above referred to, and for this purpose the ends are fitted with
"shells" or saucer-shaped or dished parts, preferably formed of thin sheet metal
and which shells may be either plain or recessed, or lettered, figured, or marked, as
required for the games intended to be played therewith; and the shell at each end
is enclosed and kept from falling out of position by means of a front of glass which
is spun, milled, or otherwise fitted to retain the parts in position for use.
Motion is communicated to the shells or other movable parts for the purpose
of play by the pulling out or the return motion of the spring measuring-tape or by
a suitable oscillating action imparted otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO PULLEY BLOCKS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Webster at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th September 1879.
JOHN WEBSTER, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Ships' Smith.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO PULLEY BLOCKS."
The object of the Invention is to so construct or fit a pulley block for use on
board ship, or where weights are required to be raised and lowered that its
durability as a whole shall be increased, and friction on the working parts
diminished.
In carrying' the Invention into practice I fit the pulley or pulleys on its or their
carrying spindle and the spindle itself in bearings in the framework of the
block in such a manner that both the pulley or pulleys and the spindle shall
be free to rotate independently of each other. The said spindle is prevented from
moving laterally by means of caps, collars, or projecting pieces secured, attached,
fitted to or on, or formed with the said spindle or the framework of the pulley
block. The above construction and arrangements of parts is applicable to pulley
blocks already in existence.
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR COATING OR COVERING PILLS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Cartner at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th April 1879.
DAVID CARTNER, of Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, Chemist.
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR COATING OR COVERING PILLS."
"AN
My Invention relates to an improved machine for applying to pills a coating or
covering of sugar or other substance which will improve their appearance and
prevent their tasting unpleasantly when taken.
The said Invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the
parts of the machine or apparatus, as hereinafter set forth, that is to say:- -The
said machine has a spherical or partly spherical receptacle in which the pills are
placed to be coated; this spherical receptacle or holder is formed of thin metal or
other suitable material, and has an aperture for the introduction and removal of
the pills; it is mounted on the end of a shaft to which it is secured by a socket or
by other suitable means at the part opposite the said aperture. The said shaft is
fitted with a capability of free rotation in a bearing secured to the upper part of a
vertical standard. This bearing is attached adjustably to the said standard to
permit the shaft of the spherical holder to be set to any desired angle, and is
provided with a pinching screw, whereby it is secured when adjusted. The said
shaft is provided with a bevel toothed wheel or pinion which is geared with another
bevel wheel, preferably of larger diameter. This last named wheel is provided with
a handle whereby it is turned to cause the rotation of the aforesaid spherical holder
for coating the pills therein. Or I may employ other suitable means for rotating
the said receptacle or holder.
The aforesaid standard is formed of iron or other suitable metal, and has a base
or foot cast on or otherwise attached to it; and the said machine may stand on
this base or may be secured in any convenient manner upon a table or counter.
The pills, with the sugar or other coating material, are placed in the said receptacle
or holder, and by the rotation of the latter the pills are caused to roll around in
the coating material, which is thus applied uniformly to their surface.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE GRATES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Warman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th September 1879.
WILLIAM HENRY WARMAN, of the City of Bristol, Commercial Traveller.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE GRATES."
My Invention relates principally to grates known in commerce as register stove
grates, and sham register grates, but may also be applied to other fire grates as
herein after pointed out; and my said Invention consists of the improvements
herein after described in the construction and adaptation of those parts of the said
grates called the " splays" or "cheeks," that is, the vertical parts or sides which
are external to the outline of the front of the grate, and are situated between the
sides of the grate and the sides of the mantel piece to which the grate is applied.
By constructing and adapting the splays or cheeks according to my Invention,
the same grate may either be set with a flat front or with a recessed fire or with a
projecting fire at pleasure.
Instead of making the splays or cheeks of the grate in one piece with the grate
proper as usual, I make the said splays or cheeks separate from the grate proper
and connect them with the grate by hinges or other like appliances, such as pivots,
so that the front of the body of the grate, and the splays or cheeks can be fixed in
the same plane, or the splays or cheeks fixed at any desired inclination either
inwards or outwards, to the front of the grate.
When a fire grate with a flat front is required the grate and the splays or cheeks
are fixed in the same plane. When a recessed fire is required the splays or cheeks
are turned outwards and fixed so as as to make the required obtuse angle with the
front of the grate, and when a projecting fire is required the splays or cheeks
are turned back or inwards and fixed at the required obtuse angle to the front of the
grate in the opposite direction to that last described. In this way any one of the
three forms of grate described may be arranged at the will of the person setting
the grate.
In addition to the facilities with which the position of the splays or cheeks of the
grate with respect to the front of the grate may be changed, my Invention has the
further advantage that the splays or cheeks can be readily detached from the grate
and others of a different pattern or kind substituted therefor.

page_text: Splays or cheeks constructed according to my Invention may consist either of
metallic frames in which ornamental tiles are fixed, or of ornamental plates of cast
iron, brass, or other metal or alloy, or of other material not injuriously affected by
the heat to which the splays or cheeks of the grate are exposed.
Although my Invention is principally applicable to the fire grates herein before
enumerated, yet it may also be applied to other fire grates, such, for example, as fire
grates having the ordinary bottom grates or fire grates fitted with brick interiors
to form slow combustion grates of the kind know in commerce as the "county
parsons' grate."
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLUBLE PHOSPHATES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Pattinson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1879.
JOHN PATTINSON, of the Town and County of Newcastle on Tyne, Analytical
Chemist. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLUBLE PHOSPHATES."
The object of my improvements in the manufacture of soluble phosphates is to
utilize the phosphorus existing in phosphoretted iron by converting it into
alkaline phosphates, by which term I mean the phosphates of soda and potash.
My Invention consists in adding alkaline hydrates, alkaline carbonates, alkaline
bicarbonates, alkaline sulphates, alkaline nitrates, alkaline chlorides, alkaline
fluorides, or alkaline sulphides, or a mixture of any of these alkaline compounds to
the molten phosphoretted iron under treatment for the removal of phosphorus by
oxidation in a Bessemer converter or other vessel or furnace lined with lime, lime
bricks, or other basic material. The phosphorus existing in the phosphoretted
iron is by this means converted into alkaline phosphates soluble in water.
Should the phosphoretted iron under treatment contain much silicon, I prefer
that this should be removed before the alkaline compounds are added.
The scoria containing the alkaline phosphates after removal from the Bessemer
converter or other vessel or furnace may be ground to powder and used in this state
as a fertilizer, or it may be treated for the purpose of obtaining alkaline phosphates
in a purer condition, or it may be treated for the recovery of the soda or potash it
contains.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CIRCULAR SAWS AND SAW-TEETH
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gordon Donaldson Peters at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th July 1879.
GORDON DONALDSON PETERS, of Bunhill Row, in the County of Middlesex,
Merchant. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIRCULAR SAWS AND SAW-TEETH."
This Invention relates to circular saws and to a peculiar formation of saw teeth
as hereinafter described :-
The said improvements in saws consist in making the saw double cutting and
reversible, and in having the saw plate ground hollow on both sides from its outer
periphery to its collar line, the centre of the saw having the same thickness as the
outer edge or periphery of the same.
My improvements in saw teeth are applicable to teeth used either with my
improved circular saw or with other saws which teeth may be formed solidly with
the saw blade or plate, or may be detachable and secured thereto in any suitable
manner. My improved saw-tooth is ground hollow or concave on the top cutting
edge which extends obliquely across the tooth from side to side of the same, and
the two sides of the tooth are bevelled or chamfered from this top edge downward
so that at the front and back the tooth has a triangular cutting edge terminating
in a point, and the points of the front and back edges are on opposite sides of
the saw.
A saw formed or fitted with these improved teeth will serve either as a cut-off
saw or a splitting or rip saw. The said teeth will cause the saw to plane very
smoothly, and the saw will be double acting; that is to say, it will cut when
running in either direction, and it will keep in good condition for a very long time.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TANK LOCOMOTIVES.
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Carl Kesseler, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the
Empire of Germany, Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitor, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TANK LOCOMOTIVES.". A communication from
Hohenzollern Actien Gesellschaft für Locomotivbau und Maschinenfabrikation,
at Duesseldorf, in Prussia, Empire of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Carl Kesseler at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th August 1879.
"
CARL KESSELER, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the Empire of Germany,
Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TANK LOCOMOTIVES.
A communication from Hohenzollern Actien Gesellschaft für Locomotivbau und
Maschinenfabrikation, at Duesseldorf, in Prussia, Empire of Germany.
The Invention relates more particularly to four-wheeled tank locomotives, and
consists in placing the cylinders between the two coupled axles in order to reduce
the overhanging masses, thereby obtaining greater stability and rendering the
locomotive better fit for higher speeds. The position of the cylinders may either be
horizontal or oblique, and the hind axle placed behind the fire box.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Carl Kesseler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th February
1880.
"
CARL KESSELER, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the Empire of Germany,
Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN TANK LOCOMOTIVES.'
A communication from Hohenzollern Actien Gesellschaft für Locomotivbau und
Maschinenfabrication at Duesseldorf, in Prussia, Empire of Germany.
The Invention relates more particularly to four-wheeled tank locomotives, and
consists in placing the cylinders between the two coupled or driving-axles in
order to reduce overhanging masses, thereby obtaining greater stability and
rendering the locomotive better fit for high speeds. The position of the cylinders
may be horizontal or oblique, and the hind axle placed behind the fire box.
The accompanying Drawing shows in elevation, plan, and cross section a four
wheeled tank locomotive with outside cylinders placed oblique, and with the hind
axle placed behind the firebox. A detail view represents further a cylinder and
two wheels of a locomotive with horizontal cylinders.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN THE APPARATUS FOR MOULDING THE HEELS OF SUCH ARTICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Keats at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th December 1879.
JOHN KEATS, of Bagnal Hall, near Stoke upon Trent, in the County of Stafford,
Mechanical Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND
SHOES, AND IN THE APPARATUS FOR MOULDING THE HEELS OF SUCH ARTICLES."
This Invention relates, firstly, to a novel mode of securing the heels of boots
and shoes in place; and, secondly, to a mode of manufacturing such heels when
composed of a leather case with a wooden or other filling. The case I make by
straining a suitably shaped piece of leather while in a moist state over a metal
former, and retaining it upon the former till it is set. The leather when lapped
round the former will have its edges brought together at the "breast" of the heel
to receive a portion of the sole leather, which is bent down from the sole at right
angles thereto, and is secured to the heel by stitches, so as to form the "breast"
thereof. The sole and the heel case will thus constitute one piece, and when the
case is filled with its wooden or other core the sole and heel may be secured to the
upper by "all round" stitching. The heel case I form with a flange at its base,
using a hinged cramp to press down upon the moistened leathor as it is lapped
round the metal former, and thereby mould the flange.
I next bring forward a blocking slide, the face of which is so shaped as to strain
the leather over and hold it tightly against the former, and upon this sliding block
I mount a pair of pressing fingers, which, projecting forward beyond the block,
will embrace the former in advance of the block and lap the edges of the leather
over the former to shape the "breast." These pressing fingers are pivotted to the
block, and are drawn together by a tension spring. They are formed with tails at
their pivot ends in order to carry pressure screws. These pressure screws bear
against opposite sides of a projection on the sliding block, and by setting them any
degree of pressure may be put upon the leather by the fingers.
The heel case I channel near the angle of the flange to receive the stitches,
which are to connect it with the upper, and the sole I also channel in the usual
manner to receive the stitches, by which it is to be attached to the upper.
One advantage incidental to this mode of making the heel is that by expanding
it in width, more or less, it may be fitted for various sizes of boots or shoes, thus
rendering it unnecessary to multiply to an undue extent the variations in the
proportion of the moulding or shaping apparatus.
The attachment of the heel to the sole, as explained, also facilitates the making
up of boots and shoes by unskilled workmen.
AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS, PORTE MONNAIES, CIGAR-POUCHES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest de Pass at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th March 1879. A communication from
abroad by Eduard Posen and Company, of Offenbach on the Main, in the
German Empire.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for Patents, 68, Fleet Street, in the City of London,
Patent Agent. "AN IMPROVED FASTENING FOR TRAVELLING BAGS, PORTE
MONNAIES, CIGAR-POUCHES, AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES." A communication from
abroad by Eduard Posen and Company, of Offenbach on the Main, in the German
Empire.
This Invention relates to an improved fastening for travelling bags, porte-
monnaies, cigar-pouches, and other like articles, and consists of a lever provided
with studs or pins, against which a spring impinges or abuts, its outer ends pressing
against that jaw of the frame of the bag to which the fastening is secured. On the
upper part of this lever is fixed a thumb piece or button for actuating the lever.
On either side of this lever is a slot or aperture, into which catches or hooks on the
other jaw or frame of the bag engage when the fastening is closed. To open the
fastening the thumb piece is depressed so as to free the catches or hooks, the working
portion or lever being restored to position on pressure being released. The working
parts are enclosed in a box, case, or cap, the thumb piece projecting outwards.
A lock may be combined with this fastening.
MENTS IN FURNACES."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Josiah Hampton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June 1879.
JOSIAH HAMPTON, of Loughborough, in the County of Leicester.
MENTS IN FURNACES."
"IMPROVE
At the back of the furnace grate or bars I employ a hollow bridge of a shape to
suit the flue in which it is to be employed; the face of the bridge nearest the front
of the furnace is perforated to admit air at the back of the grate, and under the fire
and smoke that passes over the bridge, thus causing a more perfect combustion of
the gases; the bridge is provided with a valve which is capable of adjustment by
means of a lever or rod projecting from the front of the furnace so as to regulate
the amount of air supplied to the fuel; there is an adjustable piece at one end of
the bridge to suit flues of various sizes. The valve working under the perforated
plate is shaped to fit the underside of the plate, and has room to move backward
and forward; there is a plate at the back of the perforated plate which can be
readily taken off for cleaning the flues, one plate being provided with studs, and
the other with alots to receive them.

page_text: The curved upper back edge of the perforated plate overlaps the top edge of the top
back plate D, which, with the stud, holds it in position. Instead of the valve A³,
as shewn at Figure 1, I may employ a valve A', as shewn in section at Figure 3, or
a valve As, as shewn at Figure 4; in either case I employ a lever and rod A* to
adjust such valva.
By means of a bridge constructed as above described, placed behind the back
bearing rail or stay of the fire bars, I am enabled readily to adjust such bridge
firmly in position in divers sized flues.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The construction and employment of a bridge provided with a valve, and having
a piece capable of adjustment at one end, combined with top and bottom back
plates, and a perforated front plate, each part being adjustable for renewal or
otherwise, as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying Drawings.
D
In witness whereof, I, the said Josiah Hampton, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty first day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy nine.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE EX- PLOSION OF OR INJURY TO STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Simon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th July 1879. A communication from
abroad by Gottlieb Behrend, of Hamburg, in the German Empire.
HENRY SIMON, of No. 7, St. Peter's Square, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE EX-
PLOSION OF OR INJURY TO STEAM BOILERS." [A communication from abroad by
Gottlieb Behrend, of Hamburg, in the German Empire.]
This Invention relates to apparatus for preventing the explosion of steam boilers
or injury thereof through over heating when the water sinks below the lowest
level by causing a jet of steam to impinge upon the fire so as to extinguish it.
For this purpose a valve box is provided on the top of the boiler in which is a
balanced valve, and from which a pipe leads to any convenient part of the fire box
or furnace of the boiler above the fuel, preferably in front of the fire door, where
it is provided with one or more apertures, so that on the opening of the before
mentioned valve steam will pass from the boiler through the pipe, and in issuing
into the firebox will extinguish the fire.
The stem of the balanced valve is connected to one end of a lever, to the other
end of which is attached a float that is balanced to a certain extent by a weight
suspended from the valve spindle. The float is so arranged that when the water
stands at its normal level in the boiler the float is entirely immersed a certain
distance below such level, so that by the upward pressure exerted thereon by the
displaced water it holds the balanced valve down on its seat, and prevents any
escape of steam such as is above referred to. On the water sinking below the
lowest lovel, the float is uncovered thereby, and consequently by means of its
partly unbalanced weight acting upon the lever it forces open the valve and allows
the steam to escape through the pipe into the firebox. In order to prevent any
steam that may leak through the balanced valve from passing into the pipe and
thence into the fire box when the water is at its normal level, a stop valve may be
provided in the valve box between the balanced valve and the escape steam pipe,
such valve being kept down on its seat by a spring of sufficient force to withstand
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page_text: any slight steam pressure due to the leakage past the balanced valve, but which
will yield to the full steam pressure when the balanced valve is opened. If desired
a screw spindle may be provided for fixing such stop valve down on its seat, so as
to put the safety apparatus out of action when this may be requisite for any
parbicular purpose, such screw spindle being however enclosed or locked in any
convenient manner so that it cannot be tampered with.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TIN OR TERNE PLATES AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Jenkins at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents on the 3rd November 1879.
JOHN JENKINS, of Clydach, in the County of Glamorgan.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF TIN OR TERNE PLATES AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED
THEREIN."
My Invention relates to the manufacture of tin or terne plates and has special
reference to the pickling, swilling, or washing, and annealing parts of the manufacture
with the object of effecting a saving in both labor and fuel.
In carrying out my Invention the plates to be operated upon are placed vertically
in gratings or frames, say 50, more or less, in each; these gratings are put in the
pickling pot which may be sufficiently large to contain at the same time, say three or
more gratings with their plates. The acid in the pickling pot may be kept in a
state of agitation by any suitable mechanical arrangement so as to act more quickly
and better upon the plates. I place the swilling or washing trough alongside the
pickling pot and when a set of plates has been sufficiently pickled I raise the grating
with the plates therein by means of a crane or otherwise and then lower it into the
swilling trough. This trough is alternately filled with water and then emptied so
that the plates become thoroughly washed; I next raise the grating with its set of
plates from the swilling trough by means of the crane and deposit it upon an endless
travelling chain which runs alongside the said trough; this chain carries the plates
still in the grating to the annealing furnace. I dispense with the ordinary annealing
pots and I construct at the side or other suitable part of the furnace a passage or
channel which for its whole length and height (or nearly so) is formed with holes
by which it communicates with the furnace. The chain carrying the plates in their
gratings travels through the said passage or channel, and the plates being acted.
upon therein by the heat of the furnace become properly annealed. The ends of
the passage are provided with self acting doors which open to allow the gratings
and plates to pass, and immediately close behind them so as to prevent as much as
possible a current of air or gases through the said passage. The furnace may be
heated either by coal or gas.
Sometimes instead of carrying the plates through a heated passage, as before
described, I deposit them by means of the crane, after leaving the swilling trough,
in a chamber heated by gas or otherwise, and after they have been in this chamber
a sufficient length of time to become annealed I again raise them by the crane. The
opening by which they enter the chamber is provided with a door or cover which
can be readily opened and closed.
AN IMPROVED COATING OR COMPOSITION FOR COVERING FABRICS, SO AS TO MAKE THEM WATERPROOF AND LASTING
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Phillips Thompson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th November 1879. (A
communication from abroad by Monsieur Honorat, fils ainé, of Nice, in the
Republic of France.)
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, of the Firm of W. P. Thompson and Co, Patent
Agents, of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, and of 323, High
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "AN IMPROVED COATING
OR COMPOSITION FOR COVERING FABRICS, SO AS TO MAKE THEM WATERPROOF AND
LASTING." (A communication from abroad by Monsieur Honorat, fils ainé, of Nice,
in the Republic of France.)
This composition known in France as the "Enduit Franco-Japonais-Honorat,"
(or Franco Japanese Honorat coating) consists usually of the following ingredients
or quantities:-
1st. 97 parts by weight of boiled linseed oil or other good drying waterproof
material of similar characteristics. 2nd. 3 parts by weight of sulphate of copper.
The exact quantities are frequently varied to suit the different uses or purposes
to which the coating mixture is intended to be put or applied, and as already stated
the boiled linseed oil can be replaced by other oils or oily mixtures or compounds,
whether vegetable or mineral.
The coating mixture is applied to any textile fabric, such as clothes, horse cloths,
hose pipes, tarpaulins or covers, roofing felt, also for some purposes not strictly
textile, but where a waterproof coating is required for porous material perishable
when exposed to infiltration of damp.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE REELING-OFF OR UNWINDING OF YARN OR THREAD FROM RING THROSTLE BOBBINS AND OTHER BOBBINS AND PIRNS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Kenworthy Dutton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd February 1879. A com-
munication from abroad by Wilhelm Gustav Heinrich Peltzer, of Rheydt, in
the Empire of Germany.
EDWARD KENWORTHY DUTTON, of St. Ann's Churchyard, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED
IN THE REELING-OFF OR UNWINDING OF YARN OR THREAD FROM RING THROSTLE
BOBBINS AND OTHER BOBBINS AND PIRNS." [A communication from abroad by
Wilhelm Gustav Heinrich Peltzer, of Rheydt, in the Empire of Germany.]
The Invention relates to the reeling-off or unwinding of yarn and thread from
bobbins in the formation of hanks, or in apparatus for winding, gassing, or doubling,
or in other apparatus wherein the yarn or thread is unwound from the bobbin upon
which it is spun, and is particularly applicable in the treatment of yarn which bas
been spun in ring throstles, or has been wound upon bobbins similar to those used
in such throstles. The bobbins are sustained by carriers, which are hinged to a
fixed rail or board. In or on each carrier is mounted or fixed a spindle adapted to
receive a bobbin. Above each spindle is a curl or guide through which the yarn
is led as it proceeds from the bobbin. The said curl or guide is fixed in, or to, or
formed upon a part which is hinged to a second rail or board. The upper point or
end of each spindle enters the corresponding curl or guide. Each bobbin carrier is
so formed and hinged as that when not sustained it yields, so as to incline the
spindle and bobbin outwards. So long as the end of the spindle is within the curl
or guide the said spindle is sustained in a vertical, or nearly vertical, or in a
working position. When the guide carrier is raised by the attendant the spindle
end is released and the bobbin carrier yields, whereby the spindle is inclined out-
wardly and the empty bobbin can be readily replaced with a full one. The said
bobbin carrier is then raised and the guide lowered or raised, and lowered so that
the end of the spindle enters the guide. As the spindle is sustained by bearing
against the inside of the guide, and as the yarn has to pass between the spindle and
guide at the point of contact as each coil is unwound a degree of tension is obtained
and the tendency to the formation of snarls is checked. The lower part of the
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page_text: spindle, or a part fixed or formed thereon, or to, or on the said bobbin carrier is
turned to suit the bore of the lower end of the bobbin. The part to which the
-guide-carrier is hinged is or may be adjustable upon suitable standards to suit
different lengths of spindles. The yarn passes from the curls or guides over a
suitable drag-rail as is usual.
LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Onyas Pickles at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September 1879.
ONYAS PICKLES, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster.
LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This Invention relates to the taking-up mechanism of looms, or that portion
connected with the movement of the cloth beam or roller.
My improvements consist in dispensing with most of the train of gear and catch
wheels hitherto employed and imparting motion to the said beam by means of a
worm fixed upon either the crank or the low shaft of the loom. The motion of the
worm is communicated to a worm wheel mounted on one end of a shaft which
carries another worm which drives the "sand" beam by means of a pinion fixed
on the end thereof.
The shaft for transmitting the motion of the crank or low shaft to the sand
beam carries a clutch box, one half of which is loose upon the shaft and fast to the
worm wheel and the other half capable of sliding upon a key or feather in the said
shaft. The halves of the clutch box are pressed together by a spring, but can be
separated by means of a clutch fork connected to a lever on the end of the sand
beam shaft. When the weaver wishes to stop the taking-up roller whilst weaving
he can do it by pulling the clutch out of gear, or he can pull the clutch out of gear
and reverse the motion of the taking up shaft by means of a thumb screw or hand
wheel so as to slacken the warp. The apparatus is so arranged that the weft fork
lever stops the revolution of the sand beam instantaneously when the weft breaks.
Instead of causing the worm shaft to revolve by means of the worm on the
crank shaft, a peg wheel may be employed having one or more teeth or projections
which impart intermittent motion to the worm shaft by gearing at each revolution
with a toothed wheel mounted thereon.
Or the worm shaft may be shortened and a catch or ratchet wheel mounted
thereon, which may be turned intermittently by a catch operated by means of a
cam eccentric or tappit on the crank or low shaft or by a setting up catch attached
to the slay or slay sword.
Or instead of having a worm wheel upon the sand beam I may have a bevil
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page_text: wheel upon the sand beam gearing with another bevil wheel mounted upon a side
shaft, and having rotation imparted thereto from the crank or low shaft by any of
the methods above described for operating the said shaft.
By my Invention I am enabled to calculate the size of wheel required to produce
a given number of picks with the greatest accuracy, the change wheel being
generally mounted on the end of the sand beam.
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE AND COMPOSITION TO BE EMPLOYED FOR COPYING LETTERS AND OTHER WRITINGS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Macrone at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1879.
WILLIAM MACRONE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Printer.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE AND COMPOSITION TO BE EMPLOYED FOR
COPYING LETTERS AND OTHER WRITINGS AND THE LIKE."
The said Invention relates to a new or improved appliance and composition to
be employed for copying letters and other writings and the like, whereby such
copying is effected with great readiness, ease, and rapidity. The said appliance is
constructed as follows:-
A roller of a size which will give a surface of sufficient extent for the sheet to
be copied is coated with a composition of a nature capable of taking up and again
depositing inks of the aniline class. The said rollers so coated are mounted in a
framing furnished with a handle by which it may be manipulated. The letters or
writings to be copied are written in aniline ink and to copy them the roller is
passed over said writings, taking up a certain amount of ink, so that by passing
the roller over paper à copy or copies are readily obtained. A box is provided for
the reception of the roller when not in use in which a sponge, or like substance,
the length of the roller, and preferably of a concave figure, is placed in such
position that it may be readily brought into contact with the roller so that when in
such contact by turning the roller by means of a crank with which it is provided
the roller is readily cleaned.
The appliance may be modified to render it of a convenient form for taking a
number of copies by mounting the roller in a framing over a table capable of being
traversed thereunder so that paper placed thereon will receive the impressions from
the roller. A cleaning appliance similar to that hereinbefore described may be
placed so that it can be brought over the upper part of the roller for cleaning it.
For coating the roller I prefer to use a composition compounded of the following
ingredients viz., gelatine, glycerine, sulphate of baryta, chloride of iron, and if
necessary, sugar. The chloride of iron enables me to make a composition hard in
texture and at the same time capable of retaining a due amount of latent moisture
and also renders it capable of being readily cleaned from the ink. In place of
chloride of iron I may use resin to give some or all of the advantages mentioned
above.
The aforesaid composition may also be used for ordinary flat coyping.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINDLES AND OF RAILS AND BOLSTERS FOR THE SAME.
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Brooksby at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd January 1879.
JAMES BROOKSBY, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINDLES AND OF RAILS AND BOLSTERS FOR THE SAME.
"
This Invention relates to the construction of the spindles, spindle rails, and
bolsters of throstles, mules, and other similar machines used for spinning and
twisting cotton and other fibrous materials; the objects of the Invention being to
give additional steadiness to the spindles and to keep the same well lubricated so
as to enable them to be driven at very high velocities, and at the same time greatly
to economize the cost of construction.
.
The spindle rail is cast of a rectangular form in section with a horizontal parti-
tion or midfeather in the centre, so as to form a long hollow box, divided by the
midfeather into an upper and a lower compartment. The holes for the bolsters
which support the spindles are drilled through the top plate and the midfeather of
the spindle box, and a corresponding hole is also drilled partly through the bottom
plate to receive the footstep, the holes being tapped with a screw thread. The
footstep consists of a circular block with a shallow hole in the centre to receive
only the extreme point of the spindle and support its weight.
The upper bolster (screwed into the top plate) forms a bearing for the spindle
just above the wharve, and the lower bolster (screwed into the mid feather) forms a
bearing for the spindle just below the wharve, so that the spindle having a bearing
just above and below the point where the lateral "drag" of the driving band occurs
is held perfectly steady and will run at a very high velocity without vibration.
The wharve is fixed on the spindle in about the usual position, but is of a peculiar
shape, being of a double cup-like form with a neck or annular groove between the
two cups, the upper cup runs in an annular recess formed in the lower side of the
upper bolster, and acts partly as an oil cup to keep this bolster well supplied with
oil; and the lower cup (which is inverted) runs in a similar recess in the upper side
of the lower bolster, and forms a guard to prevent any dust or dirt from the driving
bands or otherwise getting into the lower bearing, or to the footstep, it also assists
in preserving the true balance of the spindle.
The lower compartment of the spindle rail between the midfeather and the

page_text: bottom plate forms an oil reservoir which is always kept full, so that the lower
bearing of the spindle and the footstep are constantly immersed in oil.
This reservoir is filled through a funnel provided with a flannel or other filter,
and is fitted with a gauge to show the level of the oil, and a tap for drawing off
the same.
Longitudinal openings are made in the upper compartment of the spindle
rail for the passage of the spindle bands to the wharves.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ADVERTISING AND IN THE MECHANISM EMPLOYED FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Dominique Antoine Tesorieri, Marquis
of Tupputi, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd January
1879.
DOMINIQUE ANTOINE TESORIERI, Marquis of Tupputi, of No. 40, Rue du Bac,
Paris. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS FOR ADVERTISING AND IN THE MECHANISM
EMPLOYED FOR THAT PURPOSE."
These improvements consist in arranging advertisements on panels, plates, or
endless cloths, or in such a manner that they can be slid in and out of sight, or
rapidly unrolled and rolled up for the same purpose, so that the same can be changed
and brought successively to the view of the public. In such a manner numerous
large advertisements are exhibited successively, the whole being contained in a
relatively small volume.
Advertisements arranged in this manner are placed on vehicles so as to be readily
exhibited in different localities either whilst travelling or stationary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE OXY-CALCIUM LIME LIGHT."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward George Wood at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st November 1879.
EDWARD GEORGE WOOD, of 74, Cheapside, in the City of London, Optician.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING THE OXY-CALCIUM LIME LIGHT."
My Invention refers to that class of lamps for the production of the oxy-calcium
lime light in which the initial flame is produced by means of a spirit lamp, and
the Invention is more especially applicable to those cases where a supply of
carburetted bydrogen gas is not readily accessible.
In the apparatus hitherto used for this purpose it has been the practice to place
the blow-pipe on one side of a vertical flame of a spirit lamp, and then deflect the
flame so that it may impinge upon the vertical face of the lime-cylinder. This
arrangement is open to several serious objections, one objection being that the flame
continues of full size when the oxygen is turned off, thus wasting the spirit and
heating the lantern unduly.
Now my Invention consists in introducing the blow-pipe into or under the centre
of the flame of the spirit lamp in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the
wick of the lamp, and in subordinate modification of the lamp and fittings having
reference thereto.
I construct the lamp with a hollow cylindrical (argand) wick, through which the
oxygen blow-pipe passes to the base of the flame. The wick chamber I prefer to
make of glass, in order that the level of the surface of the spirit may be readily
seen, and I provide the wick chamber with a dome shaped cover having a central
aperture of suitable size, and incline the wick and chamber so that the flame may
impinge on the lime cylinder (which I also incline, but in the opposite direction), at
a proper angle. The spirit is supplied to the wick chamber from a spirit cistern
through a tube inside of which is a smaller tube supplying oxygen to the blow-
pipe.
I fit the spirit cistern with a screw valve instead of that ordinarily used, and I
provide suitable adjustments and clamps by which the position of the different parts
may be varied as required.
This lamp is instantaneously lighted by the application of a taper or match, but
the flame is very little larger than a pea until the oxygen gas is turned on, when a
most brilliant light is produced, and when the oxygen is turned off the flame
instantly dies down to its original size, and continues so until the oxygen is again
supplied.
AN IMPROVED Street GULLEY AND TRAP FOR SEWERS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Blakey and Hartley Wilson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th August 1879.
THOMAS BLAKEY and HARTLEY WILSON, both of Halifax, in the County of York.
"AN IMPROVED Street GULLEY AND TRAP FOR SEWERS."
This Invention relates to gullies and traps for sewers or drains, the object being
to construct them in such a manner that they serve the double purpose of carrying
away water and street refuse, and at the same time form a perfect trap, preventing
any smell or foul air coming up the sewer. The gulley is formed of a box, divided
into two compartments by a partition, and in one of the compartments is a branch
pipe, which is connected with the sewer. Over the mouth of the branch pipe
within the compartment is placed a box-cover, the sides of which project down
below the top of the partition, so that when the gulley is full of water, as high as
the said partition, it is impossible for foul air coming up the sewer to pass through
the gulley into the street; when it is required to ventilate the sewer the box-cover
can be taken off the mouth of the branch pipe, and a plate substituted, which
would allow a free passage of air from the sewer into the street. This construction
of gulley and trap will allow it to be easily and readily cleaned out.
PROVEMENTS IN DISCHARGING SEWERS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Wright at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th March 1879.
"IM-
EDWARD WRIGHT, of Gainsborough, in the County of Lincoln, Architect.
PROVEMENTS IN DISCHARGING SEWERS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN.”
This Invention relates to the discharging of sewers and in the apparatus employed
therein, and more particularly when such discharge is made in tidal and other rivers,
and to the prevention of back water, and it consists chiefly in the use of one or more
archimedian screws which may be driven or caused to revolve by any convenient
motive power, as, for example, by means of a water wheel, such archimedian screw
or screws being situated at or in the end or termination or outlet of the sewer, and
which by their screw like action when revolving draw out and discharge the sewer
through suitable openings or doors which may be under the level of the river; or if
desired the sewage may be discharged into a closed tank at the termination of the
sewer, and lifted by a vertical archimedian screw, and discharged from a shoot above
the height of the river water; a suitable door is or may be provided to close the
end of the sewor.
In tidal rivers, when the sewer is below water mark, I prefer to use two discharge
openings which are provided with watertight doors, one opening up the river and
one down the river, and so arranged that the action of water either at ebb or flow
of the river will shut the one and open the other for the easier egress of the sewage.