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Improvements in the Construction of Suspenders or Braces.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Suspenders or Braces.
I, JOHN EBENEZER HOPKINSON of 15 Walbrook in the City of London, Civil and
Mechanical Engineer 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 :—
For my improved suspenders or braces I use ordinary elastic web or other suitable
material to be passed over the shoulders of the wearer and crossed at the back, the
crossing A Fig. 1 being sewn or fixed by fasteners. The front ends B. B Fig. 1
& 2 terminate with clasp buckles for lengthening or shortening the braces
to which I attach ordinary swivel hooks and sheaves within metal blocks O. Fig. 1
& 2. The back ends of the braces D Fig. 1 aro turned under so as to grasp the
crossing A Fig. 1 and within the loops so formed I insert similar pulley sheaves and
blocks E Fig. 1. On each side of the Trousers to be suspended and between the
front and back ends of the braces I affix by ordinary buttons and loops similar sheaves
in inverted blocks F Fig. 1 & 2 and to the back of the Trousers double loops G. Fig. 1.
buttoned in the same manner and fixed to an inverted block and sheave H. Fig. 1.
These sheaves or as many more as may be necessary according to the size of the
wearer being in position. A Cord K K passes over the sheaves C. E. Fig. 1 & 2 and
under the sheaves F. H. Fig. 1 & 2 and is fixed only to the front of the Trousers by
end loops and buttons L. L. Fig. 1 & 2. The braces being adjusted as to length will
thereby allow every motion of the body to be made without unequal strain upon either
shoulders or Trousers, and will allow a balance to be maintained, notwithstanding the
braces be out of adjustment as to length.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed what 1 claim is
1. An Improved Trouser Brace having a continuous cord, within sheaves round
the body from which the Trousers are suspended.
2. A self adjusting and self balancing brace for the suspension of Trousers.
Dated this 30th day of October.
LE FEVRE & Co..
26, Budge Row, Cannon Street, E.C.
Glass Tubes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct.. 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Nov., 1888
Glass Tubes.
We, ANDREW HEGGIE, of SJ, Saville Street, South Shields, in the County of
Durham, Engineer, and JOHN RAVEN, of 5, Beauchamp Street, Cardiff, in the County
of Glamorgan, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in glass tube cutters, and is more particularly
applicable to cutters for cutting off gauge glasses in the engine room.
In carrying our invention into effect, we provide a rod adapted to enter the tube to
bo cut. The end of the rod is fitted with a glass cutter of any suitable kind; and an
adjustable guide is mounted upon the rod, by means of which the distance which the
cutter can be passed into the tube can be adjusted, and the act of cutting be conducted
steadily.
A cutter constructed according to our present invention is used as follows:-
The adjustable guide is set at a distance from the cutter equal to the length of tube
it is required to cut off. The cutter is introduced into the tube, and the rod rotated
with the cutter bearing against the inside of the tube; the result being that the latter
is cut truly, and its severance can be effected without producing a ragged edge.
A second cutter may be added to the aforesaid rod at the opposite end thereof.
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Baku 1888
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing off the Surface of Liquids from Cooling Vats and other Vessels Used in Brewing and Analogous Operations.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1888
Specification Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
Improvements in Apparatus for Drawing off the Surface of Liquids
from Cooling Vats and other Vessels Used in Brewing and
Analogous Operations.
I, WILLIAM JOHN SHERBORNE PEARCE, Dentist, of No. 3 Unity Street College
Green, Bristol 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 this invention is to effect improvements in the method of, and in
the apparatus for, drawing off the surface of liquids from tanks and other vessels, such
as coolers, used in brewing and other analagous operations; and for preventing the
lower strata of the liquid from passing away until all the surface liquid has run off.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings being sectional elevations of
the invention.
The apparatus is fixed in the cooler or other vessel, as shewn; h being the bottom
of the vessel. The three fixed cylinders 1 2 and 3 are united together by one cylinder
bottom 7. The central tube 3 passing through the cylinder bottom 7.
The two cylinders 4 and 5 are united together at the top by one cylinder cover 8 in
which is a central hole f. The cover 8 carries two or more spindles i i upon which
weights 9 g may be placed in order to load the movable vessel. The overflow liquid
flows down the annular space a, then up through the space b and down the space c.
The air is confined in the upper part of the annular spaces
and c. The compressed
air tends to raise the movable vessel to the surface of the liquid which surface then
flows through the central hole f and down the space e into the receiving tank or
vessel, the movable vessel sinking with the surface of the liquid as it runs off. The
pressure of the air, and the rising of the movable vessel can be regulated, as desired,
by the addition of the weights g.
In constructing my apparatus I do not confine myself to the exact number of
concentric cylinders shewn, nor do I confine myself to cylindrical forms, as other
forms may be used.

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 :-
1st. In apparatus for the purpose aforesaid the application and use of fixed
vessels 1. 2. and 3 and movable vessels 4 and 5, regulated by weights 9, and severally
united and operating substantially as herein before described, and shewn on the
drawings.
2nd. The general construction arrangement, and combination of the several and
respective parts, together forming my improvements in apparatus for drawing off the
surface of liquids, from cooling vats and other vessels used in brewing and analagous
operations, substantially as herein before described and shewn on the drawings.
D
1000
Year: 1888

page_text: HENRY GEORGE NEW 20 Arcade Bournemouth Tailor 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 two pieces of metal or any other suitable material, one
marked A A in drawing to be attached to one part of a saddle or panier, or any
other similar appliance of a horse or any other animal, and the other marked B. B.
to a separated part of the saddle or the end of the girth or girths, a pin or a mechanical
catch of any kind marked C. C. to securely join the two parts so that they may be
instantaneously released on the pin or catch being pulled, this pin or catch to bo
attached by a cord D or in any other suitable manner to the rider, so that on the
rider being thrown, the pin or catch is pulled and the saddle automatically and
instantaneously released.
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,
The novelty of attaching the rider by a cord or otherwise to a releasing catch in
the saddle so that on his or her being thrown the saddle is automatically and
instantaneously freed from the animal.
Year: 1888

page_text: CHARLES ARTHUR STEPHENSON of 90 Inverness Terrace London gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to trays and waiters.
Its object is to provide an easy method of carrying Trays and Waiters with one
hand.
My plan is to place handles or straps under Trays or Waiters raising such Trays or
Waiters on legs or flanges.
Improvements in or Connected with Funnels.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 20th Apr., 1889-Accepted, 6th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Funnels.
RICHARD CARTER 29 Tapley Place Edge Hill Liverpool Tin Smith do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention for the improvement of funnels consists of a moveable perforated
drainer having a rim of Tin, Zine-or Copper or other material soldered underneath-
The drainer being kept in position by means of a spring made of iron, steel or brass
wire or other material this spring being fixed to the rim of drainer and inserted into
the pipe or spout of the funnel.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Connected with Funnels.
1, RICHARD CARTER Tinsinith, 29, Tapley Placo, Edge-hill, Liverpool, 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 which has for its object "Improvements in or connected with funnels,"
consists of a movable perforated drainer,-A having a rim of tin, zinc, or copper B or
other material, soldered underneath the drainer being kept in position by means of a
spring made of iron, steel, or brass wire,-C or other material, the spring being fixed
to the rim of drainer and inserted into the pipe or spout of the funnel: or an inner
casing D may be fixed in the funnel, into which the perforated drainer A may be
inserted, in the shape of a plug, the rim of the drainer being made to taper so as to
form a plug.
Having thus particularly described my said invention, and the manner in which the
same is or may be used, or carried into effect, I have to state that I do not restrict
myself to the precise details herein described, but I claim to have invented
A movable drainer which can be readily withdrawn from the funnel and cleaned.
RICHARD CARTER.
Improvements in Gas Burners for Incandescent Fires.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1888
Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Burners for Incandescent Fires.
HENRY CHARLES TURNER, Gas Engineer, 200, Camberwell Road, London, S.E.
HENRY ADDIS PRICE Gas Engineer, 200, Camberwell Road, London; S.E. 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 :-
An improved burner for incandescent gas fires, by which means, the gas is more
advantageously, and evenly distributed over the surface, and a better result obtained
from the quantity of gas consumed; also when the gas is turned low, to diminish the
amount of heat given off, a red-hot glow is sustained over the whole surface, and the
pleasant appearance not impaired. The burner consists of a hollow tube, a, with as
many tubes, b, projecting at the desired angle, as are required to fill the body of the
stove. These tubes, b, have projecting studs, c, to carry a plate, d. The plate, d, to
carry the wires holding the fibre asbestos which is fixed at the base by pins, e.
tubes, b, have projecting studs as shown, f, with openings as outlets for the gas.
The
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.
1st. An improved gas burner, and plate for Incandescent fires, as herein described
and shown on drawings.
Dated this 10th day of September 1888.
HENRY CHARLES TURNER.
HENRY ADDIS PRICE.
An Appliance to Window Sashes to Prevent Shake.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept. 188
Complete Specification Left, 11th May. 1889-Accepted, 22nd June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by HUGH PATERSON, of Macquarie Street, Sydney, New
South Wales, Dentist.]
An Appliance to Window Sashes to Prevent Shake.
I, OLIVER IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the County.
of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an appliance to window sashes to prevent them from shaking
when they are loose in their frames. For this purpose, a bracket, consisting of a
plate with its one end turned down and having a boss projecting up from it, is placed
or fixed on the lower sash with its turned down end inserted between the two sashes ;
and through the boss, which has a threaded hole, is passed a thumb screw having at
its end a pad of caoutchouc or other somewhat yielding material. By turning the
screw, this pad is made to press firmly against the upper sash pushing it forwards
whilst the lower sash is strained backwards, and thus both sashes are prevented from
shaking in the window frame.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1888.
ABEL. & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance to Window Sashes to Prevent Shake.
1, OLIVER IMRAY of No. 28 Southampton Buildings Chancery Lane in the County
of Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the saine is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an appliance to window sashes to prevent them from
shaking when they are loose in their frames. For this purpose, a bracket, consisting
of a plate A with its one end B turned down and having a boss projecting up from
it, is placed or fixed on the lower sash D with its turned down end B inserted between
the lower sash D and the upper sash E; and through the boss which has a threaded
hole, is passed a thumb screw F which may have at its end a pad G of caoutchouc or
other somewhat yielding material. By turning the screw F, this pad is made to press
firmly against the upper sash E, pushing it forwards whilst the lower sash D is
strained backwards, and thus both sashes are prevented from shaking in the window
frame.
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:
An appliance to window sashes to prevent shake, consisting of a hooked bracket
on the lower sash with a setting screw pressing against the upper sash, substantially
as described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
A Method of Forming Articles of Animal Hide in Moulds under Intense Pressure.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1888
Specification Accepted, "27th Apr.; 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of Forming Articles of Animal Hide in Moulds under
Intense Pressure.
We, JAMES LEIGH, of Regent Works, Farnworth, in the County of Lancaster,
Picker Maker, WILLIAM LEIGH of Rushford Park, Levenshulme, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Merchant, and ABRAHAM ASHWORTH of 95 Bridge Street,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Cabinet 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 :-
The object of our invention is to manufacture knobs, buttons, pulleys, bowls,
handles and such like articles, including many of those that are now made of horn,
ivory, porcelain, &c., by subjecting the tanned skins of animals, preferably buffalo or
rhinoceros hide, to heavy pressure in suitable moulds.
We have found that buffalo, rhinoceros and other hides of a glutinous nature can,
after being soaked for a considerable time in water, be compressed under very heavy
pressure into a hard homogeneous horn-like substance, capable of taking a high polish,
and of being sawn or turned in a lathe.
The consolidated hide so formed is moreover very strong and durable, and retains
its shape.
The moulds or dies in which the hide is compressed need not necessarily be filled
by one single piece of hide, as we have found that several pieces of soaked hide
will, under the extreme pressure we use, become welded or consolidated into one
solid mass.
The hide is capable of being dyed before compression, which of course adds to the
appearance of the finished articles.
We apply the necessarily heavy pressure to the dies by means of mechanical,
hydraulic, steam or other presses.

page_text: 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: :―
The method of applying such heavy pressure to soaked tanned animal hide contained
in strong moulds or dies of any desired shape, as to cause the hide not only to
entirely fill the moulds or dies, but to become consolidated into a hard homogeneous
solid mass capable of being sawn, or turned and worked in a lathe, and of being
polished and burnished, the substance acquiring most of the physical properties of
animal horn.
An improvement in Sash Pulleys for windows, Applicable also to Pulleys for other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
An improvement in Sash Pulleys for windows, Applicable also to
Pulleys for other Purposes.
I, FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMES GIBBONS, of Saint John's Works, Church Lane
Wolverhampton in the County of Stafford, Lock Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to sash pulleys for windows, applicable also to pulleys for
other purposes, and consists in reducing the friction upon the pulloy wheels, which I
accomplish in the following manner-
First, upon the pulley wheels I dispense with axles fitting into the usual axle holes
in the cheeks of the pulley, and secondly I also dispense with axle pins passing
through the cheeks and pulley wheels of the pulley, as it will be understood that they
are usually inade both ways.
Now in lieu of the above, on the inner side of each of the checks, 1 employ a
longitudinal recess, parallel with the back of the pulley face, and immediately below
the longitudinal recess, I employ a small round edged wheel revolving upon a pin,
either cast upon one of the cheeks, or secured thereto by means of screw or rivet, and
fitting into the opposite cheek, which forms a support.
The short axlos on the pulley wheel are inserted into the longitudinal recesses in
the cheeks, and the cheeks and front secured together in the ordinary way; when the
concave groove in the pulley wheel takes its bearing upon the round edge of the
small wheel immediately below it, and when fixed upon a window frame, will, by
virtue of the weight of the window sash, both revolve together more smoothly and
with less friction than any yet previously introduced.
The longitudinal recesses are to compensate for the wear of the pin upon which the
small wheel revolves.
I do not however strictly confine myself to the exact details herein described as the
same may be open to some slight modification.
1000
W. H. ST. AUBIN,
Agent for Applicant.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1888
Specification Accepted, 8th June, 1888
the same.
I, WALTER PICKARD of Gascoigne Street, Boar Lane, Leeds in the County of
York, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to construct loose cuffs for shirts and also shirt
wristbands, so that such cuffs can be secured thereto or readily detached for the
purpose of reversing or changing the same, presenting at the same time when in
position the appearance of a slack cuff independant of the fit of the wristband of the
shirt.
In the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are reversible cuffs shewn applied to
wristband. Fig. 3 is an unreversible cuff, and Fig. 4 represents wristband of shirt
arranged for attaching the cuff.
In Fig. 1 the cuff A is provided with two tabs B attached to the inner side thereof,
each of which may be provided with a hole C for sleeve links, or one may have a
button and the other a button hole for securing the cuff round the wrist.
In the wristband D of the shirt are provided the slot holes E shewn at Figs. 1
and 2 or loops of tape F as shewn at Fig. 4, of suitable width to suit the tabs B.
When applying the cuff to the shirt the tabs are passed through their respective slots
or loops in the shirt wristband, the cuff is then bent round the wrist and the tabs
secured together by a button or sleeve link, this being done the cuff is securely held
on the wristband thereby, after which suitable cuff links may be applied in the
ordinary way.
In Figs. 2 and 3 the tabs B are formed in one piece with the cuff A.
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 arrangement and construction of cuffs and mode of applying and securing
Year: 1888

page_text: I HENRY WILLIAM CAVE (senior partner in the firm of H. W. Cave & Co.
Merchants, Colombo) now of 40 St. Margaret's Road, Oxford 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 the production of a Lawn Tennis Bat so constructed
that when used the player's hand will remain cool during play in hot climates.
My Ventilated Lawn Tennis Bat has a hole bored straight up the centre of the
handle and also a number of holes bored from the outer surface of the handle into the
said hole which is bored straight up the centre of the handle. The hole bored up
the centre of the handle may be of any size or length and the holes bored from the
outer surface of the handle may be of any number.
The holes form passages through which air circulates during the use of the Bat and
by means of which the hand is kept cool.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
In a Lawn Tennis Bat a hole bored up the centre of the handle and holes or
passages bored from the sides or outer surface of the handle into the hole bored up the
centre of the handle as herein set forth.
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1000
HENRY WILLIAM CAVE.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 12th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
HENRY BERKELEY 4, Albion Crescent Scarboro Professor of Scientific Chemistry
1 Henry Berkley do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
I mix together Wood Tar Pine or resin oil and oxidized Linseed Oil and boil the
same to form a homogenious mass. I then add powdered cork and manufacture it
into Linoleum or floor covering.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in a Cement or Plastic Material for Linoleum or
Floor Covering.
1, HENRY BERKELEY, of 4 Albion Crescent, Scarboro, in the county of York,
Professor of Scientific Chemistry, 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 produce a cement or plastic material for mixing
with powdered or ground cork used in the manufacture of linoleum or floor
coverings.
I employ the following combination -Wood Tar, Pin or Resin Oil, and Oxidized
Linseed Oil, boiled together and mixed with Kowrie gum or such gums as are used in
the manufacture of linoleum, to form a homogeneous mass, then treated with ground
or powdered cork in the usual manner.
:-
The proportions of the ingredients vary according to the quality of oil.
The following are the proportions I prefer-
Oxidized Oil
Wood Tar
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Resin or Pine Oil
112 lbs.
7 lbs.
8 lbs.
which are mixed with the requisite quantity of Kowrie gum or such gums as are used
in the manufacture of linoleum or floor coverings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood
that I do not limit myself to the proportions given, but I declare that what I do
claim is :-
The combination of Oxidized Oil, Wood Tar, Pine or Resin Oil and Kowrie gum
or such gums as are used in the manufacture of linoleum or floor coverings, as herein
set forth.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicant.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 7th Dec., 1888
1 PAWLEY CLARK of 191 Railton Road Herne Hill in the county of Surrey
Carpenter do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
To consist of hot air flues formed in fire bricks and back and sides of stove also
hollow portable cone placed in top of stove also a smoke consuming chamber placed on
5 top of fire back as shewn by drawings.

page_text: for Freventing Down Draughts in
Chimneys.
I PAWLEY CLARK, Carpenter of 191, Railton Road Herne Hill in the County of
Surrey, 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 improvements in fire stoves for preventing down
draughts in chimneys. It consists of a portable double cone the inner one having no
bottom and is placed in a higher position then the outer one. By this arrangement
the down draught passes through the inner cone and returns through the small space
between the two and by means of a small ratchet wheel fixed on the front of the
stove the cone can be raised or lowred for regulating the draught the same being
placed directly over the fire becoms heated and so warms the air as it passes to the
chimney and thus creates an up draught.
This stove is fitted with an ordinary fire basket of any required shape having a
series of small holes passing through same thus causing the air to become heated
meet and ignitos the unburnt gases and thareby consumes the smoke, and can be
applied to any other register stove in connection with the hot air flue at the back of
the stove in order that this invention may be thoroughly understood I have appended
heareto one sheet of drawings showing in four figures the application thereof.
Fig. 1, shows front view of the stove. A A A, shows the fire basket B the ratchet
wheel for raising and lowering the cone the cone in position.
Fig. 2, shows a vertical section of the stove A A the fire basket B the ratchet
wheel the cone D the hot air flue at the back, this flue is placed directly on the
back of the fire basket which becomes very hot and consequently the air passing under
the grate and up at the back becomes heated and creates a very quick draught which
assists in drawing the smoke past the cone into tho chimney E shows the flues passing
through the back of the fire basket F is the loose fire bottom.
Fig. 3, shows the action of the ratchet wheel for raising and lowering the cone
A shows it at its highest point B shows the rear pivot of the ratchet wheel C, Fig. 4,
shows the side elevation of the cone removed from the stove for sweeping the
chimney.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
An Improvement in Mechanical Draught Oil Lamps.
Year: 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Mechanical Draught Oil Lamps.
I WILLIAM BLAKELY, of Dene House Bournemouth in the County of Hants, Estate
Agent 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 chimneyless mechanical draught oil-lamps, such as those
known as the Wanzer" in which the flame is supplied with an artificial draught
by means of a fan driven by clockwork located in the lower part or base of the
lamp and the invention has for its object to prevent the charred debris from the
wick which may fall down through the wick tube or air passages in trimming the wick
from fouling and clogging the fan and clockwork and to afford a better distribution of
air to the flame of the lamp. For this purpose, the invention consists in the inter-
position of a removable grating between the draught mechanism and the lamp proper
whereby the draught is more evenly distributed whilst the charred wick is intercepted
and may be readily removed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specifica-
tion wherein figure 1 is a vertical section of the base of the lamp, shewing the
situation of the interceptor, above the clockwork mechanism, and figures 2 and 3
are a cross-section and plan of the intercepting grating, on a larger scale.
It is constructed of a disc a of brass or steel wire gauze having a mesh of about 16
to the lineal inch, the edges of the disc being cupped or turned up at right angles
and firmly clamped between an inner ring band an outer ring e, the double ring con-
stituting a strong rim and fitting loosely in a seat formed to receive it immediately
on top of the tube in which the fan works, whence it may easily be removed, when
required for cleaning.

page_text: Having now particularly doscribed and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, i declare that what I
claim is :-
In a chimneyless mechanical draught oil lamp, a removable wire gauze grating
interposed between the draught mechanism and the lamp proper, substantially as
shewn and described.
Dated this 28th day of December 1888.
WM. BLAKELY.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 16th May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
We, THOMAS AUSTIN SERGEANT, Merchant, and WILLIAM EDWIN Cook, Printers'
Engineer, both of No. 96, Farringdon Street, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in mitreing machines especially adapted for
mitreing printers' rules, checks, and the like, but also applicable for other mitreing
purposes.
According to our invention we make the wheel carrying the cutter adjustable which
allows of a longer knife being used than hitherto; of obtaining a greater angle of
cut, and of utilizing the whole length of the edge of the knife.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, THOMAS AUSTIN SERGEANT, Merchant and WILLIAM EDWIN COOK, Printers'
Engineer, both of No. 96, Farringdon Street, in the City of London, 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 mitreing machines especially adapted for
mitreing printers' rules, checks, and the like, but also applicable for other mitreing
purposes.
According to our invention we make the wheel carrying the cutter adjustable which
allows of a wider knife being used than hitherto and consequently of a more acute
angle being given to the rule or cut and of utilizing the whole length of the edge of
the knife.
In order to enable our invention to be fully understood we will describe how it can
be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is an elevation,
Figure 2 a plan, and
Figure 3 a perspective view of a mitreing machine constructed according to our
invention.
Similar letters in all the figures indicate similar parts.
a is the stand of the machine of usual construction and is the cutter wheel which
we make adjustable upon the stand by mounting the pivote of the wheel in a slotted
bracket d fixed to the stand a, the wheel being secured in whatever position it may
have been moved to along the slot e by means of a nut f.
is the gauge of known construction adjustable on the stand a by means of the
pressure screw h and slot i in the usual 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 :-
1. In a mitreing machine making the wheel carrying the cutter adjustable.
2. The manufacture and use of the improved mitreing machine hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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A Modification of Lawn Tennis Forming an Indoor Game.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1888
Specification Accepted, 16th Mar., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Modification of Lawn Tennis Forming an Indoor Game.
We HAROLD CHARLES WILSON of Stradsett Hall Downham Market Norfolk
Gentleman and ALICE CONSTANCE INVERARITY MARGARY of The Hollies Frant Road
Tunbridge Wells Spinster 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 is a game played very much after the fashion of ordinary lawn tennis
except that the game is played indoors and with different instruments. It is
played on a court marked out on green baize or other suitable cloth, which may
be either fixed to a board or stretched over a table as occasion requires, to scale
with an ordinary lawn tennis court; there is a net also to scale across the middle
of the court as in lawn tennis.
The balls and racquets are of bone, ivory or other. like substance the balls being
ordinary round counters and the racquets of the same shape or made more in the
shape of a racquet.
The game is played by two or four players as in lawn tennis.
The game is started by one player serving the counter-ball which is done by
placing the ball or counter on the service line of his own court and pressing it
with his counter racquet so as to cause it to jump over the net and fall into the
right court as in lawn tennis, as soon as the bail is at rest the next player in
similar manner causes it to jump back and the game proceeds till one side fails to
return it when 15 is scored and the server again serves as in lawn tennis and so
the game proceeds.
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page_text: Only one attempt may be made each turn to cause the ball to jump over the net
one fault being allowed in serving as in lawn-tennis.
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 —
A new game of skill being a modification of lawn tennis and played on cloth
or board with counters as balls and pieces of bone ivory or other like substance
as racquets.
An Improved Method of Adjusting the Height of Music Chairs or Stools and other Seats.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Feb., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Adjusting the Height of Music Chairs or
Stools and other Seats.
I, CHARLES JESSE PRITCHARD Musical Instrument Manufacturer 328 Holloway
Road, London, N. do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
a The seat which moves up and down and can be adjusted any height at the
wish of the performer (or the person using the same) by simply lifting the seat.
Four round pieces of metal fixed to the bottom of the seat in which are cut the
teeth of the ratchets.
c Four levers which fit into the ratchets.
Four springs which hold the levers in their places firmly against the ratchets
e The cord or wire connecting all four levers together, which when pressure is
applied in the middle, simultaneously releases the four ratchets, and the seat drops into
its original position.
The collar which supports the levers.
Square frame which holds the four legs (partly hollow) together into which the
ratchets drop.
1000

page_text: An Improved Method of Adjusting the Height of Music Chairs or
Stools and other Seats.
I, CHARLES JESSE PRITCHARD 328 Holloway Road, London, N. Musical Instru
ment 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 :-
Referring to the Drawings accompanying my provisional specification.
a. The seat which is raised to the desired height by the performer or user simply
lifting the same and is held at that height by the four levers which are pressed into
the teeth of the ratchets.
Four ratchets which move up and down inside the legs.
Four round pieces of metal in which are cut the teeth of the ratchets.
Four springs which hold levers firmly in their places.
e Cords or wire which connect all four levers together, which with pressure in the
middle simultaneously releases the ratchets, and permits the seat to resume its
original position.
Four collars which support the levers.
y Square frame which holds the legs together.
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 1
claim is:
1st. The four ratchets which slide up and down inside the hollow legs.
2nd.
3rd.
The four Springs which hold levers in their places.
The Cord or Wire which connects the four levers together.
Datad him oul
1000
An Improvement in Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Pressure Engines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec., 1888
An Improvement in Valve Gear for Steam and other Fluid Pressure
Engines.
I, CHARLES HORACE BENTON, of 2 Victoria Mansions, Victoria Street, London, S.W.
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvement applies to a similar form of valve gear for steam or other fluid
pressure engines as that referred to in letters patent granted to me No. 5880,
April 30, 1886 in which I described a valve gear composed of a lever mounted on the
main crank and joined to two links, one of which gave motion to the valves and the
other of which was joined to the engine frame and caused the main lever to oscillate
about the crank. In my present invention I make the oscillating link practically
infinite in length by slotting the end of the main lever and letting this slotted end be
guided by the pin fixed to the engine frame. As the crank revolves the slotted end
runs to and fro upon the pin and the necessary oscillating motion to move the valves is
thus obtained, or, the pin may have guides and the lever travel to and fro in them.
To obtain a reversing gear it is only necessary to provide a lever or other means to
shift the pin from one side of the line of motion of the piston to the other side of the
line of motion.
Dated the m
1000

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:
1. A reversing gear in which the valve is moved by a link worked by a lever
mounted on the main crank, said lever being caused to oscillate by means of a slot-
link the position of the pin of which is variable, substantially as described.
2. A reversing gear in which the valve is moved by a link 6 worked by a lever 5
mounted on the main crank 3, said lever being caused to oscillate about the crank by
means of a slot-link, the pin 7 of which is fixed to the movable lever 9, substantially as
described.
3. My improvement in valve gear substantially as described, and illustrated in the
annexed drawing.
Dated this 1st day of November 1888.
Improvements in Tubular Bobbins for Ring Spinning and Doubling.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular Bobbins for Ring Spinning and
Doubling.
We ALFRED BARLOW of 63 Cambridge Street Oldham, Mill Manager and JAMES
LEACH of Railway View Oldham Mill Overlooker, both in the County of Lancaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our improvements have reference to strengthening the tubular bobbins used on
ring frames for spinning and doubling and consists in making a rim, bead or projection
on the lower end of the bobbin immediately above the taper part which goes into the
cup of the spindle.
D
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tubular Bobbins for Ring Spinning and
Doubling.
We ALFRED BARLOW of 63 Cambridge Street Oldham in the County of Lancaster,
Mill Manager and JAMES LEACH of Railway View Oldham in the County of
Lancaster Mill Overlooker 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:-
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Our improvements has reference to the tubular bobbins used in ring frames for
spinning and doubling and consists in making a rim bead or projection in the lower
end of the bobbin immediately above the taper part which goes into the cup of the
spindle-We make this bead out of the solid timber when turning the bobbin, or a
wooden hoop with a bead made on it may be glued or otherwise fastened on to the
end of the bobbin.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings a represents the bobbin and 6 the bead, rim,
or projection.
This bead, strengthens the bobbin-it adds a little weight to the lower end of the
bobbin and thus reducing the tendency of the bobbin to jump and off the spindle-
and it also prevents the yarn being pulled off the bottom of the bobbin by the winder
or reeler.
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-
Making bobbins with a bead on them, for the purpose and in the manner described
and set forth in the drawing.
Dated this 8th dow of Amant 1880
Combined clothes washers and wash boards
Year: 1888

page_text: I, ROGER DOHERTY of Tuscarora, Nevada, in the United States of America, Inventor,
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 relates to an improvement in Combined clothes washers and wash
boards and it consists in the combination of two atmospheric pounders or washers,
which have their handles or uprights connected together by cross bars, and two rubbing
surfaces or wash-boards, which are placed upon the uprights and cross bars, as will be
more fully described hereinafter.
The object of my invention is to combine a washer and a wash-board in a single
implement so as to obviate all necessity of having to remove the washer to insert a
wash-board so as to wash those garments, which are so soiled that the washers alone
will not thoroughly cleanse them.
Figure I represents a side elevation of an implement embodying my invention.
Figure II is a vertical section of the same.
A, represents two atmospheric washers or pounders of any suitable construction,
and from the tops of which rise the two ut rights B. These two uprights are rigidly
secured together by the two cross-bars C, the upper one of which projects at its free
ends far enough beyond the uprights to form handles D. The surface between the
uprights and the cross-bars are covered upon opposite sides with metallic or wooden
wash-boards G and which are preferably of different degrees of fineness. Either one
of these wash-boards can be brought into play and are intended to be used for the
purpose of washing those garments which are so soiled that the atmospheric washer
will not thoroughly clean them. The garment has but to be taken out of the water
and rubbed against either one of these boards so as to loosen the dirt and then the
cleansing can be completed with the washer in the usual manner.
Heretofore where the washer would not thoroughly cleanse the clothes the washer
had to be removed from the tub and a wash-board inserted and then after the clothes
had been washed upon the board the board was removed and the washer again brought
into play.

page_text: By combining the wash-board with the pounders the two are always combined
together so that the wash-boards can be used without having to remove the pounders
and are always in position for use. The wash-boards may be formed of corrugated
metal, wood or any other substance, but will preferably be made of metal so as to be
as light as possible.
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 :
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The combination of two atmospheric pounders, the uprights rising therefrom, the
cross-bars and one or more wash-boards which are secured between the uprights and 1
cross-bars substantially as shown and described.
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Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 29th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 26th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 27th Apr., 1889
WILLIAM THOMAS SYMONS and
LEWIS PRUST SYMONS.

page_text: WILLIAM THOMAS SYMONS Litcham, Swaffham, Norfolk and LEWIS PRUST
SYMONS 1 Cambridge Terrace, Islington, N. patentees, 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 :—
It consists of a box of such dimensions ns may be desired. The cover, or shutter,
consists of a cloth or leather blind, this blind is attached to a roller which runs on
its own axil nt the top end of the box, and this roller is acted on by a spring either
within the roller or at the end. As soon as the cover or blind is unfastened, tho
spring roller automatically winds up the blind, & the box or file is open & its
contents exposed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said iuven-
tion and in whit manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is,
1st. The cover is wound up within the file, and occupies no space on desk or table.
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