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IMPROVEMENTS IN WICK TRIMMERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by William. C. Seaton of Quebec in the Dominion of
Canada.
"
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the firm of W. P. Thompson & Boult Patent Agents, of
323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, and 6 Lord Street Liverpool in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN WICK TRIMMERS a
communication to him from abroad by William. C. Seaton of Quebec in the
Dominion of Canada
This invention consists chiefly in a spiral brush capable of being revolved by
the hand of the operator within a suitable case, preferably of metal, which has one
or more longitudinal slots in its under side. This instrument is held by a fixed
handle over the lamp or other wick to be trimmed and the spiral brush is revolved
a few times in both directions with the result that the charred portions of the wick
are removed.
In some cases two spiral brushes may be used, as for duplex lamps, one being
turned by the handle and the other driven from the first by gearing, friction or
band. The inside of the case should be removable or accessible to facilitate
cleaning
IMPROVEMENTS APPARATUS FOR FILLING SACKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th May 1882. A communication
from abroad by Léon Rohmer, of Rambervillers, France
IN
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS
APPARATUS FOR FILLING SACKS a communication from abroad by Léon Rohmer,
of Rambervillers, France
This invention has for its object to reduce the labour necessary for filling sacks
with flour or other materials. For this purpose I place the sacks to be filled upright
on a truck such as are used in flour mills, and strip the upper end of the sack over
the margin of a metallic ring or funnel, to which it is then secured by a leather
strap attached to the upper end of the truck by means of two movable sleeves
provided with handles and connected with each other by a transverse rod. The
inetallic ring or funnel is provided with two books for attaching it to the transverse
rod. The two sleeves can be moved up and down on the handles or sides of the
truck to suit various lengths of sacks, and are secured in their proper position by set
screws. This construction avoids the necessity of holding the sack by hand while
it is being filled.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING ASBESTOS FOR SPINNING AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Clayton Mewburn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th November 1882. Com-
municated to him from abroad by E. Deffrennes-Bettremieux of Lys-Lannoy
(Nord) France.
"
JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London, Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer, IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING ASBESTOS FOR
SPINNING AND IN MACHINERY THEREFOR [Communicated to him from abroad
by E. Deffrennes-Bettremieux of Lys-Lannoy (Nord) France]
"
This invention relates to the preparation of asbestos for spinning and the
improvements consist in submitting it to the action of a carding engine for
producing transverse cardings similar to that employed for cotton waste, or to the
action of a carding engine for producing continuous cardings similar to that
employed for carding wool, the carding engine being however in each case modified
to adapt it to the treatment of asbestos.
When a carding engine of the kind first above referred to is employed, that is to
say, an engine for producing transverse cardings, the doffing cylinder has card plates
parallel with its axis. As the doffer knife or detacher removes a carding or roll
the latter falls down into a throat formed by two inclined plates. One of these
plates is pivoted at its upper end and is kept at its lower end against the other
plate by a weight. The doffer cylinder or the toothed wheel which is on the same
axis carries radial arms corresponding in number to the transverse card plates.
When a detached carding has fallen between the two plates as above mentioned,
one of these radial arms comes against and forces out the pivoted plate, thus
allowing the carding to drop into a trough with curved bottom. It rolls towards
the middle of this trough and is then taken by a roller which removes it to the
ordinary machinery for subsequent treatment.
By the arrangement above described the cardings of asbestos which in the usual
processes would become broken or damaged, are retained a moment during their
fall and they descend progressively and only to a slight extent in the trough.
When the carding engine employed one for producing continuous cardings, the
cards are arranged in circumferential rings with spaces between them and a serios
Price 2d1

page_text: of funnel shared guides for the cardings or slivers is placed under the doffer knife
or detacher. The cardings detached by the doffer knife become compressed or
agglomerated in passing through these guides and form slivers or rovings ready
for subsequent operations
Textile materials of any desired nature may be mixed with the asbestos to give
the vined fanazity
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by Antoine Jeansaume of Paris in the Republic of
France.
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING PURPOSES"
A com-
"
mmunication to me from abroad by Antoine Jeansaume of Paris in the Republic of
France
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus to be used for lighting
purposes According to this invention a light consisting of a small candle or lamp
so constructed as to be capable of being attached to spectacles or otherwise con-
veniently secured to tho licad of the person using the said light is omployed
The light giving part of the apparatus consists of a small lantern of ordinary
construction provided with a tube of copper or other suitable metal containing a
candle for example which is pushed up as fast as it is consumed by means of a
spring bearing against a cap secured to the lower end of the tube by a bayonet
joint. The upper end of the tube is provided with a Gallery for the reception of a
lamp glass or tube of mica or other suitable material.
This lantern is fixed to a pair of spectacles (or to a spring band passed round the
head of the person using the light) by means of a forked support to which the
lantern is suspended by horizontal pivots on the tube so that the lantern is
capable of oscillating between the branches of the fork when the support is moved
by the action of the person using the apparatus.
The fork is made of such
dimensions as to enable the tube of the lantern to pass between its branches.
The extremity of the support opposite to that at which the lantern is suspended
is provided with two sunall hooks or claws which engage with the wires of the
bridge of the spectacles or with corresponding holes provided in a small plate
attached to a band placed round the head of the person using the light
The gallery may be provided with a spring holder for the reception of a small
shade to protect the eyes.

page_text: It is evident that a small oil spirit or paraffin or other lamp may be employed
instead of the candle herein before described.
This apparatus may be employed with great advantage for reading in Railway
Carriages, by musicians and for other purposes.
The lightness and simplicity of the construction of this improved apparatus
renders it capable of being carried without inconvenience and it may be provided
with a small and light case which may be conveniently carried in the pocket
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAYAN
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Beale of 10 Vanbrugh Park Road West, Blackheath
in the County of Kent Engineer for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
DRAYAN"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Beale at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1882.
JOHN BEALE of 10 Vanbrugh Park Road West Blackheath in the County of
Kent Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES"
My Invention relates to improvements on the invention described in the
specon of a patent granted unto me and bearing date 25th January 1878
No. 332, and consists in adapting and applying to the treadles of Bicycles of the
kind therein described a combination of levers and rods arranged so as to render
the mode of working the cranks applicable to Bicycles of various heights, the mode
described in my said former patent being limited to Bicycles with driving wheels
of small diameter.
To an elongation of the ordinary fork on each side of the driving wheel is
jointed a lever, to the other end of which is connected a frame having bars or other
surface for the foot of the rider to press on, as in pedals of ordinary Bicycles, such
frame being kept uniformly in a vertical position or nearly so by means of a rod
partly revolving round a centre fixed in the elongation of the fork in or during all
positions of the said lever, the reciprocating action imparted to which works the
crank connected thereto. The said levers may be either straight or curved in
form, but the centres at each end of the levers and at the point of connection with
the rods leading to the cranks should be in a straight line which is horizontal at
the balf stroke of the crank. The said rods connected at one end to the pedal
frames and at the other to the elongation of the fork may be arranged so as to act
either above or below the said levers, but I prefer the latter arrangement
If preferred the said frame may be fitted with bosses to admit of adjusting the
height of the pedal bars.

page_text: I prefer the latter arrangement which is shewn in fig: 4. Fig: 5 shows a mode
of adjusting the height of the pedal bars.
KK are the pedal bars fixed to rods which can be raised or lowered in the
bosses L L which form part of the frame C. To the lower end of this frame is
connected one end of the lever shewn in the above mentioned figures 1. 2. 3. 4.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed I hereby declare that what I claim as of my
Invention is:
First The adaptation and application to the treadles of bicycles of the kind
referred to in my said former Patent of the combination of levers B B and rods E E
arranged in the manner substantially as described whereby the mode of working
the cranks is rendered applicable to bicycles of various heights.
And secondly. The mode of adjusting the height of the pedal bars as described
with reference to Fig: 5.
In witness whereof I the said John Beale have hereunto set my hand and
seal the seventh day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
JOHN BEALE.
(L.S.)
IMPROVED MEANS APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR ENABLING PERSONS TO ASCEND TO THE TOPS OF CHIMNEY STACKS CHURCH SPIRES AND OTHER HIGH PLACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBUILDING OR REPAIRS OR FOR FIXING LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS WEATHER VANES OR FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Walter Witcher Barrett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th May 1882.
THOMAS WALTER WITCHER BARRETT of St. George's Street London Docks in
the County of Middlesex "IMPROVED MEANS APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES FOR
ENABLING PERSONS TO ASCEND TO THE TOPS OF CHIMNEY STACKS CHURCH SPIRES
AND OTHER HIGH PLACES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REBUILDING OR REPAIRS OR FOR
FIXING LIGHTENING CONDUCTORS WEATHER VANES OR FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
"
Heretofore in order to enable persons to ascend to the tops of high chimney
stacks church spires and other high places the usual practice has been either to
employ ladders or to pass a cord over the top of the chimney stack or church spire
by means of a flying kite with a string or cord attached thereto whereby suitable
hoisting apparatus can afterwards be raised and secured so that workmen and
materials can be raised to the top for any desired purpose.
The use of ladders for the above purpose is often attended with considerable
danger and expense and the method of passing a cord over a chimney or spire by
means of a kite is subject to the uncertainty of the wind being sufficiently strong
to raise the kite.
Now according to my invention I employ a balloon inflated with gas or air of
sufficient buoyancy to raise a double cord over the top of the chimney or spire each
of the lower portions or ends of the cord being under the control of one or more
men at a suitable distance apart.
By this means the balloon and hoisting cord can be readily guided into position
over the chimney or spire and in the case of a chimney a length of chain is let into
the cord which is caused to fall over the top of the chimney. A pulley block and
cord is carried by and connected to the chain by which a cord of sufficient strength
can be drawn through the block by which the workman and materials are afterwards
raised when the apparatus is secured in position.
In the case of a spire the cord is arranged to carry a "strop" or ring of metal
or other suitable material (carrying a pulley block and cord.) which is caused to

page_text: drop over the top of the spire by which means the cord workman and materials can
be readily raised.
The same means may be employed for lowering the materials when the work is
completed.
The hoisting apparatus may if desired be of the ordinary character employed for
this purpose.
By the above improved means and apparatus much time danger and expense
are saved.
IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTING PIPES USED FOR DRAINAGE OR FOR CONDUCTING GAS OR WATER OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Henry Moore at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd February 1882.
JAMES HENRY MOORE of Bournemouth in the County of Hants Surveyor
"IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTING PIPES USED FOR DRAINAGE OR FOR CONDUCTING
GAS OR WATER OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
This Invention has for its object improvements in jointing pipes used for
drainage or for conducting gas or water or for other purposes.
For this purpose one end of each length of pipe is formed with a rebated socket,
the interior of which is tapered. At the front end of the socket is a flange all
around the annular face of which is an undercut groove into which is sprung &
gutta-percha or other compressible ring or tube. Three or it might be other
number of slots are made in the flange of the pipe at distances apart around its
circumference for bolts to be passed through. On that side of the pipe which is to
be placed downwards the metal of the socket is increased in thickness to obtain
increased strength and to form a flat-bed for the pipe to rest upon. Where the
flange comes round to this thickened part the flange is gradually diminished in
depth and made to die away into it.
The other end of the pipe has a tapered spigot corresponding accurately with the
tapered socket the depth of the rebate and of the spigot end being the same so
that when the spigot end of one pipe is inserted into the socket end of another
pipe a smooth interior is secured. At the base of the tapered spigot is also a flange
dieing into the strengthened metal of the bottom of the pipe as before. This
flange is provided with a similar undercut groove as the other and also has corre-
sponding slots formed in it. The spigot end of one pipe is placed into the socket
end of another pipe and the two are drawn together by some square headed bolts
and nuts passed through the slots. When the tapered portions of the joint are
thus brought together the gutta-percha or other ring or tube is compressed into
the two grooves in the flanges and a perfectly tight joint is the result.
For all ordinary joints in earthenware or other pipes where pressure is not used
the bolts and nuts will not be required but where pressure is employed the bolts
and nuts must be used with a larger or smaller compressible ring or tube according
to the pressure required to be put upon each joint, and in case nuts and bolts
should be necessary for earthenware pipes under pressure small india rubber
washers should be placed between the bolt heads and nuts and the pipe.
AN IMPROVED TRAVELLING TRUNK
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Vinall at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th October 1882.
DAVID VINALL, of 111, Ditchling Rise, Brighton in the county of Sussex
"AN IMPROVED TRAVELLING TRUNK
"
This invention relates to the construction of an improved travelling trunk
whereby I obtain great strength, simplicity and security.
In carrying out my invention I dispense with the use of hinges for the cover and
make the trunk of best charcoal sheet iron by preference, well japanned. The cover
is made with projecting ends and sides which extend to the bottom part of the
trunk and prevent rain (if exposed) penetrating the trunk and it also forms a
double resistance against rough usage.
The ends of the cover are formed with slots so that they will pass over the
handles on the ends of the trunk and so that no difficulty is experienced in removing
the cover and on the ends of the cover is a hasp which fits over a staple on the
ends of the trunk so that padlocks may be used for fastening the cover and will
give sufficient security.
The cover is flat and bears firmly upon the sides and ends of the trunk so that the
trunk will bear more weight than the ordinary raised cover trunks thereby
rendering trunks constructed according to my improvements especially adapted for
long sea voyages.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR SHAPING WOOD, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER MAterials
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eduard Bahn at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 28th January 1882.
EDUARD BAHN, of Charlottenburg, in the German Empire
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINES FOR SHAPING WOOD, ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER MAterials "
My Invention relates to inachines for shaping angular objects, such as balustrades,
legs of tables or other furniture having a square, polygonal or otherwise angular
section, which objects are mostly made of wood.
It consists in the application of several independent worktables, each of which
is adapted to hold at the same time several similar workpieces to be shaped by the
machine.
Also in connecting the worktables with the driving mechanism, such as chain,
rack and pinion, friction wheel or belt in such a manner, that each worktable can
be detached separately from the said mechanism.
Also in using three similar and parallel cutter heads which act successively
on the same surface of the object to be treated, the first serving to produce the
approximate or rough shape, while the second makes a finer cut and the third serves
for polishing.
Also in attaching to the cutter head knives or cutters which are bent in the
direction of their revolution, for the purpose of producing hollows, also in making
a revolving cutter of one piece, the teeth or cutting arms of which form each a
broken line at the back, the part near the edge being nearly tangential, while the
part near the root is nearly radial.
The worktables are preferably placed in a horizontal series and made to slide
on the bed of the machine, the driving mechanism being placed underneath the
tables.
Each of the revolving cutters is vertically movable on an independent stand and
works on the upper surface of the material which is drawn along the machine bed
as usual.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE PIPE ATTACHMENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 31st October 1882. A communication to
him from abroad by Clinton Lovell, of the State of Massachusetts, United
States of America,
"
JASPER WETTER, of New Wandsworth, Surrey, "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE
PIPE ATTACHMENTS,” A communication to me from abroad by Clinton Lovell, of
the State of Massachusetts, United States of America,
The object of this invention is to connect two pipes arranged parallel or at an
angle to each other, or a stove with a pipe leading from or to it more or less
obliquely. The stove pipe attachment herein described has its intermediate or
main tubular portion composed of a tube, square in transverse section. Inserted
in and fitting in the said tube at its upper end, is a shorter or removable tube.
A quadrantal elbow composed of a bottom plate, and two parallel circular
quadrants is hinged or pivoted at its vortex to the main tube at one end and one
side thereof, each of the quadrants having along its are a flange projecting inward
from such plate. To the free end of the said bottom plate a flexile or elastic plate
or apron is fixed at one end of it, such apron being bent into contact with the
outer surfaces of the said two flanges. This apron extends within the main pipe,
and when the elbow is being turned in, the apron passes into a narrow chamber or
space formed therein by a plate, arranged in the pipe. The two quadrants are
connected by a bar, extending from one to the other of them near their upper
corners. In the bottom plate is a circular mouth which opens into two notches.
These notches are for enabling either of two tubular or stove educt connections
to be engaged with the elbow, or disengaged from it, as circumstances may require,
the tubular part of one of such connections being elliptical, and that of the other
being circular in transverse section. Each connection consists of a short tube
provided at one end with a square flange, and with hooks to extend from the
lange. Besides the quadrantal elbow described, there is to the pipe at its
upper end, a shorter removable tube adapted to fit into the bore of the main
tube and furnished with a quadrantal elbow. This upper elbow is pivoted to the
said shorter tube, and is like the lower elbow, and is provided with a flexible
apron that projects between one side of the removable tube and a guide, extending

page_text: across and down from the said tube and consisting of a cross bar, and two bars
projecting therefrom. This guide is to operate with respect to the flexile apron as
does the corresponding plate, with that of the lower elbow. By having the
removable tube to support the upper elbow, such tube can be arranged in the tube
so as to have the tubular mouth of the elbow project directly over either side of
the main tube, as occasion may require. By having to the main tube, quadrantal
elbows adjustable in such tube in manner as described, the tube may be engaged
with two tubes departing from it at different angles or distances, or with a stove
and a discharge pipe, disposed obliquely to the stove.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY MATCHES FOR RENDERING THE SAME INDEPENDENT OF THE BOX
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lyon Field at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1882.
JOHN LYON FIELD of Parkstone in the County of Dorsetshire IMPROVEMENTS
IN SAFETY MATCHES FOR RENDERING THE SAME INDEPENDENT OF THE BOX
My invention relates to that class of Lucifer Matches termed "Safety Matches,"
which, as hitherto manufactured, ignite only on the prepared surface of the box in .
which they are contained:
My said invention has for its object the rendering such matches capable of being
ignited independently of the box, so that, whilst retaining the principle of safety
they may be contained in any ordinary box or receptacle, or carried loosely in the
pocket and separately used.
In carrying out my invention I treat the end or head of each match with
material of the same description as that at present used on safety matches, and I
attach or cause to adhere to a part of the stem or staff of the match, a portion of
the igniting composition such as is used on the box or paper of safety match
boxes, so as to form or offer a small surface upon, or against which, the head of a
match may be rubbed and ignited. The igniting composition is applied in the
form of a dot or small stripe upon the staff of the match in such a position on the
staff that the heads of neighbouring matches are unlikely to come in contact
therewith.
In manufacturing matches according to my invention I place the stems or
staffs in a trough like frame or guide so that they lie side by side and close
together and I apply the igniting composition in the required position on the
staffs, by means of a wheel, rubber, or brush (or their equivalent) which is caused
to travel along guides in the frame or trough and to deposit or print upon the
staff of each match a dot or stripe of the composition.
In using my improved independent safety match, instead of striking the head
upon the prepared side of the box, or other article, as heretofore, the head is
applied to, and gently rubbed against the dot or stripe on another match; or the
match itself may be broken in two parts, so as to separate the head portion, from
the other portion, and the half match ignited by rubbing its head on the dot or
stripe of composition

page_text: It will be evident that other methods than that described of applying the
igniting composition can be adopted, without departing from the essential features
of my invention, which substantially consists in the Improved Independent Safety
Match which has upon its stem or staff the striking and igniting compositions in
separate positions, so that whilst the match cannot be exploded by percussion, it is
capable of being ignited by rubbing one part of the match, viz the head, against
another part arined or provided with the dot or stripe of igniting composition as
described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hatchman at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th December 1882.
WILLIAM HATCHMAN of 73 & 74 Wood St. Cheapside in the City of London
***IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
"
My invention has for its object firstly an improved construction of Perambulator
whereby this is made to protect the child from the injurious effects to which it is
subjected when it falls asleep by allowing its head to hang over the side of the
Perambulator by providing sufficient space for the child to recline at full length-
Secondly to provide an improved hood to shelter it by constructing the hood so
that the quantity of shelter which it affords may be varied as required
For this purpose I provide a flap hinged on to the seat of the perambulator so as
to extend & fall on to the footboard by which it is supported to form the bottom
of a couch and when not required to fold back & fall on to the seat. I prefer the
flap to be solid but it may be framework with canvas stretched tightly over it-
In some cases in place of a hinged flap I employ a loose bottom which may either
slide inwards close under the seat or be lifted off and otherwise disposed of when
out of use.
In place of one cushion I use two cushions which are so made as to
cover the whole of the bottom when the flap or bottom is in use, they may be
either joined together & used on the seat when doubled, or they may be detached
so as to allow one of them to be lifted off after the manner of the loose bottom-
Secondly-In order to protect the child from the inclemency of the weather I
provide the Perambulator with a hood made with folding divisions as usual and of
sufficiently large propertions that when fully extended it shall cover the entire
body of the Perambulator the extending of the Hood may be regulated as required
so as either to cover the entire body of the Perambulator or only a portion of it-
To effect this I apply metal rods jointed at the centre of the lengths outside the top
of the Hood and along the middle of it these rods when they are all extended
straight expand the hood firmly & form an equal support to all its divisions,
when only a portion of the Perambulator is to be covered I limit the expansion
by extending some of the rods only according to the degree of shelter required-In
place of using jointed metal rods for expanding the Hood I sometimes use unjointed
[Price 2d.]

page_text: motal stretchers which produce the expanding by locking on pins or rivets at one
end and finished with a hook or loop at the other end having a corresponding eye
or hook fixed to the framework of the hood, or in place of rods for expanding
the hood I employ. metallic strips crossed after the manner of lattice work, the
centre working freely on pins fixed in the centre of the framework of the hood on
their outer ends riveted together so as to work freely & so allow of the extension
or contraction required
IMPROVEMENTS IN OPEN FIRE GRATES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Clarke Jervoise at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th September 1882.
SAMUEL CLARKE JERVOISE of Erdsleigh House Torquay in the County of Devon
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OPEN FIRE GRATES
"
This Invention has for its object to provide a simple and efficient means for
controlling the combustion of fuel in an open fire grate and to allow of the grate
being used either for slow or quick combustion. For this purpose I construct a
fire grate in such a manner that when a slow combustion of fuel in the grate is
desired a plate of metal may be held up just below the bottom grating or fire bars
upon which the fuel rests so as entirely to stop the passage of air through the spaces
between the bars and so that when a rapid combustion of fuel is required this
plate may be readily drawn away and the fuel then allowed to burn rapidly as in
a common fire grate.
The plate of metal when below the bottom bars I make to rest at its ends upon
guides carried at the two sides of the grate.
The plate I make somewhat longer than the portion of the bottom grating which
is divided into fire bars so that the guides which the ends of the plate slide in shall
not be liable to get choked with ashes.
The front of the plate is provided with a knob or handle by which it can readily
be drawn out or pushed into place below the fire bars. When drawn out from
below the fire bars it may conveniently be slipped into guides below the fender of
the grate so as to be out of the way.
The plate may be made with a shallow rim standing up from it all along its
front edge in order to obstruct the entrance of air between the bars and the
plate and so avoid the necessity of making the plate fit closely against the
underside of the bars.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM JET APPARATUS, WHEREBY THE SILENT HEATING OF LIQUIDS IS EFFECTED.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest de Pass at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th July 1882. Communicated to him
from abroad by Ernst Körting, of Hanover, in the German Empire, Engineer.
ERNEST DE PASS, of the Office for British and Foreign Patents, 68, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM JET APPARATUS,
WHEREBY THE SILENT HEATING OF LIQUIDS IS EFFECTED. Communicated to him
from abroad by Ernst Körting, of Hanover, in the German Empire, Engineer,
The application of steam jet apparatus for heating or circulating liquids in
vessels causes a most violent noise, and shaking of the vessels containing these
liquids when steam of very low pressure is used with cold liquids. This invention
is intended to prevent both noise and vibration.
Exhaustive experiments by the inventor have clearly demonstrated that the
noise is caused by the creation of a vacuum in the interior of the steam nozzle,
followed by a sudden entry of the liquid into it, and into the steam pipe whence it is
ejected the next instant. The cause of the noise is now removed by preventing
the formation of this vacuum.
To attain this object a small quantity of air is caused to mix with the steam
before it comes into contact with the liquid, thus preventing sudden condensation,
and thereby removing the cause of the liquid entering the nozzle. This is effected
by placing a fine air pipe centrally into the steam nozzle.
An air cock may be inserted in the air pipe, for regulating, and a back pressure
valve may be inserted to prevent steam or liquid rushing through the said air pipe.
The working of this arrangement is as follows:-
The steam issues from the steam nozzle, and owing to its great velocity causes
the liquid surrounding it to circulate through the apparatus. The steam becomes,
at the same time condensed and heats the liquid. As soon however as the
pressure of the steam becomes reduced to such an extent as to form with cold liquid
a high vacuum at the discharge end of the steam nozzle there is a tendency for the
liquid to enter the steam nozzle. The steam contained in this nozzle will be
suddenly condensed thereby, and this condensation is not confined to the nozzle
only, but may proceed into the steam pipe, causing a violent shock. In opposition
to this the very same vacuum however will suck air through the air pipe which
mixes in the steam nozzle with the steam, thereby retarding its condensation, and
thus preventing a sudden entry of liquid into the steam pipe or into the steam
nozzle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE CANDLE CASES OR HOLDERS FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th January 1882.
A communication from abroad by Jean Baptiste Balthasar Choisy of Lyons,
France.
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of 53 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE CANDLE CASES OR
HOLDERS FOR THE USE OF TRAVELLERS." [A communication from abroad by
Jean Baptiste Balthasar Choisy of Lyons, France.]
This Invention relates to an improved candle case or holder for the pocket or
for attachment to a walking or umbrella stick or otherwise for the use of railway
travellers and others.
I have illustrated examples of the Invention in the accompanying Drawing, in
which Figure 1 represents in elevation a pocket candle holder to be fixed to the
end of a walking stick or a fixed object or to stand upon a flat surface. Figure 2
is a longitudinal section of the same as carried in the pocket, and Figure 3 is an
end view. Figure 4 represents a section of the candle case and holder adapted to
formn a walking stick or umbrella and consisting of a tube forming the handle
which terminates in a hollow knob made in two parts so fitted together that the
top half may either fit on the lower half and form a knob as in Figure 4, or be
reversed and fit in the lower half as in Figure 5. The top half is provided with a
socket for the candle which is received in the tubular handle as in Figure 4 when
not in use.
Figure 6 represents a part sectional elevation of a candle holder forming a
walking stick or umbrella handle of hook form provided with means of attach-
ment to a fixed object. The same letters of reference indicate like parts in all the
Figures.
A is the candle, B the candle case or tube which may be fixed to an umbrella or
walking stick by screws or otherwise. C is the candle socket or holder proper.
D represents a spring clamp for attaching the candle holder to a fixed object
consisting of a movalle jaw attached to a rod actuated by a spiral spring contained
in a tubular case.
Any other suitable means of fixing may be employed and the
form of the candle holder may be varied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHARPENING SAWS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Philippe Martin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1882. Communicated to
him from abroad by Etienne Vallangin of Paris in the Republic of France.
CHARLES PHILIPPE MARTIN of Southampton Row in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHARPENING SAWS." [Communicated to him
from abroad by Etienne Vallangin of Paris in the Republic of France.]
This invention relates chiefly to apparatus for sharpening fine toothed circular
saws having a diameter of say from one inch to five inches, but may also be made
applicable to the sharpening of other saws having fine teeth.
The apparatus consists of a frame in which are the bearings for a shaft. To one
end of this shaft is attached a handle and to the other end a disc. To this disc
is firmly secured by screws a circular cutter. At right angles to the cutter shaft
is placed a frame in which slides a block. Into the face of this block is inserted
a screw the head of which carries the saw to be sharpened. The head of this
screw should correspond exactly with the central hole of the saw.
The sliding
block is caused to move in opposite directions by a threaded rod which passes
through it and the head of the slide frame, and is turned by a thumb screw
attached thereto.
The saw is held down on the sliding block by a spring lever which is suitably
adjusted and fixed by a thumb screw.
The circular cutter is formed with a file cut bevelled edge and it is split on one
side from the centre to the periphery and one edge of the slit is forced outwards
more or less by means of a screw passed through from the back of the disc to
which the cutter is attached.
The object of this arrangement is that the cutter as it rotates shall turn the saw
round or move it forward sufficiently to present the next tooth to the other edge
of the split portion of the cutter ready to be sharpened and thus the necessity for
a complicated feed is obviated.
In adapting the apparatus to sharpening say a straight saw means will be
provided for holding the saw in position the saw being fed forward by the action
of the cutter.
AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF HEATING BATHS OF DWELLING HOUSES OR BATHS FOR PRIVATE USE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to David Jones of 1 Dunluce Street Walton near
Liverpool County of Lancaster for an Invention of AN IMPROVED SYSTEM
OF HEATING BATHS OF DWELLING HOUSES OR BATHS FOR PRIVATE USE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said David Jones at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th August 1882.
DAVID JONES of Walton near Liverpool in the County of Lancaster AN
IMPROVED SYSTEM OF HEATING BATHS OF DWELLING HOUSES OR BATHS FOR
PRIVATE USE
First Of an improved system of heating baths
Second-Of procuring a sufficient quantity of hot Water so that a hot water
bath of any temperature could be obtained
Third The method or process consists of conveying the hot water from an
ordinary scullery boiler (also used for other domestic purposes) on ground floor or
basement to bath on upper floors by means of an iron pipe secured to walls the
water being raised through the said pipes, by an ordinary pump screwed to ledge
of bath
The use of my Invention ensures a really hot water bath which has long been a
desideratum for Dwelling Houses and private use And furthermore there is a saving
of cost and labour effected by it

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said David Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th February
1883.
DAVID JONES of 1 Dunluce Street Walton near Liverpool, county of Lancaster
"AN IMPROVED SYSTEM OF HEATING BATHS OF DWELLING HOUSES OR BATHS FOR
PRIVATE USE.
"
In heating baths of Dwelling houses, especially of the poorer sort that will not
admit of the expense of modern appliances, great danger is incurred through the
liability of boilers to burst from over pressure. The expense too of high pressure
boiler and circulating pipes of even a simple description is large. To obviate this
difficulty arrangements have been suggested of heating the bath by special heating
arrangements in the bath itself instead of by the addition of hot water but these
are also open to objection on the ground of danger of setting the house on fire and
trouble of application. I get over the difficulty in the following manner.
I place
a pipe dipping down into the scullery boilér, Kitchen boiler, or other source of hot
water and bring it up to a point alongside the bath which must however not be at
an elevation of more than 20 to 25 feet above the source of supply, the open boiler.
At this point by the bath I place a hand pump of any suitable construction.
In the drawing A is the kitchen boiler, B pipe leading therefrom C pump,
D bath.
Having now described my invention and the best method known to me of
carrying it into effect I wish it to be understood that what I claim under the
Letters Patent is :
The system of heating baths herein described consisting in pumping the hot
water supply by means of a hand pump beside the bath from an ordinary boiler.
In witness whereof I the said David Jones have hereunto set my hand and
seal this twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
DAVID JONES. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSTS OR BODIES AND STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND EXHIBITING LADIES COSTUMES MANTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur William Child and George
Binsted Childs at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th
October 1882.
ARTHUR WILLIAM CHILD and GEORGE BINSTED CHILDS both of St. John's
Square Clerkenwell in the County of Middlesex, Drapers Bust Manufacturers,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSTS OR BODIES AND STANDS FOR SUPPORTING AND EXHIBITING
LADIES COSTUMES MANTLES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF DRESS
"
Busts or bodies and stands of certain kinds used for supporting and exhibiting
ladies dresses are usually made hollow and in two parts with partitions of wood so
that they can only be packed separately and consequently occupy considerable
space in transit from place to place thus adding considerably to their cost when
sent for exportation abroad or to distant parts of the country.
Now according to our improvements we make the two parts of such busts or
bodies and stands so that when separated the body or bust can be reversed and
introduced into the lower part or stand (or the lower part may be placed over the
upper part) and thereby reduce the space they occupy in transit by one half or
nearly so.
The two parts may be fixed or secured together when in use by socketting one.
part into the other or they may be connected and secured together by catches, clips,
pins sliding bolts or other suitable fastenings or by an internal pole or upright.
Or the two parts may be constructed so as to slide telescopically into each other so
as to be capable of adjustment and fixed to a pole or upright at different heights.
The lower part or stand may if desired be formed in two parts or be divided
vertically so as to enclose the upper part when packed for transit. Or the lower
part may be formed with a vertical cut or opening capable of being sprung open to
receive and enclose the upper part when packed for transit.
These improved busts or bodies and stands may be made of paper wood wire
work metal or other suitable materials or combinations thereof.
Another part of our improvements relates to the application to artificial hips
bodies or stands (of the character described in the provisional specification of Letteis
Patent now being applied for by us and dated 15th July 1882 N° 3364) of a wire
work or other light frame which is hinged or jointed to the movable hip or support
so as to support the skirt or train of a dress in any desired position a supplementary
frame being connected to the lower part of the said frame to enable the train of a
dress to be adjusted and exhibited with greater advantage than heretofore
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN PLAYING THE GAME OF LAWN TENNIS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Walker Franklin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th January 1882.
ALFRED WALKER FRANKLIN of Hamsell Street in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN PLAYING THE GAME
OF LAWN TENNIS."
The Invention has for its object improvements in means or apparatus employed
in playing the game of lawn tennis and relates to a combination of means whereby
the extent of play given to the balls may be controlled or regulated and the net is
maintained at the proper height.
For this purpose I employ a hollow india rubber ball having a hole therein.
Inside the ball is a button or a disc of leather or other suitable material having
attached thereto a loop of cat-gut passing out through the said hole and the ball is
covered with leather but so as to leave a portion of the said loop projecting on the
outside of the ball.
I then attach one end of a cord to the cat-gut loop and the other end thereof to
a ring or clip carried by an upright placed in the centre of the net such ring or
clip also serving to give an additional support to the net.
By these means the game of lawn tennis can be played in the smallest garden
as the extent of play of the balls may be regulated or controlled as desired and at
the same time the net is maintained as nearly as possible at one uniform height
throughout its length.
What I consider new and desire to claim is the combination of the parts
herein before described forming an improved lawn tennis set.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAKING AND FIXING ROUND AND MOVEABLE HEELS TO BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Mole at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th October 1882.
CHARLES MOLE of No. 40 Marylebone Lane Oxford Street London in the
County of Middlesex THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE MAKING AND FIXING ROUND AND
MOVEABLE HEELS TO BOOTS AND SHOES
I propose to make round heels for boots and shoes, that are simple, durable,
yet inexpensive. These heels are made in two parts. One part is made of metal
which will be the external heel plate or part that will bear the wear and
tear of the heel of the boot entirely being easily moved round to obtain such
purpose. The other part is made of leather and will be when fixed to the boots
or shoes a true medium of rotation of the metal plate. The metal plate has a
round boss projecting on the inner side at the centre. A hole is drilled in the
centre of the plate externally deep down into the boss nearly to the end. Leaving
sufficient for an internal counter sunk hole at the end of the boss with a small
hole through, so as to pass a screw having its head part only in the countersunk
part of the boss. The part that is made of leather is one circular piece cut rather
larger than the metal plate, has a hole punched in its centre into which the boss
of the plate is tightly fitted the two parts being thus joined together form a com-
plete heel which can be attached to all kinds of boots and shoes by simply nailing
the circular peices of leather to the boot when made level to receive the same at
the desired height required, then place the boss of the plate in the centre hole
of the leather, put in a screw and tighten it up the heel will be firm yet moveable
and the screw being driven into the countersunk boss, will be protected from wear
and tear and can be easily taken out and anothe heal replaced when the old one is
worn out.