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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR BUCH PURPOSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Millbourn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th Sep-
tember 1863.
I, SAMUEL. MILLBOURN, of Wallington Paper Mill, Carshalton, in the
County of Surrey, Paper Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, AND IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR
BUCH PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements whereby the materials
employed for the manufacture of paper are prepared more speedily and
effectually. than by the methods hitherto in use. In order to reduce the
materials under treatment to a pulp of such consistency as to be fit for
immediate use in the paper-making machine, an apparatus or machine.is
employed which consists of a receptacle in the form of an inverted cone, the
same being constructed of metal or other material suitable for the purpose,
another inverted cone being mounted on a vertical axis and placed within the
said receptacle. The opposing surfaces of the cones are grooved or corrugated.
The materials subjected to the operation of the machine are introduced in
the form known as "half stuff" at the upper part of the conical receptacle.
The internal cone being caused to revolve on its axis by means of any suitable
motive power, the "half stuff" descends by its gravity to the lower part of the
external conical receptacle, and having in its descent between the grooved or

page_text: corrugated surfaces of the cones been reduced to a fine pulp, escapes by means
of an exit provided for that purpose at the bottom of the conical receptacle.
The pulp thus prepared is of such consistency as to be immediately applicable
to the purposes of the paper maker.
AN IMPROVED CALENDAR OR DATE-DENOTING APPARATUS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henry Barber at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th July
1868.
I, GEORGE HENRY BARBER, of the Town and County of the Town of South-
ampton, Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED CALENDAR OR DATE-DENOTING APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
JULY
SATURDAY
a
My Invention consists in the use of several discs, wheels, or polygonal plates
or pieces, some moveable (each on the centre or axis thereof,) and others fixed,
the former (that is; those which are moveable) having thereon, one, the day
of the week, another the names of the months,
and the other the numbers denoting the days
of the month from 1 to 31 inclusive; and, if
desired, the numbers for denoting the year of
our Lord might be placed on another moveable
disc, wheel, or plate. In the Diagram a, b, c,
the moveable wheels, discs, pieces, or plates.
The edges of the moveable plates, wheels, discs,
or pieces, I provide with projections & or other
a
means for readily turning the same day by day, month by month (and year
by year, if the yearly numbers be used,) in order to adjust the calendar as
required. Instead of the lettered and numbered wheels, discs, or pieces being
moveable, the plain ones may be moveable, and any style of ornament found
desirable may be adopted.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FULLING, THICKENING, FELTING, AND CLEANSING CLOTHS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Gouty at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th August
1863.
I, CHARLES GOUTY, of La Tour, near Bédarieux, Department of the Hérault,
in the Empire of France, Fuller, do hereby declaro the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FULLING, THICKENING, FELTING, AND CLEANSING
CLOTHS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
I use a vase or vat having within it bolts, pins, or rods, fixed to a moveable
plate which is at the bottom, and itself fitted to a shaft placed in the vat, this
shaft having other pins or rods fitted to it, and further, a pulley to receive a
driving band; I throw into this vase the quantity of soap required for the
fulling of the piece of cloth, adding 50 per cent. in weight of flock wool,
shearings, or waste, more or less, according to the quantity of soap exacted by
the cloth. To facilitate the mixture I add water in sufficient quantity to form
the two ingredients into one paste, making as it were one matter. In order
that this matter or material may be brought to a fit state for use it is necessary
to operate with the mill contained in the vase, and the milling while mixing
the ingredients finishes by reducing them into a sticky and almost liquid
paste; this operation ended, I use the paste as if it were soap only and proceed
to full. Fulling with soap, the object of which in the manufacture of cloth is
but to scour or remove the grease from it, serves, by the addition of flock or
cut waste to the soap as above described, not only to scour the cloth, but at
the same time to introduce and fix the flock or waste shearings to the woof
and warp.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING LIQUIDS, OR FOR DRAWING OR LETTING-OFF AT THE SAME TIME LIQUIDS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT CASKS OR VESSELS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Hayward at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
May 1863.
I, RICHARD HAYWARD, of Wapping, in the County of Middlesex, Wine
Cooper, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR BOTTLING LIQUIDS, OR FOR DRAWING OR LETTING-OFF
AT THE SAME TIME LIQUIDS FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT CASKS OR VESSELS,' to be
as follows:-
I construct a vessel of tinned plate or other metal or material with several
short pipes, so that I may connect the same with flexible tubes connected at
the ends, not thus to be connected with the taps of the several casks or vessels
from which I desire to draw or let off liquids; the liquids from such casks
or vessels being made to flow into my apparatus or vessel, from which
they can be drawn or let off by a tap or taps into bottles, or into a bottling
machine, or into other vessels, and thus I can blend several different liquids
with facility. Instead of the short pipes aforesaid I can use orifices or other
arrangements for connecting the flexible tubes aforesaid, and I can connect
the other ends of these tubes with the casks or vessels in any other way than
at the taps thereof.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN BREWING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Thomas Dibb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th February 1868.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS DIBB, of Hull, in the County of York, Brewer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
BREWING," to be as follows:-
Hitherto it has been the practice in that part of the operation of brewing
known as mashing to use the malt at a temperature as low as that of the
surrounding atmosphere, and for the purpose of obtaining the malt cool, where
fresh malt has been used, it has been allowed to remain some time after the
malting to become cool. Now I have discovered that better effects are
obtained by using the malt at a temperature of from 80° to 120° Fahrenheit,
and my Invention consists in the employment of malt for the purpose of
mashing raised to a temperature of from 80° to 120° Fahrenheit. I prefer for
the purpose of my Invention to erect a drying or heating kiln adjacent to the
mash tun, and having raised the malt to the required temperature, as above
named, I pass it through rollers to be crushed directly into the mash ton.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MILL STRAPS AND DRIVING BANDS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Spill and Thomas James
Briggs and Daniel Spill at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents
with their Petition, on the 27th April 1863.
We, GEORGE SPILL, and THOMAS JAMES BRIGGS, and DANIEL SPILL, all of
Hackney Wick, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MILL STRAPS
AND DRIVING BANDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a new mode of producing artificial leather or
tanning vegetable bodies or fibres, and rendering the same applicable to the
manufacture of mill straps, driving bands, and like bodies.
We claim for the imbueing of wool, woolly substances, cotton, linen, jute,
flax, or any fibrous substances, either in the form of prepared fabrics, or in the
form of warps, wefts, or any other form whatsoever, with glue, gelatine, or any
gelatinous substance, either animal or vegetable, and from whatsoever source
derived, to be combined with the substances either in the wefts, warps, or
webs, or in the actual process of fabrication, and afterwards for the pre-
cipitating of the gelatine into the body of the said substances by any astringent
substance, such as sulphate of alumina, catechu, bark, gallic acid, or gallate of
iron, and for the impregnation of the same with any metalic base or bases.
Wo further claim for imbueing the aforesaid fibrous substances with indian-
rubber, or caoutchouc, or any compound thereof.
AN IMPROVED KIND OF ENVELOPE FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF PATTERNS OR: SAMPLES OF MERCHANDIZE BY POST
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Adams and John Scott
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
2nd November 1868.
We, THOMAS ADAMS and JOHN SCOTT, of 14, Little Tower Street, in the
City of London, Stationers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED KIND OF ENVELOPE FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF PATTERNS OR:
SAMPLES OF MERCHANDIZE BY POST," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of the following:-We make or form out of paper,..
linen, canvas, or other material an envelope in the shape of a bag, open at:
the end, with a flap or lapel; we gum or cement the under side of the flap.
or lapel in two distinct places or lines; we cause the flap or lapel to be per-
forated betwixt the two lines of gum, so that in using the said envelope the-
sender attaches the flap or lapel by that line of gum nearest to the end of the
flap or lapel. The post-office official, to examine the contents, tears open at
the perforated line, and secures again by that portion of the flap or lapel
immediately over the perforated line, and which has not previously been used
to secure the contents of the envelope.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR BOLTING FLOUR
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
April 1863. A communication from abroad by Jacques Chiron, André
Chiron, and Pierre Faure, of Paris, France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of
No, 11, Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR BOLTING FLOUR," a communication to me from abroad by
Jacques Chiron, André Chiron, and Pierre Faure, of Paris, France, to be as
follows:-
This apparatus is composed of the ordinary bolter covered with its cloth with
the addition of a wire gauze cylinder within it. On leaving the mill the
undressed flour is received in the cylinder or inner bolter, which permits the
flour to pass through its web, but retains both the fine and the coarse bran,
when they arrive, stripped of flour at the opposite extremity of the cylinder.
The flour which arrives alone in the second boltor is there bolted more
regularly, and deposits a larger quantity in the compartment reserved for the
firsts.
The advantages of this improvement are, first, more complete separation of
the bran from the flour; second, increase in quantity and quality of the firsts;
third, considerable decrease of seconds; fourth, economy of time in the mill ;
fifth, economy of space, a double diaphragm bolter of nine feet long bolting
better than an ordinary bolter of more than twice the length.
AN IMPROVED DANGER SIGNAL TO BE USED ON RIFLE, ARTILLERY, AND OTHER PRACTISING GROUNDS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Perrin at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd July
1863.
I, ISAAC PERRIN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED DANGER
SIGNAL TO BE USED ON RIFLE, ARTILLERY, AND OTHER PRACTISING GROUNDS," to bo
as follows, that is to say:-
I fix in some suitable position either inside or outside of the mantelet a
vertical rod or post stepped or housed at the foot into the ground, and at a
position about three or four feet from the ground two horizontal rods are fixed
upon the vertical one at an angle of about ninety degrees with each other.
At the top of the vertical rod or post is placed any suitable form of signal,
such, for instance, as a disc; the marker in coming out of the mantelet is
compelled to turn one of the horizontal bars, and thus turns the disc to
danger," whilst at the same time he brings the second horizontal bar across
the entrance to the mantelet; in returning ho is obliged to return this bar to
its former position, and in doing so also withdraws the danger signal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th February
1863.
I, JOHN EDWARDS, of 29, Basinghall Street, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF BUTTONS," to be as follows:-
My improvements relates to fixing the color of what are termed gilt buttons,
this is done by an application of silver varnish, or any other suitable varnish
or liquid. This varnish protects the gilding from the action of the atmosphere
or sea air, and is applied the same way as lacquer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING AND CULINARY UTENSILS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Deane at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th June 1863.
I, EDWARD DBANE, of No. 1, Arthur Street East, London Bridge, in the
City of London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING AND CULINARY UTENSILS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in making cooking and culinary utensils, such as
boiling pots, saucepans, gravy pans, preserving pans, and others of steel coated
with tin.
I first prepare the steel by the decarbonization process, and then I prefer to
give to it by blocking or otherwise the shape and configuration of the utensil
or vessel required, after which I immerse it in a bath of tin as adopted by
tinners, and having passed the article through this process, it is, when dry, fit
to be used for the purposes required.
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF PAPER-MAKING MACHINERY
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Batt at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th November
1863.
I, RICHARD BATT, of Waterhouse Mill, Milnthorpe, in the County of
Westmoreland, Paper Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF PAPER-MAKING MACHINERY,"
to be as follows:-
I use the Fourdrinier wire frame, with its endless web of wire, taking the
pulp in the usual manner as far as the suction box, and I use either the couch
rolls as ordinarily constructed or any other suitable pair of rollers of wood or
of metal, and either plain, or grooved, or furrowed. The aforesaid endless web
of wire can be driven by the under of this pair of rolls, as in ordinary
manner, but the upper roll can be so disposed and applied that it may be
pressed against the under roll at any angle that may be required, or against
the endless web of wire only without pressing against the under roll at all.
Indeed, by my Invention the upper roll may be placed at any convenient
position on the wire beyond the suction box. The wet felt is carried round
the upper, as I prefer, of this pair of rolls, whereby a long endless web of thin
felting, instead of the usual thick jacketting, is interposed between the roll
and web of pulp. The pulp adhering to the felt, in preference to the wire,
is carried (supported by the felt) direct to the drying cylinder. The felt is
provided with a washer and squeeze rolls for cleansing it whilst in work.
Press rolls may be used if needed, but for thin papers I should prefer taking
the web of pulp direct to the drying cylinder.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Parkinson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th January
1863.
I, THOMAS PARKINSON, of Bury, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CARDING ENGINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention has for its object the combing of the cotton from the doffers
of machines known as carding engines, and consists in attaching the comb by
means of two or more arms or levers to an oscillating shaft, which receives
motion from a revolving shaft containing a crank or eccentric by means of a
rod and lever. The said revolving shaft has motion given to it by wheelwork,
either direct from the shaft which drives the delivery rollers or from the
driving wheels connected thereto, or it may be driven by bands and pulleys
from any convenient part of the machine. The revolving shaft actuates the
oscillating shaft by means of the said crank or eccentric and a rod and lever,
thereby giving the comb an oscillating motion so as to remove the cotton
from the doffer. The said revolving shaft may pass accross the machine, and
the levers or arms carrying the comb may have fixed studs to oscillate upon;
in which case I use two cranks or eccentrics for the purpose of moving the
said oscillating levers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DYEING KNICKERBOCKER YARNS AND TEXTILE FABRICS MANUFACTURED OF OR FROM SUCH YARNS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Brierley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th May 1863.
I, JOHN BRIERLEY, of the Firm of Thomas Brierley, of Denby Dale, near
Huddersfield, in the County of York, Dyer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DYEING KNICKERBOCKER YARNS
AND TEXTILE FABRICS MANUFACTURED OF OR FROM SUCH YARNS," to be as
follows:-
Knickerbocker yarns are those composed of two or more classes of fibres, or
a combination of animal and vegetable fibres, such as wool, cotton, and silk,
and theso several fibres have different colours given to them so as to produce
a varigated or motley appearanco in the fabrics manufactured therefrom.
Heretofore the dyeing has been effected on the wool and other fibres separately,
and they have then been mixed together before being spun into yarn, but in
consequence of the necessary use of oil in the processes of preparing and
spinning wool, and such oil having afterwards to be removed by scouring or
washing the said yarns or the fabrics made of such yarns, the brightness of
the colours is thereby destroyed or impaired.
Now my improvements consist in having the fibres or such of them as are
intended to be dyed bright colours mixed, spun, and scoured or washed before
dyeing them. The dyeing is then effected either upon the yarns before
weaving or upon the fabrics made of such yarns by any of the well-known
means and methods of dyeing mixed fibrous substances and fabrics.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONES OR FORMS FOR MOULDING REFINED SUGAR
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
January 1863. A communication from abroad by Ferdinand Wittmann,
of Rue du Foubourg, St. Martin, Paris, France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of No. 11,
Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONES
OR FORMS FOR MOULDING REFINED SUGAR," a communication to me from abroad
by Ferdinand Wittmann, of Rue du Faubourg, St. Martin, Paris, France,
to be as follows:-
Instead of making the cones or forms for moulding refined sugar in the
ordinary manner, the cone, the subject of this Invention, is made of a single
piece of sheet iron, of which the edges are tapered or thinned down so as to
present on the outside as little ridge or wavyness as possible. The interior of
the cone is perfectly smooth. The two edges of the iron are first adjusted by
small rivets, the heads of which are filed or otherwise smoothed down; then the
joint is soldered and brazed with the usual brass and zinc soldering. Both
interior and exterior surface of the mould or cone being thus made perfectly
smooth it will be easily understood that this cone or form is a great improve-
ment on those made in more than one piece, which allow the syrup to exude
during the operation of moulding.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NAILS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Amand Louis Durand at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
3rd September 1868.
I, AMAND LOUIS DURAND, of 10, Rue de la Fidélité, Paris, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of my said Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF NAILS AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows,.
that is to say
My Invention consists in a peculiar mode of manufacturing nails used in
upholsterers' work and other similar articles.
I carry out my Invention as follows:-I stamp the head upon a pin, which
pin-has a flat head to enable it to be fixed firmly by the stamping. I cut out
of malleable metal by means of a punch to their proper shape and size the
round pieces which are afterwards stamped to form the head, at the same time.
the punch cuts out the hole in the middle of the head to enable it to receive
tlic aforesaid pin, which is formed of any suitable metal.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING AND WORKING WINDOW BLINDS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Barr at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th October
1863.
I, DAVID BARR, House and Estate Agent, of Birmingham, in the County
of Warwickshire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING AND WORKING WINDOW BLINDS," to
be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is, 1st, to secure a more uniform degree of
tension in the cords which are used in drawing window blinds; 2ndly, to
provide a readier and simpler plan of attaching the cord and fixing the appa-
ratus to the window frame; 3rdly, the application of an improved method of
fixing the cord pulley; and, 4thly, to remove the obstruction caused by the
ordinary rails in the closing of shutters.
For these purposes two rings or other shaped pieces of metal are united by
an india-rubber spring, flat or round, endless or straight. The lower ring or
holder is secured, when necessary, by a nail, bead, button, or other article,
which is fastened to the window frame with a pin or screw. The ring or
holder at the other end of the spring will receive the cord by means of an
opening made in it for that purpose; or the ring may be opened to receive
the cord and then closed; or a common split ring may be used in lieu thereof.
The apparatus may be used with or without a pulley for the cord. When the
pulley is used it may be fixed so that it (the pulley) shall work in the joint on
The spring may be applied to the ordinary blind rails.
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE DEPENDING OF SHIPS OR VESSELS AND FORTS WHEN ARMOUR PLATING IS EMPLOYED
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Bland Wood at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th May
1863.
I, JOHN BLAND WOOD, of Vernon House, Camp Street, Broughton, near
Manchester, M.D., do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE DEPENDING OF SHIPS OR VESSELS AND FORTS
WHEN ARMOUR PLATING IS EMPLOYED," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements applicable to the defending
of ships or vessels and forts when armour plating is employed. Heretofore,
when applying armour plating to ships or vessels and forts, it has been the
practice for the most part to interpose wood or some other backing substance
between the armour plating and the body of the ship or vessel or fort to which
the armour plating is applied.
Now the object of my Invention is to apply in combination with and as a
backing to armour plating, thick sheets, blocks, or masses of the hides of
buffaloes or other animals, which are first disintegrated or ground into a plastic
condition, and then formed into sheets, blocks, or masses suitable for being
interposed as a backing between the armour plating and the body of a ship,
vessel, or fort. By these means the armour plating will be better sustained
against the effects of impact than when employing wood or other substances
liable to split, and at the same time, in the event of a shot or projectile passing
through the armour plating and the backing, the hole produced in the backing
will be more readily stopped than when using wood or any of the other
backing substances which have heretofore been employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CREELS FOR WARPING MACHINES AND OTHER MACHINES TO WHICH CREELS ARE APPLIED
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rowland Baguley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th February
1863.
I, ROWLAND BAGULEY, of Greenlow Mill, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Shuttle Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CREELS FOR WARPING
MACHINES AND OTHER MACHINES TO WHICH CREELS ARE APPLIED," to be as
follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in making the bushes of creels of box
or other hard wood with a slot in which the spindle or bobbin peg revolves,
and with a back to prevent the spindle or bobbin peg from moving endwise.
These bushes are let into and secured to the uprights of the creel in the same
manner as the glass bushes heretofore employed. The glass bushes are
objectionable, as they do not cause sufficient friction for the proper working of
the spindles or bobbing pegs.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Cooke at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th March
1863.
I, FREDERICK COOKE, of Denton, in the County of Lancaster, Hat Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HATS OR COVERINGS FOR THE HEAD," to
be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the manufacture of such hats or coverings for the
head as are made of felt or similar material, and also to the manufacture of
that portion of hats called the "hat body," which is generally composed of
woven fabric and varnish, and subsequently covered with plush. The Inven-
tion is designed to produce a sharp, angular, and well-defined edge at the
junction of the "crown" with the "sides," and consists in the employment
and use of an india-rubber or other elastic "crown core," formed with an
angle corresponding to the "mould" in which the hat is made; this core is
fitted into the crown of the hat or "body" when in a pliable state, and pressure
is applied thereto either by means of water, as at present used in making felt
hats, or by other convenient means. By this pressure the india-rubber "core"
is caused to expand and press the felt or other material into the angle of
the exterior mould and produce an angular junction between the sides and
crown of the hat instead of such edge being rounded as hitherto.
CAUSING A MORE COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF GAS IN USING IT FOR LIGHTING PURPOSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cornelius Thomas Morley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
October 1863.
I, CORNELIUS THOMAS MORLEY, of Constitution Hill, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, Stationer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for CAUSING A MORE COMPLETE COMBUSTION OF GAS IN USING IT FOR LIGHTING
PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
gas,
It is a compound gas burner, that is, it consists of two jets or burners con-
nected together by a chamber, which serves also for the diffusion of the gas, &
for heating and rarefying it prior to burning, with metallic gauze placed
transversely between the jets for the purpose of retarding its passage & to
cause its contact with the heat of the chamber derived from the burning of the
the
gas above it. The upper burner is for the outlet & burning of the
lower one for introducing it into the chamber. This jet may also be easily
detached from the chamber & used alone for testing the utility of the com-
pound arrangement. The object of the whole is to cause a more complete
combustion of the gas by bringing it more fully into contact with the oxygen
of the air in burning, that it may therefore give a purer, whiter, & larger
flame than can be produced by the use of any simple or single burner with an
equal amount of gas in its usual state.
IMPROVED MEDIA FOR ADVERTISING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Clark at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th January
1868. A communication from abroad by Antoine Masson, of 29,
Boulevart St. Martin, Paris, Artist.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED MEDIA FOR ADVERTISING," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved means of advertising or obtaining
publicity. For this purpose I make use of plates, dishes, glasses, and other
similar table requisites of dining or coffee rooms, and all public establishments
in general for the supply of drinks and eatables. For example, I engrave,
imprint, paint, or otherwise apply in any suitable manner on the plates, dishes,
glasses, cups, saucers, and other objects either plain or illustrated advertise-
ments, which method would be found to be very profitable as an advertising
medium, and should be largely adopted.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hudson and Christopher
Catlow at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 25th February 1863.
We, WILLIAM HUDSON, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman,
and CHRISTOPHER CATLOW, of the same Place, Overlooker, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention refers, firstly, to the motion for making the shed, and to that
arrangement thereof in which a revolving tappet is employed, acting at its
upper and lower sides upon rollers connected to the treddles. According to
our Invention we mount these rollers upon an arm, through which the tappet
shaft passes, so as to act as a guide and support for it. This arm is connected
at its lower end to a treddle which is thus caused to vibrate in order to form
the shed. As applied to the arrangement above mentioned for making the
shed we cause one treddle to give motion to another by jointing the two
together.
Another improvement upon the said motion consists in mounting one or
both of the rollers acted upon by the tappets upon springs, so as to yield when
required.
Another part of our Invention relates to the beating-up motion, and consists
in forming the connecting rod and slay as one rigid part, the latter being
jointed to the lathe sword.
Another part of our Invention relates to the motion for taking up the work

page_text: or for letting off the warp. For this purpose we use a plain wheel and clip,
or friction surface which is brought into action by a lever acting thereon
within the diameter of the work or warp beam..
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Pomeroy Button at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
October 1863. A communication from abroad by Walter Davies Sperry,
of Cleveland, United States of America.
I, CHARLES POMEROY BUTTON, of the Patent Hydropult Office, 27, Leaden-
hall Street, in the City of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing pumps with two buckets set horizon-
tally and working in two cylinders; the inner end of these cylinders is open, while
the opposite end of each communicates with a case surmounted with an air vessel,
and into which case the liquid is forced by the buckets. The buckets are con-
nected by an open frame, and are made to travel to and fro by a lever or rod
descending from a bar made to rock by means of rods connecting the bar with
the pump lever handle. The case carrying the buckets and rocking bar is
placed in the liquid to be acted on.
A NEW APPLICATION AND COMBINATION OF MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SKIRTINGS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Farra at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th February
1863.
I, THOMAS FARRA, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Salesman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW APPLICATION
AND COMBINATION OF MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
SKIRTINGS," to be as follows:-
The improvement consists in the novel application and use of a certain
material to that class of goods or merchandize known as "skirtings." The
material is formed by weaving devices in imitation of a peculiar description of
goods called "sewed muslins," such manufacture being well known, but its
application has been hitherto limited and never applied to "skirtings," whereas
by the employment thereof, either woven in the piece of "skirting" or attached
by sewing, I am enabled to effect considerable economy in the production of
such goods.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM DROWNING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Callistus Augustus Count de
Goddes de Liancourt at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 25th June 1863.
I, CALLISTUS AUGUSTUS COUNT DE GODDES DE LIANCOURT, naturalized
English Citizen, residing No. 19, Holly Street, N.E., Dalston, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM DROWNING," to be as follows:-
A double parallel common wire spiral spring presenting from sixty to
sixty-six coils. Such spiral springs, united on one side of their circumference
so as to form a double tunnel, are fitted up in a bag made of india-rubber
cloth or any other cloth rendered impervious by a strong coating of Foster's
varnish or any such material. Each end of the bag is adapted to a cap
made of wood or metal, and on which are fastened on both sides the ends of
the double spiral springs. By pressing gently the finger on a valve fitted up
in one of the caps, and elongating softly the spirals springs with both hands,
the bag, which I call nautile," is immediately self-inflated. Once fixed
round the body (under the arms) on which it exercises a gentle pressure,
so as to maintain, with the help of a hook hooked to a common staple, and
of a string passed round the neck and attached to the caps, an invariable
centre of gravity, the swimmer defies the waves. A cupuncture or a small
hole made with a needle or a pin through the bag, and which disables at
once all other swimming belts inflated with air, does no injurery or incapacitate
in any sensible manner the nautile, the bag. not being, distended by air inflated,
but by the spiral springs which are or is inserted into the bag.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Kilshaw at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th March
1863.
I, HENRY KILSHAW, of Haslingden, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to vary the motion of the lay, so as to obtain
the requisite dwell for the passage of the shuttle across the shed. In looms of
the ordinary construction the crank shaft is connected to the lay by means of
rigid connecting arms or links. Now my Invention consists in making the
connecting links with a joint at or near the centre of their length. The end
of the link jointed to the lay is provided with two stop pieces bearing
alternately against the lay swords above and below the joint pin; the joint in
the connecting links allows them to yield in turning over the back centre of
the cranks, thus producing the required dwell in the motion of the lay. The
upper stop piece comes against a spring for assisting the connecting link back
to the lower stop.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEATHING OR COATING IRON SHIPS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Stocks Walker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th July 1863.
I, ROBERT STOCKS WALKER, of High Street, Wapping, in the County of
Middlesex, Ship Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHEATHING OR COATING IRON SHIPS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the coating or sheathing of iron ships with Portland
or other analogous and suitable cement, which I apply in the ordinary manner
of applying such cements, and of a suitable thickness for the purpose required.
I then coat the surface of the cement with a solution of copper for the pro-
tection of the cement and to prevent the incrustation of barnacles or collection
of other matters thereon. Instead of the copper being applied in solution
it may be applied in sheets, suitable provision being made for attaching
it. For this purpose metal ribs may project through the cement in order
to secure a wood sheathing on the exterior of the cement, on which wood
sheathing the copper sheets may be fixed as usual, or strips of wood may be
imbedded in the cement, in which they will be held, and to which wood strips
the sheet copper may be secured, or copper sheets may be otherwise attached,
the principal feature being the application of a thickness of cement on the
exterior of the iron ship to prevent galvanic action being generated in the
copper and iron.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS OR ENVELOPES FOR RECEIVING OR ENCLOSING PAPERS AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Julius Lorenz Wittenberg at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
December 1863.
I, JULIUS LORENZ WITTENBERG, of Clarendon Road, Notting Hill, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, LL.D., do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WRAPPERS OR ENVELOPES FOR
RECEIVING OR ENCLOSING PAPERS AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for object certain means of wrapping or enveloping
articles by a more convenient, expeditious, and neat method than by sheets of
loose paper sealed and corded. Hitherto envelopes have been formed with
sharp edges, as is well known, so that they only secure thin or flat articles, such
as letters, and will not receive or secure thick articles.
Now
my
Invention consists in forming an envelope, wrapper, or case whereof
the edges instead of being sharp or mere meeting lines formed by the crease,
fold, or bend between the main parts or surfaces of the envelope consist of
strips,, pieces, sides, or portions, having a certain breadth, and these edges,
sides, or portions may be folded inward, so that the wrapper when not required
for use may lie flat or be compressed and packed compactly, but when the
wrapper is distended by placing an article therein it forms a case, fitting or
suitably enclosing such article, and it is secured by a flap or closing down piece ;
or where the shape of the article to be wrapped requires it, the bottom or
other part of the wrapper, instead of or in addition to the edges or sides, may

page_text: be formed as described; and, in short, any part or parts between or connecting
the main portions may be formed in such manner. The envelope may be of
any shape, for example it may be rectangular to enclose a book, or cylindrical
to receive a bottle, the top being closed by a flap, the bottom folding inward
when not in use. The flap may be provided with adhesive substance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOUR-DRESSING MACHINES, TERMED SILK REELS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Ellison at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th November
1863.
I, JOSEPH ELLISON, of Leeds, in the County of York, do hereby declare the
O
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FLOUR-DRESSING MACHINES,
TERMED SILK REELS,'" to be as follows:-
The silk reel, as is well known, consists of a polygonal framework, wrapped
with silk threads and revolving by means of an axis to which it is secured.
The whole is enclosed in a box or casing, and the ground wheat being
admitted within the "reel" at one end, the revolutions of the same, together
with "beaters," cause the flour to pass between the silk threads, the bran
being carried to the other end of the reel and thus separated.
The object of my Invention is to obtain a more perfect separation, and
consequently a greater yield of flour from any given quantity of wheat. I
effect this by affixing to the inner surface of the polygonal frame before alluded
to, spikes or pegs of iron, wood, or other suitable material of any desired length,
and at any desired "pitch." By the system now in use the bran becomes
curled, and consequently carries away a certain portion of flour with it, but by
my improved plan the curling is prevented. These spikes or pegs separate
the particles of ground wheat during the revolution of the reel, and cause a
more perfect performance of the operation, thus increasing the yield of flour.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER APPLICABLE FOR HEMORRHOIDAL COMPLAINTS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Franz Feichtinger at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd June
1868.
I, FRANZ FEICHTINGER, of No. 26, Cumberland Street, South Belgravia, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER APPLICABLE FOR HEMORRHOIDAL
COMPLAINTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of paper
applicable for hemorrhoidal complaints. For these purposes clean and pure
pulp is combined with the following ingredients, willow bark, china bark, and
gall nuts. These ingredients are boiled in soft water, the extract is separated
by filtration through an ordinary bag filter, or otherwise. The extract is mixed
with paper makers' pulp, and paper is made therefrom in the ordinary manner,
but without any size: Paper thus manufactured will be found very cleansing,
and at the same time is calculated to relieve pain and strengthen the affected.
parts.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BY THE AID OF PHOTOGRAPHY OPTICAL ILLUSIONS OF MOVING ANIMALS AND BODIES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gaetano Bonelli and Henry Cook
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
19th August 1868.
We, GAETANO BONELLI, of Turin, in the Kingdom of Italy, Engineer, and
HENRY COOK, of Gloucester Square, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF
AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BY THE AID OF PHOTOGRAPHY OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
OF MOVING ANIMALS AND BODIES," to be as follows:-
This Invention of "An Improved Mode of and Apparatus for Producing
by the Aid of Photography Optical Illusions of Moving Animals and Bodies,"
consists, first, in taking a series of representations by means of photography
of men or animals with limbs in motion, and then arranging them round a
disc, to which rapid rotary motion is communicated by suitable mechanism,
sp that by the different figures in the series being brought in rapid succes-
sion before the eye of the observer, the effect of figures in motion will be
produced. In carrying out this part of the Invention the figure or body in
motion to be represented is photographed in a variety of positions, that is to
say, supposing. the effect of raising an arm or leg is to be produced the limb
must first be represented in its lowest position, then slightly raised, then raised
still higher, and so on, until the last figure represents it as raised to its fullest
extent. It will be seen that by producing these representations of the figure
by the agency of photography, very great accuracy in perspective, detail, and

page_text: attitude can be obtained. We prefer to produce these representations on a
microscopic scale arranged in a circular series round a small glass or other
disc, which may be mounted on a central spindle, and adapted to the optical
apparatus which forms the next feature of the Invention. This apparatus
consists of an ordinary compound microscope mounted in a brass or other tube,
to which is adapted a spindle for carrying the figure disc at one end, and a
perforated rotating eye-piece at the other. Rapid rotary motion is commu-
nicated to this spindle by means of a small winch provided with a screw wheel,
which gears into and drives a snail or screw on the spindle. The figure disc
is placed at the proper focal distance from the object glass, and the lens at the
eye end is capable of adjustment in the ordinary manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Bell at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st October
1863.
I, JAMES BELL, of Linton, in the County of Cambridge, Civil Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS
FOR RAILWAY CARRIAGES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of certain improvements in couplings for railway
carriages whereby the present right and left handed screw couplings may be
lispensed with. I propose to apply to each end of the carriages a shank hook
with an eye in each shank; these hooks are to be attached to the carriages
by shafts in their enlarged ends, and these shafts passing through bearings
attached to the carriages are provided with toothed wheels actuated by pinions
and a crank handle for the purpose of raising and lowering the hooks. The
points of each set of hooks are reversed in a vertical direction in order to allow
of one gearing into the other hook and eye respectively. By the above
arrangement of coupling, railway carriages may be attached to or detached from
each other with great facility and rapidity, and the jolting occasioned by the
present couplings and consequent breakage of fragile goods will be avoided by
the firm and unvarying nature of the coupling.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MILLS FOR CLEANING COTTON SEED
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Harrison at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th November
1863.
I, JAMES HARRISON, of the Town or Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, in
the County of the same Town or Borough, Seed Crusher, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MILLS FOR CLEANING
COTTON SEED," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing mills for cleaning cotton seed of a
conical stone or other suitable rough conical surface, made to revolve inside a
casing of iron wire, or other like suitable material. I place my mill vertically,
and maintain a continuous feed from a hopper or otherwise. The cleaned seed
is discharged into a spout or receptacle below the mill.
Invention all fluffy matters adhering to the shell of cotton seed are removed.
By means of my