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Improvement in Dog Kennels.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb.. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Dog Kennels.
WILLIAM CALWAY Food and Appliance Manufacturer Severn Works,
Sharpness, Gloucestershire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
By making the top half of one side of an ordinary kennel (Fig. 1) loose and
hinging it on the bottom edge, so that it will open inwards and rest on two strips
of wood which are secured to the ends of the house on the inside, a second floor is
formed, which makes an upper room with one side open (Fig. 2) in which the dog
can rest during the day and sleep during warm weather. The lower room can also
be occupied.
WILLIAM CALWAY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Dog Kennels.
WILLIAM CALWAY Manufacturer of Foods & Appliances for Game, Poultry,
Pigeons, Dogs, Rabbits, Cavies & Bees of Severn Works, Sharpness Gloucester-
shire do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
By making the top half of one side of an ordinary kennel (Fig. 1 of drawings
left with Provisional Specification) loose and hinging it on the bottom edge so that
it will open inwards and rest on two strips of wood, which are secured to the ends
of the house on the inside, a second floor is formed which makes an upper room
with one side open (Fig. 2 of drawings left with Provisional Specification) in
which the dog can rest during the day and sleep during warm weather. The lower
room can also be occupied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
The method by which a side or end of a kennel can be opened inwards and made
to form a second floor or upper room with one side open, in which the dog can rest
or take shelter.
Dated this 11th day of January 1893.
WILLIAM CALWAY.
Improved Means of Signalling on Railways.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 30th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Signalling on Railways.
THOMAS SPILLER and his son HENRY WALTON SPILLER, of 178 High Street
Shadwell, in the Parish of St. Paul's Shadwell, in the County of Middlesex,
Medical Practitioners do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
An apparatus, consisting of, springs, bolt, lever, crank and an electric hell.
The apparatus to be fixed to the side of one rail on each line (up & down) in
the railway stations, and so arranged that when a train (or engine) passes, it presses
down the bolt, which acts on a lever connected with a crank, which is attached to
the rod of the ordinary signal; thereby raising the signal and blocking the line;
and at the same time, bringing into contact, the wires of an electric bell, fixed in
the signalman's box, and which continues ringing all the time the line is so
blocked and the line can only be unblocked by the signalman in the box.
28th June 1802
THOMAS SPILLER.
HENRY WALTON SPILLER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Signalling on Railways.
We THOMAS SPILLER & HENRY WALTON SPILLER, Medical Practitioners
of 178 High Street Shadwell, London, E. in the County of Middlesex do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The invention consists of a crescent (C) headed bolt D, working in a socket, and
guided by a E rod on either side working in corresponding sockets-the sockets
forming part of a plate which takes the place of the ordinary "fish plates" H H,
to this plate is attached another, which carries brackets G G under the rail, &
in which a lever F, (connected with cranks, and attached to the rod or line of the
ordinary signal) works.
The flange of a wheel passing over the apparatus presses down the D bolt,
which acts on the lever F connected with the cranks attached to the line of the
ordinary signal, and so raises the signal; the apparatus remaining out of gear,
until, the signalman places the signal at safety which, at the same time puts the
apparatus in gear again.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
An apparatus to raise a railway signal to block, by the pressure of the flange
of the wheel of an engine passing over it, and no other wheel touching it after the
first pressure, and remaining so until the signalman puts the signal at safety ;
therefore automatically blocking the line should the signalman from any cause
whatsoever fail to do so.
Dated this 29th day of March 1893..
THOMAS SPILLER.
HENRY WALTON SPILLER.
Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Corsets.
I, JOSEPH HARRIS of Woodbourne Grange, Orchard Road, Altrincham,
Cheshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of a corset made with gussets of netted or openly woven
material to afford ventilation in wear, in lieu of gussets made of closely woven or
ordinary textile material hitherto used. My invention further consists in combining
with said corset a series of copper and zinc discs or electrodes, connected together
by a fine wire cord to produce a galvanic current through the action of moisture or
perspiration given off from the body of the wearer.
On the accompanying drawing
Fig. 1 illustrates my improved corset and Figs. 2 and 3 the copper and zinc discs
for producing the galvanic current.
A, A designate the gussets made of netted material as aforesaid, which is com-
posed of wool or other suitable material, by preference, that which is known in the
market as "Haywood's ventilated fabric" which is formed or woven with honey-
comb shaped openings or interstices. Said material is stretched or otherwise
secured between the ribs B, B of the corset and one, two or more thicknesses may
be introduced to give strength to the corset. A strip of ordinary corset material Č
is introduced between the ribs B to hold the ribs at their relative distances apart.
E, E are the discs of copper and F, F the discs of zinc arranged alternately or
in series along the edges of the two portions of the corset and connected together
by a fine wire cord G to create the galvanic current as aforesaid.
The discs are eyeletted to the corset, as seen more clearly in Fig. 3, the eyelets
forming ventilating orifices H and the edges of the discs are turned down so as to
prevent them cutting the corset lining.
I sometimes employ a steel magnet in place of the zinc and copper discs afore-
said, or strips of copper and zinc stitched or interlaced into the lining of the
corset and connected together by wire.
I have found that a corset made in accordance with my improvements is more
healthy in wear than a corset made with ordinary materials, as the perspiration
given off from the body of the wearer readily escapes, instead of being retained as
heretofore, and by reason of said corset being provided with the copper and zinc
discs producing a galvanic current the same is thereby rendered beneficial to the
wearer.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.―
A corset provided with gussets of the netted or openly woven material as afore-
said in combination with discs of copper and zinc connected together by a wire
rod arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and
illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
D-1 1
Dab 1900
JOHN JAMES ROYLE,
Agent.
An Improvement in Furniture Castors.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1893-Accepted, 17th June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Furniture Castors.
JOHN FORTUNE PEEBLES Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer 8 Hope Street Lane
Edinburgh do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Namely a metal plate with sides only having two wheels running on same line.
The centre of weight carrying wheel is immediately under the centre of leg or
foot on the outside of sides there is a triangular lever the apex axle being under
top plate and on perpendicular line between wheels the axles of wheels rotate in
circular slots taken out of sides all the axles are rivetted outside of levers the
rotation being circular the wheels rise and fall according to the nature of surface
of the floor forcing sufficient pressure to be swung round as required.
Tenth day of November 1892.
JOHN FORTUNE PEEBLES,
8, Hope Street Lane.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Furniture Castors.
JOHN FORTUNE PEEBLES 8 Hope Street Lane Edinburgh Cabinet Maker and
Upholsterer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
My invention consists of an improved furniture castor having two wheels running
on same lines, and is accompanied by drawing with letters of reference.
In accordance with my invention I employ a metal plate with sides, said_sides
having slot holes for axles of wheels to rotate or oscillate into, as shewn Fig. 1
letters A.
There is a triangular lever plate on outside of sides, said lever plates having
three holes two for the axles of the wheels and one at its apex for the axle as
its centre, Fig. 1 letter B.
The leading or weight carrying wheel is immediately below the centre of leg
or foot, the other wheel is for turning the castor as required. The slot holes in
sides allow the wheels to rise or fall over any unevenness of the floor. All the three
axles are rivetted into the triangular lever plates.
This improved castor may be made as a socket, or any ordinary kind of castor.
It may also be enlarged or diminished to suit requirements.

page_text: immediately below the centre of leg or foot, both wheels being controlled by the
triangular lever plates.
Dated this 5th day of Mov 1902
JOHN F. PEEBLES,
8, Hope Street Lane, Edinburgh.
Improvements in Stiffening Ribs for Corsets, Dress Bodices, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stiffening Ribs for Corsets, Dress Bodices, and
the like.
I, JAMES MILWRAITH BALLANTYNE of 63 Glassford Street, Glasgow, in the
County of Lanark North Britain, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in stiffening ribs for corsets, dress bodices
and the like and consists in manufacturing the ribs of celluloid, xylonite or the like
in lieu of whalebone, buffalo horn or steel as hitherto.
In carrying out my said invention, I form the celluloid into thin sheets which are
then cut up into strips or ribs of various lengths and from " to "broad; the strips
or ribs, which may be cut by means of an ordinary guillotine, are then polished
and finished off in the usual way.
Dated this 26th day of September 1892.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stiffening Ribs for Corsets, Dress Bodices, and
the like.
I, JAMES MILWRAITH BALLANTYNE of 63 Glassford Street, Glasgow in the
County of Lanark, North Britain, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in stiffening ribs for corsets, dress bodices
and the like and consists in manufacturing the ribs of celluloid or xylonite.
In carrying out my said invention the celluloid is formed into thin sheets which
are cut into strips or ribs of various lengths and from " to "broad; the strips are
then polished.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed [ declare that what I
claim is :-
The employment of celluloid or xylonite for the stiffening ribs of corsets and the
like, as described.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
A Method of and Process for Printing Celluloid.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Mar., 1892-Accepted, 23rd Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Process for Printing Celluloid.
I, WOLFF HAGELBERG of 19 and 21 Marienstrasse Berlin, in the German
Empire Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a method of printing letters, pictures other ornaments etc.
on plates of celluloid in such a manner that the colours shall be indelible without
losing any of their brightness and richness and while the plates have the peculiar
gloss of celluloid.
By my invention this method is carried out in such a manner that the above
mentioned result is obtained in the most perfect and economical manner.
For this purpose the process is arranged as follows.
The celluloid plate to be printed is highly polished and then pressed by means of
a metal plate having a rough or granulated surface produced in any suitable manner
but preferably by a sand-blast. In consequence of this pressing the celluloid plate
receives also a finely granulated dead surface suitable for the reception of printing
colours.
The celluloid plate thus prepared is then printed on a lithographic press with
printing colours to which has been added a solvent of celluloid such as ethyl acetate.
However this solvent must be of such a nature as not to affect the printing
colours.
The printed celluloid plate is then pressed with a metal plate of which the whole
of the face has been highly polished or on which part or parts of the face liave been
left flat or "dead." This operation has chiefly the object of rendering the
printed parts of the celluloid plate glossy.
When a more picturesque effect is obtained by leaving parts of the illustrated
object flat or dead the plates are only polished in parts as before mentioned.
"If it is considered desirable to render the printing celluloid plate as glossy or
polished as possible, the printed plate before being farther pressed may be covered
with a layer of varnish of dissolved celluloid. Acetate of amyle may be used as a
convenient solvent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1) A method of and process for the printing of celluloid plates consisting of the
following operations.
a) Rendering the surface of the celluloid plate dead or granulated by pressing
it with a metal plate having a finely granulated face.
b) Printing the celluloid plate with printing colours to which has been added a
solvent of celluloid.
c) Pressing the printed celluloid plate with a plate either wholly or in parts
polished.
2) In the preceding process the modification of covering the printed celluloid
plate before pressing it with a layer of varnish of dissolved celluloid.
Dated 3rd of March 1892.
FELL & WILDING,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Dobbies for Weaving Looms.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1893-Accepted, 16th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dobbies for Weaving Looms.
I, MARK LEACH, of Sunbridge Road, Bradford, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in Hattersley's and other similar dobbies-
for weaving looms in which the jacks or lifting levers are held in position by means.
of a bar or rod passing through curved slots formed in them. Hitherto when
owing to accident or other cause it is requisite to remove or replace one of the
jacks or lifting levers of the dobbie it has been necessary to withdraw or partially
withdraw the bar or rod from the dobbie thus more or less displacing the remaining
jacks or levers. The object of my invention is to facilitate the removal and
replacement of any of such levers without interfering with the others.
For this purpose I make the said slot in each jack lever open at the bottom or
with an opening at any other convenient part adapted to allow the slot to be placed
upon or detached from said bar whilst the ends of the latter are confined.
Dated this 0th day of Navambar 1805
DRACUP & NOWELL,.
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dobbies for Weaving Looms.
I, MARK LEACH, of Sunbridge Road, Bradford, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in Hattersley's and other similar dobbies
for weaving looms in which the jacks or lifting levers are held in position by means
of a bar or rod passing through curved slots formed in them. Hitherto when
owing to accident or other cause it is requisite to remove or replace one of the
jacks or lifting levers of the dobbie it has been necessary to withdraw or partially
withdraw the bar or rod from the dobbie thus more or less displacing the remaining
jacks or levers. The object of my invention is to facilitate the removal and
replacement of any of such levers without interfering with the others.
For this purpose I make the said slot in each jack lever open at the bottom or
with an opening at any other convenient part adapted to allow the slot to be placed
upon or detached from said rod or bar whilst the ends of the latter are confined.
The accompanying drawing forming a part of this Specification represents a
jack lever constructed in accordance with my invention in which a represents the
slot above referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what 1
claim is:
A jack lever having an open slot adapting it to be removed or replaced without
displacing the rod or bar passing through said slot, substantially as herein shown.
and described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
T1 S And 1000
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents..
Digestive Biscuits.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th May, 1892, 2. N&D
Complete Specification Left. 17th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 15th Apr., 1893
Digestive Biscuits.
1, FREDERICK WILLIAM FLETCHER Beauchamp Lodge, Enfield, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to supply in the convenient form of biscuits,
the natural digestive ferments known as pepsine, pancreatine, and other allied
bodies.
I propose to introduce into biscuits either during the process of their manu-
facture, or afterwards, a certain proportion of the aforesaid digestive ferments.
Biscuits so prepared can be taken as an ordinary article of diet, and will, at
the same time possess valuable digestive properties.
Dated this 18th day of May 1809
FRED. W. FLETCHER.
Digestive Biscuits.
I FREDERICK WILLIAM FLETCHER of Beauchamp Lodge, Enfield, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to supply in the convenient form of biscuits, the
natural digestive ferments of the gastric juice and pancreatic juice known as pepsine
pancreatine and other allied bodies.
To make biscuits according to my invention a suitable proportion of one or more
of the aforesaid natural digestive ferments is mixed with any ordinary ingredients
used in making biscuit, dough or paste and formed therewith into dough or paste,
and the dough or paste thus prepared is baked into biscuits, care being taken that
the temperature of the oven does not rise to a point at which the activity of the
digestive ferments would be impaired.
The relative proportions of one or more of the natural digestive ferments, and
the biscuit dough or paste may vary considerably, but I give the following as an
Each biscuit when finished to weigh one-eighth of an ounce, containing about
one grain of pepsine.
As an alternative method I may take biscuits which have been already baked,
and add thereto any suitable proportion of one or more of the aforesaid natural
digestive ferments, either in solution or mixed with sugar, gum, white of egg or
other adhesive material, the biscuits being afterwards dried, if necessary, in a
current of warm air or a cool oven.
Biscuits prepared in accordance with my invention as above described can be
taken as an article of diet, and will possess valuable digestive properties.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
-
Digestive biscuits containing one or more of the natural digestive ferments of
the gastric and pancreatic juices prepared substantially in the manner herein
described.
Dated this Corontsouth day of abro1002
FRED. W. FLETCHER.
Improved Means of Colouring Air-dried and Cylinder-dried Brown and other Papers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 14th Jan, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Colouring Air-dried and Cylinder-dried Brown
and other Papers.
FILMER PHIPPS Paper Maker River House near Dover Kent do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I take pitch or tar (vegetable or mineral) of any description and add to it caustic
soda or alkali, and place the same together in an open keir or pan with about
25 gallons of water to every hundred pounds of pitch or tar or other similar
substance and then turn in high pressure steam and boil the pitch or tar or similar
substance until it is thoroughly dissolved, so that when mixed with cold water, or
put into pulp in the paper engine it will not coagulate or re-unite.
Dated this Third day of March 1892.
FILMER PHIPPS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means of Colouring Air-dried and Cylinder-dried Brown
and other Papers.
I, FILMER PHIPPS, of River House, River, near Dover, in the County of Kent,
Paper Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :--
1. take pitch or tar, of any description, and add to the same caustic alkali
of 60 to 70% degrees of strength, and place the same in an open keir, or pan,
with about 25 gallons of water to every 100 lbs. of pitch, or tar, of any description,
and boil the same with high pressure steam, or otherwise, until it is thoroughly
dissolved, so that when added to water or to the pulp in the paper engines, in such
quantities, as the different natures of the papers to be made warrant, it will not
coagulate or reunite.
The advantages gained by this process are
1. Simplicity, and cheapness of colour.
2. Producing a clean and uniform colour free of specks.
3. Adaptability of mixing with any other colours."
4. Cheapening of paper generally.
5. Freedom from acid.
6. Freedom from smell.
7. Economy generally.
8 Good results
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The process of colouring air-dried, or loft-dried, and cylinder-dried, brown, and
other papers by means of a combination of pitch, or tar, with caustic alkali,
substantially in the manner herein before described.
Dated this 7th day of December 1892
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The process of colouring air-dried, or loft-dried, and cylinder-dried, brown, and
other papers by means of a combination of pitch, or tar, with caustic alkali,
substantially in the manner herein before described.
Dated this 7th day of December 1892.
FILMER THIFTS.
An Improved Compound to be Applied to Driving Straps.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1893-Accepted, 11th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Compound to be Applied to Driving Straps.
I EDWARD HUNTER of 17 Shuttle Street Tyldesley in the County of Lancaster,
Operative Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to enable leather or other driving straps to exert
an increased gripping power upon the driving pulleys.
The invention consists of an improved compound or paste, to be applied to the
working surface of the strap, which I prepare in the following manner;-I take
about one pound of tallow to which I add about half a pound of chloride of lime,
and sometimes, but not always, about half a pound of burnt umber, the latter being
chiefly used as a coloring matter.
These ingredients are mixed together and placed in a suitable vessel and allowed
to boil for about half an hour, being kept well stirred. The compound is then
allowed to cool, when it becomes about of the consistency of tallow and is then
ready for use.
A small piece of this compound about the size of a marble is placed on the
inner or working surface of the driving strap and by the friction and pressure in
passing round the pulleys it becomes gradually spread over the whole surface of
the strap.
It is found by experience that this improved compound or strap paste not only
causes the driving strap to have a better bite or grip upon the driving pulley but
it also improves the strap and increases its durability.
Dated this 30th day of November 1892.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4. St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Compound to be Applied to Driving Straps.
I, EDWARD HUNTER No. 17 Shuttle Street Tyldesley, Cotton Spinner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The compound consists of chloride of lime 5 lbs., tallow 4 lbs., brown
humber 2 lbs. Tallow melted down, lime added and allowed to boil after it
has done boiling the brown humber is added, and when cold the compound is
ready for use. Brown humber used for colouring. And is an improved strap
paste. The use of this compound is to prevent the straps from slipping on the
pullies, and to keep the straps soft and pliable. A piece about the size of a nut
to be applied to the face of the strap, and will spread itself equally all over the
face of the strap. It prevents unsteady running of the pullies on which it is used
thus enabling the machine or machines to run steady when extry work is put upon
them.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :
A compound of chloride of lime, tallow, and brown humber mixed together to
form a paste.
Dated this 28th day of Ontahan 1009
EDWARD HUNTER.
An Improved Dress-holder or Suspender.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Dress-holder or Suspender.
I, WILLIAM WILLERINGHAUS, of No. 13, Hamsell Street, in the City of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved holder or suspender for ladies' dresses
consisting of two arms having jaws and acted upon by a spring as hereinafter
described.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations at right angles to each other of my improved
dress-holder or suspender, and
Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 partly in section.
a. a indicate the arms of my improved holder or suspender which are pivotted
at 6 and at one end provided with cups c, c containing pads d, d of india-rubber
or other suitable material and forming the jaws of the holder; the other ends of
the arms are acted upon by a spiral spring e which is enclosed within two
telescoping tubes f, g, the said tubes and spring being held in position by means of
projections h, h which pass through holes in the tubes into the interior of the
spring, as shewn in Figure 3.
i is a ring connected to the holder and serving for the attachment of the same to
a suspending cord. The suspension of the holder from a cord is not, however,
necessary, as by the arrangement of the spring in the manner described, the jaws
have sufficient grip to retain the holder in place without fear of its becoming
detached.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:
The manufacture and use of the improved spring dress-holder or suspender herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 20th day of April 1892.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Method of Producing Roofing Tiles with a Rough Surface.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Sept., 1893-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1893
An Improved Method of Producing Roofing Tiles with a Rough
Surface.
We, EDWARD PHILIP COLLIER and SAMUEL GEORGE COLLIER, trading as
S. and E. Collier, of Groveland's Road, Reading in the County of Berks., Potters,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Roofing tiles are specially made with a rough surface, in order that they may
become what is termed "weathered," that is, coated with vegetation. This has
hitherto been done by hand process. Our improvement consists in effecting the
same result by machinery.
To accomplish this we subject the wet clay as it leaves the die of the rolling
machine or press, to the scratching or roughing action of one or more pieces of
serrated or jagged metal which roughens the surface to the extent required.
Instead of a bar or strip of metal a roller with roughened surface may be
employed, or the mouth of the die may be roughed in like manner.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1892.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Producing Roofing Tiles with a Rough
Surface.
We, EDWARD PHILIP COLLIER, and SAMUEL GEORGE COLLIER, trading as
S. and E. Collier, of Groveland's Road, Reading in the County of Berks., Potters,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention refers to certain kinds of roofing tiles which are specially made
with a rough surface, in order that they may more speedily become what is termed
"weathered," that is to say coated with vegetation.
This has hitherto been done by hand process.
Our improvement consists in effecting the same result by machinery.
To accomplish this we subject the wet clay as it leaves the die of the rolling
machine or press, to the scratching or roughing action of one or more pieces of
serrated or jagged metal which are so fixed as to pass over and roughen the surface
to the extent required.
Instead of a bar or strip of metal a roller with roughened surface may be
employed, or the mouth of the die may be roughed in like manner:
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A method of roughing the surface of roofing tiles by means of a serrated or
jagged metal bar or roller, or mouth of die, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of September 1893.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
Improved Pencil Holder.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Pencil Holder.
CHARLES HENRY CLARK, 3 Camden Terrace, Bath, Head Master of the East
Twerton Board School, Bath. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This "Improved Pencil Holder" shall consist of an elastic metal tube, four
inches long, split up the centre longitudinally. The two ends shall be open, and
their edges slightly flanged outwards, so as to freely admit the pencil. The
diameter of the tube shall be about a quarter of an inch, a little less than that of
an ordinary drawing pencil, so that when the pencil inserted, the tube will open
slightly and hold it fast.
It may be made of any common metal with sufficient elasticity, when in the
tubular form, to hold the pencil firmly.
It may also be made longer than four inches, and with a smaller diameter, so as
to enable it to be used as a holder for slate pencils.
It may also be made so that only one third, more or less, of its length shall be
split from each end, and the remaining third, more or less, in the middle shall be a
solid round tube with no split.
It is to be used as a holder for lead or slate pencils, and the pencils may be
inserted in either, or both ends of the holder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. That this "Improved Pencil Holder" being a simple elastic metal tube, four
inches long, split up the centre ;
2. That the edges of its ends being slightly flanged outwards;
3. And that the alternate form of it, viz. the holder being split only one third
of its length from each end, while it is a solid round tube in the middle, are
distinctly features of novelty for a pencil holder.
Dated this Twentieth day of February 1892.
C. H. CLARK.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Soft Soap.
Year: 1892

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Soft Soap.
I, JACOB BROWN, of Springfield Soap Works, Morley, in the County of York,
Soap Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object, the production of a soft soap for the washing of
wool and the scouring of piece goods, in a manner that, it will give to the wool a
silky handle and more lustre than hitherto, and moreover to so manufacture the
soap that, it can be used for the finest class of goods of the most delicate shades,
without the slightest injury to either the fabric or the color.
I accomplish my object by the production in the first instance of a potash lye, of
such strength and consistency, as is represented at a temperature of 14 degrees
Reaumer, and by a Beaumes hydrometer for heavy liquids at 20 degrees strength.
In the second place, I place the lye as above into the soap pan, and to each
three hundred weights two quarters and eleven pounds of the lye, I add two
hundred weights of saponified olein: the latter ingredient is gradually added when
the lye is boiling, and after the two are thoroughly combined, the boiling is con-
tinued until such time as, when dropped on to a glass plate, the soap is transparent
and does not slip.
This soap is particularly adapted for finishing piece goods, and goods so finished,
can be detected from goods finished with ordinary soaps as they are more lustrous
to the eye and of a softer and silkier touch to the hand.
The soap herein described is the result of some six years experimenting, and it
may be ascertained at any time whether a particular soap is made according
to the foregoing specific degrees and temperature of the ingredients by the
following test.
To ninety pounds of the soap as herein set forth, add nine hundred weights
one quarter and twenty five pounds of water, a transparent liquid will be the
result.
The same quantity of water added to the same quantity of soap as hitherto made,
a non-transparent liquid will be the result.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The method or process of manufacturing soft soap by compounding the ingredients
at the specific degrees of temperature and strength and in the specific quantities
and subjecting them to the process as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 14th day of October 1892.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
An Improved Hairpin.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 22nd Apr., 1893
An Improved Hairpin.
I EDMUND HENRY HOWLETT of 4 Wright Street Hull, in the County of York
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
--
The object of this invention is to construct a hairpin which will not easily slip
out of the hair like those at present in use.
The pins hitherto employed are formed with the apex outwards; as hairpins act
on the principle of a wedge, this form is entirely wrong, as the apex makes a way
for itself and thus works out and the pin is lost; with my improved construction of
pin this is entirely obviated as I form the apex inwardly by making a V or other
shaped groove or indentation in the head of the pin, the hair gets in the groove
and keeps the hairpin from slipping out, the indentation in the head of the pin
forming a niche for the hair to fit in.
The head of the pin may be formed with one or more bends in it, and the edges
of the apex may be rounded or of any suitable shape.
Dated this Twanty cirth day of Lul 1905
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
1, EDMUND HENRY HOWLETT of 4 Wright Street, Hull in the County of York,
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to construct a hair-pin which will not easily slip
out of the hair like those at present in use.
Hair pins act on the principle of a wedge, the head of the pin being the apex,
consequently any force applied to the shaft or shanks of the pin will tend to push it
out of the hair.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. shows hair pin with the shallow depression in the head, which I have
found to be the most perfect in action.
Figs. 2. 4. 5 and 6 being modifications of the same.
Fig. 3. shows a modification in which no indent is made, but the angles are made
sharp.
In my improved construction of pin the above disadvantages are entirely obviated,
as, by making a bend or bends in, or roughening of the head A of the pin, the apex
of the wedge is turned inwards, and any strands of hair falling into the groove will
effectually counteract the forces that are acting on the shaft of the pin to drive it
outwards.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Hair pins with their heads of a hollow, V, indented, or corrugated shape, to
prevent them working out of the hair, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Fourteenth day of March 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Saville Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Saville Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
An Improvement in the Preparation of a Compound for the Destruction of Blackbeetles, Cockroaches, and other Insects.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1892-Accepted, 30th July. 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Preparation of a Compound for the
Destruction of Blackbeetles, Cockroaches, and other Insects.
ENEA DECESARI Destroyer of Insects 5 Gresse Street Rathbone Place
London W. do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :--
The improvement in the preparation of a compound for the destruction of
blackbeetles cockroaches and other insects; is composed of the following
ingredients: namely, 1 lb. lump borax, disolved 2 pints of water, 1 lb. of size,
lb. of honey, 10 grammes of hydrargyri percloridi, and 12 lb. borax's powder.
When these ingredients are mixed together and hot water added thereto; the
compound is applied to places frequented by the above named insects.
Absence of smell or color of the fluid when applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I
claim is:
Total destruction of blackbeetles cockroaches and other insects, together with
their larvæ from the place where the said mixture is applied.
Dated this 7th day of July 1892.
ENEA DECESARI.
Improvements in Tea Strainers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 28th June, 1892-Accepted, 30th July, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tea Strainers.
I FRANK JOHN WILLS of Winchester in the County of Middlesex, and State
of Massachusetts one of the United States of America, Clerk, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference
being had to the accompanying drawings where:-
Fig. 1 represents a central longitudinal vertical section of the invention.
Fig. 2 represents a front elevation of the invention.
Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the same.
A is a shell with an opening C provided with a lip e. B is a suitable strainer
resting on an annular shoulder a in the shell A as shown in Fig. 1.
Opposite to the opening C is arranged on the outside of the shell A, a hook or
projection E adapted to be brought in contact with the edge of the cup to allow
most of the contents of the shell to flow out. The whole is arranged to be attached
to the spout of a teapot in the usual manner.
The operation is as follows:-
The tea flows from the spout and falls through the strainer B into the lower
portion of the shell A finding its way out into the teacup through the opening C.
By resting the hook E (Fig. 2) upon the edge of the cup, the lip e is depressed
allowing most of the contents of the shell A to flow out. Upon replacing the
teapot upon the table, the drip from the upper portion of the shell A falls into
the lower compartiment thereof and is there retained, as the lowest point of the
opening C is higher than the bottom of the shell aforesaid.
The advantage of this device is that the table cloth is protected from tea stains
with a general gain in neatness.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. A tea strainer consisting of a hemispherical shell or its equivalent in shape
constructed of any suitable metal, suspended so as to swing freely in a perpendicular
plane passing through the axis of the spout and tea pot to which it is attached
in the usual manner; with an annular ring or shoulder about a third of the way
down upon which rests a strainer slightly dished, and of an opening in the shell
forming a lip below the strainer, also of a hook or projection on the side opposite
said orifice and on the side nearest the teapot when in position for use, this hook
being for the purpose of arresting the descent of the strainer into the cups on the
side to which it is attached while permitting the other side to drop lower, all sub-
stantially as shown and described and for the purposes mentioned.
2. In a tea strainer, a projection or hook attached to the shell near the bottom
and on the side opposite to the orifice arranged to depress the lips by coming in
contact with the edge of the teacups while in use substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 28th day of June 1892.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.
A Decorated Glass Pianoforte Front Panel.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 9th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 8th Mar., 1893—Accepted, 13th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Decorated Glass Pianoforte Front Panel.
I JAMES HENRY LEE of No. 13 Hall Street London E.C. Pianoforte
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:―
My invention refers to the use of a sheet of glass decorated by gilding, silvering,
painting, grinding, embossing, crystallizing or any other process to form the front
of a pianoforte above the key board in place of the wood panel commonly used.
Dated this Ninth day of June 1892.
JAMES HENRY LEE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Decorated Glass Pianoforte Front Panel.
I JAMES HENRY LEE of 13 Hall Street, City Road, London E.C. Pianoforte
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
In that shape of pianoforte known as upright or cottage the use of a sheet or
plate of glass to form the front panel above the keyboard in place of the wood
panel commonly used. This glass panel may be decorated by any of the usual
methods such as painting, embossing, crystallizing, gilding, silvering, and may also
have candle brackets attached to it by cement or by screws fixed to a board behind
through holes drilled through the glass.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The use of a decorated glass panel to form the front panel above the keyboard in
that shape of pianoforte known as upright or cottage.
Dated this 8th day of March 1893.
JAMES HENRY LEE.
Improvements in the Construction of Rulers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893
Improvements in the Construction of Rulers.
I, EMIL KOLLMAR, Manufacturer of Pforzheim in the Empire of Germany, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of the present application is a square rule which for the purpose
of lightness, wear resisting, handiness and better appearance is made from
aluminium.
In order still further to increase the lightness of the article the same is con-
structed as a hollow body i.e. tubular and of any suitable shape in cross section for
instance square as represented in Fig. 1 of the drawing annexed.
Fig. 1 represents a rule constructed in accordance with my present invention
having divisions marked thereon.
These divisions may be according to any desired scale or system and may be put
upon several sides of the rule or only on one side as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A hollow or tubular rule made from aluminium-either with or without any
desired scale or system marked on the outside thereof-substantially in the manner
and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.
Dated thin 10th day of Danamber 1909
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.