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AN IMPROVED LUBRICATING MATTER OR COMPOSITION
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Caunter at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th July 1863.
I, HENRY CAUNTER, of Stornoway, in the Island of Lewis, and County of
Ross, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
LUBRICATING MATTER OR COMPOSITION," to be as follows:-
I mix caustic alkali with the tar, crude oil, or grease resulting from the
distillation of peat, lignite, coal, or bituminous shale, or with the crude natural
oils, as petroleum or rock oils, in order to obtain saponification thereof. The
alkali I prefer to use is caustic soda of about 1100 specific gravity, in
proportions of about three gallons of the alkaline solution to one cwt. of the
product distilled from peat, lignite, coal, or bituminous shale, or with the crude
natural mineral oils, but I do not confine myself to that alkali or to the
proportions stated. With the saponaceous matter obtained I also sometimes
combine vegetable or animal grease or oil in the proportions of about seven
per cent. I prefer using palm oil, common tallow, or rosin oil, but do not
confine myself thereto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Hastings Frith at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
February 1863.
I, RICHARD HASTINGS FRITH, of Leinster Road, Rathmines, in the County
of Dublin, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the reduction of peat or turf bog into a pulp,
which is then bleached by the application of chloride of lime or by any other
chemical bleaching process and afterwards manufactured into paper in the
ordinary manner.
AN IMPROVED BATH OR BATHING MACHINE ADAPTED FOR DEEP WATER
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Desens at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th March
1863.
I, LOUIS DESENS, of Paris, Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, No. 35 (French
Empire), Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED BATH OR BATHING MACHINE ADAPTED FOR DEEP WATER," to
be as follows:-
This improved bath consists of two iron or wood frames fastened to each
other by vertical uprights; the bottom and sides are supplied with nets of
canvass or pieces of cloth, metallic grates, or wire gauze, in order to allow
water to enter into the bath. When the bather is seated in the bath his whole
body is immersed in the water in the ordinary bathing posture. The bath is
prevented from sinking by means either of an india-rubber girdle inflated
with air, or by the application of cork or other suitable buoyant substance.
The bather by turning a crank imparts a rotatory motion to a screw placed at
the head of the bath, and by pressing with his feet on paddles or treddles
placed at the ends of a cross bar fixed to a case, he is enabled to impart to
the screw circular and horizontal motion, and thus direct the bath either to
the left or to the right or in a straight line, serving also the purpose of a
rudder according to the direction desired to be taken by the bather.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Bonfield at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th July
1863.
I, BENJAMIN BONFIELD, of Forest Hill, in the County of Kent, Commercial
Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STOPPERS FOR BOTTLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention of "Improvements in Stoppers for Bottles," has for its object
to construct stoppers for bottles in such a manner that they may be made as
cheaply, or nearly as cheaply as common corks, and may also be used several
times, whereas common corks are useless after they have been once used.
To this end that part of the stopper which is inserted into the neck of the
bottle is split or divided into two pieces, between which a wedge piece fixed on
one end of a spindle or screw may be moved up or down, and therefore cause
the divided or split stopper to expand and fit the neck of the bottle tightly.
The upper part of the expanding screw passes through an elastic disc, which
rests on the top edge of the bottle, and when forced down thereon forms an
air-tight joint. This pressure of the disc on the top edge of the neck is
effected either by turning it round on the screw or by drawing up the screw
by means of a nut. Instead of expanding the split stopper by means of a
wedge piece this object may be effected by a hinge or toggle joint. I prefer
to make the stopper of any suitable white wood, but it may be made of hard
rubber compound, gutta percha, or other suitable substances.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING MACHINES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Booth at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th June 1863.
I, JAMES BOOTH, the younger, of Halifax, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING
MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention has special reference to the winding machines known as
Willis and Chell's Patent, and its object is to dispense with the bobbins now
used, substituting cops. For this purpose I use a circular spindle tapered
in the upper part instead of the ordinary parallel one, the lower part having a
"flat" or square adapted to the hole of the driving pulley. In some cases
it may be found desirable to place a small removable weight on the top of
the spindle to give increased firmness to the cop. The cup at present in use
(for giving, in combination with the "traverser," the desired shape to the
bobbin of yarn), and made of wood, I prefer to make of glass, and also to
make it with a single cone internally. The operation of forming the cop is
effected by wrapping the end of the yarn to be wound round the spindle
which is put in motion. The ordinary "traverser" causes the yarn to be
wound on that part of the spindle revolving within the cop, the conical shape
of the same causing the spindle to rise in its socket so soon as the diameter
of the cop shall be equal to the smallest diameter of the cup. The spindle is
thus gradually elevated until the whole cop is formed of any desired length,
by which time the "square" or "flat" before alluded to rests no longer in but
hangs suspended by the cop within the cup just without the driving pulley,
and consequently its motion is arrested.
AN IMPROVED LUBRICATING COMPOUND
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Ross Hutton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th September
1868.
I, WILLIAM ROSS HUTTON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention of "AN IMPROVED LUBRICATING COMPOUND," to be as follows, that is
to say:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of an improved compound suitable
for lubricating purposes, and it consists in combining quicklime with the oil
known as coal oil, creosote or dead oil, or with any compound such as ordinary
coal tar containing such oil. In a convenient plan of carrying out the
Invention the oil is put into an iron pan, and the quicklime is added to it in
a finely divided state, and in a quantity not exceeding eleven hundredweight
of the lime to every hundred gallons of the oil. The mixture is gradually
raised to the boiling point and maintained at that for from two to six hours,
being stirred frequently to insure the proper combination of the oil and lime.
The resulting grease or compound may be mixed, if desired, with other well-
known lubricants, portions of other alkalies may also be combined with the
lime in preparing the grease.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF STEATITE AND IN ITS APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PURPOSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gray and Joseph Hudson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
18th February 1863.
We, JOHN GRAY and JOSEPH HUDSON, both of 4, Botolph Lane, E.C.,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE TREATMENT OF STEATITE AND IN ITS APPLICATION TO CERTAIN PURPOSES," to
be as follows:-
We take steatite as extracted from its natural bed, and reduce it into
pieces of small size, or by stamping or grinding disintegrate it, and leave it in
the condition of coarse powder. It is then put on to the hearth of a rever-
batory furnace, and subjected to the action of heat. By this means the discolora-
tion due to the presence of oxide of iron and other foreign matters is removed,
and the material may be more or less bleached according to the duration of
the process, and is then ready for subsequent treatment. We employ steatite
thus prepared as a substitute for white lead in the manufacture of paints and
such like articles of commerce. White steatite colors may be thus produced,
and any variations of shade between white and brown may be obtained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LUBRICATING APPARATUS FOR THE CYLINDERS OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Johnson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th June
1863.
I, JAMES JOHNSON, of Peterborough, in the County of Northampton, Engi-
neer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LUBRICATING APPARATUS FOR THE CYLINDERS OF STEAM ENGINES," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing lubricating apparatus to be fitted to
the steam pipe of steam engines, so that the pressure of the steam shall open
the outlet and allow of oil or other lubricating material issuing from the lubri-
cating vessel, while on the withdrawal of the pressure the outlet becomes closed.
and prevents the further escape of lubricating material. I employ a lubricating
vessel provided at bottom with an outlet aperture made to form the seat of a
spherical valve; I introduce through a threaded nut in the cover of the vessel
a threaded regulating rod formed tubular at the bottom, and I screw this rod
down over the spherical valve to such extent as to allow of the valve rising
within the tube on the end thereof sufficiently to admit of the running out of
the oil or other lubricating material when the pressure of the steam is suffi-
cient to overcome the weight of the valve. Upon the pressure ceasing the
valve falls by its own weight on to its seat and closes all further outlet until
again raised, as before explained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN-LOCKS OR FASTENINGS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick John Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th
August 1863.
I, FREDERICK JOHN JONES, of Aldermanbury, in the City of London,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN-LOCKS OR FASTENINGS," to be as follows:-
My Invention is intended to be applied chiefly to travelling bags, but it
may be applied to porte-monnaies, despatch boxes, and other articles to which
locks or fastenings are fitted. I proceed to describe my lock or fastening fitted
to a travelling bag. To one of the flaps I fit an ordinary nozzle for receiving a
key, and in the frame of that flap I form a bayonet slot; in some cases I fit a
fixed or movable eye to the samo frame. To the opposite frame I apply a
bolt with a button for shooting it, and in some cases I also add a spring for the
same purpose. A pin projects from the lower part of the bolt, passes through
the frame, and enters the bayonet slot in the first-named frame when the bolt
is shot, and thus the two frames are fastened. In order to lock the fastening,
the key acts upon a bolt, and driving it behind the pin in the bayonet slot
prevents its being driven or forced back. When the eye before mentioned is
fitted to the first-named frame a slot is made in the opposite frame to admit
of the eye assuming a position for receiving the bolt on that frame. In some
cases I make the nozzle movable and connect the eye to it.
Another of my improvements in fastenings consists in the employment on
tabs of a plate with a button slot covered on the outside by a solid plate. The
button slot receives a stud or pin with an enlarged head.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROJECTILES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Home at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
February 1868.
I, GEORGE HOME, of Kensall Green, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PROJECTILES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in making apertures, depressions, or cavities in the
bullet, and inclined in such a way that the gas of explosion acting upon their
closed ends gives a rotatory motion to the projectile. The projectile is appli-
cable to small arms or ordnance, to smooth or rifled barrels, and to shells or
solid shot, the bullet being any form of plug bullet, with its base raised, flat,
or depressed. The cavities may be made of various shapes, passing into the
bullet or shot straight or spirally, or along its outer cylindrical surface. The
apertures, depressions, or cavities may have plugs of wood or other material
placed therein, and still be useful for the purpose aforesaid.
AN IMPROVED SHIRT COLLAR
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Stephen Jarvis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
November 1863.
I, JOHN STEPHEN JARVIS, one of the managers for Dent, Allcroft, Lycett,
and Company, of Wood Street, in the City of London, Warehousemen, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED SHIRT
COLLAR," to be as follows:-
My present improvement applies to what are known as military or stand-up
collars, and is designed to obviate an inconvenience attending the wear of such
collars. In these military or stand-up collars there is a tendency in the scarf
or tie to rise and hide more or less of the collar all round. Now, my Invention
consists in leaving one or more of the folds of which the collar is made open
or unattached at the bottom, in order that the scarf or tie being placed under
the open fold, a regular and even width, say to the depth of from about half
an inch to three quarters of an inch, more or less, may appear all round the
neck of the wearer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF STEAM TO TOY BOATS OR OTHER SIMILAR TOYS WHERE STEAM CAN BE EMPLOYED AS A MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Baptiste Andreux at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st
July 1868.
I, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDREUX, of No. 12, Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, Paris,
in the Empire of France, Toy Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF STEAM TO TOY BOATS
OR OTHER SIMILAR TOYS WHERE STEAM CAN BE EMPLOYED AS A MOTIVE POWER," to
be as follows:-
In the centre of the boat, which can be made of any size or form, is a
tower similar to that of the American ship Minotaur, having a moveable top
to allow of lighting a small stove or spirit lamp, as the case may be, which is
placed at the bottom of, and in the interior of, the tower; immediately above
this lamp, but at a sufficient distance to allow the wick of the lamp to burn in
such a manner as to throw out as much heat as possible, is placed a boiler,
at the stern of which is fixed a small and very narrow pipe in order to give
the steam (by which it makes its exit) greater force; this pipe corresponds
with another in the interior of the boat and abutting at the rudder.
The force of the concussion of the steam on its exit with the water causes
the boat to be driven forward, and thus imparts to it the necessary motion.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ELASTIC BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN APPARATUS USED THEREFOR
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lister Priestley and Joseph Longley
Todd at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 16th July 1868.
We, LISTER PRIESTLEY, of Bradford, in the County of York, and JOSEPH
LONGLEY TODD, of Morley, also in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
ELASTIC BOOTS AND SHOES, AND IN APPARATUS USED THEREFOR," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention has for its object, firstly, an improved method of securing the
elastic web of boots and shoes; and, secondly, in the instruments or apparatus
used therefor. By the ordinary plan the elastic web is sewn between the
leather and the lining; by our improved method small eyelets and rivets
composed of brass or other suitable material are used either conjointly or sepa-
rately, giving increased firmness to the attachment. The foot is kept cooler.
in consequence of the admission of air through the eyelet holes, and when the
web is worn out it may readily and cheaply be removed, and a new one
supplied fixed on the same principle, thus avoiding the tedious process now
requisite. The instruments or apparatus we use for clenching the eyelets, as
well as for punching the holes to receive the same, and the rivets consist of a
hand lever clencher and hand lever punch having long jaws adapted to this
work, so that they may punch the holes and clench the eyelets in the lowest
part of the boot required, as well as the intermediate parts. The rivets are
secured in the usual manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING PETROLEUM OIL, AND IN THE COMBINATION THEREOF WITH OTHER OILS FOR LUBRICATING AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph de Keyser at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th March
1863.
I, JOSEPH DE KEYSER, of Molenbeck St. Jean, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TREATING PETROLEUM OIL, AND IN THE COMBINATION THEREOF WITH OTHER OILS FOR
LUBRICATING AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This process consists of subjecting petroleum oil to one or more distillations
so as to clear it from impure and tarish matters by using soda to clear it from
acids, and thus render the oil so purified capable of being combined with the
oils of fish, animals, grains, or other substances. The proportions of the
mixture of the said purified oil with other oils to be varied according to the
purpose for which it is required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CAUSTIC SODA AND POTASH, AND CARBONATES, CHROMATES, AND STANNATES OF THE SAME ALKALIS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Powers and John Galle-
more Dale at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 10th January 1863.
We, EDWARD POWERS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Chemist,
and JOHN GALLEMORE DALE, of Warrington, in the said County, Chemist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF CAUSTIC SODA AND POTASH, AND CARBONATES, CHROMATES,
AND STANNATES OF THE SAME ALKALIS," to be as follows:-
In the manufacture of caustic soda and potash we produce these sub-
stances direct from the chlorides by treating them with steam as it is evolved
or superheated. The method we adopt is to place the chloride in a suitable
vessel so that the material may be heated and fused, and we then cause the
steam to pass through the mass by means of a pipe which dips downward, or
by other suitable arrangement which will after the same manner bring the
steam into intimate connexion with the chloride. To assist the conversion
into caustic alkali, we may, if found necessary, add metallic iron, or oxide of
When
iron, alumina, manganese, or other suitable metals or metallic oxides.
we desire, by this process, to produce carbonates of the alkalis, we combine a
jet of carbonic acid with the steam; or if chromates or stannates be desired,
we substitute for the metals above alluded to chrome iron ore or oxide of
chromium, or tin stone or metallic tin, as the case may be.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CHURNING
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Taylor at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th August
1868.
I, EDWARD TAYLOR, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CHURNING," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment and use of a rotating box, chamber,
or receptacle of any suitable and required shape to contain the milk or cream
to be churned, and so arranged that the centre of motion or rotation is
eccentric to the central axis of the said box, by which means the milk or cream
is dashed from end to end of the box as it rotates, causing great agitation or
churning power, by which means the butter is produced. This may be effected
by mounting the box at each end on a short stud or shaft, the central line or
direction of which is diagonal or oblique to the central or parallel axis of the
box, by which means an eccentric rotation is imparted thereto. The rotatory
motion may be obtained by means of a curved link chain gearing with a pinion
on the said diagonal shaft, which I prefer, or by ordinary gearing.
A NEW TOY, BEING A MECHANICAL WOODEN HORSE
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Victor Obert at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th December
1863.
J, VICTOR OBERT, of No. 63, Rue Meslay, in the City of Paris, in the
Empire of France, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW TOY, BEING A MECHANICAL WOODEN HORSE," to be as
follows:-
The toy, the subject of my Invention, consists of a wooden horse placed on
any sort of carriage or vehicle, which horse gallops directly the carriage is set
in motion. To produce this gallop the axle or shaft of the hind wheels is
cranked, and set fast in the said wheels; the bind feet of the horse are fixed
to this crank shaft, and consequently follow the rotation of the wheels. A
support, which takes the horse under the saddle part, is hinged to a second
crank shaft set in motion by the driving shaft above mentioned.
This arrangement is applicable to any vehicle drawn by any power with one
or several horses abreast, with or without carriage behind them, and the
horses may gallop at a regular or irregular pace, according to the combination
given to the driving shaft, of which the crank may be double, and in inverse
direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DEODORISING PETROLEUM AND OTHER MINERAL OILS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Fottrell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th November
1863.
I, JOHN FOTTRELL, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant
and Warehouse Owner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN DEODORISING PETROLEUM AND OTHER MINERAL OILS," to
be as follows (that is to say) :-
This Invention has for its object the treatment of petroleum and other like
mineral oils for the purpose of depriving them of their present unhealthy and
even offensive smell when in a crude state, and consists in adding to the
crude oil chloride of lime, by preference in a state of fine powder, which may
be done in the wood much in the same manner that finings are mixed with
wine.
The advantages to be derived from this process are, firstly, its simplicity;
secondly, its cheapness; thirdly, its not being capable of injuring but rather
improving the quality of the oil; and, fourthly, the facility with which it can
be applied to the oil on board the vessels importing it, as the bungs of the
casks can be there removed, the remedy applied, and the obnoxious smell
almost immediately destroyed, and thus the importation, especially of the
Canadian crude oil, which is of great commercial importance here, but which,
in consequence of the strong odour, has been objected to by many, can be
carried on as heretofore, and without the possibility of any deleterious results.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OR MEANS FOR SUPPORTING OR CARRYING LADIES' PARASOLS, BAGS, OR OTHER ARTICLES OR APPENDAGES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Couchman at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th March
1863.
I, RICHARD COUCHMAN, of 26, Noble Street, St. Martin's-le-Grand, in the
City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OR MEANS FOR SUPPORTING OR CARRYING LADIES'
PARASOLS, BAGS, OR OTHER ARTICLES OR APPENDAGES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in attaching to a lady's waistband, belt, or other
suitable part of a lady's dress, an instrument so formed as to be suitable for
receiving and holding the handle of a parasol, bag, or other article or
appendage. For this purposo a simple form of instrument of this character
may be constructed of wire or from stamped metal bent into such a form that
one part thereof may pass over and be secured to a lady's belt or waistband or
be otherwise secured to part of the dress. From the front of the instrument
arms project capable of springing together in order to hold and support the
handle or other part of a parasol, bag, or other article when inserted therein,
the space between the two arms being secured by means of a chain, ring,
spring, catch, or otherwise. Instruments of like character for this purpose
may be formed of cast metal or of other suitable materials if desired.
AN IMPROVED STEAM OR OTHER MOTIVE-POWER ENGINE
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Wilkins Atkinson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th May 1863.
I, CHARLES WILKINS ATKINSON, of 34, Montague Place, Russell Square,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED STEAM OR OTHER MOTIVE-POWER ENGINE," to
be as follows:-
My improvement consists in a certain arrangement whereby the to-and-fro
motion of the piston of a steam or other motive-power engine is converted
into a rotary motion without the intervention of a crank or other apparatus as
ordinarily employed.
The arrangement for this purpose consists in bringing pressure to bear
alternately on either side of an enlarged head, or on either of two surfaces
carried by the piston rod, the rotating shaft which is to receive the converted
to-and-fro motion being between such surfaces, and having on either side
thereof the apparatus to receive the to-and-fro motion. The drum or friction
surface on the rotating shaft I prefer to be formed in rings alternately of
different diameters to take into correspondingly formed surfaces carried by the
piston rod, so that the surfaces in contact will be similar to what is commonly
known as Roberts' friction gear. The pressure exerted upon the friction
surfaces may be obtained alternately by the pressure of the steam, or the force
exerted by the vacuum on either side of the piston.
AN IMPROVED THREAD FOR FISHING NETS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
September 1863.-A communication from abroad by David Alexandre
Aguitton, of Paris, France.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED THREAD FOR FISHING NETS," to be as follows:-
I substitute for flax and hemp a material or materials hitherto considered as
waste. These materials are those obtained by unravelling silk and mixed
silk fabrics, or floss silk, or silk waste; I use them by themselves or mixed
together, or one or more of them mixed with flax fibre, hemp, cotton, or other
filamentous substance. In either case, whether the materials be employed
separately or mixed, they undergo the ordinary manipulations and preparations
for their manufacture into thread. Fishing nets made with this new thread
are economical, being the product of waste or comparatively valueless materials,
and may, like nets made of flax or hemp threads, be preserved by immersion
in antiseptic or tannic preparations.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN PINS OR HOOKS FOR SUSPENDING FABRICS, DRESSES, OR PARTS OF DRESSES, CURTAINS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF UPHOLSTERY OR APPAREL
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Tent at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th July
1863.
I, WILLIAM TENT, of Birchin Lane, in the City of London, Glover and
Hosier, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PINS OR HOOKS FOR SUSPENDING FABRICS, DRESSES, OR PARTS OF
DRESSES, CURTAINS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF UPHOLSTERY OR APPAREL," to be as
follows:-
This Invention of "Improvements in Pins or Hooks for Suspending Fabrics,
Dresses, or Parts of Dresses, Curtains, and other Articles of Upholstery or
Apparel "relates to a novel form of combined hook and pin, which is constructed
in such a manner that it can be easily and yet securely attached to any fabric
without any sewing, and as easily detached therefrom when required. To
this end the hook, upon which any article or fabric is to be hung, is adapted
to or made to form part of a safety pin made of strong wire. In using the
article the safety pin is to be secured in the usual way to any fabric of
sufficient strength to support it when anything is placed upon the hook.
Any article such as a coat, curtain, or even a bag can then be hung upon
the hook.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING FARINACEOUS MATERIAL FROM POTATOES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Michael Smith at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th August
1863.
I, MICHAEL SMITH, of 71, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Preserver,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
OBTAINING FARINACEOUS MATERIAL FROM POTATOES," to be as follows:-
I first boil the potatoes in nets or steam them in a vessel until the peels or
skins begin to crack or break; I then grate them through perforated zinc, or
perforated iron, or perforated enamelled plates, or other perforated substance.
The pulp or farinaceous matter is thus separated from the skins or peels of
the potatoes, and then placed in hair, canvas, or fine wire bags or wire boxes,
and submitted to screw or other pressure, thus forcing the farinaceous matter
through the same, by which means it is thoroughly cleaned of any eyeholes or
pieces of skins or peels that may pass through the holes of the grater. The
farinaceous matter is then pressed together, and afterwards forced through
perforated plates, as before described, when it is placed in frames covered with
canvas or wire, or perforated or woven fabric, or perforated metal enamelled
or otherwise. These frames are placed in a stove room heated to 50°
Fahrenheit, or otherwise dried.
A NEW MACHINE FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Patricio Marcos del Rio at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th August 1863.
I, PATRICIO MARCOS DEL RIO, of Jermyn Street, Saint James, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "A NEW MACHINE FOR
OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention consists in the construction of a machine for obtaining motive
power to set in motion other machines, thus avoiding the use of steam, water,
animal power, &c., but one of the indispensable conditions of my contrivance
is that it must be perfectly level.
The construction of the machine is very simple, for it consists only of a
pendulum, two wheels, one of which is suitably mounted on a shaft or axle, and
with proper standards and a weight, which moves up and down by means of a
cord or chain passing over pulleys to one of the wheels. The pendulum
beginning its oscillation moves one of the wheels which puts the other in
motion, by which means the weight is raised; this latter then falls and strikes
the pendulum at the very moment that it completes its oscillation, thus forcing
it to its first position; after which the same movements again take place, and
will continue until it is wished to stop the machine.
A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF ROUGHING HORSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Norton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th January
1863.
I, CHARLES NORTON, of 47, Hawley Road, N.W., in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF ROUGHING HORSES," to be as follows:-
I take a piece of iron of a fitting size and length, and turn it up at each
end, proceeding at first in a straight and then in a curved direction from the
toe to the heel on one side, with holes at the toe and heel, the middle rivetted
and bolted to another piece of iron in the centre so as to be flexible, and
turned up at one end, with holes to screw in points of any size near their
extremities; across the two pieces of iron I affix a bolt, flexible or other-
wise, with a screw and nut at the end to widen or contract the, before-
mentioned two pieces of iron at the heel.
AN IMPROVED COVERING FOR HOOPED SKIRTS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joshua James, at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th February
1863.
I, JOSHUA JAMES, of 12 and 13, Red Cross Square, in the Parish of Cripple-
gate, in the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED COVERING FOR HOOPED SKIRTS," to be as follows, namely:-
The present practice observed in the manufacture of hooped skirts being the
insertion of some metallic or otherwise hard substances into cases formed by
fabrics of which the skirts are composed, and the object of such skirts being to
extend the outer garment occasions a friction and wear by which not only the
skirt but the outer garment soon become destroyed.
The present Invention is to prevent such destruction by the application of a
material, viz., leather, that will resist and prevent the friction alluded to, and
that will at the same time form an ornament as a trimming to such articles of
dress.
AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR THE TUBES OF SURFACE CONDENSERS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Vincent Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
September 1863.-A communication from abroad by John Van Voorst
Booraem, of Jersey, in the State of New Jersey, United States of
America.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED JOINT FOR THE
TUBES OF SURFACE CONDENSERS," to be as follows:-
The principal object of this Invention is to provide for the removal of any
one of the tubes of a condenser for repair or any other purpose without dis-
turbing the others, and at the same time to provide for the free longitudinal
expansion of the tubes, and to this end it consists in forming the joint between
a tube and tube sheet by means of a thimble passing over the end of the tube
and screwing into the tube sheet, and a ring or gasket of india-rubber or other
packing material, which is inserted into a cavity in the sheet and compressed
around the tube by means of the thimble in such manner as to make a steam-
tight joint but freely permit the longitudinal expansion of the tube. The
central opening of the thimbles is circular in form at the inner end for the
reception of the tube, but of square or other polygonal form at the outer end
for the reception of a wrench or key by which to screw the thimble into its
place.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT CLOSERS FOR VESSELS OF WAR AND FORTS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Clark at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th December
1863. A communication from abroad by William Stuart Auchincloss,
of the City of New York, in the United States of America.
I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN PORT CLOSERS FOR VESSELS OF WAR
AND FORTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment or use, for the purpose of closing
the ports of vessls of war or the embrasures of forts, of two rollers, each being
made to rotate independently of the other and provided with a cavity in one
side, so that by turning the rollers in such a position that the cavities face each
other an opening is obtained which allows of giving to the gun any desired
elevation or depression, and at the same time said rollers allow of training the
gun to an angle of 45 degrees or more with the beam, and if the rollers are
both turned in such a position that the cavities face the interior of the vessel
or fort the port or embrasure is firmly closed.
The Invention consists also in the application of semicircular flanges
embracing the backs or inner sides of the rollers at top and bottom in such a
any strain brought to bear on the outside of the rollers is sustained
by said flanges, and the gudgeons of the rollers are entirely relieved and not
liable to get injured by shot or shell which may strike said rollers.

page_text: The Invention consists, finally, in the employment or use of india-rubber or
other suitable packing inserted into the faces and backs of the rollers in such a
manner that said rollers will close perfectly water-tight and prevent the water
from entering the ports or embrasures.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES FOR BLASTING AND PROJECTILE PURPOSES
Year: 1863

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard John Cunnack at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
August 1869.
I, RICHARD JOHN CUNNACK, of Helston, in the County of Cornwall, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGES FOR BLASTING AND PROJECTILE PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
I proceed to concentrate the charges by exposing the explosive material of
which they are composed to great pressure when making such cartridges
either by using percussion, or by pressing in screw, hydraulic, or other press,
so as to render such cartridges as nearly as possible incapable of further com-
pression under the circumstances in which they are intended to be used, and
I can enclose hermetically, by ordinary known means, the explosive material of
such cartridges in a flexible metallic tube or case of iron, lead, tin, or other
suitable metal or alloy, and by the admixture with the explosive material pre-
vious to its formation into cartridges of a resinous, gummy, or other adhesive
material; the use of an external case may be either wholly or partially
dispensed with. By the above-mentioned method of manufacture, I obviate
the existing objection to cartridges as ordinarily constructed with the explosive
material loosely packed in cases, which when used in wet situations are often
rendered ineffective from their shrinking on being subjected to pressure in
tamping, whereby the water with which they are surrounded has a tendency to
become forced through the case into the charge.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS WHEREBY SCREW PROPELLERS MAY BE MADE TO STEER AS WELL AS PROPEL, APPLICABLE ALSO AS AN IMPROVED BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Watson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th August
1868.
I, EDWARD WATSON, of King Street, in the City of London, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS
WHEREBY SCREW PROPELLERS MAY BE MADE TO STEER AS WELL AS PROPEL, APPLICABLE
ALSO AS AN IMPROVED BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT," to be as follows:-
This apparatus consists of a socket in which I form two or more radial
slots, and of a ball upon which I fix two or four arms according to the number
of slots in the socket. I insert the ball in the socket, and secure it by a cap
through an aperture in which that part of the shaft connected to the ball
passes. The socket is connected to the main screw shaft, and the ball to a
shorter shaft, which has a bearing in a frame free to move on an axis passed
through or into a metal bar projecting or carried back from the keel, the upper
part of the frame carries a toothed wheel or other arrangement, whereby it
may be turned. By turning the frame as a rudder, the screw will also be
turned, and consequently while propelling will steer the ship.
In some cases I connect the screw blades directly to and carry them through
the case of the socket, and move them therein, when the socket will act as the
boss of the propeller. The apparatus is applicable generally as an improved
ball-and-socket joint.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LETTER COPYING PRESSES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Doyne Dwyer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th July
1863.
I, ROBERT DOYNE DWYER, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LETTER COPYING PRESSES, to be as follows:-
I take two leaves or plates of metal, or other material or materials, pre-
ferably hollowed out, or with recesses or spaces on their inner surfaces to
contain the letter book, damping brush, oiled sheets, and other necessary appur-
tenances, and hinge or otherwise joint them together at one side. On the
opposite side I attach mechanical means for bringing the two leaves or plates
nearer to each other to give, the necessary pressure for copying letters in the
ordinary way in a book placed between the leaves or plates.
A very simple arrangement for bringing the leaves or plates towards each
other is obtained by jointing a lever to the edge or side of one leaf or plate,
the short end of such lever being hooked to catch a stud secured in or to the
edge or side of the other leaf or plate. By moving the long end of the lever
in one direction the hooked part, which should be bent or curved so as to grip
or catch and remain at any part thereof, and consequently give any desired
pressure, will be forced on to the stud in the opposite direction a distance
equivalent to the force applied to the lever..
IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR CUTTING AND BENDING WIRE, AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES, FOR COPPERSMITHS, TIN PLATE, IRON, AND ZINC SHEET WORKERS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Coombs and John Tomlinson
Pendlebury at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 21st December 1863.
We, ISAAC COOMBS, Tin Plate Worker, and JOHN TOMLINSON PENDLEBURY,
Blacksmith and Machinist, both of Elton, in the Parish of Bury, in the County
of Lancashire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINES FOR CUTTING AND BENDING WIRE,
AND SIMILAR SUBSTANCES, FOR COPPERSMITHS, TIN PLATE, IRON, AND ZINC SHEET
WORKERS," to be as follows, that is to say:-
On a bed plate of suitable size and strength, preferably composed of metal,
we mount a lever working on a stud in a bracket cast with or bolted to the
frame or bed plate. In a slot in this lever is a stud carrying a roller, which
can be adjusted by means of a nut to any particular distance. Another
bracket is fixed to the frame, adjustable by means of bolts and nuts serving to
prevent the wire or other substance giving way while being bent. To prevent
the roller from bending the wire more than is required, a stop is placed in the
frame, which controls the radius of the lever. An opening or slot is made in
the frame, in which any number of stops or gauges required can be inserted,
a scale being marked on the frame to facilitate the operation. We also make
use of another lever working on a pin inserted in the frame, in which is fixed
a cutter, which corresponds with a cutting edge placed in the bed plate. By
these arrangements the wire can be cut to any particular lengths, and then
bent to any required shape.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN HORSE-SHOES, AND IN THE METHOD OF FASTENING THE SAME
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Wells at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th March
1863.
I, WILLIAM WELLS, of Ryders Court, Leicester Square, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN HORSE-SHOES, AND IN THE METHOD OF FASTENING THE SAME," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in forming horse-shoes without nail holes, and in
fastening them to the hoofs of horses by means of two or four projections or
hooks from the shoe, which projections or hooks are clamped by a band of
iron, or by two bands of iron passing in front of the hoof; in some cases these
bands may be tightened by a screw or clamp.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF ARMOUR PLATES FOR SHIPS
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Spink at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th February
1863.
I, DANIEL SPINK, of Spaxton, near Bridgewater, in the County of Somerset,
Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF ARMOUR PLATES FOR SHIPS,"
to be as follows:-
In carrying this Invention into effect plates or bars of wrought iron, steel,
or other material adapted for the purpose are placed with their edges outwards,
such plates or bars having projections formed thereon out of the plates or bars
themselves, so as to constitute an armour of great strength. The plates or
bars are connected tightly together by means of large bolts passing through
the sides thereof, such bolts also serving by means of small eye bolts, through
which the former pass, to secure the armour to the hull of the ship.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FUSEES OR MATCHES EMPLOYED TO LIGHT CIGARS AND PIPES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Joseph Simlick at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd August 1863.
I, HENRY JOSEPH SIMLICK, of Old Ford Road, Bow, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FUSEES OR MATCHES EMPLOYED TO LIGHT
CIGARS AND PIPES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in forming the stems of cigar and pipe lighters of
the following materials:-I take slags or refuse from smith's forges, smelting
furnaces, or any other kinds of slags, or similar refuse, or material, and reduce
same to a powder by any convenient means. I also take powdered oyster
shells, or other matters possessing similar properties thereto, and mix the two
together into a paste, and mould same into any form suitable for the stems of
fusees or cigar lighters. I then dry and cut same into lengths, and subse-
quently burn them in a kiln; when cold the material is fit for use.
CERTAIN IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF BREAKFAST, CRUET, AND LIQUOR FRAMES USED IN DINNER AND OTHER SERVICES
Year: 1863

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Osborne Glossop at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th January
1863.
I, ARTHUR OSBORNE GLOSSOP, of Sheffield, in the County of York, Silver-
smith, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND MANUFACTURE OF BREAKFAST, CRUET, AND
LIQUOR FRAMES USED IN DINNER AND OTHER SERVICES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the introduction of glass, porcelain, and
other similar substances in the manufacture of breakfast, cruet, and liquor
frames used in dinner and other services. This glass, porcelain, or other
similar substance is used in connection with a metallic or other framework,
combined or in separate parts, in such way or manner as may be considered
desirable for the formation of the same. By this arrangement novelty and
elegance of design is obtained as well as cheapness.