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IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGES MORE ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR FACILITATING THE TEACHING OF SOLDIERS AND OTHERS THE USE OF THE RIFLE IN BARRACKS, BARRACK ROOMS AND OTHER PLACES.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edwin Heath at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th September 1882.
WILLIAM EDWIN HEATH of No. 176 [137] Camden Road in the County of
Middlesex, Captain 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteers IMPROVEMENTS IN CARTRIDGES
MORE ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR FACILITATING THE TEACHING OF SOLDIERS AND
OTHERS THE USE OF THE RIFLE IN BARRACKS, BARRACK ROOMS AND OTHER
PLACES.
I form in brass or other metal a strong chamber of the size and form of the
cartridge to be used in the weapon and insert in the base of the chamber a
percussion gun nipple the point of which shall not project beyond the plane of the
base to receive a small detonating percussion cap.
The inner part of the chamber is hollowed at the base to contain a small charge
of gun powder, an oiled wad is placed on the gunpowder and on this is placed a
small cylinder of wood rather less than the diameter of the bore of the rifle in
diameter and of a length equal to three or more diameters with a circular metal
base attached and with a metal head from which projects a small sharp point this
I call the dart, and use it as a bullet would be used, the charge of powder and the
weight and length of the dart are so proportioned that the rifle may be used in the
same way for the instruction of the Soldier as if an ordinary ball cartridge were
used and the results shewn on a small target of wood or paper by the dart
becoming fixed in the target at each discharge.
The usual sights on the weapon being at the same time used and the elevation
being adjusted in proportion to the distance of the target from the firing point or
the time taken in the flight of the dart.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS FOR BICYCLES, TRICYCLES AND OTHER VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Alfred Slater at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 19th October 1882.
JOHN ALFRED SLATER of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lamp
manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS FOR BICYCLES, TRICYCLES AND OTHER
VELOCIPEDES
This Invention consists of Improvements in constructing Lamps of the above
description so that they are capable of opening and closing without hinges. This I
effect by making the front plate of the lamp, upon the top of which in bicycle
Lamps is the spindle clip, to slide upwards upon guides on the sides of the case, and
when closed, to fasten by means of a spring catch upon the front plate engaging in
a slot in the upper part of the lamp case. The lamp is thus formed in two parts,
the one sliding into or upon the other.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FAST. AND LOOSE PULLEYS FOR THROWING INTO AND OUT OF GEAR THE SHAFTS OF MACHINERY.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Budworth Sharp at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1882.
THOMAS BUDWORTH SHARP of French Wall's Smethwick in the County of
Stafford Mechanical Engineer "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FAST.
AND LOOSE PULLEYS FOR THROWING INTO AND OUT OF GEAR THE SHAFTS OF
MACHINERY.
"
My invention consists in constructing the fast and loose pulleys for throwing
into and out of gear the shafts of machinery in the following manner. I make
the pulley which is fixed on the shaft to be driven of greater diameter than the
loose pulley on the said shaft instead of making the two pulleys of the same
diameter as usual Between the fast and loose pulleys is a conical pulley. This
conical pulley has the same diameter at one side as the small loose pulley and has
the same diameter at the opposite side as the larger fast pulley. This conical
pulley may either be fixed to the fast pulley or to the loose pulley; or it may be an
independent pulley either fixed to or loose on the shaft. The conical middle
pulley is for the purpose of guiding and assisting in transferring the driving band
or strap from the fast pulley to the loose pulley or the reverse.
When the driving band is situated on the loose pulley of less diameter than the
fast pulley the said band hangs comparatively loose on the said loose pulley and
drives the said loose pulley with but little friction. Hence the band itself the
shaft and the loose pulley are subject to much less wear than when the driving
band is tight on the loose pulley as is usual.
In addition to these advantages my invention has the further advantage that
the consumption of oil and power is economized.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH WEIGHT ATTACHMENTS FOR SASH WINDOWS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Charles Tucker at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th June 1882.
HENRY CHARLES TUCKER, of Peterborough, in the County Northampton,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH WEIGHT ATTACHMENTS FOR SASH WINDOWS"
This invention consists in an appliance for locking the sash weights when
desired. For this purpose a metal plate is fixed on the face of the pulley style of
the sash frame to which is attached a horizontal spindle passing through the lining
of the sash frame. A knob or handle is secured to the front end of said spindle,
while at or near its centre a catch or keep is fixed so as to revolve with the
spindle, the catch or keep passing through a mortice in the face plate into a
groove in a suspending slip to which is attached the sash-cord and weights.
When the knob or handle is turned the catch or keep passes through the mortice
in the face plate so as to lock the suspending slip and prevent the weights from
falling.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR HEATING THE FEED-WATER FOR STEAM- BOILERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Miles Ashworth, of Stackstead, near Manchester, in
the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR HEATING THE FEED-WATER FOR STEAM-
BOILERS,"
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Miles Ashworth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1882.
MILES ASHWORTH of Stacksteads near Manchester in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR HEATING THE FEED
WATER FOR STEAM BOILERS."
This Invention is applicable for heating the feed-water for the steam boilers
applied to condensing engines only and the principal novel feature of the Invention
consists in the introduction of a feed-water heater either into the condenser itself
or, preferably into a chamber situated between the exhaust passage from the
cylinder, and the condenser, so that the feed-water is heated by the steam as soon
as it leaves the exhaust passages of the steam engine cylinder.
The feed-water heater consists of either a coiled or serpentine pipe or a series of
straight pipes between two perforated plates. It may either be so arranged that
the steam passes through the pipes and is surrounded by the feed water, or the
reverse, that is to say the feed water may pass through the pipes and be surrounded
by the exhaust steam. In either case the water is caused to pass through the
heater on its way to the boiler and its temperature thereby raised almost to the
temperature of the exhaust steam.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Christopher George Bracewell and
Alfred Pilkington at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th
October 1882.
CHRISTOPHER GEORGE BRACEWELL and ALFRED PILKINGTON both of
Barnoldswick in the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
SPINNING AND DOUBLING COTTON OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Our Invention relates more particularly to those frames or machines used in
spinning which are provided with fixed and loose tubes, the former answer as a
bearing for the spindle, and on the latter is placed the bobbin. Now our Improve-
ments consist of an adjustable projection or overlap, outwardly applied in such
manner as to be readily turned on or off a flange or rim, formed on the loose tube,
whereby the said tube may be easily removed from or secured steadily in position
on the fixed tube, And in order to reduce any unnecessary drag or resistance to the
loose tube its upper end may bear against the spindle or against a ring or collar
frcely mounted on the top of the fixed tube.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GETTING COAL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hepple Harbottle and
Cornelius McLeod Percy at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 17th March 1882.
WILLIAM HEPPLE HARBOTTLE of Orrell in the County of Lancaster Mining
Engineer and CORNELIUS M° LEOD PERCY of Wigan in the said County of
Lancaster Mechanical Engineer IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GETTING
COAL
.
This Invention has for its object improvements in Machinery for getting coal
whereby a great reduction in the cost of labor is obtained. There is no necessity
for the use of explosives and there is a considerable diminution in the proportion
of slack
According to our invention we use a rotating disc on the periphery of which are
teeth so constructed as to cut a groove somewhat wider than the thickness of the
disc so as to afford clearance in working, the disc is mounted on a shaft and has
attached to its upper surface and round the shaft a series of moveable teeth and
other moveable teeth are also arranged concentrically on the upper surface of the
disc between these teeth and the teeth upon the periphery. The teeth round the
shaft are wider than the intermediate teeth and these again are wider than those
upon the periphery so that as the disc cuts its way into the coal and these teeth
are brought successively into work the groove cut is made wider and a free
clearance for the tool is thereby made and the bringing down of the coal after the
cutting operation is complete is facilitated. Through the face of the disc a series
of curved openings are made so shaped that as the fine coal and dust caused by
the cutters falls into them the dust is by the revolution of the disc thrown
outwards and thus got rid off.
The bottom of the disc is dished at the centre so that it can be bolted to the
shaft without the head of the bolt protruding below the under surface of the
cutter. A rotatory motion is given to the disc by suitable bevel gear which can
be driven either by hand or power.
Suitable provision is made for advancing the disc into the coal when the driving
shaft is turned and for regulating the speed of this advance and also for rapidly
withdrawing the cutter when required

page_text: The whole machine is mounted upon wheels adapted to the ordinary guage of
the pit tram and can be raised or lowered from the body of the carriage by means
of screws
The disc can be set to cut horizontally or can be turned to any angle without
any movement of the driving shaft or alteration in the position of the handles
There is also an arrangement for automatically giving a forward movement to
the cutter along the face of the coal which can be thrown into or out of gear
at will
Set screws or other suitable means for steadying the carriage during the cutting
operation are also employed. This machine can be applied in any place and to
any system of coal working-it is extremely portable and can be worked either by
manual labor or motive power
MENTS IN "DISH COVERS " OR APPLIANCES FOR RETAINING THE HEAT OF JOINTS OF MEAT VEGETABLES AND THE LIKE AND SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Annie Goodchild Hewett at the
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd December 1882.
ANNIE GOODCHILD HEWETT of Sheffield in the County of York 'IMPROVE
MENTS IN "DISH COVERS "
OR APPLIANCES FOR RETAINING THE HEAT OF JOINTS
OF MEAT VEGETABLES AND THE LIKE AND SIMILAR PURPOSES.”
"
"
This invention relates to "Dish Covers" or appliances for retaining the heat of
joints of meat, vegetables, and the like and similar purposes.
The object of this invention is to construct a "Cover" that will retain the heat
better than covers of ordinary construction and which shall be free from the defects
of ordinary covers
The ordinary construction of "Dish Cover" is one thin sheet of metal which
condenses the steam or vapour rising from the joint (etcetera) and the water drops
on the joint, and on the table when the cover is removed
My invention consists essentially in the construction of a "dish cover" with an
outer casing and an inner lining, or a case, between which, or in which hot water,
or its equivalent is placed. The inlet and outlet for the water (or its equivalent)
can be at or near the handle, or at or near the base of the cover, or in any
convenient part of the outer case or inner lining
"
As a modification the "cover can be lined with a non-conductor of heat, and
with a material that will absorb moisture such as for instance flannel
My invention can be readily applied to existing covers without alteration of the
outer casing by simply inserting and fixing therein an inner lining and inlet scrow
or valve or fitting or fixing therein a hot water case or lining as above specified
By my invention the cover is maintained at such a heat that the steam or
vapour rising from the meat (etcetera) will not condense as is the case with covers
of ordinary construction, and the joint of meat (etcetera) will retain its heat for a
longer time than under a cover of ordinary construction
'
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOILING WORT AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Douglas William Hamper and
Edwin Harper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
28th September 1882.
DOUGLAS WILLIAM HAMPER and EDWIN HARPER both of Bank Brewery,
Sowerby Bridge, in the County of Yorks "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
BOILING WORT AND OTHER LIQUIDS."
The object of this invention is to facilitate the boiling of wort and other liquids
and ensure the automatic constant stirring of the hops or other ingredients therein,
thereby preventing the hops or other ingredients from settling at the bottom and
becoming burnt.
This improved boiling process and automatic stirring of the hops in the wort we
effect by a fountain apparatus of novel construction.
Resting on the bottom of the boiler is a hollow truncated cone of copper or other
suitable material, in the walls of which near the bottom edge are openings to allow
of the circulation of the wort when the boiling point is reached.
Bridging over this hollow truncated cone is a bar or plate serving to support a
lower bearing and a footstep of hardened steel for a vertical spindle, to and around
which is, fitted a concentric tube closed in at top around the spindle, and bell-
mouthed at bottom.
The spindle has its upper bearing in a cross bar or plate extending across the
top of the boiler. From this hollow stem or tube near its upper closed end radial
tubes project.
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These radial tubes have curved extremities which are attached to the tubes in
such a manner as to be readily adjustable thereon, or detachable therefrom. When
the curved arms are set to the proper angle, and the boiling has commenced; the
wort will rise up the central hollow stem and pour out of the curved extremities of
the radial arms and act like propelling nozzles, causing the hollow stem and its
connections to rotate within the boiling liquid, and creating a rapid circulation of
the hops or other ingredients. Some of the hops or other ingredients however
would settle on the bottom at a distance from the base of the fountain and become
burnt. To prevent this we adapt radial arms or rods to the bell-mouthed bottom
or lower part of the rotating hollow stem, and attach to these rods chains, or
scrapers, to rouse and stir up the hops or other matters and prevent any of them
from remaining on the bottom.

page_text: The open bell mouth of the rotating hollow stem reaches to within a short
distance of the sloping fixed base of the fountain, thus leaving an annular opening
all round the upper part of the said fixed base and aiding the circulation of the
.boiling wort.
The speed of rotation may be regulated by a pressure screw and hand wheel, or
equivalent device.
The base which supports the rotating fountain and other parts thereof may vary
in form without departing from the principle of the invention which does away
with the necessity for hand or steam power for stirring the wort, and effects this
stirring automatically.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MACHINERY FOR CORKING BOTTLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry John Worssam at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th December 1882.
HENRY JOHN WORSSAM of Wenlock Road City Road in the City of London
Engineer IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MACHINERY FOR CORKING BOTTLES
The invention has for its object improvements in apparatus or machinery for
corking bottles, whereby bottles can be corked with a degree of efficiency,
rapidity, and economy hitherto unattained. For this purpose I employ a revolving
table with a number of holes in it in which the bottles are placed, and at a suitable
height above this revolving table I employ a similar but smaller revolving table with
boles in it respectively above those in the lower table, and in these holes the corks
are placed so that there is a cork corresponding to each bottle and ready to be forced
into its mouth. These two tables revolve simultaneously. Under the smaller
table a conical bush is fixed through which the corks are forced by means of a
punch worked by a crank and connecting rod to decrease them in diameter so that
they can be more easily forced into the bottles. The bottles are brought central
with the conical bush by means of two claws worked by a cam, these claws clip
When the bottles
the neck of the bottle and relieve it after it has been corked.
vary in length a wedge is used worked by a cam which wedges each bottle up to
the conical bush. The revolving tables are moved by means of a wheel with teeth
somewhat similar to a worm wheel, but it has also teeth similar to an ordinary
spur wheel. A worm or cam which works into this wheel has half its circum-
ference made similar to an ordinary worm, the other half made with a rib only
When a cork
which keeps the tables stationery while the bottle is being corked.
and its corresponding bottle arrive under the punch, the punch being worked by
means of the crank and connecting rod above described, descends and forces the
cork through the conical bush and into the mouth of the bottle
IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL SPLINTS OR SUPPORTS TO SERVE ALSO AS A LITTER OR AMBULANCE FOR WOUNDED AND SICK PATIENTS A
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Hides at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th April 1882. A Communication from
abroad by Edgar Porteus of Antwerp in the Kingdom of Belgium
HENRY HIDES of Uxbridge Road Surbiton in the County of Surrey M.R.C.S.
and LS.A "IMPROVEMENTS IN SURGICAL SPLINTS OR SUPPORTS TO SERVE ALSO
AS A LITTER OR AMBULANCE FOR WOUNDED AND SICK PATIENTS A Communi-
cation from abroad by Edgar Porteus of Antwerp in the Kingdom of Belgium
"
This Invention has for its object tho application of prepared felt pulped or other
fibrous material suitable for making surgical splints or supporting surfaces the
same being applicable to ambulanco or other conveyances for sick wounded or
other patients and in the application of springs made of any suitable elastic
material to surgical or other stretchers or ambulances.
For this purpose according to the first part of these improvements splints or
supporting surfaces are made from sheets of fibrous material composed of woollen
or other fibres felted pulped or otherwise formed into sheets of a thickness suited
to the particular case to which it is to be applied.
For some purposes a small proportion of what is known as slag wool powdered
glass or other suitable mineral substance is combined with the fibrous material to
impart rigidity thereto.
The fibrous sheets employed to form splints or supports for a patients body in
accordance with these improvements are first immersed and thoroughly saturated
in a bath of hot water containing a suitable quantity of salicylic acid of about
210° Fahrenheit. The sheet is then formed into the desired shape for a splint or
surgical support in suitable moulds of plaster of Paris or otherwise and is after-
wards thoroughly dried in an oven or heated stove and is saturated and treated
with a solution of guns and perforated as described in the Specifications of Letters
Patent granted to me and dated respectively 7th November 1865 No 2871 and
16th September 1880 No 3755.
Ambulance sheets thus moulded to the desired form for supporting the whole of
the body of a patient according to another part of these improvements are

page_text: supported by bands of elastic or partly elastic materials connected to the ambulance
poles by which means the patient can be carried without suffering from the motion
of the ambulance.
When the ambulance is mounted upon wheels the moulded ambulance sheet
containing the patient may be suspended by the elastic bands within the body of
the vehicle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER FOR ALL USES BY GAS JETS AS RAPIDLY AS IT ISSUES FROM THE SUPPLY PIPE PROVISIONAL SP
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Topham of 20 Barton House Deansgate
Manchester in the County of Lancaster for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER FOR ALL USES BY GAS JETS AS RAPIDLY
AS IT ISSUES FROM THE SUPPLY PIPE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Topham at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd November 1882.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM of 20 Barton House, Deansgate, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER FOR ALL
USES BY GAS JETS AS RAPIDLY AS IT ISSUES FROM THE SUPPLY PIPE'
"
It consists of a hollow iron casting in the form of a sugar loaf divided internally
into three chambers in the following manner. The water supply is admitted
through the top of the sugarloaf casting from the usual supply pipe into the first
chamber which is formed by a brass plate upon which the water is thrown in the
form of spray by means of a rose jet. The water then runs into a small channel
round the brass plate and is thence conveyed by means of spiral brass or copper
tubing through the second chamber (which holds the heating apparatus in the form
of Bunsen burners, the flame of which heats the brass tubes, and the brass plate
which forms the first chamber) into the third chamber, whence it flows hot for use.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Henry Topham in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd May 1883.
F
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM of 20 Barton House Deansgate Manchester in the County
of Lancaster IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER FOR ALL
USES BY GAS JETS AS RAPIDLY AS IT ISSUES FROM THE SUPPLY PIPE
"
My Invention consists of an upright.hollow brass.or iron case of sugar loaf form,
divided internally into three chambers. The Water is admitted at the top and is
"thrown upon a thin copper plate (which is kept hot by one or more atmospheric
Gas burners) which forms the bottom of the first chamber in the form of spray by
means of a rose jet, and is thenco conveyed through the second chamber by upright
spiral copper tubes each of which is heated by an atmospheric Gas burner, into
the third chamber the bottom plate of which is kept heated by one or more
atmospheric Gas burners and thence flows out lot for use.
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Lclaim the above.named.combination-of-copper-plates.and.coils,.and.the_above..
_named_sugar_loaf form of case..
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In Witness whereof I the said John Henry Topham have hereunto set my
hand and Seal this Third day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING TREES AND SHRUBS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th September 1882. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Franz Kettinger and Nickolaus Ott of Vienna in
the Empire of Austria Merchants
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman" IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING TREES
AND SHRUBS" a communication to me from abroad by Franz Kettinger and
Nickolaus Ott of Vienna in the Empire of Austria Merchants
This Invention has for its object to provide means for protecting trees and at
the same time capable of use for advertising purposes.
According to the said Invention four uprights or pillars are driven about eighteen
inches into the ground and are provided with lateral webs or flanges presenting
slots engaging with corresponding headed studs or catches at the edges of plates or
panels. The connection between the four uprights or between the opposite sides of
the parallelopipedon formed by the improved tree protector is effected by keying or
screwing fast a transverse grating at the upper and lower part.
The back of the tree protector as well as the upper and lower parts of the sides
and front is formed by a grating in order to allow air to circulate freely around
the trunk of the tree.
The plates or panels may be utilized for displaying advertisements-The
improved tree protector may be constructed of wood wrought or cast iron or sheet
metal, and a light and elegant appearance may be imparted to the latter by
painting galvanizing bronzing or otherwise. The protector may also be made
triangular polygonal or other convenient form
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS APPLICABLE ALSO TO REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Pain Collis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1882.
CHARLES PAIN COLLIS of Bishops Sutton Alresford in the County of Hants
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLIPPING HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
APPLICABLE ALSO TO REAPING AND MOWING MACHINES "
My Invention relating to Improvements in apparatus for clipping Horses or
other animals also applicable to reaping and mowing machines consists in the
means of imparting the reciprocating motion to the knives blades or clippers of
such apparatus or machinery
For this purpose I provide upon the motion spindle a cam with an inclined face
or a disc fixed thereon in an inclined position which upon rotating communicates
by suitable connections a reciprocating motion to the said knives blades or clippers.
The motion may be derived from a suitable arrangement of Clockwork or by the
friction of a roller or rollers upon the animal's body or coat or by the resistance of
the ground in the case of reaping or mowing machines the said roller or rollers
being carried by or connected with the main axle or spindle. The said roller or
rollers may be grooved or plain
The motion may be conveniently transmitted from the roller or rollers or other
prime mover to the spindle carrying the inclined disc or cam by the intervention
of a chain or plain band or toothed gearing or other equivalent means.
For example in the case of clippers the motion may be transmitted through
a flexible endless band from a shaft above which may be driven by steam or other
power
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING APPARATUS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Combe of Glasgow in the County of Lanark
North Britain, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING APPARATUS
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Combe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1882.
WILLIAM COMBE of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DRYING APPARATUS ADAPTED FOR PUBLIC WASHING HOUSES
AND OTHER SITUATIONS."
This Invention which relates to improved drying apparatus, for drying clothes,
and other articles after being washed, consists of a chamber so constructed that it
may be quickly opened for the purpose of taking out articles which have been
dried therein, and for being quickly closed after articles to be dried have been
placed therein. The apparatus is so constructed that a current of warm air is
driven into or drawn therethrough for the purpose of producing the requisite
drying effects.
The apparatus constituting this Invention may be made of various forms,
cylindrical, oval, rectangular, or otherwise.
When circular, or oval it may consist of a chamber made in two halves, one half
being fixed, and the other movable, either on central pivots, or side hinges.
When rectangular, it may consist of a double box-like chamber, one half of which
is fixed, and the other half movable on hinges, or it may consist of a rectangular
chamber having a door as a movable part, and with an entrance below, and exit
above for the hot air, which may be forced or drawn through the chamber by a
fan, pump, or exhauster.
In opening the said chambers, either part of the door itself, or a sliding piece
Pin D.11

page_text: connected to the door, is or may be used for closing the hot air entrance to the
chamber during the time the chamber is open.
The chambers are provided at the interior, with hooks, bars, ropes, or trays, for
containing the clothing or other articles to be dried.
It is to be understood the drying chambers hereinbefore described may either be
used in substitution of the drying chambers described in the Specification filed in
pursuance of Letters Patent granted to the said William Combo, No. 500,
A.D. 1880, or they may be used in other convenient situations.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES AND SECURING COVERS ON PIPES AND IN OTHER SITUATIONS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Henry Heathman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July 1882.
JAMES HENRY HEATHMAN of No 63 Long Acre, London. W. C. Fire-Engineer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR HOSE AND OTHER PIPES AND SECURING
COVERS ON PIPES AND IN OTHER SITUATIONS.
An invention relating to improved apparatus for the junction of lengths of Hose
and other pipes; which consists in the formation of the respective parts of a
coupling so that they will be compact, light in weight, strong and efficient for the
purpose of affording a ready means by which two lengths of hose or other pipe may
be rapidly and effectually connected and disconnected.
The invention is designed for attachment to Hose and other pipes which are used
for the transmission of liquids or gaseous fluids, and consists in the combination of
a ring having lugs, claws, grooves and tapered portions, so formed that two similar
rings may be interlocked with each other without the aid of either Screw-threads,
Springs, hinges or bolts.
The ring is made so as to revolve upon a shank when attached to flexible hose
and admit of the hose being coiled in any way without the necessity to detach
a half coupling from the hose and refix it so that the parts of the hose which
previously formed the edges of the fold, may be folded on the flat in order that
the lugs may still recede from the sides of the coil and be available for a person to
make use of when uncoiling the hose.
The half coupling at one end of a length of Hose or other pipe being a duplicate
of the half coupling at the other end, it is evident that either end may be coupled
with another pipe similarly fitted.
The shanks of the "female" portion of the screw-thread couplings, now usually
in use, can be utilised for service with the ring before referred to.
The ring before described may be formed, with or without the lugs, and as a
fixture upon either a hose-shank or the end of a pipe when it is not essential for
the ring to revolve independently of the hose or other pipe during the operation
of effecting a Junction.
The Junction of two halves of a coupling is effected by passing the claws of each
ring into the grooves of the opposite ring, when, by turning one or the two rings

page_text: (in the latter case the two rings would be turned in a direction each the reverse of
the other.), the projections upon the inner face of the claws pass to the tapered
backs of the rings and so draws the two ends of the hose or other pipes together.
The hose-shanks or pipe-ends are provided with rings of India rubber or other
material, which ensures a water or gas tight joint when brought in contact.
The invention is also applicable for securing covers over the apertures of hose or
other pipes and in other situations
For covers, the periphery of the cover takes the place of the ring above
mentioned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Williams and Henry Burnes
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th August 1882.
JOHN WILLIAMS Cotton Manufacturer and HENRY BURNES Overlooker both of
Burnley in the County of Lancaster IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING.
Our Improvements consist of an improved means or apparatus, whereby lengths
of cloth having an heading and fringe at one or both ends thereof may be woven
continuously without the necessity of stopping the Loom. For this purpose an
arrangement of levers or cams are provided which are actuated from the taking
up motion so as to raise the catch out of contact with the pattern cylinder, by
which means the pattern surface is inoperative until the heading is required, when
the said catch is lowered into position so that a shuttle is presented with the
requisite filling or weft, another shuttle without filling is brought into position at
the proper time to produce the fringe, the weft fork being arrested for this purpose,
through the medium of the taking up apparatus, It will be obvious that by this
arrangement the length of the pattern surface will be considerably reduced, which
may be further effected by reducing the motion actuating the catch of the pattern
cylinder.
MENTS IN INCANDESCENT LAMPS," E IMPROVE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Pfannkuche at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th June 1882.
Alfred PfannkUCHE of Bedford Row in the County of Middlesex
MENTS IN INCANDESCENT LAMPS,"
E IMPROVE-
The main object of my invention is to provide a sure and convenient means of
attaching and connecting the conducting wires to the burner or luminous bridge
of an incandescent lamp. For this purpose I make the said bridge or burner
hollow and insert the ends of the wires a suitable distance therein or otherwise
surround the ends of the wires with the threads or strands of the burner or filament
if made twisted and not hollow.
For the burner I prefer to use a hollow plaited or woven fabric made of jute hemp
cotton or other suitable fibrous material and I insert the wire ends therein before
subjecting the burner to the baking or further treatment. The ends of the wires
may be pointed and roughed; sometimes I use cement for ensuring a more durable
connection. A number of such burners and with their wires attached to them are
wound round blocks in the usual manner and covered with graphite, after carbon-
izing or baking I leave them to cool down very slowly, and I thereby thoroughly
anneal the wires, which may be of iron or steel or of copper and other now usual
metals or alloys for such purpose, and I find that such annealed wires (other than
platinum) may be effectively fused or sealed in the glass of the neck of the bulb.
Or the wire where it passes through the glass may be of platinum, and where it
connects to the burner and to the line wires it may be of other suitable metal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND INGOT IRON, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Neil Muller at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th May 1882.
THOMAS NEIL MULLER of Middlesbrough on Tees in the County of York
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL AND INGOT IRON, AND APPARATUS
THEREFOR
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When steel or iron is run into ingot or other moulds the molten metal is usually
intermixed with more or less gas (or gases) which unless it escape or be removed
makes the casting unsound.
The object of this invention is to cause or facilitate the escape of the gas or
gases from molten metal and to render the metal more uniform in quality for
which purpose it is caused to pass through an apparatus that will divide it into
streams and agitate it in its passage to the casting ladle wherein further agitation
is effected by the falling streams of molten metal. Above the casting ladle I
provide a pan or vessel lined with any suitable refractory material, and made in
one with, or situated between the casting ladle and the furnace, convertor or pot
from whence the molten metal is run near the casting ladle, with which it
communicates by means of perforations in its bottom, through which the molten
metal, after having been exposed in a stratum of moderate thickness in the vessel,
falls through the perforations of the pan or vessel into the ladle.
It will be obvious the apparatus may be constructed in various forms.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN OR RELATING TO VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Walker at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1882.
"
JOHN WALKER of Coventry in the County of Warwick. CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR RELATING TO VELOCIPEDES."
This my invention relates to the construction combination or arrangement of
parts of velocipedes chiefly applicable to tricycles.
The object aimed at in my invention is to enable the rider of the vehicle to store
up a large part of the power of gravity which acts on the vehicle and its rider
when running down a hill, or surplus muscular power of the rider so as to utilize
this power in propelling or assisting to propel the vehicle and rider up the next or
any other hill or part of the road.
I will describe my invention thus :-I employ an ordinary coiled spring of that
kind used for driving clocks but of sufficient strength for my purpose; This spring
is encased in a box one end of which is permanently connected to the framing of
the vehicle while the other or free end is connected to the driving wheel of the
vehicle (or I may employ two springs one for each driving wheel) through the
intervention of a suitable train of toothed wheels, so that when the vehicle is
running down hill under the action of gravity, wholly or in part or when running
on any ground, the rider using more force than is required at that time to propel
the machine, the spring is wound up and power thus stored up in it. When the
rider wishes to employ this said power he reverses the previous action and allows the
spring to drive the wheels of the vehicle, through the train of gearing. The Spring
and toothed wheel work are arranged so that they may be thrown out of gear
with the rest of the vehicle either when the spring is wound up, or not.
MENTS IN BRAKE APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR TRAMWAY AND RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Jones Tansley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1882.
"
JOHN JONES TANSLEY of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster. IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRAKE APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR TRAMWAY AND RAILWAY CARRIAGES
AND WAGONS AND OTHER VEHICLES."
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and effective apparatus for
actuating the brakes of vehicles and one which will not be liable to get out of order
and can very easily be adjusted to compensate for the wear of the brake block
though such wear will not materially affect the working of the brake.
It consists in actuating the brake blocks by means of an eccentric or oval shaped
cam placed at the ends of the rods or in connection with the levers to which the
brake blocks are attached which when turned in either direction forces the rods in
a direction from the centre of the cam and thereby compresses the brake blocks
against the wheels.
In the case of railway or tramway carriages or wagons where the brakes are
required to operate on two wheels on the same side of the vehicle the one cam is set
between the rods of the brake blocks and operates both blocks. But when only one
wheel on the same side of the vehicle is draked the cam will have but one rod. to
work on.
One special advantage of this invention is that it works equally well if turned
in either direction and no accident can occur from the conductor turning it the
wrong way when intending to apply the brake-A stop can be suitably placed to
prevent the possibility of his turning the cam too far round and thus releasing the
wheels when the brake is intended to be applied very hard.
When reloased the brake blocks are withdrawn from the wheels by springs or
preferably by a slotted ring shaped projection on the cam in which a stud works
drawing back the rods.-As the cam is turned in a contrary direction.
For compensating for the wear of the brake blocks it is proposed to insert a
right and left hand screw in a socket on the rod of the brake blocks by which means
the rods can be lengthened and shortened at pleasure but as the length of the oval
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page_text: or cam is considerably greater than its breadth slight wear will not greatly affect
the effectiveness of the power applied as there will be no limit to the distance the
cam can be turned until the centre line is reached.
The connections between the operating handle or lever may be a series of levers
chains or other devices as may be found most suitable under the varying circum-
stances under which the brake will be applied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Oswald William Thompson Barnsdale
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th September 1882.
OSWALD WILLIAM THOMPSON BARNSDALE of the town and county of the town
of Nottingham, "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIGARETTES."
Heretofore that end of the cigarette which is placed in the mouth of the smoker,
bas been simply made of the rice or other paper enclosing the tobacco, or a portion
of one end of the cigarette has been wrapped round with tin foil or other non
absorbent substance, which has barely held together, while the cigarette has been
consumed, or the paper enclosing the tobacco has also enclosed at one end one or
two thicknesses of the same paper or paper of a stronger tissue, or the rice or other
paper has enclosed at one end a short perforated cylinder of cork, or the cigarette
paper has enclosed a strip of thicker paper coiled round itself, and terminating at
the outer end nearly at a point, but hollow longitudinally, this coiled tube can be
readily compressed by the lips or teeth of the smoker. Now my improved cigarette
is constructed as follows, I take a strip of suitable paper say 164 inches long more
or less, and about 1 inch wide, and from one end of the strip 1 cut away a portion
from one side about 5 inches long, the inner end being cut at an angle of forty-five
degrees or thereabouts I then cut away a portion of the remainder of the strip on
the opposite side, of such a shape as to leave the other end of the strip about one
quarter of an inch wide, gradually widening out to about three quarters of an inch
wide where it is cut at an angle parallel to the first angle, then by rolling up the
strip so formed, either by hand or by a machine, and enclosing it in one end of the
paper surrounding the tobacco, I obtain a mouth piece with the outer end
cylindrical, and bollow, and the other end widened out to the thickness of the
cigarette, but this is not the only advantage of the improved cigarette, as the
cylindrical part is so consolidated that it cannot be compressed by the lips or teeth
of the smoker, except by great force, and interiorly the mouth piece forms an acute
shoulder, above the tobacco, which effectually prevents any nicotined fluid from
entering the mouth of the smoker, and by enlarging the strip of paper employed,
the same may be used as the mouth piece of a cigar.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTARY MOTION BY FRICTION APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Foster at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 7th September 1882.
THOMAS FOSTER of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTARY MOTION BY FRICTION APPLICABLE TO
OTHER PURPOSES
"3
For this purpose I use three friction pulleys with double coned surfaces, the
largest diameter being at the middle of the rim. On the shaft to be driven are
two conical pulleys, which together act as one double coned pulley with its least
diameter in the middle: the three pulleys work upon studs fixed in such a position
that their rims touch the rims of the pair of cones on the shaft: the driving wheel
consists of a ring or annular pulley which surrounds and touches the three double
coned pulleys, the inside of this annular pulley being coned so as to fit the rims of
the three pulleys, this annular wheel may be driven by a belt or otherwise, or it
may form the rim of the fly wheel of a steam engine or other motor: the two
conical pulleys which are fixed by a feather key on the shaft to be driven can be
forced nearer together by nuts screwed on the shaft and by this means any desired
pressure can be obtained between them and the three double coned pulleys and
between these three pulleys and the annular ring without increasing the pressure
on the studs and any amount of power can be thus transmitted with the minimum
of friction. This arrangement may be reversed and the shaft may become the
driver.
When the arrangement is used simply to transmit motion the studs carrying the
three double coned pulleys may be set in slots in a fixed frame when used as a
dynamometer the frame carrying these must be capable of moving freely on a
bearing concentric with the shaft to be driven but being held in its zero position
by a spring and the distance through which this frame turns against the spring
indicates the power transmitted.
NEW OR IMPROVED PIPE COUPLINGS OR UNIONS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Chapman at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th December 1882.
JOSEPH CHAPMAN, of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham
Machinist, "NEW OR IMPROVED PIPE COUPLINGS OR UNIONS."
This Invention has for its object to effect the connections or unions to soft metal
or other pipes in an improved and more convenient manner than heretofore and
without the necessity of soldering.
In one modification of the new or improved pipe couplings or unions there is a
small hollow cylindrical box-piece, which may be, in some cases, internally screwed
at one end to receive the tap or piece to be connected to a pipe, and at its other
end it is formed with a small conical or tapering piece, of a diameter to fit into the
pipe to be connected. The pipe to which connection is to be made is inserted into
a small cylindrical piece or tube having a flange at one end. This cylindrical piece
or tube fits into an annular turning-piece or ring formed angularly externally to
fit a wrench or spanner and it rests by its flange on a similar flange formed inside
the annular turning-piece or ring. This turning-piece or ring is internally screwed
to receive an externally screwed end of the hollow cylindrical box-piece, and on
screwing up the turning-piece the conical part of the box-piece is forced into the
pipe, making a perfectly secure joint.
When employing the coupling or union for connecting two pieces of pipe the
cylindrical box-piece is formed with two tapering or conical parts, and so arranged
that by screwing up the coupling the conical parts are both pressed firmly into the
pipes thus making a tight joint.