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CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDRAULIC PRESSES
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Taylor Bellhouse and
William John Dorning at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 8th July 1857.
I, EDWARD TAYLOR BELLHOUSE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, and WILLIAM JOHN DORNING, of the same Place, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN HYDRAULIC PRESSES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates, first, to the safety valve employed in hydraulic
pumps, and the improvement therein consists in the use of a spindle, or rod
without seating, to act as safety valves. The spindle passing through leather
or other packing is kept water-tight, and when the pressure of the water
becomes greater than the regulating weight, the self-acting valve lifts the
lever and throws the pumps out of gear.
The second part of the Invention relates to a novel method of stopping and
starting the pumps, which is effected by means of a cam or tumbler having
two flat surfaces or faces formed thereupon. This cam is connected by means
of a connecting link to a band lever, and is so situated that the lever in
communication with the pumps may bear upon it, and the pumps be stopped
and started by raising or lowering the pump lever by means of the hand lever
and cam.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MILLS FOR GRINDING CORN AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Avery at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th May
1857. A communication from Joseph Perrigault, of France.
I, JOHN AVERY, of 32, Essex Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MILLS FOR GRINDING CORN AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES," (a
communication from Joseph Perrigault,) to be as follows; and consists in
submitting the steam or heated vapour arising from newly ground flour or
other like substance as it issues from between the stones in a somewhat damp
state to the action of warm air, so as to prevent the sudden condensation of
such steam or vapour by contact with cool surfaces, and its combination with
the stive or dust.
In the annexed Drawing, A is the bed stone; D, the runner, the eye of
which is elongated by a pipe 6, 6; a leather washer at d acts as a valve. e,
pipe on the apron p, in communication with the pipe e' of the chamber h', h',
which is surrounded by a casing to be heated. The stive is conveyed away by
a fan. i, man-hole; j, j', double-cased channel, closed by a bag k; E,
second deposit chamber, also cased. A fan at the end of the channel F com-
municates with another chamber closed by valves which open outwards. A
syphon tube o containing water is placed on the top of the chamber h', and
shews the degree of rarefaction produced by the absorption of air from the

page_text: parts h, j, E, and also from the casing of the stones, as shewn by arrows.
The exhaust of air closes the valve d on the tube b, and also the valves a, a, a,
in the shoot; the flour in issuing opens the latter valves, and air enters with
the grain though the eye; absorbs the vapour or dampness generated by the
grinding, passes through the pipe e, enters the chamber h', the channel j, and
the chamber E, which is surrounded by another chamber E', I, with which it
communicates by an opening H. These chambers are surrounded by a casing
P, and may be heated. The stive is exhausted by a fan or screw having
diaphragms L. The flour is collected through the opening m'.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CRUSHING LAND OR CLODS
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Penford Harvey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
October 1857.
I, JOHN PENFORD HARVEY, of Spalding, in the County of Lincoln, Miller,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY
FOR CRUSHING LAND OR CLODS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of "Improved Machinery for Crushing Land or Clods," con-
sists in mounting two, three, or more sets of discs (with corrugated or indented
edges) on one common shaft, each set of discs being independent of the others.
The individual discs of each set are all mounted loosely on the shaft, but they
cannot revolve independent of each other, as they are all connected together
by loose clutches, which will however admit of their having a separate motion
of about half an inch or so on the shaft, for the sake of enabling them to clear
away clods or earth that may stick in the interstices between the discs. The
discs are arranged in such a manner on the shaft, that the projections of each
are opposite to or in front of the indentations of the adjoining ones. By means
of this arrangement or construction of parts, clods or lumps of earth may be
more effectually pulverized and the land levelled in a better manner than with
clod crushers of the ordinary construction. The shafts of the implement are
also bent and adapted to the roller in such a manner that the line of draught
may be from the axle of the roller to the horse's shoulder instead of being
allowed to press on his chest.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTING BOXES FOR JOURNALS AND OTHER BEARINGS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Briggs Smith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th January 1857.
I, THOMAS BRIGGS SMITH, of Taunton, Massachusetts, in the United States
of America, now of 67, Gracechurch Street, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTING BOXES FOR
JOURNALS AND OTHER BEARINGS," to be as follows:-
It consists in the use and application of a composition, the principal
ingredient and base of which is sulphur.
Sulphur is used for the purpose of combining other materials possessing with
its own properties which will allow the journals, &c. to run with less friction,
and under certain conditions make the bearings self-lubricating. The materials
which from experience I have found most conducive for this purpose are
plumbago, steatite or soap stone, cinnabar or sulphuretet of mercury, coal tar,
mercury, and naptha, in varying proportions, mixed together in a liquid state;
but I do not wish to be considered as limiting myself to these, nor to the use of
all of them. In a plastic state the composition is moulded into any form
required, but when used in a box or bearing for journals it is run into
a skeleton box of a cellular form. This skeleton box so filled is particularly
applicable for railway carriages.
AN IMPROVE- MENT IN METAL SHIPS AND VESSELS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Taylerson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th August
1857.
I, ROBERT TAYLERSON, of 5, Tryon's Terrace, Hackney, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN METAL SHIPS AND VESSELS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in metal ships and
vessels, and consists in the employment of sheets of iron and ribs or frames
of iron (in constructing the body or shell of a ship or vessel), which have
been first coated with a metal or alloy as an intermediate coating, and then
coated with copper or any alloy of copper, so as to produce such a degree of
oxidation or decomposition of the copper as to prevent a ship or vessel so
constructed becoming foul.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR TOOLS FOR DRILLING AND BORING
Year: 1857

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Easterbrook and Robert
Francis Drury at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 5th May 1857.
We, JOHN EASTERBROOK and ROBERT FRANCIS DRURY, both of Sheffield,
in the County of Yorkshire, Engineers' Tool Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR TOOLS
FOR DRILLING AND BORING," to be as follows:-
Our improvements relate to those machines or tools for drilling and boring
in which motion is imparted to a drill or 'other boring instrument by means
of a handle or handles moved successively in reverse directions, after the
manner of ratchet braces. And our Invention consists in fitting the drill or
other boring instrument into or in rigid connection with a sphere or portion of a
sphere, carried by a frame which encircles it, and to which frame is jointed
a handle or lever (or handles and levers), so formed that when it is moved
in one direction the short end of it presses against the sphere, and carries
it round by friction, and when it is moved in the reverse direction the short end
releases the sphere and turns the frame round it. Our object in employing
the sphere or spherical drill holder, which constitutes the characteristic
feature of our Invention, is to give free play to the hand of the workınan
by allowing him to change the inclination of the handle to the drill or other
instrument. The improved
The improved machines or tools may therefore be used in
positions where the ordinary ratchet braces would be unavailable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adam Murray and William Pollard
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
23rd September 1857.
We, ADAM MURRAY, of Bradford, near Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM POLLARD, of the same Place, Weaver,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE FABRICS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to the forming of selvages within the edges of the
cloth, so as to allow of its being spilt into two or more pieces. In order to
accomplish this, we cause two threads for each selvage passing from the warp
beam but independent of the harness to cross so as to become twisted together,
a shedding motion at the same time allowing the weft to pass between them.
One of these threads (for each selvage) is passed through a needle or guide
to which an upward and downward motion is imparted from the tappet shaft ;
the other is passed through a needle or guide to which a vibratory motion is
imparted; the former is therefore capable of being carried downward on
one side of the latter, and of being conveyed upward on the other side,
so as to effect the twisting. The guides above alluded to we mount upon
a bar, so as to be a complete apparatus in itself, and affix it to the loom by
bolts or other such apparatus.
AN IMPROVED MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR SKIRT SPRINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1857

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notice
proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bestwick at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
September 1857.
I, WILLIAM BESTWICK, of Salford, near Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Braid Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR SKIRT SPRINGS AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The material hitherto used for skirt springs consists of steel or other metal
to cause the skirt to expand, but the metal being liable to corrode and break
is very objectionable; instead of which I take the cocoa-nut fibre of any
required strength and thickness, and cover it with any suitable material in a
braiding machine, swivel-loom covering machine, or any machine suitable for
covering the same. This material will have sufficient spring or elasticity for
the purpose of expanding or distending ladies' skirts; and will also be
applicable to many other useful purposes, without possessing the disadvantages
to which metal is subject.
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO TRAVELLING CAPS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1857

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Honiball Tozer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th May 1857.
I, JAMES HONIBALL TOZER, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE
TO TRAVELLING CAPS AND OTHER COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," to be as follows (that
is to say) -
This Invention is mainly applicable to gentlemens' travelling caps and other
like coverings for the head, and consists in the use and application thereto of
an air cushion or cushions, fixed or attached to the sides of the caps or other
coverings for the head, so as to form an elastic air pad or cushion, to protect
the head of the wearer from concussion, and allow the head to be rested
against the sides of railway or other carriages without inconvenience.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROLLERS OR CYLINDERS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR PRINTING CALICO AND OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Withnall at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th March 1857.
I, JAMES WITHNALL, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Copper-
smith, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROLLERS OR CYLINDERS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR
PRINTING CALICO AND OTHER SURFACES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the novel application and use of iron in the well-
known state called "malleable iron," in contradistinction to the use of ordinary
cast iron, as heretofore employed in the manufacture of such printing rollers as
arc composed of two cylinders combined one within the other, the inner one
being of cast iron and the outer one of copper, or other surface for engraving.
The improvement consists in forming such inner roller of "malleable iron,"
upon which the copper covering or engraving surface may be secured or united
by soldering, or any other suitable means. The inner roller may either bo
hollow to fit upon a detached mandril, in which instance I form internal ridges
or rings at certain distances apart as bearing points upon the mandril, and
bearing collars at each end of the roller for a like purpose, and provided with
one or two "nebs" at their ends, or if preferred, the inner portion of the
roller may be made solid, so as to require no separate mandril.
A MACHINE POR COUNTING, CUTTING, AND INSERTING WIRE IN BLOCKS OF WOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRINTING AND STAMPING ON LINEN, CALICO, SILE, CLOTH, AND PAPER, AND FOR ALL PRINTING PURPOSES
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eleonore Augustin Pagnerre at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th March 1857.
I, ELEONORE AUGUSTIN PAGNERRE, of 143, Drury Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, Designer and Engraver, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A MACHINE POR COUNTING, CUTTING, AND INSERTING WIRE IN
BLOCKS OF WOOD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRINTING AND STAMPING ON LINEN, CALICO,
SILE, CLOTH, AND PAPER, AND FOR ALL PRINTING PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The machine is two feet high and six inches broad, and is put on a table,
to which it is screwed; under the table is a foot pedal, which communicates
with the upper part of the machine by a lever, which is placed above a reel,
upon which wire is rolled, and then the wire by means of pliers and six
springs, two of which are placed horizontally, two perpendicularly, and two in
an inclined plane,-compels the wire to enter into a tube, which traverses
the whole of the machine to the bottom, and there the wire is forced into the
block, which the workman weaves according to the design, then by the move-
ment of the pedal and action of the two inclined springs 'the wires are cut by
a pair of flat scissors according to the height of the block. Between the reel
and the communicating pedal is placed a small crank, close to which the wire
is obliged to pass into the tube, and then by its friction causes a hand, similar

page_text: to one in a watch, to indicate on a dial the number of turns which the pedal
performs, and which is equal to the number of wires inserted in the blocks.
The whole of the machinery, with the exception of the pedal, is closed in
a tin case, and is portable, and it can be used for wires of every size and
description.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY USED FOR STAMPING OR RAISING METALS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Porter McCallum at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
September 1857.
I, WILLIAM PORTER MCCALLUM, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY USED FOR STAMPING OR RAISING METALS," to be as follows:-
In
My Invention consists of the improvements in stamps herein-after described.
In the camb or excentric employed for raising the hammer I introduce a joint,
so as to give the said camb or excentric the power of changing its radius and
curvature, and thereby raising the hammer to a greater or less height. The
opening of the jointed part I prefer to regulate by a screw or screws con-
necting the said jointed part with the fixed part of the camb or excentric.
order to retard the fall of the hammer where it may be desirable to diminish
its force I place on one or both sides of the stamps, and by preference in the
guides of the said stamp, springs or other mechanical agents, which, by
pressing upon the hammer laterally during its descent, retard its motion and
diminish the force of its blow. In order to arrest the hammer on its rebound
after its first fall, and to prevent it from falling a second time until it has been
raised to the proper height, I employ spring catches, one or more on either
side of the stamp, the said spring catches engaging in the hammer. The said
spring catches are so arranged as to be out of gear when the hammer is
raised, and brought into gear by the descent of the hammer. The hammer on
its rebound is thus caught by the said catches, and prevented from falling
again until it has been properly raised.
A METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS DESIGNS, FIGURES, AND PATTERNS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Douglas Early and John
William Edmonds at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 25th March 1857.
We, GEORGE DOUGLAS EARLY, of Camberwell, in the County of Surrey,
Artist, and JOHN WILLIAM EDMONDS, of the same Place, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A METHOD OF PRODUCING
GLASS DESIGNS, FIGURES, AND PATTERNS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in cutting, stamping, or otherwise forming in stained
or other glass certain parts or pieces in any color or colors, which parts
or pieces being brought together, and made to adhere to any suitable surface,
produce the required design, figure, or pattern in the colors desired.
By following our method of producing figures in glass very beautiful
radiating effects are obtained.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR ROOFING OR OTHER BUILDING PURPOSES
Year: 1857

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This Invention received Provisional Protection, out notice to
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.).
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Hemming at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st March
1857.
I, SAMUEL HEMMING, of Bow, in the County of Middlesex, Portable
Building Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MATERIAL FOR ROOFING OR OTHER BUILDING PURPOSES,"
to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention, which has reference to a new or improved substance to
be employed in the construction of buildings, such as for tiles, roofs, wall
linings or floors thereof, in place of the ordinary materials, consists in forming
from pulp produced from the fibres of straw, grass, hemp, wood, or other
similar vegetable productions, by any of the well-known processes at present
in use, plain, figured, or corrugated surfaces of material from the said pulp by
causing it to be placed in any convenient manner within dies or moulds of
suitable shape or construction corresponding to the form required until suf-
ficiently dried and hardened (by pressure or otherwise) for removal, the said
surfaces being subsequently rendered impervious to moisture by any of the
usual preparations.
A NEW OR IMPROVED LIFTING JACK
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Tangye
James Tangye and Joseph Tangyo
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
24th March 1857.
We, JAMES TANGYE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer,
and JOSEPH TANGYE, of Birmingham aforesaid, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED LIFTING JACK," to
be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of a new or improved jack constructed in the follow-
ing manner-Our said jack is of the kind called a hydraulic jack, and consists
of a cylinder open at both ends and closed in the middle. The ram or piston
of the jack is stationary, and is fixed on the base of the instrument. One of
the compartments of the cylinder fits and rises and falls upon the said piston.
The upper compartment of the said cylinder constitutes a reservoir, from which
the liquid is transferred by means of a pump to the lower cylinder, and the
said cylinder thereby raised. We prefer to employ oil instead of water in our
improved jack. The pump is worked by means of an arm, which, when not in
use, is fixed nearly vertically, but which when in use is raised into a horizontal
position, and connected by means of a cotter with the pump. On the lower
part of the cylinder is a projecting claw, by which, as well as by the top of
the said cylinder, any article may be lifted.
Our Invention is applicable to slide or traversing and other jacks.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL, AND OF ITS APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PURPOSES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Richelieu Hodges at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
February 1857.
I, WILLIAM RICHELIEU HODGES, of the City of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AN ELASTIC MATERIAL, AND OF ITS
APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
I take two elastic materials and unite or cement their surfaces with a
solution of caoutchouc, or a composition of caoutchouc and other similar
waterproof substance, by which I produce an elastic material perfectly water-
proof, and resembling cloth or woven fabrics. This waterproof material is
applicable to most kinds of wearing apparel, as boots, shoes, hats, coats, &c.,
to belts, saddlery, cushions, linings for carriages, and in fact to all purposes
where an elastic material is desirable.
A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR THE PREVENTION OP BURGLARY, WHICH METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER ARTICLES WHERE STRENGTH IS REQUIRED
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Sandell Mappin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
February 1857.
I, WALTER SANDELL MAPPIN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "A NEW
OR IMPROVED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR THE PREVENTION
OP BURGLARY, WHICH METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER
ARTICLES WHERE STRENGTH IS REQUIRED," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in constructing the panels of doors, windows,
and other articles of papier mâché, or such other mixture or compound as is
or may be used as a substitute for papier mâché, the said panels having
inserted in them plates of steel, iron, or other metal, which I prefer to
perforate. Instead of plates of metal, strips of metal or wire gauze may
be used. The metal is introduced into the panel during the manufacture
of the same, and is firmly imbedded in the substance of the said panel. The
introduction of tho said metal plates or strips, or wire gauze, prevents the
perforation of the panels by burglars, and also strengthens the said panels.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING OR FOLDING DRAPERY AND OTHER LIKE GOODS
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Rogers at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th June 1857.
I, JOSEPH ROGERS, of Bartholomew Close, in the City of London, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING OR FOLDING DRAPERY AND OTHER LIKE GOODS," to be
as follows:-
My said Invention consists in the novel arrangement of a portable machine
for winding or folding drapery, flannel, and other like goods. Two upright
ends are raised on a base of any required length and breadth, and they carry
a spindle operated by a winch handle. The base of the machine has in front
one, two, or more moveable bars or rollers to clip the goods, and which may
be secured in their places by tenants and bolts. The end pieces may be
hinged to the base so as to fold down when the spindle is removed. A rota-
tory brush may also be added to brush the goods while being wound or folded,
and an index of the ordinary construction affixed to indicate the measurement.
The machine may be secured to a counter or table by suitable clamps, or by
screws passing through the base.
AN IM- PROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOLTS, RIVETS, SPIKES, SCREW-BLANKS, NUTS FOR SCREWS AND WASHERS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leonard Bower at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd January
1857.
I, LEONARD BOWER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IM-
PROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOLTS, RIVETS, SPIKES,
SCREW-BLANKS, NUTS FOR SCREWS AND WASHERS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the manufacture of the said bolts, rivets, spikes,
screw-blanks, nuts for screws and washers, by the use of stamps, hammers, or
other percussive machine, that is to say, a machine in which a heavy body
being raised to a suitable height by any convenient means is disengaged from
the raising mechanism and allowed to fall, the descent being produced wholly
or mainly by its own weight; I attach to the underside of the said stamps or
hammers a die, suitable to form a bolt or spike-head, washer, or other article
comprised in my Invention, and I fix on the bed of the stamp or die suitable
to form the under part of the said article. The form of the dies or tools is
varied to suit the various forms to be given to the heads of the bolts, spikes,
or screw-blanks, and the nuts or washers; but I do not consider it necessary
to describe the different tools employed, as my Invention consists in making
the articles enumerated by the use of dies or tools actuated by a stamp,
hammer, or other percussive machine, however the form of the articles
may vary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th May 1857.-A communication.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS," (communicated to me by a foreigner
residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment of a hollow sucker and of
peculiarly constructed valves. The liquid to be raised is drawn into a chamber,
in which the lower part of the sucker works, through a valve supported upon
a grating. The upper part of the chamber is narrowed, and by means of a
leather or other suitable packing fits tight round the outside of the sucker; a
second packing is fitted higher up the pump barrel, to preserve the parallelism
of the sucker. The bottom of the sucker is provided with a valve, also resting
upon a grating. Both valves open inwards, and are formed of a disc of
caoutchouc or other suitable material, with two cuts made therein, which
extend from near the edge on one side to near the edge on the opposite side.
The two cuts intersect at the centre. The upper part of the sucker is con-
nected through a ring with trunnions free to work up and down in a slot
made on each side in the barrel, and through rods these trunnions are
connected to the pump handle. Upon the sucker being worked, liquid is
drawn through a pipe, terminating at bottom in a rose or strainer, through
the bottom valve into the chamber before named, and into and through the
hollow sucker, the liquid passing in a direct line through the pump.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN ANNEALING WIRE
Year: 1857

page_text: Protection, out notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Rylands at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th February
1857.
I, JOHN RYLANDS, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Wire
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN ANNEALING WIRE," to be as follows:-
Instead of the unnecessary and expensive method of passing the wire to
be annealed through the furnace and then through chambers with lifting or
folding doors, using for that purpose an endless chain or other expensive
apparatus, I merely pass the wire to be annealed through an ordinary
furnace, as hitherto used for annealing glass, and pass. it out of a passage,
by manual labour, or any simple method of conveying it from the furnace.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PICKER BANDS FOR LOOMS
Year: 1857

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eastwood Eastwood at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th July
1857.
1. EASTWOOD EASTWOOD, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PICKER BANDS FOR LOOMS," to be as follows:-
Picker bands having been hitherto made of leather, an article very expensive
both in the first cost and in the wear and tear thereof, I propose to make them
of any suitable metal, and to arrange and construct certain joints or hinges in
them, that they will give way to the joint action of the picker and picker stick,
and thus be sufficiently flexible for the purpose.
The arrangement of the said joints or hinges, and the construction of my
metal picker band will be understood by reference to the accompanying outlino
Drawing.
In Fig. 1, of which a represents the picker; b, the joints or hinges, which
are made to slide or give way sufficiently for the requisite action of the picker
and picker stick; and c a metal curve or elongated hoop to which the picker
stick is attached.
Fig. 2 shews a detached view of the hinge. The screw or stud is shewn
at d, and the oblong slot at e.
AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURING OR PREVENTING THE SCAB IN SHEEP AND LAMBS, WHICH WILL ALSO GREATLY PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THE WOOL, AND DESTROY TICKS, LICE, AND OTHER VERMIN OR IMPURITIES, KEEP THE SKIN CLEAN & HEALTHY, AND CURE THE MANGE IN HORSES, DOGS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.
Year: 1857

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Prime Raban Jones at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd May
1857.
I, PRIME RABAN JONES, of 22, Clapham Rise, in the County of Surrey, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Juvention for "AN IMPROVED COMPOSITION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF CURING OR PREVENTING THE SCAB IN SHEEP AND LAMBS, WHICH
WILL ALSO GREATLY PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THE WOOL, AND DESTROY TICKS, LICE,
AND OTHER VERMIN OR IMPURITIES, KEEP THE SKIN CLEAN & HEALTHY, AND CURE
THE MANGE IN HORSES, DOGS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.",
The advantage of this improved composition are, firstly, that by one of the
ingredients (a preparation of sulphur) it destroys the cause of the disease
(the acarus scabiei); the other ingredients, an infusion of roots, herbs, leaves,
and the inner bark of certain trees, bring the skin into a perfectly healthy state,
and very much promote the growth of wool.
Secondly, it is not poisonous, containing neither arsenic, mercury, corosive
sublimate, nor tobacco.
The composition I employ is as follows:-To one gallon of boiling water, I
add twenty-four ounces of marsh mallow roots and leaves, and when cold add
eight ounces of sulphuric acid. The mixture to be applied outwardly.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF GENERATING STEAM IN THE BOILERS OF STEAM ENGINES, AND IN RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF STEAM FOR OTHER USES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George John Parson and Thomas
Pilgrim at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 8th September 1857.
We, GEORGE JOHN PARSON,. of Adelphi Terrace, Strand, Gentleman, and
THOMAS PILGRIM, Engineer, of Bow, both in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE
OF GENERATING STEAM IN THE BOILERS OF STEAM ENGINES, AND IN RAISING THE
TEMPERATURE OF STEAM FOR OTHER USES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention, with reference to the generation of steam in boilers, consists
in adapting and applying to the furnaces of steam generators or boilers a
continuous pipe or single tier of pipes, arranged in such a manner as to form
an arch over the fire, and resting on the bearing bars, such pipe or single tier
of pipes communicating at one end with the ordinary steam chest, and at the
reverse end with the boiler for working the steam engine. By means of this
arrangement of apparatus the steam will be caused to pass as required from
the steam chest through a pipe, or other suitable means of communication,.
into the pipe or single tier of pipes in the furnace, and having traversed the
same will pass out at the reverse end thereof, and enter the boiler through a
pipe or communication terminating in a set of radial pipes, extending through.
the body of water to within a short distance of the bottom of the boiler, such
-radial pipes being perforated, so as to emit the highly-heated steam into the
water surrounding them. Although we prefer this mode of supplying the
highly-heated steam to the boiler, our Invention is not confined thereto.

page_text: And our Invention, with reference to raising the temperature of steam
for other uses, consists in the employment of the apparatus above described,
without the last-mentioned boiler, but, instead thereof, combining or con-
necting the end of the heating pipe or single tier of pipes with any required
apparatus, or leading it to any required position.
A NEW MEANS OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Laurent Muller, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st June 1857.
I, HENRI LAURENT MULLER, j', of Paris, in the Empire of France, Printer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MEANS OF
ADVERTISING," to be as follows:-
My Invention of a new means of advertising consists in printing or other-
wise producing advertising notices on playing cards, and other articles used for
playing games of various kinds, such as fishes or counters, billiard balls,
dominos, and other articles presenting a surface on which the advertisements
may be inscribed or printed.
In playing cards, for instance, where the face or court cards are double-
ended, the advertisement may be placed on the right-hand side of the figure
without detracting from the utility of the cards; or it may be printed or
inscribed on the backs of the cards, or in other positions in which it will not
detract from their utility for playing.
AN IMPROVED SHIP'S BLOCK
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Stothard, Joseph Jones,
David Jonas, and Benjamin Woolf Jonas at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 9th November 1857.
We, DANIEL STOTHARD, of Lambeth, JOSEPH JONES, of Southwark, both in
the County of Surrey, DAVID JONAS, and BENJAMIN WOOLF JONAS, both of
Spitalfields, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SHIP'S BLOCK," to be as follows (that is
to say):-
Our Invention, which has for its object to improve the present form and
construction of ships' blocks, with the view to increase or diminish the strain
upon the rope, cable, or otherwise, as may be required, consists of an outer
sheath or block furnished with a curvilinear shaped channel, in which two
pulley wheels are so arranged as to admit of the rope, cable, or otherwise
impinging upon their peripheries, in such manner as to increase or diminish
the space between the same through the medium of a concentric slot bearing,
in which the lesser wheel revolves, the larger or fixed wheel moving from a
common centre as heretofore.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE STEREOSCOPES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Joseph Noé at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th June
1857.
I, HENRI JOSEPH NOE, of Paris, in the French Empire, Frame Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE
STEREOSCOPES," to be as follows:-
In constructing portable stereoscopes, I form each end piece in two parts,
connected by a folding joint, and over the eye glasses in the upper piece I
place a folding piece or jointed lid. The bottom of the instrument, or the
piece which supports the pictures to be viewed, is connected to the upper
portion of the instrument by an expanding connecting piece, or bellows joint,
so that the distance between the pictures and the eye glasses may be varied by
means of adjusting screws, or otherwise, to suit the vision of the person using
the instrument. I also colour the reflecting surface of the instrument variously,
to produce different effects, as may be desirable. I sometimes affix the bottom
of the instrument to a case or portfolio, which, when the stereoscope is not in
use, may be folded over it, and fastened by an elastic strap, or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PISTONS OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1857

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Dawes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th July 1857.
J, WILLIAM DAWES, of Wellington, in the County of Salop, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
PISTONS OF STEAM ENGINES," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in constructing the pistons of steam engines so
as to destroy or neutralize the effect of the pressure of the steam upon the
sides or edges thereof; that is to say, upon the outer or fixed ring or covering
plate on each side of the piston, so that the pressure shall not be on one half
only of the circumference of the said rings, but all round them. To effect
this I bevel the edges of the two outer rings or covering plates of the piston,
thus allowing the steam to press all round them and to the edges of the
packing rings, which may be of the ordinary description; but between the
packing rings is inserted a body or guiding ring, turned on the outside to
fit the bore of the cylinder, and on the inside to fit the body or shell of
the piston; or the said body or guiding ring may form part of the cast-iron
shell or frame of the piston, and the two outer covering plates (with bevelled
edges) be both separate from and screwed to the body of the piston. The
centre or body ring may also have a groove round the outside, for holding and
distributing the oil or grease.
CERTAIN IMPROVE MENTS IN MARINE STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1857

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles De Bergue at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th February
1857.
I, CHARLES DE BERGUE, of Dowgate Hill, in the City of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE
MENTS IN MARINE STEAM ENGINES," to be as follows :-
This Invention consists in a mode of cooling the water which has served
for condensing the steam, so as to enable the same water to be used over and
over again both for condensing the steam and for feeding the boilers.
The way in which I propose to effect this is by causing the warm
water from the condenser, which is usually thrown away, to be circulated
through a series of pipes, channels, or passages, so placed along the outside of
the vessel that their external surfaces shall always be in contact with the cold
water through which the vessel is travelling.
The pipes, channels, or passages, instead of being placed outside the vessel,
might be enclosed within a casing which is open to the external water.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN STEREOSCOPES
Year: 1857

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Pershouse at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
December 1857.
I, HENRY PERSHOUSE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN STEREOSCOPES," to be as follows:-
In stereoscopes as ordinarily constructed the lenses are removed for
cleaning their inner surfaces by either pulling the end of the instrument from
out the body, or by lifting up the said end upon the hinge, by which it is
jointed to the body. My Invention consists in making the end of the
instrument in which the lenses are inserted engage with the body of the
instrument by a lateral sliding motion, the said end being drawn from off the
body by a motion similar to that of the sliding lid of a colour box. I prefer to
insert a spring in one of the grooves in which the lid slides for the purpose of
producing such an amount of friction as will prevent the end from sliding out
by its own weight.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOATING BODIES USED IN WASHING MACHINES
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Wilson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th May
1857.
I, THOMAS WILSON, of Bradmore House, Chiswick, in the County of
Middlesex, Schoolmaster, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOATING BODIES USED IN WASHING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention of improvement in floating bodies used in washing machines
relates to the shape of the pieces of wood that are used for that purpose.
Hitherto these bodies have been made of a globular form, which I have
found is not so well adapted for the purpose as many other shapes. I make
these bodies of wood of an oblate or prolate spheroidal form, the oblate
spheroid being made be extended more or less, but I prefer that it should
be considerably extended and somewhat of an egg shape, while the oblate
spheroid is flattened more or less; as may be found best in order to produce a
greater amount of friction. I remove a portion or portions of these Figures
to form a flat surface or surfaces thereon. These bodies may also be first
nade of a globular form, and afterwards a portion or portions removed in
order to produce surfaces thereon somewhat flattened, making these bodies
regular or irregular sided figures. I further make these bodies of any other
suitable form than the balls now in use. It is well understood that these
floating bodies are placed in the liquid used in washing linen or other fabrics,
that the fabrics to be washed are caused to move therein amongst the floating
bodies, the frictional contact of which clean and wash the articles desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS
Year: 1857

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Hingley and Samuel
Hingley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 6th May 1857.
We, BENJAMIN HINGLEY, of Cradley, in the County of Worcester, Manu-
facturer, and SAMUEL HINGLEY, of Cradley aforesaid, Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention consists, firstly, in making an enlargement on the shank of
such anchors as have the flukes or palms hinged or jointed to the shank. The
said enlargement is made at that part of the shank against which one of the
flukes or palms bears when the anchor is aground. We prefer to make
the shank at the said enlarged part about double the ordinary width. We
curve the flukes or palms outwards, so that when the anchor is aground the
fluke resting on the ground is, by its curved form and the position which it
takes against the enlargement, sufficiently open to take into and engage in the
ground. By this method of construction we dispense with, the toggle or horn
usually employed in hinge anchors.
Our Invention consists, secondly, in making two oval or other shaped holes,
one on either side of the shank of the anchor, for the purpose of fishing the
anchor thereby. In hinge anchors having the enlargement herein-before
described, we prefer to make the said holes in the said enlargement.
That part of our Invention which consists in curving the flukes outwards
is applicable to all kinds of anchors.