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AN IMPROVE- MENT IN BRACES USED IN SUSPENDING. PARTS OF DRESS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Thomas Williams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th July 1880.
ROBERT THOMAS WILLIAMS, in the employment of Messieurs William Blenkiron
and Son, of Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehouseman.
" AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN BRACES USED IN SUSPENDING. PARTS OF DRESS."
Dress braces as at present arranged are generally formed at their front parts
with double, though in some cases with single ends, and these ends are connected
by a buckle or some such arrangement to the parts of the braces which pass over
the shoulders of the user, by which facility is afforded for effecting variations in
the length of the braces or the height of suspension.
.
These front ends are also employed to aid in suspending drawers by being passed
through loops on such drawers.*
But this arrangement of the parts is often attended with inconvenience, which
it is the object of my improvement to remedy, as well as to secure other
advantages.
For this purpose I apply to each front buckle cr other adjusting means, in
addition to the ordinary end or ends, a separate clip formed of steel or other metal,
the lower or clipping ends of which are formed with undulatory or other nipping
surfaces adapted when held together to hold up any fabric nipped between these
parts, and I employ such nipping holders to nip onto the waist-band or other
suitable upper part of the drawers, to hold them suspended in the position required,
independently of the ordinary front brace ends used to suspend the front of the
trowsers, by which an independent adjustable appliance for suspending the drawers
is obtained.
These nipping holders are formed so that they may spring open at their nipping
parts, or with spring applied for that purpose, and the nipping parts are drawn
together for holding purposes by a sliding double headed stud connection passing
through and acting on the inclined part or parts of them.
Such nipping holders may when required also be employed to aid in suspending
the trowsers in addition to or separately from the ordinary brace ends.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Taylor, junior, at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th March 1880.
JAMES TAYLOR, junior, of Clithero, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
The first part of my Invention relates to the check motion and picker savers of
slays, and consists in dispensing with the leather check straps and picker savers
commonly used, and in employing in their place two thin strips of iron or check
pieces fixed at one end to a sliding rod held in two brackets; these check pieces
have holes at the other end to allow them to slide on the picker spindle, and the
picker comes in contact with one of them, and has its force arrested by a spring
which acts upon one end of the sliding rod, and prevents the picker from coming
in contact with the spindle stud, and the shuttle is checked by the picker coming
in contact with the other check piece,, which is arrested by a spring attached to the
slay end. The check pieces can be adjusted on the sliding rod to suit both the
picker and shuttle.
The second part of my Invention relates to the crank arm. I dispense with the
wrought iron straps and gibs and cotters commonly used, and use a block recessed
at one end to receive the steps that fit on the crank to form the bearing; these
steps are held in position by a hooked piece bolted on to the block. The steps are
adjusted to the crank by a locked set screw passing through the hooked piece, and
bearing on a small steel plate on the back of the step. The other end of the block
is hollowed out to fit the slay pin which is held in its place by a hooked piece
forming a bearing with the end of the block; this hook has an adjusting slot and
is bolted to the block.
The third part of my Invention consists in applying to the bearings of loom
shafts cast iron or other bushes, which are keyed or fitted on, so that they can be
easily removed and replaced when the bearings wear.
The fourth part of my Invention consists in supporting the finger or catch rod
in adjustable brackets to prevent thick and thin places in the cloth.
The fifth part of my Invention relates to the binder boss of the tappet shafts,
and it consists in forming the binder boss in two pieces bolted or fastened together,
so that the boss can be readily taken off or put on without removing or stripping
the tappet shaft.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL JOINTS AND IN METAL TAPS AND METAL COCKS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Ward and William Bevis
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th November 1880.
EDWARD WARD, of Number 52, Union Street, Maidstone, in the County of
Kent, Watchmaker, and WILLIAM BEVIS, of Number 22, Bower Place, Maidstone
aforesaid, Financial Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN METAL JOINTS AND IN METAL
TAPS AND METAL COCKS."
Our Invention consists :-
(1.) In the use of a concaved or convexed metal spring to act upon the plug of
all metal gas joints, metal taps, and metal cocks, so as to keep the plug at all times
tight-fitting and self-grinding-in or self-repairing, thus preventing any escape of
gas, air, steam, water, or any other liquid.
(2.) In the use of a guard-pin fixed in the plug, and of a groove made in the
barrel of all metal joints, metal taps, and metal cocks, for the guard-pin to work in,
to prevent any injury to the before mentioned concaved or convexed metal spring,
or the forcing of the plug.
(3.) In the use of a metal flange or a metal washer for the said concaved or
convexed spring to press upon or work against.
The above particulars we further sub-divide as follows:-
(A.) If a flange be used, it is to be cast on or to form a part of the barrel, but if
a washer be used, it is to fit against the barrel.
(B.) Or the spring may slip over the plug with the convexed part pressing
against the barrel with a washer placed between spring and nut.
(C.) Or the flange may be cast on or made a part of the nut, with convexed part
of the spring pressing against the barrel; the aforesaid nut to fasten together the
plug, spring, and barrel.
In all, we use a concaved or convexed metal spring, a guard-pin, a groove, and a
flange, or a washer fixed or applied as above, ensuring the self-grinding-in or self-
repairing of the plug, and we claim the joint use of these in all metal swing-joints,
and in all metal taps and metal cocks.
We claim that with the addition of a second spring, and, if need be, an additional
piece on top of plug, we can make all metal taps and metal cocks self-closing, so as
to cut off the supply of either gas, air, steam, or water, immediately the handle
is freed.
We claim the application of the above to other than metallic material.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING THE TRAVELLING Speed OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frank Alcock at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 26th February 1880.
FRANK ALCOCK, of Sale, in the County of Chester, Cotton Spinner.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND RECORDING THE TRAVELLING Speed
OF BICYCLES AND OTHER VEHICLES."
My Invention consists in the use of certain apparatus, by means of which any
one travelling on a vehicle may ascertain the speed thereof.
For this purpose I connect a wheel or part moving therewith to apparatus, which
in proportion to the speed imparted moves outward by centrifugal force, and moves
a suitable pointer. Thus I place a roller in contact with a running wheel, and this
being caused to revolve imparts rotatory motion to a shaft, upon which are jointed
levers carrying weights, and as these fly more or less outward they shift the
position of a slide against the force of a spring, and this collar turns a pointer
along a graduated scale. By connecting the pointer to a tracer in contact with a
travelling surface the speeds may be recorded during given periods of time. The
apparatus may be moved from contact with the running wheel when not required
to be used.
CONSTRUCTION OF WATCH KEYS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER KEYS."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John West at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th October 1880.
« IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
JOHN WEST, of Buxton, in the County of Derby.
CONSTRUCTION OF WATCH KEYS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER KEYS."
The object of this Invention is to prevent the admission of dust or other
extraneous matter into the pipes of watch or other keys, which is a frequent cause
of trouble and inconvenience.
The nature of the said Invention consists in fitting into the interior of the pipe
of the watch or other key a plug or peg, which fits closely therein, and the outer
end of which is flush (or nearly so) with the end of the pipe or tube of the key.
The inner end of the plug or peg is slightly enlarged and is acted upon by a
spiral or coiled spring which has a constant tendency to force the plug or peg
forwards, but which will allow it to recede when the key is fitted onto the
"square" or pin of the watch or lock.
Thus it will be evident that the spring plug will entirely prevent the admission
of dust or other extraneous inatter into the pipe or tube of the key when out of
use, but will not in any way interfere with the ordinary use of the key.
This spring plug is prevented from falling out of the key by a shoulder in the
interior of the pipe or tube, beyond which the enlarged end of the plug cannot
pass.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STREET CABS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Greenhill at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th April 1880.
THOMAS GREENHILL, of No. 30, Alfred Place, Bedford Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STREET CABS."
This Invention relates to vehicles to be used as four wheeled cabs are used at
present, but instead of having four wheels I only have two, and I arrange the
body that four, and in some cases five, persons may occupy the interior, and sit faco
to face, the door being at the back instead of at the side or sides. The frame of
the vehicle is of iron, and has axle arms projecting from the sides for the wheels
to be mounted upon; by this method I dispense with the usual axle running under
the body. The body is supported upon springs, and the driver's seat is at front
over a cross spring, which connects the two side springs. Under the driver's foot
board a space is left upon the front part of the frame for the reception of luggage,
if desired; or the roof may be used, as by the present four wheeled cabs, for
luggage.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEEP AND OTHER FENCING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Sainty at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd June 1880.
JOHN SAINTY, of Wisbech St. Peter's, Engineer, in the County of Cambridgeshire.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEEP AND OTHER FENCING."
This Invention relates to improvements in sheep and other fencing, and consists
in the main a combination of wood and iron or steel, or solely of iron and steel.
The upright stands are double iron of sufficient width apart to receive wood, or
iron, or steel rails. The double upright stands are secured unto a cross bar. On
each end of this cross bar [is secured a wood or iron surface plate or foot, which
forin the base or bottom of the upright stands.
On each side of the stand is stayed
with iron stays or iron bars, and secured to the cross bar or base of the upright
stand. These stands are kept their proper distance apart by shouldered rivets the
distance apart the rails require for their thickness. The rails have a slot on each
end, which fit unto the cross shouldered rivets, which form the spaces of the
longitudinal bars. Two small drop clutches, a hole in one end to fit the cross
shouldered rivets, which are put unto the rivet before rivetting them into the
upright stand. The drop clutches are secured into the spaces which the longi-
tudinal bars have to occupy, and hang loose when placing the bars or rails
into their respective places. The drop clutches falls unto the top of the bars or
rails, which are firmly secured.
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUBLICITY
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jules César Callot at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1880.
JULES CÉSAR CALLOT, of the Firm A. Variclé et Callot, of Boulevard Saint
Denis, 1, at Paris. "AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUBLICITY."
This Invention relates to an improved system of publicity, which consists in
replacing the bills of fare commonly employed in restaurants and cafés, such
places by an elegant illustrated album bill of fare, representing to the customer in
pretty chromolithographic or engraved designs the dishes most used and classified.
The illustrated album bill of fare is enveloped in a cover of leather, cloth, paste-
board, or fancy metal, and of various colours ornamentod or stamped with or without
metallic settings. The interior of the cover is lined with silk, satin, or other suitablo
material, and receives the bill of fare for the day inserted on one face, and the card
of wines on the interior face opposite to the loose flap formed by the lining; the
third face, that is to say, that at the back of the independent loose flap, can receive
a mirror. The external faces of the album receive the name and address of the
eating house keeper.
The illustrated bill of fare is composed of about 20 leaves, on which the
designs and notifications are distributed in such a manner that the consumer will
have before him a page of designs opposite to a page of announcements.
The designs should represent in due order the courses most used, the side dishes,
eggs under their different modes of dressing, varieties of fish, shell fish, roast meats
of all kinds, an assortment of poultry, game, various vegetables in season or preserved,
lastly, the desserts, fruits, cheeses, and various preserves of which the labels again
give the notifications, the wines under their characteristic forms of growth, tho
coffees and liqueurs.
These designs should be in the most attractive forms, and present the notifications
intermixed with compositions of various subjects or vignettes.
In place of being treated by chromolithography, these subjects may be also
engraved or autographed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jonas Hindle at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th November 1880.
JONAS HINDLE, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
This Invention relates to improved construction and arrangement of check
straps for looms, whereby many of the appliances heretofore used in connection
therewith are dispensed with.
According to this my Invention, I attach to the stay a bracket having a loop
or eye through which a strap having stop pegs is passed, and connected with the
said strap are two other straps and loops suspended from and capable of movement
along the picking spindle, whereby I obtain an adjustable and effective check.

page_text: Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Blackburn.
JONAS HINDLE. (LS.)

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IMPROVE- MENTS IN PULLEYS OR DRUMS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Perrott at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th September 1880.
GEORGE PERROTT, junior, of the City and County of Cork, Ireland. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PULLEYS OR DRUMS."
The objects of this Invention, which relates to improvements in pulleys or drums,
are to obviate the difficulties experienced in the construction of solid and split or
divided pulleys as at present constructed, and to save the loss of motive-power
occasioned by the arms of the usual pulleys.
The Invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the
periphery and web or webs of the pulley, as hereinafter described, and which are
made of wrought or sheet iron, or other suitable metal or material.
In constructing a solid pulley, the inner side of the periphery or rim thereof is
fastened to a circular web or plate by rivets, bolts, or screws, and strips or angle
pieces, or rings of iron or other suitable metal. Should any extra strength be
required, more than one circulur web plate may be used. The boss or centre of the
pulley is made of malleable, cast, or wrought iron or other suitable metal, and may
be made in one or more pieces, and be fastened to and centrally of the said web-
plate by bolts, screws, or rivets.
In constructing a split or divided pulley I proceed as above, but construct the
periphery or rim, web, and boss or centre in two or more segments, which I joint
together by lapping plates, and bolts, and nuts, or bolts and nuts, cutters, or hinges
in the usual way.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY AND OTHER BRAKES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen Boyce Perrett and Walter
John Perrett at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October
1880.
STEPHEN BOYCE PERRETT, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Agent,
and WALTER JOHN PERRETT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manager.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAY AND OTHER BRAKES."
This Invention consists of certain mechanical arrangements designed to be
worked by steam, air, water, gas, or other similar power. With this view we
attach to the under frame of a carriage, such, for instance, as the tender of a
locomotive, apparatus consisting of a cylinder and piston, and we will proceed to
describe the apparatus as worked by steam. A lever worked by the driver or
stoker is connected to a slide valve on the cylinder, and by this valve steam is
admitted to the cylinder. To the piston rod is connected a rack bar working over a
pinion keyed on a spindle carrying a toothed wheel; this wheel drives a second
wheel hung upon a shaft, which is continuous through all or as many of the
carriages as may be necessary; this shaft is fixed under the carriage frames, being
coupled between the carriages by a telescope universal joint to admit of extension
and contraction, and of rounding the curves. Between each pair of wheels to be
blocked double jointed levers are jointed at one end to the continuous bar, and at
the other to the blocks, which blocks are connected by rods suspended from the
frame of the carriage. At a point between each pair of wheels longitudinally is
suspended a pair of double armed levers each furnished with a balance weight,
which balance weights are connected by short slotted bars held by a pin attached
to a chain passing over a pulley on the continuous bar; the use of these balance
weights is to assist in relieving the blocks from their pressure on the wheels as
soon as the driver reverses the power on the piston.
We have described this brake in its application to railway carriages, and worked
by steam actuating the mechanical parts named; these parts may be varied
according to special requirements and to suit other power than steam.
A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BELTS, STRAPS, CRAVATS, GARTERS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, SPECIALLY DEVISED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR BUCKLES AND THE FASTENINGS NOW IN USE FOR SUCH PURPOSE
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jules Alphonse Eugène Sabatier at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th June 1880.
JULES ALPHONSE EUGÈNE SABATIER, of Bread Street Hill, in the City of
London, Merchant. "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENING FOR BELTS, STRAPS,
CRAVATS, GARTERS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, SPECIALLY DEVISED AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR BUCKLES AND THE FASTENINGS NOW IN USE FOR SUCH PURPOSE."
My Invention relates to a new or improved fastening for belts, straps, cravats
garters, and similar articles, and it is specially devised as a substitute for buckles
and the fastenings now in use for such purpose. It is based on the employment of
the inclined plane, or of the wedge, and is thus exempt from all springs or other
means of pressure, more or less powerful, necessitated in other arrangements.
By virtue of the mechanical principle on which my Invention is based, tho
pressure which this modo of fastening exerts on the strap or hand to be held is
variable, and increases with the drawing exerted on such strap or band.
The fastening is composed of a metallic box or case fixed at its bottom to one of
the ends or to any suitable part of the belt or strap. Its sides or lateral faces are
furnished with two parellel slots cut at a very acute angle, and obliquely to the
bottom of such box or caso. A fluted or grooved friction roller extends across the
width of this box or case and revolves on pivots in the slots; two knobs, buttons,
or studs on the outside of the pivots prevent by means of their large shoulders the
friction roller being shifted or leaving the box or case.
The slots incline towards the free end of the strap or belt in the direction of
reaction which such end exerts when tightened. The free ends may be prossed
either against the bottom of the box or case or against the opposite side thereof,
the slot being inclined for the purpose.
In another arrangement or modification a wedge shaped sliding block is used in
place of the friction roller. This wedge shaped block is operated either by two
lateral knobs, studs, or buttons, or by single a single one or a thumb-piece fixed on
its outer face; a slot cut in the box or caso allows passage to the piece for working
the wedge-shaped block.
The thumb-piece may lie flush with the top of the box or case, or it may project
herefrom.
NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF ALTERING THE HEIGHT OF SEATS, TABLES, STANDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Solly Henry at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th October 1880. A communication from
abroad by Victor Bareau and Achille Croisé, of Rue Basfroi, Paris, in the
Republic of France.
JOHN SOLLY HENRY, of Golden Lane, in the City of London, Merchant.
"NEW OR IMPROVED MEANS OF ALTERING THE HEIGHT OF SEATS, TABLES,
STANDS, AND OTHER ARTICLES." [A communication from abroad by Victor Bareau
and Achille Croisé, of Rue Basfroi, Paris, in the Republic of France.]
This Invention relates to new or improved means of altering the height of seats,
tables, stands, and other articles.
According to my Invention, the top to be raised or lowered of the seat, table,
stand, or other article is provided on its underside, as near the edge as possible and
in a circular line, with a series of inverted cones having on both sides a series of
notches or projections; these notches or projections on the several cones being
in series on successive horizontal planes. These cones when the top is down are
between an equal number of legs, standards, or projections of the under part of the
seat, table, stand, or other article, and on the upper ends thereof the top of the
article rests. When it is desired to raise the said top it is lifted and turned in a
horizontal plane so as to bring one series of the notches or projections of the
said cones to bear on the said legs, standards, or projections, thus raising the top
according to which of the said notches or projections have thus been brought to
bear on the said legs or standards.
A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE Of FURNITURE COMPRISING A WASH-STAND AND BATH
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest de Pass at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1880. A communication
from abroad by Auguste Avon, of 17, Boulevard Saint Martin, Paris, France.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent. A NEW OR IMPROVED ARTICLE Of
FURNITURE COMPRISING A WASH-STAND AND BATH," A communication from
abroad by Auguste Avon, of 17, Boulevard Saint Martin, Paris, France.
«
This Invention consists in the adaptation of a wash stand to a bath in such
manner as to form a single piece of furniture which can be used either as a wash-
stand or as a bath at pleasure.
This new or improved article consists of a frame or casing in which the bath is
fitted, and on the top of which is a board which serves as a lid or cover and which
is hinged to a back piece or board. This lid or cover carries the washing basin
which may be a fixture thereon, or which may be fitted into an opening in such
lid. The bath as well as the washing basin is provided with the necessary taps for
The
the supply of hot and cold water and with outlets for the exit of used water.
outlet in the bath is covered by a valve or flap.
A removeable pipe or funnel fits into the outlet in the bath when the article is to
be used as a wash-stand, and extends to just under the outlet of the basin, so as to
carry off the used water from the washing basin which is provided with a plug or
valve.
When it is desired to use the article as a bath, the lid or cover together with the
washing basin is thrown back, and is retained in such position by a latch or other
suitable means.
If desired, the casing and back board as also the supply pipes may be dispensed
with
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC FENDERS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ellen Blount at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th January 1880. A communication by
her late Husband, the said William Blount.
ELLEN BLOUNT, Widow and sole Administratrix of William Blount, and a
Member of the Firm of Blount and Roberts, of Dudley, in the County of Worcester,
Manufacturers. "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
METALLIC FENDERS." [A communication by her late Husband, the said William
Blount]
In the ordinary method of manufacturing metallic fenders the parts of which
the fenders are composed are made separately by casting and are afterwards con-
nected together and to the bottom, usually made of sheet iron, by rivetting. The
said rivetting process is costly, and the object of the said Invention is to dispense
with the rivetting process.
In manufacturing metallic fenders according to the said Invention the parts of
the fender are made in the usual or other convenient way, excepting that the
rivet holes usually made in them are dispensed with. The several parts are placed
together on a frame, the said parts being in their proper relative positions. Those
portions of the several parts which are to be joined are introduced into a cast iron
mould of the kind commonly called a chill mould, the said mould having the
internal figure proper for the casting of the respective junction pieces. By pouring
inolten cast iron into the said chill mould junction pieces of hard cast iron are
formed, by which the several parts of the fender are securely connected together.
The said Invention is applicable to metallic fenders of various designs, the
shape and position of the chill moulds being modified to suit the designs to be
manufactured.
APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO THE APERTURES OF LETTER BOXES AND OTHER SIMILAR RECEPTACLES."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Harby at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st April 1880.
" IMPROVED
THOMAS HARBY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster.
APPARATUS TO BE APPLIED TO THE APERTURES OF LETTER BOXES AND OTHER
SIMILAR RECEPTACLES."
This Invention relates to a simple apparatus or trap to be applied to the
apertures of letter boxes, despatch boxes, railway travelling cash boxes, and other
receptacles, to prevent the surreptitious abstraction therefrom of any letter, paper,
despatch, money bag, or other article that may have been deposited therein through
the said aperture.
The Invention consists principally of a kind of trap suspended within the
aperture, and so formed that when a letter or other article is placed in the aperture
it is received in the trap, which is at the same time pushed back and deposits the
letter or other article in the box or other receptacle; the trap being so formed that
when it is open to receive the letter or other article it is not at the same time open
to the box, but when pushed back so as to deposit the article in the box it at the
same time closes the aperture.
Thus it will be evident that as the trap is never open to both the exterior
aperture and the interior of the box at the same time no letter or other article can
be abstracted from the latter through the aperture by hooked wires or other
similar means.
The trap may be made in a variety of forms, so long as the above named conditions
are maintained. For example, it may be made by taking a plate of metal about
the width of the aperture, and bending or doubling it longitudinally at a right
α
angle thus, ☐
the ends being closed by plates of metal of the form shown
by the dotted curved line; this is binged or suspended from the top at a just
inside the aperture. A curved trough corresponding with the dotted line is also
provided, and fixed just inside the opening. A letter being dropped into the trap
through the opening at b falls down to the point c. The trap being at the same
time pushed inwards turns on its pivots at a, and the part a, b, closes the aperture
and at the same time pushes the letter forward over the edge of the curved trough
into the receptacle, the trap then returns to its normal position by means of a
spring (or it may be drawn back by hand) opening the aperture at b, and closing
the point of communication between the trap and the interior of the receptacle
at c.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMOKE CONSUMING STOVES, GRATES, RANGES, AND FURNACES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Henry Bourlay at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd November 1880.
JOSEPH HENRY BOURLAY, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, Clerk in
Holy Orders. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SMOKE CONSUMING
STOVES, GRATES, RANGES, AND FURNACES."
The bottom of the fire grate instead of being composed of bars throughout, is a
solid surface, except for a certain space under the centre of the fire, where bars are
to be used. Immediately beneath these bars is a box open to the bars, but
excluding access of air from below.
This box is divided into two portions, one of which is supplied with air by a flue
or flues, rising on the side or sides of a "register" door communicating with the
chimney.
When the "register" door is closed, the air and smoke ascend the flue and pass
down it as it descends behind the back of the fireplace, and enters one portion of
the box under the grate. The smoke passes thence with the air through the bars
into the fire where it is consumed, and the hot air alone enters the chimney by an
aperture or apertures at the back of the fireplace. These apertures are above the
level of the bars, and slope upwards from the fire, so as not to be choked by deposit.
Another aperture at a higher level may descend into the other portion of the box,
to conduct smoke in like manner as above through the fire.
The draught of the chimney is regulated by a damper.
Any deposit at the bottom of the chimney can be withdrawn at a door opening
at the back of the fire place, about the level of the hearth-stone.
The box under the grate may be fitted with a sliding bottom, by means of which
it can be cleared of ashes.
A NEW OR IMPROVED ATTACHMENT TO BIBS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR USE BY INFANTS OR INVALIDS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Georges Fromage at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th July 1880.
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GEORGES FROMAGE, of Darnétal, France. A NEW OR IMPROVED ATTACHMENT
TO BIBS OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES FOR USE BY INFANTS OR INVALIDS."
This Invention relates to a new or improved attachment to bibs or other similar
articles for use by infants or invalids.
This improved bib is made of caoutchouc or other waterproof material cut into
any desired shape, and along the bottom edge whereof is cemented, sewn, or
otherwise attached or provided a second piece or flap piece of material about one
inch wide, and extending the width of the bib around or along the bottom edge
thereof, which forms a pocket into which any liquid or food escaping from the
hand or mouth of the infant or invalid will be caught. Within this said pocket
portion so provided there is fixed a piece of sponge, held in place or fixed by
small india rubber bands, which are passed through from front to back of the said
pocket for the purpose of keeping it open, and also for soaking up any liquid that
may fall therein, to prevent further spilling of the same, and saturation of the
clothes of the wearer.
In the front of the pocket are two or more eyelet holes, through which are passed
the india rubber looped bands or other looped attaching device. The said bands
have attached thereto at one end a small bar, button, or other stop device for
preventing the bands from drawing through the holes through which they are
passed from the front of the pocket to secure the sponge; this attachment allows of
the sponge being easily removed for cleansing purposes.
AN IMPROVED CAN OR VESSEL FOR CONTAINING, MEASURING OUT, AND SIFTING BAKING AND OTHER POWDERS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April 1880. A communication
from abroad by James Saxon Taylor, of the City and County of San Francisco,
State of California, United States of America.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent. "AN IMPROVED CAN OR VESSEL FOR CONTAINING,
MEASURING OUT, AND SIFTING BAKING AND OTHER POWDERS." [A communication
from abroad by James Saxon Taylor, of the City and County of San Francisco,
State of California, United States of America.]
This Invention relates to metal cans or vessels for containing baking powder
and, other materials in which cans the material is packed for sale. The object of
the Invention is to fit such cans with a measuring chamber or compartment and a
sifter, so that such cans are especially adapted for materials required to be used in
regular quantities and to be sifted.
The Invention consists in a vessel fitted with a supplemental chamber com-
municating with the main chamber, which supplemental chamber is fitted with a
sieve and provided with a slide for closing the opening to the vessel. The cover
of the can or vessel is fitted to be put on or off as usual when the can is to be filled,
and it is held securely by the label on the can. Upon this cover is the supplemental
chamber which is formed by a ring of metal soldered or otherwise secured and
covered by a fixed sieve. The portion of the cover of the can which forms the
bottom of the supplemental chamber is apertured, so that there is communication
between the chamber and the interior of the vessel.
The slide is fitted upon the cover, and is of sufficient width to close the aperture
of the can when pushed in beneath the side of the supplemental chamber. The
inner end of the slide is formed with a raised flange which takes against the inner
side of the supplemental chamber, and thus serves as a stop to prevent the slide
from being disengaged from the cover.
The can or vessel being filled and the slide pushed in the contents cannot escape,
and the can may be handled or packed for sale. To use the contents the slide is
drawn out, the vessel turned up side down to fill the supplemental chamber, and
its slide then pushed in. The material in the chamber may then be sifted out
through the sieve. The chamber being constructed to hold a regulated quantity,
such quantity is measured out at every inversion of the can, and as there is no way
of emptying the chamber except through the sieve, the proper sifting of the
material is ensured.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WIRE AND OTHER NAILS, USUALLY STYLED POINTES DE PARIS,' AND OF SHOE RIVETS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Sheldon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd December 1880.
JOHN SHELDON, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Mechanical
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WIRE AND OTHER NAILS,
USUALLY STYLED POINTES DE PARIS,' AND OF SHOE RIVETS."
The object of this Invention is to make nails of such a form that they may be
driven truly and with a certainty of following the direction intended by the operator
or person driving the nails; and, further, to make nails of such form in the section
that they may be easily clenched when it is desired to clench them.
To obtain this result I make the nails of an oval form or double convex in the
section of the shank or stem of the nail, or of the section of a double cone, according
to the purposes for which the nails are designed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF ORNAMENTING OR LETTERING MATS, CARPETING, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF INDIA RUBBER
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Graham Laird at the Office of
the Cominissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1880.
JOHN GRAHAM LAIRD, of 16, Dalry Road, Edinburgh, Manager of the Caledonian
Rubber Works, Edinburgh. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF
ORNAMENTING OR LETTERING MATS, CARPETING, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF INDIA
RUBBER."
My Invention has for its object the application of embedded coloured borders,
designs, and lettering on india rubber mats for doors, lobbies, carriages, and other
uses, also on carpeting, stair treads, shoe soles, and other articles composed of india
rubber.
And my Invention consists in first cutting a sheet or piece of unvulcanized
rubber of the required size, and then cutting or forming another piece or pieces of
a different color or colors, adapted for a border or other design, and subsequently
placing or insecurely fixing the last mentioned piece or pieces on the said
sheet or piece of unvulcanized rubber in the position or positions required,
and finally subjecting the whole to strong pressure in a steam heated press,
thereby embedding the coloured border or design in the sheet or piece of rubber in
the position or positions in which it was originally placed or insecurely fixed
thereon.
The mat or other article with the coloured border or design embedded in it is
then vulcanized in the usual manner.
Mats thus produced may be corrugated or punched if required.
The process of manufacture above indicated is applicable to india rubber mats,
india rubber carpeting, stair treads, shoe soles, or other articles, wherein coloured
embedded designs may be of service either for ornament or use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING AND TWISTING OF YARN AND FIBRES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Pollard at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th March 1880.
JOHN POLLARD, of Howorth, in the County of York, Weaver.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE SPINNING AND TWISTING OF YARN AND
FIBRES."
The object of my Invention is, firstly, to prevent snarles, thick yarn, or weft
whilst spinning or twisting; secondly, an improved washer for protecting the
bottoms of the bobbins in spinning and twisting frames known as cap frames
where tubes are used.
My Invention is as follows:-
1stly. I attach near the top of each flyer a catch or nipper made of iron or
steel wire or other suitable metal. The catches or nippers I mount on the wire
board, rod, or rail as convenient, in such position that whilst the spin is good the
nipper or catch is clear of the yarn or thread, but as soon as the weft gets under
the bobbin, or it runs unevenly from other cause, the thread is caught in the
catch or nipper, and instead of snarling a lap is. formed; it acts in the same
manner in case of thick weft or slugs. The nippers are arranged so as to be
moved out of the way when doffing. To form the nip portion the wire is doubled
and pointed at its end and turned slightly outwards; when made of soft wire,
such as brass, a ring may be placed on the looped end to form the nip. I construct
my washers of strong tin or thin sheet iron with hole in for tube and a raised rib
thus
which fits into the nick in the bottom of the bobbins and prevents
the pin from wearing same, the pin entering the underside of the rib; or they may
be constructed of indiarubber or leather with a similar but solid projection_or_rib
and hole for pin.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUNDLING PRESSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Bennie at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th October 1880.
JOHN BENNIE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUNDLING PRESSES."
This Invention relates to improvements in presses for bundling yarns and for
analogous purposes. The press, as constructed in accordance with the Invention,
consists of a vertical framing having a horizontal table or platform projecting
preferably from both sides of it. On the table or platform rails or guides are
formed or laid, and on these rails or guides, one, or by proference two, boxes are
placed, the same being rendered capable of moving outwards and inwards on the
rails by mounting them on carrying wheels or rollers. On the upper part or head
of the frame a box or receptacle is fixed to contain balls of twine wherewith to tie
up the bundles of yarn or the like after the same have been compressed, and to
enable the twine to be passed under and round the bundle a series of vertical slots
are made in the ends of each bundling box. By this means the inconvenience of
cutting the twine into hanks or lengths, as hitherto practised, is obviated, a sufficient
length of twine being, by the improved construction of the press, presented from
the balls at the termination of each compressing operation. At the centre of the
frame and underneath the box, when in position for compressing, is an hydraulic
cylinder and ram, which may be worked by water at gravitation pressure, where such
pressure is available, or by accumulated pressure. The ram when in operation
raises the box from the rails and compresses the yarn contained therein against the
head of the press, which being effected, and the bundle tied or bound up, the box is
lowered and run out from over the ram and the bundle removed.
By employing two boxes, as hereinbefore set forth, the pressing operation is
rendered continuous, one bundle being compressed and bound whilst the other is
being removed from its box and another bundle substituted, and the operations of
bundling are thus, by the Invention, rendered more expeditious than hitherto.
Instead of an hydraulic press a cylinder and ram operated by oil, steam, or other
equivalent fluid may be used, or screw, spur, or equivalent gearing may be
substituted for the press in combination with the other apparatus constructed
under the Invention, and instead of being placed under the box the hydraulic or
other cylinder may be inverted.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PANTALOONS OR DRAWERS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Bright Ashford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1880.
HENRY BRIGHT ASHFORD, of Brixton, in the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PANTALOONS OR DRAWERS."
It is well known that pantaloons and drawers are generally by no means
comfortable round the waist, mainly because, as they are at present made, they
cannot fit as they should do, and the top or band is made of a different material to
the rest, and is not cut to fit properly; or in the case of the more expensive goods,
the material of which the article is made is carried up to the top, but even then
there is a want of elasticity.
Now there are two ways of overcoming these drawbacks, one is to be specially
measured for them and have them made to fit like a pair of trowsers, a manifestly
impracticable plan in nearly all cases. The other is to make the articles adapt
themselves to the form of the wearer, and this is the plan I adopt.
The tops of socks or half hose are almost always ribbed in the making so as to
enable them to be stretched a good deal but still hold firm to the leg, and my
improvement consists in adapting this method of ribbing to the upper portion and
waist bands of drawers and other such articles, and by this means I am enabled to
effect what has long been desired, viz., to make them fit comfortably and closely,
which can never be accomplished by the plans at present in use.
This ribbing may be carried as an endless band entirely round the top of the
drawers in one or more folds or thicknesses, and a suitable opening provided below
it in front which can be closed by buttons in the usual manner; but as most
people object to getting into a tight garment, I generally prefer to have the opening
quite up to the top as usually made at present, and it is then buttoned in the
ordinary manner, but rather tighter, and the ribbing gives the required elasticity
and fit.
It will be seen that this Invention is applicable to most kinds of drawers and
pantaloons.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOATS FOR FISHING PURPOSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Josiah Archer at the Office of
tho Commissioners of Patents on the 14th September 1880.
GEORGE JOSIAH ARCHER, of Westbourne Park, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOATS FOR FISHING PURPOSES."
My Invention relates to a novel construction of illuminated float for fishing
purposes, whereby its position on the water can be readily defined at night, and is
easily adjusted to the line.
It consists, firstly, in the application and use of luminous paint or material to a
float, whether made of cork, glass, or any other material.
For this purpose the luminous paint or material may be placed in a glass
tube or bulb attached to the upper end of the float or in any other desirable
manner.
.
Secondly. In lieu of the caps ordinarily used for adjusting the float to the line, I
substitute an india-rubber or other elastic band placed round the shoulder of the
float, the line passing between it and the float being thereby pinched or set in any
desired position.
By my Invention the float can easily be seen at night, and the necessity
of shifting the caps to alter the position of the float on the line is entirely
obviated.