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TO PREVENT ALL DUST, BLACKS, AND SPRAY ENTERING THE WINDOWS, ALSO A PREVENTIVE FROM NOISE CAUSED BY WINDS, CALLED THE PULVERIS DEPULSOR OR NEWLY INVENTED WINDOW
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis Mackrory at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, FRANCIS MACKRORY, of No. 4, Milton Terrace, Vauxhall Bridge
Road, Pimlico, London, Westminster, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "TO PREVENT ALL DUST, BLACKS, AND SPRAY
ENTERING THE WINDOWS, ALSO A PREVENTIVE FROM NOISE CAUSED BY WINDS,
CALLED THE PULVERIS DEPULSOR OR NEWLY INVENTED WINDOW," to be as
follows:
The parting bead between the sashes to be made square, of metal
or hard wood, with a groove on one edge to receive the tongue of
the metal plate, which is screwed to the parting bead, and works.
into the grooves made in the styles of the sashes; the metal parting
bead and metal plate to be the whole height of the window, the
inside of the styles of the top sash to be grooved, and the outside of
the styles of the bottom sash to be grooved, to receive the metal
plate fixed to the parting bead. A metal plate to be fixed into sill of

page_text: sash frame, and the bottom rail of the bottom sash to have a groove
to receive the metal plate fixed into the sill of the sash frame;
a metal plate to be fixed to the meeting rail of the bottom
sash, and the meeting rail of the top sash to have a groove to
receive the metal plate of the bottom sash; the top rail of the top
sash to have a metal plate fixed on the top edge projecting
inch on each side of the styles of the top sash to work into grooves
in each of the pulley styles of the sash frame; also the said metal
plate on the top of the top sash to work into a groove in the head
of the sash frame, a metal bolt to be fixed on each side on the top
of meeting rail of the bottom sash to shoot into the metal parting
beads, to prevent the bottom sash being opened when not required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORKING BARRELS OF PUMPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO LINING OTHER METALLIC TUBES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Phillips Grazebrook
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 31st August 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN PHILLIPS GRAZEBROOK, of Audnam, near Stourbridge, in the
County of Worcester, Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WORKING
BARRELS OF PUMPS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO LINING
OTHER METALLIC TUBES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention consists in lining the iron tubes for the working
barrels of pumps with tubes of flint glass in place of the ordinary
limer coating of copper, the glass barrel having a flange formed on one
end that fits into a corresponding socket in the end of the metal tube,
and this glass barrel having several horizontal grooves cut on its outer
surface to afford a hold for the cement, with which I attach the glass
to the metal tube. In the same manner I can line metallic tubes other
than those intended for the working barrels of pumps.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE GUARD AND DRIVER OF A RAILWAY TRAIN, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rowland Speed at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th January 1853.
I, ROWLAND SPEED, of Wandsworth, in the County of Surrey,
Butcher, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE GUARD AND DRIVER OF A
RAILWAY TRAIN, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as
follows:-
I make my communications between the guard and driver by the
voice conveyed in a tube running under, over, or at the side of all the
carriages in a train; and my improved apparatus consists in the means
of joining the tube of one carriage to that of the next, so that the
sound shall not be interrupted, and so that the tube may not be dis-
turbed by the carriages approaching or receding from each other
while the train is in motion, and this I effect by means of a telescopic
spring joint, sufficiently yielding latterally to permit of the carriages
running round any curve without damaging the joint.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WRINGING OR TWISTING, GLOSSING, STRETCHING, AND DRYING SILK, COTTON, WOOL, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fernihough and
James Fernihough at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 18th November 1853.
We, CHARLES FERNIHOUGH and JAMES FERNIHOUGH, of the firm of
John Fernihough and Sons, of Victoria Iron Works, Dukinfield, in the
County of Chester, Boiler Makers, Iron Founders, &c., do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WRINGING OR TWISTING, GLOSSING,
STRETCHING, AND DRYING SILK, COTTON, WOOL, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
The nature of our said Invention consists of a machine to wring or
twist fibrous materials after being dyed, cleaned, or scoured, by which
means we obtain a better gloss and more even fibre than can be
accomplished by hand, the present method being to wring or twist
the material by hand, or with two sticks to assist the manual labour.
The construction of this machine will be easily understood by the
accompanying outline Sketch or Drawing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF OIL
Year: 1853

page_text: Collasson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 23rd May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, PAUL HANNUIC and GUSTAVE COLLASSON, of No. 43, Rue de la
Victoire, in the City of Paris, do hereby declare that the nature of the
said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF OIL" to be as
follows:-
In a copper heated by the naked fire or by steam are placed one
hundred parts of oil and thirty parts of resin, or there may be used
(according to the quality of oil desired to be obtained) fifty parts of
resin. This mixture being made, the temperature is raised to 140° to
160° Fahrenheit if the oil is wanted for burning, but for other purposes
a heat of from 300° to 400° will be necessary. After this, when the
mixture is perfectly melted, it is taken from the fire and filtered.
Slaked lime should be introduced into the oil which is to be burned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK AND LATCH SPINDLES
Year: 1853

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed
with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Pugh and William
Kennard at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th December 1858.
WC, THOMAS PUGH and WILLIAM KENNARD, both of King Street,
Snow Hill, in the City of London, Ironmongers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCK AND LATCH
SPINDLES" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in constructing the spindles of locks and
latches of two or more bars or pieces, and also in adapting spindles
formed of two or more bars or pieces, so that they may be slided upon
or against each other for adjustment of the handles to the different
sizes or thicknesses of doors.
This Invention includes the fastening or securing the handles upon
spindles so constructed at any convenient distance apart from each
other.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING FOR SPINNING COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Ambler at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, ou
the 30th July 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE AMBLER, of Settle, in the West Riding of the County of
York, Mechanist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PREPARING FOR SPINNING
COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows, that is.
to say:
It relates to the process of feeding what is usually known as the lap
into carding engines, and also to the method of forming the lap. It
has more especial reference to the preparation for spinning of cotton
waste, or soaped or oiled cotton, but it may also be employed generally
in the case of ordinary cottons or other fibrous substances, where they
are worked in the form of a lap. In the lap which I employ the
fibrous material is coiled along with a sheet or cloth, so as more
effectually to separate the layers or coils from each other, and prevent
them from sticking together. This form or construction is already
known, but from defective application of machinery has hitherto not

page_text: been used to advantage. In my improved machinery for forming the
lap the cloth is coiled round a roller by simple contact with one or
more other rollers to which a revolving motion is communicated by
suitable gearing. The cloth as it passes to be coiled traverses along a
flat bed, and the attendant spreads over it continuously, and in an even
layer, the requisite quantity of fibrous material. I find it of great
advantage to inake the lap very hard and tight, the consequence of this
being that the fibres are packed very closely together, and the whole
separates more freely from the cloth in uncoiling. I accordingly apply
considerable force to press the lap upon the contact rollers, and I effect
this with frictional weighting, that is to say, I compel the lap as it
increases in diameter to turn round à friction pulley against which a
weighted break bears. Instead of supplying the material to the cloth
by hand, it may be laid on after the manner of the ordinary blowing
or scutching machine.
In feeding the carding engine with the lap formed in this manner,
in order to take off the fibrous material freely from the cloth, and also
prevent the latter from being drawn into the machine, I employ the
following arrangement:-Immediately upon passing the feeding rollers
the cloth is brought directly downwards, but the fibrous material is
lashed from it forward to the licker-in by means of an additional roller
running in close approximation to the cloth. The latter being thus
cleared is coiled as it comes away on to a roller by contact with
another roller revolving at the requisite speed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Henry Alabaster,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th January 1853.
I, CHARLES HENRY ALABASTER, of Bethnal Green, in the County
of Middlesex, Hat Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PLOUGHS" to be as follows:-
In order to lessen the drafts of ploughs I place one or more
wheels or rollers immediately behind the share, whereby the share
is prevented from dragging along the ground.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Aristide Michel Servan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd August 1858.
ARISTIDE MICHEL SERVAN, of Philpot Lane, in the City of London,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of employing glass in the manufacture of soap,
which I do in the following manner :-The glass (which I prefer to be
white) is reduced to a coarse powder and mixed with two or three times
its weight of soda, and together with a small quantity of potash; the
whole is then melted, poured out, and allowed to cool, after which it is
dissolved in water, and a fatty body, such, for instance, as oleic acid, is
added to form the soap. The saponification being effected by the alkali
originally in the glass in conjunction with that subsequently added.
The silica being deposited in the soap in a state of fine division.
THE CLEANSING OF PANS AND OTHER CULINARY UTENSILS
Year: 1853

page_text: 1, THOMAS HAIGH, of Skircoat, in the Parish of Halifax, in the West
Riding of the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "THE CLEANSING OF PANS AND OTHER CULINARY UTENSILS"
to be as follows:-
Instead of the usual domestic articles made of cloth, bristles, or
similar materials, as brushes, mops, or hand cloths, for cleansing kitchen
and other utensils, I propose to make an instrument for the said
purposes to consist of leather and wire, india-rubber and wire, or gutta-
percha and wire, fastened to a handle of any convenient shape or con-
struction, and made of wood of any suitable construction or material.
The said wire may be made of any suitable metal, amalgamation of
metals, or any metal plated or coated with other metals.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that this is merely an outline
description of my said Invention, which I will fully describe in my
Complete Specification.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Charles Scott at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM CHARLES SCOTT, of Camberwell, in the County. of
Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS". to be as follows:-
My wheel is composed of a wooden stock or nave, metal spokes, and
wooden felloes, and the particular manner in which these several parts
are united and combined will be fully described and set forth in the
complete Specification of my Invention.
ADDITION TO PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
My improvements in wheels consist in constructing the same with a
wooden stock or nave, metal spokes, and wooden felloes, united and
combined together by suitable fastenings.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN Locks
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Martin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
September 1858.
I, JAMES MARTIN, of Faversham, in the County of Kent, Watch
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN Locks" to be as follows:-
On the back of the keyhole plate I fix a pair of doors on hinges,
which on the insertion of the key are opened, so as to admit it into
the working parts of the lock. The first motion of the key, or the
first turn of any instrument inserted for the purpose of picking the
lock, causes a lever and wedge bolt first to free a wedge which held
the doors open, and then to keep them firmly closed. No key or
instrument. except that bearing the exact wards of the proper key.
could then turn the bolt of the lock, nor could any but the proper key
free itself by acting upon the locking wedge, which would then release
the doors, and allow the key to be withdrawn.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Bottomley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN BOTTOMLEY, of Bradford, in the County of York, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TEXTILE FABRICS" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in impressing or embossing upon plain
woven fabrics, by means of engraved rollers, designs or patterns in
imitation of quilting, and having the appearance of quilted fabrics, as
woven by the jacquard loom, and to be used as ladies' under clothing.
AN IMPROVED MANURE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Charlton Forster
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM CHARLTON FORSTER, of No. 84, Hatton Garden, Hol-
born, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANURE" to be as
follows:-
I burn the refuse bark called tan after it has been used for tanning,
and hops after they have been used for brewing beer, into a charcoal
and ash. I then prepare equal parts of the said bark or tan and
coals, and compress the two last-named articles into bricks or lumps,
and dry the same, and with these bricks or lumps I burn the first-
mentioned refuse of bark and the said refuse hops into a charcoal and
ash, to be used for manure, in a lime kiln or retort such as is used for
making coal gas; and this is my said Invention.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Thomas Bainbridge
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWARD THOMAS BAINBRIDGE, of St. Paul's Church Yard, in the
City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER" to be as follows:-
I obtain motive power by the pressure arising from the endeavour of
a fluid to collapse into the space caused in such fluid by the passage of
a succession of jets of steam or gaseous fluid moving with great velocity
in a rotatory direction. In accomplishing this object I cause the pressure
of one or more of the sides to be received upon a plane or surface
springing from one side of the opening through which the jets pass.
The opposite sides of the exit passage are open freely for the collapsing
of the fluid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Dicks at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM DICKS, of Floore, in the County of Northampton, Smith,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN WHEELS FOR CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved construction of wheels for
carriages, principally intended for carriages for common roads, and
consists in forming the spikes of such wheels of metal, being made
hollow and elliptic, the spokes being set so as to present their narrow
or cutting edges, and thus offer less resistance to the atmosphere than
when placed as at present. The tires may also be formed of iron, and
made double, so that when the outer tire is worn it may be easily
replaced. The spokes may be cast into the nave.
CER- TAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BED HANGERS FOR SHIPS CARRYING EMIGRANT PAS- SENGERS, AND IN THE MANNER OF MANUFACTURING THEM
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Oates Christian at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ROBERT OATES CHRISTIAN, C. Engineer, of Havre, in the French
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CER-
TAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN BED HANGERS FOR SHIPS CARRYING EMIGRANT PAS-
SENGERS, AND IN THE MANNER OF MANUFACTURING THEM," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is the so arranging the beds for
emigrants as to give greater accommodation, and at the same time
allowing the whole apparatus being removed when the space is
required for other purposes. My Invention consists of suspending the
beds by means of iron rods hung from the deck timbers by means of
hooks. These suspended bars carry one end of a horizontal bar of
iron in the form of an inverted I, the other end of which bar drops
into an eye screwed into the ship's side: on these inverted T irons rest
the rails which form the surface for the bedding. There are also tye
bars so arranged as to prevent the beds from swinging.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, WAYS, AND DUCTS
Year: 1853

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed
with the application for Letters Patent. was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Woodhouse
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 22nd December 1858.
1, WILLIAM HENRY WOODHOUSE, of Parliament Street, in the City
of Westminster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, WAYS, AND
DUCTS" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in constructing roads and ways of a
combination of iron or other metal ribs with wood, concrete, stone,
or other like suitable material: I cast a frame work of iron, open at
top and bottom, and leave a space of about 4 inches, more or less,
between each of the ribs forming the frame, and I fill up this space,
when the frames are used for the roadway only, with wood, concrete,
stone, gravel, or other suitable substances. I cast the frames in con-
venient sizes, say, of about three or four feet square, and bolt them
together at their sides.

page_text: My improvements in ducts, such as channels for drains, for pipes,
&c., consist in covering them with similar frames to those above men-
tioned, but I cast each rib together with the inner sides of the frames
with a flange or projection at bottom, and fill in the spaces between
them with wood, stone, or other like solid material, which has its
bearings on the flanges or projections at the bottom of the ribs and
inner sides of the frame.
Whenever roadways thus constructed should require repairs, one or
more frames could be easily taken up and replaced without interfering
to a great extent with the traffic. In like manner should the ducts
require to be inspected, they can very readily be got at through a trap in
the foot pavement opening into the side of the duct, while for placing
pipes, &c., the covering frames could be removed at intervals and
readily replaced.
AN IMPROVED MANGLE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Francis Snowden
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM FRANCIS SNOWDEN, of King's Cross, in the County of
Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANGLE" to be as follows:-
The principal feature of my improvement in the construction of
upon the
mangles is the adaptation of a cylindrical roller of metal to bear
upper surface of the pressing box, which contains the ordinary loading.
This metallic roller is to be made hollow, and capable of receiving
heaters within it for the purpose of ironing or calendering and drying
damp clothes and other such goods. The upper surface of the ordinary
mangle box I cover with a smooth table or plate of wood or other suit-
able material, on which the damp goods are to be spread out, and as
the ordinary operations of the mangle are carried on the goods spread

page_text: upon the table are made to pass under the heated cylinder, and thereby
receive the ironing or calendering, by which they become smoothened
and dried.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR HULLING AND DRESSING PADDY OR RICE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Martin Zadick Just at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th August 1853.-A communication.
I, MARTIN ZADICK JUST, of the City of Manchester, Merchant, do P
Sp
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR HULLING AND DRESSING PADDY OR RICE" to be as
follows:-
My improvements consist in causing the paddy or rice to pass
between two rollers placed horizontally or nearly so; these rollers are
covered with very thick leather, known in commerce as sea horse hide,
or other suitable material, and the circumferences of the rollers revolve
at different velocities; by this means the paddy or rice is hulled and
dressed in passing between the said rollers, beneath which is placed a
fan for causing a current of air to separate the husks from the rice.
It is desirable to have elastic packings behind the bearings of one of
the rollers, so that the roller may yield in case the paddy or rice is fed
in in two large quantities.
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO APPARATUS USED FOR MARKING OR SCORING AT BILLIARDS AND OTHER GAMES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Sharples at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd January 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
WILLIAM SHARPLES, of the Star Hotel, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO APPARATUS USED FOR MARKING OR SCORING
AT BILLIARDS AND OTHER GAMES" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in an adaptation for scoring or marking
at billiards and other games, whereby the number of points or games
played are registered by the act of marking; thus, for instance, I
connect the marking instrument to an index which moves therewith,
so that a motion of the one must cause a proportionate motion of the
other, by which arrangement the proprietor or other person can at any
time by inspecting the index ascertain the number of points or games
that have been scored.
AN IMPROVED RAG-TEARING AND SEPARATING MACHINE
Year: 1853

page_text: I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of the firm of Robertson, Brooman,
and Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED RAG-TEARING AND SEPARATING MACHINE" to be as follows:-
This machine consists of a vessel, in which is placed a plate of a
slightly concave form, having on its upper surface a number of small
serrated iron blades or knives placed transversely, between which
similar blades or knives, mounted like cards upon a cylinder, work; by
the revolution of the cylinder the rags become torn and separated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING BREWERY AND DISTILLERY GRAINS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR CATTLE, AND FOR EXTRACTING THE BITTER PRINCIPLE AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THE REFUSE HOPS OF BREWERIES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Waterman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3d March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES WATERMAN, of Park Street, Southwark, in the County
of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING BREWERY AND DISTILLERY GRAINS FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF FOOD FOR CATTLE, AND FOR EXTRACTING THE BITTER
PRINCIPLE AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM THE REFUSE HOPS OF BREWERIES,'
to bo as follows:-
The spirit grains are first pressed to extract the glutinous matter
with which they are combined, and subsequently mixed with various
portions of pollard, oatmeal, or other farinaceous matter for the forma-
tion of dry cakes to be employed as provender for cattle.
The spent hops are submitted to pressure, to separate a portion of the
gluten which they have absorbed during the brewing process; after
which they are macerated with heat, and the bitter principle is obtained
and concentrated for the formation of an extract which may be employed
for the process of brewing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DISENGAGING SILK OF ITS GUM
Year: 1853

page_text: Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JEAN JULES GONIN, of Paris, France, and 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, Dyer, do hereby declare that the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DISENGAGING SILK OF ITS GUM" to be as
follows:-
The Invention consists in the mode of boiling off silk for the disen-
gaging of the gum or of any other heterogeneous matters. I dissolve
the gum by means of a bath of hot distilled water, into which the
silk is immersed, and I afterwards dry it by means of the hydro-
extractor. This bath is heated to about 185° Fahrt. I dissolve about
an ounce of carbonate of soda for every quart of water contained in
the bath; when the silk is immersed into this bath, I let it soak per-
fectly, and move it about until the gum is entirely gone off. I then
wring the silk, and steam it during about 30 minutes; this being
done, I plunge it into a bath of distilled water, heated to about
185° Fah, into which I have poured
of soda for every quart of distilled water.
of an ounce of carbonate
I turn tabout in the said

page_text: bath nine or ten times, and wash it in two separate baths of heated
distilled water, or into running water, but in all cases in.soft-water.
In this process of boiling off I can supersede the steaming, by using
a bath of distilled water into which the silk remains during one hour
and a half; and the proportion for the bath, and the modus operandi,
are exactly as herein-before described.
The apparatus for the above process is shown in the drawing, where
A, represents, the feeding cock for the, introduction of steam; B, the
discharge cock.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TUBES OF COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Estivant at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th December
1853.
I, EDWARD ESTIVANT, of Givet, France, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TUBES OF COPPER AND
ITS ALLOYS" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the manufacturing of brass tubes by
hammering in place of drawing the same through dies, or rolling them between
grooved rollers, as heretofore practised. For this purpose the tubes, as
heretofore, are cast in suitable lengths, and are then extended in length by
hammering the exterior surface, there being an interior support below the
hammer. A tube is by the machinery constantly moved slowly forward
under the hammer, and at the same time it is caused to revolve, by which the
tube will be extended in length. The tube is then annealed, and again
subjected to the process of hammering, and these processes are repeated till
the tube has been extended to the desired length.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Witthaff at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th April 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY WITTHAFF, of 5, Sidney Street, Oxford Road, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FILTERS" to be as follows:—
This Invention consists of constructing filter vessels of the forms of
bottles, jugs, or such like shapes, which, being partially immersed in
water (which requires to be filtered) the water filters through into the
interior of the filter vessel, and such filter vessel may be lifted from
the unfiltered water, and the filtered water therein may be poured out;
or, by having a flexible tube connected with the filter vessel, the clear
water may be drawn up to drink, or be run off in the manner of a
syphon. The filter vessel is made of stone to the shape desired, the
bottom being closed, and at the upper part a neck or spout of metal is
affixed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Roger at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
February 1853.
I, ROBERT ROGER, of Stockton-on-Tees, in the County of Durham,
Engineer and Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER" to be
as follows:
I first cause the force produced by the explosion of any gas, gases,
or body to act against a piston or pistons, which are forced out
against and compress atmospheric air into a suitable receiver, from
whence it is used in lieu of steam to act against a piston, and thereby
communicate motion to machinery. I also make use of similar
power and force to rarify atmospheric air.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GUARDS, ENGINE DRIVERS, OR PASSENGERS IN OR ON RAILWAY TRAINS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Cook and Augustus
Cook at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 21st October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, HENRY COOK, of Devonshire Terrace, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Artist, and AUGUSTUS COOK, of Upper Berkeley Street, in the
same County, Surgeon Dentist, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN GUARDS, ENGINE DRIVERS, OR PASSENGERS IN OR ON RAILWAY
TRAINS" to be as follows:-
We propose to use india rubber tubing (either coated or partially
prepared with gutta percha or otherwise), providing each vehicle with a
proper length thereof, and fitted at each end with the means of securing
a safe and powerful junction, and securing a continuous even passage
or bore throughout the entire length of the junctions, so that messages
may be transmitted without any interior impediment or obstruction.
The junction of the ends will be effected by a spring (or other) joint with
great rapidity and facility, provision being being made for the jerks con-

page_text: sequent on railway travelling by traction or otherwise. These tubes at
there absolute extremities, or at any part thereof where communication
may be required, are to be furnished with a powerful whistle, first to
call attention as a whistle, and then to be converted by the person for
whom the coming message is intended into an ear trumpet or into a
mouthpiece.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Coope Haddan at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 29th March 1853.
(Voil by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN COOPE HADDAN, of No. 29, Bloomsbury Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES" to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists in so constructing and arranging or dis-
posing the seats or part of the seats for the passengers that the pas-
sengers, or some of them, shall be prevented from being thrown from
or out of their seats, or from being thrown or forced on, to, upon,
or against each other, by a sudden stoppage, collision, or other irre-
gularity in the motion of the carriage, and also in so constructing the
body and so disposing or arranging such seats that the passengers may
be able to pass from side to side, or from end to end, inside of the body,
or by means of platforms outside of the body, with suitable doorways
formed in the sides or ends, or by removing the angles at the corners
so as to form doorways partly at the sides and partly at the ends.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings several modes are shewn in
which my Invention may be carried in effect, but other modes may
be

page_text: Figure 4,
adopted if preferred. Figure 1, and Figure 2, are plans, and Figure 3,
is a cross section through a, a, and b. b, in Figures 1, and 2.
is a plan, and Figure 5, a cross section through c, c, in Figure 4.
Figure 6, is a plan, and Figure 7, and Figure 8, are cross sections
through d, d, and c, e, in Figure 6. In all these Figures g, g, g, are the
seats placed crossways (the passengers sitting with the face in the
direction shewn by the arrows); h, h, h, are partitions (which may or
may not be padded as preferred) for separating the passengers from each
other, and which, in the event of a collision or sudden stoppage, or other
irregularity, will prevent the passengers from being thrown or forced
out of the seats, or against or upon each other; i, i, are seats arranged
in the ordinary manner, as taking up less space than if placed crossways
in the same manner as the seats h, h; k. k. are passages for allowing the
passengers to pass from side to side: aud 1. 7. are other passages for
allowing the passengers to pass from end to end, or from one carriage
to another when necessary. The partitions m, m, dividing the body
into compartments may be removed or partially removed so as to allow
the passengers to pass from end to end or from one compartment to
another. Instead of the passengers passing neross or through the inside
of the body, outer platforms may he provided at the ends as shewn by
the dotted lines n, n. o, o, are side doorways, and p, p, end doorways,
and 8, 8, doorways formed by removing the angles or corners of the body
so as to form doorways at both the sides and ends, and which may be
used either with or without exterior platforms as preferred.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FILLING VESSELS WITH AERATED WATERS, AND THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: www
12th April 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE MONDOLLOT, of the firm of Mondollot Frères, of Paris,
in the Empire of France, Soda Water and Soda Water Apparatus
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for .
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FILLING VESSELS WITH AERATED WATERS, AND THE
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of an improved valve to be used in filling
aerated liquid holders, which consists of a short tube working loosely.
with a tubular collar: the internal tube has two or more lateral open-
ings formed in it to allow the liquid to enter. A small washer of vul-
canized india-rubber, or other suitable material, is fitted to the inner ex-
tremity of the valve tube, and this washer is pressed upon the surface
of the tubular collar by the pressure of the fluid within the vessel.

page_text: This valve is fitted to the bottom of the vessel, and when it is to be
filled the vessel is inverted, and the short tube drops down a short
distance, and exposes the lateral openings which allow the liquid to
enter.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING CHAFF, STRAW, GORSE, AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Smith at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN SMITH, of No. 4, Albert Terrace, in the Parish of Aston,
in the County of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING
CHAFF, STRAW, GORSE, AND OTHER SIMILAR SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The making the knives which are attached to the radii of the wheel
of different forms, so that the substance shall be cut alternately by a
knife having its edge of a curve convex towards the substance, and by
a knife having its edge of a curve concave towards the substance.
AN ALARUM BEDSTEAD
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Watson Savage at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 6th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ROBERT WATSON SAVAGE, of 15, St. James's Square, Pall Mall,
within the City of Westminster, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN ALARUM BEDSTEAD" to be as
follows:-
It is to be made of iron, or any metal, or material, with a time-piece
or clock well made; keeping correct time, and an alarum dial plate, all
attached and forming part of "the alarum bedstead," and which bed-
stead is to range in width from two feet to four feet and six inches, and
in length from six feet to seven feet, supported by legs, which by a con-
necting rod from a catch of a lever at the head of such bedstead, such
legs will at any hour on which the alarum is set on the dial plate, or
by a bell pull, wire-pully, or other instrument attached to the lever of
the bedstead, which is dependant upon and supported by the lever;
therefore, when removed, which is done instanter, causing by the alarum
much noise, the legs of the bedstead drawn from under it by the weight

page_text: attached to the clock, and thereby wakeing the persons or person in
"the alarum bed" without inconvenience, but with certainty, case, and
comfort. The alarum bedstead" for which the application is now
made it is most respectfully submitted will be found an Invention of
great public utility, and answer, to all intents and purposes, those who
require such, it having been matured and brought to a most successful
issue after years of care and study. The combination of the whole
being the clock, the bedstead, the lever, and the simple means of the
procedure, whereby the sleeper must be aroused with certainty in a
moment's time, without the least inconvenience; besides too the solidity
and permanency of the alarum bedstead, and its mechanism of the first
order..
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR OPENING AND PREPARING TO BE CARDED, COMBED, OR DRAWN COTTON, SILK WASTE, Tow, WOOL, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Houldsworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd April 1853.
I, HENRY HOULDSWORTH, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR OPENING AND PREPARING
TO BE CARDED, COMBED, OR DRAWN COTTON, SILK WASTE, Tow, WOOL, OR
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist, 1st, in a machine for opening the cotton
or fibrous substances by means of card teeth, in such a manner as that
when the fibres are withdrawn by the action of the teeth from the
feeding rollers or apparatus, they are doffed or taken off the teeth
without any carding action between such teeth and the teeth of the
doffer. 2nd, in machinery for incorporating two fleeces of fibrous
substances (whether composed of card laps or slivers drawn or undrawn)
into one, so that when the compound fleece is wound on a lap roller it
will unwind without separating into its component fleeces or slivers.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY USED IN MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPIER MACHE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL PECIFI TION left by John Omons and Samuel
Bromhead at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 8th November 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOHN ONIONS and SAMUEL BROMHEAD, both of Marlborough
Estate, Peckham, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY USED IN
MANUFACTURE OF PAPER AND PAPIER MACHE" to be as follows:-
An improved roll or machine for pulping and preparing rags or
other material of which paper and papier maché is or may be made.
The improvements consists, first, in making the plate in one piece of
any size or shape, instead of making the knives separate, & bolting
them together. Secondly, we have arranged to make and bolt the
knives in segments on the roll diagonally, thereby causing the knives
of the roll and the bed plate of knives to act similarly to scissors,
shearing instead of the old principle of chopping, and enabling the
machine to execute its work with increased speed & nicety.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS FOR SUSTAINING BODIES IN THE WATER
Year: 1853

page_text: the 27th April 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS FOR SUSTAINING BODIES IN THE WATER" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction of dress and sup-
porting medium, to be worn by persons requiring to enter the water
for the saving of life or property. It consists of a garment composed
of any suitable impermeable material, and incloses the arms, body,
and legs of the wearer; it is tied round the neck, and is fitted with
gloves and boots for the hands and feet. The supporting medium
consists of a zone stuffed with carded cotton, and covered with any
suitable material. This zone is worn under the arms, and has the
advantage of not losing its buoyancy, although the outer covering may
be damaged. This application of the buoyancy of cotton may also be
applied to horse collars, and other harness, by which means horses and
other animals may be crossed over rivers, &c. without danger.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lee Stevens at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1853.
I, JOHN LEE STEVENS, of 63, King William Street, in the City of
London, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES" to be as follows:-
These improvements consist in the substitution of water spaces or
dead plates, more or less continuous or combined, for fire bars, to
support the fuel or fire up to or within short distances of the ends or
bridges of such furnaces, and in combination therewith, water spaces
instead of calorific plates to form air passages to such furnaces. And
the object thereof is to decrease the destruction of material constituting
the so-called fire surfaces commonly formed of fire bars, and to increase
the water spaces or steam-producing surfaces.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC- TURE OF CERTAIN COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS RICHARDSON, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF CERTAIN COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHORIC ACID " to be as follows:-
-
My process consists in employing any inorganic phosphate, the
chlorides of sodium or potassium, together or alone, with such a quan-
tity of sulphuric acid as will at least convert a portion of the phosphoric
acid into a soluble phosphate of the alkali; or bisulphate of soda or
potash instead of the chlorides of the alkalies and sulphuric acid for
the same purpose; or phosphoric acid in a soluble form, free or com-
bined with a chloride or sulphate of the alkalies.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LOCKS OF FIRE-ARMB
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard George Coles
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th December 1853.
I, RICHARD GEORGE COLES, of Cheltenham; in the County of Glou-
cester, a Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Royal Regiment of Foot, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE LOCKS OF FIRE-ARMB" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the use and employment of vulcanised
india-rubber or other suitable elastic material for the main, and if
necessary other springs used in the locks of fire-arms generally, as a
substitute for the steel springs hitherto employed in the construction of
such said locks, and it is proposed in this Invention to employ either
tubes or solid pieces of elastic material as may be found most convenient.
The object and intention of this Invention being to economise expense
in the construction of such said parts, and to afford greater facility of
repairing the same than when steel springs are employed, as hitherto
practised.