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MENTS IN STOPPERING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS; AND OTHER VESSELS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Sceats at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th July 1883.
JAMES SCEATS, of King's Road, Norbiton, in the county of Surrey " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPERING OR CLOSING BOTTLES, JARS; AND OTHER VESSELS
"
This invention relates to improvements in stoppering or closing bottles, jars
and other vessels and is particularly applicable to the stoppering of bottles
containing aërated or gaseous liquids as the bottle can be easily and quickly opened
or closed.
In carrying out my invention I provide a plate hinged to a ring or otherwise so
that it may be closed over the mouth of the bottle; the underside of the said
plate carries a plug or projection of porcelain or other suitable material and which
is advantageously fixed to the said plate by means of a ring carrying clips, the
said ring fitting over a flange of the plug or projection and the clips fitting over
the plate, the said plate is adapted to receive a ring of suitable elastic material
such as india rubber so that when the stopper is closed a tight joint will be
formed.
On the said plate is pivotted a bar or plate the outer end or ends of which
projects or project beyond the lip of the bottle in such a manner that when the
stopper is closed it or they may be turned under a catch or under catches fixed to
or forming part of the metal ring carrying the hinge of the plate or otherwise or
the said catches may be formed on the bottle neck itself.
By this arrangement, the bottle being filled, the stopper is closed over the mouth
of the bottle and the herein before described bar being turned on its pivot its end or
ends will pass under the herein before described catch or catches and closely press the
stopper over or in the mouth of the bottle and hold it firmly in position so as to
make a tight joint.
To open the bottle it is simply necessary to move the hereinbefore described bar
free of the catch or catchies.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HORSE SHOES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Morgan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st September 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Messrs Brandle, Sarre, Beyerhaus, and Hitzig, of Berlin
in the Empire of Germany.
THOMAS MORGAN, Secretary of the Inventors Patentright Association Limited,
21 Cockspur Street Charing Cross in the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HORSE SHOES (a communication to me from abroad by Messrs Brandle, Sarre,
Beyerhaus & Hitzig, of Berlin in the Empire of Germany).
"
The devices hitherto made use of in fastening horse shoes, not taking into
consideration the employment of nails, which is accompanied with numerous
disadvantages, are of a very complicated nature, and have not on that account met
with the success which may be expected from a construction which does away with
these defects complained of by farriers.-The means which we employ for the
purpose referred to differ materially in point of simplicity from the fastenings now
in use.
In carrying out this Invention, the process is mainly as follows:-
Connecting plates are provided at their upper extremity with a hook, which fits
into a hole made in the hoof.
The lower part of these plates is of dovetail section, and passes through a
corresponding groove in the outer rim of the horse shoe. By the side of this
groove is arranged a hole receiving a bolt, which is fastened in the shoe either by
means of a pin or by a screw thread, in such a manner that it permits being
turned round.-Part of the head belonging to this bolt is filed off, so that when
the portion thus flattened is facing the connecting plate, the latter is allowed to
shift in the dovetail groove-This head is eccentric with respect to the bolt or its
outline forms from one edge of the flattened portion to the other a kind of spiral.
-In order to fasten the horse-shoe, the connecting plates are brought into suitable
position, the shoe is then pressed tightly against the hoof by the aid of tongs, one
cheek of which is provided with a pin fitting into the hole of the plate, while the
latter is pulled in the opposite direction, the eccentric head of the bolt, the flattened
side of which just before faced the edge of the plate, being simultaneously turned

page_text: as tightly as possible against this edge, in such a direction that the bolt head, when
occupying its final position, would be more and more tightly pressed against the
edge of the connecting plate, in case the latter be displaced.
Another arrangement consists in connecting plate or link having a hook without
other means to fasten the shoe to the hoof, by simply bending the lower portion
passing through a hole in the rim of the shoe. The extremity of connecting plate
can be bent round, so that when the shoe is tightly drawn against the hoof same is
cut off This construction offers the greatest advantages possible as regards
simplicity, as well as its application for the purposes required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING AND INDICATING APPARATUS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Porter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th September 1883.
GEORGE PORTER, of Cullum Street, in the city of London, Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING AND INDICATING APPARATUS
"
This invention relates to improvements in electrical signalling apparatus of that
class usually employed to indicate from which part of a building or otherwise a
bell is rung, the object of the invention being mainly to provide means whereby
the whole of the electric current may be employed firstly for operating the
indicator and then the bell or vice versa, thereby requiring less battery power than
hitherto; the improvements have also for object to simplify the construction of
such apparatus and thereby reduce the cost of production.
In carrying out my improvements I employ a single reel magnet (instead of
employing two as hitherto) the reel being mounted in a metal frame; the core or
magnet of the reel is extended upwards at each end in order to attract an insulated
armature carrying the indicating tablet; two contacts are provided, one of which
when the tablet is in its normal position makes contact with the armature of the
tablet; the other makes contact with the armature of the tablet when this latter
has fallen into its indicating position.
By this arrangement when the push or transmitter is pressed, the current
passing to the first named contact and armature of the tablet will operate the
latter; by the falling of the tablet into its indicating position the current is broken
with the first named contact, and the armature being now in connection with the
second named contact the current will pass to and sound the bell.
Although I have described the use of one reel only as being most economical it
will be evident that two reels may also be employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TELEPHONES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas John Handford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1883.
THOMAS JOHN HANDFORD of Southampton Buildings in the County of
Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN TELEPHONES
"
My invention relating to improvements in telephones has reference more
particularly to telephonic receivers but it is also applicable to transmitters and
it has for its chief object the production of an instrument by the aid of which
transmitted speech shall be emitted at the receiving end of a line-with clearness
and loudness of articulation.
In carrying out my invention in order to effect this object I employ as a receiver
a solenoid or sucking magnet (that is to say a coil having a movable core) con-
nected up in the circuit with a battery. The core of the solenoid or sucking
magnet is attached at one end to a diaphragm say for example at or about the centre
thereof, the said diaphragm being by preference secured at its edges and the other
end of the core is acted upon by a spring or equivalent device. The parts may be
arranged either so that the spring or its equivalent shall have a tendency to force
the diaphragm outwards whilst the passage of the current around the core has the
effect of releasing the diaphragm and allowing it to spring back or the spring or
its equivalent may be caused to act so as to draw the diaphragm inwards whilst
the passage of the current around the core allows the diaphragm to spring in the
opposite direction. In the act of transmission the undulations in the current cause
a differential action between the spring or its equivalent and the current flowing
round the core whereby the speech is emitted at the diaphragm with clearness
of articulation and intensity of sound.
In some cases the spring or its equivalent may be dispensed with the solenoid
or sucking magnet alone being employed. The diaphragm may be also dispensed
with, the end of the core being expanded so as to form a sufficient surface to
convey sonorous vibrations to the ear.
The apparatus may be employed as a transmitter, an induction coil being used
in this case if desirable and in other cases if necessary.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PRECIPITATED PHOSPHATE OF LIME, AND IN THE RECOVERY OF SULPHUR FROM ALKALI WASTE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Weldon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1883. Communicated to
me from abroad by Emile Lombard, of Marseilles, in the Republic of France.
WALTER WELDON, of Rede Hall, Burstow, Surrey, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF PRECIPITATED PHOSPHATE OF LIME, AND IN THE RECOVERY
OF SULPHUR FROM ALKALI WASTE," a Communication [to me] from abroad from
[by] Emile Lombard, of Marseilles, in the Republic of France.
Precipitated phosphates of lime have hitherto been manufactured by saturating
with a solid precipitant, namely calcium carbonate, solution of phosphate of lime
in hydrochloric acid.
The present invention consists in substituting for the solid precipitant thus at
present and hitherto employed in the manufacture of precipitated phosphate of
lime a solution of calcium sulphydrate, and in combining the manufacture of
precipitated phosphate of lime with the recovery of sulphur from alkali-waste, by
obtaining from alkali-waste the solution of calcium sulphydrate to be employed as
aforesaid, either by digesting the said alkali-waste with water under pressure, or
by any other of the various known ways of obtaining solution of calcium sulphydrate
from the material in question.
The solution of phosphate of lime in hydrochloric acid should be placed in a
closed vessel, and the solution of calcium sulphydrate added to it gradually; or the
solution of calcium sulphydrate may be placed in a closed vessel, and the acid
solution of phosphate added to it gradually. A regular stream of sulphuretted
hydrogen, which can be utilized in well-known ways, will be thus disengaged, and
there will at the same time be formed a precipitate of dicalcic phosphate, very
much purer than can be obtained by means of the precipitant hitherto and at
present used. The vessel in which this operation is performed should be provided
with a mechanical agitator.
A TOY BOMB " CN both of A NEW OR IMPROVED SAFETY TOY
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francis John Thomas and Robert
Henry Charles Cotton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
4th October 1883.
FRANCIS JOHN THOMAS and ROBERT
Birmingham in the County of Warwick
CALLED A TOY BOMB
"
HENRY CHARLES COTTON both of
A NEW OR IMPROVED SAFETY TOY
"
The object of this invention is to provide a thoroughly safe detonating toy which
combines the two important advantages of affording amusement with perfect
absence of danger
To effect this we make a hollow case of a spherical or any other convenient
form Such case is made in two halves each half terminating in a flat cheek and
being perforated centrally to allow of a plug being inserted therein
A shoulder is formed about midway in such plug which shoulder butting against
the mouth of the central orifice in the lower half of the case keeps the plug in
position
The lower portion of such plug forms a spindle which after passing through the
lower half of the case projects sufficiently at the bottom to allow of its being
clamped down whereby the two halves of the case are held together and the
cheeks are brought into juxtaposition
Mounted upon the upper half of the spindle is a coiled spring which at the top
butts against a collar formed upon the plug while the base of such spring butts
against a rim or flange formed round the bottom of the central orifice in the upper
half of such case which orifice is made of sufficient size to allow of the easy play of
the spring up and down-By forcing the upper half of the case upwards such spring
is compressed and so the two halves of the case are separated sufficiently to allow
of a detonating cap being inserted between the two cheeks
The plug terminates at the top in an eye through which an elastic cord is passed
The operation of our invention is as follows Place the elastic loop over the
middle finger of one hand-push the case open in the centre-place the detonating
cap in--throw the case on the ground when the cap will explode and the elastic
cord will cause the case to rebound into the hand
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION OR DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF COAL OR OTHER FUEL CONTAINING NITROGEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE AMMONIA CONTAINED THEREIN
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Darby of Brymbo in the county of Donbigh
for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF
THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION OR DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF COAL OR
OTHER FUEL CONTAINING NITROGEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE
AMMONIA CONTAINED THEREIN
"J
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Darby at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st June 1883.
JOHN HENRY DARBY of Brymbo in the county of Denbigh.
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN OR RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION OR
DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF COAL OR OTHER FUEL CONTAINING NITROGEN FOR
THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZING THE AMMONIA CONTAINED THEREIN."
In the wasto gases of furnaces and coke ovens, and in the gas formed by the
partial combustion or the destructive distillation of coal, there is a large quantity
of ammonia which has hitherto in great part been lost. Attempts have been made
to condense it by cooling the gases over water, or after cooling passing them up
coke towers, down which a stream of acidulated or ordinary cold water slowly
trickles. Now this cooling is very expensive involving large plant. I have found
however by the use of gaseous or nascent sulphuric anhydride, I can collect and
separate the ammonia without cooling the gases to anything like ordinary
atmospheric temperature. My mode of action is as follows. I use any ordinary
coke or scrubbing tower, and introduce into the flue leading to the tower, at a
sufficient distance from the tower to enable the gases to mix before entering the
tower, a mixture of sulphurous anhydride gas and gaseous oxides of nitrogen, I

page_text: also introduce into the same flue leading to the tower steam or vapour of water
and air if necessary, and water spray, or weak liquor at the top of the tower. The
oxides of nitrogen by acting as carriers of oxygen, and with the aid of the vapour
of water convert the sulphurous anhydride into sulphuric anhydride or acid, which
again combines with the ammonia and water and condensing on the coke or shelves
of the tower trickles to the bottom, where it is collected and the salt crystallized
out. The liquid used in the lower can be pumped up again and again till
sufficiently saturated. The gases or products of combustion pass on from the tower
top into the open air, or for utilization elsewhere but if desirable can first pass
through a Gay-Lussac tower to be deprived of their nitrous vapours by means of
strong sulphuric acid or other means with or without a Gay-Lussac tower
IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTERS FOR.
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Reynolds and Frederick Woodward Branson
of the firm of Reynolds and Branson of Leeds in the County of York for
an Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN
INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY”
"
"
PHOTOGRAPHIC SHUTTERS FOR.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Reynolds and
Frederick Woodward Branson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents.
on the 2nd April 1883.
RICHARD REYNOLDS and FREDERICK WOODWARD BRANSON of the firm of
Reynolds and Branson of Leeds in the County of York IMPROVEMENTS IN
PHOTOGRAPHIC "SHUTTERS
"
€6
"
FOR INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY
Our improvements have reference to an arrangement of "shutter". whereby the
rapidity in the movement of the "flap" and "drop" portions may be adjusted or
timed independently of each other.
The flap is raised from the aperture in the "shutter" by means of a coiled spring
provided within a suitable adjustable box on the "shutter."
The drop portion of the "shutter" is caused to fall over the aperture by means
of an india-rubber band or its equivalent, so that the aperture is closed by such
time as the flap has moved through about five sixths of its distance, thus all
shaking of the lens is obviated during the time of the exposure of the plate.
The "flap" is retained closed over the aperture by means of a suitable catch
on this being released the "flap " instantaneously rises in the manner herein before
described followed immediately by the falling of the "drop.”

page_text: shown in Figs 1, 3 and 5 we secure a light spring o to the side of the frame and
to the lower end of which is attached a pin p which passes through the side of the
frame and projects slightly as shewn beyond the slide. After the drop b has closed
over the aperture 7 the pin p passes into a recess provided for it in the drop b and
retains the latter in position
In order to raise the drop again it is necessary to withdraw the pin p by pulling
against the lower end of the spring o
The set screw q is employed for retaining the drop 6 in its raised position when
it is not required to be used.
Having now described the nature of Our Said Invention and shewn by the
aid of drawings how the same may be carried into practice we would have it
understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise details and configuration
of the parts we have described and shewn as the same may be varied or modified
without departing from the nature of our said Invention; what we do claim is
The general arrangement and combination of the various parts forming the
shutter for instantaneous photography and mere modifications of the same sub-
stantially as and for purposes herein set forth
In Witness whereof I the said Frederick Woodward Branson for myself
and on behalf of the said Richard Reynolds have hereunto set my hand
and seal this eleventh day of September in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR REMOVING THE AND GLAZE OFF ENAMELLED BRICKS AND TILES, AND FOR SUPERFLUOUS " BODY " FACING OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF BRICKS AND TILES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thornton Cliffe at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th February 1883.
THORNTON CLIFFE of Huddersfield in the County of York, Machine Maker and
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR REMOVING THE
AND GLAZE OFF ENAMELLED BRICKS AND TILES, AND FOR
SUPERFLUOUS
" BODY
"
FACING OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF BRICKS AND TILES
"
This Invention has reference to apparatus to be employed in removing superfluous
glaze or body from enamelled bricks and tiles, also for rounding and squaring other
description of bricks and tiles
My Improvements consist in the employment of a revolving belt, having pins or
teeth thereon, mounted upon suitable framework or tables
The brick or tile to be operated upon is placed upon the table, and in contact
with the revolving belt, the teeth of which immediately removes the unnecessary
glaze.
In order to prevent the belt bagging inwards at the place where the brick is
pushed against it, a plate is fixed behind, so as to keep the belt straight and
parallel
The shaft of one of the pullies around which the belt passes, is capable of being
raised and lowered in its bearings by means of screw and hand wheel
By means of apparatus constructed as herein mentioned, hand brushing and
facing such articles is dispensed with, and as the superfluous matter rubbed off
makes the bricks or tiles perfectly square with their sides at right angles with each
other, renders them better adapted for walling purposes.
AN IMPROVED PERMANENT BOTTLE STOPPER FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF INK OR OTHER FLUIDS FROM BOTTLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Maurice Haymans at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th October 1883.
MAURICE HAYMANS of Leighton Road Kentish Town in the County of
Middlesex-" AN IMPROVED PERMANENT BOTTLE STOPPER FOR REGULATING THE
FLOW OF INK OR OTHER FLUIDS FROM BOTTLES
"
The object of this Invention is providing the mouth or neck of an ink bottle or
other bottle containing a fluid with a stopper which can be readily closed so as to
prevent any escape of the contents from the bottle, or opened so as to allow the
Huid to flow without the necessity of withdrawing a cork thereby preventing
stains or dripping of the ink or other fluid.
The apparatus consists in providing the neck of the bottle with a cap or cover
which is lined with cork or other similar substances so as to form a tight fit to the
outer surface of the neck of the bottle. This cap is provided with a tubular
projection in which a plug is fitted provided with a quick pitched worm in which
a fixed stud is placed.-The top of this plug is provided with a thumb scrow
handle and the bottom fitting the orifice of the bottle with a leather plug or valve.
The action of the said plug is such when the cap is fixed to the neck of the bottle,
that when screwed down so as to close in the orifice, the ink or other fluid
contained in the bottle will be prevented leaving it, but when a turn is given to
the thumb screw the valve will be raised and so allow the ink or other fluid when
the bottle is tilted to flow from the bottle through a suitable spout with which the
projecting tubular cap of the bottle is provided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING MEAT AND OTHER ANIMAL SUBSTANCES FISH MILK BUTTER EGGS FRUIT AND OTHER VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES MALT AND OTHER LIQUORS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Ronayne Conron at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th March 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by Sidney Couron of Texas United States of America
PHILIP RONAYNE CONRON of the Anchor Brewery Lewisham in the County of
Kent IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING MEAT AND OTHER ANIMAL SUBSTANCES
FISH MILK BUTTER EGGS FRUIT AND OTHER VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES MALT AND
OTHER LIQUORS (A communication to me from abroad by Sidney Conron of
Texas United States of America)
"
The means I employ in carrying out my Invention consist in the use of a
compound mixture of equal parts or thereabout of boracic acid, oxide of sodium
compound borax and saltpetre.
These ingredients may either be compounded and used as a liquid or in a dry
state.
When used in the form of a fluid for preserving milk a tea spoon-full is first
dissolved in a small quantity of milk which is then added to 1 quart of milk to
preserve it the ingredients being harmless to the consumer.
One pound of the compound is dissolved in 1 gallon of water to preserve eggs
by keeping them immersed therein.
For preserving malt and other liquors a half pint more or less of concentrated
solution is used to a barrel of 36 gallons.
For preserving animal substances and fish the compound is to be used in a dry
state in like manner to salt for salting meat and fish
For preserving butter one table spoon-full of the dry compound is used for
preserving each pound of butter.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RUDDERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Blakely at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th February 1883.
WILLIAM BLAKELY of Bournemouth in the County of Hants, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN RUDDERS."
"
My Invention relates first to an improved construction of rudder principally
applicable for small craft but also applicable to ships, and has for its object to
render the rudder flexible in a fore and aft direction, and thereby to approximate
its action to the natural action of the tail of a fish, whereby the efficiency of the
rudder is considerably increased without correspondingly augmenting the resistance
it opposes to the water.
According to my Invention the rudder is a gill like structure composed of a
series of vertical wood or metal strips bent to a semi-tubular form in the direction
of their width and fitting the one in the other, and enclosed between or braced
together by side plates to which the edges of the strips are united, the whole
forming a compound plate or structure either having a considerable degree of
flexibility if desired, or quite rigid in the horizontal direction whilst remaining
rigid in the vertical direction. This flexible rudder may be pivoted to the stern of
the boat or ship, but it would preferably be rigidly fixed thereto, and it is caused
to assume the desired curvilinear form or held rigid in a straight fore and aft direction
by means of a curved rod working between the side plates of the rudder, said rod
being held at one end in a suitable bearing or socket in the stem post wherein the
rod is capable of being turned upon its own axis by suitable steering apparatus so that
the free end of this curved rod which extends between the side plates of the rudder
towards the aft edge of the rudder, will cause the rudder to assume a straight or
more or less curvilinear form, according as the rod is turned more or less in its
bearing, that is to say, according as the free end of the rod has a more or less
vertical or horizontal direction or inclination.
My Invention relates secondly to the application to the rudder above described,
and also to ordinary rudders, of lateral wings or plates at either or both sides of
the rudder proper with water spaces between, the said wings being either rigidly
attached to the rudder or hinged or pivoted thereto and provided with means of
adjustment and connections whereby the angle at which they project from the
central part or main rudder and their distance therefrom may be varied, or they
.

page_text: may be easily removed altogether and replaced when desired by long bolts or other
fastenings passing quite through the two or three, i.e. the wings and the central
portion. The central portion of the rudder can also be built up of hollow plates,
the inside being strengthened by angle iron or cellular internal stringer iron pieces,
thus forming a very strong iron hollow rudder, all the sides being closed in, making
it water-tight inside and attached if desired to a hollow or solid iron stern post,
thus replacing the old wooden rudder which becomes heavy when soaked with
water,
IMPROVEMENTS IN FORMING CYLINDRICAL AND SIMILAR SHELLS OF STEEL AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Hislop Maclean at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th October 1883.
ANDREW HISLOP MACLEAN, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FORMING CYLINDRICAL AND SIMILAR SHELLS OF STEEL AND
IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
"
This Invention has for its object the production of shells of steel of cylindrical
and similar forms in a simple, expeditious, and economical manner.
In carrying out the Invention according to one modification the applicant
employs a cylindrical metal casing which is open at the bottom, and is at the top
connected by spokes or arms or by a disk to a central vertical shaft which is
suspended in suitable bearings in a bracket fixed to a beam or other overhead
support. By means of a pulley on the shaft and a belt from a pulley on another
shaft the casing is made to rotate rapidly and whilst so rotating, the steel in a
melted condition is poured from a ladlo against the inside of the casing. The
contrifugal force due to the rotation causes the fluid steel to be distributed in a
practically uniform manner over the internal surface of the cylindrical casing.
The steel is prevented from getting over the upper edge of the casing by a
permanent rim or flange projecting inwards; and at the bottom of the cylindrical
casing thero is a flange to prevent the steel from getting below the edge whilst
fluid, but this lower Hange is in the form of a movable ring held in place by
easily manipulated catches, and as soon as a steel shell has solidified the ring is
removed and the steel shell dropped on a truck placed below to receive it.
formation of another shell can then be at once proceeded with. A suitable support
is provided for the ladle with meaus for raising it up inside of the casing or mould
and for tilting it when raised so as to pour the steel against the sides of the casing.
In other modifications the rotatory casing is inverted as compared with the first
modification or it may be placed horizontally or in an inclined position; and in any
of these arrangements the casing may be contrived so that it can be turned with its
open end downwards for the purpose of discharging the steel shell as soon as
sufficiently solidified. Or the shaft may be made tubular and be fitted with a
central rod passing through it, having fixed to it a disk or frame which will push
out the steel shell on the central rod being moved by suitable means. Or any other
convenient apparatus may be used for discharging the steel shell,
Tho
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF LOCKING, OR KEYING TOGETHER BRICKS BUILDING PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Edward Davis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st April 1883.
"
CHARLES EDWARD DAVIS, of the City of Bath, in the County of Somerset,
Architect, Surveyor of Works to the Corporation of Bath. IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE METHOD OF LOCKING, OR KEYING TOGETHER BRICKS
BUILDING PURPOSES,”
"
"
EMPLOYED FOR
This invention relates to improvements in the method of locking, or "keying"
together bricks employed for building partitions, casings of walls, light fire proof
arches, light intermediate semi-fire-proof floors between, or upon, joists, and for
other purposes.
The bricks to which this invention is applicable are constructed with one or
more passages or channels arranged longitudinally through the bodies thereof, the
mouths or open ends of the said passages or channels being at the ends of the
bricks, and such bricks are, when employed for ordinary building purposes,
arranged with their narrow sides in juxta-position to each other so that the
broader sides thereof will form the surface of the wall or other structure formed
and the said narrow edges are, by preference, formed with longitudinal grooves or
'suckings" for the reception of the mortar, cement or other analogous material
employed for securing the bricks together.
In order to lock or key together bricks, constructed as hereinbefore described
one of the bricks to be so secured having been arranged in position a small plug
or key of any suitable material is partially placed within one of the said mouths or
open ends of the passages or channels through the brick, and the next brick is so
Jaid that the projecting end of the said plug or key shall be within the mouth or
open end of a corresponding passage or channel therein. Every brick may be
connected as lastly described with the bricks which are respectively at either end
thereof, or, only a certain number of bricks in a given area may be so connected.
The bricks may, when desired, be on their broader sides, scored with incised
linen for the purpose of forming an additional hold for plaster,

page_text: Instead of forming passages or channels longitudinally through the bricks, as
herein before mentioned, indentations or recesses are, in some cases, formed in the
ends thereof for the reception of the ends of the plugs or keys.
The bricks, to be locked, or keyed together, may be made of any thickness and
of any length, and the ends can be cut at right angles or any other desired angle
to the broader surface thereof.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SMOKING PIPES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joshua Harvard Marsden Locke at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July 1883.
JOSHUA HARVARD MARSDEN LOCKE of Chesterfield in the County of Derby,
Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SMOKING PIPES "
My Invention relates to improvements in the construction of Smoking Pipes,
the chief objects being to prevent nicotine from the tobacco finding its way into
the mouthpiece of the pipe, or any saliva from entering the bowl, as well as
providing a simple and ready means of cleaning out the tube of the Pipe.
In carrying out my invention I do not necessarily interfere with the bowl of the
pipe but I bore out the interior of the tube sufficiently large in diameter to admit
the insertion of an inner tube, slide, or rod to which are attached one or more
blocks, or stop pieces, so arranged as to form one or more separate chambers, or
wells.
These chambers or wells communicate by means of short tubes or apertures,
preferably placed or made near the top of the blocks or stop pieces, but which
may be placed in the centre of such plugs, blocks or stop pieces if found desirable.
I prefer to make the blocks or stop pieces tapering towards the bottom, or
undercut, so that when the pipe is inclined either up or down the undercut portion
will form a receptacle or trap to retain any fluid and prevent it being drawn
through the short tubes or other apertures into the mouthpiece.
To clean the pipe, it is only necessary to withdraw the tube or rod carrying the
blocks or stop pieces (from the pipe tube) which may be easily cleaned from any
impurities and be replaced with great facility
The various parts may be made of any suitable materials, and of any dimensions.
The tube, half tube, rod or strip carrying the blocks may be attached to the
mouthpiece or not, and may simply slide into the bore of the pipe tube, or be
drawn in and out by a screwaction.
Bands of india rubber or other elastic material may be used round the stop
pieces if necessary.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF POROUS POTS AND POROUS PLATES FOR GALVANIC BATTERIES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Theophilus Coad at the Office of tho
Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1883.
THEOPHILUS COAD, of 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex,
Electrician "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF POROUS
POTS AND POROUS PLATES FOR GALVANIC BATTERIES
"
This invention relates to the manufacture or treatment of porous pots and porous
plates used in galvanic batteries whereby tho said pots and plates are rendered
more homogeneous and have greater conductivity, so as to prevent excess of
endosmose, and thereby increase their duration and also the electro motive force of
the batteries in which they are used.
In carrying out my invention I take ordinary porous pots or plates and
thoroughly saturate the same with a suitable carbonaceous fluid such as a solution
of vinegar and sugar. When dry the articles are placed in a vessel and sur-
rounded or covered with any suitable carbonaceous material such as powdered
blacklead; the vessel is then closed and heat is applied until the porous pots or
plates are carbonized.
I sometimes mix with the ordinary material from which the pots or plates aro
mado a suitable proportion of carbonaceous material such as black lead, and after
the pots or plates are moulded or formed and dried I saturate them with a solution
such as that hereinbefore described and then carbonize them in closed vessels as
above described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MIXED TEXTILE OR KNITTED FABRICS OR MATERIALS FOR PACKING GOODS AND WHICH MAY BE USED FOR BRATTICING FENCING, BUIlding, and for OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Crawford Miller at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th June 1883.
DAVID CRAWFORD MILLER, of Larkhall in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MIXED TEXTILE OR KNITTED FABRICS
OR MATERIALS FOR PACKING GOODS AND WHICH MAY BE USED FOR BRATTICING
FENCING, BUIlding, and for OTHER PURPOSES
"
This Invention which relates to improvements in the manufacture of mixed
textile or knitted fabrics or materials has for its object to provide a material
flexible in one direction and more or less still in a direction oblique or at right
angles thereto particularly applicable to packing goods in lieu of the present
system of packing and protecting goods in paper, pack sheets, or boxes.
The invention consists in introducing within the weft space of any ordinary
warp a stiff material, such as laths of wood, paste board, or other similar material,
or flat strips or wires of metal; the weaving or knitting operation being so
conducted that the said stiff material or lath is treated as a shot of ordinary weft
to be followed by one or more shots of ordinary weft in the ordinary way whereby
rigidity with a sufficient amount of flexibility is imparted to the whole material.
Metal wires may also be employed in the manufacture of my improved material
along with or instead of the ordinary yarn or twine.
The improved material or fabric may be used for bratticing or fencing or for
partitions in buildings and for other purposes, such as matting for covering
floors.
A NEW OR IMPROVED SIGHTING-APPARATUS FOR ENSURING ACCURACY OF AIM
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert Percy Miller at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th May 1883.
HERBERT PERCY MILLER of Craven Terrace, Hyde Park, in the County of
Middlesex A NEW OR IMPROVED SIGHTING-APPARATUS FOR ENSURING ACCURACY
OF AIM
This Invention has for its object a new or improved Sighting-apparatus, whereby
accuracy of aim with fire-arms is ensured-Such improved apparatus consists of an
opaque fixed plate fitted in a suitable frame and having therein an aperture of
about / of an inch in diameter. through which aim is taken-A revolving disc
is pivotted to such fixed plate which disc is perforated with a series of sight-holes
varying in diameter from say, 1/8th of an inch to 180 of an inch and arranged in
regular order By bringing either of these perforations over the aperture in the
fixed plate the marksman is enabled to select any sized hole best suited to bis
sight and the condition of light prevailing at the time-These sight holes are
numbered so that the size used can be registered as a future guide
Another feature of my invention is that if the largest sight hole in the disc is
turned partly over the orifice in the fixed plate an aperture of an elliptical shape is
produced which is found to suit some visions better than a circular aperture and
the marksman is enabled to register the size of the elliptical aperture so formed
by means of a line or arrow and scale, the line or arrow being engraved or marked
upon the disc and the scale upon the fixed plate
Another advantage of the revolving Sighting disc is that aim can in all cases be
taken through precisely the same focus as the axis of the pupil of the eye can be
directed thereby exactly through the centre of the aperture which is an important
advantage
COMBINED POT OR FOR TEA AND COFFEE OR OTHER TWO LIQUIDS, HAVING ONE DIVIDED SPOUT OR TUBE THROUGH WHICH THE LIQUIDS CAN BE POURED OUT SEPARATELY AND AT WILL.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry de Montfort Wellborne at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st July 1883.
VESSEL
HARRY DE MONTFORT WELLBORNE of No 4, Mecklenburgh Street, Mecklenburgh
Square, in the County of Middlesex Gentleman ▲ COMBINED POT OR
FOR TEA AND COFFEE OR OTHER TWO LIQUIDS, HAVING ONE DIVIDED SPOUT OR
TUBE THROUGH WHICH THE LIQUIDS CAN BE POURED OUT SEPARATELY AND AT
WILL.
The pot or vessel is divided longtitudinally into two parts by a division reaching
from the handle to the end of the spout, thus forming two distinct chambers in the
pot or vessel itself and two separate conduits in the spout by means of which the
liquids are separately poured out. At the mouth end of the spout is a small tap
which opens or shuts either of the two divisions in the spout; so that either tea or
coffee or other liquids which may replace them, may be poured out at will. In
order to attain this end the part of the tap within the spout has two holes bored
through it transversley each one being made to coincide with the divisions in the
spout; so that upon turning the handle of the tap, one part of the spout opens,
and the other shuts; thus, one side always remains open. For instance, when the
pot is used for tea and coffee, the tea may be poured out, and if coffee is required,
the tap is turned, which immediately shuts off the tea and leaves free egress for
the coffee. This combined pot or vessel can be made of any metal or material and
in any shape or design; and must be so arranged that the liquids can be poured
out.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING "CAGE MEAT SAFES," AND IN THE MEANS EMPLOYED THEREFOR
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Wrigley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1883.
THOMAS WRIGLEY of 75 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING "CAGE MEAT SAFES," AND IN THE
MEANS EMPLOYED THEREFOR"
The object of the invention is the construction and arrangement of mechanism
to be employed for manufacturing that class of article called a "portable meat Safe"
which consists of a Leno or gauze tube or covering distended by two or more hoop
canes, the said gauze being closed in at the top permanently by a meat hook and
the bottom, by slip strings or an elastic which enables the cage like tube to be readily
opened for the reception of food and again closed.
The manner of carrying out the invention may be described as follows :—I first
weave the Leno to be used in the construction of the cage in a Loom in which
divisions or "glits "
are left in the warp threads at intervals corresponding to the
distance between one cane hoop and the other, These openings or slits in the
weaving are crossed or bridged over by the weft The Leno when so woven is
folded and cut into lengths, each length so cut being of a size sufficient for the
manufacture of one cage. These lengths of Leno are then placed with their two
edges to be joined on running needles which form them into tubes in which state
each Leno tube is placed on a mandrel or circular block provided with alternate
rising and falling fingers actuated by a screw or other equivalent, which said fingers
when the Leno tube is placed on such mandrel act upon the weft threads of the
"slits" before mentioned in a manner which gives alternate rises and depressions
to such threads forming thereby a passage embraced by the threads through which
lengths of cane are passed. The canes when so received in the slits of the Leno
give the same a circular tube like appearance, at which time as they are removed
from the mandrel each one is closed in at the top and connected to a hook or a
washer and hook The end of the Leno tube opposite to the hook is provided with
draw strings or an elastic ring which allows the cage to be readily opened or
closed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS COOKING STOVES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Russell at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1883.
JAMES RUSSELL, of Reading, in the county of Berks, Agent "IMPROVEMENTS
IN GAS COOKING STOVES "
One of the great disadvantages attending the use of gas cooking stoves as at
present constructed is the fact that the gas is frequently left burning after the
cooking is finished, thereby causing great waste.
Now my invention relates to improvements in gas cooking stoves whereby the
gas supply is automatically diminished by being partially turned off on the removal
from the oven of the joints or other articles being cooked, and on a joint or other
article being placed in the oven the supply of gas is automatically turned on.
In carrying out my invention the shelves of the oven of the gas cooking stove
are balanced, for which purpose they may be supported on suitable uprights con-
nected to one end of a lever or beam moving on a suitable fulcrum the other end
of the lever being weighted to the required extent. I provide an additional gas
cock constructed so that when turned off the gas supply shall not be entirely cut
off. This cock either forms the fulcrum of the hereinbefore described lever, or is
connected thereto so as to be operated by its movement.
By this arrangement the gas being turned on as usual the burners of the oven
on being lighted will only have a small flame, but on a joint or other article being
placed in the oven the shelf will be depressed and the additional gas cock thereby
turned on and the full supply of gas allowed to pass; on the joint being removed
the shelf will rise and the supply of gas will be diminished by the closing of the
additional gas cock.
It will be evident that the herein before described arrangement may be made
to entirely shut off the gas when the oven is not required and a flash light may be
provided to automatically light the burner on a joint being placed in the oven.
AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF SOAP AND SOAP-POWDER & com- munication
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th November 1883 a communi-
cation from Tisserant and Martin of St. Dié (Vosges), in the Republic of
France
"
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF SOAP AND SOAP-POWDER & com-
munication from Tisserant and Martin of St. Dié (Vosges), in the Republic of
France
This invention has for its object the production of a soap which is cheap and
advantageous in use.
According to this invention take:
100 kilograms of fatty acid such as oleine or other vegetable fatty acid. This
is put into a heated boiler and saponified with 100 kilograms of caustic lye of 20°
then add 50 kilograms of resin and 20 kilograms of caustic lye of 25° together
with 50 kilograms of silicate of soda or of potash.
When this mixture has been so far made and has become pasty, 100 to 120
kilograms of carbonate of soda of about 90 to 92° are gradually added and the
whole thoroughly mixed till cold, the compound is then removed from the boiler,
put in moulds and when thoroughly set (which generally is effected in 48 hours)
is reduced into powder or into small pieces and is then ready for use.