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IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING RAILWAY CARRIAGES, TRAM CARS, AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Maitland Yeomans at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st November 1879.
DAVID MAITLAND YEOMANS, of Queen Victoria Street, in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING RAILWAY CARRIAGES, TRAM CARS, AND OTHER
VEHICLES."
My Invention has for its object the production of an efficient and economical
apparatus for warming railway carriages, tram cars, and other vehicles, in such a
manner that an agreeable and wholesome temperature is maintained in such vehicles
during cold weather.
In carrying out my Invention in order to effect this object I construct or fit in
any convenient part of the vehicle (by preference in or beneath the floor of the
same) a chamber of metal or other suitable material of a flat, round, or any other
convenient section, the said chamber extending throughout the length of the vehicle,
In this
and being coated or not with asbestos or any other suitable substance.
chamber I arrange, say, two bent pipes, which respectively communicate with two
vessels containing water situate one at each end of the chamber, at the exterior
thereof, each pipe being extended from its respective vessel through the chamber to
the opposite end and returned to the said vessel.
Below each vessel I place a gas burner, oil, vapor, or other lamp or heating device,
by means of which the water in the said vessels is raised to an elevated temperature
and caused to circulate through the pipes, thus in its turn heating the air contained
in the chamber in which the pipes are enclosed. The chambers are provided with
valves suitably arranged for admitting the heated air into the interior of the vehicle
or the several compartments thereof, or the heated air may be conducted by pipes from
the hot air chamber to various parts of the carriage in lieu of or in addition to its
being discharged by the direct outlets.
Provision is made for indicating the level of the water in the said vessels, and
also if necessary for automatically replenishing them as required.
It is obvious that one bent pipe only may be used, but by employing two pipes
in the event of one being out of order another is available for use.
Each pipe may
moreover consist of a number of coils or convolutions if found desirable, and the
chambers may in some cases be dispensed with, pipes only being employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR BORING OR DRILLING IN ROCK OR OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Tom Bellingham Docwra at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th March 1879.
TOM BELLINGHAM DOCWRA, of Balls Pond Road, Islington, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH APPARATUS FOR BORING OR
DRILLING IN ROCK OR OTHER SUBSTANCES."
My Invention has for object the supporting of the boring rod or drill bar, and
guiding and steadying the drill used in boring or drilling holes in rock or other
substances.
For this purpose I provide the boring rod or drill bar, and in some cases also the
core tube and after part of the crown, with tubular bearings or guides provided
with adjustable springs arranged to bear against the sides of the hole, and which
springs may in some cases be furnished with anti-friction wheels or rollers.
The boring rod or drill bar is free to rotate in the bearings or guides, endwise
movement of which along the boring rod or drill bar may be prevented by collars
or stops on the latter. Provision is made for lubricating the tubular bearings or
guides.
My Invention facilitates the controlling of the direction of the drill or cutter, so
that it may not depart materially from the course in which it may be required to
drill the hole.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WINDING DRUMS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Richardson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st May 1879.
JOHN RICHARDSON, of the Firm of Robey and Company, of Lincoln, in the
County of Lincoln, Engineers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
WINDING DRUMS."
This Invention has for its object the making of such improvements in the con-
struction of winding drums (to be attached to portable or semi-portable engines) so
as to materially reduce the weight for convenience of transit, while at the same
time the strength shall be increased. For this purpose I propose to make the drum
arms and flanges of steel of a special section, as in the annexed Drawing, so as to
combine stiffness with strength and lightness, and to attach the driving gear thereto
in such a manner as to dispense with the usual arms thereto.
A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TOBACCO PIPE ROLLS.
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John West and James Reid at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th September 1879.
JOHN WEST and JAMES REID, both of Bridgeton, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain. "A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TOBACCO PIPE ROLLS.
The said Invention relates to the manufacture of the rolls of clay from which
tobacco pipes are to be made, and has for its object to manufacture them by
machinery instead of by hand as at present practised.
The machinery constructed according to the said Invention consists of one, or
a number of curved, or partially circular, half moulds, having an internal figure
corresponding to the form of the roll of clay to be moulded, the said half moulds
being fixed upon an axis, or upon the circumference of a roller. One or other
number of corresponding half moulds is, or are similarly mounted upon an axis, or
upon the circumference of a roller in proximity to the half moulds upon the other
axis or roller, so that when the two axes or rollers are rotated, or partially rotated
or oscillated, the upper surface of a half.mould upon the one axis, will pass over the
upper surface of a half mould on the other axis, whereby the clay fed between these
half moulds is compressed there-between, and formed into a roll, which on the
further movement of the half moulds from each other, falls from the half mould
upon an endless travelling web, and is thereby conveyed to any suitable place of
delivery. The feeding of the clay may be effected by pressing it forward through
an opening or passage, between two rollers so that it is delivered continuously to
the moulds.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH TRAVELLING BAGS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Friedrich Peter Marx at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1879.
FRIEDRICH PETER MARX, of Warwick Street, Regent Street, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR CONNECTED WITH TRAVELLING BAGS."
According to this Invention I so construct the two upper fitted heads or parts of
a travelling bag and so connect them to the bag proper that they can be locked
thereto and with each other so as to close the entire lower part of the bag, and
when unlocked be entirely detached therefrom.
For this purpose I hinge the two fitted heads to a bottom frame which by any
suitable catch or bolt appliances can be firmly connected to the bar of the gusset
of the bag at each end of same when the heads are open; when the two heads are
however locked together they cover the entire lower part of the bag, while they
themselves and the other upper parts of the bag only are accessible. When the
heads are unlocked from each other their catches can be detached from the bag, and
when the heads are then removed from the bag the latter can be used as an empty
or unfitted bag.
In order to prevent the bag proper from being forced out at the sides I connect
the gusset bars by means of cross bars inside the bag. I prefer to use a separate
key for the heads.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STENCH TRAPS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Fauckes Halbard at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th January 1879.
PHILIP FAUCKES HALBARD, of Burton on Trent, in the County of Stafford,
Ironfounder. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STENCH TRAPS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in stench traps to be applied to
the mouths of openings into sewers. In constructing traps to be used in streets at
the mouths of the openings into the sewer I employ a grating to cover the opening
as is usual, and below this grating I form a funnel or pan tapering downwards;
the lower end of this pan dips into water contained in the basin or case of the
trap. An outlet to the sewer is, as usual, formed in one side of the basin or case
of the trap, and in order to prevent gases from the sewer passing back through
this outlet and up through the pan and grating into the street I interpose between
the bottom of the pan and the outlet two transverse partitions at a short distance
apart from one another, the one nearest to the outlet passing downwards from the
top of the basin or case of the trap, and projecting below the bottom of the outlet
passage and the other partition which is nearest to the funnel or pan passing
upwards from the bottom of the basin or case to a level above the level or bottom
of the outlet passage. The partition nearest to the funnel or pan I make to slide
into its place between the guides so as to bo readily removable for the purpose of
cleaning the trap. In the outlet passage I place another trap with a feather plato
for the purpose of preventing the escape of effluvium during the process of cleaning
the trap, and thus the entire apparatus constitutes a perfect stench trap impervious
to the passage of gases even during the operation of cleansing.
AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED WITH THE SEATS OF OPEN FOUR WHEELED DOG CARTS AND LIKE VEHICLES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Metcalf at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th April 1879.
RICHARD METCALF, of Northallerton, in the County of York, Carriage Builder.
"AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED WITH THE SEATS OF OPEN FOUR WHEELED DOG
CARTS AND LIKE VEHICLES."
This Invention relates to the back seats of open four wheeled dog carts and like
vehicles, whereby such seats may not only be slid to and fro as to afford more
accommodation for passengers and luggage, but that they may be folded or turned
up to enable riders to get in and take their seats facing the horse or horses without
stepping over the back seat, as is now the case.
According to my Invention I attach the back seat-board by hinges to a plate or
board that it may be turned up to allow a rider to pass in. The plate or board and
the seat-board are each furnished with rollers to run upon guide bars affixed to the
inside of the carriage body that the sent may be slid to and fro. The plate or board
is provided with thumb screw bolts, the tightening of which fixes the seat at any
desired part between the front or driver's-seat and the hind part of the carriage.
The hinged seat and plate or board are supported by uprights, whose lower ends
are provided with rollers which run upon guide bars fixed to the bottom of the
body of the vehicle.
The combination of a sliding and hinged lift-up back seat to open four wheeled
dog carts and like vehicles is the novelty of this Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, VELOCIPEDES, PERAMBULATORS, AND WHEELS FOR LOCO-MOTION
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wilkins at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 7th October 1879.
JOHN WILKINS, of No. 119, Oak Street, Wolverhampton, in the County of
Stafford. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES, VELOCIPEDES,
PERAMBULATORS, AND WHEELS FOR LOCO-MOTION."
This Invention has for its object the construction of wheels which shall be
strong, safe, and durable, and have the rubber tires firmly fixed upon the rims, so
that in use they shall not twist or slip off the rim. Wheels of any size can be
made by this process and construction.
For wheels of small size the hub is made in parts or sections, the flange on
each side being expanded by a tube or boss placed between them. The flange
is made in one or two parts, and so constructed as to receive the hooked end of
each spoke, which is kept in position by a screw or rivet placed at right angles
with the flange and spoke.
Through the centre of each flange and the boss or tube is inserted a steel tube
which keeps them in correct position, and which tube revolves upon the axle.
The rim is made of any required length, size, and shape, and with any required
number of holes through it to receive the spokes. The spoke is made of wire with
a head at one end, and a claw or hook at the other end.
Large size wheels are made in a similar way to small wheels, with the hub made in
sections, but the flanges are expanded by turning a left and right screw between them.
The covering of the steel rim is done by this process :-It is bound round its entire
length with prepared tape or strapping with a sticking coat upon it; then a
vulcanized india rubber tube the length of the rim to be covered, made with
a canvas lining, is cut through its entire length and split open. It is then coated
with rubber solution or any other cement so as to give it a sticking coat. The
split tube is then laid over and around the prepared rim and stuck to it, its edges
being brought together on the inner side of the rim between the spokes, and the
join is then covered over with prepared tape or strapping.
When required the rubber covered rims of wheels can be covered with leather,
the skin being cut into strips the width of the circumference of the rim to be
covered, then pierced on each side of strip with holes suitable for lacing up the
leather band with cord or laces. When laced upon the rim it perfectly covers it,
and becomes a shield to protect the rubber and give durability to the wheel and
safety in running over wet road-ways.
IMPROVED SHOE OR METHOD OF ROUGHING HORSES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wilson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd January 1879.
JOHN WILSON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Post Master.
IMPROVED SHOE OR METHOD OF ROUGHING HORSES."
"AN
The object of this Invention is so to construct a horse shoe that the wearing part
may be removed at pleasure, and either plain or roughed wearing parts may bo
substituted. I first construct then an ordinary flat shoe, which is secured on to the
horse's foot in the usual or any convenient manner.
Into this shoo I insert two
holes which are tapped or screwed to receive two small bolts. I then construct the
wearing part of the shoe of iron or steel as desired, and this may be of the ordinary
kind, or may be provided with projections at the point and heels of the shoe, so as
to prevent the possibility of the horse sliping in frosty weather. Between theso
two parts of the shoe I place a thin soft substance which by preference is india
rubber, and the two parts being secured together by the said bolts passing through
the wearing shoe into the before mentioned screwed holes, the sboeing is complete.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Devonport Finney Andrews
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st February 1879.
JOSEPH DEVONPORT FINNEY ANDREWS, of Mount Street, Charlton, in the County
of Kent, Telegraph Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC LAMPS."
According to this Invention two plates of carbon, preferably in the form of discs,
are placed face to face at a little distance apart, either with or without a thin layer
between them of insulating material, such as plaster of Paris. The carbon plates being
connected to the electrical circuit, the luminous voltaic are presents itself at some
point of their peripheries, and as the carbons are gradually consumed the arc travels
round the periphery, and inwards towards the centre of the discs, the insulating
material between becoming dissipated as the carbons waste. When the lamp is
worked with alternating electrical currents the carbon plates may be of equal thick-
ness, but when the current is always in one direction the carbon which forms the
positive terminal is made thicker than the other to allow for its more rapid con-
sumption. When there is no layer of insulating material between the carbons
either or both of them should be made slightly hollowed towards the centre so as
to ensure the formation of the luminous are at the periphery. When the light is
required to be presented only in one direction the positive carbon may be backed
by a plate of metal connected by a metal tube to the one circuit wire, the other
circuit wire being connected to the negative carbon by a metal rod passing clear or
insulated through this tube, and having at its outer end a screw or nut to clamp
together the carbons with the insulating layer between them. By the arrange-
ment of lamp above described there is secured a supply of carbon sufficient to last
for a considerable time in a form which offers very little resistance to the electric
current, and there being no moving or adjustable parts the apparatus is cheap and
requires little or no attention in its management. The light moreover is not extin-
guished by currents of air, the effect of these being merely to cause the luminous
are to run round the periphery of the carbons still presenting itself at a sheltered
part. A number of such lamps can be connected in one circuit, the arc in each case
being started in any known manner. Although I have described the discs as being
of carbon, and the insulating layer between them as being plaster of Paris, it is to
be understood that other suitable materials may be employed, these being similarly
arranged to operate as I have described.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN PAPER BINDERS OR FASTENERS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Slater at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th July 1879.
WILLIAM SLATER, of Plumstead, in the County of Kent, Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PAPER BINDERS OR FASTENERS."
Paper binders or fasteners as hitherto constructed have possessed the dis-
advantage of passing through the paper at one place only, and consequently the
sheets or leaves, letters, or otherwise held together by the same become easily
detached from one another, from the tearing of the paper, or otherwise become so
much disarranged as to require two fasteners as now in use to be of service.
Now the object of my Invention is to obviate this defect by so constructing the
binder or fastener, that it shall pass through the paper in two places, and thus
allow of the sheets, or leaves, letters, or otherwise, being held together in a much
more secure manner than by the fasteners hitherto employed.
In carrying out my Invention I construct the binder or fastener of a thin strip
of suitable metal, about one third of the length from each end of the strip being
turned down at right angles; the end of one of the turned down parts being formed
with a projection on each side for the purpose hereinafter described.
With a fastener of this construction the ends are passed through suitable
corresponding slits made or pierced in the sheets, or leaves, letters, or otherwise, to
be bound together, and the end not provided with projections is turned down
against the back of the bottom leaf or sheet; the other end of the "binder" is then
turned down, and the projections thereon are passed under the other end of the
binder, and the sheets, leaves, or letters are firmly bound or secured together, and
in a much better manner than by the ordinary construction of paper binder.
In some cases the herein before described projections may be dispensed with.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Mayer at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th June 1879.
THOMAS MAYER, a resident of the City and County of Providence, State of Rhode
Island, one of the United States of America. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SPINNING
MACHINES."
•
This Invention consists, partly, in giving a vertical reciprocating motion to the
spindles of a ring-spinning-machine in which the ring is secured to a fixed ring-
rail, and so combining the driving mechanisin with the reciprocating mechanism
that the delivery of the sliver from the delivery rolls shall be equal throughout the
whole of a cop or bobbin to the quantity wound on the same at different portions
of the said cop or bobbin.
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It further comprises a peculiar and novel manner of driving the spindle-driving
cylinder during its reciprocation with the spindles by means of a band, so that as
the portion of the frame carrying the spindles and the driving drum, and recipro-
cating with the same, moves up and down the cylinder will be continually driven
by a band in all positions by means of idle pulleys arranged to adjust themselves
so as to keep an even tension on the band.
The said Invention further comprises the locating and arranging of the driving
mechanism between two ring spinning frames, so that both may be driven from one
Bet of gear wheels; and it also comprises a peculiar construction of the spindles by
which the same can be driven with less power and can be run at much higher speed
and more steadiness than has heretofore been possible.
In carrying the said Invention into practice I arrange a frame or carriage on
which the driving cylinder and all the spindles are secured so that the bands
connect the same, and motion is imparted to the spindles and the whole is made to
reciprocate so as to lay the yarn on the cop or bobbin either in conical layers for the
weft or filling, or in spiral layers for warp or other purposes.
1 support the spindles in bolsters, and these bolsters I suspend in a ball and
socket within a bolster-care, so that the spindles may oscillate on this bearing and
find a true centre. These spindles may be used on spinning-machines in which the
rings reciprocate vertically as well as on spinning-machines in which the rings are
stationary, such as herein described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BOARDS OR CARDS OF LACE OR OTHER FABRIC DURING THE WINDING OR UNWINDING OF SUCH FABRIC
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Thomas at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd December 1879.
JOHN THOMAS, of No. 3, Hornsey Lane, Highgate Hill, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING BOARDS OR CARDS OF
LACE OR OTHER FABRIC DURING THE WINDING OR UNWINDING OF SUCH FABRIC."
The object of the Invention is to give greater freedom to and otherwise to
facilitate the operator in winding fabric onto or in unwinding it from boards or
cards.
For this purpose the apparatus is formed with an angular or other suitably
formed channel or groove in a cross bar to receive one edge of the board or card,
and to the opposite sides of this groove or channel are applied elastic projections
adapted to bear with elastic pressure against or to clip the opposite sides or surfaces
of the board or card, and the board or card is applied so that these elastic pro-
Jections may bear on the board or card within the lace or other fabric wound
thereon.
The cross bar referred to is also formed with a stem which rests in a stand with
capability of free rotation in that stand as an axis for the cross bar and the board
or card carried thereby, whilst lace or other fabric is being wound onto or unwound
from such board or card.
The stand is movable and weighted as desired for stability.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TICKETS FOR USE ON RAILWAYS, OR TRAMWAYS, IN OMNIBUSSES, OR OTHER LIKE PLACES, OR PUBLIC CONVEYANCES."
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th May 1879. A communication from
abroad by Maximilien Verrosi, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
"
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman. IMPROVEMENTS IN TICKETS FOR USE ON RAILWAYS, OR TRAMWAYS,
IN OMNIBUSSES, OR OTHER LIKE PLACES, OR PUBLIC CONVEYANCES." A commu-
nication from abroad by Maximilien Verrosi, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to an improved ticket for use on railways, tramways, in
omnibuses, and the like.
The ticket is so constructed as to be capable of containing within itself a sheet
of thin paper for the reception of advertisements, addresses, maps of routes for
excursion and other trains, and the like.
When this sheet of paper contained in the interior of the envelope-ticket is used
for the purpose of advertising, a large number of advertisements may be inserted on
the two surfaces of the paper.
The ticket, which may be of any suitable color and composed of the same materials
as are employed in the manufacture of ordinary railway tickets, consists of two
pieces of card board (for example) of a rectangular or other suitable shape, united at
their edges, except at one side, which is left open for the facility of inserting or
removing the piece of thin paper containing advertisements or other information to
be carried in the case or pocket formed by the combination of the two pieces of
cardboard, as herein before described. The edge of the cardboard may be cut away
at one side of the opening in the form of a notch of semicircular or other suitable
shape, for the purpose of enabling the sheet of paper to be more readily laid hold of
with the fingers, in order to take it out of the ticket, and the ticket may be partially
divided across the centre in the usual way for the facility of tearing or dividing it
into two halves when employed as a return ticket.
The sheet of paper may be folded any convenient number of times, according to
its size and the size of the ticket, and may contain advertisements, notices, maps,
or any other information or matter, written, lithographed, or printed by any suitable
means.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEILINGS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th September 1879.
A. communication from Friedrich Baum, of Breslau, in the Empire of
Germany.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Patent Agents, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of
Germany. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CEILINGS." A communication
from Friedrich Baum, of Breslau, in the Empire of Germany.
The improvements consists in constructing ceilings of plaster, mortar, clay, paper
pulp, or other suitable material by attaching to the joists wires or wire netting
fixed or supported by convenient nails and plates or frames of metal or other
material, which in themselves may be ornamental, for the purpose of holding the
said plaster or other material, and keeping it isolated by the wires from the joists,
and thus forming a fire proof ceiling, also a ceiling that will not be liable to crack,
and that will not so readily transmit sound. The joists may be arranged as at
present, and the wire netting may be made or cut into suitable pieces and held up
or suspended by hooked or other shaped metal nails; the netting may be galvanized
or coated with tar.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Rodney McDonald at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd October 1879.
GEORGE RODNEY MCDONALD, of the City of London.
HOLDERS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DRESS
According to this Invention I construct the holder of a piece of metal bent or
made in the form of a loop or so as to afford space for the fold of the dress to be
held therein, and with a narrow part or space for the nipping of same; at this part
I provide one leg of the holder (or it may be both) with a disc or otherwise formed
sliding part, preferably provided with an india rubber rim or edge; this sliding
part is retained by a stop at the lower part of the said leg of the holder on which
there is wound a helical spring.
The fold of the dress nipped between the slide and the opposite leg of the holder
tends by its weight to render the hold more secure; to release it the holder may
either be detached by pulling it off sideways or by pushing the slide back on the
holder against the helical spring.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CORKING AND DRAWING MACHINES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gullery at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd March 1879.
JOHN GULLERY, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, in Ireland, Mechanic.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CORKING AND DRAWING MACHINES."
My Invention relates to machines employed in the corking and uncorking of
vessels containing liquids of various descriptions, and its object is to provide a
convenient machine which with a slight modification can be applied to the un-
corking as well as the corking of such vessels.
In order to effectuate my object I employ a socket and plunger actuated by a
hand-lever and spring. The socket is slotted to receive a cork, and is fitted at
the mouth with a detachable cork-socket, tapered so as to contract the cork while
being driven by the plunger into the neck of the vessel. The vessel is pressed
against the cork-socket by means of a foot-lever, and a flange or plate upon the
cork-socket maintains the neck in a proper position.
For the purpose of applying the machine to the drawing of corks or uncorking
of vessels, I attach a screw to the end of the plunger, and I remove the cork-socket
and substitute a chambered socket containing a screw-nut, which is fitted so as to
prevent its revolution, and rises and fulls in accordance with the action of the
plunger. The screw-nut is provided with a slot through which the screw works,
and is made to revolve on the nut reaching either limit of its traverse. This
screw is thereby driven into the cork on the lowering of the plunger, and draws
and divests itself of the same as the plunger is raised to its original position.
I make notches upon the thread of the screw to increase the bight of the cork.
I also fit into a slot in the stand of the machine a moveable bracket which
receives the neck of the vessel to be uncorked, and holds the body of such vessel
in position during the operation. This bracket is furnished with a spring to
accommodate it to the length of the vessel when raised by the foot-lever, and to
aid in the drawing of the cork.
AN IMPROVED RLGISTER, RECORDER, AND TELL TALE FOR THE USE OF WATCHMEN, POLICEMEN, AND OTHER PERSONS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Martin Dwight Johuson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st January 1879.
MARTIN DWIGHT JOHNSON, of the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, United
States of America, but at present of 15, Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of
Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED RLGISTER, RECORDER, AND TELL TALE FOR THE USE OF
WATCHMEN, POLICEMEN, AND OTHER PERSONS."
This Invention relates to an improved register, recorder, and tell tale for the use
of watchmen, policemen, and other persons, and by which such persons may register,
record, and mark the period of time at which they visited certain localities, such
recording acting as a tell tale for and against them.
This Invention consists in providing the dial of any suitable clock with a ring of
india rubber, or other suitable elastic material round, or in position over or in the
vicinity of the numerals of time on such dial. The hour hand of the clock is
provided with a pricker, or other suitable marker, and both hour and minute hand
of the clock are arranged with a spring, so that they can be depressed without
affecting the action of the clock. The marking or indicating is effected on a ring
of paper or its equivalent, which is placed over the indin rubber or elastic ring,
such paper or other ring being marked with time numerals, or plain. The whole
clock face is covered over and concealed, as likewise the back of the clock, both
being locked, so as to prevent the clock from being tampered with. The cover in
front of the dial is provided with a spring plunger or piston actuated by pressure
from the thumb or hand of the person recording. This plunger or piston upon
being pressed pushes in the hands of the clock, so that the pricker or other marker
on the point of the hour hand will puncture or otherwise mark the false dial of
paper at the exact period of time at which such depression took place. The false
dials of paper can be kept in stock, so that new ones can be placed in the tell tale
every twelve hours.
The old ones can be preserved and filed, so as to serve as a
record.
The apparatus can be placed in any suitable position in warehouses or other
buildings, streets or other localities, or elsewhere to serve as a tell tale, as will be
understood; the operation being the pressing in of the piston or plunger by the
watchman, policeman, or other person during his beat, or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PULLEYS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th February 1879. A
communication from Arthur Grunau, of Elbing, in the Empire of Germany.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. v.
Nawrocki, of 124, Leipzigerstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, Patent
Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PULLEYS." A communication from Arthur Grunau,
of Elbing, in the Empire of Germany.
The improvements consist in constructing and arranging the two discs or sides
with numerous and corresponding holes, through which bolts or pins are passed to
form the circumferential bearing surface of the pulley, and whereby said bearing
may have variable dinmeters at will by the arrangement of the said bolts. The
discs may be made of metal or other convenient material, and holes drilled or other-
wise formed in them. The bolts or pins may also be of metal or of other suitable
material, and furnished with a head on one end, and a screwed part with nut or
other suitable fastening at the other, and they may also have collars or other conve-
niences for the purpose of staying the discs apart. The pulley may have a main
and centre pin loose or otherwise, as at present.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL APPARATUS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Rawlings at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th October 1879.
FREDERICK RAWLINGS, of Heaton Norris, in the County of Lancaster, Herbalist.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL APPARATUS."
My said Invention has reference to apparatus or appliances used for adjusting
and keeping in position a broken, injured, or diseased joint or limb after the bone
has been set, adjusted, or otherwise operated upon.
The apparatus constituting my Invention consists of two trough shaped members
of any suitable material, hollowed out so as partly to embrace and fit a portion of
the limb under treatment. The said members are hinged together, and one of them
is by preference made longer than the other, the shorter member which is employed
as a heel or fulcrum being strapped to the limb above the joint, while the longer
portion serves as a support for the lower and dependant portion of the leg, arm, or
limb to be adjusted, set, or operated upon. An adjustable strut is jointed by one
end to one of the said members, its other end engaging with the teeth of a rack
fixed to the other member, a screw and thumb nut or other equivalent appliance
being provided to retain the strut in position after it has been adjusted according
to the exigencies of the case or the comfort of the patient. When thus adjusted
both members are strapped firmly to the limb, trough shaped pieces or saddles being
by preference interposed between the straps and the limb on the side or parts
opposite to the hereinbefore referred to hinged members.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE AS AN IMPROVED LAWN OR OUT-DOOR GAME PLAYED WITH BALLS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Christopher Owston at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th May 1879.
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER OWSTON, of Beverley, in the County of York, Gentleman.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR USE AS AN IMPROVED LAWN OR OUT-DOOR
GAME PLAYED WITH BALLS."
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The improvements consist of four or more pieces of wood or other suitable
material, say, about six feet in length and about four inches in depth, with brackets
and pins by which they may be supported to stand edgewise upon the ground sur-
face, and which in use are to be arranged to form the boundary of a square or
other suitable figure, but with openings at the corners or between the ends of these
adjoining pieces for the escape of balls played within the boundary. The balls
are of the character of croquêt balls, and they are driven along by the ends of long
rods or cues which are each formed at the end to act on the balls with a ring
and a crooked piece, or shoe, or bracket, so as to prevent the end of the rod or
from striking or entering the ground, and the said shoe may have attached one or
more rollers to raise the striking end of the "cue" to a point about in a line with
the centre of the balls to be played.
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" cue
The length of the "cues" should be such as to admit of the players using them,
maintaining a tolerably upright position.
In use individual balls may be driven at others somewhat as in playing the
game known as "billiards" on a table, and I propose to call such game "lawn
billiards."
A NEW (OR IMPROVED) MACHINE FOR MITREING WOOD MOULDINGS AND FILLETS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bowman at the Office of the
Commissioners. of Patents on the 4th September 1879.
WILLIAM BOWMAN, of 14, Austin Road, Battersea Park Road, Battersea, in the
County of Surrey. "A NEW (OR IMPROVED) MACHINE FOR MITREING WOOD
MOULDINGS AND FILLETS."
A machine having two sides with four grooves in each side, two of the said
grooves being on the right and two on the left of each side, and forming a right
angle. standing at an angle of 45° from the bottom or sole, the sides being screwed
to the bottom and held together at top by means of two bolts and nuts, the sides
having (in addition to the grooves) holes to receive the spindles of cog wheel, and
cog wheel with lever attached in the grooves forming right angles, are placed two
steel cutters with slots to screw to back irons which are placed in grooves parallel
to cutters. The back irons are fitted with cogs or teeth which fit into the
cog wheels;
by raising the lever the cogs are put in motion and the two cutters are raised in
opposite directions and at an angle of 45° from the bottom, when the moulding or
fillet being inserted and the lever pressed down the two cutters will meet, mitreing
the moulding to the required length, and at the same time mitreing the piece it
cuts off.
A LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING SWEATING OR STEAMING OF GLASS, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO THE WINDOW PANES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES, AND TO THE LENSES OF SIGNAL LAMPS, LIGHTHOUSES, AND LIKE OBJECTS OR STRUC- TURES
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cornelius Kerby at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th March 1879.
CORNELIUS KERBY, of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey.
" A LIQUID
COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING SWEATING OR STEAMING OF GLASS, ESPECIALLY
APPLICABLE TO THE WINDOW PANES OF RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES, AND
TO THE LENSES OF SIGNAL LAMPS, LIGHTHOUSES, AND LIKE OBJECTS OR STRUC-
TURES."
My Invention relates to a liquid composition for preventing sweating or steaming
of glass, and is especially applicable to the window panes of railway and other
carriages, and to the lenses of signal lamps, lighthouses, and like objects or struc-
tures, and in general to all objects or structures where glass is employed and is
liable to be affected as above mentioned. .
This liquid composition is composed of methylated spirit at about 63 per cent.,
glycerine and any of the essential oils, and in some cases amber dissolved in spirit,
according to the state of the atmosphere.
Instead of methylated spirit, spirit of wine may be employed, but I prefer
methylated spirit as being cheaper.
In combining the above named ingredients, I first destroy the essential oil by
mixing it with the methylated spirit, or with the spirit of wine, and I then incor-
porate these liquids with the glycerine. The combination is effected at the ordinary
temperature, the employment of heat being unnecessary.
This liquid composition is applied to the internal surface of the pane of glass, or
the lens, either by rubbing it on with felt or with cotton waste, or by spreading
it thereon with a camel's hair brush, or with other suitable appliance; thus steaming
or sweating is avoided, the moisture or vapour being absorbed as generated by the
liquid composition.
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IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SIGNALLING UPON RAILWAYS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Longshaw and Thomas
Priestman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th August
1880.
JAMES LONGSHAW, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, and THOMAS
PRIESTMAN, of Preston Brook, in the County of Chester. "IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR SIGNALLING UPON RAILWAYS."
The object of this Invention is to enable the signal man to communicate direct
with the engine driver or guard (or both) of a passing train by an audible or
visible signal (or a signal both audible and visible) upon the engine or in the guard's
van (or both) by mechanical means, without the aid of electricity.
In the first place we have a swinging table mounted in brackets between the
rails, which when in its normal position presents an inclined plane or slope, and
which when not acted upon by the signal man, is held in this position by means of
a weighted lever or springs. Attached to the engine or to the guard's van (or
to both) is a lever provided with a pulley or wheel which as the train passes runs
up the inclined plane or slope of the swinging table and in doing so pushes up a
rod, the upper end of which rings a bell, or puts into action, or releases any
suitable apparatus which will give an audible or visible signal (or both), and hence
it will be seen that so long as this swinging table is in its normal position it will
give the "danger" signal to each train or engine which passes.
The swinging table is however connected by wire ropes or rods to the ordinary
lever in the signal box in such a way that the pulling over of the lever shall depress
the swinging table, and thus whenever the signal man pulls over the lever in the
signal box the table is drawn down and the engine or train will pass over without
receiving any signal, which will be understood to mean that all is right.
If the connections should at any time become broken the table will be released and
being raised by the weighted lever or springs will give the "danger" signal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LADIES' DRESS HOLDERS OR SUSPENDERS.
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Leslie Fyfe at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd September 1879.
ALEXANDER LESLIE FYFE, of Aldersgate Street, in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LADIES' DRESS HOLDERS OR SUSPENDERS.'"
The improved dress holder or suspender of my Invention consists of two limbs
jointed together, and furnished at their free extremities with pads or cushions to
grip the dress. The pads or cushions are closed tightly together for this purpose by
means of a double or stirrup shaped radius link, pivoted by its open end to one of
the limbs, and embracing the other limb within its closed curved end, which is
moreover provided with a binding or tightening screw whose point bears against a
serrated surface on the said limb, which is preferably curved to an arc of the circle
described by the link when turned on its pivot. The dress holder may be made in
various ornamental forms; for instance, in that of a bicycle in which the steering
handle, fork, and front wheel constitute the one limb, and the back bone and hind
wheel constitute the other limb, the wheels being provided with india rubber tyres
to form the pads. The back bone limb is jointed to the steering fork limb at its
upper end to permit of the pads being separated, and the binding link is pivoted to
the axis of the front wheel and works over the curved backbone limb, or the two limbs
may be symmetrically curved and form together a heart shaped frame jointed
at the apex, the limb being provided with disc pads at their free extremities, and
the link being pivoted to the one limb and embracing the other with a tightening
screw to close the pads firmly together as before.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PUNCTURING PAPER AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR PRODUCING MULTPLE COPIES OF WRITING AND DEVICES THEREFROM
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Simon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th June 1879.
LOUIS SIMON, of the Town and County of Nottingham. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PUNCTURING PAPER AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR PRODUCING
MULTPLE COPIES OF WRITING AND DEVICES THEREFROM."
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for puncturing paper and
other materials for producing multiple copies of writing and devices therefrom.
The apparatus consists essentially of a pipe, within which a pen or needle can move
up and down. On the top of the pen or needle is a knob, and around this is a box
enclosing a wheel with wings. Air (from a bellows or blower conveyed by a tube)
is caused to impinge against the blades or wings of the wheel, the rotation of which
raises the knob, the pen or needle being allowed to fall or drop, that it punctures
a sheet or sheets of paper or other material upon which the apparatus may be
placed, and moved over for stencilling, writing, or devicing purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SILK AND SATIN POLISHING OR BURNISHING APPARATUS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1879. A com-
munication from abroad by Claude Doye, Weaver, of Lyon, in the Department
of Rhöne, in the Republic of France.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SILK AND SATIN POLISHING OR
BURNISHING APPARATUS." A communication from abroad by Claude Doye, Weaver,
of Lyon, in the Department of Rhöne, in the Republic of France.
Satin and certain kinds of silk require polishing, and this being effected by hand
the operation becomes tedious and a waste of time, and is frequently imperfect in
its action; the object of this Invention is to remedy these defects in labour with an
economy in time, by conducting the operation simultaneously and regularly with
the weaving of the fabric.
The apparatus employed is represented in the accompanying Drawings, Fig. 1 being
a front elevation of the polisher; Fig. 2 is a plan of the reverse side of the upper
bar forming part of the apparatus to be hereafter mentioned, and Fig. 3 a plan of
the lower bar hereafter described. The letters of reference indicate like parts in the
several Figures.
The apparatus consists of the two bars above mentioned A, A¹, which are of
wood and furnished with blades of steel, iron, copper, or horn, rounded at the
extremities and arranged obliquely; these two bars are applied one above, the other
below the stuff to be operated on, the blades being so wedged that they do not meet
one another, and polish both sides at the same time.
The bars A, A, between which wedges or springs C are placed, are held at both
ends by bolts, which may be locked at will according as the burnishing should be
more or less effective.
The polisher works with any kind of loom by attaching it by two cords to the
batten, or by means of a treadle, so that its backward and forward movement is
about two or three centimètres.
In working it is the batten which draws it forward, and forces it back in striking
against the blocks T.
IMPROVEMENTS IN JUGS AND CUPS
Year: 1879

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Moulton at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th June 1879.
DANIEL MOULTON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, China and Glass
Factor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN JUGS AND CUPS."
This Invention consists in inserting in the side of jugs and cups of earthenware,
china, or glass, a small plate of pewter or other metal to receive the Government
weights and measures stamp, indicating that such jug or cup is a legalized measure,
and thus enabling the retailer of any liquid sold by measure to draw direct into
the jug or cup instead of into an ordinary measure.