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VENTILATING SEWER-TRAP
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Moyes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1883.
JOHN MOYES of Pollokshields, in the County of Renfrew, North Britain,
IMPROVED VENTILATING SEWER-TRAP,"
" AN
This Invention, which relates to an improved ventilating sewer-trap, consists in
constructing the part which contains the ventilator and the connection, or coupling,
with the pipes at the interior of houses or other buildings in a piece separate from
the cesspool, as distinguished from such traps hitherto made wherein the ventilating
portion and the cesspool have been constructed together in one piece.-The object
of this construction of ventilating sewer-traps is two-fold.
Firstly, to enable the cesspool and ventilator to be placed in any desired position
relatively with each other so that they can be coupled together by placing in
between them any desired length or lengths of pipe.
Secondly, the object is to enable the coupling or union-piece of the ventilator to
be turned to any desired angle relatively with the cesspool for énabling the con-
nection with the pipes inside the house or other building to be made directly and
without the use of "bends " or their equivalents.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Hughes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1883. Communicated to him by
Richard Williams of New York United States of America
"
[Com-
HUGH HUGHES of 123 Queens Road Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS
municated to him by Richard Williams of New York United States of America]
The invention relates to self closing umbrellas and parasols or sunshades that is
to say to umbrellas parasols or sunshades so constructed with spring ribs or
otherwise in any well known or desired manner as to close and remain closed unless
held open by means of a catch or detent.
The object is to construct or provide such umbrellas with improved mechanical
devices by which the catch or detent may be operated at the desired time with ease
and certainty to allow the umbrella parasol or sunshade to close and yet shall not
be liable to be actuated by inadvertence or accident.
Hitherto the above mentioned devices have been operated at or near the handle
by buttons studs or rings actuated by pressure or by a sliding motion, either of
which presents facilities for accidental operation through extra pressure exerted
through any cause by the holder on the handle.
Now under this invention the devices for operating the catch or detent are so
constructed and arranged that the above disadvantage is avoided. For that purpose
the catch or detent is operated by means of a lever-stud or pull piece situated in
the handle of the umbrella parasol or sunshade and connected by a wire or its
equivalent led through a longitudinal hole, groove or channel in the stick to a lever
situated in the stick near to and connected with the catch or detent.
AN IMPROVED SPRING FOR WATCHES AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest de Pass at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Arvid Henry Elliott, of the City of New York, in the
United States of America, Gentleman,
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68 Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents, AN IMPROVED
SPRING FOR WATCHES AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES, Cominunicated to me from
abroad by Arvid Henry Elliott, of the City of New York, in the United States of
America, Gentleman,
This Invention consists of an improved spring for watches and other similar
purposes, one or both sides of which present convexity in cross section, whereby
when the spring is coiled for use, the friction of the spring is reduced to a
minimum, in consequence of the spring preventing contact in the several coils
thereof, excepting along the central line of the spring.
Watch springs thus inade are more perfect in action in consequence of the slight
friction existing between the several coils of the spring-a result long sought for
but hitherto unattained.
Any suitable process may be adopted in carrying out the invention
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEARS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Ward and Philip Ashberry at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th December 1883.
DAVID WARD and PHILIP ASHBERRY, both of Sheffield in the County of York,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEARS"
Our invention relates to improvements in the construction of shears, and more
particularly to sheep shears and similar shears in which the two blades are
connected by a spring bow; the object of the invention being to allow the blades
to be easily separated one from the other, for the purpose of whetting or
sharpening them, or to replace a damaged blade, or if the original blades do not
prove to be of equal temper, (which would cause the harder blade to damage the
softer one) it enables the shearer to substitute a blade more equal in temper, and
to secure it in the required position with absolute certainty. In carrying our
invention into practice, we make the shear in two parts, the division being
preferably near the centre of the bow, similar to those described in the
specification of Patent N° 3255, 1866. but differing therefrom in not being
permanently secured together. It is found in practice very difficult for unskilled
men, such as sheepshearers, to sharpen the blades of such shears without
separating the blades to such an extent as to destroy the "set," or the proper
relative position of the cutting edges of the blades, and in order to avoid this, we
are aware that shears have been made with the blades arranged to swivel upon
a fixed centre, also that loose blades have been made with shanks to fit into
socketed handles. According to our invention, we make the complete shear in two
parts as before described each part being preferably a facsimile of the other, and
the parts of the bow that form the joint are provided with indentations and
corresponding projections, or other equivalent means of locking the parts together,
but always in such a manner that they can be readily separated, and replaced.
We form such indentations and projections preferably by stamping the parts in he
and she dies, so that when put together, one part will fit accurately into the other,
and when finally secured by means of a screw and nut or its equivalent, the blades
will be firmly secured in the desired relative position, one to the other.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE FUEL AND FIRE LIGHTERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Jacques Cayé at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1883.
LOUIS JACQUES CAYÉ of rue Saint Mandé N° 45 Montreuil in the Republic of
France "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PORTABLE FUEL AND FIRE
LIGHTERS
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of portable
fuel and fire lighters.
I tako finely divided absorbent combustible material such as saw dust and I
thoroughly mix it with gum glue paste or liko adhesivo material. I then mould
the mixture into pieces of convenient shape and size which I thoroughly dry I take
also a solid material of a fatty nature such as paraffin stearino suet crude wax or
the like, I melt this fatty material by the application of heat and then immerso
therein the dry moulded pieces previously prepared and I allow them to become.
saturated with the fatty mattor. When thoroughly saturated they are taken out
of the fat and cooled and are then ready for use.
Portable fuel made in the manner described may often bo employed with great
economy convenience and advantage in lieu of spirits of wine where that fuel is
now employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WILLOWS TEAZERS OR SHAKERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Haigh at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th September 1883.
JOHN HAIGH of Huddersfield in the County of York of the firm of Messieurs
John Haigh and Sons of Huddersfield aforesaid Machine Makers and Ironfounders.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WILLOWS TEAZERS OR SHAKERS."
The object of this Invention is by the use of improved construction and
arrangements of parts to secure a greatly increased grate surface thereby to
facilitate the removal of dust and dirt from the fibre-to adjust and dertermino
at will the time or period of delivery of fibre from the machine. to secure delivery
direct from machine into sheets or other receptacle and to free the machine
absolutely from element of danger to the attendant
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"
In machines as aforesaid I continue the grate to the upper part of the machine
forming a cage for the fibre The delivery door also the apron or lattico being
constructed over or above the feed platform or lattice so that when the fibre is
delivered it inay pass direct into a sheet or other receptacle and as the direction of
traverse of the apron or lattice may be reversed at will the delivery of fibre may
be at either side of the machine as most convenient The
of the
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wheel I dispense with and provide in the rim of the said wheel holes or slots
which receive sheets carrying antifriction runners or pulleys and the number of
these may be varied or changed at will so as to insure the opening at the door and
delivery of fibres of time as desired the fibre as being exposed to the action of the
machine according to the nature or difficulty or removal of impurities therefrom
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th August 1883. A communication
from George Kelly, a citizen of the United States and resident of Chicago,
in the county of Cook and state of Illinois, Mechanical Engineer.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the county of Middlesex,
Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN RUNNING GEAR FOR VEHICLES "[a communication
from George Kelly, a citizen of the United States and resident of Chicago, in the
county of Couk and state of Illinois, Mechanical Engineer]
This invention relates to an improvemed [sic] means for preventing the springing
or breakage of vehicle axles.
And has for its objects.
First, to provide an attachment for vehicle axles by the employment whereof
the axle is braced and strengthened and liability to breakage in use is overcome.
Second, to prevent the wheel from leaving the axle in cases where the holding
or axle nut has been accidentally detached
A shaft or bracket is secured to the axle or other suitable part of the vehicle
and carries at its outer ends wheels or rollers having bearing against the wheel
hub as shown. These wheels or rollers may be arranged in a vertical or in a
horizontal plane; in the latter case the wheels or rollers will have bearing against
a flange, of the hub, and if desired the lower surface of such wheels or rollers may
be made cone shaped and have bearing also upon the hub part proper. Either or
both of these modes may be employed as found most desirable or convenient
without departing from the spirit of this invention.
The shaft or bracket may be a shaft extending from hub to hub of the vehicle
or may be in the form of a bracket.
Secured to the axle other special forms of this shaft or bracket can be used
depending upon the particular form or style of vehicle to which this improvement
is applied
1 is preferred that the rollers or wheels be formed with a circumferential groove
so as to travel on a muised circumferential track, on the hub this track may be
formed integral with the hub, when such hub is made of metal or the track may
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page_text: be made in sections and secured in place by screws or other equivalent means.
The main object of this construction is to furnish means for holding the wheel in
place upon the axle, when from any accidental cause the holding or axle nut or
lynch pin becomes detached.
In applying this improvement it may be arranged either at the upper or under
side of the hub or at both, as may be found most desirable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF " DOOR FURNITURE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Vernon Bailey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th April 1883.
EDWARD VERNON BAILEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS OF
"
DOOR FURNITURE
"
My improvements relate more particularly to the manufacture of what is known
in the brass foundry trade, as Mace's or similar furniture in which the rose and
collar for connecting the knob to the door are cast from brass or other suitable
metal-and consist in producing such roses and collars from sheet metal
In carrying my invention into effect. I cut out by suitable press tools a disc of
metal and raise it into the necessary or desired shape; after which I pierce it in
the centre. thereby forming the rose.-To forin the collar I cut off from drawn
tubing, of a convenient diameter, a length sufficient for the purpose; and I connect
one end of the said collar to the rose, by rolling in, turning over, or any other
convenient way, firmly securing the same to the inside of the rose-In some cases
when desirable or convenient, I purpose raising the said rose and collar entirely
out of one piece of metal
By these improvements I am enabled to produce roses and collars for knobs of
door furniture. much lighter with increased strength, and at less cost than those
produced in the ordinary way by casting
IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERING MEDIA
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Cross and George I. J. Wells
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1883.
JAMES CROSS and GEORGE I. J. WELLS of Widnes in the County of Lancaster
Chemical Manufacture[r]s, IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERING MEDIA
This invention consists in the use of Peat as a filtering medium particularly
applicable to the separation of solid particles from Metallic, certain corrosive and
other liquors.
The Peat of a suitable thickness is placed upon a false bottom of a tank or
vessel formed of perforated plates strips of wood, metal, wire work or other suitable
material determined by the nature of the liquor to be filtered and through which
the filtrate may freely flow after passing through the Peat.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE FOCUS OF LENSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Marlow at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1883.
EDWARD MARLOW of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Glass and Lead
Merchant "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE FOCUS OF LENSES"
This Invention has for its object an improved means of adjusting the focus of
microscopes telescopes Field and Opera glasses, Photographic, Magic Lantern, and
other lenses. And this is effected by taking two of the ordinary cases or tubes for
holding the lenses and cutting through the face of the outer tube a spiral groove
and having upon the face of the inner tube a pin or projection working within this
groove, so that the act of withdrawing the one tube from within the other causes
the pin or projection to travel along the groove and hold the tubes in any required
relative position To assist in making the action of the two tubes work smoothly
the outer case or tube is lined with velvet or other soft material. If desired the
groove may be on the inner case or tube and the pin on the outer case.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS [FOR] BEATING CARPETS At one
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen Child at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th September 1883.
STEPHEN CHILD, of N° 40 Caledonian Road, Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Builder, IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS [FOR] BEATING CARPETS
At one
This Machine consists of a Roller fixed horizontally on a Stage over and parallel
with which is suspended on centres a Rocker having cane rods or beaters fixed on
its under-edge and hanging perpendicularly in front of the Roller and of an elastic
Bed so placed as to reach from the Roller to the ground below the stage.
end of the Rocker, near the under-edge, is a Spindle or Shaft, with flywheel, Strop
pulley and lever attached thereto, such lever being so placed as, at every revolution
of the flywheel, each end comes in contact with the Rocker thereby lifting it
and the cane beaters to an horizontal position and allowing it immediately to fall,
which fall is accelerated by an India Rubber Spring fixed to the under-edge of
the Rocker.
3. The carpet to be beaten is placed over the Roller by a workman standing on
the Stage and hangs down immediately in front of the elastic bed. A driving belt
connects the pulley with the motive power (which may be manual, horse or steam).
As the pulley revolves, the flywheel revolves and the lever lifts Rocker, the Rocker
then immediately falls and the cane beaters strike the Carpet with great force.
The Carpet is gradually drawn back again over the Roller, by the workman on the
Stage as it is sufficiently beaten.
The apartment in which the Carpet hangs, whilst being beaten, is enclosed up to
the top of Roller and owing to the pressure of atmospheric air from the aperture
through which the Carpet is hung, no dust escapes into the room where the work-
man stands.
4. The Lever, Rocker, Cane Beaters and Elastic Bed are new Inventions; the
rest of the Machine consists of adaptations of existing inventions.
MENT IN PRINTING MUSIC."
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John William Coates at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1883.
JOHN WILLIAM COATES, of Fann Street, in the City of London
MENT IN PRINTING MUSIC."
"AN IMPROVE-
My Invention relates to an improvement in printing music whereby the
composing, learning, and reading of vocal and instrumental music is greatly
facilitated.
"
For
My Invention consists in printing a chromatic stave for music wherein every
semitone of the octave is represented by a distinct line or space on the stave.
the sake of clearness I assimilate the stave to the keyboard of a pianoforte or
organ, the position of every black key being represented by a thick black line,
whose length may or may not be proportional to that of the key, and the position
of every white note by a white space, the spaces where they adjoin being separated
by thinner lines or otherwise. Thus, the pitch or tone of each note is, by my
Invention, invariably represented upon a given line or space of a stave representing
the entire chromatic scale, instead of being represented on a stave bearing only an
arbitrary relation to the notes of the scale. I thus dispense with the use of
signatures" to indicate the key, or "accidentals" to modify it, and of ledger lines
for the notes beyond the limits of the ordinary stave and thus avoid some of the
greatest difficulties in the way of learning, reading and composing music, by
reducing to one single method the five different ways in which any given semitone
of the octave may be printed by the ordinary system. The characters representing
the different notes are placed on these lines and spaces in the usual way, and the
different values of notes may be represented by characters of the usual forms.
The treble and bass staves may be distinguished in various ways, for instance by
clefs, by barring only the portions corresponding to the ordinary staves by stopping
certain of the lines, or by employing a tinted or shaded ground or bands, or by any
modification or combination of any or all of these methods.
I prefer to engrave the stave on a separate plate distinguishing the different
octaves or portions of the stave by a stippled or other engraved ground in the form
of bands or otherwise, the characters representing the notes being engraved alone
upon a separate plate and the impressions of the two combined for subsequent
printing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE PREPARATION OF BAGS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MUNGO, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Buckle at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th November 1883.
RICHARD BUCKLE, of Hirst Mill, Shipley, in the County of York. Extractor and
Merino Maker, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE
PREPARATION OF BAGS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF MUNGO, AND OTHER PURPOSES,"
In the manufacture of Mungo from old rags for the most part composed of old
garments with linings and seams which it is necessary to remove previous to going
to the machines, hitherto have been removed and cut up into strips by hand labour
and shears; my object is to arrange a mechanical appliance by which the rags can
be more expeditiously cut up and better prepared for the manufacture of Mungo
which I accomplish in the following manner :-
I mount a shaft in journals secured to the underside of a table and to the shaft
is fitted a circular knife which is driven from the shafting in the mill at a high
speed. The rags are sorted and the part to be cut pressed against the revolving
knife, which cut the same into strips of the required width more expeditiously and
at much less cost than by the method hitherto in common use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DRIVING GEAR OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES AND SUCH LIKE VEHICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Hurrell Froude and John
Jenner at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January
1883.
RICHARD HURRELL FROUDE of Courtland Terrace, Kensington in the county
of Middlesex and JOHN JENNER of King Street, Kensington in the county of
Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DRIVING GEAR OF BICYCLES, TRICYCLES
AND SUCH LIKE VEHICLES "
68
Our invention relates to the driving gear or mechanism of Bicycles, Tricycles
and such like vehicles. We employ treadles which are connected to the driving
axle or to a counter shaft connected thereto, by a peculiar ratchet arrangement
such that the treadle, when depressed, gives movement to the driving wheel, but
when it rises it is free therefrom. One form of this ratchet arrangement for a
Bicycle is as follows. From the fork of the driving wheel on each side a spring or
pivotted link extends backwards and downwards and to this link is pivotted the
treadle lever which has its front arm made as a ratchet toothed segment presented
towards a ratchet toothed wheel on the driving axle. When the treadle is depressed
the teeth of the segment are caused to engage with those of the wheel driving it,
but when the treadle rises the teeth are disengaged by a spring. The teeth of the
segment may be separate spring pawls which engage with the teeth of the pinion
in the one direction but escape them in the back stroke. According to another
arrangement, a pulley is fitted on the driving axle with a pawl or friction clutch,
and this pulley is connected by flexible straps to a segment on the arm of the
treadle lever, which whether it rises or descends, causes the pulley to turn, but it
is only during the descent of the treadle that the pulley drives the axle. The
pulley may be connected to the segment by a single flexible strap, a volute or
other spring applied to the pulley causing the back stroke of the treadle.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF TOBACCO PIPES CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry de Montfort Wellborne at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st July 1883.
HARRY DE MONTFORT WELLBORNE of No 4, Mecklenburgh Street, Mecklenburgh
Square in the County of Middlesex and of St. John's College Oxford Gentleman
THE IMPROVEMENT OF TOBACCO PIPES CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS.
The improvement consists of an inner tube made of glass or any other material
having one end larger than the other. Within this enlarged part is placed a
portion of cotton wool or any other absorbing material, which absorbs all the
nicotine or foul matter which generally passes into the mouth, or clogs the pipe.
The pipe itself is of any shape or material and is divided in the stem so as to form
two pieces which are fitted together by a screw or other means, so as to be easily
taken to pieces.
The glass tube containing the absorbing material lies inside the mouthpiece end
of the stem, which is formed to contain the aforesaid tube, and extends from the
mouthpiece to the joint of the pipe; so that on unfastening the pipe at the joint,
the tube, the large end of which protrudes slightly into the bowl end of the
stem, is easily taken out and cleaned; and if necessary, the absorbing material
renewed.
By this improvement the pipe is always kept cool and clean by preventing the
possibility of any nicotine or offensive matter passing into the mouth. And more-
over, the inner tube being preferably made of clear glass can be visibly cleaned;
thus forming as it were a perfectly new tube.
The same improvement can be applied to cigar and cigarette holders.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING CORKS, EITHER CONED OR CYLINDRICAL
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hix at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th March 1883.
JAMES HIX of 8 Station Road Battersea, in the county of Surrey, Engineer.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING CORKS, EITHER CONED OR
CYLINDRICAL
I construct my machine with a bed plate of iron or other suitable material,
carrying a hollow spindle on two or more bearings at one end, on which is a
pulley to drive the said spindle which carries at its extremity a cutting tool. I
fit on the bed plate pieces of metal to guide the pieces of Cork to be operated on,
the centre of the guide being parallel with the cutting tool. I fasten to the cutting
tool or to the hollow spindle, revolving knives to cut up the debris of the cork in
order to decrease the friction on the cutting tool. The pieces of cork of the requisite
dimensions, are placed in the guide and are fed to the cutting tool automatically or
otherwise, by an apparatus working in the guide, and actuated on by a screw,
situated under neath the machine, this apparatus is constructed that it can-be
stopped and placed in any position in the guide if required without stopping the
feed screw,
it also stops automatically at the end of the feed. To the centre of the
guide I fasten a head-piece with rollers working under a spring, in order to avoid
the corks bulging up by pressure of the feeding apparatus. Attached to the cutting
tool by means of a bearing is a circular piece of metal or ring, this ring works
automatically up & down the cutting tool when cutting coned corks, it is actuated
on similar to the feeding apparatus and preferably by the same screw.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR SECURING INDIA-RUBBER FROGS TO THE LEATHER SOLES OF HORSE-SHOE PADS APPLICABLE ALSO TO CLAMPING OR SECURING INDIA-RUBBER OR OTHER MOULDED ARTICLES TO OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Lewty at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October 1883.
ROBERT LEWTY of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR SECURING INDIA-RUBBER FROGS TO THE LEATHER SOLES OF
HORSE-SHOE PADS APPLICABLE ALSO TO CLAMPING OR SECURING INDIA-RUBBER OR
OTHER MOULDED ARTICLES TO OTHER MATERIALS
"
This invention refers first to that class of india-rubber frog which has hitherto
been secured to the leather sole of horse-shoe pads by means of cement or by
outside rivets and consists in securing the same by mechanical means and in such a
manner as to be perfectly flush with the surface of the leather sole.
In carrying out my invention I employ one, two, or more female screw sockets
with enlarged square heads which are imbedded in the india-rubber by being
introduced into the mould in course of moulding the frog-the screwed shank being
the only part projecting
I prefer to place a piece of canvas or other woven material under and around
the head of the socket to prevent any tendency to cut its way through the india-
rubber.
To secure this frog to the leather sole it is only necessary to employ screws
passing through the leather and the heads of which are countersunk so as to be
flush with the surface of the leather
Instead of employing screw sockets it will be apparent that the screw itself may
be moulded or secured in the india-rubber in the same manner or a rivet could be
similarly employed. This improved method of securing the female socket or its
equivalent in position is also applicable for securing india-rubber or other moulded
articles to other materials for instance soles and heels of boots and shoes and for
other analogous purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES TRICYCLES AND LIKE VEHICLES, ALSO IN WHEELS FOR THE SAME AND IN MEANS TO FACILITATE THEIR MOTION ROUND OR OVER CURVES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Allix at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th March 1883.
GEORGE ALLIX of 72 Walker Street, Limehouse in the County of Middlesex
Engineer and Shipwright IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES TRICYCLES AND LIKE
VEHICLES, ALSO IN WHEELS FOR THE SAME AND IN MEANS TO FACILITATE THEIR
MOTION ROUND OR OVER CURVES
"
'
This Invention relates to certain improvements in vehicles whereby they can be
the better balanced and made to accomodate the rider in a more easy manner than
at present.
It also relates to a method of constructing the wheels that by means of a jointed
supplementary tire to lay its own bearing or tread surface, said supplementary tiro
being of much larger diameter to that of the wheel' which carries it as to enable tho
vehicle to travel a greater distance to that of the carrier wheel..
The internal portion of the boss or nave is provided with a recess and stud which
correspond to a stud upon a ring or collar on the axle in order to give one wheel an
amount of freedom and the other a lock to facilitate the turning and guiding
movements.
The Invention further relates to jointing the framework to the axle supports
that by the motion of a hand lover or a hand wheel a threaded shaft or rod on
which a ferrule or nut can be operated and the jointed framework be caused to
throw the wheels over to suit the curve over which the vehicle may be travelling.
The Invention further relates to making the backbone and side frames of, say
tricycles in a piece, or in so arranging the backbone to the side frames that any
degree of curvature of the backbone or the bar which carries the seat can be had by
putting tension on a rod set at an angle from the top of the fork to behind the
back wheel, which wheel I prefer to carry in loose bearings in order that they
may slide under the action of pull and push rods connected thereto and to the cross
bandles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH THE MANU- FACTURE OR RECTIFICATION OF VASELINE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Phillips Thompson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th April 1883. A commu-
nication to him from abroad by Henry Böhm and Max Böhm both of Vienna
in the Empire of Austria.
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, Fel., Inst. P.A., of the Liverpool and London
Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool in the county of
Lancaster, Civil Engineer-" IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH THE MANU-
FACTURE OR RECTIFICATION OF VASELINE," a communication to me from abroad by
Henry Böhm and Max Böhm both of Vienna in the Empire of Austria
The object of this invention is a new process of producing vaseline of a white and
perfectly inodorous quality and of any desired consistency by which process
perfectly colourless and inodorous lamp and grease oil are obtained at the same
time.
To this purpose raw petroleum is filtered over charcoal or bone-black or its
equivalent until it becomes quite colourless and limpid. If the vaseline which is to
be produced is not required for pharmaceutical or cosmetic purposes it can be
treated with sulphuric acid before filtration. The oil so treated is then distilled in
vacuo, whereby a perfectly white unguent-like mass is obtained as a residuum
which consists of pure vaseline, the melting point or consistency of which may be
varied at will according to the degree of distillation to which the oil is subjected.
The product of the distillation after being freed from the lighter hydrocarbons
yields a colourless and inodorous lamp-oil and when Vaselines of greater consistency
are produced grease-oils are obtained, which are also quite colourless and inodorous.
In order to revivify the charcoal or bone-black or its equivalent employed the
filtering material may be treated with petroleum-ether, benzine, or any other
solvent and afterwards revivified by glowing or calcining out of contact of air.
The above mentioned distillation may partly or entirely be replaced by treating
the oil with superheated steam.
PROVEMENTS IN TRACTION ENGINES, PLOUGHING ENGINES AND STEAM ROLLERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Hill Abbott at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th July 1883.
ROBERT HILL ABBOTT, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, Engineer,
PROVEMENTS IN TRACTION ENGINES, PLOUGHING ENGINES AND STEAM
ROLLERS
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"IM-
ROAD-
The principal object of my invention is the construction of traction engines
ploughing engines, and steam road-rollers in such a manner that no water can
enter the cylinder or cylinders of the said engines when descending steep inclines.
The further objects of my invention are to construct the side brackets so that there
shall be no leakage caused by the bolts becoming loosened, and so that the said
side-brackets can be removed for repair should any breakage occur. Also to
communicate the power as near as possible to the perimeter of the driving wheels
and direct to the rims thereof instead of through the spokes and axle of the said
driving wheels as is usually the case. The strain on the axle is thereby reduced
and the driving wheels and gearing can consequently be made lighter and stronger
than heretofore. I also fit the engine with steam reversing gear and a steam brake
thereby giving the driver greater control over the engine.
.
In carrying out my invention I provide a pipe inside the boiler to convey the
steam to the cylinder or cylinders. The said pipe is preferably of copper and it is
so arranged that the opening of the said pipe for the admission of the steam is in
about the middle of the boiler and as near as practicable to the top thereof, thereby
preventing any water from entering the cylinder or cylinders when the engine is
descending steep inclines.
I extend the side-plates of the firebox upward and by bolting or rivetting the
side-brackets thereto and not, as is usual, to the boiler I avoid any leakage arising
from the bolts becoming loosened through the working of the engine, and by
making the said side-brackets separate froin the side-plates of the firebox, and not
in one piece as heretofore, should any breakage occur they can be removed for
repairs without disturbing the firebox.
I also provide each driving wheel with internal gear as near to the- perimeter of
the said wheel as possible the power being communicated direct to the rims of the
said driving wheels by means of pinions one on each end of the counter shaft,
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page_text: The said internal gear is formed on a ring bolted to the flange of each driving
wheel and the said pinions take into the said internal gear and motion is thus
imparted direct to the rims of the said wheels instead of being imparted through
the spokes and axle as heretofore thereby reducing the strain on the axle and
allowing the driving wheels and gearing to be made lighter and stronger than
heretofore..
I also provide steam reversing gear and a steam brake, thereby giving the driver
greater control over the engine. but I do not claim these as of my invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH THE WHEELS OF VELOCIPEDES OR OTHER VEHICLES HAVING SPIDER WHEELS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Orme at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February 1883.
JOHN ORME of Barbican in the City of London, Scientific Instrument
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH THE WHEELS OF
VELOCIPEDES OR OTHER VEHICLES HAVING SPIDER WHEELS "
This Invention has for its object improvements in the wheels of velocipedes and
other vehicles having spider wheels and consists in a method of detaching one or two
or more spokes in order to insert what are commonly known as hub lamps. Hitherto
the attachment of such lamps has been a source of much annoyance by reason of
the difficulty attending such operation and also by reason of its dirtying the sleeve
of the rider or other person attaching the lamp.
In order to obviate this and according to one modification I attach a swivel or
socket on the spoke which secures the two ends and by unscrewing the same and
turning the spoke on one side the lamp can be readily attached on the hub. Two or
more spokes may have these sockets or swivels and to prevent the spokes from
becoming bent near the tyre it or they may be hinged in any suitable manner.
According to another modification I divide the spoke or spokes at a suitable
point and on one of the ends I form an extension. Around this spoke I connect
a sleeve or its equivalent so as to be free to be moved up and down.
The other spoke (or it may be the hub) may be provided with a catch which
will engage with this tube and lock it in position.
In order to keep the spoke or spokes tight I find it advantageous to use a spring
between the extension or nut and the one end of the tube so as to give the desired
tension before and when the two ends are coupled. The catch by being depressed
releases the tube.
Another modification is to connect the spokes to the hub and at that point to
have a dovetailed recess in which a slide works to cover and lock the spokes when
they are in position.
By raising or lowering this dovetail piece the end of the spoke or spokes are
exposed and withdrawn for the aforesaid object. The dovetail piece is locked in
position by a spring catch or other means and so constructed as not to fall out.
Another modification consists in a cross bar to which some of the spokes are
connected, and to this cross bar I connect the inner ends of the spokes by suitable
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page_text: screws clamps or springs which by being unscrewed or otherwise unlocked or
released allows the inner end of the spoke or spokes to be turned down on its
hinge or hinges to admit of the insertion and attachment of the lamp; or a spoke
or spokes may be locked near the tyre and hinged on or near the hub.
A telescopic tube may be provided for the purpose and retained in any suitable 5
manner so long as it can be readily raised a sufficient distance to admit of the
lamp.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO STEAM BOILER AND OTHER FURNACES FOR THE ECONOMISATION OF FUEL AND CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE THEREIN
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Wallace McGuffin Greaves and
James Lund at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April
1888.
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WALLACE MOGUFFIN GREAVES of Manchester in the County of Lancaster and
JAMES LUND of St. Anne's on-the-Sea in the same County. IMPROVEMENTS IN
OR APPLICABLE TO STEAM BOILER AND OTHER FURNACES FOR THE ECONOMISATION
OF FUEL AND CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE THEREIN.”
"
In carrying out our invention we construct a hollow cast-iron chamber by
preference segmental in cross section which is placed upon the fire bars in front of
and extending up to near the top of the bridge. This chamber is open to the
fire bars at the bottom so as to admit air from the ash-pit between the fire bara
and is provided with an opening at the top for the escape of the air.
This chamber and the extreme end of the fire-bars covered by this chamber
become highly heated and thus the air passing between the fire bars and through
this chamber is likewise heated to a high temperature and in this state is mixed
with the products of combustion passing over the bridge so assisting in their
combustion and also economising the fuel.
Instead of a hollow chamber of metal it will be apparent that it may be
substituted by a chamber formed of fire-clay or other suitable fire proof material.
In some cases in addition to this chamber we apply a similar chamber at the
back of the bridge and which receives its supply of air from the ash-pit.
MENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William White at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1883.
WILLIAM WHITE of Abersychan, in the County of Monmouth,
MENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS,"
"IMPROVE-
This invention has for its object the construction of apparatus whereby an
improved quality, or greater quantity of illuminating gas is produced by the
distillation of coal, cannel, shale, or other gas yielding substance than is the case
when the ordinary gas apparatus now employed is used.
The invention consists in constructing the retorts, or ovens partly of clay and
partly of iron, the lower portion being of clay and the upper portion of iron, The
upper or iron part of each retort is made hollow so as to admit of the circulation
of water through it, and is provided with an inlet and outlet pipe for the liquid,
It has also flanges whereby it may be attached to the clay or lower part. Over
the iron top and between it and the brickwork above an air space is formed so as
to moderate the temperature of the iron roof or top.
By the use of retorts, or ovens so constructed and arranged the upper part of
the interior of the retort is kept comparatively cool by the water circulating
through the hollow roof and this in its turn is moderated by the air space above
it, so that the rich gases when evolved from the coal do not impinge upon a highly
heated surface above, and suffer decomposition, and loss in illuminating power, but
pass along the upper and cool part of the retort to the ascension pipe, without
material change in their constituents, thus yielding gas superior in quality, or
quantity, or both
A modification of the foregoing consists in making the upper part or roof of
the retort of iron and hollow, through which air only may circulate.
A further modification consists of making the retort when wholly constructed of
cast iron, with a hollow top or roof, through which either air or water may circulate
according to which is found best adapted to attendant circumstances.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR BEVELLING ANGLE, TEE AND OTHER METAL BARS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nicol Arthur at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd August 1883.
NICOL ARTHUR of Leith in the County of Mid-Lothian, North Britian
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR BEVELLING ANGLE, TEE AND
OTHER METAL BARS
"
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for bevelling
or altering angle, tee, channel, double tee, or metal bars having other angles, from
the angle at which they have been manufactured, that is to say, of altering the
inclination of the sides webs or flanges from the manufactured position to an angle
more acute or more obtuce to suit the special purpose for which the bar is to be
employed.
The machine or apparatus constituting the Invention consists of a sole or carrier
preferably mounted or supported on wheels or rollers and on which it is capable of
being moved through an arc around a pin or bolt as a centre situated at one end of
the apparatus. On the sole or carrier vertical frames or standards are secured and
by these frames or standards a horizontal shaft is supported in bearings which are
capable of adjustment in a vertical plane by screw, cam or other equivalent means.
The shaft is formed with screw threads on a portion of its length and on it is
carried couch or feeding rollers which have nuts gearing with the screws whereby
the said rollers are rendered adjustable horizontally. The vertical adjustment of
the shaft and the horizontal adjustment of the rollers enables the machine to be
adapted to operate on metal bars of different thicknesses
The horizontal shaft has a spur wheel fixed on it gearing with a spur pinion
secured on another horizontal shaft also carried in the vertical standards or frames
and having a spur wheel thereon which gears with a pinion keyed on another
shaft which constitutes the driver and which may be either actuated by hand or
power.
On bearings fixed vertically in the standards or frames other rollers are so
carried that their peripheries project over the peripheries of the couch or feeding
rollers hereinbefore mentioned. Each of the rollers on the vertical bearings
constitutes the frustum of a cone and on a bracket extending between the two

page_text: vertical standards or frames another similarly formed roller is carried in bearings
which are capable of adjustment in a curvilinear slot made in the bracket or on a
horizontal shaft in which case the bracket is dispensed with. It is by means of
these conically faced rollers that the alteration in the angle of the metal bar being
operated upon is, effected and to hold or guide the bar the adjustable conical roller
has or may have in conjunction with it a disc or roller between the under side of
which and the conical face of the adjustable roller the har being operated upon
passes. Other guide rollers may also be used in the machine.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry Armour and John Armour at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1883.
HARRY ARMOUR and JOHN ARMOUR of the town and County of Linlithgow
North Britain Agricultural Implement Makers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN REAPING AND
MOWING MACHINES
"
This Invention has reference to special improvements in the mode, and means, or
fittings, connected with the guiding and turning of reaping and mowing machines,
which will enable them to be more easily and steadily guided and turned, with less
jerking to the machine and the horses." Heretofore these machines have had the
ordinary pole, or shafts, to which the horses are yoked, rigidly secured to some
part of the main frame of the machine, to which the axle of the two main running
and driving wheels are secured; which causes the pole to jerk while the machine
is being drawn, thus shaking and distressing the horses while drawing the machine
over uneven ground, besides making the machine difficult to turn at the ends or
turnings of the grain being cut, and liable to be strained or twisted.
The essential improvement of this Invention consists as follows:-In connecting
or securing the said pole, of the reaping or mowing machine, or shafts, direct to the
upright or vertical spindle, of the front guiding wheel of the machine, or it may be
to other equivalent frame part carrying and swivelling this wheel; so that the pole
or shafts will swivel freely horizontally, and it may be also vertically, and
preferably control the swivelling and guiding action of this front wheel, without
directly moving or straining the main framework of the machine, or its cutting bar
and mechanism. Or otherwise, the inner end of the said pole or shafts, may be so
connected or jointed, in an equivalent manner, to any other part of these reaping
and mowing machines, as to have a free swivelling action horizontally and laterally,
and also to some extent vertically, as a universal joint, without directly moving the
framework, or back wheels and mechanism of the machine.