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AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR WASHING DISHES AND OTHER TABLE UTENSILS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rowland Bramwell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1882.
ROWLAND BRAMWELL, of Bayswater in the County of Middlesex AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR WASHING DISHES AND OTHER TABLE UTENSILS
My Invention relates to a machine for washing dishes, plates, cups, saucers and
other table utensils. The machine consists of a rotary cylinder furnished with
brushes arranged and operating as hereafter described and rotating within a
horizontal drum or casing from which it is removable at will for the purpose of
cleaning the machine. The cylinder is mounted in an oscillating segment shaped
cover pivoted excentrically to the axis of the drum and working within an opening
formed in the upper side whereby the cylinder with its brushes may be brought
more or less closely to the under side of the drum according to the degree of
pressure needed to clean the dishes or other articles. The under side of the drum
is lined with a sort of false bottom made of sail cloth or other coarse fabric stretched
upon perforated sheet metal suspended or fixed in such way as to form a yielding
bed for the dish or other article to rest upon, this false bottom or bed being
adjustable to regulate the pressure of the brushes. The brushes are preferably
made of bunches or tufts of fibrous material known as "Tampico" but they may
be made of bristles and they are fixed upon the opposite ends of rods which traverse
the cylinder diametrically and project at the opposite sides and are arranged in
spiral lines so that no part of the dish or other article can escape their action. The
stems which do not enter the brush heads centrally but towards one side, are free
to turn in their holes in the cylinder so that the brushes when pressed against the
dish or other article by the revolution of the cylinder receive a rotary motion each
upon its own axis which is very effectual for the purpose of cleaning. The brush
stems are also free to slide in and out in order to accommodate themselves to the
more or less eccentric position of the cylinder. The drum or casing has a space
below the false bottom or lining and is furnished with a cock. It also has a
projecting lip to form a stop to hold the plates or other articles stationary under
the action of the brushes.
The segment shaped cover in which the cylinder is mounted is pivoted excen-
trically as above mentioned and is capable of being oscillated together with the
cylinder in order to discharge the plate or other utensil from the machine at will.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE AND IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES THEREFOR."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Woods and Edwin Woods at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th January 1882.
GEORGE WOODS and EDWIN WOODS both of Warrington in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO THE
MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL WIRE AND IN APPARATUS OR APPLIANCES
THEREFOR."
The object is to produce galvanized or metal coated iron and steel wire of
superior finish and improved appearance, that is to say with a regular coating of
the zinc or other metal so combined with the iron or steel wire whether the said
wire is coated by being dipped in molten metal during manufacture or afterwards
that the finished wire can be twisted or bent into any desired shape without
separating the metals.
And our Invention consists :-
First. In passing the wire as it leaves the bath coated with metal in a heated
condition in frictional contact with fibrous asbestos or like silicious material for
removing superfluous metal polishing the surface of the wire, and ensuring secure
adhesion between the metals.
Second. Apparatus or appliances under our Invention is or are constructed as
follows. (a) Pads or wipers made of fibrous asbestos or the like secured in holders
are so arranged that the wire in its course from the baths to the winding drum is
made to pass in contact with the said pads or wipers. The pads or wipers are by
preference placed alternately above and below the wire. Screws or means' for
adjustment are provided whereby the pads or wipers may be made to act on. the
wire with more or less-pressure.
(b) Pads or wipers of fibrous asbestos or the like are made in halves or parts and
are secured in holders fitting together in such manner that the wire shall pass
through one or more of the said pads or wipers. The pressure of the asbestos fibres
against the wire is regulated by the amount of compression given to the pads or
wipers say by the weight of the frame or through screws or equivalent mechanism
acting to bring the holders closer together.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STEERING VESSELS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Pepper at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th September 1882.
WILLIAM PEPPER of the town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the County of York
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STEERING VESSELS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO
OTHER PURPOSES
"
This Invention relates more especially to steam steering apparatus, the object
being to simplify the construction and improve the working of such apparatus.
In steering by mechanical means it is necessary that the engine should work
only when the steersman moves the steering wheel, it stops when the wheel stops
and reverses when the wheel is reversed.
In steam steering apparatus as usually employed hitherto steam is admitted to
the cylinders through slide valves which are worked by excentrics as in an ordinary
steam engine, the slide valves being controlled by a third valve worked by the
steering wheel.
In carrying out my Invention I propose to dispense with the slide valves and
the controlling valve and in lieu thereof I employ a circular valve which is so con-
structed that it will admit steam as desired to the cylinders of which there are
two, such valve being controlled by the steersman.
This valve is enclosed in a small steam cylinder or chest to one end of which
are connected pipes which serve as inlet or exhaust pipes as required, for either end
of each steam cylinder.
The valve is mounted on a central spindle and is formed with six or more radial
slots and a corresponding number of radial recesses on its face. The slots admit
steam to the cylinders and the recesses form passages for the steam from the
exhaust pipes to an exhaust chamber.
On one end of the valve spindle is the steering wheel and according to the
direction in which the wheel is turned a lead is given to the steam and the
apparatus is caused to go ahead or reverse as required.
To compensate for the pressure of steam on the valve I provide a small steam
box or chest having a flexible lid or cover against which the opposite end of the
valve spindle rests. When steam is admitted to the valve chest it is also admitted

page_text: to the small steam box and will press the flexible lid against the spindle end, thus
easing the pressure of the valve on its seat.
In the arrangement above described the cranks will make six rotations to one of
the valve, and the engine does not, as in other apparatus have any control over the
valve.
The cylinders are provided with pistons the rods of which are connected to a
crank shaft from which motion is communicated through worm gearing or in any
other convenient manner to the rudder.
The apparatus above described may also be worked by hydraulic or other
suitable power and it may be adapted to working hoists and other apparatus where
a steady pressure of steam under perfect control is required.
The speed of working is regulated by the speed at which the attendant rotates
the valve.
When the apparatus is applied to hoists, the hoisting drum may be mounted on
the crank shaft, or motion may be communicated to the drum from the crank shaft
through any suitable gearing.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CALCINATION OF REGULUS OR MATTE, AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE SULPHUR CONTAINED THEREIN
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Warne Chenhall at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December 1882.
JAMES WARNE CHENHALL of Morriston, in the county of Glamorgan "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CALCINATION OF REGULUS OR MATTE, AND THE UTILIZATION OF THE
SULPHUR CONTAINED THEREIN "
My improvements relate to a mode of calcining regulus whereby the sulphurous
acid produced by the combustion of the sulphur contained therein is obtained in a
state well suited for conversion into sulphuric acid, by the ordinary chamber
process, not being mixed with gases from carbonaceous fuel nor with a larger excess
of air than is necessary for conversion to sulphuric acid.
My improvements are applicable to regulus of all kinds which require calcination
as a preliminary to further reduction especially copper regulus and regulus containing
gold and silver.
According to my improved method of calcination I grind the regulus and mix it
in a mortar mill with moist clay in sufficient quantity to make a plastic mass, which
I fashion into pellets or balls and dry in the ordinary way; when dry, I burn these
pellets or balls in kilns of size and shape similar to those used for burning pyrites
in connection with sulphuric acid chambers. After having been once lighted in the
usual way, combustion proceeds without the use of carbonaceous fuel, and no
difficulty is experienced in the case of copper regulus, from fluxing or agglomeration.
The product withdrawn from the bottom of the kilns is well suited for the next
smelting or reducing operation.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRUSHES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Marsland Marsden and
Frederick Cross at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
30th March 1882.
ARTHUR MARSLAND MARSDEN and FREDERICK CROSS both of Huddersfield in
the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRUSHES
"
This Invention has reference to the construction of brushes for domestic and
other purposes.
Our Improvements consist in making brushes reversible so that when the
bristles have been worn away on one side or in one place, that part of the brush
in which the bristles are fixed is made movable, so that the bristles which are,
worn down may be moved to a position where the "wear" is less and the bristles
which are not worn down would be moved to a position where the "wear" is
greater; and this we accomplish by fixing the bristles in a separate piece of wood
or other suitable material and in fixing this wood or other material containing the
bristles to what may be called the body or handle of the brush either by sliding
the said separate piece into dovetail grooves or by means of screws bolts or other
suitable means.
In some cases such as hand brushes instead of having that part of the wood
movable in which the bristles are fixed the handle may be reversible so that the
unworn bristles may be brought into position for using. By which means brushes
may be made to last much longer than at present.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS TO BE EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTRIC INSULATION (") AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Shepard Page at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th May 1882.
GEORGE SHEPARD PAGE of Stanley County of Morris State of Jersey in the
United States of America but at present of the American Exchange Strand in the
County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF MATERIALS TO
BE EMPLOYED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTRIC INSULATION (") AND OTHER
PURPOSES
"
I take any finely divided dry organic material, also certain groups or families of
mineral substances, including metallic Oxides, Silicates, Phosphates, Aluminates
Borates, Carbonates, Sulphur Selenium or Compounds of these; Sulphides &c;
Compounds of Tungsten and the like Minerals; Pseudo Carbons, Carbon in various
forms, and suitably mix and incorporate all or any of these with certain series of
organic substances, obtained from and by the preparation of certain portions of
Coal Tar, Coal Tar Oil, Coal Tar Pitch, Mineral Oil or Shale Oil, Napthaline,
Anthracene, Pyrine, Chrycine and their Homologues and Derivatives; from Bitumen,
natural Asphalt, Colophony resins, natural gums and resins, mineral Wax and
Hydrocarbons, varieties of Gutta-Perchas and Caoutchoucs Camphor in various
forms or varieties; Cellulose in various forms and combinations, as Pyroxyline etc;
also certain so-called waste organic substances, containing Nitrogen in an albumenoid
form of combination; Tannin and other substances containing Tannic or Tannogallic
Acid so called; leather and horn substances &c; the said mixtures to be in
proportions dependent on the special and distinctive use and employment of the
Compound
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO VENETIAN BLINDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1882. A communication
from abroad by Adolf Herman Lindefedt of Gothenburg, Sweden.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake and Co, Patent Agents
Southampton Buildings London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO VENETIAN
BLINDS," a communication from abroad by Adolf Herman Lindefedt of Gothenburg,
Sweden.
This invention relates to venetian blinds and consists chiefly in the employment
of rollers as means for raising and lowering the said blinds.
According to the said invention the roller by which the blind is raised or lowered
is generally made round, but may be made of other suitable shape. It is provided
at both ends with centre pins resting upon the outer portions of double hooks. On
the said hooks behind these pins suitable links are hung which support similar
links in which the top turning lath of the blind rests by means of pins. This
turning lath has a loop or ring attached to it through which a string or cord passes,
and is thereby prevented from slipping over the end of the roller. From the top
turning lath the outer ribands extend to the lower lath; and from the roller inner
ribands run through holes in all the laths the said holes being made sufficiently
large to allow the ribands to pass easily through them. The ends of these ribands
are fastened in the lower lath.
When the venetian blind has been drawn up as high as is desired the string is
fastened by being wound round a string fastener having a neck projecting obliquely
from the wall and terminating in a knob.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PULPING APPARATUS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Crispin at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1882.
WILLIAM HENRY CRISPIN of Prince Arthur Road Hampstead in the County of
Middlesex." IMPROVEMENTS IN PULPING APPARATUS
"
This invention has for its object improvements in pulping apparatus for all kinds
of fruits and vegetables.
The pulping apparatus consists of a perforated cylinder closed at one end and
open at the other. It receives a plunger which can be worked to and fro by any
convenient mechanism or by hand and thus the plunger is caused to move in and
out of the cylinder. When the mouth of the cylinder is clear the fruit or material
to be pulped is put in and the entrance of the plunger causes it to escape in the
form of pulp through the perforations.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE SPINDLE MOUNTINGS Of SPINNING MACHINERY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Nivin Cottrill at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th November 1882.
ROBERT NIVIN COTTRILL of Bolton-le-Moors in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Maker, "AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE SPINDLE MOUNTINGS Of
SPINNING MACHINERY"
My Invention relates to the parts of spinning machinery consisting in each case
of a spindle which is mounted in a collar or bolster as for example my Invention
relates to the well known "Rabbeth Spindle" to which my Invention is particularly
applicable and to other similar arrangements wherein appliances are used to
prevent the lifting of the spindle during the doffing operation. To prevent the
said lifting I employ a bridle which is fitted to turn upon centres below the whirl
or sleeve. When turned up a cross bar of this bridle comes into position above the
whirl or above a collar upon the sleeve and prevents the lifting of the spindle.
When the spindle is to be lifted out of the bolster or collar the bridle is turned out
of the way. In a simple form of bridle I make the said part from steel wire bent
into the required form and having ends which project into holes formed on opposite
sides of the bolster or spindle mounting. When the bridle is turned up the sides
spring into recesses and thereby keep the bridle in position
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLE-BOXES USED IN POWER LOOMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic William Pim and Thomas
Sands at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th January
1882.
FREDERIC WILLIAM PIM and THOMAS SANDS, of the Greenmount Spinning
Company, Harolds Cross, in the County of Dublin, Ireland. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SHUTTLE-BOXES USED IN POWER LOOMS."
Our said Invention has reference to improvements in shuttle-boxes and knocking
off motion of power looms.
According to the present method of preventing the rebound of shuttles on being
jerked by the picker into the shuttle box, the latter is usually provided with a swell
or spring whose condition of expansion being constant naturally offers a considerable
resistance both to the introduction and expulsion of the shuttle, and to overcome
this resistance a certain amount of force is necessarily consumed.
Our Invention is designed to control the pressure of this swell or spring, and
therefore to dispense with the superfluous power required to overcome the resistance
offered thereby.
To this end we provide the faller of the stop rod with a pulley or roller which
we cause to run on an inclined plane, suitably formed at the side of the loom, or it
may form part of the frog, so that by the forward and backward motions of the
slay the pulley or roller running up or down the incline will cause the finger of
the stop rod to operate on the swell or spring in the shuttle-box causing same to
expand and contract at the proper time. Thus at the moment the slay is moving
forward, the shuttle is approaching the shuttle-box, the spring or swell in which is
relaxed owing to the pulley or roller riding on the upper surface of the inclined
plane, while simultaneously with the entrance of the shuttle the pulley or roller
drops down the incline thereby causing the finger of the stop-rod to press against
the swell or spring and thus prevent any rebound of the shuttle after it has entered
the shuttle box. On the backward motion of the slay the pulley or roller again
ascending the incline releases the pressure of the finger on the swell or spring, and
consequently the shuttle is free to depart at the moment it receives the pick or
blow to send it across the loom.
By this means it will be obvious that since there is no resistance to be overcome
either on the entrance or exit of the shuttle considerably less force will be necessary
for the purpose of sending the shuttle across the loom.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Chandler, junior, and Josiah
Chandler at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th June
1882.
SAMUEL CHANDLER, Junior, and Josiah ChandleR both of 104, Newington
Causeway, in the county of Surrey, Gas Engineers "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS"
This invention relates to improvements in or applicable to that class of
scrubbing devices consisting of a series of rods, bars or sheets arranged side by
side and in rows the said devices being arranged to be alternately immersed in the
purifying liquid. In practice it has been found that such scrubbing devices become
choked from the deposit of naphthaline, tar and other deposits and our invention
has for object to provide means for preventing such choking.
In carrying out our invention we arrange either above or below the level of the
water a series of wires or bars or their equivalents fitting or stretching across the
tank, or we fix the series of wires or bars or their equivalents from the bottom of
the compartment. The said wires or bars remain stationary between the wooden
or other sheets or bars of the scrubbing device so that as the device ascends and
descends the deposit would be removed or cleaned from the said sheets or bars.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TABLE CUTLERY AND OTHER TANGED INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest Albert Lynde at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd January 1882.
ERNEST ALBERT LYNDE of Sheffield in the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TABLE CUTLERY AND OTHER TANGED INSTRUMENTS
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of table cutlery
joiner's tools and other tanged articles having hafts or handles
This Invention consists in an improved mode of securing the handle to the tang.
In carrying into effect my Invention I form on the tang or connect thereto
a spring and I recess the drilled hole in the handle transversely to receive the
spring so that when the tang is forced down into the hole in the handle to its
proper position the spring enters the recess and secures the tang and prevents its
turning round.
The lower portion of the tang can be half round or half of a square in cross
section while the upper portion will be either round or square and can be bevilled
and turned over and can be hardened and tempered so that the end of the part so
turned over will spring into the recess.
An india rubber or leather collar or washer (or a washer or collar of any other
water proof material) is or can be inserted between the bolster and the handle to
make a water tight connection
As a modification two springs (instead of one) may be formed with or connected
to the tang and the handle be recessed to receive them.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DOUBLE BARREL SMALL ARMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Bentley and William Baker
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th October 1882.
DAVID BENTLEY of Aston near Birmingham in the County of Warwick Gun
Maker and WILLIAM BAKER the younger of Aston aforesaid Gun Lock Maker
"IMPROVEMENTS IN DOUBLE BARREL SMALL ARMS
"
Our invention consists First of the construction and arrangement of parts
hereinafter described of the lock mechanism of double barrel breech loading and
other small arms whereby the discharge of each of the barrels is effected by one
trigger.
This we effect by giving motion to a slide or lever by the tumbler of the lock
by which motion the trigger is put in connection with the sear of the right hand
lock when the right hand lock is at full cock and with the sear of the left hand
lock when the right hand lock is not at full cock.
Our invention consists Secondly of the following improvements in drop down
double barrel guns having internal hammers which are cocked by the raising of the
breech ends of the barrels for loading.
The rear end of the main spring has a slight motion upon a centre. On the
upper side of the said spring and near the centre on which it turns is a projection.
A rod sliding in a hole in the body of the gun and making a small angle with
the main spring bears at its lower end against the projection on the main spring
and at its upper end against a shoulder on that part of the joint fixed to the
barrels.
When the barrels are shut down the said shoulder on the barrels presses the
sliding rod against the projection on the main spring thereby producing flexure and
consequent tension in the main spring. When the barrels are raised the tension on
the main spring is reduced the raising of the barrels being assisted by the main
spring and the cocking of the gun is made easier by the main spring being in a
relaxed condition The shutting and locking down of the barrels after the gun has
been cocked communicates the required tension to the main spring for the dischargo
of the gun.
The arrangement described is applied to each of the main springs of the gun or
small arm.
AN IMPROVED COMBINED FLUID MEASURER AND LUBRICATING INJECTOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Nicholson Holliday at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th June 1882.
JOHN NICHOLSON HOLLIDAY of Sunderland in the county of Durham Engineer.
"AN IMPROVED COMBINED FLUID MEASURER AND LUBRICATING INJECTOR."
The subject of the present invention is a combined fluid measuring and
lubricating injector, its object being to alternately measure and inject lubricants in
small quantities to parts of machinery requiring it, whilst in motion or otherwise.
The apparatus consists of a cylindrical metal reservoir containing the lubricant
or fluid to be measured and injected at the lower part of this reservoir is a charge
aperture whence the lubricant is admitted to the measuring capacities or chambers
formed by a number of sliding and revolving plugs or blocks having ground faces
formed thereon: these plugs are actuated either by hand or mechanically by aid
of a shaft and turn in a cylinder
The action of the apparatus is as follows; as the chambers revolve they present
themselves successively to the reservoir containing the lubricant, which latter
passing from the charge aperture enters each chamber in succession so that each
chamber carries a measured quantity of the lubricant which is discharged through
the discharge aperture, thence to be delivered to the machine or part of machinery
to be lubricated
The number and capacity of the chambers may be variable and their form
straight, diagonal or any convenient shape.
AN IMPROVED DOUBLE INCLINED PLANE SPLINT, ALSO APPLICABLE AS A LEG SPLINT OR A FRACTURE BOX
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Wormull at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th July 1882.
ARTHUR WORMULL trading under the name of Evans and Wormull of Stamford
Street in the County of Surrey "AN IMPROVED DOUBLE INCLINED PLANE
SPLINT, ALSO APPLICABLE AS A LEG SPLINT OR A FRACTURE BOX
"
My invention relates to the manufacture of a double inclined plane splint that
shall also be applicable as a leg splint or a fracture box and that shall be perfectly
portable that is to say, the parts thereof are so constructed that they will fold
together in a comparatively small compass without being detached from each
other. For this purpose a light metal framework is constructed, consisting of two
bottom plates hinged together and forming the "double inclined plane" to the.
sides of which plates are hinged side pieces. The side pieces of the one plate are
provided with slots that fit over pinching screws on the contiguous ends of the side
pieces of the other plate, by which screws the two plates forming the double
inclined plane can be secured at any desired angle to each other. The leg plate
has near its lower end a slide, adjustable thereon by a setting screw and having
hinged thereto a foot plate or rest which is held in any desired inclined position
by a hinged strutt at the back, and which can be folded down upon the leg plate.
The foot rest has at its sides two sliding pins or bolts that embrace the hinged side
pieces of the leg plate and hold them in their raised position. To the end of the
leg plate are hinged two flat supports that are held apart at an angle by a folding
strutt, so that the two supports when not required can be folded together and
turned underneath the leg plate, together with the strutt for the foot rest. The
said supports serve to raise the foot so as to prevent pressure on the heel.
IMPROVEMENT IN BALLS FOR LAWN TENNIS, CRICKET AND OTHER GAMES.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Neville at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 28th September 1882.
JOHN NEVILLE, of London Lane Hackney In the County of Middlesex
IMPROVEMENT IN BALLS FOR LAWN TENNIS, CRICKET AND OTHER GAMES.
AN
For Lawn Tennis, as an improvement upon the hollow ball at present used, I
make a solid ball, composed of India rubber, Cork dust, or other Wood dust, and
a fibre of Cotton, Wool, flax, hemp, or any other similar material.
For Cricket and other games I use the composition, or compositions, the
advantage over the ball in use being that it will not lose its shape, or absorb any
moisture
IMPROVEMENTS IN MOTIVE-POWER ENGINES
Year: 1882

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Nisbet at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February 1882.
JOHN NISBET, of Bishopbriggs in the County of Lanark North-Britain
IMPROVEMENTS IN MOTIVE-POWER ENGINES"
This Invention relates to improvements in motive-power engines operated by
means of steam, compressed air, or explosive gaseous mixtures, and it is designed
to simplify the construction and action of such engines.
In carrying out the Invention a long cylinder or cylindrical barrel is used,
which may be open at both ends, and this is fitted with three pistons, the outer
two of which are rigidly connected together by rods or bars passing freely through
the intermediate or central piston. The piston rod of the central piston is carried
through one of the outer pistons, and is connected by an ordinary connecting rod
to a crank shaft, while at the same end of the engine, the outer piston is fitted
with two piston rods which may form continuations of the rods or bars connecting
the outer pistons carried out to a crosshead and fitted with connecting rods fitted
to a crank for each. The crank for the intermediate piston is set in line opposite
those of the outer pistons, and as the motion of the pistons is in opposite directions,
the space between the outer pistons is made equal to twice the throw of the
intermediate piston crank.
A valve chamber is provided having ports leading into the cylinder at points
beyond or coinciding with the full outward and inward stroke of the central
piston, to lead the steam to the cylinder between the central piston and the outer
pistons on each side alternately, the opening and closing of the ports being effected
in a steam or compressed air engine by an ordinary slide valve, or by any other
arrangement of valve. The Valve may be so fitted as to cut off the steam at any
part of the stroke to work the engine expansively, and the exhaust may be led to
the atmosphere, or to a condenser.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PICKERS USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING, AND IN ATTACHING PICKING STRAPS THERETO.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Burslem at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 8th March 1882.
GEORGE BURSLEM of Stockport in the County of Chester
IMPROVEMENTS
IN PICKERS USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING, AND IN ATTACHING PICKING STRAPS
THERETO.
The objects of this invention are to afford a means of attaching the picking band
or strap to the picker so that the "puli" upon the picker shall be more direct and
central and the edge of the band or strap shall not be exposed to wear by coming
against the picker at every blow or pick of the loom.
My invention applies to that form of picker known as the "scoop-picker" and
" forwards
consists principally in pressing the upper back portion of the " BCOOP
so as to form a midfeather in a central position above the spindle holes. A hole
is then made through the centre of this midfeather and a hard wood peg is driven
through it so that it is held quite fast therein and projects equally on both sides.
A longitudinal slit is cut near the end of the picking strap or band and this
being opened the strips on each side of the slit are passed on each side of the
midfeather one under each end of the peg and the picker is thus secured to the
strap.
A short picking strap only is thus required; it is not twisted in any way and its
edge is not exposed to wear; and the picker itself does not require any extra
piece of hide (the midfeather being made from the back pressed forwards) and
no rivet or wire is required beyond the one usually employed in the manufacture
of "scoop" pickers and the " pull" of the strap upon the picker is perfectly
direct and central.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF PRODUCING DESIGNS, LETTERS, FIGURES, OR OTHER MARKS OR REPRESENTATIONS UPON GLASS, METAL, AND OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th November 1882.
Communicated to him from abroad by Henri Beau of Paris, France
ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A. M. and W. Clark of 53 Chancery
Lane in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agents,
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
PRODUCING DESIGNS, LETTERS, FIGURES, OR OTHER MARKS OR REPRESENTATIONS
UPON GLASS, METAL, AND OTHER SURFACES." [Communicated to him from abroad
by Henri Beau of Paris, France]
This Invention consists in a novel process of producing or applying designs,
letters, figures or other marks upon a glass, metal, or other surface in such manner
that the said surface forms a ground upon which the said designs, letters, figures, or
other marks appear to be printed or engraved directly.
The process consists in printing or otherwise producing the designs, letters,
figures, or other marks upon an absolutely colorless and transparent tissue or film
which is afterwards applied and caused to intimately adhere to the glass, metal, or
other surface. The tissue or film when so applied becomes completely invisible,
the natural color and aspect of the subjacent surface showing through it unaltered
leaving the designs, letters, figures, or other marks alone visible upon the
transparent or other ground with which they appear to be intimately incorporated.
The tissue or film which covers the entire subjacent surface, also serves to protect it
from atmospheric influences.
In carrying out this Invention, I print or otherwise produce the desired designs,
letters, figures, or other marks upon thin unsized bank post paper or other similar
material such as china paper, china crape, and thin fabrics of jute, ramie fibre, and
generally fabrics permeable to varnish. After printing, the tissue is subjected to
the application of a colorless varnish and stove dried. By this operation the
substance of the tissue or fabric is caused to disappear from the eye, there
remaining only a very thin flexible colorless pellicle or film bearing the impression
upon it in any desired colors.
By printing with suitable "reserves," it will be understood that transparent

page_text: colorless designs, letters, figures, or other marks may be produced upon a colored
transparent ground if desired, and by combining the various results producible by
the aid of lithography, colors, and drawing, all kinds of effects may be obtained.
By printing for example in blank upon a thin permeable pellicle or film as above
described, it will, when applied to glass, produce an imitation of engraving with t
hydrofluoric acid as usually produced.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN SIGNALLING IN RAILWAY TRAINS, THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE FOR GIVING ALARMS IN BANKS, WAREHOUSES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS OR PLACES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Sansom at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th December 1882.
JOHN SANSOM, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SIGNALLING IN RAILWAY TRAINS, THE SAME IMPROVEMENTS BEING
APPLICABLE FOR GIVING ALARMS IN BANKS, WAREHOUSES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS
OR PLACES,"
This Invention which relates to signalling has for its object to produce visible
signals in connection or combination with audible signals and it may be applied to
signalling in Railway trains, buildings generally, ships and in other structures or
places where signals are required.
For the purpose of making my Invention easily understood I here describe it as
applied to Railway trains and when so applying it I fit to each or any of the
compartments of the carriages composing a train a handle which is attached by a
cord, wire, or chain to a retaining catch which keeps in place a semaphore hinged
to the side or top of the compartment.
When a passenger desires to give a signal he pulls the handle, the catch being
thereby released, a spring instantly throws the semaphore out of its shut position
and simultaneously therewith another cord attached to the handle operating a lever
causes that lever to release or operate the strikers of the bell or gongs in the guards'
van and on the engine or at any other required part or parts of the train. The
attention of the guard and engineman is thereby arrested and by means of the
semaphore or visible signal directed to the compartment from whence the signal is
made. The semaphore or visible signal is by preference coated with luminous
paint.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MAGIC LANTERN LAMPS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic Newton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th September 1882.
FREDERIC NEWTON of Fleet Street in the City of London, Optician "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MAGIC LANTERN LAMPS."
This invention relates to improvements on that for which I obtained Letters
Patent No 1957 dated May 18th 1877 the object being to obtain greater illuminating
power from the lamps than heretofore.
To this end I employ four flat wicks which I arrange as follows viz: the two
centre wicks are placed parallel to one another, and those on either side are placed
at a slight angle to the central wicks.
By the above arrangement of the wicks I obtain a considerable increase in the
illuminating power but I also obtain an increase of heat in the combustion
chamber.
This increase of heat frequently causes the breakage of the flat glass closing the
front of the hood of the lamp.
To obviate this inconvenience I employ a piece of ordinary bent or curved crown
glass such as is commonly used for small hand lamps.
Behind the glass I place a thin metal plate having a large circular or other
shaped aperture therein, and which plate acts as a baffler to prevent the heat
currents impinging upon the glass.
By employing the ordinary crown glass, curved, as described above the incon-
venience arising from the breaking of the glass in the front of the hood is entirely
avoided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE SPRAY ATTACHMENTS FOR BATHS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Phillips Thompson at
tho Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1882.
A communication from abroad by Walter Henry Seymour of New York City
county and state of New York United States of America
WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON of the Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors of
6 Lord Street Liverpool in the county of Lancaster and of 323 High Holborn in
the county of Middlesex Civil Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE SPRAY
ATTACHMENTS FOR BATHS A communication from abroad by Walter Henry
Seymour of New York City county and state of New York United States of
America
"
The object of this invention is to produce a portable spray attachment
for baths which may be easily attached to the same cheaply constructed and
easily operated.
The principal parts are a bath of usual construction, hot and cold water faucets,
spray attachment consisting of a hollow tube, having one side shaped concave,
with the said concave surfaces perforated with small holes. This spray attachment
is attached to the upper inside edge of the bath in any suitable manner. One end
of this spray attachment is closed the other end is provided with a hollow neck.
A flexible tube connects the spray with the cold water faucet. This tube is coupled
to the spray and cold water faucet in any convenient manner. Another flexible tube
connects the hot water faucet with the first flexible tube and may be coupled to
that tube and to the hot water faucet in any suitable manner.
The object of forming the spray on one side concave is to prevent the sprays of
water from leaping over the outer edge of the bath and soiling the floor when the
bath is narrow but where the bath is wide the spray can be made convex.
The invention does not consist only in the use of one spray attachment to
a bath as two can be used by simply playing an attachment on the inside
of the outer edge of the bath and connect the two attachments by means of a
flexible tube.
To use this invention after it is attached on to the bath simply turn the hot or
cold water faucets or both, as the case may be and a spray of water will be

page_text: showered over the bather and where two attachments are used a double spray will
be showered over the bather. By this invention the bather can be showered while
laying in the bath tub, the bather can also shower himself with hot or cold water
or both if he so desires This cannot be done by the shower attachments now
in use which require the bather to stand erect and allow the water to fall upon
the head which is very injurious.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PENCILS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Daniel Sprague at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th June 1882.
JOHN DANIEL SPRAGUE of Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood in the County of
Surrey. IMPROVEMENTS IN PENCILS,"
$6
This invention relates to that class of instruments commonly known as "ever-
pointed pencils," and has for its object the production of pencils, the marks from
which, when lead is used, are easily erased, capable of making fine or broad lines
without the necessity for sharpening, and consequent waste, and are specially
adapted to produce the characteristics of particular styles of writing, and for
draughtsmen's use.
The invention consists in forming the leads, or other suitable marking material
into thin flat slips. One of these slips is inserted in a tube of like shape, and this
tube is enclosed in an appropriate case, with an orifice of such size and form as to
support the lead, but leave it free to slide in and out, on being propelled or
withdrawn by any of the well known means for such purpose.
Pencils so formed are well adapted for ruling or making exceedingly fine lines,
as they will always present a very sharp edge to work with, while if thicker lines
are desired on holding the pencil obliquely, or with the broad part of the lead at
right angles to the direction in which it is drawn, marks of corresponding breadth
will be produced, a desideratum not to be found in pencils previously made,
excepting such as require trimming with a knife, an inconvenience which it is an
object of the present invention to remove.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GASO- ELECTRIC LAMPS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Middleton Justice at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patonts on the 8th December 1882. Com-
municated to him from abroad by Johan Hern Loder of Brussels in the
Kingdom of Belgium
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of Southampton Buildings in the County of
Middlesex Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents "IMPROVEMENTS IN GASO-
ELECTRIC LAMPS A communication to me from abroad by Johan Hern Loder of
Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium
"
The lamp according to this invention is formed in a manner somewhat analogous
to that of a Bunsen burner, in the flame of which are two or more carbon rods
through which the electric current passes The gas is led into a mixing chamber,
into which air is also led The gas pipe is surrounded by a moveable cylinder of
non-conducting material, capable of being moved up and down and to and through
said cylinder pass metallic threads or wires the lower extremities of which are in
connection with the dynamo, or other electrical source of supply, while the upper
ends are in contact with conducting springs which bear upon the carbon holder
arms, or the wires may be connected directly with the arms. The springs also
serving to keep the carbon points approximately together For the purpose of
regulating the carbons a ring of non conducting material may be employed in
conjunction with the carbon holder arms and the screw cylinder. To regulate the
gas flame an exhaust or regulating chamber is employed into the opening at the
base of which a portion of the flame passes as well as the products of combustion.
From this chamber a pipe leads out of the lamp and surrounding said pipe is a
second or larger pipe leading into the top of the lamp for the purpose of supplying
air thereto-the base of the outer pipe may be supplied with gauze or wire netting
to prevent any sudden inrush of air-Below the exhaust chamber a reflector may
be placed When the lamp is employed in rooms the arrangements may be
simplified by omitting the exhaust chamber and substituting therefor a plate of
metal glass or porcelain provided with an opening through which the flame will
pass slightly, a species of balloon above being also employed, the motion of which
may be employed for regulating the access of air
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORANDUM AND LETTER FORM TOGETHER WITH A CASE FOR HOLDING SUCH FORMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Bertie Charles Scott at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th May 1882.
BERTIE CHARLES SCOTT of 37 Chester Terrace Regents Park in the County of
Middlesex "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF MEMORANDUM AND LETTER FORM
TOGETHER WITH A CASE FOR HOLDING SUCH FORMS
"
The Invention is designed for the purpose of enabling written communications
between persons whether by post or hand to be accomplished with greater facility
than at present by the employment of a novel form or construction of the paper
upon which such communications are made For example I take an ordinary
memorandum form or sheet of note or other paper and make thereon a perforated
margin at about half an inch distance from the outer edges on every side alike;
Inside this margin is the space upon which the subject matter of the letter is
written, and one half the space outside the said perforations is gummed in such a
manner that when the sheet is folded in half so as to bring its perforations over
each other it will form a sealed enclosure which can be readily opened by the
receiver tearing off the margin or adhering edges at the perforations.
For the convenience of correspondents I provide these novel Memorandum or
Letter forms with a case or cover so constructed that when closed it will hold six
or more of such forms together with an indeliable pencil and stamps, the whole
being of a convenient size for carrying in the valise dressing case or pocket of the
owner. This case when required for use and opened exposes and supports the
forms in a position for being written upon thus offering every convenience and
requisite for writing and dispatching a closed or sealed message-memorandum or
letter without hindrance or delay.