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IMPROVEMENTS IN CORN DRESSING AND WINNOWING MACHINES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Tasker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th January
1864. A communication from abroad by Joseph Mellor, residing at
Adelaide, Australia.
I, WILLIAM TASKER, of Halifax, in the County of York, Patent Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CORN DRESSING AND WINNOWING MACHINES," a communication to me from
abroad by Joseph Mellor, a person resident at Adelaide, Australia," to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates to the screens employed in such machines, and my
object is to render them readily adjustable to any required guage; and the
improvements consist in constructing such screens,—
Firstly, of round wires which pass through cross bars, having round holes
and slots alternately, every alternate wire being fixed in every alternate cross
bar. One set of cross bars are capable of moving while the others remain
stationary, and those cross bars which are moveable have the slots extending
below the wires, while the stationary bars have their slots extending above
the wires.
Secondly, in having the spaces in one part of the screen capable of
expanding or being made wider as required. This is effected by having the
wires at one end fixed, while at the other end they are placed in slot bars,
similar to the first part of this Invention.

page_text: Thirdly, in having all the wires fixed in a right line at one end of the screen
and in a zig-zag line at the other end.
Fourthly, in the employment of oval wires or flatted wires either wholly or
alternately with round wires in the construction of screens. The oval or
flatted wires are capable of turning on their axes by having their ends cranked
and being connected to a rod which can be moved endwise, and thus open or
close the spaces betwixt the wires as required.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FRILLINGS OR RUFFLES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Whitehall Mulloney and
George Johnson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 6th February 1864.
We, SAMUEL WHITEHALL MULLONEY and GEORGE JOHNSON, of Coventry, in
the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF FRILLINGS OR RUFFLES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
Our Invention refers more particularly to the description of frillings used as
trimmings for ladies' under garments and other similar purposes, and which
said trimmings are usually made in plain strips, which require to be plaited.
or drawn in before they are applied to the garments.
We propose to manufacture these frillings completely drawn up and plaited
or goffered ready for immediate attachment to garments, and this we accom-
plish by taking the straight strips of muslin, cambric, linen, or other suitable
fabric woven with one or more fast edges, and by means of a drawing thread
or threads we gather up or plait the material into a frill, and we then fix
it in that form by removing it to a sewing machine, by which the frills are
stitched at or near the gathers in such manner that the subsequent washing,
dressing, or goffering will not disengage them, but they will remain in a state
ready for immediate use. We can thus produce this description of trimming
with considerable economy of time and labor and at a lower price than those
now sold.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORGAN PIPES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Thomas Wedlake and
Francis James Kitsell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 10th October 1864.
We, HENRY THOMAS WEDLAKE, of George Street, Euston Road, Organ
Builder, and FRANCIS JAMES KITSELL, of Crawford Street, Zinc Worker, both
in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORGAN PIPES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in organ pipes. Heretofore
organ pipes have usually been manufactured from metal sheets composed of
an alloy of lead and antimony, or other alloy of lead, but pipes made of such
alloys rapidly oxidize; organ pipes have also been made entirely of tin, but
pipes made from this material are costly. Now in constructing organ pipes
according to this Invention we compose them of lead, or an alloy of lead and
antimony, or other alloy of lead coated or plated with tin or alloy of tin on one
or both of its sides, this we do by making the pipes from sheets of metal made
by coating a sheet of lead or alloy of lead on one or both of its sides with a sheet
of tin or alloy of tin in a similar manner to that described in the Specification
of a Patent granted to William Betts, on the 13th day of January 1849
(No. 12,415); or the plated sheets of metal from which the pipes are manu-
factured may be made by first coating an ingot of the alloy of lead with tin or
alloy of tin, and rolling down such coated ingots into sheets of 'the required
thickness for making into pipes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left. by. John Henry Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th April 1864.-A communication from abroad by François
Montecucco, of Paris, in the Empire of France.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said 'Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER," a communication
to me from abroad by François Montecucco, of Paris, in the Empire of
France, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in obtaining motive power from the oscillations of
a heavy pendulum which is kept in motion by manual labor.
According to one mode of applying this Invention, for example, to the pro-
pelling of carriages on railways or common roads, it is proposed to employ a
carriage having two vertical standards or uprights thereon: On the top of these
uprights are fitted two bearings which support a horizontal rocking shaft; to
this shaft is fitted a rod or bar which hangs perpendicularly therefrom, and to
the lower end of this rod or bar is attached a heavy weight or pendulum
bob, the perpendicular rod or bar and the weight constituting the pendulum, from
the oscillations of which (maintained by hand) the motive power is derived.
In order to facilitate the oscillation of this heavy pendulum a vertical arm and
two horizontal or cross arms are fitted to the rocking shaft above-mentioned,
and a weight is attached to the outer extremity of each. The oscillations are
imparted to the pendulum by means of a lever arm on the rocking shaft, which

page_text: arm is connected to one end of a rod, the other end of which is jointed to
another lever or bell crank working in bearings on the carriage, the vertical
arm of which bell crank forms a handle for the attendant to operate upon.
On imparting a two-and-fro motion to this handle a rocking motion is con-
veyed to the rocking shaft and to the pendulum suspended therefrom. This
reciprocating or rocking motion of the rocking shaft is converted into a rota-
tory motion by the well-known arrangement of a lever arm on the rocking
shaft and a connecting rod attached to this arm and to a crank, such crank
being attached to the driving axle of the carriage, and being of course of a
shorter radius than that of the vibrating or rocking lever arm at the opposite
end of the connecting rod. It is preferred to make the journals of the rocking
shaft of an oval section, or in the form of knife edges, whereby less friction is
obtained than if the journals were cylindrical.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLYING COPPER YELLOW METAL OR OTHER METAL SHEATHING TO IRON SHIPS AND OTHER NAVIGABLE VESSELS BUILT OF IRON
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Bishop Cornish at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 5th
April 1864.
I, GEORGE BISHOP CORNISH, of New York, in the United States of
America, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLYING COPPER YELLOW METAL OR OTHER
METAL SHEATHING TO IRON SHIPS AND OTHER NAVIGABLE VESSELS BUILT OF IRON,"
to be as follows (that is to say) :-
The object of this Invention is a means whereby copper yellow metal
or other metal sheathing can be applied to iron ships and other navigable
vessels built of iron, and consists, first, in applying a sheathing of wood to the
vessel's bottoms by means of bolts or rivets, having their heads countersunk on
the outside, and then covering the heads with wooden plugs, cement, or other
suitable material, so that no metal surface is exposed on the outer face of the
wood sheathing, and then caulking the seams, after which the external copper
or other metal sheathing is attached in the ordinary way. In some cases it
is preferred to place felt between the metal plating of the vessel bottom and
the wood sheathing, or between the wooden sheathing and the copper, or other
metal external sheathing, or both.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOBBIN CARRIAGES USED IN LACE MACHINERY
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Cope at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
August 1864.
I, WILLIAM COPE, of New Basford, near Nottingham, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
BOBBIN CARRIAGES USED IN LACE MACHINERY," to be as follows:-
The bobbin of a bobbin carriage employed in lace machinery is ordinarily
placed in an opening of and so as to be surrounded by the body of the
carriage, and the upper part or hoop of the carriage is formed with an eye in
it through which the thread is guided in being drawn off from the bobbin, and
the bobbin is held in its carriage partly by a verge or thin projection from the
carriage passing into the edge between the plates of the bobbin and partly by
a spring, the point of connection of which with the carriage is about in a line
taken horizontally through the centre of the bobbin, and the point of pressure
thereof on the bobbin is near the top of it, and the direction of rotation of the
bobbin is towards the pressing point of the spring, by which a rough edge
and an irregular and jumping action is often obtained to the bobbin; and one
part of my improvements consists in connecting the carriage spring to the
carriage in such description of carriage at or near the top thereof so that the
point of pressure on the bobbin may be towards the horizontal line of the
bobbin, and I carry the verge higher in the carriage on the side opposite to
the spring, and by retaining the ordinary direction of motion to the bobbin in
its delivery of thread it will at such time be moving in a direction from the
point of fixture of the spring to the point of pressure thereof on the bobbin,

page_text: by which increased security and ease of working will be obtained. The loose
end of the spring may be held steady by a guide or guides.
Bobbin carriage springs are formed with a "nib" or tongue to pass in
between the plates of the bobbin at the point of pressure of this spring on the
bobbin to prevent slipping off, and as these springs are ordinarily produced,
this "nib" or projection is formed at the end of the spring, and another part
of my improvements consists in forming this "nib" or projection at a short
distance from the end of the spring and in turning the end of the spring
slightly back from the bobbin, by which the cutting, grinding, or notching
into the bobbin as referred to is avoided and the bobbin is rendered free in
its movement.
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PAVING
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Vincent Gàche at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th November
1864.
I, VINCENT GACHE, Builder, of Nantes, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PAVING,"
to be as follows:-
Frequent attempts have been made to substitute different methods in lieu
of the ordinary paving, but hitherto without satisfactory results. The aim of
such attempts has been to prevent the paving unlevelling or becoming full of
inequalities, for if this objection were overcome stone paving would last
much longer than any other substances which could be put in its place,
and I have discovered a new mode of paving which perfectly answers this
purpose. I take paving stones as they are commonly manufactured at the
quarry, I put them in a mould, and coat them with a casing, giving them a
regular form which permits their being placed in juxtaposition without
it being necessary to disturb the ground, or to put sand between them. This
casing may be of different substances having the property of quickly solidifying,
such substances serving only to bind the sand which is usually the chief
ingredient of the casing, amongst others bitumen, asphalte, potter's clay,
roman cement, and fat lime slightly wet, are substances which may be
employed. The paving stones may be prepared at the quarry, or at the spot
where they are to be placed, and in the latter case they may be fastened the
one to the other. To sum up, my Invention consists in enveloping paving

page_text: stones with a substance which will give them a solid and uniform base, as well
as the requisite configuration for joining them the one to the other whatever
mechanical expedient I may employ to mould the above described casing,
and although the above enumerated substances may have already been
employed separately or together for paving, or for the construction of public
ways, they have not been applied in relation to my method, of which they are
only a component part as well as the paving stone itself.
A NEW PREPARATION OR COMPOUND SUBSTANCE FOR THE ERADICATION OF CORNS, BUNIONS, WORTS, AND EXCRESCENCES OF THE LIKE NATURE ON THE FEET OR HANDS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Randle at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th October
1864.
I, THOMAS RANDLE, of No. 3, High Street, Hoxton Old Town, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW PREPARATION OR COMPOUND SUBSTANCE FOR THE ERADICATION OF CORNS,
BUNIONS, WORTS, AND EXCRESCENCES OF THE LIKE NATURE ON THE FEET OR HANDS,"
to be as follows:-
A certain mixture forming a composition of crushed glass to powder, one
pound; sal ammoniac, half a pound; glue, three ounces; colouring magenta or
other colouring dye, six drops; with this composition I form a solid mass, in
design round, or square, or oblong, as I deem proper, either with or without
handles. The mode of applying the composition is by rubbing the parts
affected, and thereby creating friction.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE DISTILLATION OR DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF ALL SOLID MATTERS OR SEMI-SOLID MATTERS CAPABLE OF YIELDING FLUIDS OR GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS, OR OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, BE THEY LIQUIDS, FLUIDS, OR SOLIDS, SUCH AS PIT COAL, BOGHEAD, OR OTHER BITUMINOUS COAL, OR SHALE, PEAT, WOOD, ASPHALTS, TALLOW, LARD, FATS, OR OTHER SEMI-SOLID MATTERS, AND IN THE TREATMENT OF THE SAME
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Cormack at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd June
1864.
I, WILLIAM CORMACK, of 15, Little Moorfields, in the City of London,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE DISTILLATION OR DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF ALL SOLID MATTERS
OR SEMI-SOLID MATTERS CAPABLE OF YIELDING FLUIDS OR GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS,
OR OTHER PRODUCTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, BE THEY LIQUIDS, FLUIDS, OR SOLIDS,
SUCH AS PIT COAL, BOGHEAD, OR OTHER BITUMINOUS COAL, OR SHALE, PEAT, WOOD,
ASPHALTS, TALLOW, LARD, FATS, OR OTHER SEMI-SOLID MATTERS, AND IN THE
TREATMENT OF THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to improve the present well-known means of
forcing over the products of distillation, which I accomplish by introducing a
jet, stream, or current of any atmospheric air, steam, or other vapour, gas or
gases, singly or combined, superheated or otherwise, into the retorts, ovens,
or other vessels, such as are usually employed in their distillation.
The aforesaid vapours or gases I conduct either above or near the surface
of such solid matters to be distilled, and by the force or expansion of such air,
steam, or other vapour, gas or gases, I am enabled to get over the products of
distillation at a considerably lower temperature than bitherto accomplished.

page_text: I also use the gaseous products given off from one or more retorts or
vessels to be conducted into other retorts or vessels, or through a succession
of them, and to act upon the surface of the matter to be distilled in the similar
way as above described.
IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SLATE, MARBLE, OR STONE
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Clarke at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd July 1864.
I, JAMES CLARKE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, India-
rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SLATE, MARBLE, OR
STONE," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improved machinery or apparatus for cutting slate, marble,
or stone relates to a novel construction of apparatus whereby blocks of
these substances can be cut up with greater facility and speed than heretofore.
To this end I employ a series of rotating cutters or circular saws which are
mounted one behind the other in such a manner that their cutting edges act
on different planes, so that supposing there are, say, four rotating cutters or
circular saws, No. 1 will cut into the block of slate, say, 1 or 2 inches, No. 2
will cut the same depth beyond No. 1, and each of Nos. 3 and 4 will cut an
equal depth beyond that immediately preceding it, so that if each saw cuts
2 inches, the 4 will cut through a block 8 inches thick. These saws or
rotary cutters may be made to cut either downwards or upwards, and the
block to be operated upon may be placed on a travelling table, and by causing
the latter to move forward the block will be brought under the operation of
the rotating tool or cutters.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WASHING BLUES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Tolhausen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
March 1864. A communication from Madame Jobert, residing at
Dôle, in the Empire of France.
I, FREDERICK TOLHAUSEN, of 149, Boulevart Magenta, Paris, in the Empire
of France, Civil Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WASHING BLUES,"
a communication from Madame Jobert, a person resident at Dôle, in the
Empire of France, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of applying, mixing, and shaping,
or appropriating ingredients for the uses set forth in the title. These
improvements consist in employing aniline blue, not used hitherto for said
purposes, and in combining it with indigo or other blue matter commonly
used for blueing fabrics so as to obtain a richer hue. The washing blue thus
obtained may be used either in the dissolved state, or by admixing some
gummy and soluble matter, small pieces of cloth, linen, or calico may be
impregnated with it, from which it is washed out when required for actual
use into the blueing solution, and the said small pieces still retaining colouring
matter are dried again for further use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Ablett and John
Borlase Baines at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents; with their
Petition, on the 20th October 1864.
We, WILLIAM HENRY ABLETT, of 36A, Wood Street, London, and Coventry,
and JOHN BORLASE BAINES, of 36A, Wood Street, London, and Coventry,
Ribbon Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN FABRICS," to be as
follows:-
Our improvements in the manufacture of woven fabrics consist in weaving
genappe on a cotton or silk ground in an ordinary ribbon loom, so as to
produce the effect of the application of lace placed over a separate fabric.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING REVOLVING FRICTIONAL SURFACES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Freeman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd June
1864.
I, ARTHUR FREEMAN, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Tin Plate
Worker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING REVOLVING FRICTIONAL SURFACES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of lubricating bearings of re-
volving surfaces, and for preserving the superabundant lubricant, and
supplying it again to the frictional surface. The improvements consist in
the use of a receptacle below the point to be lubricated, which receives the
oil or lubricant as it falls from the bearing, and from whence it is taken by a
wire attached to a flange on and rotating with the shaft, dipping into the oil
at each revolution, and conveying a drop to the elongated mouth of a tube
which communicates with the bearing. Two flanges are applied to confine
the oil to the width of the receptacle, and prevent it spreading laterally.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN FEED APPARATUS FOR STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Grindley Craig at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
July 1864. A communication from abroad by Michel Turck, of Paris,
France.
I, WILLIAM GRINDLEY CRAIG, of Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FEED APPARATUS FOR STEAM BOILERS," to be as follows:-
The present Invention consists in improvements upon a former Invention
communicated by Michel Turck, and for which Letters Patent for Great
Britain were granted me 1st May, 1863, No. 1098.
The first improvement consists in so arranging and combining the parts of
the apparatus set forth in the Specification of the said Letters Patent that
the orifice of the steam funnel is placed outside or free of the conical part of
the steam and water mixing tube instead of inside or within such conical part
as has heretofore been the practice; the water regulator is also outside of the
tube, and the water is regulated by bringing the regulator nearer to, or even
in contact with, the inner surface of the mixing tube. This particular
arrangement and combination of parts allows of the contraction of the stream
of water, lessens friction, and enables the apparatus to be made shorter than
heretofore.
The second improvement consists in forming the spindle or valve conical
upon the axis which guides the steam in the corresponding part of the steam
funnel when the spindle is drawn back to cause the suction. This
arrangement, as well as the former, facilitates suction.

page_text: The third improvement consists in varying at will the orifice of the steam
funnel in order to regulate the quantity of steam necessary to the working of
the apparatus at greatly varying pressures. For this purpose the diameter of
the orifice is increased, and this increase is compensated by the conical pro-
longation of the spindle, so that by inserting this conical part more or less in
the steam funnel, greater or smaller annular sections are produced in the
orifice. Thus to work the injector at low pressures the spindle is drawn
entirely back; for high pressures or for hot water, it is on the contrary
driven or inserted further in the steam funnel in order to diminish the section
of the orifice thereof.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR WRITING
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerald Murray at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
July 1864.
I, GERALD MURRAY, residing at 35, Rue d'Angoulême, in the City of Paris,
Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR WRITING," to be as follows:-
The machine or apparatus, the subject of this Invention, keeps the pen in
its true position, supports the hand, and prevents its trembling and fatigue,
and facilitates and expedites the acquisition of a free, legible, bold, and expe-
ditious handwriting without touching the pen or penholder with the fingers
during the act of writing.
Its construction will be best understood by reference to the annexed Sheet
of Drawing forming part of this my Provisional Specification, Figure 1
representing the position of the apparatus when in use. a indicating the
place for two fingers. Figure 2 shews the opposite or under side b, indicating
the convex surface of a circle, which surface only touches the paper in writing.
The dimensions of the apparatus will vary with the size of the hand which is
to use it, and it may be made of any suitable metal or material.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING AND CALCINING IRON AND OTHER ORES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Young at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st July
1864.
I, EDWARD YOUNG, of Oughtibridge, near Sheffield, in the County of York,
Fire-brick Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING AND CALCINING IRON AND OTHER ORES," to be as
follows:-
In preparing the charges of ore for the blast furnace it is very desirable, if
not absolutely essential, to remove the water combined with the ore.
Now my Invention consists in the application of superheated steam for that
purpose. In performing my Invention I employ any of the well-known
apparatus for superheating steam for obtaining motive power or for other
purposes. The charge of ore must be placed in a steam-tight chamber
furnished with superheated steam in pipes, or the superheated steam may be
applied in any other convenient manner; by this means the ore will be dried
and calcined almost instantaneously, and may be delivered while still hot to
the blast furnace.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR APPLYING COP TUBES TO THE SPINDLES OF MULES FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Kirby at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th July
1864.
I, EDWARD KIRBY, of Lower Moor, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR APPLYING COP TUBES TO THE SPINDLES OF MULES FOR SPINNING
AND DOUBLING," to be as follows:-
In the machinery now employed for putting cop tubes on the spindles it is
customary to connect the radial arm supporting the clipper or box in which
the tubes are held on the counterfaller shaft. Now my Invention consists in
fixing the clipper or box to a lever jointed to a compound bracket, which is
bolted together in two parts and fits on both the faller and counterfaller
shafts; this compound bracket may be secured in any position on the faller
shafts, and without taking down any part of the machine; this compound
bracket gives great stability to the machinery when in operation.
IMPROVED ARRANGE- MENTS FOR RENDERING DOORS AND WINDOWS WATER-TIGHT, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO WHAT ARE KNOWN AS FRENCH CASEMENT WINDOWS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Smith at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd February
1864.
I, JOHN SMITH, of Kentish Town, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED ARRANGE-
MENTS FOR RENDERING DOORS AND WINDOWS WATER-TIGHT, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE
TO WHAT ARE KNOWN AS FRENCH CASEMENT WINDOWS," to be as follows:-
In order to prevent the admission of wet beneath doors, window sashes, or
casements, I purpose by my Invention to construct the sills of windows, case-
ments, and doors in such manner that the wet which would otherwise pass
into the apartment is intercepted in its course, and conducted to the outside
of the house or building in which they are employed. To effect this, as
I at present prefer, I groove the said sills or parts over or upon which the said
doors, casements, or windows hinge or shut down in their whole length, and
within the space covered by the said doors, casements, or windows when they
are shut; this groove to discharge itself on to the upper surface of the
external window sill by means of a lateral perforation or pipe in communica-
tion with the said groove, or by means of a pipe or duct carried outwards to
the exterior of the house or building. In order to prevent the admission of
wet between the joints or points of junction of casements or doors, I make a
groove or recess longitudinally in the styles and jambs of the doors and case-
ments, and the frames in which they are hinged, or in the styles only, the said
groove or recesse being formed in the interior of the joint formed by the

page_text: junction of the styles of two doors or casements, or by a style and the jamb to
which it is hinged. This groove or recess is made to extend the whole length
of the styles, and is so placed in relation to the grooved sill or otherwise that
the water, which but for its presence would pass through the joint into the
apartment, is collected and discharged outside thereof. I raise projections
upon these surfaces with an inclination downwards at an angle more or less
acute, and in a direction to cause all water entering the groove to pass away
freely into the grooved sill or otherwise. Where the tops of the windows and
doors require it, I also groove the upper rails thereof, or the lintels, or both,
in a similar manner to that before described, and in these cases I should prefer
that the same should communicate with the aforesaid grooves in the styles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATING ROTARY MOTION TO SHAFTS AND AXLES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by François Deletang at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th May
1864.
I, FRANÇOIS DELETANG, of Hatton Garden, in the County of Middlesex,
Barometer Frame Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATING ROTARY MOTION TO SHAFTS AND AXLES,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in communicating power from a shaft, to which
alternating motion is given by hand or otherwise, and transmitted as hereafter
described. The shaft carries a fluted barrel, and this barrel gears into two
toothed pinions placed on opposite sides of the barrel, and fitted on shafts
carrying or formed with archimedian screws. These screws work through
fixed nuts, and by the rotation of the fluted barrel, first in one and then in
the contrary direction, the screw shafts are made to rise and fall. Under
these shafts are connecting rods attached to one end of two levers, the
opposite ends of which act like pauls upon a train of wheels, the latter of
which is in gear with a pinion upon the shaft or axle, to which continuous
rotary motion is to be imparted. The screw shafts press upon the connecting
rods, they upon the levers, and the levers drive the train of wheels, and
through them the shaft or axle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE FLOW AND SURFACE LEVEL OF WATER FROM RESERVOIRS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lascelles at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th April
1864.
I, JOHN LASCELLES, of Slingsby, in the County of York, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
REGULATING THE FLOW AND SURFACE LEVEL OF WATER FROM RESERVOIRS OR OTHER
RECEPTACLES," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention has reference to an improved method of drawing or dis-
charging water from reservoirs, tanks, or other receptacles for the supply of
towns, villages, or otherwise, whereby the level and draught of water from
the same may be regulated and maintained with greater uniformity than at
present, and consists in employing in connection with reservoirs outer tanks
or receptacles into which the water is caused to flow through the medium of
a siphon-shaped pipe or tube passing over the embankment or side of the
said reservoir, having one end thereof in the outer tank beneath the surface
of the said water, and the other in the reservoir in like manner, whereby an
uniform constant flow or passage of the fluid through the same is maintained
free from dirt or otherwise, whilst the resistance offered to the embankment
is greatly lessened.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE- GRATES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Harrison and William
Clements at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 29th March 1864.
We, SAMUEL HARRISON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Wine
Merchant, and WILLIAM CLEMENTS, of Birmingham aforesaid, Distiller, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-
GRATES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of the improvements, herein-after described, in
constructing the fire-grates of fire-places and furnaces.
Our Invention is especially applicable to open fire-grates, and we will
describe it as applied to an open fire-grate. We make the fire-grate of a
cylindrical figure, or of a figure nearly approaching that of a cylinder. The
cylindrical framework of bars may either consist of straight bars parallel to
the axis of the grate, or of circular bars arranged in planes at right angles to
the axis of the grate, or of lattice or open work. The cylindrical fire-grate
is situated vertically, and has a groove running round the circumference of its
lower end, the said groove being of the figure of an inverted V. The said
groove fits upon a ring of corresponding figure on the top of the box, which
constitutes the ash-pan, which box is open at one or more of its sides. The
fire-grate can be readily turned upon the said ring so as to perform rotation
upon its axis. Or the grate may be fixed upon centres or supported on
rollers, or otherwise supported so as to be able to rotate. The back of the
fire-place is made semi-cylindrical, and the grate is so situated as to leave a

page_text: clear space of one or two inches between the cylindrical fire-grate and the
semi-cylindrical back of the fire-place. Combustion is thus maintained all
round the fire-grate, and the part of the fire which is for the time being at
the back acquires a very high temperature. By partially turning the fire-
grate the highly heated back portion may be brought to the front, and the
maximum of heat obtained from the burning fuel. From the figure of the
grate, as well as from the vigorous combustion which it induces, the heat it
radiates into a room is very great. Our rotating fire-grate may be applied
to the heating of ovens, and to other purposes where a closed fire-place or
furnace is required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING TITANIC IRON SANDS, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Bonnet Frederic Brunel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
April 1864.
1, BONNET FREDERIC BRUNEL, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of said the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN TREATING TITANIC IRON SANDS, AND IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be
as follows:
The object of my Invention is to reduce titanic iron sands, such as those
found in Italy and at Taranaki to powder, fit for various commercial uses,
and among others, first, to the manufacture of inoxidisable paint; second, to
all purposes for which emery is applicable; third, as the chief base in the
composition of metallic cements used for luting the joints of metal pipes
and other articles.
I first subject the sands to the action of grinding mills, in which the grinding
surfaces are composed of iron or steel, to reduce them to fine powder, and I
introduce during the reduction a stream of water and steam to heat the stuff*
to from about 140° to 175° Fahrenheit. The powder is thrown out of the mill
into a receiver; it is taken damp from the receiver and placed into retorts
made of refractory earth, and is carried to a bright red heat, and well stirred;
during the stirring I introduce for about half an hour, more or less, a current
of steam; I then shut off the steam and introduce powdered charcoal, and
agitate the mass for about a quarter of an hour, and then by means of a fan
or blower pass over the mass for about half an hour a current of atmospheric

page_text: air coming from the direction of the magnetic pole. After this the contents
of the retorts are removed while still red hot, and are allowed to cool in the
air, being well stirred. The powder is afterwards sifted, and is ready for
employment in substitution for emery as the base for metallic cement and as
a paint for general use.
For the manufacture of paints for painting iron and steel I introduce the
powder prepared as before described into cylinders, for the purpose of
magnetizing it. These cylinders are of iron, wrapped on the outside with
copper wire connected with a battery, so as to constitute the cylinders electro-
magnets. The powder is subjected to the electro-magnetic action for about
five minutes, and becomes permanently magnetized. It may then be mixed
with oil or other vehicle for forming paint to be applied to iron and steel,
which it protects from oxidation.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hermann Loewenthal Kolzewsky
and Alexander Wilson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 11th October 1864.
We, HERMANN LOEWENTHAL KOLZEWSKY and ALEXANDER WILSON, both of
Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North Britain, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF JUTE AND
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the process employed for
the "backing" of jute, and consists in employing a mixture of gelatine with
the mucilage expressed from linseed for moistening the jute in the rough state,
in lieu of the oils at present employed. The proportions of the ingredients
preferred to be employed are 100 parts of mucilage to about 10. parts of
gelatine, altho' other proportions may be used with advantage. The modo
in which this process is carried out consists in forming, first, a layer of jute in
the rough state on the ground, or upon a platform purposely arranged to
receive it; when this is done an attendant with a vessel containing a quantity.
of the liquid pours it over the rough jute until it becomes sufficiently
moistened; the first layer being thus moistened, another similar layer is placed
upon it and similarly treated, and so on in succession to any number of layers.
The result of this treatment is that after it the fibre of the jute is of a much
finer, stronger, and more pliable nature than when prepared by oil as at
present. Other important advantages being that the entire process is
conducted much more speedily and at a cheaper rate than at present.
IMPTS. IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Campbell Evans at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th January 1864.
I, JOHN CAMPBELL EVANS, of the Morden Iron Works, East Greenwich, in
the County of Kent, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPTS. IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," to
be as follows:
This Invention consists in the manufacture of hats, bonnets, and other
coverings for the head from pulp of the description ordinarily employed in the
manufacture of paper, or from pulp composed of "shoddy," or of refuse silk, or
cotton, or other suitable pulping material, which is deposited in or upon
suitably shaped moulds or forms in any convenient manner.
According to one mode of carrying out this Invention these moulds or forms
are composed of fine wirework or other reticulated, perforated, permeable,
or porous material, and are placed in communication with a pump or equi-
valent device whereby the water of the pulp may be drawn or forced through
the mould or form, so as to cause the pulp to be at the same time deposited
upon the surface of the mould or form to any desired extent or thickness,
according to the duration or force of the pumping operation, and become
solidified thereon. The mould or form with the pulp deposited and consoli-
dated thereon is now removed from the pulp vat, and the moulded article is
either detached from the mould or allowed to remain thereon, and is placed in
any suitable drying chamber, or the article may be dried in the open air, after

page_text: which it is finished with or without a nap for use. In some cases when a nap
is required the mould may be rotated during the deposition of the pulp
thereon, so that the fibres will all lay in the same direction. In order to
render these head coverings waterproof when dried, I introduce a sufficient
quantity of paper size into the pulp, or otherwise treat it with a view to water-
proofing the same, and by dyeing the pulp I am enabled to obtain head
coverings of any desired color. Ornamental devices may be made upon these
head coverings by employing moulds or forms with corresponding raised or
sunk devices thereon.
AN IMPROVED FLOAT FOR INDICATING THE LEVEL OF THE WATER IN STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Truswell and William
Truswell, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 29th December 1864.
We, JOSEPH TRUSWELL and WILLIAM TRUSWELL, both of Sheffield, in the
County of York, Engine Tenters, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED FLOAT FOR INDICATING THE LEVEL OF THE WATER IN
STEAM BOILERS," to be as follows:-
The ordinary floats used in steam boilers for indicating the level of the
water are always more or less liable to stick and mislead the engineer, owing
principally to there only being a few pounds difference in weight between the
float and the balance weights. By the use of our improved float we are
enabled to have a difference in weight of more than twenty pounds, and
hence the liability to stick is greatly reduced, if not rendered altogether
impossible.
The improved float is composed of two parts, namely, a heavy brick tile,
and a hollow inverted vessel placed above it, both being fixed to the same rod.
The latter is in the form of a shallow inverted vessel, rather less than the tile,
being open beneath and having a small space all round between its lower
edges and the upper surface of the tile to admit steam into the vessel. The
weight of this float is about seventy-two pounds against a counterbalance
weight of only fifty pounds outside the boiler. The action of the float is as

page_text: follows: When the level of the water in the boiler falls, it will be evident
that the superior weight (twenty-two pounds) of the float will cause it to sink
also, and by raising the counterbalance weight will indicate danger; but as
soon as the level of the water begins to rise it closes the aperture all round
between the tile and the upper vessel, and the steam contaned in the latter
renders it buoyant, and thus counteracting the superior weight of the float
compels it to rise with the ascending level of the water and allow the counter-
balance weight outside the boiler to fall, and thus the rising or falling level of
the water in the boiler will at all times be indicated with unerring accuracy.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN BREWING UTENSILS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rowland Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
February 1864.
I, WILLIAM ROWLAND TAYLOR, of the Swan Brewery, in the City of Oxford,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BREWING UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the application of enamelled iron to the vessels,
vats, and such like utensils employed in the operations of brewing, whereby
greater cleanliness, durability, and economy are obtained. The enamelled
iron may either be applied in the form of plates, secured by bolts, rivets, or
otherwise on to the interior of wooden or other vessels or utensils; or the
vessels or utensils may be first manufactured of unenamelled iron, and then
enamelled on those parts requiring to be so coated or protected.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GLAZING AND VARNISHING PAINTINGS, PRINTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO PLAIN PAPER, WOVEN FABRICS, LEATHER, AND OTHER SUB- STANCES
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Rollason at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st August
1864.
I, ALEXANDER ROLLASON, of the Old Kent Road, London, Chemist, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLAZING
AND VARNISHING PAINTINGS, PRINTS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS, AND WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO PLAIN PAPER, WOVEN FABRICS, LEATHER, AND OTHER SUB-
STANCES," to be as follows:-
I take collodion, either alone or in combination with any suitable gum, such
as gum animi, common resin, balsam of aniseed, or oils, such as linseed, nut,
or castor, that will dissolve therein, and in about the proportion of one pound
of collodion to half an ounce of gum, resin, or oil, and having poured or other-
wise placed the same into a polished surface of glass or metal, I allow it to
become quite dry. Upon this collodion or its compounds when so dry I
brush or pour a cement of gum arabic, dextrine, albumen, gelatine, sugar,
honey, isinglass, or of a nature similar to these, either separately or combined,
and if in combined in about equal proportions, upon which again, when suffi-
ciently dry, I place my painting or photographic or other material, having pre-
viously wetted or moistened the same. When quite dry I cut rounds its
outside, upon which it may be removed from the glass or metal together with
the cement and collodion or its compounds all firmly attached together,
producing a beautifully glazed and varnished surface.

page_text: The novelty of this Invention is not simply in applying collodion or its
compounds to paintings, prints, photographs, paper, woven fabrics, and other
substances, but in the method of applying it, and producing the glazed and
varnished appearance upon them as herein described.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR. THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cutbert Russell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 80th August
1864.
I, CUTBERT RUSSELL, Engineer and Founder, Eagle Ironworks, Strood, in
the County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR. THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forcing earth or pug made in any horizontal,
vertical, or other pug mill, driven by steam, water, wind, or horse power, direct
into moulds, which are placed on a turntable, tray, or endless chain or band
placed on the under side of the pug mill, and receiving the earth or pug from
an opening or openings on each or either end or side of the pug mill, so as to
fill one, two, or more moulds at one time from each or either end or side of
said pug mill, which mould or moulds when filled will be moved on the said
turntable, tray, or endless chain or band from the said pug mill, and will be
replaced by an empty mould or moulds by means of a lever or levers acted
upon by an eccentric cam or single arm on the main shaft of the pug mill.
The pug as it comes away in moulds in the form of bricks may be turned out
from the moulds and carried away in the usual manner.
My Invention also consists in a flap or piston (for pressing the earth or pug
into the moulds when considered necessary) acted upon by an eccentric or
cam fixed on the main shaft of the pug mill.