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An Improved Tank or Vessel for use in the Manufacture of Medicines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Tank or Vessel for use in the Manufacture of
Medicines.
I, CHARLES CARROLL LEATHERS, of 111, Oxford Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Merchant, (a communication to me from abroad by William Radam,
of New York, U.S. America, Merchant,) do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new or improved tank for the manufacture of
medicines, which consist of the gases evolved from certain chemicals in a heated
state, such gases being absorbed in a suitable liquid.
As an example of the class of medicines to which my invention is especially
applicable, I may instance that known as "Radam's Microbe Killer."
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an end elevation. Fig. 2 a cross
section on line A B, Fig. 3 of a tank, suitably constructed for the abovementioned
purpose. Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section.
As will be seen from the drawings, the tank is constructed of previously
moulded sections a formed of earthenware, slate, glass, or other suitable material,
care being taken to select a material not liable to be chemically acted upon by
any of the gases generated during the process of manufacturing the medicine.
The sections a are cemented or otherwise joined together, so as to form an
airtight tank, the only openings to which, are the manholes which are provided
with airtight covers, and the openings c which are provided with spigot or faucet
or other form of tap.
The openings c serve for the introduction and drawing off of the liquid materials,
whilst the manholes serve for the introduction of the compounds from which the
gases have to be evolved, and also of such heating apparatus as may be required
for bringing about the generation of such gases.
The manholes also afford a ready means of cleaning out the tank or removing
any precipitate that may collect in the bottom thereof.
It is obvious that the form of tank may be varied according to circumstances,
without departing from the special features hereinbefore mentioned.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The hereinbefore described tank or retort, for the manufacture of medicines,
substantially of the kind specified.
Dated this 2nd day of December 1890
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Cellar Flaps.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1890-Accepted, 25th Oct., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cellar Flaps.
We, ARTHUR PYE-SMITH, of The Pancras Iron Works, St. Pancras Road, Engineer,
and WILLIAM SINCLAIR, of 30 Goldington Street, St. Pancras, both in the County of
Middlesex, Pattern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:
Our invention relates to means of lessening or preventing the shock of closing
cellar flaps, which are generally of considerable weight, and which in falling to their
closed position cause severe blows that are apt to damage them or the frames which
carry them.
In order to deaden these blows we form on the flaps or attach to them buffers which
may be of various kinds such are illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
As shewn in Fig. 1, the flap A. has cast on it bosses B hollowed out in dovetail form
to receive a buffer C of india rubber or similar elastic material. As shewn in Fig. 2,
the boss B is attached by screws to the flap A and is fitted with a plunger D pressed
down by a helical spring C for which may be substituted a volute spring C as shewn
in Fig. 2.
As shewn in Fig. 3 the flap A has screwed to it a block E in which is lodged a bent
steel spring F which may consist of several plates. In Fig. 4 a bent steel spring G
is fixed by one end to the flap A.
Figs. 5 and 6 shew springs consisting of cylinders H fitted with plungers P, with
spaces for air, preferably compressed, to act as a spring, a little oil or the like being
introduced to keep the surfaces lubricated and to prevent escape of the air.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
In combination with cellar flaps, elastic buffers arranged to lessen or prevent the
shock of their closing, substantially as described.
Doted this 23rd day of September 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.
An Improvement in Oil and other Waterproof Sheets used in Taking Press Copies of Letters and other Documents.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Oil and other Waterproof Sheets used in
Taking Press Copies of Letters and other Documents.
I, ALEXANDER CRAIGHEAD THOMSON, of 113, Union Street, Glasgow,
Wholesale Stationer and Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
This invention relates to oil and other waterproof sheets used in taking press
copies of letters and other documents; and it consists in binding said sheets with
tape, strips of cloth, leather, paper, thin rubber or other equivalent material. The
binding pieces may be sewn with thread or wire to the sheets or they may be
gummed, solutioned, pasted, rivetted or otherwise secured thereto.
Oil and other waterproof sheets, bound in the manner hereinbefore described,
are not liable to be torn or frayed and they do not allow the ink to pass onto the
letter or other document being copied.
Dated this 8th day of March 1900.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Oil and other Waterproof Sheets used in
Taking Press Copies of Letters and other Documents.
I, ALEXANDER CRAIGHEAD THOMSON, of 113, Union Street, Glasgow,
Wholesale Stationer and Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to oil and other waterproof sheets used in taking press
copies of letters and other documents; and it consists in binding said sheets with
tape, strips of cloth, leather, paper, thin rubber, or other equivalent material. The
binding pieces may be sewn with thread or wire to the sheets or they may be
gummed, solutioned, pasted, rivetted, or otherwise secured thereto.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings whereon is shown by way
of illustration an oil sheet a having a tape binding b sewn around its edges.
Oil and other waterproof sheets, bound in the manner hereinbefore described are
not liable to be torn or frayed and they do not allow the ink to pass on to the
letter or other document being copied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Binding oil and other waterproof sheets used in taking press copies of letters,
with tape, strips of cloth, leather, paper, thin rubber or other equivalent material,
substantially as and for the advantages herein before set forth.
Dated this 8th day of December 1800.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
Improvements in Nut Locks.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nut Locks.
I, WILLIAM MCQUISTON of the City of Wilkinsburg in the County of Alleghany and
State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentleman do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to.
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in nut locks and the object of the invention is
the production of a simple, durable and inexpensive device which will securely retain
the nuts on bolts and withstand the hard usage to which they are subjected.
The invention consists of the novel Nut Lock illustrated, described and claimed
herein.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my invention.
Fig. 2. is a transverse section.
Fig. 3. is a perspective view of part of locking bar, and
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a nut.
Referring to the drawings, by letter:-
A designates a railroad rail, B the fish plates on opposite sides thereof, and C the
bolts passing through said fish plates and rails. D designates the nuts which engage
the bolts, and said nuts are formed with the inner reduced portion, D¹. E designates
the locking bar, which in this instance, is formed in two parts secured together on the
fastening E'.
The locking bar is formed with the channel or groove E to receive the reduced
portion D' of the nut and the channel or groove E³, to receive the enlarged portions D
of the nuts and has the ends closed to prevent the entrance of dirt or the like.
The operation of the device will be readily understood; the nuts are screwed on the
bolts, and when in line the locking bar is slid over them, the channels or grooves
therein making a dovetailed connection with the nuts and securely retaining them in
place.
It is evident that I produce a nut lock which will securely retain the nuts in place,
which will protect the nuts from the damaging influence of the weather, which can be
easily applied and detached, and which is simple and cheap.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A nut lock consisting of the nuts having the enlarged and reduced portious, and
the locking bars having the channels to receive the reduced portions and the channels
to receive the enlarged portions, substantially as described.
2. A nut lock consisting of the locking bar formed in two sections and having the
closed ends and the enlarged and reduced channels, and the nuts having the enlarged
and reduced portions and adapted to interlock with the channels of the locking bar,
substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of January 1898.
H. D. FITZPATRICI
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
Improvements in the Decoration of Walls and other Surfaces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1890-Accepted, 20th Sept,
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Decoration of Walls and other Surfaces.
I HENRY PICKFORD of 36 Old Mill Lane Macclesfield in the County of Chester
Painter and Decorator do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates principally to the artistic decorations of the walls and ceilings
of buildings but it is also applicable for the decoration of other surfaces.
This means of decoration, which I propose to call "Crystalline" is composed
principally of broken pieces of natural spar, crystals, marble, granite, or other stones,
which when broken present" crystalline" or other surfaces of a sparkling nature,
combined with which may be other stones of various colors or otherwise of an orna-
mental nature, or tiles bricks, and similar materials broken to various sizes and suitable
forms.
These broken pieces of spar and other materials are affixed to the wall or other
surface by means of cement or other suitable adhesive medium being arranged in
such a way as to produce a variety of ornamental devices or patterns the sparkling
nature of some of the pieces of spar and crystal and the varying colors of the various
stones bricks and other similar colored materials being so contrasted as to produce
highly pleasing and artistic effects.
Various kinds of cement or other adhesive material or composition may be employed
for the purpose of causing the pieces of spar and other material to adhere to the wall
or other surface, and to produce different effects various coloring matters may be
mixed with these cements, but in all cases the cement or composition used must be
such that it will remain in a plastic state a sufficiently long time to allow of the
arranging of the various broken pieces of spar and other materials to form the required
design or pattern and shall then set perfectly hard so as to secure the same against
accidental or wilful removal or like injury.
A cement which I have found suitable for this purpose is composed as follows:-
For inside work about equal parts of plaster of Paris and lime, and for exterior work
about two parts of Roman or Portland cement to one of sand and a small portion of
plaster of Paris.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The decoration of walls ceilings and other surfaces by cementing thereto broken
pieces of natural spar, crystals marble, granite or other stones which when broken
present crystallire or other surfaces of a sparkling nature, combined with stones
broken pieces of brick, slate, or other similar colored materials so arranged and
contrasted as to produce artistic designs or patterns of an ornamental nature, substan-
tially as hereinbefore set forth and described.
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GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Cramp for Glueing Picture Frames and the like and Compressing Mitred Quoins.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
A New or Improved Cramp for Glueing Picture Frames and the
like and Compressing Mitred Quoins.
I, GEORG OTT of Ulm on the Danube in the Empire of Germany, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is a device intended to facilitate the glueing of frames
for pictures and such like and the compression of mitred quoins.
Referring to the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 is a top view.
Fig. 2 a longitudinal vertical section, and
Fig. 3 a cross section of the improved apparatus.
The frame a forms the principal part of the apparatus and has an open space,
furnished with rabbets, in which a slide 6 is displaceable by means of a screw c. Said
slide carries two cheeks d adapted to turn on pivots e and held down by the knobs
thereof and by the heads of screws guided in bars or projections f.
The cheeks d are provided with dents arranged at an angle of 45 degrees and
adapted to catch into the rabbet of the bands or frame bars h to be glued together.
On screwing the slide 6 with cheeks d towards the cheeks i the bands are caught by
the sides of the cheeks d and thereby pressed against the cheeks i at an angle
of 45 degrees. Consequently the bands / slide on the inner sides of the cheeks i
inwardly and the mitred quoins are compressed.
The cheeks d on slide 6 are held asunder by a spring k in order to cause the teeth
to engage uniformly in the rabbets of the bands.
The frame or corner when glued may be allowed to dry in the apparatus and
subsequently taken out and provided with nails or other additional steadying means,
or these latter may be applied directly after glueing while the piece is still in the
apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A mitre cramp for picture frames or the like consisting of a frame a with an open
space furnished with rabbets, a slide provided with two movable cheeks d having
dents
g arranged at an angle of 45 degrees, a spring k, screw c, cheeks i, for the
purpose of joining quoins of bands or frame bars to be glued or otherwise secured
together, the whole combined and operating substantially as set forth.
Dated this 20th day of February 1890.
Dated this 20th day of February 1890.
GEORG OTT.
By Huelser & Co.,
142, Fleet Street, London, Attorneys.
Improvements in Friction Gearing.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1890-Accepted, 7th Feb., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Friction Gearing.
I JOSEPH MEIER, of 291 Market Street, in the City of Newark, County of
Essex and State of New Jersey, United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
The object of this invention is to avoid, in transmitting power, the use of leather-
belts and the disadvantages and objections incident thereto, and it consists in the
improved pulley and in the arrangements and combinations of parts thereof substan-
tially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embodied in the clauses of the
claim.
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Referring to the accompanying drawing, in which like letters indicate corre-
sponding parts in each of the figures, Figure is a view showing the relation of
certain friction wheels or pulleys to one another and Figure 2 is a section taken
through the centre of one of said wheels.
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In said drawing, a indicates a main shaft which may connect with an engine or
other motor in any suitable manner. > is a friction pulley having V-shaped
groove in its periphery, c is a shaft connecting with a dynamo machine or other
machine to be operated and d is a leather covered wheel arranged on said
shaft, 69 and having its periphery made angular in conformity with the said V-shaped
groove.
Of said wheel or pulley, e indicates a core or body which may be of iron, wood
or other appropriate material and ƒ is a peripheral covering of leather which
provides a frictional surface to engage the wheel b. This covering is applied in
concentric layers which are graduated in width and are bevelled oppositely as shown
to secure an angular body of leather as shown in Figure 2. The first layer is
riveted to the body of the flat peripheral face of the wheel and the overlaying
layers cemented thereto and to one another and additional bolts g, are employed to
more perfectly unite the parts. The said bolts passing from points centrally between
the bevelled faces of the wheel into the said body as indicated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved friction wheel or pulley herein described, combining therein a
body having a straight peripheral face, a series of plies or layers of leather built
upon said flat face and forming an oppositely bevelled body, the first layer being
riveted to the flat face and the succeeding layers being cemented to one another
and the whole of said parts being united by bolts which pass through said layers or
plies and into the said body from points centrally between the two bevelled faces of
leather substantially as set forth.
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JOSEPH MEIER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Liniment.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1891-Accepted. 26th Sept.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Liniment.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a com-
munication to me from abroad by John Blume, of Walhalla, Texas, U.S.A.
Gentleman,) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved topical remedy, consisting of a new
liniment.
The liniment comprises fox-grape root, and cotton-seed oil combined in suitable
proportions.
In certain cases it is desirable to add sassafras-oil to the liniment comprising
fox-grape root and cotton-seed oil, in suitable proportions.
Dated this 15th day of November 1890.
J. F. BAILI,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Liniment.
I, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by John Blume, of Walhalla, Texas, U.S.A. Gentleman,)
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to medical compounds; and it has for its object to produce
a compound of this character for the local treatment of rheumatism, neuralgia,
paralysis, and gout.
The composition consists of the following ingredients combined in about the
following proportions: Fox-grape, (vitislabrusca) one ounce avoirdupois; cotton-
seed oil, (oleumgossypii,) eight ounces, (apothecary ;) sassafras-oil, (oleum sassafras)
ten drops.
In compounding the medicine the fox-grape root is boiled in the cotton seed oil
until the strength is extracted from the former, and to this mixture is added the
sassafras oil.
In using the above composition a sufficient quantity for one application is
warmed and the affected portions of the body rubbed with a woollen cloth which
has been thoroughly saturated with the medicine.
The vine and root of the fox-grape are covered by a series of two or more
barks, the outer bark serving as a protection to the next or second bark. The
latter is the part employed in this compound. This second bark comprises minute
particles resembling hairs, which, when the liniment is used, penetrate the skin
and facilitate the entrance of the compound. These particles are extracted from
the bark by boiling in the cotton-seed oil. The bark used further possesses diuretic
properties.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. The herein-described liniment, comprising fox-grape root and cotton-seed oil
combined in substantially the proportions specified

page_text: 2. The herein-described liniment consisting of fox-grape root, cotton-seed oil,
and sassafras oil, combined in substantially the proportions specified.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
Improvements in the Hearths or Bottoms of Tube Welding or Heating and other Furnaces.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
COMIDELE DI ECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Hearths or Bottoms of Tube Welding or
Heating and other Furnaces.
We ALEXANDER EDWIN TUCKER of 35 Paradise Street Birmingham Metallurgist
& FRANK WILLIAM HARBORD of Pennfields Wolverhampton Metallurgist do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In further developement of our joint Patents Nos. 11600, 1886 & 15534, 1886 we
find it advantageous in certain cases where the temperature is very high such as
obtains in the case of tube welding furnaces &c. instead of making the hearth of basic
or Thomas Gilchrist slag alone or with admixtures such as we have heretofore
described, to mix basic slag with a certain proportion of dolomite & in some cases to
employ the latter alone, or admixed with limestone, or blast furnace slag, containing a
high percentage of lime. The following we find the best plan of forming or making
these bottoms or hearths. Having removed the ordinary oxide or sand bottom from
the furnace a layer of lumps of slag & dolomite or dolomite alone is placed on the
bottom of the hearth & then smaller similar material is placed over this to form a
hearth about 10 inches thick & the whole is then carefully sprinkled with a mixture
of fine sand & oxide of iron in sufficient quantity to obtain a glazed surface perfectly
smooth & uniform & on which ingots or piles &c. can be easily moved about. We
particularly wish to point out that we do not claim the use of dolomite in furnaces
used for the production of steel from pig iron but only for hearths of furnaces used
for heating iron or steel or similar material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare what we claim is,
The use of dolomite or magnesian limestone either alone, or mixed with basic slag,
blast furnace slag, or ordinary limestone, to form the hearths or bottoms of tube
welding or other heating furnaces substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of October 1890,
ALEXANDER EDWIN TUCKER.
FRANK WILLIAM HARBORD.
Improvements in and relating to Lubricants and Joint-making Material.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Sept., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Nov., 1890
Improvements in and relating to Lubricants and Joint-making
Material.
I, ALEXANDER PURVIS, of 63 King Street, South Shields, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention relates to lubricants and has for its objects to provide a new
lubricating compound which will minimize the effect of water on the bearings of
inachinery and generally prevent heat and friction and will not liquify at a high
temperature. Other lubricants when used and brought into contact with water on the
bearings cause the bearings to become roughened thus generating friction and heat
and consequent wearing away of the bosses and journals.
In this invention I take
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and place the seven last named in a cauldron in which the compound is submitted to
a very high temperature (preferably 210° Fahr.), then I add and thoroughly mix in
the mica, kaolin, or mixture of these and keep the whole at this temperature for
several hours, after which I pour out the compound into a suitable vessel and allow it
to set and mature for a day. I then put it back into the cauldron and re-heat it to a
high degree of temperature as before and at this temperature add
Oxide of zinc 20 lbs.
and stir the whole compound thoroughly together. Once more I pour out the contents
of the cauldron and press out all steam and water by a hydraulic press. The lubricant
compound thus made will not become fluid in hot climates or with the heat of the
engine room.
When used as a packing for steam chests, stuffing boxes, cylinder covers, valves,
washers, junction rings and the like, the compound aforenamed may be mixed with
cotton, hemp or other textile fabric commonly used for lubricants of this class and
may be rolled to the requisite thickness in the usual way; or I may use an admixture
of forty per cent. of ground mica with strands of asbestos yarn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is:
1. The lubricant compounds substantially as set forth and described.
2. The processes of manufacturing the lubricant compounds, substantially as set
forth and described.
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ALEXANDER PURVIS,
By his Agents, Horn & Son.
A New or Improved Adhesive Cement and Process of Manufacturing the same.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application. 11th Feb.. 1890-Accented 15th Mar
1890
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Adhesive Cement and Process of Manufacturing
the same.
A communication from abroad by KAREL KORENAR and FRANZ ZWICKER, both of
Karolinenthal, near Prague, in the Empire of Austria.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both in
the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of this invention is an adhesive substance applicable for joining leather,
caoutchouc, articles of hemp, etcetera, and especially suitable for sticking together
the edges of rents in tubes of leather or hemp, or other tubes such as fire engine
hose. The composition of this cement is approximately as follows:-
Gutta percha
Benzine
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Sulphuret of carbon
Turpentine
50 parts by weight.
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The gutta percha is dissolved in a mixture of the other three liquid constituents,
and when the solution is prepared, the surface is skimined, and the skimmings mixed
with a second batch. This second solution is heated until it boils, and into this
boiling liquid the scum, skimmed from the first portion, is mixed under agitation.
The liquid mixture obtained is thoroughly agitated, drawn off into bottles or other
suitable receptacles, and kept hermetically sealed, as it spoils or hardens on exposure
to air. It yields a good adhesive cement, and a trial has shown that a torn hemp
hose pipe, which was repaired at a broken place with the cement, still remained
sound under a water pressure of 14 atmospheres.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The method of preparing an adhesive substance specially suitable for joining
or repairing leather, hemp, or indiarubber hose pipes, which consists in dissolving
about 50 parts by weight of gutta percha in a liquid mixture of 120 parts by weight
benzine, 80 parts sulphuret of carbon, and 20 parts turpentine, skimming the foam or
surface scum from this solution, and mixing it with a second batch of a similar
solution while in a boiling state, substantially as described.
2. As a new article of manufacture an adhesive substance applicable for joining
or repairing leather or other hose pipes manufactured substantially as described.
Dated this 10th day of February 1890.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.
A Self-regulating Receiving Vessel for Automatic Balances for Granular and like Substances.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1890-Accepted, 5th July, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Self-regulating Receiving Vessel for Automatic Balances for
Granular and like Substances.
I, REGINALD HADDAN, of the firm of Herbert & Co., Patent Agents, of 18 Bucking-
ham Street, Strand, W.C. London, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, a communication to me from abroad by
L. A. Riedinger, of Augsburg, in the Empire of Germany, Machinery Maker, and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
With balances for granular substances, which consist generally of a lever to which
is attached on the one side a unit-weight and on the other side a receiving vessel
the alternate filling and emptying of which takes place automatically by special
arrangements, the exactness of the weighing depends especially on the vessel being
filled always up to the same height, or in other words that the distance of the
substance from the discharge end H of the feed hopper is always the same, whether
a heavy or a light substance is weighed.
For this purpose the interior or receiving space of the vessel should be altered
and this alteration is obtained in a completely automatic manner by the device
hereinafter described.
The vessel A is provided with the side-walls a a hinged respectively on arbors k k,
each of said walls being connected with the levers bb fixed on said arbors k k. On
the respective extremities c c of these levers b b rest levers d d which carry the
regulating weights g g.
When the granular or like substance is poured in and has reached the maximum
height within the vessel, the side walls a a separate so that the height attained
namely the end-fall-height at H remains thenceforth constant. When the basin is
emptied, the side-walls a a close up again to the narrowest position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
1 claim is :-
In automatic balances a receiving vessel for granular and like substance of various
specific gravities, said vessel having two relatively approaching and receding walls
regulated automatically, which by more or less automatic widening cause the surface
of the material fed in the vessel after it has reached a certain desired height to
remain at said height or substantially so during the remainder of the filling sub-
stantially as set forth.
D
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, W.C., London, Agents to Applicant.
•NGOT CUTIT TO FOR Han
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Cigars.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1390-Accepted, 14th Feb., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Cigars.
I, JOSÉ ZAMORANO Y VILLAR, of Santa Cruz, de Tenerife, Canary Islands,
in the Kingdom of Spain, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The process which forms the subject of the present invention consists firstly in
mixing different qualities of tobacco leaves in order to obtain an essentially aromatic
product and secondly, in making the cigars of a special shape that makes them burn
easier and slower, thus avoiding the burning of the same obliquely or on one
side only.
The first object in the manufacture of my cigars is attained by using in equal
parts different qualities of tobacco leaves; those employed for my purpose being
Havana, Cuba, Porto-Rico, Sumatra, Brazil and Connecticut; and the second
object is easily attained by making them with two points nearly equal, one at each
end, in lieu of one, so that on being tied up in bundles they should appear like a
balloon half inflated as shown in the accompanying drawing.
The result of my process is to obtain as a new product a fine aromatic cigar
burning better than the cigars manufactured as heretofore. These cigars I give the
name of Republican Federalists.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The process of manufacturing cigars as above described and shown in the
accompanying drawing.
ing drawing.
this 29th day of December 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Mechanical Dancing Figures.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1890-Accepted, 7th June, 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanical Dancing Figures.
I, WILLIAM BRITAIN of 28 Lambton Road Hornsey Rise, in the county of Middlesex
Mechanical Model Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
I make a frame a of any suitable pattern and material, (according to what form
the dancing figure is to take) with bearings a¹ at the top and bottom in which a
vertical spindle 6 can revolve freely, and also move longitudinally. Upon the spindle b
I fix a flywheel c, and a small plate or boss d, I make a wheel working upon a
spindle, and working excentrically upon another spindle parallel to the spindle f¹.
I fix the spindle f to a link g which I make to bear on the frame a so that it can
oscillate in a plane parallel to the wheelf. I make the vertical spindle b pass
through the end of the spindle f¹, so that the wheelf is held in such a position that
its edge shall always meet the boss d whenever the boss is pressed towards it. I
make various points or figures such as h. h. of such a length that they shall touch the
table at intervals and check the tendency to revolve the frame.
The action then is as follows; I cause the spindle 6 with the wheel c and boss d to
revolve rapidly by any suitable means, (such as by a string round a pulley or spool e)
and stand it with the spindle vertical upon any suitable surface, then the weight of
the frame a presses the wheel upon the boss d so that it revolves by the motion
imparted to it by the boss d; and lifts the link g and frame a up and down by the
action of the excentric axle f". And at the same time the friction between the wheelf,
and the boss d causes the whole frame to revolve slowly each time it is lifted off the
points of resistance h. h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The action of the wheelf with the excentric axle f" to produce a jumping motion
in dancing figures at the same time that they receive a rotary motion from, and are
maintained in an upright position by the action of the flywheel c. substantially as
hereinbefore described & set forth.
Dated this 6th day of May 1890.
Improved Method of Fastening Decorative Metal Plates to Walls.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1890-Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Method of Fastening Decorative Metal Plates to Walls.
I, THEODOR BERGMANN, Gaggenau Iron Works, Gaggenau Germany Director of
Iron Works, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object a new method for fastening metal plates designed
to serve as well for wainscoting as for the decoration of walls and ceilings in
general.
These new enamelled plates of sheet metal which are designed to substitute the
Majolica plates heretofore used for the decoration of walls, have hitherto offered
certain difficulties in regard to their fastening upon the walls.
By the use of my invention the piates may be fastened in a very simple manner,
without the use of rivets, hooks, spikes or the like.
.
For this purpose the borders or rims of these decorative metal plates are turned
over or bent backward under an oblique angle as shown in Fig. 2 of the annexed
drawing.
The so prepared plates are then pressed into the fresh mortar of the walls in course
of erection, intended to be decorated. When the plates are to be fastened to old walls
these latter are covered with a new coat of fresh mortar, plaster or the like.
I will now explain my invention by reference to the annexed drawings.
Fig. 1. represents a front view, and figure 2 a transverse section of a number of
these plates. A is the front of the plates and B. are the borders or rims bent
backwards under, an oblique angle, which borders are pressed into the fresh mortar of
the walls to be decorated, and the mortar is thus forced to enter into the hollow spaces
of the angles formed by the turned down borders, while at the same time filling the
spaces formed by the borders of any two adjoining plates, thus producing a simple
and effective method of fastening the said plates.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Decorative metal plates with borders bent backwards under an oblique angle and
the new method for fastening the same to walls substantially as and for the purpose
described.
Dated this and dow of T1 1900
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
Means for Securing the Leaves of Music or other Books from Turning Over while the Reader is Engaged with them.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th May, 1391-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Means for Securing the Leaves of Music or other Books from
Turning Over while the Reader is Engaged with them.
CAROLINE STANLEY Crimplesham Vicarage Downham Market Norfolk
(Clergyman's Wife) do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Two small brass clips to be fastened on the covers of the book, having a narrow
clastic band passed through them, which band passes over any number of the
leaves.
The holder may be adjusted to any sized book by drawing the elastic band
through the clips either to lengthen or shorten.
1900
CASTLE SMITH,
Invention Office, 54, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Means for Securing the Leaves of Music or other Books from
Turning Over while the Reader is Engaged with them.
CAROLINE STANLEY Gentlewoman Crimplesham Vicarage Downham Market
Norfolk do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
Means for securing the leaves of music, and other large books from turning over
while the reader is engaged with them-and consisting of two clips made of brass,
or other metal A A A A A A-connected by an elastic band B B B-which clips
are to fasten on the outside covers of the book C C above & below-the elastic band
passing over any number of the leaves of the book, which the reader desires to
secure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
That said invention is a most useful and necessary help to readers.
1. In public, and other libraries, in reading, and making references from, large
books.
2. On band-stands in the open air, where the leaves of the music require to be
held from blowing up in the wind.
3. On organs, where there are no means of holding down the leaves of a music
book.
4. Also a most useful mark in private 1cading.
Dated this 6th day of October 1890.
CAROLINE STANLEY,
An Improved Material to be used in Manufacturing Trunks, Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags, and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 31st Oct., 1890-Accepted, 6th Dec., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Material to be used in Manufacturing Trunks,
Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags, and the like.
I, ROBERT ERSKINE of 8 High Street Belfast Portmanteau and Trunk Manufacturer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved material of which to manufacture trunks
travelling bag portmanteaus and such like articles and consists of a combination of
leather tarpaulin or canvas in connection with what is commonly known in the trade
as cork carpet. This leather tarpaulin or canvas I use solely as a facing for the cork
carpet and it is held securely on to the said cork carpet by any suitable glue or
cement and may be further secured by metal rivets having a large flat head on
both sides. I intend to call my trunks so made the "Perfection Trunks "
"Perfection Portmanteaus."
Doted this 19th day of February 1890.
or the
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Material to be used in Manufacturing Trunks,
Portmanteaus, Travelling Bags, and the like.
I ROBERT ERSKINE of 8 High Street Belfast Portmanteau and Trunk Manufacturers
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to an improved material of which to manufacture, trunks,
travelling bags, portmanteaus, and such like articles, and consists of a combination
of leather tarpaulin, or canvas in connection with what is commonly known in the
trade as cork carpet. This leather tarpaulin or canvas I use solely as a facing for
the cork carpet, and it is held securely on to the said cork carpot, by any suitable
glue or cement, and may be further secured by metal rivets. By means of the
improved cork material, I obtain a greater resisting power than articles made on
the old principal (viz.:-stiffened on paper, cardboard, or the like,) in the form of
bag or portmanteau, without adding at all appreciably to the weight. I may use
other substances than leather, tarpaulin, or canvas in connection with cork carpet such
as wood or cane veneer for the purpose of making portmanteaus and bags and
the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
An improved material for making portmanteaus and the like, consisting of a
facing of leather, tarpaulin, canvas, or the like in combination with a backing of
"cork carpet."
28th day of October 1890.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
RAYNER & CASSELL,
37, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Turbines.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1890-Accepted, 20th Dec., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by HOLYOKE MACHINE COMPANY, Worcester,
Massachusetts, United States of America.]
Improvements in Turbines.
I, JOHN TURNBULL Junior of 255 Bath Street, in the City of Glasgow, Consulting
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed (as communicated to me) to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to turbines and it consists essentially in the construction and
arrangement of the gate, which regulates the water supply, the said gate being fitted
externally of the chutes or guides, which direct the water against the buckets of the
turbine wheel, instead of being placed inside of said chutes whereby the pressure of
the inflowing water, on the outside of the gate ensures a tight fit upon the periphery
of the guide ring and prevents leakage which is occasioned in inside gate turbines by
the pressure of the water upon the gate, whilst the direction of flow from the guides
to the buckets is not interfered with as is the case when the movable gate is
interposed between the guides or chutes and the buckets.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is an elevation, Figure 2, a plan, Figure 3, a vertical section, and
Figure 4, a horizontal section of a turbine with the improvements applied thereto.
As therein shown the gate consists of a cylindrical grating composed of a series of
hollow triangular bars A connected by flange rings A' A¹ at top and bottom. The
cylindrical grating or register gate is bored out to fit the periphery of the guide
ring B around which it is placed, the lower flange ring A resting on the base-
piece C of the turbine. On the upper flange or cover is secured a toothed segment D
fitted to gear with a pinion E on a shaft F, carried in hearing brackets G G¹ and
by turning the shaft the gate A is moved round the guide ring B and covers or
uncovers more or less the chutes thereof. The wheel H and its buckets are of
ordinary construction, and may be of any other form than that shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me
I declare that what 1 claim is :-
1. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the improved turbine
substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the annexed drawings.
2. A turbine having a register gate fitted cylindrically upon the outer periphery
of the guide ring substantially as set forth.
Dated this Thirteenth day of November 1890.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.