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IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING MATERIALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Hanham Collyer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
September 1859.
I, ROBERT HANIIAM COLLYER, of 8, Alpha Road, Regent's Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine and Philosophy, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING MATERIALS
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER," to be as follows:-
Preparatory to boiling in caustic alkali, the materials (previously boiled or
soaked in water) are acted upon by machinery or apparatus so constructed
and operating, as to triturate the material, crush excrescences, disintegrate
silicious cortex, &c., and bring the material to a fibrous state, open it out, or
prepare it for the better permeation and action thereon of the alkali. For this
purpose two or more rollers or other mechanical means may be employed.
For boiling in caustic alkali I employ a vessel or boiler fitted with perforated
or sieve-like trays placed therein one above another, on which I lay the
materials, and so boil them in the caustic alkali. I sometimes draw off the
alkali, and allow superheated steam to act on the materials. For washing, in
order to remove the alkali and other extraneous matters, I attach the trays
still charged with their contents to a lever to which a "jigging" or rocking
motion is communicated. By these means, packing, agglomeration, and
entanglement are avoided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BAROMETER & THERMOMETER DIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaiah Woodcock at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents,. with his. Petition, on the 25th January
1859.
I, ISAIAH WOODCOCK, of Commercial Street, Spitalfields, in the County of
Middlesex, Frame Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BAROMETER & THERMOMETER DIALS," to be
as follows:-
My improvements in barometer and theromometer dials consists in forming.
those dials of paper, cardboard, or such like substance, which I enamel to
render it durable and easily cleaned; on this enamelled surface I print or
otherwise produce the several indications and graduations required in those
instruments.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING THE COMBUSTION OF SMOKE AND GASES ARISING FROM FUEL
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Louis Earle at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
October 1859.
I, WILLIAM LOUIS EARLE, of Alfred Place, Bedford Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention,
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROMOTING THE COMBUSTION OF SMOKE AND
GASES ARISING FROM FUEL," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to improved apparatus for effecting and regulating the
mixture of gases and smoke evolved in furnaces with air, in order to promote
combustion, being further improvements in or modifications of that for which
Provisional Protection has been granted to me, dated September 5th, 1859,
No. 2026, in which the apparatus is described as being preferably of a wedge-
form, with perforations emerging on the incline side. Now, I further make
such mixing apparatus of any suitable form, and instead of subdividing the
several films of air and smoke by numerous secondary partitions, I pass the air
and smoke through the apparatus, simply in films arranged in alternate order,
or they be subdivided at the surface of emergence by small partitions;
instead of altogether suppressing the secondary partitions, they may be sup-
pressed only in either the air or smoke passages, say, to admit the smoke in
films, while the air passes through numerous perforations, being merely the
films subdivided. In this manner I find a rectangular form of apparatus well
adapted for the purpose, the smoke being allowed to pass directly from side to

page_text: side through narrow slit-like perforations, while the air ascends from below in
films intermediate of the planes of the smoke perforations, and escaping in a
direction at right angles, or otherwise, to the ingress, either in the form of films
or further subdivided on emerging. According to this arrangement, I find the
apparatus may be readily constructed of plates or sheets of refractory material,
in which the passages for the films of smoke and air may be readily formed by
indentation in the sides, which plates may be placed together while still plastic,
and burnt, or they may be burnt and combined afterwards, as required, and
adapted for the furnace to which they are to be applied. Instead of carrying
both sets of perforations through the apparatus, so that the air and smoke
combine only on emerging from the perforations; I sometimes increase the
sectional area of the one series of passages towards the flues or combustion
chamber, and admit by numerous transverse perforations the air to pass into
the smoke passage, and mix therewith previous to emerging into the combustion
chamber, or it may be the smoke that is admitted into the air passages.
By all these means I am enabled to supply air in sufficient quantities, & to
intimately mix it with the smoke and gases to ensure the desired combustion..
IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF MACHINES USED IN PREPARING, SPINNING, AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James King and Alfred Wilcock
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 8th March 1859.
We, JAMES KING, of Moss Mill, near Rochdale, in the County of Lan-
caster, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, and ALFRED WILCOCK, of the same
Place, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CERTAIN PARTS OF MACHINES USED IN PREPARING, SPINNING,
AND DOUBLING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in an improved mode of weighting and cleaning the
drawing rollers of machines used in preparing, spinning,.and doubling. It is
now customary to apply top rollers covered with leather to the fluted rollers,
and to clean the surface of the top rollers with flat or circular clearers, the
top rollers being also provided with hooks to which weights are suspended.
Our Invention consists in making the top rollers so heavy that the hooks
and weights may be dispensed with, and to cover them with flannell or other
suitable material instead of leather, in order that the clearers may be dispensed
with; or the rotary weights covered with flannel may be supported on the
usual top rollers. By this means the construction of the machines to. which
our Invention is applied is simplified.
A MACHINE FOR SCUTCHING AND CARDING TOW, OAKUM, OR WASTE CORDAGE
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Fletcher at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th May 1859.-A
communication from abroad by Frederick Maigron, Sulphur Baker, at La
Cabucelle (Saint Louis Ward), near Marseilles, in the Empire of France.
I, HENRY FLETCHER, of No. 42, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "A MACHINE FOR SCUTCHING AND CARDING TOW, OAKUM,
OR WASTE CORDAGE," as communicated to me from abroad by Frederick
Maigron, Sulphur Baker, at La Cabucelle (Saint Louis Ward) near Mar-
seilles, in the Empire of France, to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to produce from new or waste tow, oakum,
old ropes, or other similar articles a material which may be spun or wove or
otherwise usefully employed. For this purpose I construct a machine with a
framework of cast iron, at one end I have a platform furnished with spikes,
amongst which the tow, &c., is drawn and passed by a feed roller covered with
card to a series of four grooved rollers, which are weighted at the bearings so
as to grip the material firmly; it is then subjected to the action of a beater or
scutcher which has six bars, three plain and three jagged, so as to beat and
spread the material, which is then passed to two carding cylinders, and thence
to a doffing cylinder, from which it is combed and passed to a large drum,
upon which it is tightly lapped by means of a weighted roller. The various
speeds of the rollers, beater, and cylinders are obtained by means of wheels
and pulleys, and I make the beater shaft the prime mover, and provide the
same with a fly wheel to give the machine a uniform motion.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING WOOD
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Luke Duncan Jackson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th May
1859.
I, LUKE DUNCAN JACKSON, Engineer, 32, Finsbury Market, Finsbury, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING WOOD," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in an arrangement of machinery for cutting pegs
for shipping, used for corking the holes where the nails are drawn out when
re-sheathed or coppered anew; splints used as pipe lights, and by congreve or
lucifer manufacturers, and for better cutting of firewood.
The arrangement of my machine which I claim for my Invention is as
follows:-The knife is fixed on a plane angularly (as heretofore). The lance
box or teeth is also placed the same, which I particularly claim as my
Invention, as well as the feeding box which moves the wood up to knife,
and recedes instantly the knife has completed its cut. The machine is placed
or requires to be placed when working in a vertical position, a cam or
eccentric is fixed on the main shaft, a connecting rod, lever, and wedge is so
arranged to work simultaneous with each other, so as to cause the feed box
that carries the wood up to knife and plane in succession to accede & recede
whilst cutting and going back at proper intervals, which I particular claim as
my Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD SURFACES TO BE USED IN PREPARING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Richards Harding at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd February 1859.
I, THOMAS RICHARDS HARDING, of Leeds, in the County of York, Hackle
Pin Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARD SURFACES TO BE USED IN PREPARING
FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of card
surfaces, whereby the pins will be enabled to act more efficiently than
heretofore on the fibrous substances submitted to their operation. Instead of
covering card cylinders with card fillets as heretofore, I propose to use for this
purpose segment cards, the backs or stocks of which are made either of wood
or composition, and fitted with steel pins; & to insure the pins being firmly
held in the stock, I cover the outer face of the segment with sheet metal,
which will serve to support the pins, and further to prevent the wood from
splitting I I cover it with strong canvas or other suitable fabric. These lags
or segments of cards I secure to the cylinder with screws. The basis of the
stocks I propose in some instances to make entirely of layers of strong woven
material, or paper glued one upon the other, or with a mixture of gutta percha,
india-rubber, or other adhesive material mixed with sawdust, and compressed
so as to make a solid mass, the same being covered to strengthen it, as above
mentioned, before receiving the pins, the holes for which are to be drilled in
the stock in the usual way. In some cases I propose to form the pins with

page_text: flattened wire, to give them greater power of resisting the drag of the fibres
submitted to them; and I also propose to head the pins or flatten them at the
end, so as to prevent their being drawn out of the stock.
To facilitate the pointing of the pins, which is a difficult operation when
steel is used, I employ rotary files, as heretofore proposed, and to keep them
cool and preserve the point of the steel wire, I apply thereto a solution of soap
and oil. The files I keep clean by means of rotating brushes.
In lieu of steel pins I also propose to use pins of iron case-hardened.
The workers and strippers of carding engines I propose to make of tubes or
rings set round with steel, or case-hardened pins, the tubes or rings being
locked together and strung upon a shäft, and supported thereon by abutting
upon the shoulders of intermediate discs, or having bosses of their own.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF BUTTONS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd April
1859.
I, JOHN EDWARDS, of 77, Aldermanbury, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF BUTTONS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved method of forming the holes in sewn-
through buttons. A hollow well is formed in the centre of the button, leaveing
a projection or other stop round the bottom on the inside; into this hollow
well a bar of wire is inserted and forced down to the bottom, thereby forming
the holes by which the button is sewn on to the garment.
A NEW WOVEN FABRIC, AND IN THE MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN ITS MANUFACTURE
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Knight, Alder Walbank,
and Joseph Bentham at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 16th December 1859.
We, JOHN KNIGHT and ALDER WALBANK, of Great Horton, in the County
of York, Worsted Spinners and Manufacturers, and JOSEPH BENTHAM, of
Bradford, in the said County, Worsted Spinner, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW WOVEN FABRIC, AND IN THE MATERIALS
EMPLOYED IN ITS MANUFACTURE," to be as follows:-
The tops from which the yarn is spun is composed of animal wool or hair
mixed with one or more of any of the following vegetable fibres:-China
grass, Madras hemp, sunn hemp, white roping, Manilla hemp, common
China hemp, prepared rea grass, white Bombay, New Zealand half dressed,
aloes fibre, brown Bombay, and flaxen fibres of every description. Any or all
of the above materials are mixed in any proportion for forming the tops, which
are afterwards spun into yarns of the required fineness or coarseness, which
yarns are employed as wefts, and woven with warps of any material into
cloth, forming a new woven fabric, to which is given the name of
brilliantes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR GRINDING WIRE CARDS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Nuttall at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd May
1859.
I, CHARLES NUTTALL, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR GRINDING WIRE CARDS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a method of traversing the strickles or other
apparatus used for grinding wire cards. For this purpose I employ a shaft,
upon which are cut two threads of screws in opposite directions, so as to cross
each other, whereby the strickle is caused to travel first in one direction and
then in the other.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF STEEL
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Kirkaldy at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th May
1859.
I, DAVID KIRKALDY, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF STEEL," to be as follows, that
is to say:-
This Invention has for object the imparting to steel of various kinds
(including that known as "homogeneous metal"), and in plates or bars, or
other forms, such increased strength as will render it capable of resisting an
increased tensile strain. And for this purpose the steel in a heated state is
immersed in or treated with a fatty or oily substance or mixture, such
substance being of the nature of organic oils, mineral oils, butters or tallows,
or a resinous, bitumenous, or tarry substance or mixture.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY FOR SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Mitchell and Samuel Lister
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 9th August 1859.
We, ISAAC MITCHELL and SAMUEL LISTER, of Bradford, in the County of
York, Machine Makers and Repairers, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY
FOR SPINNING FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention applies to a certain part of the apparatus used in connection
with spinning machinery, known as the "spindle cap," and used principally in
machinery for spinning worsted. The spindle cap consists of a cylinder or
cone of metal polished externally and placed on the spindle. These caps
have been in use for several years, similar in shape, and in all other respects,
excepting that they have been invariably made of cast iron, and were conse-
quently continually liable to break or crack from a blow or fall, and were
then entirely useless, and were constantly requiring to be renewed, thereby
entailing great expense. Now, our Invention consists in making such spindle
caps from malleable iron or malleable cast iron in place of ordinary cast iron,
and the result obtained from the use of this Invention is, that the spindle caps
so found, will be found to be not liable to break or crack, and consequently
much more durable than those heretofore employed, and also for the same
reason much more economical.
A BELT OR BAND FASTENER
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Brierley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th November
1859.
I, JOHN HENRY BRIERLEY, Smallware Manufacturer, residing at Nineteen
Milton Place, Halifax, Yorkshire, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A BELT OR BAND FASTENER," to be as follows:-
I employ a "plate of metal," in which I cut or pierce two holes. To the
centre of this plate I attach a "wire loop" made thinner at one part than
the other. By means of eyelets I attach the "metal plate" before described
to one end of the "belt or band." Within a short distance of the "metal
plate" thus attach'd I attach one end of a "chain" to the "belt or band,"
this "chain" having at the end not so attach'd to the "belt or band"
"a pistol or other device or design." At the other end of the "belt or band"
than the one to which I have attach'd the "metal plate" I cut or pierce holes
at certain distances from each other, and of such shape as to allow the "wire
loop" to pass thro' one or other of the holes so pierced. Having passed the
"wire loop" thro' one or other of the holes pierced in the leather, I pass a
certain portion of the "pistol or other device or design" over the thinner part
of the "wire loop" down until it rests upon the thicker portion of the "wire
loop," and thus the "belt or band" becomes securely fasten'd.
A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Ashworth at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st January
1859.
I, HENRY ASHWORTH, of Littleborough, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENT IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
My improvement in power looms relates to that portion thereof known as
the picker and picker guide, or wire upon which it moves, and is designed for
the purpose of effecting the perfect lubrication of such picker wire. The
improvement consists in providing or inserting a roll of felt or flannel within
the picker, in such a manner that the motion of the picker along the wire
or guide, shall effect the lubrication by carrying with it the flannel roll, which
is to contain the oil of lubrication, and which may be supplied thereto through
a hole in the top of the picker; a similar effect may also be obtained by
inserting a piece of felt or flannel into a tube filled with oil, et cetera, leaving
a portion projecting, and so arranging it that each time the slay "beats up
the felt shall touch the guide wire, and leave a sufficient amount of oil or
lubricating material thereupon.
A NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Salomon Hecht at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th
September 1859.
I, SALOMON HECHT, of 36, Gresham Street, London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING," to be as
follows:-
Advertising upon all kinds of crockery, such as earthenware, porcelaine, or
stone china used for table or other service in hotels, public buildings, railway
stations, club houses, theatres, concert rooms, and other places of dwelling,
amusement, resort, or business, and which is accomplished in the following
manner-Instead of patterns and ordinary designs being printed or written
upon the crockery, the intention is to form the patterns so that advertisements
can be written or printed within, and thus in a measure serve as a substitute
for the patterns, such as enclosing them within ornamental cyphers and other
designs. It is also applicable to oil or gas lamp shades.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOOPED PETTICOATS, AND IN THE METAL RIBS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOOPED PETTICOATS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Dolley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th May 1859.
I, HENRY DOLLEY, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HOOPED PETTICOATS, AND IN THE METAL RIBS EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF HOOPED PETTICOATS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the insertion of two vertical or nearly vertical
strips of metal, whalebone, or other like suitable material in the petticoat, one
on each side, and made to extend downwards from the waist, from nine to
fifteen inches, more or less. I carry one rib round the back from the bottom
of one side piece to the bottom of the other; and I make the rib and the side
pieces support five (more or less) ribs, which are arched upwards, and which
impart a graceful swelling and fullness at that part where a "dress improver"
or bustle is generally worn, while all fullness in front to the extent to which
the side pieces are carried down is prevented. To complete the petticoat all
the ribs downwards from the rib first mentioned are carried completely round
and are made to form hoops.
My improvement in the metal ribs consists in piercing them at or near the
ends, and at any other requisite part, and in fitting an eyelet in the hole
pierced, in order that thread may be used in joining the metal parts of the
petticoat, and that it may be protected from being cut.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING STARCH GUM
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Maltby at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th September
1859.
I, WILLIAM MALTBY, of De Crespigny Park, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING STARCH GUM," to be as follows, that is
to say:-
I take rice or any other similar product containing a large amount of
starch; I mix this with about an equal amount of water slightly acidulated
with nitric acid, this mass I allow to remain until the liquor is almost
absorbed, and also until I find that the rice or other product, as the case may
be, will grind or pulverize easily. If need be, I dry it slowly by means of heat
applied at a low equable temperature, the product, which is starch gum, may
now be ground up or otherwise treated according to the application which is
to be made of it.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING SHEEP OR OTHER PELTS SO AS TO GIVE THEM THE APPEARANCE OF ROUGH CALP
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Boot at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th April 1859.
I, ROBERT BOOT, of Hill Street, in the County of Surrey, Leather Dresser,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TREATING SHEEP OR OTHER PELTS SO AS TO GIVE THEM THE APPEARANCE OF ROUGH
CALP," to be as follows:-
My Invention is intended to render the whole or unsplit skins or pelts of
sheep and other animals similar in appearance and applicable for the same
purposes as rough calf. For this purpose I select such pelts as appear by.
their texture most suitable, and prepare and tan them in the usual manner,.
after which I put them in frames and strain them out to the utmost extent;
I then, while in the wet state, work them with a knife, and rub them with
pumicestone (or other suitable material) until all superfluities are removed;
before dry I shave them in furtherance of the same object, and when dry I
again rub them over with pumicestone until the requisite fine close surface
resembling rough calf is produced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLERS OF STEAM VESSELS ON CANALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hyde and John Hill Hooper
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 23rd December 1859.
We, JOHN HYDE and JOHN HILL HOOPER, Engineer, & Clerk in Holy
Orders, respectively of the Parish of Christ's Church, Surrey, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PROPELLERS OF STEAM
VESSELS ON CANALS," to be as follows:-
The paddles are placed vertically on a bar, and are curved. This bar is
forked at each end. The forked ends of the bar are attached to cranks, so as
to allow the cranks to turn round. The revolution of the cranks gives an
oscillating motion to the bar. One, two, three, four, or more sets of cranks
may be used as required. The above description applies equally to each side
of the vessel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ALARUM LOCKS AND LATCHES
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Prince at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd June
1859.
I, ALEXANDER PRINCE, of the Office for Patents, 4, Trafalgar Square, Charing
Cross, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ALARUM LOCKS AND LATCHES," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is to guard against any attempt of persons
picking the locks of safes, doors, or other places intended to be kept secure by
giving an alarm at the time of either opening or closing the door or place to
which the lock or latch is attached, as in the case of a shop, street, or room
door, which can neither be opened or shut without notice being given to the
occupants of the house. The manner in which I propose to effect this object
is as follows:-To locks and latches of the ordinary description I place a
saucer-shaped bell, or a plain metallic disc, either within the lock or behind the
end thereof in the mortice of doors or safes, and immediately behind the bolt or
spring catch I place a small rod, which passes through the lock case, and commu-
nicates with a spring lever or hammer, and which strikes the bell or disc, thus
giving notice when a door is opened, or on the unlocking of a safe, cupboard,
or the like. I prefer placing the alarum within the lock case when there is
sufficient room, and when not, I detach it, so that the same may be applied
to locks of the ordinary construction, and at present in use.
LAMINATING INDIA-RUBBER CLOTHS WITH PAPER SHEETS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Ayckbourn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th March
1859.
I, FREDERICK AYCKBOURN, of 27, Henry Street, Vauxhall Gardens, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "LAMINATING
INDIA-RUBBER CLOTHS WITH PAPER SHEETS," to be as follows:-
I coat the surface of any description of cloth or fabric that may be required
on one side with one or more layers of india-rubber solution; I then coat the
surface of a sheet of paper on one side with the same solution, and unite the
two by pressure or by passing them through rollers, bringing the adhesive
surfaces together; I then coat the other surface of the paper with as many
layers of india-rubber solution as the purpose for which the cloth is intended
may require; this is for single textures.
For double textures and upwards, generally known as plies, I take the cloth
and paper prepared as first mentioned and proceed to coat the other paper
surface with india-rubber solution, and affix to it a cloth having an adhesive
surface of the same solution on it by again passing through rollers; and I
continue to add plies of cloth and paper, alternately or otherwise, each of them
being coated in the way already described, and then united by pressure until
the required thickness or number of plies is obtained.
AN IMPROVED ESCAPEMENT FOR CHRONOMETERS AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Grant Kelvey and William
Holland at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 25th January 1859.
We, CHARLES GRANT KELVEY, of Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, in the County of
Chester, and WILLIAM HOLLAND, of the same Place, Chronometer Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ESCAPEMENT
FOR CHRONOMETERS AND OTHER TIME-KEEPERS," to be as follows:
This Invention relates to an improvement on the escapement for which
Letters Patent were granted to George Morton, bearing date October 17th
1857. According to this plan, two rollers were applied to the balance staff,
the one to receive on its pallet the impulse from the escape wheel, and the
other, by means of the ruby pin with which it is provided, to control the
motions of a forked lever, which carries the two detents for locking the escape
wheel. Instead of these two rollers, we now propose to employ but one, so
that when the proper relative positions of the impulse pallet and the ruby or
gold pin are once obtained, no readjustment of the parts (when for example
an accident renders the replacement of the balance staff necessary) will be
required. The impulse pallet is set in the periphery of the roller, as usual,
and the ruby or gold pin for working the forked detent lever stands up fron
the face of the impulse roller opposite the flat face of the balance staff, upon
which the impulse roller is fixed. This arrangement permits of the lever
vibrating in a smaller are than heretofore, and thus the detents will have a
diminished draw out of the teeth of the escape wheel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR SHAFTING
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Sellers at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd May
1859. Partly a communication from Coleman Sellers, resident at
Philadelphia.
I, WILLIAM SELLERS, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, United
States of America, Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COUPLINGS FOR SHAFTING," to be as
follows:-
The improved coupling which forms the subject of the present Invention is
composed of an external sleeve, into opposite ends of which are fitted two
other sleeves in the forms of frustrums of cones, the apex of the cones being
toward each other; these conical sleeves are bored to fit the shafts intended
to be coupled, and are divided by one or two longitudinal cuts to enable them
to be closed on the shafts. The sleeves are prevented from turning on the
shafts by keys, which lock them to the outer sleeve, and they are drawn together
by means of square bolts, which pass through part of the external sleeve, and
when the nuts on the bolts are screwed up, the bolts will prevent the two
internal conical sleeves from turning in the external sleeve.
It will be understood that as two separate conical sleeves are employed
(one for the end of each shaft), no difficulty will be experienced in causing
them to clasp tightly their respective shafts, and thus form a strong, secure,
and firm coupling.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CASTORS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Humphrey Jefferies at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th February
1859.
I, HUMPHREY JEFFERIES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Button
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN CASTORS," to be follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in castors, and consists in
constructing them in the following manner:-Within a socket or collar of
metal or other material suitably formed for fitting on to the extremity of the
leg of a piece of furniture, a cup of glass, earthenware, or steel is fitted in an
inverted position; into this cup a sphere of wood or other material is placed,
and is secured in its position by a ring screwed or otherwise fixed over it, but in
such a manner as to allow of the sphere turning freely within its cup. When
the castor is in use the sphere rests on the surface supporting the piece of
furniture, of which the castor forms part, and when the piece of furniture is
moved the sphere turns and allows it to run freely.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METERS FOR MEASURING FLUIDS AND GASES
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Humphrey at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st February
1859.
I, GEORGE HUMPHREY, of Deptford, in the County of Kent, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
METERS FOR MEASURING FLUIDS AND GASES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to register correctly the passage of fluids and
gases. It consists of a case containing a circular plate or wheel revolving on
an axis, and from which a number of fans or blades project and travel in a
race or course formed by corresponding projections in the case. The passage
of the fluid or gas from the inlet to the outlet pipe gives motion to the fans or
blades of the wheel and thence to the ordinary registering dials.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE MANURE
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Colwell Maguire at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd April 1859.
I, FREDERICK COLWELL MAGUIRE, of Stamford, in the County of Lincoln,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE UTILIZATION OF SEWAGE MANURE," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in raising by steam or other power sewage to reser-
voirs of sufficient height and space for the operations of machinery either
internally or externally, to allow such sewage to traverse the variouse lines of
railway or roadway in, through, or along stone, earthenware, or such other
pipes or channels as may be most convinient and economical for the purpose
required, with enclosed receptaeles at the various railway stations throughout
the three kingdoms, or depòts on the various roadways, to allow of it being
carried away from such stations or depòts in manure distributors, or taken in
pipes to any farm, homestead, hamlet, village, or townland within the three
kingdoms aforesaid, for the purpose of inigation and fuctification, or both.
AN IMPROVED FEEDING APPARATUS. APPLICABLE TO GRAIN, LOAF SUGAR, DRUGS, OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Luke Collier at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th April
1859.
I, LUKE COLLIER, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machine
Maker for Confectionary, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "AN IMPROVED FEEDING APPARATUS. APPLICABLE TO GRAIN, LOAF SUGAR,
DRUGS, OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
The material passes into a hopper and falls at the lower part upon an
endless feeding band, the motion of which carries the material out of the
hopper in any desired quantity, its adjustment being determined by a sliding
door or valve furnished with a regulating screw and nuts; the band from the
bopper passes over a roller or drum at the front of the apparatus, at which
position the material is delivered to the machinery intended to act upon it.
The band is then acted upon by a brush, and afterwards passes under a roller
at the lower part of the apparatus, and also over a friction roller covered with
leather or other friction material, and is kept tight upon it by the pressure of
a heavy roller, the shaft or trunnions of which work in vertical slots or guides;
motion of any required speed is given to the friction roller by means of pulleys
or gearing.
The aforesaid arrangements may be portable or otherwise, according to the
requirements of the work, and, by the measured movement of the endless
feeding band in connection with the weighting roller and adjusting door or valve,
It
feeds the material with a regularity and certainty not hitherto attained.
may, with a little variation, be made applicable to feeding furnaces with fuel.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th February 1859.-A. communication from L. Levy Neyman, residing
in Paris.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Editor of the Mechanics' Magazine and Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHIRTS,"
(communicated to me by L. Levy Neyman, residing in Paris,) to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists, first, in the introduction of a detached central
strengthening piece in the fronts of shirts, carrying at top a button or buttons
for the neck band to be fastened to, and down the centre are one, two, three,
or more studs or buttons. Corresponding button holes are made in both sides
of the shirt front, thus buttons on the neckband and front are entirely
dispensed with.
Second, in the employment of two additional side pieces, which cover the
two sides of the ordinary front and give stiffness or support to the front.
Little or no starch will be required, and the drawing and pull on the front
will not effect the set of these additional side pieces.
And third, the Invention consists in cutting the sleeve from one single
piece on the bias from the shoulder to the wristband, without any side
opening at the wrist, but simply an aperture as in a coat for the hand to pass
through. A turned over wristband of any shape may be affixed, and may
have button holes made therein for the reception of sleeve links or studs.
AN Apparatus FOR RAISING AND LOWERING COFFINS AND BODIES EITHER FOR BURIAL OR DISENTER- MENT
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Cook at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd March 1859.
I, THOMAS COOк, of Stowmarket, in the County of Suffolk, Carpenter &
Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN Apparatus
FOR RAISING AND LOWERING COFFINS AND BODIES EITHER FOR BURIAL OR DISENTER-
MENT," to be as follows:-
My apparatus for lowering & raising coffins & bodies consists of a frame-
work of four or other number of supports, which bridge across the grave in
which the coffin is to be lowered or raised; these supports rest on a suitable
bed piece, which by preference I form of a bed plate or frame of wood, having
an opening in the centre of the form of the grave, but other bed plate or feet
may be adopted. These supports and framework carry over the centre, a winch
handle and barrel, furnished with toothed gear, by which the weights are
lifted, the barrel having two girths or straps wound on it, which are conducted
thence in opposite directions, & pass over turning pullies placed at or near the
ends of the upper framework, and depend in positions suitable for suspending
a coffin. These girths or straps have suitable buckles for disconnecting them,
in order to draw them from under the coffin when lowered. The straps and
winch barrel are so arranged that by turning it in one direction both ends of
the coffin may be raised or lowered simultaneously. A break may be added
to the working gear, if necessary, for the purpose of lowering the weights, as
also a ratchet wheel & pall for sustaining the gearing & weight in any desired
position.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLES
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Clark at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th March
1859. A communication from Auguste Hubert Stanislas Treve, of
Paris, Officer of the Imperial Navy.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer & Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object to obviate some of the effects produced by
electricity in submarine cables, and which often interrupt the regular passage
of the current.
In effect, it has been remarked that a cable after being used a length of
time becomes charged with electricity, and becomes, so to speak, an immense
Leyden jar. After much experience it has been found, that if a copper wire
is wound spirally round the cable, and one of the extremities of this wire
placed in communication with one pole of the pile, and the other extremity
with the ground, such charging of the cable is prevented; it also conduces to
the intensity of the current which would be in power nearly doubled, and in
which application the Invention consists.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPELLERS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Soelman at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd February
1859.
I, WILLIAM SOELMAN, of 3, Bennett Street (W.), in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPELLERS," to be as follows:-
I extend the width of the blade a, b, c, d, from e, f, the approximate
height of the primary current to g, h, the approximate height of the secondary
current. The arc a, b, represents the sixth part, and the arc i, j, the fourth
part of a circle. This extension may be applied to both sides as in the
accompanying Diagram, or to one side only. I also curve the upper part of
the blade as at a, g, and k, b, h.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE MUFF
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Ellis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st January
1859.
I, GEORGE ELLIS, of No. 4, Collier Street, Pentonville, in the County of
Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUFFS, TO BE CALLED THE PATENT RETICULE MUFF,'" to
be as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE "RETICULE MUFF."
The reticule muff is a muff and reticule combined, consisting of a muff to
be made of materials of all kinds with one or more bags inside, the opening of
the bag or bags being at the top or upper side of the muff, and the same to
close up with snaps or other fastenings; when not in use as a muff it can be
carried on the arm by the cords, chains, or handles attached as an ordinary
reticule.
The originality of the Invention consists in the muff and reticule being
combined in one article, the same being available for both purposes.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Marc Antoine François Mennons
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1859.-A communication from Albano Gatte, a foreigner
residing in Paris.
I, MARC ANTOINE FRANÇOIS MENNONS, of the British and Foreign Patent
Offices, 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris; in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF
ADVERTISING," a communication, to be as follows:-
This system of advertising is based on the employment of ordinary works of
literature, biographies, memoirs, romances, &c., as a vehicle for the distribution
of advertisements, in such a way as effectually to attract the attention of the
persons into whose hands they may fall. To this end a literary work of general
interest is printed in 12°, 16°, or other portable form, the text being confined to
one side of each page, while the advertisement is printed on the other. The text
and advertisement being thus inseparable, the latter is kept constantly under
the eye
of the reader, rendering it almost impossible for him to peruse an entire
page of the work, or to turn over the following leaf without having his attention
called to the advertisement itself, which is invariably on the right-hand side.
The volumes thus arranged are distributed gratis in hotels, railway termini,
steamers, and other frequented situations; the matter of each edition being
renewed or changed periodically, so as to afford. an uninterrupted supply of
useful reading, combined with the advertisements to which it is intended to
serve as vehicle.
IMPROVEMENT OF PIANOFORTES WITH UPRIGHT FRAMES
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Gormully at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st February 1859.
I, ROBERT GORMULLY, of 13, Grafton St., Fitzroy Square, Parish of St.
Pancras, Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENT OF PIANOFORTES WITH UPRIGHT FRAMES," to be as follows:-
First, the strings are placed diagonally from back bottom to front top, or
the reverse, either as a simple diagonal or as a transverse diagonal; 2nd, the
strings are attached to a loose frame, the upper part or rest plank of which is
slit, or is formed of two pieces, between which slit or pieces the strings are
attached to rest pin, so that the pull of strings is direct, & not as at present
pulling off, & so liable to destroy the whole structure; 3, or the strings are
attached to a solid face thick at the base end & thin at treble end; 4th, the
sound board is loose, so as to allow of free vibration; 5, to such backs
is applied the action ordinarily only used in grand horizontal pianofortes with
its checks, dampers, &c., the object being simplicity and strength; 6, the
sound board is formed of glass or pasteboard; 7, the ends of instrument
are open, that is, formed of fretwork in wood, metal, gutta percha, or other
material, or of silk, long cloth, &c., so that all the sound from sound box
formed only by my diagonal construction shall come-towards front of instru-
ment, whereas by ordinary construction the greater portion escapes behind;
8, the keys are of crystal, either plain, silvered, colored, or devised and
arranged chromatically; 9, the name board is of crystal; 10, the centre of
top rail of top door has a stick for a candle or lamp, so that light may fall
direct on music book beneath.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SYPHONS
Year: 1859

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Ridsdale at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st December
1859.
I, JAMES RIDSDALE, of Stoke Newington Green, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SYPHONS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing syphons in the following manner,
that is to say-Instead of exhausting the air from the syphon by the methods
heretofore adopted, I employ a chamber or vessel of vulcanized india-rubber or
other such like elastic substance, terminating in a short length of vulcanized
india-rubber or other like suitable material open at the end, or fitted with a
cock in the usual way; or instead of placing the aforesaid elastic chamber in
the position above described, a small pipe may be carried from the longer leg
of the syphon to any desired height, and to the top of such said small pipe an
clastic air-tight chamber may be connected. In using syphons thus constructed,
the operator inserts the shorter leg of the syphon in the liquid to be drawn off,
and then compresses the clastic chamber, taking care to close with the other
hand the end of the aforesaid short tube, or to shut the cock before releasing
the pressure from the aforesaid elastic chamber; the effect of this is to exhaust
the air from the syphon, the liquid following as usual: