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SECURING KNOBS TO SPINDLES FOR KINDS OF DOOR LOCKS AND LATCHES
Year: 1884

page_text: HENRY TUDOR OWENS 12 Bath Street Birmingham Hardware Factor do bereby
declare the nature of my invention for SECURING KNOBS TO SPINDLES, FOR ALL
KINDS OF DOOR LOCKS AND LATCHES to be as follows:-
:-
A Square spindle with holes tapped through to regulate..
B Knob with hole on both sides of neck to receive neck screw.
C Rose to fix to door with screwed male socket.
D Plain rose to cover rose C.
E Collar to screw on socket of rose C and to tighten up rose D.
F Large neck screw to pass through knob and spindle,”

page_text: HENRY TUDOR OWENS, Hardware Factor 12 Bath Street, Birmingham I do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for SECURING KNOBS TO SPINDLES FOR
ALL KINDS OF DOOR LOCKS AND LATCHES and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, the Drawings referred to are those accompanying my Provisional
Specification :-
My improvement is in drilling and tapping holes through spindle A to opposite
sides and securing knob to same with large tapped neck screw F and for better
adjustment I provide two or more neck screw holes in solid neck at right angles
and in different positions, also for further security I in addition to above supply a
loose rose C with screw'd male socket attached, which is to fix to door, the said
socket is revolved round to cover head of neck screw F. This rose being free can
be readily screw'd to door without the inconvenience always experienced with
roses attached to knobs.. I also provide a plain rose D by which means no screws
are seen, this rose is secured by a screw'd collar E which joins the socket of inside
rose C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare what
I claim is
•
1. The improved arrangement of tapping spindles through to opposite sides,
and securing knob to spindle with large neck screw as represented in the
accompanying drawing.
2. The improved method of providing two or more holes in neck of knobs at
right angles and in different positions for the better adjustment of knobs on
spindles, the duplicate holes in knob is part of my invention and my claim in this
respect comprises their use only in combination with the improvements, the nature
of which was described in the provisional.
3. Also the improved loose rose to fix to door with male socket attached and
screw d on the exterior.
Dated this 25th day of Anril 1885.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE METHOD OF PRESERVING FERMENTED LIQUORS
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I ROBERT GEORGE BELL of 169 Walton Street Oxford in the County of
Oxfordshire, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE METHOD OF PRESERVING FERMENTED LIQUORS' 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 preserve beers and other fermented liquors in
good condition.
I accomplish my object by using a combination of two well known processes;
First; the injection of carbonic acid gas under pressure, into the liquor in the
usual manner, and; Second, the subjecting of the liquor so treated, to a temperature
varying according to the nature of the liquor and the vessel, in which it is
contained, under pressure; but ordinarily to a temperature of from 130 to 155
degrees Fahrenheit; and by this combination I am enabled to produce a liquor,
which when drawn, not only has a sparkling and bright appearance, but the
condition of the liquor is thereby increased as regards stability.
In the case of fermented liquor which is required to preserve good condition for
a considerable time, I repeat the heating process at intervals of from twenty
four to seventy two hours.”
I perform in either order of precedence the processes of injection of carbonic acid
gas, and the heating to suit the particular vessel in which the fermented liquor is
contained.
Hitherto the preservation in good condition of fermented liquors, has been
attempted by using one or other of the above processes only.-When the injection
of carbonic acid gas only was attempted, experience showed that the fermented
liquor became turbid, and charged with sediment after being kept for any length
of time; when the second process alone was used, the fermented liquor, not only
contained a considerable sediment, but it was also deficient in dissolved gases, the
non existence of which rendered the liquor flat and insipid.
By the combination of the two processes, the liquor so treated is devoid of
sediment and rich in dissolved gases, ensuring to the liquor when drawn, after
any lapse of time a bright and sparkling appearance, good flavour, and freedom
from an undesirable amount of acidity.

page_text: The liquor to be treated according to my Invention should be contained in
strong vessels or bottles; L inject the gas by the ordinary machinery used for
injecting gas or air into liquor, and the temperature is raised by ordinary means,
suitable to the vessel in which the liquor is contained say casks or bottles.
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 combination of the injection of carbonic acid gas under pressure into
fermented liquors, with the raising of the temperature of the same, substantially
as and for the purposes hercin described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG RESTS, APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, REGINALD LAURENCE of Steele's Road, Haverstock Hill, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG RESTS, APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES," to be as follows:-
The leg rests, to which this my Invention refers, I form of a light frame of
metal, or other suitable material, having across the top a padded cushion, or strips
of leather, india rubber, or other suitable material, for conveniently bearing the
rider's legs when not working the treadles. This my said leg-rest I fit in
any suitable manner upon the handle bar of bicycle. The ordinary manner of
resting the legs direct upon the handle is inconvenient, inasmuch as the legs are
apt to come in contact with any screws, bolts, or nuts, belonging to the break-gear
and other fittings, which inconvenience is obviated entirely by this my Invention,
which gives a direct and separate support for the legs. A rest has in some cases
been placed on the fork of bicycle under the handle, but the position is dangerous
should the rider bo thrown with his legs resting upon such rest, as his body is
entangled in the bicycle; but with the leg-rest made and placed in accordance
with this my invention, should the rider be thrown whilst making use of same,
he vaults gently over the handle and is entirely clear of the bicycle.
-

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I, REGINALD LAURENCE of Steelo's Road, Haverstock Hill, in the county of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LEG-RESTS APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES" and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :-
-In-this my Invention I construct-a-light-frame of metal or other suitable material
having across the top a padded cushion-or-strips of leather, india-rubber,-or-other
suitable material for conveniently bearing the rider's legs when not working-the-
treadles. This my said leg-rest, I fit in any suitable manner upon the upper side
of handle bar of bicycle. The ordinary manner of resting the legs direct upon the
handle-bar-is-inconvenient inasmuch as the legs are apt to come in contact with
any screws, bolts or nuts belonging to the-break-gear and other fittings, which
inconvenience is obviated entirely by this my Invention, which gives a direct-and-
separate support for the legs. A rest has in some cases been placed-on the fork of
bicycle under the handle, but-the-position is dangerous, should the rider be thrown
with his legs resting upon such rest, as his body is entangled-in-the-bicycle; but
with the leg rest made and placed in accordance with this my Invention should the
rider be thrown whilst making use of same he vaults gently over the handles and
is entirely clear of the bicycle.
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 construction and adjustment of leg-rests on the upper side of handle-bar of
bicycles substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.
SELF CLOSING WINDOW FASTENERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ROBERT WILLIAM GARDNER 17 Warwick Crescont Paddington W Gentleman
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for the SELF CLOSING WINDOW
FASTENERS to be as follows:-
It is an upright fastener, and when the bolt is lifted and turned over, it has a
projecting notch, these parts are fixed on the upper sash at the sides, or in the
centre, as in an ordinary fastener, on the lower sash is fixed a flat plate which
projects over the sash bar, on opening the window this presses on the notch as it
passes, and forces the bolt back thus clearing it free, but when it has passed the
notch the bolt falls into its place again, and on closing either sash the plate catches
the notch when it acts, as it cannot pass free on the closing motion of the Window
the bolt then falls over, and locks both sashes, The action of the bolt is worked
by its having a half circle or D shape cut in it, which allows of its being pressed
back on its pivot by the plate, and when this has passed it the weight of the bolt
forces itself forward again.

page_text: I, ROBERT WILLIAM CARDNER, of 17 Warwick Crescent Paddington in the
county of Middlesex Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for the SELF CLOSING WINDOW FASTENERS and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
It is an upright Window Fastener as shown in the drawings accompanying my
Provisional Specification under Figure 1, and when the bolt is lifted, and turned
over, as shown in Figure 2, it lins a projecting notch, these parts are fixed on tho
upper sash, as in an ordinary fastener, On the lower sash is fixed a flat plate as
shown in Figure 1, marked B which projects over the sash bar, about an eight of
an inch, on opening the Window this presses on the notch as it passes, and forces
the bolt back as shown in Figure 2, thus clearing it free, but when it has passed
the notch, the bolt falls forward again, and resets itself, as shown in Figure 3,
and on closing either sash, the plate catches the notch when it acts, as shown in
Figure 4 as it cannot pass free on the closing motion of the Window, this causes
the bolt to fall over fastening both sashes, as shown in Figure 1.-The Self closing
is produced by the D shape slot in the bolt: Having now particularly described,
and ascertained the nature of ny said invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed I declare that what I claim is: A sash fastener consisting of a
piece of metal of the shape shown in the drawings, and containing a D shape slot
by which it is hung on a pivot on the upper sash in combination with a plate on
the lower sash, substantially in the manner, and for the purpose hereinbefore
described.
AN IMPROVED FLOORING CLAMP
Year: 1884

page_text: We, ROBERT BOOтн and RICHARD WILSON BOOTH, 63, Upper Stephen's Street,
Dublin, trading as Booth Brothers, Mechanical Engineers, do hereby declare tho
nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED FLOORING CLAMP, 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 said invention is to produce an improved flooring clamp of
simple and effective construction whereby much of the expense ordinarily incurred
in the manufacture of such apparatus is avoided.
The nature of our invention will be readily understood on referenco to the
accompanying drawings, in which fig. 1 represents a plan, fig, 2, an end view,
fig. 3 an elevation, and fig. 4, a perspective view of the apparatus. Similar letters
refer to similar parts in all the views A represents a vertical worm which is
actuated by the lever handle B, and, gearing with the worm-wheel C, causes the
said worm wheel to propel the toothed ram D. A serrated washer E is provided
whereby the position of the stud F may be altered for the purpose of clamping.
The application and mode of action of the apparatus will be readily seen on
reference to the perspective view, fig. 4.
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:-
1 In a flooring clamp the combination of parts formed by the vertical worm A
actuated by a lever-handle B which causes the worm-wheel C to propel the
toothed ram D, in the manner substantially as specified.
2. The use of a serrated washer E in combination with stud F in clamping
arrangement substantially for the purpose described, and set forth.
Dated LL 1
Ր
1004
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
Agents for Applicants,
10, Leinster St., Dublin.
HING ROD
Year: 1884

page_text: TRUYIDIONAL
DILUIFICATION.
THOMAS HENRY IZOD & WILLIAM MARTIN JAMES Criterion Works Redditch
Needle, Fish Hook & Fishing Tackle Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for ▲ LOCK JOINT FOR A FISHING ROD to be as follows:-
Fig 1. shews spring A with knob attached to it, and Tube B with a hole on top
into which knob on spring A fits in, also Wood C with spring A attached to it.
Fig 2'shews parts connected ready for Rod A. B. C.
Fig 3 shews Fitting or Joint complete also connecting Tube D.
To fit the Rod together you take Fig 2 complete, and press down knob on
spring A. and fit into tube D in fig 3, you press down as far as possible until knob
on spring A fits into hole in tube D and the joints are then locked.

page_text: THOMAS HENRY IZOD & WILLIAM MARTIN JAMES Fishing Tackle Manufacturers
Criterion Works Redditch do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
A LOCK JOINT FOR A FISHING ROD and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Fig. 1. represents the Spring A. & Ferrule B with Hole & Rod Joint cut with
Spring A. attached to it.
Fig. 2. shows Rod Joint with Ferrule B pushed over in place so as to allow stud
on Spring A. to come through hole in Ferrule B.
Fig 3 shows Ferrule D which is pushed over Fig 2. until stud on Spring A.
catches in Ferrule D. it also shows the two Joints Locked together.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare what we
claim is
The Spring with Stud' and its connection with Ferrules B & D together with
rims on said Ferrules.
AN IMPROVED ROPE COUPLING
Year: 1884

page_text: "
I ANTON ENGELMANN Gentleman of Hanover in the German Empire do hereby
and in
declare the nature of said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ROPE COUPLING
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This invention relates to splicing ropes especially hemp ones used on vessels or
such places where the dampness of the air often changes, it being a well known
fact that such ropes when damp or wet become shorter and when dry longer, the
object of this invention being to shorten or lengthen them as required.
The rope A is firmly pressed into the case b by means of a screw shaped wedge c
which is screwed into the centre of the rope the single strands of which are laid
over the base of the wedge c and secured by means of a disc d provided with teeth
and a screw e communicating with the screw shaped wedge c.
The eye B is moveable in the disc g by means of the screwed bolt f the disc g
being fastened to the case b by means of screw pins h h¹.
The eye B is secured by means of a pink which passes through the case b the
female screw i provided for the screwed part of bolt, and the bolt f.
When the rope is to be shortened the pink is extracted from the bolt f, female
screw i and case b which case is turned by means of a pin or bar thus twisting and
shortening the rope till the required length is attained when the pin k is replaced
securing the rope in its shortened state.
When the rope is to be lengthened the same operation takes place but in an
opposite direction.
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 arrangement for splicing ropes consisting of the eye B shell or case b screw
bolt finner screw a screw shaped wedge c toothed disc d screw e female screw i
pins h and k and disc g as before described and illustrated in the drawing.
Dated this 8th day of April 1884.
AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR STEEL OR OTHER PIPES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOSEPH WHITLEY of Railway Works Leeds in the County of York Engineer
and Founder, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
JOINT FOR STEEL OR OTHER PIPES to be as follows:-
:-
Whereas hitherto large pipes for water-works mains have been made in cast iron
with spigot and faucet ends my improvements consist in casting steel pipes with
dove-tail'd ends and couplings for the same and rolling swaging drifting or
otherwise manipulating them from the cast to the finished state.
In constructing a suitable steel coupling instead of a spigot and faucet joint
I first cast and then by preference roll the coupling into a double cone or concaved
interior so that the pipe ends meet and fill in the centre with a jump'd joint in
their respective couplings and then ram or caulk with suitable material.
JOSEPH WHITLEY.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LETTER RACKS OR HOLDERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FREDERICK ILES, Manufacturer of Highgate St. Birmingham, in the county
of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LETTER RACKS OR HOLDERS," to be as follows:-
My invention consists in the use of a flexible coil or coils of wire of any con-
venient form or section, the letters or other papers being retained between the
rings of the coils. The coils may be used either in straight lengths or may be
bent in any convenient form and may be used either alone or attached to a
convenient support of wood, metal, or paper.
In the term "wire" I include any material that can be fashioned into a flexible
coil; such as metal, papier mâché, celluloid, vulcanite or similar compositions.
Dated this Seventeenth day of March 1884.

page_text: I, FREDERICK ILES, manufacturer, of 100 Highgate Street, Birmingham, in the
county of Warwick do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LETTER RACKS OR HOLDERS and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consists in constructing Letter or Paper Racks or Holders in the
following manner.
I take a strip of metal, vulcanite or other elastic material and form the same
into a coil or spring, which said coil or spring is then bent or curved so as to
partially open the rings or convolutions of the said coil or spring for the
purpose of
allowing Letters or papers to be inserted between the coils or convolutions; the
ends of the said coil or spring may be then secured to a suitable stand or support
so as to retain the rings or convolutions in a partially opened or extended condition
as described or one end of the coil or spring may be secured to a suitable stand or
support and the other end may be secured to a jointed lever, so arranged as to expand
or draw apart the rings of the said coil or spring for the purpose before described,
which said lever being then released, allows the rings to resume their original
position, thus securing the letters or other papers inserted between them.
I do not confine myself to any particular section of strip used in forming the
coils or springs, but preferably I use a round strip of metal or other elastic
material, and the coils or springs themselves may be of any convenient section
-or size.
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 use of coils or springs of metal or other elastic material, attached in a
curved, bent or partially extended-form to suitable stands or supports, or capable
of extension by means of levers for the purpose of holding letters or other papers.
Dated this 15th day of December 1884.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL STONE
Year: 1884

page_text: I, CHARLES RENNIE COWIE, of 59 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, in the county of
Lanark, Clienist do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL STONE and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Oxide of Magnesium, or Magnesia, either in the Anhydrous or hydrated state,
and produced by calcining either precipitated or Native carbonate of magnesium, is
intimately mixed with earthy matters such as sand, ground quartz, ground glass,
einery, or other substances, the nature of the earthy matters depending on the
purpose to which the stone is to be applied.
An equal weight of a saturated solution of chloride of Aluminum is added to the
mixture, and the whole is mixed in the most thorough manner and made into the
shape required, it is then allowed to harden.
Sulphide of magnesium may be substituted wholly or in part, for oxide and will
be found to work quite as efficiently.
The Chloride of Aluminum solution may be mixed with a solution of chloride of
magnesium, or iron, in small quantities, without detracting from the hardness of
the stone produced.
This composition is particularly intended to be used for the manufacture of
Mill-stones or grindstones, but it may be used for any other purpose for which a
hard and rough stone is required.
"
"
For these purposes, I prefer to use a mixture of the oxide and sulphide of
magnesium, with granulated or corn emery, and to mix with a saturated
solution of chloride of Aluminum, but either the oxide or the sulphide alone may
be used, or a portion of carbonate of magnesium may also be added.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be perforined, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use of a mixture of chloride of Aluminum in solution with oxide and
sulphide of magnesium, or one of them, for the production of Artificial stone or
cement

page_text: 2. The use of a mixture of chloride of Aluminum in solution in conjunction with
the chlorides of magnesium and iron: with oxide and sulphide of magnesium, or
one of them, for the production of artificial stone or cement.
3. The use of a mixture of sulphide of magnesium either alone or in conjunction
with oxide or carbonate of magnesium, or both of them, and chloride of Aluminum
and magnesium or one of them in solution, for the production of Artificial.stone or
cement.
Dated this eleventh day of January Eighteen hundred and eighty four.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CORSETS AND STAYS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES EDMONDSON of 182 Great Clowes Street, Higher Broughton, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster General Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CORSETS AND STAYS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement and accompanying drawing :—
My said Invention relates to an improvement in the construction of corsets or
stays whereby the said garments are enabled to accomodate themselves more readily
to the shape and changes of posture of the body and also to give increased support
thereto. Corsets and stays as ordinarily constructed require to be made with
gussets at the top and bottom so as to embrace and fit around the hips and bust of
the wearer.
These gusset pieces are of the same or of a similar material to that
composing the body of the corset or stays and are incapable of yielding to suit
different shapes and changes of posture in the wearer. According to my invention
I make the said gusset pieces of suitable elastic material such as india rubber web
which will have sufficient elasticity to stretch and contract in conformity with the
changes of posture and breathing of the wearer.
The figure on the accompanying sheet of drawings is a diagrammatic view of a
corset or pair of stays opened out so as to lie in a level plane and I have indicated
thereon the usual positions of the hereinbefore referred to gussets or gusset pieces.
The gussets a. b. c. and d. at the upper part of figure are intended to give room for
the bust; while the gussets e. f. g. h. i. j. allow the corset to fit over the bips of the
wearer. The whale bone or steel ribs or strengthening pieces and other adjuncts
are not shewn in the figure. All of the indicated gusset pieces or similar gusset
pieces not indicated in the drawing may be made of elastic material in accordance
with my invention or only a certain proportion of such gusset pieces may be so
made.
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:
In the construction of stays and corsets, forming the gusset pieces of elastic
material for the purposes and substantially in the manner herein before described
and indicated.
Dated this 3rd day of December 1884.
A NEW OR IMPROVED HOLDER FOR MANIPULATING A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM GRIFFITH HONEY of N° 3 High Street, Devizes in the County of
Wilts Artist and Photographer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
A NEW OR IMPROVED HOLDER FOR MANIPULATING A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention consists of a device for manipulating a photographic plate from
a piece of Tin, Ebonite or other suitable material, having an opening in the centre
the outside edges of which are turned up to prevent the plate from slipping off-
A handle is fixed at the top by which the holder can be raised-By means of my
improved holder a photographic gelatine Bromide Plate can be developed, washed
and fixed without the solution coming in contact with the fingers which has not
hitherto been practicable by any other method-The accompanying drawing
shows the holder as above described-The plate to be manipulated is placed on
the Holder A and then lowered by the handle B into the dish containing the
developing solution By raising the handle it can be easily seen when the
negative is sufficiently developed-The clips C prevent the plate from slipping
off the holder when it is removed from the dish.
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 :-
1. Holders made of Tin, Ebonite or other suitable material with an opening in
the centre, having clips turned up on the outside edges for the purpose specified.
2. Holders having handles by which sensitized plates can be placed into or
removed from dishes containing developing solutions without introducing the
fingers or other agency into the solutions."
Articles, Goods, and Substances in a Dry Condition.
Year: 1884

page_text: Articles, Goods, and Substances in a Dry Condition.
I, JOHN WALLER PRATT of 11 Waterloo Road, Runcorn, in the county of Chester,
Technical Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVED
MEANS FOR MAINTAINING CIGARS, BISCUITS AND OTHER ARTICLES, GOODS, AND
SUBSTANCES IN A DRY CONDITION to be as follows:-
Many substances used in commerce are much deteriorated in quality and value
by exposure to that dampness of atmosphere which is constant in the English
climate. My invention has for its object to provide means whereby cigars, biscuits,
or other articles, goods, or substances may be maintained for any length of time in
a perfectly dry condition and not only kept dry but robbed of any hygroscopic
moisture they may have originally contained.
The invention consists essentially in combining with a box or a case for the
articles goods or substances to be kept dry a specially made receptacle containing
dessicating agents such as calcic oxide, anhydrous chloride of calcium or other
anhydrous salt or. mixtures of anhydrous oxides and salts which possess a strong
affinity for water; those salts being preferred which will not deliquesce.
A par-
ticularly efficient dessicant is obtained by mixing two parts of calcic oxide with
one part of calcic chloride and fusing the mixture or by treating calcic oxide with
a solution of calcic chloride and roasting the granular compound formed at a
temperature sufficiently elevated to drive off all moisture.
The box or case containing the articles or substances to be kept dry and into
which such dessicating mixture is introduced is under one modification fitted with
a false perforated bottom underneath which the drying agent enclosed in thin tissue
is placed.
Under another modification the sides of the receptacle are made double the
interior one being perforated and the drying agent is placed in the intervening
space.
Deliquescent dessicating agents are not as a general rule applicable but when
they are I place them in detachable vessels constructed with a flange projecting
inwards in such a fashion that the vessels may be reversed without danger of their
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page_text: contents being spilt. When the salts in the said detachable vessels have absorbed
their full amount of moisture they may be removed, heated till dry, and returned
to their former position for reuse.
Receptacles fitted in the manner described with apparatus or apartments con-
taining moisture absorbing salts are especially suited for the preservation of cigars,
which are peculiarly susceptible to and much damaged by damp: they are also
particularly well adapted for the preservation of biscuits, bright metal goods, and
other articles, goods, or substances liable to damage by excess of moisture.
Dated this twentieth day of November 1884.
J. T. KING,
Per W. B. Johnson,
Agent for the Applicant.
AN IMPROVED PISTON and
Year: 1884

page_text: I, GEORGE DIECKMANN, Gentleman, of the City and State of New York, United
States of America do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for AN IMPROVED
PISTON and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This Invention relates to a new piston for steam, gas, air, and hydraulic engines,
which will tighten against the walls of the cylinder in proportion to the amount of
pressure upon the piston.
In the Drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the piston.
Figure 2 is a similar section of a modification.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail views of the tightening pieces used in Figure 2.
A represents the cylinder of a steam, gas, air, or hydraulic engine. B is the
piston. This piston is made with one or two cup shaped or concave faces, having
tapering sides, said sides decreasing in thickness towards the piston ends. In
Figure 1 the piston is shown to be in one piece with its concave faces, but in
Figure 2 the piston is made with a central guide piece a and with separate concave
face or tightening pieces b.
Each tightening piece b may be made of two over-lapping sections d d¹ connected
by elastic bands e. The circumference of the tightening pieces bis, opposite the
cylinder walls made cylindrical or parallel to such walls.
In this way each tightening piece 6 has a taper f at its open end. g is the
piston rod pivoted to one of the tightening pieces.
When steam, gas, or compressed air is admitted to the cylinder, it will enter the
concave faces of the piston and force the tapering sides against the cylinder walls,
thus producing a packing. The amount of lateral pressure will be proportionate to
the total pressure on the piston, and thus the frictional contact between piston and
cylinder, will be proportionate to the total pressure. If the sections d d¹ are
employed, the bands e will allow a slight turning and consequent spreading of the
sections.
I prefer to use the construction shown in Figure 1 for steam engines, and the
construction shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4, for gas and air engines.
If the power is applied to one face of the piston only, as in some gas and air
engines, of course only one concave face is used. So also in the construction
shown in Figure 2, the guide piece a may be omitted.

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 :-
First. A piston having one or two concave faces, as shown.
Second. A piston having one or two concave faces with tapering ends as shown.
Third. A piston consisting of concave piece b made of over-lapping sections d d'
as shown.
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Fourth. A piston consisting of a guide piece a and one or two concave tightening
pieces bas shown.
Fifth. A piston consisting of guide piece a and one or two concave sectional
tightening pieces 6 having tapering ends f and connected by bands e as shown.
b
Dated this 26th day of April 1981
GEORGE DIECKMANN.
AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE ATTACHED TO BEARING REINS TO REGULATE & RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE HORSE'S MOUTH
Year: 1884

page_text: REGINALD HARTLEY Roxeth Lodge Carshalton Surrey Gentleman do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE ATTACHED
TO BEARING REINS TO REGULATE & RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON THE HORSE'S
MOUTH to be as follows:-
A piece of elastic rubber four inches long by three quarters of an inch wide by
one quarter of an inch thick. At one cud a plain in. metal ring into which the
centre of the bearing rein is passed, as in the ordinary way; at the other end a 7 in.
metal ring with Scotch Hook on same, to catch the ring on the round part of the
Bearing Rein.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I REGINALD HARTLEY of Roxeth Lodge Carshalton in the County of Surrey
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of my invention for REGULATING AND
RELIEVING THE PRESSURE ON HORSES' MOUTHS and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
A piece of elastic rubber four inches long by three quarters of an inch wide by
one quarter of an inch thick as shewn in the accompanying drawings and thereon
marked A in figures 1, 2, 3, and 4. At one end thereof a plain seven-eighths inch
metal dee is attached as shewn in the accompanying drawings and thereon marked B
in figures one, two, three, and four. At the other end thereof a plain seventh eighths
inch metal dee with Scotch hook thereto is attached as shewn in the accompanying
drawings and therein marked C in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. A pair of these appliances
is fixed as follows:-Remove the flat part of the bearing rein from the two round
parts pass the rings attached to the round parts of the bearing rein into the hooks
marked C-replace the flat part of the bearing rein passing it through the dees B
instead of through the rings on the round part as in the ordinary way. The
regulation and relieving of the pressure on the horse's mouth is performed by the
stretching of the elastic rubber A which thus mitigates the force of the pressure.
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
1. That by the use of my said invention, the horse's mouth is not injured, and
the suffering caused by those at present in use is thus diminished and mitigated.
2. That if the horse stumble or slip my said invention will on pressure stretch
sufficiently to enable the horse to recover itself, and will, on the removal of the
pressure, immediately return to its original length.
3. That my said invention greatly diminishes the tendency of the horse to resent
the hard pressure of the ordinary non-elasting bearing rein.
Dated this 90th day of Tohruary 100%
REGINALD HARTLEY,
Applicant.
IMPROVEMENTS LATING AND DISENFECTING APPARATUS FOR SEWERS DRAINS AND AIR INLETS
Year: 1884

page_text: I MOSES JAMES ADAMS Engineer of Clifford St York in the County of York
IN VENTI-
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
LATING AND DISENFECTING APPARATUS FOR SEWERS DRAINS AND AIR INLETS and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention consists of a new and improved method of Ventilating Sewers
Drains &c and of purifying the gases rising therefrom Within a suitable manhole
cover or ventilator or other frame I provide a receptacle formed to contain a dis-
enfecting medium either liquid or solid I further provide an opening in the body
of the apparatus through which the gases ascend, over this opening 1 place one or
more screens or hoods of asbestos cloth or other suitable material porous to such
a degree that the passage of the gases is not stopped These screens or hoods
dip into the disenfectant placed in the receptacle and become saturated there with
the gases rising are thus discharged through a disenfecting medium and thereby
robbed of their noxious qualities.
The accompanying drawing shews my apparatus in two of its forms the lettering
of each drawing being similar.
A The opening by which gas ascends.
B & C filtering hoods.
D receptacle for disenfectant.
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 The application of a filtering hood or hoods in combination with a receptacle
or container for liquid or solid disenfectant.
mantiladau Carawans drains and air inlata
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBONATE OF SODA
Year: 1884

page_text: I, FANNIE BROWN, of 22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Relict and Sole Executrix of William Cowell Brown, deceased, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CARBONATE OF SODA" 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 an improved process or means of manufacturing
carbonate of soda.
According to this Invention I take nitrate of soda, and mix it thoroughly with
coal dust, breeze, or other carbonaceous material or materials, in equal or unequal
proportions. These ingredients in their relative proportions are advantageously
submitted to hydraulic or other pressure, whereby they are formed into hard
blocks, in order to diminish their bulk, and, consequently lessen the rapidity of
combustion.
This fuel is then fed into suitable vessels and ignited, evolving carbon monoxide
gas, and depositing a very caustic cinder, which is subsequently washed, filtered,
and allowed to crystallize, or evaporated.
It is not absolutely essential that the caustic solution should be allowed to
crystallize, as in some cases the carbonate of soda in an exsiccated form may be
deposited by evaporation, the heating agent in some cases being the carbon
monoxide gas that was evolved by combustion of the carbonaceous mass.
The vessel in which the ignition above mentioned is carried out may be partially
submerged and provided with suitable feeding device. At the top or sido a pipe
can be attached to convey the carbon monoxide gas to a gasometer or elsewhere.
I would have it understood that these ingredients as generating carbon monoxide
gas for motive power purposes forms the subject of Patents N° 2178, A.D. 1880,
and No 1874, A.D. 1882, granted to the late William Cowell Brown.

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,
The manufacture of carbonate of soda by the combustion of nitrate of soda and
coal dust or other carbonaceous matter and the subsequent washing and 5
crystallization or exsiccation thereof in the manner herein set forth.
Dated this 6th Ja1001
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Patent Agents,
22, Southampton Buildings, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOORS OF HANSOM CABS
Year: 1884

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I, JOHN SAXBY, Junior, of N° 3 Clements Lane, in the city of London, Timber
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for APPARATUS
FOR OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOORS OF HANSOM CABS 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 apparatus for opening or closing simultaneously the
doors of Hanson Cabs, the movement being effected by a handle worked by the
driver, and the apparatus being so arranged that the passenger can also by moving
one of the doors open or close both. I will describe the apparatus which I employ
for this purpose referring to the accompanying drawings. Fig. 1 is a side view of
a cab provided with apparatus according to my invention and fig. 2 is a plan, to
an enlarged scale, of the gearing. I extend through the floor of the cab the
spindles B of the door-hinges, or mount in bearings in the floor spindles in line
with the axes of the door hinges and having crank arms attached to the doors.
On the spindles B, I fix toothed pinions A with which gear toothed segments C
that are mounted on studs projecting down from the cab floor. I connect these
segments by a coupling rod D, and from one of the segments I lead a bent rod E
through suitable guides up to a point near the driver's seat where it terminates in
a bandle F. As the edge of one of the doors is made to overlap that of the other,
as indicated at X in fig. 2, I make either or both of the segments C and
pinions A a little eccentric so that the overlapping door shall begin to move more
quickly than the other, in the act of opening.
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:
1, For opening or closing the doors of Hansom cabs, the combination of the two
connected segments, worked by the driver's handle, with pinions on the axes of the
doors, substantially as herein described.
2, In apparatus of the kind referred to in the preceding claim, the use of
eccentric pinions and segments as and for the purpose herein set forth.
SIMILAR PREPARING MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
SIMILAR PREPARING MACHINES
"
I, MARK OLDROYD of the firm of Mark Oldroyd and Sons, Limited, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR FEEDING FIBRE INTO SCRIBBLING, CARDING, AND
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 feed fibre into scribbling, carding, and other
similar preparing machines in a regular and uniform manner.
Hitherto the fibre or fibrous materials have been fed into such machines by
means of a pair of small feed rollers which were either fluted or covered with pins,
or card teeth.
My Invention consists in dispensing with such feed rollers, and using instead
thereof one such toothed roller by preference of larger diameter than either of the
feed rollers previously in use. Underneath this toothed roller I place an adjustable
concave plate or dish, so that the rotary motion of the toothed roller will draw the
fibre off the ordinary creeper into the said dish, and as the said fibre is carried
around and lifted out of the dish at the opposite side thereof it is caught hold of
by the teeth of the ordinary breast (or whatever roller is employed to take the
fibre into the machine) and drawn or lased against the edge of the dish and taken
into the machine in small and regular quantities.
In order that my Invention may be better understood reference is made to the
accompanying Sheet of drawings which is a section of so much of a scribbling or
carding machine as is necessary to illustrate my improvements. A is the breast
or other toothed cylinder usually employed for taking the fibre off the feed rollers
into the machine, and B is the toothed roller rotating within the adjustable concave
plate or dish C. The ordinary feed apron is shewn at D and upon this feed apron
the fibre is placed and carried forward to the roller B which gradually and
continuously carries the said fibre onto the dish C, and as the teeth of the roller B
revolve close to the bottom of the dish, the fibre gets thoroughly embedded into
the teeth of the roller, and on the fibre emerging from the dish at the point a the
teeth of the breast A, (which are moving in an opposite direction to the roller B)
gets hold of the fibre, and draws it over the edge of the dish as shewn in the
drawing. By this means the fibre is fed into the machine in a regular and uniform
manner which is very essential for even spinning.

page_text: Instead of employing the parts as shewn on the drawings, they may be inverted
in which case the dish becomes a cap.
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 employment of a dish or cap C in combination with a toothed roller B
rotating in an opposite direction to the breast A substantially in the manner and
for purposes set forth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BARBED FENCE-WIRE
Year: 1884

page_text: JOHN STEPHEN TAYLOR Sunny Side North Road Clayton Manchester in the
County of Lancashire Roll Turner do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BARBED FENCE-WIRE 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 barbed fence-wire manufactured out of a single rod
of wire. The primerary object of this Invention is to manufacture a barbed.
fence-wire of this description with facility. The Invention consists of a rod of
wire with a flange commonly known as a fen runing on each edge of the body
of the wire in the direction of the length of the wire; from which flange or fen
the barbs are formed by incisions made diagonally across the said flange or fen,
which are then bent to the required positions to form the barbs. The said rod
may be in different shaped transverse sections. The Invention is illustrated in
the accompanying Drawing. In which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 represents the plain rod as it is rolled before the incisions are made
a. a. represents flange or fen. b b represents the backbone of the rod.
Figures 2 and 3 represent the rod with incisions c. made before the barbs d are
bent into their respective positions.
Figures 4 and 5 represent rods with the barbs d bent into their respective
positions. Figure 4 represents a rod with two barbs d each turned in opposite
directions. Figure 5. represents barbs d placed alternately on opposite sides and
bent in opposite directions.
Figure 6 represents a transverse section of the plain rod. a. a. represents flanges
or fens. b. represents backbone.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare, that what I claim as the Invention to be protected by the
herein before in part recited Letters Patent is-
1st In the construction of barbed fence wire, a wire or rod having longitudinal
ribs rolled upon it. The barbs being raised upon these ribs, by making slanting
cuts through them substantially as hercinbefore described.

page_text: 2nd The form of barbed fence wire, a rod constructed with longitudinal ribs on
opposite edges of the rod essentially as and for the purposes herein described.
3rd In barbed fence wire the longitudinal ribs and the slanting incisions of these
ribs to form the barbs; as hereinfore shown and described.
Dated this 95th dow of February 1884