Improvements in Glue Compounds, and in Applying the same to Barrels and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
Improvements in Glue Compounds, and in Applying the same to
Barrels and the like.
A communication from abroad by JULIUS TYCIAK, of Olszanica, Galicia,
Austria, Chemist.
I, JAMES HOWDEN, of 8, Scotland Street, in the County of Glasgow, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, that is to say :—
This invention has principally for its object to render barrels or other vessels for
containing petroleum or other liquid hydrocarbons fluid and vapor tight, and it
consists in preparing improved glue compounds and in applying the same in an
improved manner, the glue compounds being also applicable for analogous
purposes.
The ingredients of the improved glue compounds are ordinary glue, the
substance known as Pecher's natural gum, glycerin, protosulphate of iron, tannic
acid and soda crystals.
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Pecher's natural gum is an extract from conifer plants and quercus plants
obtained by the action of heat under pressure.
The proposulphate of iron being dissolved in water, the glycerin is well mixed
with it, after which the tannic acid and soda are added and the whole well mixed
together. Ordinary glue and the gum are then liquefied by heat, by means of a
slow fire or of a steam heater, and after they have been will mixed they are added
to the other mixture. The whole is kept well stirred whilst being heated nearly
to a boiling temperature; and is subsequently cooled down to a temperature of
about 170 degrees, Fahrenheit, a scum which rises to the surface being
skimmed off.
The hot compound is put into a barrel, the bung is closed, and the barrel is
rolled about to bring the fluid compound into contact with the whole of the interior
surface of the wood. The air in the barrel becomes heated by the mixture and
exerts a certain pressure, which forces the compound into the joints and pores of
the wood. The bung is drawn out and any of the compound remaining fluid and
not adhering to the wood is run out and can be used for treating other barrels.
The proportions of the ingredients may be varied to some extent, but good
results are obtainable with the following quantities, namely, 640 parts by weight of
ordinary glue, 210 parts of Pecher's natural gum, 85 parts of glycerin, 57 parts of
protosulphate of iron, 5 parts of tannic acid, and 3 parts of soda crystals, making
together 1000 parts.
The compound can at one operation be applied in sufficient thickness to old or
new barrels, and the barrels may be filled with oil within a few hours after being
treated with the compound. Or new barrels may have a thin coating of the
compound applied to them when they are not to be immediately used, and may
receive a second comparatively thin coating when about to be used. Or any other
suitable glue compound may be used for the second coating.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1 Making an improved alu

page_text: gum, glycerin, protosulphate. of iron, tannic acid, and soda crystals substantially as
herein before described.
2. Coating the interiors of barrels or other vessels with the improved glue
compound substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
Dated this Fourth day of February 1897.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
COMPLETE SI POLITICATION.
Improvements in Instruments for Taking the Measure in Making
Garments.
I. WILLIAM WHITEHEAD HOPE, of 87 High Street, Falkirk, Stirlingshire,
Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
This invention relates to instruments for use by tailors in taking measurements
of the body for cutting and making garments, and it has for its object to provide
an instrument of simple construction and the use of which secures greater accuracy
of measurement than has hitherto been possible.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a front
view shewing the relative position of the parts of the instrument when in use,
and Fig. 2 a view shewing the instrument when folded up ready for the pocket.
The invention consists of two arms A, B, of brass, aluminium or other pliable
metal, connected together cross-wise by a pivot C which arms, when the instrument
is in use, are intended to stand at right angles to each other and be secured thus by
means of a flanged pin D movable in slots in both arms and capable of removal
from the vertical arm A, to permit of said arm being turned until it lies over the
arm B. From behind the arm A a flanged pin or stud E projects through a curved
slot F in an enlargement of the vertical arm A. When the instrument is in use it
is placed with its horizontal arm B under the right arm of the person to be
measured and with its vertical arm A tangential to the curve of the front of the
shoulder. A measuring tape G is provided having an eyelet G' at the first inch,
and after a lapse of about twenty four inches at each succeeding half inch, and it
is placed with its first eyelet over a fixed pin B' on the front end of the horizontal
arm B of the instrument the tape being led in order to guide it horizontally
through a slot H near this outer end of the horizontal arm, then behind the centre
pivot C and again through a slot I on the other side of the pivot C and finally
through a slot J at the back end of the horizontal arm B and thence round the
body, where it is again secured upon the pin B. The vertical arm A of the
instrument which is graduated in inches from near the pivot C downwards has a
sliding cross piece K which can be moved away from or nearer to the horizontal
arm B to suit different lengths of waist; and this cross piece K has a pin L fixed
in it in line with the side of the vertical arm A which is tangential to the curve of
the shoulder. Another measuring tape similar to the one before mentioned is
secured on this pin L, passed round the body and again secured upon the pin L.
The measuring tapes together with the graduated vertical arm of the instrument
thus give the over chest and waist measurements together with the vertical distance
between these. While the instrument is so fixed the operator can with an
ordinary tipped measuring tape take the "depths" on back and by securing same
tape on the flanged pin E which moves in the curved slot F before mentioned in
the vertical arm A can take any measurements by way of the " seye or by way of
the front of the shoulder the pin in the latter case moving in its curved slot to
take up such a position as will cause the tape as it fits on the pin E to start its first
inch for each measurement from the exact point e from which the other measure-
ments have been taken. Great accuracy of measurement can thus be obtained
because of the fixed position of the instrument beneath the arm pit, the instrument
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page_text: being secured there by means of the two horizontal tapes, while all the measure-
ments are taken by means of the ordinary tape.
The instrument is equally suitable for taking measurements for use in making
the garments of ladies or gentlemen and in order to adapt it for use in measuring
deformed persons and so that it may be used under the left arm as well as under
the right it is provided with a duplicate set of pins on which to fix the measuring
tapes.
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The arms of the instrument are pivoted together in order that they may be
turned so as to cause one arm to lie over the other as shewn at Fig. 2, and they
are cach jointed, the joint of the horizontal arm being at its slot and that of the
vertical arm about its mid length. This arrangement permits of the instrument
being folded up and carried in small compass in the pocket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :--
An instrument for taking the measure in making garments, composed of two
arms of brass, aluminium or other pliable metal, and connected together cross-wise
by a pivot and having a cross-piece adjustable on the vertical arm, in combination
with measuring tapes provided with eyelets for the purpose of attaching the tapes
to fixed pins on the horizontal arm and cross-piece and to a movable pin on the
vertical arm substantially as described.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicant.