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IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR HEAVY BELLS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julios Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st January 1883. A communication
from Henri Roy a person resident at Ste Austreberte in the Republic of
France
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors, 323 High
Holborn in the county of Middlesex Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SUSPENSION
DEVICES FOR HEAVY BELLS" [a communication from Henri Roy a person resident
at Ste Austreberte in the Republic of France]
The bell is attached to a cross bar or yoke having a turned journal at or near
each end and a pinion beyond. The journals rest upon smooth bearing surfaces
preferably in form of a seginent of a circle and the pinion or pinions gear in
segmental toothed racks, so that as the bell swings a rolling instead of a frictional
motion is obtained upon the bearing surfaces, the object of the pinions and rack
being to secure this and also to keep the bell in its proper place.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF BACKGROUNDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OTHER PICTURES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francesco Antonio Marra at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th July 1883.
FRANCESCO ANTONIO MARRA of N° 69 New Bond Street in the County of
Middlesex, Artist, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF
BACKGROUNDS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OTHER PICTURES
"
My invention has for object the manufacture or production in an economical
manner of a brilliant strong and durable back ground that will shew up and
prevent fading of photographs and which is applicable also to indian ink and
other drawings or paintings.
To produce such a background according to my invention I employ metal in a
pulverized or flocculent state which I cause to adhere to the paper or material that
contains the picture by means of adhesive material such as size. In practice I
find it advantageous to coat or cover the paper or material containing the picture
with size of the kind used by gilders, taking care to exactly follow the outlines of
the picture, then I sprinkle or flock the metallic powder or powders or flakes on
to the layer of size applying pressure so far as needful to obtain an uniform
coating, after which the whole is slowly dried producing a strong background
of paper or other fabric and metal so combined as to resemble a sheet of metal
with a sparkling roughened surface and practically imperishable.
Various kinds of metals such as gold, silver, bronze, aluminium and others may
be employed according to the result desired to be produced, and by the use of
two or more different metals polychromatic effects can be obtained.
IMPROVED PROTECTIVE SIGNALLING APPARATUS FOR MARKING-BUTTS OF SHOOTING RANGES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Begg at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1883.
WILLIAM BEGG, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
"IMPROVED PROTECTIVE
SIGNALLING APPARATUS FOR MARKING-BUTTS OF SHOOTING RANGES
In rifle shooting at targets it is usual to employ an attendant or "marker" who
observes and marks or indicates by a signal from a small iron hut what part of the
target is struck by the rifle bullets. It occasionally happens that the "marker"
has to leave his hut before firing ceases for the day to examine the target, and he
comes within range of the bullets. To prevent firing while outside, the marker
displays a danger signal, but if he should omit to hold up the signal, the firing
may continue and he incurs the risk of being shot.
The object of the present Invention is to ensure the display automatically of a
danger signal whenever the marker leaves his hut, and thereby to prevent risk of
accident. For this purpose the door of the hut is arranged to actuate a danger
signal or semaphore which is so connected to the door that the door cannot be
opened to allow the marker to go out without displaying the signal.
The signal may be actuated by the door in a variety of ways, but according to a
simple arrangement, the door is so pivoted that when unlocked or opened, it
swings round at right angles. The door pivot is carried up above the hut, and at
the upper end of the pivot a flat signal board is fixed, so that while the door
is in the closed position (and the marker inside the hut) the narrow edge of the
signal only is seen from the firing stand, and when the door is opened (and the
marker is outside) the flat side of the signal is fully displayed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREWING APPARATUS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joshua Heap at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th June 1883.
JOSHUA HEAP of Ashton-under-Lyne in the County of Lancaster. Engineer's
Tool Maker "IMPROVEMENTS IN SCREWING APPARATUS
"
My Invention relates to Screwing Stocks and to Screwing Machines wherein
the dies are advanced simultaneously toward the axis of rotation or the centre of
the work and consists principally in the employment of a hollow cone to press all
the dies inward simultaneously.
In one form of Screwing Stock I fit three dies to slide in recesses and on the
outer ends of these dies I turn or form inclined faces. The body of the Stock is
recessed and screwed to receive a hollow cone outwardly formed with a screw-
thread. When this cone is turned by means of a key or by hand or otherwise by
suitable gearing in one direction it becomes screwed more deeply into the recess in
the stock and by pressing upon the inclined ends of the dies forces them all
uniformly inward. When the cone is turned in the other direction the dies are
permitted to slide outward. I may apply a spring or springs to effect the outward
movement of the dies. In place of the screw thread I may employ spiral grooves
or I may arrange for the cone to slide into the recess and to be acted upon by
means of screws or bolts.
In some cases and especially in the cases of screwing machines I may revolve
the cone by means of a worm or of a spur pinion. I may provide the stock or the
screwing head with only two dies or with more than three dies acted upon by a
hollow cone for the indicated purpose. The cone being truly turned is more certain
to act uniformily upon all the dies than in the cases of the cams used previously to
my Invention and is also of less cost. In the cases of stocks intended for screwing
pipes or for screwing at one cut I make the cutting faces of the dies to correspond
to tangents to a small circle say about an eighth of an inch in diameter or a little
more having the common centre for it's axis.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRIC ARC AND INCANDESCENCE LAMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Houghton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th April 1883.
WILLIAM HOUGHTON of Paris, France "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF ELECTRODES FOR ELECTRIC ARC AND INCANDESCENCE LAMPS
19
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of the electrodes for
electric are lighting and for electric lighting by incandescence in vacuo or in a
gaseous atmosphere or stream and it has for its object to improve the brilliancy
and constancy of the light and reduce the cost of maintaining the light by increasing
the durability of the electrodes.
My Invention relates essentially to the substitution for the ordinary form of
carbon hitherto employed for the manufacture of these electrodes of carbon in its
allotropic form as it exists in the diamond and the Invention consists in the
manufacture of such electrodes, of diamonds, diamondiferous ore or matter the
substances or products known as "eolite" (which is a carboniferous mineral found
in connection with or in the same strata as, diamonds) "boart" (which is a sort
of crystallized mass composed of numberless small diamonds) and "carbonado"
(which is also a diamondiferous ore or deposit) these materials being used separately
or together in their natural form or in "cleavage or in powder or in paste or
other manufactured form, alone or combined amalgamated or mixed with one or
more foreign substances to bind together or serve as a vehicle for the diamondiferous
product employed.
"
In carrying out my Invention I take the diamond the diamondiferous ore or
carboniferous substance specified grind or crush it to a suitable degree of fineness
and amalgamate or mix the ground material with a suitable agglomerant or vehicle
and mould the compound to the desired form by pressure with or without the aid
of heat according to the nature of the agglomerant used.
IMPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROPES USED FOR HAULING AND TRANSMITTING POWER
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic William Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1883.
FREDERIC WILLIAM WALKER, Engineer, Hunslet, Leeds "IMPROVING THE
CONSTRUCTION OF ROPES USED FOR HAULING AND TRANSMITTING POWER
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of ropes used
for hauling and transmitting power.
Ropes for such purposes are constructed as follows:-A number of steel wires
are covered with some soft material such as flax they are then run together into
a small rope care being taken to put in as large a core as possible made of cotton
or other suitable material. This rope is then covered again in the same manner as
the single wires were and it may be done with either cotton put on in strands or
hemp flax or manilla twisted on.-A number of small ropes made in this way form
the strands of the final rope a large core being again introduced.
The more covered wires are put in in making the first small rope the more
flexible is the final rope in proportion to its strength.
A NEW OR IMPROVED DRESSING OR COMPOUND FOR PREVENTING AND DESTROYING MAGGOTS AND PARASITES ON SHEEP AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Hutchins at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1883.
EDWIN HUTCHINS of Snitterfield near Stratford-on-Avon in the County of
Warwick Farmer
"A NEW OR IMPROVED DRESSING OR COMPOUND FOR
PREVENTING AND DESTROYING MAGGOTS AND PARASITES ON SHEEP AND OTHER
ANIMALS"
My invention consists of a new or improved dressing or compound for preventing
and destroying maggots and parasites on sheep and other animals composed of the
following ingredients namely paraffin oil lime and gas tar preferably in the following
proportions. To ono pint of paraffin oil I add from two to four ounces of quick
lime and a quarter of a pint of gas tar. The limo is reduced to fine powder and
intimately mixed by stirring with the paraffin oil. The gas tar is then added and
thoroughly incorporated with the other materials. A small quantity of colouring
matter such as yellow ochre or red ochre may be added to the other ingredients
but the said colouring matter is no essential part of the compound and is only
added for the purpose of indicating when a sheep or animal has been dressed with
the compound.
In using the said dressing or compound it may be applied to the sheep or animal
by means of a syringe or watering can. Ordinarily one dressing is sufficient to
prevent the sheep or animal being attacked by maggots or parasites but a repetition
of the dressing may be resorted to when desirable. Although I prefer the pro-
portions of the ingredients hereinbefore described yet the proportions may be varied
within considerable limits without interfering with efficacy.
AN IMPROVED CLOSET PAN APPARATUS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Hurley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1883.
"
EDWARD HURLEY of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturer
AN IMPROVED CLOSET PAN APPARATUS
"
This invention is an apparatus the use of which will obviate the removal of the
soil as is necessary in the ordinary pan closet system and the closet is flushed
without the use of water as is required in the water closets system and consists of
a cylindrical or hopper shaped pan the neck of which conducts into the crown of
another pan underneath it, this lower pan being of a similar shape but closed in
at the top excepting where the neck of the upper pan enters. The neck of the
lower pan is connected with the S or other trap of the drain and this neck is
closed by a weighted valve fitting therein so as not to allow of the escape of either
urine or solid inatter, The upper pan is placed under the closet seat and is thus
the receiver, the lower pan being the retainer, When this lower pan becomes
full (which in ordinary use would be once in twenty four hours) the valve is
raised by means of a connecting rod and the urine in the retainer will be sufficient
to flush and cleanse the pan. These pans may be of galvanized iron or other metal
or of earthenware or other suitable material.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Tew at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th November 1883.
FREDERICK TEW of 7 Edmund Place Jewin Street in the City of London
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in braces.
My improved braces consist of a cord encircling the body as a girdle and its ends
fasten together in front. This cord is passed through leather loops upon shoulder
straps of the braces. The shoulder straps are connected together at the back, they
there terminate in a single loop. The straps pass over the shoulders and at tho
end of each in front there is another leather loop. The trousers aro provided with
the ordinary brace buttons and may if desired have additional brace buttons one
on either side. Each button receives a leather tab to which a little pulley is
connected. The girdle cord passes around beneath these pulleys and through the
leather loops upon the shoulder straps and in this way the trousers are supported.
These braces give great freedom for the movement of the body.
The girdle cord fastens in front by means of a book at one end engaging with an
eye or loop at the other end formed by doubling the cord upon itself. The double
loop is held by means of a lever clip and the size of the girdle can be altered by
drawing the cord through the clip. When the position of the loop has been
adjusted the lever is pressed down upon it so as to nip and retain it.
The shoulder straps may in some cases be crossed at the back and the cord may
here be divided and one end attached to the extremity of each shoulder strap.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR PREVENTING OR LESSENING DAMAGE TO SHIPS ARISING FROM COLLISIONS AT SEA
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Salomon Heimann at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th February 1883.
SALOMON HEIMANN, late of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany, and at present
of 8 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS AND
APPLIANCES FOR PREVENTING OR LESSENING DAMAGE TO SHIPS ARISING FROM
COLLISIONS AT SEA"
The object of my invention is to prevent or materially reduce the damage to
steam and other Vessels at sea, arising from collisions, at all times, but more
especially in foggy weather.
"
The means whereby I effect these improvements, are as follows:-I provide large
fenders" composed of canvas or other suitable elastic material, and inade water-
proof by any of the well known means. I fill these fenders with any suitable
light and cheap material which will retain its buoyancy even when saturated with
water, but I prefer prepared peat as a suitable material for the purpose. I make
such fenders of a circular, semicircular, square, elliptical or other sectional form and
of sufficient length to defend from injury a considerable portion or all of the vessel;
at or near the load water line. These fenders are stowed away, ordinarily, on
deck, or in suitable recesses in the bows, sides and stern of the Vessel, and so
secured as to be capable of being cast loose at a moment's notice; from which
position when so cast loose, they fall into and float on the surface of the water,
close, or nearly close to the Vessel. In this position such fenders act so as to
greatly lessen the shock arising from collision, in some cases preventing any
damage whatever from being caused thereby, and in all cases greatly lessening the
damage, any damage arising to the fender being practically immaterial compared
to that of the vessel itself.
Surrounding the fenders I place a number of life lines, in order that persons in
the water may be able to hold on to such life lines until they are picked up.
I sometimes place spiral springs on the inner side of the fenders, next to the
Vessel in order that the "way" of a colliding Vessel may be more effectually
stopped by the increased spring and resistance thereby afforded.
It is obvious that my said invention admits of much variation of form and fitting
to the particular size, weight, power, speed and form of Vessel. Large Vessels
requiring a larger number of fenders distributed round the sides and ends than
small Vessels, in order to insure handiness in emergencies.
AN IMPROVED DOOR RETENTION STOP
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Diehl at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1883.
WILLIAM EDWARD DIEHL, of Philadelphia, in the state of Pennsylvania, United
States of America, Merchant "AN IMPROVED DOOR RETENTION STOP."
This invention relates to the construction of an improved door retention stop
whereby on the door being opened and pressed against the stop it will be held or
retained in its open position.
In carrying out my invention I employ a cup forming the stop properly so
called, the said cup being fixed to the floor or skirting or in any other suitable
position; on the door I fix a pedestal or bracket provided with a ball of suitable
elastic material such as india rubber, and fixed in such a position that when the
door is opened sufficiently the elastic ball will be forced into the hereinbefore
described cup which is made of a shape to retain the ball, so that the door will be
held in its open position.
To close the door it is only necessary to use sufficient force to release the elastic
ball from the cup.
The pedestal carrying the ball is provided with an adjusting arrangement to
allow of adjusting the ball as it wears.
It will be obvious that the respective positions of the ball and of the cup may be
reversed.
The improved retention stop may also be used as a catch for keeping doors closed
in which case it is chiefly of use for bookcases, wardrobes and the like.
APPARATUS FOR TRICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hall at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents on the 8th March 1883.
JOHN HALL of Wigton in the county of Cumberland.
APPARATUS FOR TRICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES
"
"IMPROVED DRIVING
In hilly districts great inconvenience is met with in cycling as there is no con-
venient mode known of increasing the power at the expense of speed except
within narrow limits, and it is to do this that my invention is designed. In place
of cranks I use friction drums or ratchet apparatus worked from a shifting saddle
socket or movable piece on each treadle bar exactly in proportion as this movable
piece is brought nearer the fulcrum so is the power increased at the expense of the
speed.
The mode of carrying out my invention which I at present prefer is as follows.
A single strap works each drum or ratchet apparatus and is fastened at one end to
the moving pieces on the treadle bars and at the other end to the pulleys or drums.
This moving piece is preferably a rack sliding by means of sliding flanges pins or
rollers on the treadle bar, 1 prefer pins or rollers. This rack gears into a pin
wheel or its equivalent on the same standard in which the fulcruin of the treadle
bar is situate, slight notches at intervals on the lower portion of the rack can serve
to slightly lock the guide roller or pin at points and so assist the pin wheel in
locking the sliding mechanism when this is not to be moved. I prefer to have
the treadle bar double and the rack sliding between the two parts being guided by
pins or rollers one on a projecting end of the treadle bar beyond the fulcrum and
underneath the rack, and the other on the movable saddle socket or its equivalent
and also guided by its passage through the standard and by the pin wheel therein.
It will be obvious however that there are innumerable ways of changing the
position of the strap or ratchet attachment in relation to the fulcrum, or of the
fulcrum in relation to the said attachment and the treadle, and I do not bind myself
to the exact arrangement described. Indeed for some purposes it may be desirable
to have an attachment that can be altered by the feet or even automatically by the
increased pressure put upon the treadles in going up hill; this can be done by
placing the treadle in the compensating spring lever that regulates position of the
strap attachment on the treadle bar, but except in very expensive machines this
refinement of mechanism is hardly to be recommended.
MAKING AN IMPROVED OR TREBLE WARP LACE ON TWIST L MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Butler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th October 1883.
THOMAS BUTLER of 122 Portland Road in the Town of Nottingham Lace
Designer and Draughtsman. MAKING AN IMPROVED OR TREBLE WARP LACE ON
TWIST LACE MACHINES."
To make an improved lace on twist lace machines with jacquard attached: with
three warps to one bobbin thread. The quantity of bobbin threads to the inch in
the machine indicates the guage of the machine. The warps are put on a cylinder
and placed in position in the machine for working purposes. The warps are
threaded through the bars, such bars being attached to the jacquard and under its
control, moving longitudinally to right or left as required. The bars are divided
into three separate quantities. The No 1 or back quantity twist the warps
individually with the bobbin threads, one blank, one blank or blank one, blank one
or over the bobbin threads, one blank blank one. The No 2 or middle quantity,
moves the warps over two bobbin threads, on the back motion, that is, two blank,
blank two, and does not tie, twist or fasten with any bobbin threads. The N° 3
or front quantity of bars moves the warps over two bobbin threads and links with
them alternately, thus allowing the N° 2 warps to fall over N° 3 warps loops, right
and left or left and right and locks or nips the loops of N° 3 warps right and left
or left and right and not tying or fastening to the bobbin threads it forms &
corresponding and combination of threads between N° 1 warps and bobbin threads,
making lace double the guage of the machine with great regularity. By this
invention the finest quality of lace can be made on coarse gauge machines, thus
allowing thick threads and gimp threads to be used as patterns require, which is
impossible on 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 point Levers face machines.
Having described this invention at four motions of the machine to one hole of
lace, I do not confine it to any quantity of motions, or N° 1 warps twisting with
bobbin threads individually. By reversing the mesh, the N° 3 warps would twist
with the bobbin threads individually and N° 2 warps move on the front motion,
two two, blank blank, and N° 1 warps make the loops or link with two bobbin
threads alternately and allowing No 2 warps to fall under N° 1 warps

page_text: And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood reference is
hereby made to the accompanying Drawings;
A. N° 1. Warps and bobbin threads twisted together the guage of the machine
B N° 1. Warps and bobbin threads twisted together with N° 3 Warps linked
across right to left or left to right guage of the machine
C: No 2 warps falling over the loops of N° 3 Warps right to left or left to right
D. N° 2 Warps down the centre with N° 3 warps-Shows the lace complete
double the guage of the machine.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CEMENT, THE SAID IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO THE MODE OF TREATING & USING CERTAIN INGREDIENTS COMPRISING THE SCORIA OR SLAGS OBTAINED FROM BLAST, CUPOLA, OR CONVERTER FURNACES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Wright at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd April 1883.
JAMES WRIGHT of N° 10 Cornhill in the City of London Civil Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CEMENT, THE SAID IMPROVEMENTS
RELATING TO THE MODE OF TREATING & USING CERTAIN INGREDIENTS
COMPRISING THE SCORIA OR SLAGS OBTAINED FROM BLAST, CUPOLA, OR CONVERTER
FURNACES
"
The slags, preferably shortly after they are taken from the furnaces, are by
means of hammers, Crushers, & pulverising machines reduced to a powder. The
different ingredients may then be more or less separated either by sieving, or by
winnowing, or by means of washing: the different densities of each causing them
to arrange themselves in separate layers.
The chief products obtained are.-Iron, Silica, Alumina & lime generally in
combination as Silicates of iron Alumina & lime, & oxides of iron. Converter
slags have a predominance of Silica, & per-oxide of iron: lime & alumina not being
so prevalent. Blast & Cupola Slags are generally richer in lime & iron Silicates,
but poorer in oxides of iron & alumina: hence, for the purpose of obtaining a
proper mixture, we make use of a combination of Slags from the different furnaces,
after, or even before, they have been reduced to powder so as to form combinations
of Silica, lime, Alumina & per-oxide of iron, the proportion of these varies
according to the particular application of the Cement, whether for Hydraulic
purposes or otherwise
Should it be found by test & experiment that the mixture does not contain
sufficient of any of the above mixtures, we add free oxide of lime, or burnt lime
stone having more or less clay combined with it, according to the quality of Cement
required, the main object being, to obtain a proper lime base, so that when the
whole is mixed up with water for use, there shall be the suitable combinations of
Silicate of lime Alumina & iron requisite
These mixtures may be varied considerably, so as to be either more or less
hydraulic, according to the increased proportion of oxide of lime & Silicate of
Alumina (clay) which is added.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by André Peter Lundberg at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1883.
ANDRÉ PETER LUNDBERG of Queens Park West Harrow Road "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS "
This Invention has for its object an improved construction of electric lamp and
relates more particularly to arc lamps. In order to carry the same into effect I
take an arc lamp and fit the same with a stop or rest consisting of a rod or arın
having a small plate attached to its lower end upon which plate when the lamp is
not in action the points of the carbons rest
The upper end of such rod or arm is attached to a lever which is actuated by
an electro magnet when excited acting on an armature to which a central rod is
connected for this purpose-Or instead of an electro magnet and armature other
suitable equivalents may be used
Attached to the base of the magnet are two side plates which carry suitable
sockets wherein the carbons are inserted obliquely their points resting on the stop
plate as already mentioned
One of such side plates is rigidly fixed to the base of the electro magnet while
the other is connected thereto in such a manner as to allow of its moving to and
fro when actuated by the electric current as presently described
The operation of this improved arrangement is as follows:-Upon the passing of
the current through the electro magnet or its equivalent the movable side plate
is automatically drawn backwards in such a manner that the carbons are
separated from each other a sufficient distance to form the arc while the stop
plate is also automatically and simultaneously removed from beneath the points of
the carbons
My improved lamp is equally suitable for use either alone or in a series of
lamps and in the latter case in the event of the current being interrupted in
either of the lamps owing to its no longer acting on the armature or its equivalent
I provide a suitable spring fixed in any convenient position which forces the
armature away from the electro magnet and automatically switches the current
through a suitably arranged resistance while both the automatic stop and the
movable side plate again resume their normal positions
IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING PACKAGES OR CASES FOR FLOOR-CLOTH ROLLS AND OTHER GOODS OR OBJECTS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles lace at the Umice of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st December 1883.
CHARLES MACE of Old Ford Road in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FOLDING PACKAGES OR CASES FOR FLOOR-CLOTH ROLLS AND OTHER GOODS OR
OBJECTS
"
The object of this invention is to produce a convenient and close but easily
opened folding package or case which shall offer facility for being returned to the
sender in a folded up and smaller compass, and which is especially suitable for the
packing of floor-cloth and similar goods for transmission.
This package or case consists of a number of laths of wood which are mounted
on an outer canvas or other flexible and by preference waterproof covering; the
laths are made with bevel edges. When this package is wrapped round the roll
of floor-cloth or other object the laths abut with their edges closely against each
other. Near each end of the laths I form a groove into which I fit a bottom and
top lid each having a corresponding projecting rim. The two lids may be connected
by a central bar or roller slightly recessed into the top and bottom lids and serving
to wrap the floor-cloth or other piece goods around. When the package has been
wrapped round the roll of goods with the lids inserted in their grooves, the whole
is held together by strings or straps and a sheet of waterproof may then be pasted
on to each end thus ensuring entire protection against water or damp.
When the package has been undone at its destination it may be folded up in a
small compass for return and repeated use for the same class of goods, or it may be
used as a package for returning other goods. According to the shape of the ends
or lids the form of the package may be round, oval or other forms as required.
A case or package of this kind requires no nails or screws. In some cases for
sending two or more rolls of narrower width I may provide the package with one
or more intermediate partitions through which the aforesaid roller may pass. One
or both lids may be connected to one of the laths by a double hinge to prevent the
lids being lost..
A NEW OR IMPROVED ROTARY ENGINE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1883. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Adolf Decher, of Munich, in the kingdom of
Bavaria.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "A NEW OR IMPROVED
ROTARY ENGINE," a communication to me from abroad by Adolf Decher, of Munich,
in the kingdom of Bavaria.
This invention relates to rotary engines driven by steam or other elastic fluids.
The improved engine consists chiefly of a vertical cylinder divided into two
compartments by a horizontal partition, a vertical shaft carrying two diametrical
blades or pistons placed at right angles to each other, two pairs of hinged guide-
plates sunk into the walls of the cylinder and curved concentrically to the latter,
two pairs of steam inlets and steam outlets, and a pair of rotary distributing valves
placed at the top of the cylinder.
The binged guide plates occupy each only about a quarter of the inner circum-
ference and are adapted to open inward when required to admit steam to the
rotary piston. The pair of distributing valves is movable in a cylindrical valve-
chamber and allows steam to enter the pipes when required, the two valves being
placed diametrically opposite each other.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TABLE CUTLERY, AND BOLSTERS" SIMILAR ARTICLESTH
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Ball at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th September 1883.
JAMES BALL of Sheffield in the County of York, Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TABLE CUTLERY, AND
BOLSTERS"
SIMILAR ARTICLES WITH
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of table cutlery, and
to other articles (such as chisels) that are made with bolsters, the object being to
produce such articles in an economical manner.
In carrying out my invention in the manufacture of table cutlery for example,
instead of forging the bolster solid with the blade, or casting it thereon, or making
it in two parts and rivetting one to each side of the blade, all of these methods
being in use, I cast the entire bolster of any suitable metal, but by preference of
malleable cast iron, having a hole through it to receive the tang of the blade to
which it corresponds in size, and an open ended slot or groove across the top, to
receive the shoulder of the blade. This slot or groove may if desirable be formed
afterwards by a cutter or similar means.
The blade and tang are usually cut out of sheet or strip steel to the required
shape, and being held firmly in a vice the bolster is passed on to the tang of the
finished or unfinished blade, and driven forward by a suitable tool, until the
shoulder of the blade is firmly bedded in the slot or groove before mentioned. A
Rivet or pin may be passed through the bolster if desired, but it is not in ordinary
work necessary to do so.
LADIES HAT AND BONNET RESTS FOR TRAVELLING "IMPROVEMENT
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Buckler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st June 1883.
ARTHUR BUCKLER of Coventry in the County of Warwick
LADIES HAT AND BONNET RESTS FOR TRAVELLING
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
My invention has for its object improvements in ladies had and bonnet rests
for travelling which may be collapsed into a small compass for packing away into
ladies trunks while travelling and which may be quickly put together or opened
out when required.
One of the most simple forms of these new rests is composed of two pieces of
flat timber or other suitable material which are both the same length as the height
of the rest when together. Each piece is sufficiently wide at the bottom to form a
steady base when erected on its end and the top of each piece is rounded and the
sides are hollowed out to give an ornamental appearance to the rest; the bottom:
of each piece is also hollowed upwards to form feet. Now one of these pieces is
notched from the top about half way down its length and the other is notched
from the bottom about half the way up its length and the two are thus slided
together and form a cross in section and yet when drawn apart they lie closely
together and would pack in a little flat case. I also hinge a single flap to each
side of a solid or other piece so as to fold together flat which forms a very simple
rest in cross section the same as before mentioned.
Another simple form is composed of three wings. The first wing would contain
at one edge two dovetail or other recesses and each of the other two wings would
carry dovetails to slide into these recesses. This form of rest would when packed
together be only as wide as the radius of one foot or a little more than half the
width of the first before mentioned rest. This tripple rest may be put together
with eyes and a pin or pins to form a hinge and so open out without drawing
assunder. Then there may be a pin at the bottom of one piece and eyes in each of
the other pieces to drop over this pin and a nut to screw on to hold the three
together. More than three wings or feet may be used.
These rests may be made of wood iron or brass and of wire or with ornamental
fret work so as to collapse and pack very closely thus meeting a great need.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REGISTERING GUAGES FOR WATER, WIND, RAIN, TIDES, AND OTHER PURPOSES, LIKE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert James Rudd at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th January 1883.
ROBERT JAMES RUDD of Croydon, in the County of Surrey "IMPROVEMENTS
IN REGISTERING GUAGES FOR WATER, WIND, RAIN, TIDES, AND OTHER
PURPOSES,
"
LIKE
The object of this invention is the production by improved means and apparatus
of diagrams drawn on a larger scale with more accuracy and extending over a
much greater length of time than heretofore
Instruments for this purpose consist generally of a cylinder covered with paper
and driven round by a powerful clock, a pencil being moved along the cylinder by
the water or whatever it is intended to register a fresh paper being necessary at
every revolution of the cylinder
In accordance with my improvements the cylinder travels down a fixed screw
by the force of gravity each turn bringing the pencil to another portion of the
paper so as to continue drawing a number of diagrams on the same paper one
above another.
The speed of the cylinder is controlled by a clock movement (by means of an
endless screw wheel and screw) on which it acts as the weight
By this means the cylinder can be made much larger than would be practicable
for a clock to drive, thus making the diagrams clearer for gauging
The spiral course of the diagram allows the instrument to go a month or more
without attention its simplicity giving great facility of management and durability
as well as certainty and correctness of action
The improvements consist in making the cylinder its own motor and in the
spiral course of the diagram whether effected by screw wheel work or by other
means.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOSING OR STOPPERING BOTTLES AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Alfred Bowles at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th July 1883.
JOHN ALFRED BOWLES, of Devereux Court, Strand, London, in the County of
Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLOSING OR STOPPERING BOTTLES AND OTHER
VESSELS
"
My Invention relates particularly to the closing or stoppering of bottles con-
taining Aerated Water, Beer or effervescing liquids.
An important feature in my Invention is that it is applicable to ordinary bottles
of any kind without any previous preparation of the said bottle.
It consists in the use of a stopper composed of a wooden, or other stem or
cylinder, within which works a valve or slide rod having an elastic packing at its
lower end and at its upper end a lever; an elastic ring or pad may also be placed
beneath a flange upon the upper end of the stopper to come between it and the top
of the bottle.
The action of this stopper will be as follows:-
When the bottle or other vessel is filled with liquid, the stopper is inserted and
the lever being pressed down it will lift the rod, which by means of a plate at its
lower end will compress the elastic packing against the lower end of the stem or
cylinder, thereby causing the packing to distend and by pressing firmly against
the sides of the neck of the bottle or vessel resist any effort of the liquid from
within to drive it out-By raising the lever the pressure will be removed and the
stopper be readily withdrawn or driven out by the pressure of air within the
bottle or vessel.
I may in some cases secure my stopper to the bottle by a light chain or cord, or
in any convenient way so that it may not be mislaid when withdrawn.
I may make my stopper of any suitable materials.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES OF LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wilkinson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th August 1883.
JOHN WILKINSON of Little Horton Bradford in the County of York Shuttle
Maker "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES OF LOOMS FOR WEAVING"
This invention has for its object the construction and use of improved apparatus
for preventing waste of weft by the cop or cop and tube-being shaken off or
shaken loose upon the peg or pike of the shuttle and which is caused by action
and reaction of the picker upon the tip of the shuttle and by reason of the shuttle
striking the picker on entering the shuttle box
In the construction of pegs or pikes according to this my invention I employ
thereon a spiral spring of varying pitch so that the part nearest the tip or point of
the peg or pike acts as an elastic cushion breaking the concussion whilst the other
end of the spring forms the base, or holding part, for securing the tube-the
spring is secured on the peg or pike by a pin or other means—the use of a spring
as described permits of the use of tubes of the smallest diameter and dispenses
with the requirement of any outer springs or casings as heretofore employed for
holding the tube or spool on the peg or pike.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left, by Henry Van der Weyde at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th January 1883.
HENRY VAN DER WEYDE of Regent Street in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES
"
This Invention relates to tricycles, but in general appearance a machine made
in accordance with this invention more nearly resembles the bicycles now in
general use The invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts
hereinafter described whereby the steadiness and capability of standing alone of
the tricycle is obtained as is also the adaptability for speed and for sharp turning
of the bicycle. According to this invention the large or front wheel of the ordinary
bicycle together with the handle, bar, and backbone are retained, but instead of the
small hind wheel I pivot to the backbone two cross bars, the upper one being also
pivoted at either end to a small wheel fork carrying a wheel in the ordinary
manner
The lower cross bar is also pivoted at either end to the small wheel forks, but
near the axle of the wheels. Pivoted cross stays may also be used if additional
strength is desired This invention may be readily adapted to the bicycles now in
use by simply cutting off the backbone just above the small wheel, and attaching
by suitable clamps or screws, the pivoted cross bars and wheels as above described
The machine is ridden like an ordinary bicycle, and on inclining the machine as in
turning a corner, the small hind wheels will be also inclined and remain in the
same parallel plane as the backbone of the machine while for steadying during
mounting or when running in the straight the cross bars may be caught and held
by suitable catches or "stops" capable of being operated from the handle bar and
when so held the machine becomes rigid and steady After dismounting, the catches
or stops may be disengaged from the backbone and the framework carrying the
hind wheels, collapsed so as to take up approximately only the same amount of
roon as an ordinary bicycle As a modification of the above arrangement the hind
wheels may be fixed and the backbone pivoted just below the axle to a central
piece connected with said axle but this form is not deemed so desirable
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLE STOPPERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Edward Gottfried Luyties at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th February 1883.
HENRY EDWARD GOTTFRIED LUYTIES, of the firm of Luyties Brothers, of New
York, in the United States of America, Wine Merchants " IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOTTLE STOPPERS
This invention relates to the construction of an improved stopper for bottles
whereby the bottle is closed in a very secure manner and easily opened; the
stopper will wear for a considerable time and has a very neat appearance.
In carrying out my invention I construct the stopper of a cork body for fitting
into the neck of the bottle, the said cork body is fitted and fixed into an enlarged
head of suitable material such as wood, having an elongated neck the inner edge of
the said neck being bevilled or cut away to form a groove; in the said groove I
fit an elastic ring which ring compresses the cork body of the stopper in such a
manner that when the stopper is pushed into the neck of a bottle a tight joint is
formed.
For securing the said stopper in the bottle I prefer to employ a device or capsule
consisting of an elastic or flexible tubular casing of twine or other suitable netting
which is drawn over the stopper and neck of the bottle over which it may be
contracted by means of two strings, the ends of the said strings being subsequently
attached by a seal, label or otherwise to the bottle.
BOOT AND SHOE UPPERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Kent at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th October 1883.
EDWARD KENT of Royal Exchange in the County of Middlesex,
IN BOOT AND SHOE UPPERS,
"
"IMPROVEMENTS
This invention relates to boot and shoe uppers, and has for its object to dispense
with all fasteners or adjusters and side springs as at present, and to give to a boot
or shoe upper the appearance of a well fitting sock or stocking with a leather or
other shoe; also to afford a well fitting boot or shoe without fasteners or adjusters
of any kind, made of elastic porous material for the purposes of fitting and
ventilation.
The invention consists in making the upper of elastic porous fabric made of
elastic fibres woven with silk cotton wool leather or other convenient material, and
that part of the upper to form the shoe or partial foot cover, of leather or any
suitable substitute therefor; the elastic part of the upper may be made in one
piece, but without side springs or adjusters, without the latter be required for
ornament simply.
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT CLASS OF DRIVING BELTS KNOWN AS "LEATHER CHAIN BELTS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Carney at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd March 1883.
ALFRED CARNEY, Traveller for the firm of John Tullis and Son, Leather and
Belt Manufacturers, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain "IMPROVE-
"
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT CLASS OF DRIVING BELTS KNOWN AS
"LEATHER CHAIN BELTS
13 31
This Invention, which relates to improvements in the construction of that class
of driving belts known as "leather chain belts," has for its object to prevent or
reduce to a minimum the tendency to stretching to which such belts are liable at
the same time imparting considerable additional strength to the said belts.
The invention consists in constructing the said belts with chains of flat metallic
links such as of brass, iron, or steel, the said links of which the said chains are
composed being flat but somewhat less in depth than the links of leather. Such
chains of metallic links are introduced at intervals in the width of the belt in any
desired numbers and at any required distances apart according to the strength and
dimensions of belt and they are held therein by the same pins or rivets which hold
together the leather links of the belt.