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IMPROVEMENTS IN ICE PRESERVERS OR REFRIGERATORS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Spencer Thomson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th
July 1878.
I, SPENCER THOMSON, of Ashton, Torquay, in the County of Devon,
Doctor of Medicine, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ICE PRESERVERS OR REFRIGERATORS," to be as
follows:-
.
The Invention has for its object improvements in ice preservers or
refrigerators, whereby they are rendered more particularly useful for the
sick room or for the dining room. For this purpose I prefer to form the
ice preserver or refrigerator of terra cotta, glazed or unglazed on the
inside but porous or unglazed on the outside; but it may be made of
other descriptions of earthenware, whether porous or not, or of china, or
porcelain, or of glass, metal, or porous stone, or of any of these materials
combined.
When using other than porous material in the construction of the
refrigerator I propose to clothe the cover with flannel or other absorbent
material. I form the cover by preference dome-shaped, and with a

page_text: double case which I fill with water or other fluid poured therein through
a suitably shaped funnel forming the handle thereof, or the space may
be left empty or may be filled with charcoal or other non-conducting
material. If desired however the cover may be only single cased.
The body of the ice preserver or refrigerator consists of a receptacle
fitted or not with a tap to receive the drainage water from the melting
ice. This receptacle is formed with a groove or trough running around
its upper edge, into which the cover is dropped, water being poured into
the groove or trough to seal the cover and to provide water to be
absorbed by the cover or by its clothing. The outer rim of this groove
or trough is made higher than the inner one. The receptacle is further
provided with a shallow cupped or concave perforated dish, on which
the ice should rest in order to keep it free from the drainage water.
In some cases the ice preserver or refrigerator is provided with an
intermediate piece between the cover and the receptacle for the water, to
admit of a tray or support for butter, fruit, or other articles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHING MACHINES
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Christopher Hodgson, William
Hodgson, and John Needham at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 16th August 1873.
We, CHRISTOPHER HODGSON, WILLIAM HODGSON, and JOHN NEEDHAM,
of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Weighing Machine Manu-
facturers and Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WEIGHING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists, firstly, of a triple reversible steelyard, to be
used in connection with weighbridges and similar machines con-
structed for weighing, and so arranged as to be read at a glance, and
securing a simplicity and accuracy in the operation of weighing, and
obviating the labor of moving large and ponderous weights that are found
BO objectionable.
This triple steelyard consists of three arms or bars, which for purposes
of distinction we will designate as a, b, & o, and are attached to a
pillar with brackets of support, or in any suitable manner,

page_text: rack in conjunction with one wheel or roller, projecting from the bottom
of the rack to the inside of the pedestal on which the steelyard rests, thus
taking away the friction and drag, and obviating the necessity for oiling,
these friction rollers relieving motion in whatever position they may be
placed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TABLE COVERS, AND COVERS FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF FURNITURE
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Heaven at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th March
1873.
I, ALFRED HEAVEN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Embroiderer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TABLE COVERS, AND COVERS FOR OTHER
ARTICLES OF FURNITURE," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in manufacturing table covers and other similar
articles of a peculiar description of cotton fabric which combines great
strength, durability, and economy. In manufacturing these improved
table covers and other similar articles the fabric is woven in an ordinary
jacquard loom, by which the surface of the fabric is raised in the required
manner to produce an imitation of a woollen fabric. The warp and
the weft are both made of cotton yarn, and the weft must be very
slightly twisted to give to the surface of the fabric the desired woolly
appearance. The table covers and other similar articles manufactured
in the manner above described are particularly suitable for being em-
broidered in the usual embroidering machines, and they are best adapted
for the American market owing to the heavy duties on woollen fabrics.
AN IMPROVED JOINT OR FASTENING FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF RAILWAY RAILS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Howard Busby Fox at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
✓ 14th May 1873.
I, HOWARD BUSBY Fox, of Oxton, in the County of Chester, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
JOINT OR FASTENING FOR SECURING THE ENDS OF RAILWAY RAILS," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in slotting or cutting out a portion of the web
of the end of each rail to be joined. To connect the ends of the rails
I make use of a fastening which is formed of a metal plate made to fit
between the flanges of the rails. This plate has a projection welded on
the side thereof, and this projection is made to fit into the slotted
portions of the rails before mentioned. On the other side of the rails
I use a plain fish plate made to fit between the flanges of the rails.
The joint is formed by bolting the fish plate to the before mentioned
plate with the projecting tongue filling up the aperture slotted in the
webs of the rails. The ends of the rails are thus firmly bound together
and by no means can the end of one rail project above the other, the
joint forming a solid tread,

page_text: A modification of this Invention consists in forming the projecting
tongue or key piece on the fastening in the form of a fish tail or
The slotted portion of the web of the rail is made with a slight play
round the key piece, so that a certain amount of clasticity is given to
the rail. The plates are bolted together from each side through the web
of the rail as before mentioned.
In some instances I make the key pieces distinct from the fastening
plates, merely inserting them into the spaces cut out in the webs of the
rails, and then binding the whole together by two plain fish plates
made to fit between the flanges of the rails.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR THE TILLING AND INTERTILLAGE OF LAND BY STEAM POWER AND BY MANUAL POWER
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Green at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th November
1873.
I, JOHN GREEN, of 18, Maryland's Road, Harrow Road, Paddington,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR THE TILLING AND INTERTILLAGE OF LAND BY
STEAM POWER AND BY MANUAL POWER," to be as follows:-
I construct and actuate a rotating implement, which has attached to
its lower side and around it certain pendant knives, blades, skims, points,
or tines, equidistant from each other in one row, or in concentric rows,
according to the depth of tillage required, and I actuate such machinery
by steam power or by manual power, according to the purpose to which
it is applicable, whereby the knives, blades, skims, points, or tines are
caused to penetrate, fracture, and thoroughly break up the soil, and to
form a complete seed bed, immediately fit for seeds or plants to preserve
even depth of tillage. The apparatus and motive power with its requsite
gearing and machinery are carried either upon wheels or sledges, or both
combined.

page_text: I arrange an apparatus constructed upon the same principles so as to
form an implement which can be drawn either by winding apparatus to
and fro over the land, or by any of the means used for hauling ploughs
or cultivators now operated by steam power.
I also arrange an apparatus upon the same principles so as to form an
implement capable of doing the work of intertillage by means of several
rotating apparatus drawn, driven, or propelled either by steam or manual
power.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD OR HAIR PINS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Barnby at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
November 1873.
I, THOMAS BARNBY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Com-
mercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN HEAD OR HAIR PINS," to be as follows, that is to say:
This Invention, which relates to an improvement in the construction
of pins which are used for holding ornaments for decorating the wearer's
head consists in forming such pins with a metallic or other tube which
is split longitudinally in order to make it elastic, or in place of a tube
one or more springs or their equivalent may be substituted. The object
of the tube, springs, or their equivalent is to receive the pin of a brooch
or other ornament, and the elasticity thereof admits of ornaments with
various sized pins being adapted thereto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OR MEANS OF SAVING LIFE OR PROPERTY AT SEA
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Davis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
January 1873.
I, CHARLES DAVIS, of Pall Mall, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declaro the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE METHOD OR MEANS OF SAVING LIFE OR PROPERTY AT SEA," to be as
follows:-
The Invention is designed for the purpose of saving life and property
at sea whether disconnected from the vessel by which it or they have
hitherto been borne or as an assistance in preventing vessels at sea
foundering.
The Invention consists in providing vessels with attached and detached
corrugated flexible air-tight bags of peculiar construction, which in their
normal condition will occupy a minimun amount of space in the vessel
to which they belong, but which at a moment's notice or by self-acting
means in cases of great emergency can be inflated so as to become
mediums of buoyancy for sustaining lives or goods in water.

page_text: The novelty of the Invention consists in providing the corrugations of
flexible air-tight bags or compartments with strong tubing into which
air is forced so as to become compressed. These tubes are so arranged
that the amount of compressed air contained within them will when
released as hiercin-after explained fill the whole space or capacity of the
floxible bag or compartment of which they form a portion. The ter-
mination of these tubos enters by means of a valve, the interior of the air-
tight compartment of which they form a portion, the other end being
also connected by means of a coupling tube to the exit pipe of an air
pump. These air-tight compartments are constructed in various forms,
and are provided as in the case of floating rafts with means of attachment
below to which goods or merchandize can be attached, and which when
thrown or otherwise left in the water with the flexible air-tight com-
partments will form a ballast to the same, the upper surface of tho
compartment being so constructed that individuals or material can bo
supported in a dry condition above the water. Further the inlet valves
leading into the air compartments from the compressed air tubes are
connected by means of coupling links with the goods or material such
bags are designed to sustain. Thus when the bags in their collapsed
condition are placed in the water, the sinking of the heavy weight
attached to the valve of the air chamber will, at once open, and allow the
compartment to become inflated thereby enabling through its buoyancy
goods or other material or lives attached thereto to ride in safety until
succour arrives. In cases where these bags are attached to vessels they
'will on the release of their compressed air become mediums whereby
such vessel will be provented from foundering.
A NEW AND IMPROVED REGULATOR OR GOVERNOR FOR ADJUSTING THE SPEED OR ROTARY MOTION OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th March 1878.-A communication from Ernst Schenck,
Baronet, and Wilhelm Maurer, residing at Vienna, Austria, Admi-
nistrators of the Firm Dampfmaschinen Regulator Fabrik Friedrich
and Co., in Vienna.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 18, Ruo do la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, Franco, and 6, Piccadilly,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW AND IMPROVED REGULATOR OR GOVERNOR
FOR ADJUSTING THE SPEED OR ROTARY MOTION OF STEAM ENGINES," com-
municated to me by Ernst Schenck, Baronet, and Wilhelm Maurer
two persons resident at Vienna, Austria, Administrators of the Firm
Dampfmaschinen Regulator Fabrik Friedrich and Co., in Vienna, to bo
as follows:-
This Invention consists in the direct action of the governor upon the
expansion as well as in the principles of its arrangement in general.
The fundamental principles of its construction will be found in the par-

page_text: ticular and new application of an eccentric, which regulates its stroke,
and the degrees of the angle of its action by the governor in such
a manner that at the highest expansion 0,01, a prolongation and
advancing of the stroke of the expansion valve takes place, whilst at
greater feeding to 1,0, the contrary will be produced. The governor
may be mounted horizontally or vertically upon the fly wheel shaft, so
that the number of revolutions of the governor corresponds to those of
the steam engine. This Invention is illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, which shows the governor in its lowest position to the shaft.
The plate F has two pins on which the bolt eyes L.serve as rotating
centres to the lenses f. The lenses fare provided with a boss upon
which the drawing rods K are pivoted. The said rods K are connected
to the hard brass piece G by arms pivoted on them so that the said piece
G moves freely in its bearing by means of the motion of the plato F. If
by the action of the centrifugal force the lenses fly out the piece G is 1
displaced in its bearing conformabily with the angle of elevation of the
lenses. The piece G is provided with a pin or an eccentric g, connected
to the valve rod, and changes its stroke at the least difference in the
number of revolutions. J are springs which replace the flying out
lenses to their normal position, by more or less strain of these springs
the engine will move more or less rapidly.
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AN IMPROVEMENT APPLICABLE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OTHER ALBUMS, AND TO REFERENCE, AND OTHER Books, FOR TURNING OVER THE LEAVES OF THE SAME
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Bevan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents with his Petition, on the 28th
November 1873.
I, SAMUEL BEVAN, of St. Martin's Chambers, Trafalgar Square, in
the City of Westminster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT APPLICABLE TO PHOTOGRAPHIC AND
OTHER ALBUMS, AND TO REFERENCE, AND OTHER Books, FOR TURNING OVER THE
LEAVES OF THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The chief object of this Invention is to facilitate the operation of
turning over the leaves of photographic albums, of scrap books, and of
large books of reference, and at the same to prevent the soiling or
injury of the leaves by contact with the fingers of the person using the
book.
The Invention admits of various modifications to suit special cases. 1
In applying my Invention to photographic albums, for example, I
propose to insert within or permanently attach to each pasteboard leaf a
touch piece or lift for turning over the same. These lifts may con-

page_text: veniently consist of a thin strip of ivory or bone, or equivalent hard
substance, so shaped as to stand out a short distance from the edge
of their respective leaves and be of such size as will admit of their
These strips
being readily seized by the fingers to turn the leaves over.
I prefer so to arrange with respect to each other that no one strip
will underlie the other when the book is closed, or present an obstruction
to the lifting of any superimposed leaf.
In adapting the Invention to volumes composed of leaves of thin
paper, a bible for example, leaves of some tough material, such as
animal or vegetable parchment provided with a tongue piece may be
bound up with the printed matter, or a tongue piece or strip may be
attached to guards interposed between the various books composing the
volume. The projecting ends of these tongues or strips may be stamped
or marked with the names or numbers of the books, and thus they will
serve both as a rough index and also as a means for turning over the
leaves in bulk, leaving it conparatively easy to find the chapter or verse
required. This arrangement I propose to use also in connection with
encyclopedias and bulky dictionaries, placing the turnover strips at the
commencement of each initial letter, and marking on the projecting
ends of such strips the index letter.
In cases where it is intended that the touch piece or lift shall raise a
heavy mass of superincumbent leaves, the lift may consist of a stiff or
rigid leaf which being bound up in the volume may be used as an index
as above described.
AN IMPROVED INKSTAND
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William George Reeve at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th May 1873.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE REEVE, of New Cross, in the County of Kent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
INKSTAND," to be as follows :—
Upon a suitable framework a cylindrical or other shaped vessel for
containing ink is supported upon bearings or pivots at both ends thereof.
The ink containing vessel has a neck and funnel-shaped mouth for the
admission of the ink and the insertion of the pen, and is weighted at its
lower end in order by the counterpoise thus obtained to preserve the
vessel in an upright position.
Upon the ink containing vessel is a notch or recess, which notch or
recess engages with a catch fixed upon the framework. On liberating
the catch the ink containing vessel will by the gravity of the weight
turn upwards on its axis, thereby causing the funnel-shaped mouth to
come in contact with a plate above the cylinder, by which means dust is
prevented from entering the ink.

page_text: The funnel-shaped mouth is formed by a hollow lip fixed to the ink
containing vessel in such a position that on dipping the pen therein a
sufficient supply of ink can at all times be obtained without the dis-
advantage of any of the sediment generally contained at the bottom of
such vessels entering the pen with the ink, but so that a limited quantity
only of ink can enter the supply opening.
The funnel-shaped mouth is the only opening to the interior of the ink
containing vessel, therefore when the said vessel is turned on its axis and
the opening therein lowered the ink covers the orifice, so that no air can
be admitted, thereby preventing any further flow of ink through the said
opening.
The stand may be formed with recesses for holding pens, and an
india-rubber band or other device may also be employed for holding the
opening in the cylinder against the above-mentioned plate when
required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, APPLICABLE TO PROPULSION OF TRAMWAY CARRIAGES AND FOR OTHER USES, AND IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Fletcher, of No. 22, Hornsey Road,
THE
Holloway, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, APPLICABLE TO
PROPULSION OF TRAMWAY CARRIAGES AND FOR OTHER USES, AND IN THE
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
"
Sealed the 12th April 1873, and dated the 7th February 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Fletcher at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th February 1873.
I, WILLIAM FLETCHER, of No. 22, Hornsey Road, Holloway, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER, APPLICABLE
TO THE PROPULSION OF TRAMWAY CARRIAGES AND FOR OTHER USES, AND IN THE
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
In carrying out my Invention pumps worked by manual labor or
other power act to force water into what I call an accumulator or

page_text: reservoir formed as a cylinder or vessel with a piston or ram working
therein through suitable packing and acted upon by series of spiral or
other springs or weight in order by the pressure exerted to obtain a
uniform pressure for the driving or motive power to be exerted by the
pressure of the water in the accumulator.
This water under pressure is conducted into cylinders which are
formed open at both of their ends and are closed only by covers with
cup leather or other suitable packing acting upon enlargements or rams
extending through these covers from each side of the piston, leaving
small annular spaces for the water to act on the piston between the
rams and the interior of the cylinder. The water is supplied to these
annular spaces for its alternate action on the opposite sides of
the piston by channels regulated by a valve operated by cams or
tappets.
I also apply my Invention to forcing water for fire engines or other
purposes by causing the action of the piston to set in motion the pumps;
and these pumps may be formed by an annular ring piston working
between the outer surface of each motive power cylinder and a cylinder
surrounding it.
IMPROVed Means of PRESERVING TELEGRAPH, SIGNAL, GATE, AND OTHER WOOD POSTS FROM DRY ROT AND DECAY
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Charles Dunk at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd October 1873.
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I, SAMUEL CHARLES DUNK, of Penge, in the County of Surrey, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVed Means of
PRESERVING TELEGRAPH, SIGNAL, GATE, AND OTHER WOOD POSTS FROM DRY ROT
AND DECAY";
This Invention has for its object improved means of preserving
telegraph, signal, gate, and other wood posts, the lower ends of which are
inserted in the ground, from dry rot or decay. For this purpose I
surround the lower parts of such wood posts with a collar or coating of
zinc or other suitable metal, the upper and lower edges of such collar
being bevelled off, and either forced into the wood or caused to enter a
saw cut or channel formed at an angle in the surface of the post around
which it is placed. When the plate or collar of zinc is fixed around the
post, the edges are soldered together to form a perfectly water-tight
joint. The surface of the foot of a post thus protected in accordance
with my Invention should extend about twelve inches above, and about

page_text: eighteen inches below the ground in which it is fixed; but this may be
varied according to the situation and nature of the soil in which it is
placed, the object being to protect the surface of the post near the
surface of the earth from the combined action of moisture and atmo-
spheric influence.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND MODE OF WORKING THE SAILS USED IN CONNECTION THERE- ITH
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William IIenry Crispin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th April 1873.
I, WILLIAM HENRY CRISPIN, of Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford, in the
County of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS, AND IN
THE ARRANGEMENT AND MODE OF WORKING THE SAILS USED IN CONNECTION THERE-
ITH," to be as follows:-
--
laid in the usual way with
A transverse frame, by pre-
light water line, and which
The keel of the ship or other vessel is
perpendiculars exactly alike at each end.
ference segmental, is placed at or near the
frame extends to about two-thirds of the ship's width. A midship frame
shewing the rise of floor is placed at the waist of the ship. The planks
or plates (in the case of iron ships) are carried from the bottom of the
midship frame to the transverse frame at each end, and with a natural
curve or bend following the line of keel and dead wood in a horizontal.
or nearly horizontal position at first, and rising with the rise of the floor
at midships until the frame at each end is covered. The planking or
plating is then continued to the midship section, bending each plank or

page_text: plate at the ends so as to cover the upper sides of the transverse frames.
From that point the planks or plates run up to the full height of the
ship. The planks or plates should be slightly tapered at each end in
order that the number required to cover the midship section should also
complete the covering at cach end, thus giving the ends the form of a J
cross, and greatly adding to the displacement or floating power without
increasing the resistance in the water.
It is essential that ships or vessels to which this Invention is applied
should be provided with a rudder at each end.
"
The yards are placed fore and aft, and in order to "tack" thic
ship the yard arms and sails are simply brought from "port" to
'starboard," or vice versâ, instead from "bow" to "stern," as here-
tofore. The ship is thus brought to the other tack without turning
round.
NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND GIVING WARNING OF THE CONTENTS OF GASOMETERS, BREWERS' VATS, AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES, ALSO USEFUL FOR GIVING WARNING OF THE RISE AND FALL OF WATER IN RIVERS, WEIRS, RESERVOIRS, AND OTHER FLUCTUATING COLLECTIONS OF WATER
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Lyon and Edmund
Robinson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 28th April 1873.
We, HENRY LYON, of the City of Manchester, Manager, and EDMUND
ROBINSON, of the same Place, Commission Merchant, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
INDICATING AND GIVING WARNING OF THE CONTENTS OF GASOMETERS, BREWERS' VATS,
AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES, ALSO USEFUL FOR GIVING WARNING OF THE RISE
AND FALL OF WATER IN RIVERS, WEIRS, RESERVOIRS, AND OTHER FLUCTUATING
COLLECTIONS OF WATER," to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of an apparatus
suitable to be applied to gasometers, brewers' vats, pans containing
chemical liquids, and other vessels containing fluctuating quantities of
fluid or liquid, for giving warning when such receptacles become too
full, and thus avoid accidents resulting from the escape of such fluid
or liquid.

page_text: a bell suspended at the extremity of a band spring, and by means of a
projection on the gasometer coming in contact with an arm projecting
from the pendulum as the gasometer approaches its highest or lowest
point the pendulum is first drawn to one side and then suddenly
released, when it oscillates to and fro, so ringing the bell and giving
warning of the position of the gasometer.
As applied to brewers' vats, chemical pans, and other similar liquid
containing receptacles, a float is used for actuating the pendulum of the
bell as the liquid rises or falls, the float carrying the projection which
acts upon the arm of the pendulum.
"
It will be readily apparent that this Invention is equally applicable
for giving warning of the rise and fall of water in rivers, weirs,
reservoirs, and other places where water is liable to fluctuation.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR METALLIC TRAVELLING BOXES AND OTHER METALLIC BOXES
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Hookham and Henry
James Hookham, the younger at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 21st January 1873.
WC, GEORGE Hоокшлм and HENRY JAMES HOOкшAм, the younger,
both of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Tin Plate Workers
and Japanners, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR METALLIC TRAVELLING BOXES AND OTHER
METALLIC BOXES," to be as follows :―
Our Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
fastenings for metallic travelling boxes and other metallic boxes, our
improved fastenings being used in place of the ordinary hasps commonly
used on the said boxes. By our improvements additional security in
the fastening of the lid to the body of the box is obtained, and the
prizing or lifting of the fastened lid at its ends by the insertion of
tools or instruments between the lid and box is prevented or rendered
difficult.
In constructing a fastening according to our Invention we joint or
hinge to the lower edge of the outside of the lid of the box a flap or
plate of metal, the said jointed or hinged flap extending along the

page_text: whole or greater part of the said edge of the lid, the said flap being
capable of being turned down upon the body of the box or lifted there-
from after the manner of an ordinary hasp. This flap may be hinged
to the lid by means of junction picces fixed on the lid provided with
knuckles, which engage with knuckles on the upper edge of the flap, a |
pin or axis passed through the knuckles of the flap and junction picces,
completing the hinging of the flap to the lid. We do not, however,
limit ourselves to any particular method of jointing or hinging the flap
to the lid. On the lower edge of the flap are three (or more) fixing
plates, by which the said flap, when the lid is shut down, is fastened to:
the body of the box. One of these fixing plates is situated at the
middle and one at each end of the flap. In the middle fixing plate is a
slot, and on the inner sides of the end fixing plates pins or studs are
fixed.
When the hinged flap is turned upon the body of the box after the
lid has been shut down the slot in the middle fixing plate passes on to
a staple fixed on the box, and the pins or studs on the end fixing
plates enter holes in the said box. By engaging a padlock with the
staple, and locking the said lock, the hinged flap is fastened down at its
middle and ends. The lid is thus fastened down very firmly at three
points, and the prizing or raising of the said lid at its ends is prevented
or rendered difficult by the engaging of the pins or studs on the end
fixing plates with the body of the box.
Instead of using a staple and padlock as described, an ordinary lock
fixed on the box may be used to fasten down the flap at its middle. The 2
junction pieces on the lid to which the flap is hinged, and the fixing
plates on the lower edge of the said flap may have an ornamental shape
given to them.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE FASTENING OF HAT PEGS OR HOOкs
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Vincent Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th June 1873.-A communication from abroad by Alwin Türpe,
of Dresden, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
FASTENING OF HAT PEGS OR HOOкs," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to hooks or pegs used for hanging up clothes,
hats, and similar articles in halls and lobbies. The hooks in use for
these purposes are sometimes made of hollow metal and are liable to
become disfigured and to break; the latter is sometimes the case when
the hooks are made of cast iron, as they are mostly cast of very slight
dimensions in order to give them an elegant appearance.
When wood is used the hooks must be made very strong and heavy
to enable them to bear top coats, furs, and military equipment, and
moreover several screws must be employed to fasten these hooks into
the wall or on wooden frames, in order to avoid their becoming loose

page_text: within a short time. These screws, either for metal or wooden hooks,
can by the nature of the hooks be of but very small size, and will
therefore allow the hooks to become loose. All these disadvantages will
be overcome with the hook and its mode of fastening which I will now
proceed to describe.
The hooks proposed to be used are made of one piece of wood bent
according to the well known Vienna process into the form of a double
hook. The hook is fastened directly to the wall or to the wooden frame
by one strong screw which passes through the hook in that part which
is next to the wall.
In order to avoid the shifting of the hook from the vertical a strap
piece made of brass, wrought iron, or other suitable metal is employed.
This strap piece surrounds the hook on three sides, and through a hole in
the centre the screw passes before it proceeds into the hook. The ends of
the strap piece are sharpened or pointed to enter the wall as the screw is
driven home by means of a screwdriver or spanner. The points of the
strap piece as they enter the wall will increase the steadiness of the hook
and prevent its leaving the vertical line. The ends of the metal strap
piece may also be shaped into four points in order to increase the
steadiness of the fastening.
If the hook should become loose it may be refastened by driving the
one screw only. The metal strap piece may be gilt or polished, or
blued, and may be made of an ornamented form.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL, SILK, COTTON, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SKEIN
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Dargue at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
June 1873.
I, WALTER DARGUE, of Gomersal, in the County of York, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL, SILK, COTTON,
FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SKEIN," to be as
follows:-
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This Invention relates to machinery, for purpose as above, for which
Letters Patent were granted to James Samuel Cooke, No. 1943, A.D.
1872, and consists in the construction and application of improved appa-
ratus for actuating the going parts of such machinery, and of a self-
acting stop motion for arresting the winding apparatus when the hanks
are wound clear of or above the dye liquor; the latter improvement is
applicable to any dyeing machine or vessel from which hanks or skeins
are to be lifted.
At one end of the machine I sunport in brackets a driving shaft on

page_text: wheel to a horizontal shaft extending across the end of the machine, and
at or near each end of this shaft are eccentrics which act on antifriction
bowls mounted on the end of each of the bell-crank levers employed for
actuating the poles and rollers which carry the hanks or skeins. On the
driving strap being changed to the third pulley (the centre one being
loose) a pinion connected therewith will by gear wheel impart rotation
to another horizontal shaft on which are flanged chain pulleys on which
the hank and pole lifting chains are wound; when the hanks are lifted
out of the vessel guide pulleys direct the lifting chains to guide blocks to
which the ends of the chains are attached; the guide blocks are directed
by guide rods which they ascend and descend. The strap fork for
changing the driving strap from one driving pulley to another is attached
to a stop rod or bar, projecting from which is a pin; on the strap being
moved to the pulley for lifting the poles and hanks these are raised by
lifting rails which are connected by cross rails. To one of the cross rails
a chain is attached; the other end of this chain is secured to a spiral
spring connected at its other end with a small bell-crank lever; when the
hanks are wound to a sufficient height the chain last referred to will have
raised the bell-crank lever so as to bring its other arm in contact with
the projecting pin in the stop rod, and by bearing against the said pin
will slide the rod and fork and so change the driving strap to the loose
pulley and stop the winding.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS AND SIMILAR APPLIANCES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR CLEARING THE BREASTS OF WEEDS AND STUBBLE, AND FOR DISTRIBUTING MANURE AND OTHER BODIES INTO FURROWS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Theodore Griffin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd May 1873.-A communication from abroad by Jerome
Remington, of Vosburg, County Wyoming, in the United States of
America.
I, JAMES THEODORE GRIFFIN, of 77, Upper Thames Street, in the
City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS AND SIMILAR APPLIANCES, AND IN APPARATUS
FOR CLEARING THE BREASTS OF WEEDS AND STUBBLE, AND FOR DISTRIBUTING
MANURE AND OTHER BODIES INTO FURROWS," to be as follows:—
This Invention relates, firstly, to ploughs, grubbers, scarifiers, and
similar implements, and consists in fitting upon the beam or other con-
venient part of the framing a bracket in or to which a wheel is arranged
for determining the depth to which the share or other point shall enter
the ground. At another part of the beam or framing is a bracket or
clip, with a strap and roller. This bracket or clip is capable of being
lifted or depressed by turning or otherwise in order to raise and lower
the roller when desired.

page_text: The next part of the Invention relates to an arrangement of tines,
teeth, prongs, or similar appliances of the same or variable lengths in
front of the plough or other share, the tines or prongs being fitted to
work automatically, preferably from the wheel before referred to, to clear,
rake, or draw weeds, stubble, or manure from the breast, and to dis-
tribute them on or into the surface of the ground and into the furrows
as the implement proceeds, the action of the tines being governed by a
connecting rod or lever from the wheel in which its end is adjustable.
If only two teeth or tines are employed it is preferred to arrange them
one on each side of the beam, so that their points work on each side
of the share or breast, and keep the, coulter or the breasts and frame
clear of the rubbish which usually rides up them.
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It is proposed to employ both parts of this Invention in combination,
but the second part is of such a character that it can be fitted to most
existing ploughs and grubbing implements, and used therewith.
The Invention is capable of many variations to suit the implement,
and the purpose for which it is intended.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF SMOOTHING LOOKING GLASSES AND OTHER GLASSES, WHICH SYSTEM IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO CRYSTAL, PORPHYRY, AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jules Brasseur and Frederio
Wogler at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 26th February 1873.
WC, JULES BRASSEUR, Nail Merchant, and FREDERIC WOGLER,
Mechanic, both resident at Gosselies, in the province of Hainault, in
the Kingdom of Belgium, do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF SMOOTHING LOOKING GLASSES
AND OTHER GLASSES, WHICH SYSTEM IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO CRYSTAL, PORPHYRY,
AND OTHER LIKE MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
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This Invention consists essentially in the novel application and use to
and in the smoothing or grinding of plate and other glass, crystal,
porphyry, and other like substances of the material or substanco known
in commerco as "Levant stone," in substitution for the more costly
emery powder which has hitherto been employed for in the above
mentioned process. Morcover by using "Lovant stono" for the grinding

page_text: of plate glass the subsequent operation of smoothing, which was hitherto
rendered necessary when employing emery, is entirely dispensed with,
and hence the process is not only rendered less costly but the amount of
labour is reduced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES TO BE USED FOR RAISING STEAM AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Asa Bradbury at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th April
1873.
I, ASA BRADBURY, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Mill
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES TO BE USED FOR RAISING STEAM AND OTHER SIMILAR
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My improvements relate to furnaces generally, and consist in a new
mode of consuming or destroying the smoke, increasing the intensity of
the heat, and at the same time preserving the fire bars. This I effect by
the application of steam in conjunction with heated air, which are
admitted beneath the fire-bars, and permitted to pass mingled together
through the spaces formed by the bars. The steam is supplied by a pipe
or pipes which pass across under the front or dead plate of the furnace,
which pipe or pipes are perforated with a number of holes or have a slit
lengthwise so as effectually to mingle the steam and air together, by
which arrangement the air becomes considerably heated before entering
the furnace, by which the effect is produced of consuming the smoke, the
heat of the fire being thereby increased, and by this means economy

page_text: of fuel is effected; in addition to these effects an increased durability of
the fire-bars is also the result.
With the above I also sometimes combine an apperture or appertures
in the dead plate, closed by a valve or valves or not, so that the combi-
nation of air and steam can be passed over the surface of the burning 5
fuel to increase the smoke burning power as may be required. .
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VALVE ARRANGEMENTS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSES, HOISTS, OR BALE LIFTS
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Norbury at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
December 1878.
I, JOHN NORBURY, Hydraulic Engineer, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VALVE ARRANGEMENTS OF HYDRAULIC PRESSES, HOISTS,
OR BALE LIFTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the adaptation and application to hydraulic
presses, hoists, or bale lifts of a self-acting ball or conical valve placed
in a chamber fixed vertically and independently of the ordinary reversing
stop, and so constructed as to prevent the return of water or liquid from
the cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN POLISHING AND GLAZING PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOFS AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st December 1873.-A communication from abroad by Honoré
Muhé, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN POLISHING AND GLAZING PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOFS
AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN,' a communication to me from
abroad by Honoré Muhé, of Paris, in the Republic of France, to be as
follows:-
"
This Invention relates to an improved mode of and apparatus for
polishing and glazing photographic proofs by submitting them to the
action of a peculiar roller press and burnishing, which latter is heated by
a lamp or otherwise during the polishing process. This press consists of
a roller, the surface of which is just sufficiently roughened to insure the
drawing in of the mounted photographic proof when presented thereto.
Beneath this roller there is fitted an adjustable table, mounted on hinges
at one end, whilst the other end is supported on powerful helical springs
mounted on adjusting screws. This table is recessed immediately

page_text: beneath the pressing roller, to receive any good burnisher, such for
example as a strip of highly polished and hardened steel, glass, porcelain,
or other like substance, capable of withstanding heat.
On each end of the cylinder there is provided a slightly projecting
shoulder or collar which rotates in contact with the surface of the 5
burnisher at each end, and thereby prevents the photograph from being
unduly pressed upon by the roller. On the axis of this roller there is
mounted a winch handle for actuating the same.
A lamp or other convenient means for heating the burnisher is situate
immediately beneath the table. The surface of the table at the front 1
part is ribbed with a view to facilitating the removal of the photograph
therefrom on its leaving the burnisher.
By subjecting the photograph (which is introduced face downwards)
to combined pressure and rubbing upon the surface of the heated
burnisher a brilliant glaze or polish will be imparted thereto.
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AN IMPROVED PROCESS AND APPA- BATUS FOR PRINTING YARN
Year: 1873

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 8th July 1873.-A communication from abroad by John
Hewitson Lorimer, of Amsterdam, New York, United States of
America.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PROCESS AND APPA-
BATUS FOR PRINTING YARN," a communication, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to printing yarn in one or more colours, and it
consists, first, in printing the yarn on a flat surface either by moving
the yarn over the colour pulley or pulleys, or by moving the pulley or
pulleys across the yarn; and secondly, in one or more adjustable colour
pulleys arranged in colour boxes resting on a platform, either stationary
or moved on suitable tracks and printing on a flat surface.
The apparatus or machine for printing yarn on a flat surface has one
or more colour boxes arranged on a platform supported upon springs.
In each box I place one or more colour pulleys arranged upon one shaft,

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and made adjustable upon the same. The yarn to be printed is on a reel
which may be square, hexagonal, oxtagonal, or of any convenient shape
that will present a flat surface to be operated upon by the colour pulleys.
This reel is mounted on a shaft in a moveable frame, and is passed over
the colour pulleys receiving one impression each time it passes over the
same, that is to say, each time a new side of the reel is presented. On
the side of each colour box is an index to show where the colour pulleys
must be on the shaft to obtain a desired spot according to the design.
The said machine may be made to have the yarn wound around two
drums, arranged to be moved closer together or farther apart as desired.
The colour boxes with pulleys will rest on a platform supported by
springs, and drawn over a track pressing the yarn upon a platten to
secure the impression.