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IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO HYDRO-EXTRACTORS USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRYING FULLED CLOTHS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th June 1882. A communication
to him from abroad by Charles Brecheisson, of Elbœuf, in the Republic of
France.
EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co-, Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 40, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO HYDRO-EXTRACTORS USED FOR
THE PURPOSE OF DRYING FULLED CLOTHS [A communication to him from abroad
by Charles Brecheissen, of Elbœuf, in the Republic of France]
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This invention has for its object novel methods of rolling fulled cloths from
which the moisture is removed by machines well-known as hydro-extractors or
centrifugal drying apparatus, so that such cloths are free from the folds or creases
which are generally found in them when prepared in the ordinary way.
By the improved method any system of extraction may be used and may be
operated at any required speed
A hollow tube of suitable diameter is taken of a length equal to the width of
the cloth which is to be rolled upon it. This tube may be of india rubber, leather,
cord, or other sufficiently flexible material, and its surface may be plain or perforated
with holes. This tube is fitted upon a roller of wood or other suitable material
one end of which is fitted with a handle by which it can be turned round in
bearings in which it rests, for the purpose of rolling the cloth upon the outer tube.
When the entire length has been thus rolled, it is withdrawn from the inner roller,
leaving the external tube in the centre of the roll; and in this way the drying can
be perfectly accomplished whilst folds or creases of the cloth are avoided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN KILN FURNACES WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER FURNACES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Sawyer at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd December 1882.
JOSEPH SAWYER of Alma Street Hoxton in the County of Middlesex Engineer
IMPROVEMENTS IN KILN FURNACES WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE
TO OTHER FURNACES
This Invention has for its object to produce, by means of an improved
construction and arrangement of the furnace, a much higher temperature than has
hitherto been attainable thus ensuring the perfect consumption of the various
products of combustion
The following description of my invention applies more particularly to a pottery
kiln furnace-In order to admit a current of air to the fire I construct the front
of the furnace with suitable apertures therein:-Or I fit the same with a perforated
door, and I regulate such air current by an adjustable screen fitted over such
apertures.
The furnace bars are laid obliquely to any suitable incline while in front of the
ash pit beneath, a door is fitted by opening or closing which the draught of the
furnace is regulated
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Immediately under the ash pit I construct a suitable flue which conducts the air
to the back of the fire while at the rear of the bars I construct a bridge or stop
having suitable openings formed therein the number and size of which are
regulated by the size of the furnace:-Or I may form an arch either in lieu of, or
in combination with such bridge. In order to induce a downward current of air
through the before mentioned openings I form suitable air passages on each side
of the furnace which conduct the air to such openings and I regulate the air
currents thus produced by fitting such air passages with slides or valves or other
suitable equivalents.
In the upper part of the front of the furnace I form a suitable feed hole fitted
with a sliding or other door through which the fuel can be fed as required while
at a convenient distance behind the furnace front I fix a stop or other equivalent
device in order to prevent the fuel descending too rapidly and so choking the fire
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page_text: For the purpose of accurately ascertaining the heat of the kiln I form, above the
feed ho'e an opening leading from the front of the furnace into the main or bag
flue of the kiln and fit it with a covering of talc or other fire proof material and by
looking through this opening the heat of the kiln can be read ly discovered
This improved construction and arrangement of furnace can with suitable
modifications be readily adapted to steam boiler and other furnaces
A NEW SYSTEM AND MEANS OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Salustiano Puente at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th September 1882.
SALUSTIANO PUENTE residing at 39 Abingdon Villas Kensington in the County
of Middlesex "A NEW SYSTEM AND MEANS OF ADVERTISING
"
In this system of advertising it is proposed to exhibit emblematical typical or
allegorical advertisements upon smooth walls which may be plastered in the
ordinary way, but which preferably are covered with Portland or Roman cement
or asphalt in order to make them water tight or at least free from damp.
The walls are to be divided into panels, ovals, arches or any other geometrical
figures that may suit the locality, or the taste of the artist, these panels, ovals
arches or other figures are to be painted in bright colours with good paint to form.
the grounds the various colourings of which can be varied according to taste.
Each panel or division is to be filled in with an emblematical typical or allegorical
advertisement in which besides the letters describing the kind of trade, business or
thing offered for sale, an allegoric or emblematic figure or painting is introduced
representing the object aimed at.
It is calculated that by this system of advertising, a higher style of artistic
designs and coloring will be produced than any that have been used hitherto for
such purpose.
Although uniformity in the vertical and horizontal lines should be maintained
as a rule in the panels, ovals, circles, squares and all other geometrical figures that
may be used for the outlines, perfect liberty will be left for the artist to exercise
his taste by introducing original designs and coloring whether of a grotesque or
serious nature.
Walls in railway stations whether under cover or not, so painted under a certain
plan are, doubtless likely to present an agreeable appearance to the eye-a specie
of open air gallery representing the sort or kind of business or amusements that
are prevailing.
The said paintings are to be highly varnished in order to preserve them as much
as possible from the action of the atmosphere and also so that they can be from
time to time washed and cleaned they will therefore present a better appearance
than the ordinary paper boards or cloth advertisements pasted upon boards which
are placed without any system and are as a rule hideous in design and inartistic,
not to say barbarous in coloring.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR LIFTING BARRELLED BEER OR OTHER MALT LIQUOR OR OTHER LIQUIDS ABOVE THEIR LEVEL AND WHEREBY THE QUALITY AND APPEARANCE OF SUCH LIQUOR ARE IMPROVED
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Whittaker Wood and William
Whitaker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st July
1882.
WHITTAKER WOOD and WILLIAM WHITAKER both of Burnley in the County
of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR LIFTING BARRELLED BEER
OR OTHER MALT LIQUOR OR OTHER LIQUIDS ABOVE THEIR LEVEL AND WHEREBY
THE QUALITY AND APPEARANCE OF SUCH LIQUOR ARE IMPROVED
•
This Invention has for its object an improved method of raising or lifting beer
or other malt liquor or other liquids, say for instance for supplying a bar from a
cellar below, and whereby such malt liquor is improved and rendered more
sparkling in appearance and all venting of the barrel is dispensed with.
In carrying out our invention we employ an enclosed metallic vessel of sufficient
strength, into which we pump air or other suitable gas and thus obtain a reservoir
of compressed fluid at a high degree of tension.
We connect this reservoir by means of a pipe at or near the top of the reservoir
to the top of each of the barrels from which we require to raise the contents and
we interpose between such reservoir and barrels a stop-cock which by means of a
weighted lever and suitable bell-crank levers connected together by a wire or cord
can be opened by the attendant at the bar by preference by putting his foot on
to the top of a rod which projects slightly above the floor and is connected at its
lower extremity to one of the bell-crank levers. In this manner a portion of the
pressure contained within the reservoir, proportioned to the height of the bar above
the stillages is permitted to escape past the stop-cock and to exercise itself upon
the contents of the barrels-this reduced pressure being indicated in the bar by a
pressure gauge. When the required pressure is reached the attendant simply
removes his foot from the rod when the stop-cock closes itself self-actingly-and
the pressure will be found sufficient for drawing off several glasses of liquor when the
pressure becoming reduced the same operation is repeated. In order to prolong
the period betwixt which the attendant has to put on extra pressure upon the
barrels an air-vessel may be employed any-where along the length of pipe
connecting the reservoir and the said barrels and to avoid the possibility of too

page_text: great a pressure being brought to bear upon the barrels a safety valve is placed
upon or near the outlet end of the stop-cock.
Instead of using a stop-cock it will be apparent that a reducing valve might be
employed to draw off the, reduced pressure self-actingly from the reservoir, but
this we should consider to be a modification of our invention-and where a cistern
of water or town's pressure of water. is found sufficient, instead of pumping the
air, we compress the air contained within the reservoir by permitting the water
pressure to enter such reservoir at the bottom.
IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH LAMPS OR OTHER BURNERS FOR ILLUMINATING AND HEATING PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Henry Robinson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd November 1882.
ARTHUR HENRY ROBINSON of 4 Clyde Road in the County of the City of
Dublin "IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS TO BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH
LAMPS OR OTHER BURNERS FOR ILLUMINATING AND HEATING PURPOSES."
My Invention relates principally to means for increasing by an inexpensive and
simple means the brilliancy or illuminating power of the Gas or Oil or other fuel
consumed in Lamps or Burners or for effecting a proportionate saving of the Gas
or Oil or other fuel used And also for utilising with greater effect than has hitherto
been done by Lamps and Burners of ordinary class, the heat produced by such
means.
According to one method of carrying out my said Invention I employ a cap or
cover of metallic or other suitable material which I place upon the chimney of
the Lamp or burner the said cap or cover being constructed so as to grip the
chimney glass and remain in any fixed position which may be adjusted according
to circumstances and the amount of light required, the said cap or cover is close
fitting and closed at the top but provided with a side opening which is capable of
being enlarged or diminished at pleasure; by this means the air and the gas
supplied become highly heated together and a more brilliant and luminous light is
obtained and the heat so derived may be availed of for many useful purposes such
as boiling or heating.
According to another arrangement I may employ a cap or cover provided with
a tubular opening at the top side in lieu of the side opening before referred to or
I may use the side opening and a suitable top or crown opening also.
All the openings are capable of adjustment so as to suit the quantity of air and
gas passing and the amount of light required at any particular time.
According to another method in lieu of the cap or cover before referred to, a
glass topped chimney may be used a suitable opening being likewise provided in it
in the shape of an adjustable door or valve or doors or valves to regulate the
amount of combustion to be let off and the amount of light or heat to be produced
or to effect a proportionate saving in the fluid being consumed.

page_text: A graduated scale may be affixed to the chimney showing the amount of opening
required in each particular case and the chimnies may be of suitable lengths and
be provided with a suitable receptacle for holding a boiler or heater. In somo
cases I propose attaching a shade of a peculiar shape to the lamp or burner one
half of which shall screen or protect the eyes from a strong light or glare and at
the same time reflect it on the book or other desired object and also direct or
diffuse it over any one particular side of the room or place desired this shade may
be turned round to any side of the lamp or burner it will be mounted in the
ordinary way
IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES, LINKS, AND SHIRT STUDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Atherton Bernard Furlong at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th August 1882.
ATHERTON BERNARD FURLONG of Great Russell Street in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLITAIRES, LINKS, AND SHIRT STUDS
"
To the back of the disk of the solitaire, or stud I attach a piece of any suitable
metal formed of two standards terminating in an arc, or bridge at the other end.
In this are or bridge is a hole through which a T shaped pillar, or pin, of suitable
length, is passed, and the centre of said arc or bridge is notched and grooved for the
Around said pillar or pin I provide a coiled spring
purposes hereinafter described.
extending from the inner side of the arc or bridge to a nut or washer at the end of
the aforesaid pin. By turning said pin the top thereof outside the arc or bridge of
the pillar can be made to lie in the groove outside of said are or bridge or to lie
securely in the notch therein when transeversly turned. When flat the aforesaid
piece and pillar or pin can be easily passed through a wrist-cuff or shirt-front as
they form a wedge like device, and by turning said pin or pillar in the opposite
direction, can be held securely by the action of the coiled spring in the required
position in the cuff or shirt-front.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS OR FRAMES FOR LIQUOR AND OTHER BOTTLES AND VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Pembrook and
John Dingley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th
November 1882.
CHARLES PEMBROOK and JOHN DINGLEY both of Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Electro Plate Manufacturers and Co-partners "IMPROVEMENTS IN STANDS
OR FRAMES FOR LIQUOR AND OTHER BOTTLES AND VESSELS
"
Our invention has reference to stands or frames for liquor and other bottles and
vessels of the kind called lock up stands or frames and consists of the improvements
hereinafter described in the said stands or frames whereby great simplicity and
efficiency in the action of the said stands or frames are secured.
We will describe our invention as applied to a stand for liquor bottles.
We make the fixed part of the stand of a base having at its ends uprights
connected at top by a horizontal bar having a handle for carrying the stand The
bottles are carried in a tray supported a short distance above the base of the
stand. This tray has vertical ends carrying at top a framing by which the bottles
are separated and kept in position. The tray described with its vertical ends and
framing fits within the fixed part of the stand being connected thereto by a pin or
pivot near the bottom of each of its ends engaging in holes in the fixed uprights
of the stand. The tray thus supported is capable of oscillating through a small
angle upon the said pins or pivots a stop being employed to limit the range of
motion of the tray. This stop consists of a fixed projection on one of the vertical
ends of the tray engaging in a recess in one of the uprights of the fixed part of the
stand. In the said recess is a lock having a spring bolt the said bolt being vertical
and pressing on the underside of the stop. In the middle of the end of the lock
bolt is a notch or depression and when the tray carrying the bottles is in its normal
or upright position the notch is under the stop and the bolt springing upwards the
stop engages in the said notch and the tray is locked in its upright position.
When the tray is in this position the stoppers of the bottles are immediately under
the horizontal bar at the top of the fixed stand and the said stoppers cannot be
removed. In order to be able to remove the stoppers from the bottles and the bottles
from the tray the tray must be turned on its pivots so as to incline the bottles and
bring their stoppers from under the horizontal bar. To effect this motion of the

page_text: tray the key of the lock is passed through a key hole in the upright of the stand
into the lock and turned. The bolt is thereby withdrawn from the stop and the
tray takes its inclined position or may be placed in its inclined position and the
bottles and their stoppers liberated. On restoring the normal or vertical position
of the bottles the bolt of the lock again snaps upon the stop and fixes the tray and 5
bottles in their normal position.
APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PISTONS FROM PISTON RODS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Tobin at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th March 1882.
JOHN TOBIN of Brunswick Road Poplar in the County of Middlesex
APPARATUS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PISTONS FROM PISTON RODS
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" IMPROVED
The object of my invention is to facilitate the removal of steam engine pistons
from their rods without causing damage to the end of the piston rods or cylinders;
the apparatus can be used either in the steam cylinder or in the workshop It is
specially advantageous on board steamers for extracting the pistons without the
removal of the piston rods.
The apparatus consists of a sling bolt or set screw and shackle which is fitted in
a nut which envelopes the end of the piston rod and is attached to the piston by
means of a flange and set screws or otherwise.
By turning the sling bolt the piston is drawn off the rod and may be lifted
either by hand or crane power and drawn from the rod without any hammering or
knocking on the rod.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO ROAD VEHICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th April 1882. _ A communication from
abroad by Denis Meurisse, of Marly-les-Valenciennes, France
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO ROAD VEHICLES A communication from abroad by Denis Meurisse, of Marly-lcs-
Valenciennes, France
This invention relates to fore-carriages of road vehicles and has for its object to
increase their durability by making them of steel cast in one piece shaped as
follows: The front portion of the fore-carriage forms a closed figure resembling the
letter D with the straight line turned to front, while the rear part has roughly
the shape of a horse shoe, with its opening towards the back and its curve turned
towards the pivot which is placed between the front and the rear portion of the
whole piece To the centre of the front portion (the straight line of the letter D)
is cast a sleeve to receive the shaft of the vehicle, while right and left of it are
lugs or hinges for attaching the traces. To the four curved arms around the
pivot of the fore-carriage are cast four eyelets for the circular guide, and to the
ends of the rear arms, (the sides of the horseshoe) four eyelets for connecting
the springa.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARETTE PAPERS OR WRAPPERS.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alfred George Goodes of Newgate Street in the City of
London, Cigar and Tobacco Manufacturer for an invention of AN IMPROVEMENT
LETTERS PATENT to Alfred George Goodes of Newgate Street in the City of
London, Cigar and Tobacco Manufacturer for an invention of AN IMPROVEMENT
IN CIGARETTE PAPERS OR WRAPPERS
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alfred George Goodes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th March 1882.
ALFRED GEORGE GOODES of Newgate Street in the City of London, Cigar and
Tobacco Manufacturer, "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CIGARETTE PAPERS OR WRAPPERS."
My Invention relates to an improvement in cigarette papers or wrappers, and it
has for its object to render the paper or wrapper waterproof and non-adherent and
thus prevent the moistening of the tobacco the tearing of the paper and injury to
the lips of the smoker
It has before been attempted to endue cigarette papers with waterproof and non-
adhesive qualities, but one great difficulty has been to find a material that will
have this effect without at same time spoiling the appearance of the cigarette or
being disagreeable to the smoker. For example, wax and other fatty matters have
been tried but they impart a disagreeable flavor to the cigarette and a greasy odor
is emitted when the cigarette is consumed down to the mouth piece.
My object is to avoid the objections incidental to the materials hitherto used,
and after experiments I have found that a soluble silicate in combination with
albumen and a suitable coloring matter (preferably the white and yolk of egg
beaten up together in suitable proportions, or the white and yolk separately)
renders the paper perfectly waterproof, hard and firm and imparts a clear
transparent glazed apperance with the desired amber like color. I employ by
preference silicate of potash (prepared by fusing together sand, carbonate of potash
and a little charcoal and dissolving the fused mass when cold in hot water)
commonly known as "water glass."
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page_text: In carrying out my Invention I prefer to apply to one or both sides of the paper
or wrapper at the end which is to form the mouthpiece, a coating or layer
composed of a mixture of albumen and a suitable yellow coloring matter, and by
preference the white and yolk of egg beaten up together in suitable proportions
according to the color desired (or the white and yolk may be used separately) and
when dry a coating of silicate, preferably silicate of potash. When dry this
coating forms an effectual preventitive against adherence to the lips, tearing and
moistening of the paper, and other incidental objections and is much superior both
in appearance and effect to the greased paper heretofore used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Hall Wharton and Frederick
Farrar at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th March
1882.
THOMAS HALL WHARTON and FREDERICK FARRAR both of Bradford in the
County of York Machine Wool Combers IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
The object of our invention is to arrange "Noble's" and other circular combing
machines requiring brushes for pressing the fibre between the teeth of circular combs
in such manner that the machine can be run at a quicker speed with steadier motion
and manipulate more weight of fibre in a given time than can be accomplished by
machines constructed as hitherto.
We accomplish our object by dispensing with the "dabbing brushes" commonly
used for pressing the fibre between the teeth of the combs and to substitute in lieu
thereof circular brushes which are actuated by means of gearing in connection with
the small circles of a "Noble's" comb. These circular brushes are mounted on to
a horizontal shaft and the brush revolves vertically over the pins of the comb at a
speed proportionate to that at which the combs are revolving pressing the fibre
between the teeth of the circular combs thereby dispensing with the upward and
downward motion of the ordinary dabbing brushes, the weight of which and the
quick speed at which they are required to work cause the whole machine to
vibrate.
By the substitution of our improved dabbing or pressing brushes the machine
can be run at a much quicker speed thereby manipulating more fibre in a given
time proportionate to the increase of speed at which the machine is run
A NEW OR IMPROVED ELECTRICAL SWITCH FOR ELECTRICAL LAMPS AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Willian Bayley at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th October 1882.
GEORGE WILLIAM BAYLEY of the firm of Bayley Brothers of Walsall in the
County of Stafford Metal Workers "A NEW OR IMPROVED ELECTRICAL SWITCH
FOR ELECTRICAL LAMPS AND OTHER PURPOSES
"
My invention consists of an electrical switch constructed in the manner herein-
after described which said switch is especially suited to be used in connection with
electrical lamps but may also be used for closing and breaking an electrical circuit
for other purposes.
Upon a base of insulite or other non conductor of electricity I fix two metallic
uprights or chairs to support a metallic axis or spindle. The bearing holes in the
said chairs through which the spindle passes are elliptical to permit of the spindle
being pressed upwards or from the base by means of a spring or springs fixed
under the spindle. At the middle of the spindle is a leaf or projection and over the
said leaf or projection on the spindle is a metallic bridge fixed to the base. One of
the electrical conductors is fixed by a screw to the said bridge and the other to one
of the uprights or chairs. One end of the spindle is provided with an insulated
handle by which it can be turned through a quadrant to effect the breaking and
completion of the electrical circuit.
The action of the switch is as follows:-When the handle of the spindle is turned
so as to bring the leaf or projection at the middle of the spindle in contact with the
bridge the electrical circuit is closed and the electrical current passes through the
lamp or lamps or other apparatus with which the switch is connected. The spring
or springs described secure an efficient electrical contact between the leaf on the
spindle and the bridge. When the handle is turned so as to move the leaf or
projection on the spindle out of contact with the bridge there is no longer metallic
continuity between the bridge and chairs or uprights carrying the spindle and the
electrical current ceases to pass.
Electrical switches made according to my invention are simple in construction
and effective in action and by being made larger or smaller are suitable for any
number of lights or for a single light
A NEW OR IMPROVED HOROLOGICAL CANDLE STICK.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Russell Gubbins and Adam
Thümling at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April
1882.
RICHARD RUSSELL GUBBINS of 17 Park Road New Cross in the County of
Kent and ADAM THUMLING of 52 Frith Street Soho in the County of Middlesex,
Gentlemen, "A NEW OR IMPROVED HOROLOGICAL CANDLE STICK.'
This Invention relates to a now or improved horological candle-stick or stand the
object being by means of a spring plunger acting to raise a candle of given size
and capacity of duration of burning to act through the rising of said spring plunger
following the burning away or consumption of the candle upon a worm or screw
thread to turn around the head of the candle-stick which said head of the candle-
stick carries or consists of a lamp glass figured with dial figuring and its holder,
said dial glass turning also in relation to a fixed index or pointer so as at once to
give a light illuminate the dial glass and indicate the time.
The stand consists of a base plate or block with a vertical tubular portion
having vertical slots therein through which slots project studs fixed to an internal
portion which acts both as the bottom of the candle socket and the plunger, the
said studs on said plunger also pass through a slot in an intermediate sleeve piece
which said slot is of a spiral or archimedcan screw form and said intermediate
sleeve piece is secured at its base by and to a coiled spring.
The action of this spring is to force the plunger by means of the projecting studs
thereof to its highest position in the vertical slots and whilst so doing the spiral
slot in the intermediate sleevo piece passing along the projecting studs and acting
thereupon causes the said piece and with it the dialed glass to turn around.
At the bottom of the vertical slots the metal is cut in an inclined direction and
this throws the studs to one side when the candle is to be placed in its socket and
so acts as a catch to retain the plunger and parts at their lowest position when the
candle is placed in its socket.
The head carrying the gallery for
catches below which catches take into
sleeve piece and engage therewith and
hold them apart.
holding the dialed glass is provided with
slots in a top flange of the intermediate
so the candle acts between the parts to

page_text: When the candle burns away the parts approach each other following its con-
sumption and so the spring is enabled to turn, the intermediate sleeve piece around
and so to elevate the plunger and hold the candle to the position below the head
and in its proper position in relation to the dialed glass during consumption.
A mould candle, with wick of proper size in relation to the mass of wax,
ozokerite or the like for giving the duration of consumption is employed.
The dialed glass is turned in its gallery in relation to the fixed pointer for
adjusting or setting to the hour at which the candle is lighted.
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE "CUT-OFF STEAM ENGINE CYLINDERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Gooder at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd December 1882.
LOUIS GOODER of Wakefield in the County of York, Engineer
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE "CUT-OFF
STEAM ENGINE CYLINDERS
"
" IMPROVE
" IN CONNECTION WITH
This Invention has reference to the cut-off mechanism employed in cutting off or
admitting more or less steam into the cylinders.
My Invention consists in the employment of automatic apparatus for this
purpose, which I construct so sensitive that it will be effective in either.
The apparatus I employ consists of two vertical sliding bars caused to rise
alternately at each revolution of the crank shaft by means of two cams fixed on a
suitable shaft. Hinged to these sliding bars are two vertical levers and in con-
nection with these levers I employ two vertical rods provided at the bottom ends
with arms at right angles to each other and which is actuated in an up and down
direction by means of a suitable arrangement of levers operated by the irregular
motion of the governors. When the governors are running too quickly, the last
mentioned vertical rods are lowered and come into contact with a tongue or swell
formed on the bottom of the vertical levers thereby shortening or lessening the
lateral movement thereof. Instead of using the vertical rods having arms at its
lower end at right angles for acting upon the tongue formed on the vertical lever
another lever in connection with and operated by the governors is employed. On
the top of the vertical lever rests the toe of a bell crank lever which by means of
a rod is connected to an equilibrium valve employed for admitting steam into the
cylinder by which means the bell crank lever is operated more or less as required
and can be adjusted to the greatest nicety.
By the employment of this form of cut off apparatus the engine can be worked
without the nsual slide valve because the steam is admitted at boiler pressure
direct into the cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SEPARATING AND COLLECTING AMMONIACAL AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM BLAST FURNACE GASES AND IN OTHER- WISE TREATING THE SAID GASES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Ferrie at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th July 1882.
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WILLIAM FERRIE, of Chapelhall and Calderbank, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Ironmaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN SEPARATING AND COLLECTING
AMMONIACAL AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM BLAST FURNACE GASES AND IN OTHER-
WISE TREATING THE SAID GASES "
This Invention has for its object to effect the Separation and collection of the
ammoniacal and other contents from Blast Furnace Gases, and when necessary to
recharge the residue of the said Gases with tar and other hydro-carbons from which
some of the Tars and the hydro-carbons have become separated with the ammoniacal
products, so as to restore the heating value of the Gases more or less approximating
to what was their original heating value prior to the said separation.
The Invention is carried into effect by providing on the main, which leads from.
Blast Furnaces to the Blast Heaters, Steam Boilers, Retorts, or other apparatus
which the waste Gases are used for heating, a Series of Scrubbers through which
the Gases pass in the act of having the said products separated from them by the
scrubbing action, and from the last of which Scrubbers the Gases where rich enough
are led on direct to the Stoves, Boilers, Retorts, or other apparatus to be heated
thereby, but in cases where they shall have been so much of the Tars and other
Hydro-carbons separated with the ammonia products as to diminish the heating
power of the residual Gas, then the said Gas is led through one or more chambers
containing Tars or Hydro-carbons such as those of which it has been robbed in a
vapourised state, so that the heating efficiency of the gases is replaced by combining
or mixing with them a portion of such tars or hydro-carbons.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARBURETTING ILLUMINATING GAS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Crozat, of Eastcheap, in the city of London
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARBURETTING ILLUMINATING GAS
AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Crozat at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd August 1882.
CHARLES CROZAT of Eastcheap, in the city of London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARBURETTING ILLUMINATING GAS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
"
This invention relates to the employment for carburetting or enriching illu-
minating gas of such hydrocarbons which being homogeneous practically maintain
a fixed point of ebullition whilst giving off vapour so that the said hydrocarbons
do not become sensibly impoverished as they are used; also to an improved
construction of carburetter for supplying the said hydrocarbons to the gas to be
enriched.
Hitherto in enriching or carburetting gas hydrocarbons have been employed
without regard to their particular properties and as a consequence such hydro-
carbons gave off their vapours at different temperatures so that when employed in
enriching gas, the most volatile of their constituent parts were first given off,
proportionately impoverishing the liquid which gradually becoming less rich the
illuminating power of the gas diminished.
Now I have found that by employing hydrocarbons possessing the abovenamed
property of maintaining a fixed boiling point whilst being used for enriching gas
I obviate the said disadvantages and obtain regularity and steadiness of light
without variation for any required length of time.
A suitable construction of apparatus or carburetter which I have found to
answer well for carrying out my invention consists of a receiver provided with a
Price 2,71

page_text: contrivance for automatically admitting a fresh supply of hydrocarbon to the
carburetter in proportion to the consumption so that the level of the liquid is kept
uniform. The said recipient is provided with a number of wicks arranged to dip
a certain distance into the hydrocarbon, and the gas to be enriched enters the
recipient through a suitably placed orifice. Division plates may if required be
arranged so as to cause the gas to circulate around the wicks.
By this arrangement the wicks dipping into the hydrocarbon will become
saturated therewith and the gas entering the carburetter and passing around the
said wick will become charged with the said hydrocarbon and will pass out to be
⚫consumed.
For burning gas enriched according to my invention I employ two ordinary
burners placed at an angle so that the two flames meet at a point.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAYS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William George Waterhouse Reynolds
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1882.
WILLIAM GEORGE WATERHOUSE REYNOLDS of 22 Upper King Street Leicester
in the County of Leicester, Stay Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN STAYS
"
My improvement consists in the insertion in the body of the stay of a piece of
elastic web, such piece of elastic web being inserted in a vertical position and
extending throughout the whole depth of the stay and forming part of the stay.
The piece of elastic web may be inserted in any convenient part of the stay.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS OR VESSELS FOR TREATING WOOD OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS FOR USE IN PAPER MAKING AND FOR TEXTILE AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1882. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by John Evans at present temporarily residing
at Copenhagen in the Kingdom of Denmark.
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS OR VESSELS FOR TREATING WOOD OR
OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS FOR USE IN PAPER MAKING AND FOR TEXTILE AND
OTHER PURPOSES." A communication to me from abroad by John Evans at
present temporarily residing at Copenhagen in the Kingdom of Denmark.
This Invention relates to Improvements in constructing the Boilers or Vessels in
which wood or other Fibrous materials are treated for reducing them to a condition
suitable for employment in paper making or for textile or other purposes :-
By several processes lately introduced having the above object in view, the wood
or other Fibrous material is acted upon by acid solutions with an Alkaline base,
notably Ekman's process by bi-sulphite of magnesia. Franckes' by bi-sulphite of
Lime or other alkaline base, Misterlichs, Newtons & others, all these processes
involve the employment of lead for lining the Boilers or other vessels that being
the only commercially available metal which will stand the corrosive. action of
solvents composed of Sulphurous or Sulphuric acid or other acid solutions:-
There are practical difficulties attending the use of lead as that metal expands by
heat and does not contract in the like degree consequently the Lead lining has
frequently to be repaired or renewed and this Invention consists in substituting
rubber or rubber compounds such as vulcanite Ebonite or Vulcanised India Rubber
for lining the said boilers or vessels instead of lead, the Rubber or Rubber compound
being attached to the internal shell of the Boiler in sheets or pieces by means of
suitable cement attached by bolts or otherwise or in any other convenient manner
or by moulding or coating the material upon the interior of the vessel as may be
found most convenient. The valves man holes and other attachments may also be
covered or coated by the Rubber or rubber compound
IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Robert Thomson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd August 1882.
JAMES ROBERT THOMSON, of Phoenix, Memnon Works, Buckden, in the County
of Huntingdon, "IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE-SHOES
"
This Invention relates to improvements in horse-shoes, and is chiefly designed
to prevent the injurious concussive effects of the ordinary shoes upon the horses
legs, and to prevent their slipping or sliding on slippery surfaces.
These objects I accomplish by a novel and peculiar combination, with the metal
parts of the shoe, of an india-rubber pad or cushion, which is so formed and
arranged as to afford great elasticity to the tread of the horse and a secure foot-
hold upon the ground.
My Invention is carried into practice as follows, that is to say, the shoe is
constructed in three portions, viz:-first, a part, preferably of steel, which is to be
nailed to the hoof in the ordinary manner and is formed with a rim or flange on
its outer edge; second, a hinged part which is also preferably formed of steel, and
has a groove or channel suitably formed to receive the said rim and enclose the
same when the parts are properly fitted together; third, the india-rubber pad or
cushion which is placed between the two metal parts, and has projections which
extend through holes in the second or outer metal part.
It is obvious that the india-rubber pad placed between the first and second
parts of the shoe, which are united as above described, will be very securely held
in place and will give great clasticity to the shoe; as the india-rubber will be
compressed and permit the metal parts to approach each other, when bearing the
weight of the horse, and, when not under pressure will expand and allow the
plates to resume their normal position. The aforesaid projections on this part of
the shoe will be found very efficient for giving the horse a good foot-hold on
slippery ground and will not obstruct his movements over ordinary good roads.
The hingeing of the outer or second metal part permits the same and the india-
rubber cushion to be readily removed and replaced when worn or injured, but the
part which is nailed to the hoof will be permanent, as it is not subject to wear
and is protected by the other parts from injury. Therefore the injury caused to
the hoof by the frequent nailing required by the use of ordinary shoes, will be
avoided.
If desired, that portion of the shoe which is to be nailed to the hoof may be
hinged in any suitable manner to allow for the growth of the hoof.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Picton Evans at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1882.
CHARLES PICTON EVANS of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Gentleman.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY'
"
This invention consists in photographing the object or person direct on to a
bust or image composed of glass, china earthenware or of papier-maché or similar
substance prepared with a white surface by placing the bust or image within the
camera or photographing apparatus instead of the negative plate, having previously
prepared the bust or image to receive the photograph.
•
The bust or image is held from the top of the camera upon a sliding cover so
that its position can be adjusted and at the same time the camera kept closed, and
an adjusting screw is also attached to the bust or image so as to raise or lower it
in order to set it into the exact position required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING KNIVES SPOONS AND forks
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Hager at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th September 1882.
°
LOUIS HAGER of Solingen ´Germany temporarily of 67 Strand in the City
of Westminster "IMPROVEMENTS IN FOLDING KNIVES SPOONS AND forks."
The improvements consist in pivoting the blade of a knife, or a convenient part
of a fork or spoon, preferably the handle part of these latter, to two half handles or
side pieces in such manner that the knife fork or spoon can be turned and enclosed
by the two half handles and so shut up and held, or the knife fork or spoon can be
withdrawn and be secured in a fixed open position for use and the half handles or
side pieces secured tegether to form one handle-the two half handles or pieces are
furnished with a stud and a socket and the blade of the knife or the fork or spoon.
furnished with a slot or journal on which it works and through which a pivot
passes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-BINDERS FOR PAPERS, PAMPHLETS, MUSIC AND THE LIKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Quinto Basevi at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th July 1882.
CHARLES QUINTO BASEVI of Holborn Viaduct, in the city of London, Agent
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-BINDERS FOR PAPERS, PAMPHLETS, MUSIC AND THE
LIKE
This invention relates to improvements in portfolios or self-adjusting binders
for papers, pamphlets, music and the like whereby such papers or the like may
be easily and quickly bound together in the portfolio and also be easily removed
if required.
In carrying out my improvements I employ a portfolio or case consisting of two
boards or covers connected by a flexible back of leather or the like as usual; to
the edge of one of the boards where it is connected to the back I attach a number
of cords the free ends of the cords being provided with needles the said cords pass
through eyes in corresponding positions on the edge of the other board, which
board is also provided with elastic straps or springs having hooks or the like
which may be hooked on to the free ends of the cords.
By this arrangement the papers, pamphlets, music or the like to be bound or
filed are perforated near the back edges with holes corresponding with the said
cords, and the cords are passed through the said holes and the ends attached to
the elastic straps or springs whereby the two edges of the boards at the back
will be drawn against the papers or the like and the whole will be securely bound
together.
Instead of employing eyes and elastic straps or springs as hereinbefore described
the cords may be passed round hooks instead of through the said eyes, and, the
ends fastened round catches or their equivalents on the board or cover.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUNCHING AND RIVETTING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Dewar Morrison of Gateshead in the County of
Durham, Engineer for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN PUNCHING AND
RIVETTING MACHINES
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Dewar Morrison at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th November 1882.
JOHN DEWAR MORRISON of Gateshead in the County of Durham, Engineer,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PUNCHING AND RIVETTING MACHINES
"
This invention relates to punching and rivetting machines of the kind described
in the specification of Letters Patent N° 3516 dated 30 August 1880 and granted
to Frederick Deering and myself.
According to my present invention I dispense with the guide bar described in
the specification of the patent above referred to as being either fixed in one end of
the stationary cross head, or fixed in the moving cross head, and I construct the
cylinder containing the ram with a prolonged part or extension that formus &
strong guide on which slides a strong arm or leg carrying the punching or rivetting
tool and which corresponds to the moving cross head for that purpose described in
the former specification, and is similarly connected to the ram so that a like direct
and perfectly parallel force is transmitted to the punching or rivetting tool. The
extension of the cylinder which has to take the bending strain when punching or
rivetting may be strengthened by a rib or ribs which in addition to strengthening
it will serve also to keep the moving arm or leg carrying the tool in position.
The moving arm or leg may in some cases be so arranged as to act as a second ram
so that additional power may, if required, be applied to punching or rivetting; the
ram in the fixed cylinder of the machine being still connected as before to the
moving arm or leg as above mentioned.

page_text: The extension of the cylinder may be of the same or a different diameter
according to the strain it has to resist and may be in one with the cylinder proper,
or be a separate piece suitably secured in place.
In a modification of the above described machine in lieu of employing an
extension of the cylinder as a guide the wrought iron or steel rod connected to the 5
ram of the fixed cylinder may be made to extend through the end of the cylinder
BO as to allow the moving arm or leg to travel along it, the diameter of the rod
being such as to resist the bending strain when punching or rivetting.