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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PISTONS OF CERTAIN VALVED WIND INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John James Haite and
William Leach at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 17th October 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOHN JAMES HAITE and WILLIAM LEACH, both of New
Coventry St., London, Musical Instrument Makers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PISTONS
OF CERTAIN VALVED WIND INSTRUMENTS" to be as follows:-
Our improvements in wind instruments consist in the form and con-
struction of the pistons of valved instruments which render the valve
and open notes perfectly equal. Fig. 1, on the accompanying Drawing,
represents a front view of the improved piston; Fig. 2, represents the
opposite side; and Fig. 3, is a section of the same. These pistons are
considerably less in size than those at present in use; thus increased
facility of execution is obtained, and a saving of weight and space is
effected. The air passages a, a, are intended to be of uniform size, and
the diameter of the piston itself will not exceed that of the tubes with
which it communicates. These pistons are particularly applicable to
bass instruments. We reserve a right to vary the detail of our Inven-
tion, but substantially the above is a description of the same.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE SAME
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECI
TION left by Henry Stevens at the
mce
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
October 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY STEVENS, of Trafalgar Square, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PRESERVING THE SAME" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the preparation of the useful parts
of edible roots in such a manner that they may be preserved sweet and
fit for food for an indefinite length of time, and when required for use
may be easily cooked and rendered fit for the table. The Invention is
applicable to the preparation of various kinds of vegetable substances
for edible purposes, but as an example of the process I will briefly
explain in general terms the mode of treating and preparing potatoes.
The roots, after being well washed and cleaned from all dirt and extra-
neous matters, are first steamed with their skins on, and then mashed.
The pulp or mashed material is then submitted to a current of warm
or heated air for the purpose of drying the farinaceous parts of the

page_text: root, during which process the skins are removed by means of some
convenient separating apparatus, and when the pulp or farinaceous
matter is quite dry it will be fit for the market, and may be packed in
tins or other cases for exportation or for use when required. Other
vegetables that are applicable for human food, such, for instance, as i
turnips, carrots, parsnips, artichokes, and other roots, are prepared and
cooked in a similar manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WASHING ORES, AND SEPARATING METALS FROM EARTH OR OTHER COM- POUNDS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Mottram at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN MOTTRAM, of the firm of Anne Robinson & Company, of
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Ironmongers, do bereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
WASHING ORES, AND SEPARATING METALS FROM EARTH OR OTHER COM-
POUNDS," to be as follows:-
A combination of levers for the purpose of agitating a box or sievc,
into which the substances to be operated upon are placed. The sieve
or box being either wholly or partially immersed in water.
Upon reference to the annexed Drawings this Invention will be
readily seen; like letters refer to similar parts.
A, is a box or trough partially filled with water, in which B, a sieve
or box, with a perforated bottom, is suspended, into which the sub-
stances to be operated upon are placed.
The sides of the sieve are extended a little below the bottom, and are

page_text: made to flange outward, to cause a greater current of water to pass
through the bottom thereof when agitated by the motion of the levers.
C, C, rods by which the sieve (B.) is suspended, working loose upon
the cross rod c, by which they are attached to D, D, horizontal rods or
levers fixed to E, a rocking shaft, which works upon the top of F, F,
two uprights, upon which the cross bar or rocking shaft is supported.
G, a rod or lever fixed horizontally to the back or reverse side of
the rocking shaft to that at which the levers D, D, are fixed.
HI, a connecting link between the lever G, and the main lever I.
This connecting link is attached to the levers by the pins h, h. One of
the holes in the connecting rod through which one of the pins h, pass, is
cut long so as to give the lever G, a jerking motion, which is thereby
communicated to the sieve.
I, the main lever which has its fulcrum between the two uprights i, i.
K, a cross handle to main lever (I,) for the more convenient working
thereof.
By this arrangement it will be readily seen that if the main lever I,
be raised up by the cross handle K, the extreme end thereof will be
depressed, drawing down lever G, with it; the cross bar or rocking
shaft to partially turn, whereby the near ends of the levers C, C, will be.
raised, and draw upwards the sieve B. By depressing the lever I, the
reverse motion will be the result. It will be now clearly understood
that it is only requisite to continue the operation to effect the object in
view.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, CARVING, AND ENGRAVING WOOD, STONE, METAL, AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Searby at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
April 1853.
(This Invention did not proceed, the Law Officer having refused
Provisional Protection.)
GEORGE SEARBY, of No. 9, Markham Street, Chelsea, in the County
of Middlesex, doth hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, CARVING, AND ENGRAVING
WOOD, STONE, METAL, AND OTHER SUITABLE MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
By the combination of several parts acting on the principle of the
slide rest or floating bed, and pantagraphs having vertical and horizontal
movement; with both hollow or open and solid beds, in conjunction
with a fixed tool or tools, consisting of cutters, drills, and saws, and
thereby producing fac-similes of any thing presented to its operation,
by cutting, carving, and engraving, by means of a tracer pressing over
the pattern to be imitated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN "MACHINERY FOR MOWING OR CUTTING CORN AND OTHER CROPS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick George (Underhay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th January 1853.
(P)
I FREDERICK GEORGE UNDERHAY, of Wells Street, Gray's Inn Road,
in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN "MACHINERY FOR MOWING OR
CUTTING CORN AND OTHER CROPS" to be as follows:-
The wash.
This Invention consists of employing a cutting blade or blades (such
as a man uses when mowing) affixed to a lever extending from the side
of a carriage. One of the wheels of the carriage gives motion to a
cranked axis, froin which is derived a quick to and fro motion to the
mowing blade similar to the action of a man's arms.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Lovell, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, Scotland, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PURPOSES."
Sealed the 21st April 1854, and dated the 24th November 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Lovell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 24th November 1853.
I, JAMES LOVELL, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, Scotland,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF HEAT TO VARIOUS USEFUL PUR-
POSES" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in applying heated air to the exterior of
vessels, vats, &c., containing substances or liquids required to be sub-
mitted to the processes of infusion or decoction, or the like, by placing

page_text: or enclosing the vessel within a chamber supplied with heated air
from a furnace fixed in a position external to the said chamber.
The object of the Invention is to secure the application of an uniform
degree of heat to the whole external surface of the vessel, and at the
same time to remove the vessel from the direct action of the fire. For
this purpose a heating apparatus of suitable construction may be erected
in any convenient place near the-heating -chamber, but external to it,
and a communication formed by means of a flue or otherwise between
the said heating apparatus and the heating chamber, so that the heat,
but not the flames," may be made to pass into the chamber and act as
required upon the outer surface of the vessel placed therein.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Webb at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
June 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOSEPH WEBB, of Mayfield Terrace, Dalston, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in rendering available the gravitating power
or weight of bodies for the purpose of creating a power sufficient to put
them into motion without the aid of steam or any other force hitherto
employed for imparting motion thereto. For example, in applying this
Invention to the propulsion of carriages on railways, the principle of
construction consists in so disposing and arranging the carriages as that
the weight of the bodies thereof, which has hitherto been borne by
springs, shall bear and press upon the ends of plungers or hydraulic
rams, in connection with which there are to be air chambers or pumps
fitted with pistons. The intention of which is, that as the wheels of the
carriages move along the rails the weight of the bodies shall compress

page_text: the air contained in said chambers or pumps, and be used as the motive
power for propelling the train. It is not, however, intended to lay any
claim to the use of compressed air as a motive power, as the same has
been hitherto employed for that purpose in a variety of instances; but
the means employed for compressing the air have, I believe, been
invariably distinct and separate from the body to be put into motion.
This Invention, therefore, consists in dispensing with the necessity
for employing a separate agent or agents for generating the motive
power, by causing the gravitating power or weight of the body to be
moved to effect that object of itself, and independently of any separate
agent, as before mentioned; and it is proposed to apply this mode of
obtaining motive power to machines generally.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PENS AND PEN-HOLDERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Peters at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th August 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
Sp
I, HENRY PETERS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Pr
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for-
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PENS AND PEN-HOLDERS" to be as follows:-
My improvement in pens consists in making them. of tortoiseshell
and the other shells called tortoiseshell in commerce. I press thin
sheets of the said shell into a semi-cylindrical form, and from thesc
Pens made
I cut the pens, and fashion them by any suitable means.
of tortoiseshell have all the desirable properties of quill pens, and wear
much longer. When worn they can be mended with the ordinary
pen cutting machine. My improvement in pen-holders consists in
making that part of the said holder in which the pen is inserted of
tortoiseshell, or tortoiseshell and metal, and the other part of the
said holder of wood covered with tortoiseshell; the said covering of
tortoiseshell is effected by attaching thin sheets of tortoiseshell by any
convenient cement.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TENTS
Year: 1853

page_text: Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th July 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PATRICK RAMSAY, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Waterproof Cloth Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TENTS" to be
as follows:-
According to this Invention any convenient number of wooden or
iron posts are set up in the ground at convenient distances apart. To
the tops of these posts iron or other rods are attached by means of nuts
and screws, or in any other convenient manner, and these rods are
united in a point in the centre, in a manner similar to the frame work
of an umbrella, and presenting a pyramidal form when the tent is
circular, but when of an oblong shape the rods will ruu to a central
rod, like the ridge of an ordinary roof: the tops of the posts are also
connected together by rods. This frame work is covered with cotton
cloth, canvas, or other material, rendered waterproof by a suitable
composition; or any other description of material, waterproof or not,

page_text: may be used instead, in combination with the frame described, but the
waterproofed material is preferred, and may be made of any color, or
the tent frame may be covered in the usual manner with unwater-
proofed cloth, and a second waterproofed cloth roofing added to it. The
objects sought are a much more conimodious and convenient form and
greater comfort arising from the entire exclusion of water by means of
the waterproof covering.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CANDLES AND NIGHT LIGHTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Meyer at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th July 1853.
I, FREDERICK MEYER, of Paradise Street, Lambeth, do hereby declare that
the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CANDLES
AND NIGHT LIGHTS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of the employment of chloride of lime in the process
of saponification of vegetable fats and oils, and applying products thus obtained
in the manufacture of candles and night lights.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AXLE BOXES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand Le Comte
de Fontaine Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 4th January 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PETER ARMAND LE CONTE DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of the English
and Foreign Patent Office, 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, and 39,
Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AXLE BOXES " to be as follows:-
The Invention consists in suspending the barrel or fusee of the axle
tree of vehicles on a system of small rollers set within the axle box, to
avoid the rubbing of the axle tree against the nave, and the oscillations
of the carriage.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES FOR EFFECTING THE CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE
Year: 1853

page_text: Jackson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 12th September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, JOHN ROBISON, of Coleman Street, in the City of London,
Merchant, and WILLIAM JACKSON, of Leman Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES FOR EFFECTING THE CONSUMPTION
OF SMOKE" to be as follows:-
Our improvements in furnaces for effecting the consumption of
smoke consist in the employment of fire places divided into two or
more parts, or in operating on two fire places, and in the adaptation
thereto of a damper or dampers, whereby the products of combustion,
after being generated in one fire place, will be made to pass into the
burning mass in another fire place, and so be consumed. A fire having
been kindled in the usual manner one one side of the divided fire place
the damper is set so that there shall be a free passage into the flues for
all the flame and products of combustion generated. So soon as the
fuel has become thoroughly ignited in one of the furnaces smoke will

page_text: cease to be evolved, and the other furnace may then be kindled, the
damper closing the end of this second furnace; the effect will be that
the products of combustion therein will find no other vent than
through the opening into the first fire place, through which they will
be carried by the current of air, and passing along the first furnace
will mix with the flame from the burning fuel, and be thereby
consumed. This process of mixing the products of both furnaces will
continue along the first furnace over the bridge to the end of the tube.
So soon as the fuel in the first furnace is burnt it may be fed in the
usual manner with fresh fuel, care being taken at the same time so to
place the damper that the smoke from the fresh fuel shall have to pass
likewise with the current of air through a space or flue into and along
the other furnace, which will be in a state of active combustion. The
process may then be thus continued by moving the handle of the
damper from left to right when the left-hand furnace is fed, and
vice versa.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BREWING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Daniel Towers Shears at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th October 1858.
DANIEL TOWERS SHEARS, of Bankside, Southwark, do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BREWING" to be as follows:-
Heretofore it has been for the most part usual to boil worts and hops in
vessels subject to the pressure of the atmosphere, by which it is necessary to
raise the worts to a comparatively high temperature. Now, my Invention
consists of employing closed vessels combined with vacuum apparatus, so as to
boil worts and hops at a comparatively low temperature; and it is preferred
that the heated steam or vapour from one vacuum boiler should be conveyed
to and heat the worts and hops in another vacuum boiler.
A STOPPERING APPARATUS FOR BOTTLES CONTAINING LIQUIDS. OF WHICH SMALL QUANTITIES ARE GENE- BALLY. POURED OUT AT A TIME
Year: 1853

page_text: DCITI
CITUS,
his Petition, on the 2nd February 1853. -A commnnication.
(Void by reason of notice to prooceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE EDOUARD LORADOUX BELLFORD, of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A STOPPERING APPARATUS
FOR BOTTLES CONTAINING LIQUIDS. OF WHICH SMALL QUANTITIES ARE GENE-
BALLY. POURED OUT AT A TIME," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a new mode of stoppering applicable
to ink bottles, and for all kinds of bottles containing liquids which
it is particularly desirable to preserve as much as possible from
evaporation, and which are generally poured out in small quantities
at a time. The stoppering apparatus is composed of an india-
rubber tube A, shewn in the Drawings hereunto annexed, fixed by
one of its extremities to the base B, of the conical top F, which may
be made of wood, or of any other suitable material. This base is
pierced with two holes, in which are fixed two small india-rubber
tubes C, C¹. These tubes are kept separate by a knob at the upper
D, of the top F.

page_text: To adapt this small apparatus to a bottle the tube A is widened
in such manner as to make it pass over the neck of the bottle. The
india-rubber in tightening presses against the sides of the neck of
the bottle, and prevents any of the liquid running between them
and the india-rubber.
The liquid is poured of the tubes C, or C¹; when the bottle is
inclined the air comes in by one opening, while the liquid flows
from the other.
To close the bottle air-tight it only necessary' to turn down-
wards the tubes C, C¹, and to press the extremities of the tubes
against the sides of the bottle; for that purpose the india-rubber
ring or band E is used.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BARGES AND VESSELS, AND IN THE MODE OF STEERING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Grey Field
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 16th June 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM HENRY GREY FIELD, of Kennington, in the County of
Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BARGES AND VESSELS, AND IN THE
MODE OF STEERING," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention consists, firstly, in the mode of building or constructing
barges and vessels as aforesaid of such form that they may be more
conveniently adapted for being worked in trains or otherwise upon
canals, rivers, or other navigable waters than hithertoo, whereby con-
siderable advantages are obtained in the advantageous disposal of the
power employed, and in the space and the diminished resistance offered
to the water.
plan view,
The accompanying Drawings represent at Fig. 1, a top or
& at Fig. 2, a side elevation of my improved barges or vessels, at
Fig. 3, a separate view of the stern, showing the mode of working the

page_text: two rudders, and at Figures 4, & 5, front and side views of the same.
In each Figure a, a, represents the sides of the barge or vessel; b, b,
the head or stem; c, c, the stern; d, d, festoon chains for coupling the
barges or vessels; e, e, rope for attaching the train of barges or vessels
together, the head of one being so formed as to fit closely into the
stern of another, yet easily attached or detached at pleasure; f, ƒ,
rudders.
Secondly, my Invention relates to the mode of steering the said
barges or vessels as aforesaid so as to render them suitable for
turning or moving in any curvilinear direction that may be required.
I employ for this object chains or ropes conveniently secured to the
sides of such barges or vessels, and so situated that by the unslacking
of either side the requisite curve or course may be obtained, at the same
time providing against too great a separation of the several barges or
vessels by means of small festoon side chains attached thereto.
Claim Firstly, barges or vessels as above described.
Secondly, the mode of steering as aforesaid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLERY AND HARNESS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Boydell Gibson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN BOYDELL GIBSON, of Leicester Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Army Saddler, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SADDLERY AND HARNESS" to be as
follows:-
I intend making improvements in the saddle used for cavalry purposes;
making it much in the ordinary manner, except that I use for a military
saddle, the points bearing upon the horse's back, and place the hind fork
on, to, or into the bars by a dovetail joint, instead of affixing it by glue,
as heretofore; and in my framing or saddle tree thus made I fix my
seat, using no stuffing of any description. I also improve the bridle
thus Instead of buckling the bridle to the bit, &c., I attach it by
means of a metal apparatus of the form of a D, the upper end of the
bit being turned down, giving the rider greater power in the manage-

page_text: ment of the horse, and rendering the disconnecting of the bit from the
bridle (when desirable) much easier and quicker. Full particulars and
drawings of the Invention will be filed with my Final Specification.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHARPENING RAZORS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Nicolas Ferdinand Bar-
thelemy at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2nd April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, NICOLAS FERDINAND BARTHELEMY, of Paris, in France, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SHARPENING RAZORS " to be as follows:
A thin elastic blade or strip of steel is rendered sufficiently firm or
resistant while still retaining a certain degree of flexibility, by stretching
it between two supports, or by fixing it to a piece of wood or other
rigid substance, with a strip of vulcanized caoutchouc between the two,
to form a sort of cushion. On the other side of the piece of wood or
other rigid substance is fixed a strip of vulcanized caoutchouc. The
razor is sharpened by laying it flat upon the elastic steel blade, and
moving it backwards and forwards upon it. It may then be finished
by stropping it upon the caoutchouc. The caoutchouc may also be
used for stropping razors which have been sharpened by other means.
Another mode of applying the elastic steel blades is to fix a pair of
them together at one end, and to introduce the razor (edge first)

page_text: between them at the other end. The blades are pressed together by a
spring clip, so as to bring them close to the edge of the razor, which
is sharpened by drawing it backwards and forwards between the blades.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MORTISING AND TENONTING, DRILLING AND BORING
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Peters at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 18th March 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, RICHARD PETERS, of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR MORTISING AND TENONTING, DRILLING AND BORING," to be as
follows:-
This machine consists of a cast-iron bed, into which is fixed an
upright standard. A sliding frame is fitted to the standard, being
adjustable, by means of a screw, to the size of the block to be acted
upon. This sliding frame has a parallel bar, working through sockets
in brackets attached to the frame, and is worked up and down by
means of a lever and connecting rod; at the bottom of this bar are
I, RICHARD PETERS, of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR MORTISING AND TENONTING, DRILLING AND BORING," to be as
follows:-
This machine consists of a cast-iron bed, into which is fixed an
upright standard. A sliding frame is fitted to the standard, being
adjustable, by means of a screw, to the size of the block to be acted
upon. This sliding frame has a parallel bar, working through sockets
in brackets attached to the frame, and is worked up and down by
means of a lever and connecting rod; at the bottom of this bar are

page_text: introduced the necessary tools for mortising, tenonting, drilling, or
boring. On the bed of the machine is a slide, moving horizontally
(by the aid of a cog-wheel and catch) for every stroke of the lever.
For the purpose of boring and drilling, the bar is moved round by the
aid of bevel wheel work.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY TYRES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jonathan Saunders at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JONATHAN SAUNDERS, of St. John's Wood, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY TYRES," to be as
follows:-
A bar of iron is rolled thicker on one side than the other, thus
being cut into proper lengths, then passed through plain rolls, forming
it into a segment of a circle, which are then placed together, forming a
circle with two or more layers, then heated in a furnace to a welding
heat, and placed under a forge hammer and worked into a solid ring,
then placed between two rollers and reduced gradually to its intended
form.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRYING CLAY
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry. Daniell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on-the 19th
November 1853.
I, HENRY DANIELL, of St. Austell, in the County of Cornwall, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DRYING CLAY" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to drying or evaporating the moisture from
clay to be used or employed in the manufacture of porcelain and other
similar carthenware, and is intended to facilitate and expedite such
processes so as to evaporate the moisture to the required degree in a
more rapid, inexpensive, and efficient manner than heretofore. The
apparatus is enclosed in an outer casing, at one end of which is placed
a furnace or fire-place; immediately above this said fire-place is a
chamber into which air is admitted from the external atmosphere through

page_text: holes or openings formed in the casing; as the air in this chamber
becomes heated it is expelled therefrom by means of a rapidly revolving
fan, which is placed in the said chamber for that purpose. The heated
air expelled by the said fan passes over a shallow pan in which the clay
or other substance from which the moisture is to be evaporated is placed
in a semi-fluid state. Two or more of these said pans are placed in
succession, each one being preceded by a revolving fan. These fans are
supplied with heated air by means of tubes or pipes communicating with
the above-mentioned hot air chamber. Immediately beyond the last
of the evaporating pans is a large opening communicating at once with
the external atmosphere. The current of heated air (caused by the
fans) as it passes over the evaporating pans extracts the moisture from
the clay, and the vapor mingling with the air is expelled immediately
into the atmosphere instead of passing up the chimney with the smoke
as heretofore. The smoke and gases from the furnace pass under the
evaporating pans to the chimney or smoke stack. I would here remark
that an air pump may also, if preferred, be employed for the purpose of
creating the desired current of heated air in lieu of the rotary fans
above mentioned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FUEL
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Powell Matthew
Myers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 22nd January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
JOHN POWELL MATTHEW MYERS, of Tenby, in the County of
Pembroke, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FUEL "
to be as follows:-
In manufacturing fuel according to my improvements I take small
broken fragments of anthracite coal, usually called culm, which may be
used in that state or further crushed by any convenient means. To
this small coal or culm is added a suitable quantity of coal tar for the
purpose of conglomerating and attaching together the small particles.
The ingredients are then moulded into any convenient form, and are
afterwards subjected to pressure for the purpose of consolidating or
condensing the mass. When in compact masses the blocks are sub-
mitted to the action of artificial heat, such as an ordinary oven, for

page_text: the purpose of driving off the volatile matters or hydrocarbons, which
would create smoke while burning. By this means I produce a strong,
economical, and smokeless fuel.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMATION OR CON- STRUCTION OF ROLLED METALLIC PLATES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Burrows at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 8th September 1853.
I, JAMES BURROWS, of the Haigh Foundry, near Wigan, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FORMATION OR CON-
STRUCTION OF ROLLED METALLIC PLATES" to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the formation of rolled metallic plates
to be used in the construction of steam boilers or generators, and for
various other useful purposes wherein the combination of the maximum
amount of strength with the minimum weight of metal is essential or
desirable.
My Invention consists in rolling such plates with raised parallel ribs.
These said ribs may be formed either in a longitudinal, transverse, or
diagonal direction, as preferred. The said ribs may be all raised
or rolled upon one side of the plate, or they may be formed opposite to
each other, or alternately upon each side of the plate. And in order
further to reduce the weight of the metal, if desirable, recesses may be

page_text: rolled or sunk upon one side or surface of the plate opposite to and
corresponding with the ribs rolled or raised upon the other side or
surface of the said plate. It will be evident also that in such ribbed
plates as are used for boilers or other heating purposes the heating
surface is greatly extended or increased.
A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP HEREBY DENOMINATED 'AMYLON OR STARCH SOAP
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Stretton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 31st January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE STRETTON, of Paddington, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP HEREBY DENOMINATED 'AMYLON OR
STARCH SOAP,'" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a new combination of well known
materials in the following proportions, that is to say: I take one
hundred weight of curd soap, and seven pounds of spermaciti soap,
and while in a soft or semi-fluid state I incorporate with it, by
trituration or otherwise, six pounds of starch and one pound of
French chalk which have been previously ground or levigated to a
fine impalpable powder. I afterwards perfume or flavor it with
essential oils, and form it into cakes or tablets at discretion.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Taylor Bellhouse
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th August 1853.
I, EDWARD TAYLOR BELLHOUSE, of the Eagle Foundry, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES" to lic
as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of fire-proof floors and
similar details of buildings with the aid of corrugated plates of iron.
In large mills and warehouses the floor is supported by a range of
main cast iron beams resting by their ends in the walls of the building,
and being further carried at their transverse junctions by intermediate
pillars. These main beams have side pockets formed upon them to
receive and hold the cuds of a set of transverse beams forming a
species of net-work floor, and they have also side flanges or ribs to
support the intermediate plates of corrugated metal at a lower level
than the actual floor linc. The set of transverse beams have a corru-
gated ridge on each side of the lower flange prepared to receive the
ends of the corrugated sheets, which may be either wrought or cast

page_text: iron. Plates are built into the end and side walls for the corrugated
plates, those in the side walls having a corrugated edge for the plate
ends. The space above the plates to the level of the top of the
beams where the actual flooring is laid is filled up with a mass of con-
crete, sand, or other substance of a like character, and a covering of
boards, tiles, slates, or flags is placed over all, or a layer of bricks,
tiles, slates, or flags may be set in cement on the corrugated sheets,
the upper surface of such layer having been prepared to form the
floor level. When boards are used suitable timber battens are laid
in the concrete to fasten down .the-boarding..by-nails or screws. By
this system of construction a light strong floor is made, as the layer
of concrete or other, material, as before specified, may be a very thin
one, and it affords facilities for attaching fixtures as hangers for
shafting to the main beams from the fact of the lower flange being
much below the underside of floor... The danger from outward thrust,
as with brick arches in common fire-proof floorings, is entirely ob-
viated. In cases where the span is not great it is necessary only to
have the smaller beams with the corrugated ridges to the lower flange
and the wall plates, as the larger beams and the coluinns may be
dispensed with. In very short spans the wall plates with corrugated
ridges on one edge are sufficient, in which case the sheets are laid
from wall to wall. In all cases the sheets are firmly bolted or
rivetted to the beams and to each other.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1853

page_text: time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Goddard and Charles
Yates at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 8th December 1853.
WC, JOSEPH GODDARD and CHARLES YATES, both of Tottenham
Court Road, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING AND
APPLYING MOTIVE POWER" to be as follows (that is to say):
Our said improvements have reference to the construction and
arrangement of machinery or apparatus by which a current of air or
gas, directed towards or about the space heated by a furnace or fire, is
collected in a coiled tube, having a bell-shaped orifice, and conveyed
through the same so as to impinge upon a series of blades or fans
placed obliquely and at opposite inclinations on the periphery of a
wheel or drum, revolving within a concentric air-tight case, furnished
with passages, through which the current of air may enter and escape
after giving motion to the wheel through the intervention of the blades

page_text: or fans, so that a motive power is obtained which may be applied to
mechanism connected with the axis of the said wheel for all useful
purposes for which stationary engines are commonly employed. Fig. 1
of the annexed Drawings represents a sectional end elevation of the
working parts of my apparatus, and Fig. 2, a transverse section of the
In each Figure the same letters of reference denote similar
corresponding parts. A, A, cylindrical case; B, B, ingress pipe or
passage; and C, C, egress pipe or passage for the current of air or gas
in the direction of the arrows; D, D, wheel or drum; E, E, blades or
fans; F, F, shaft or axle; G, G, pedestal or stand. We claim the
general construction & arrangement of machinery or apparatus, as above
described, in connection with tubes supplying currents of air or gas by
the action of heat, for the purpose of obtaining and applying motive
power.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GEO- GRAPHIC AND OTHER MAPS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ambroise Maurice Chris-
tophe Claude Faure, at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patonts, with his Petition, on the 2nd May 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AMBROISE MAURICE CHRISTOPHE CLAUDE FAURE, of La Plaine
(Hautes Alpes), in the Empire of France, and of 16, Castle Street,
Holborn, (City,) London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GEO-
GRAPHIC AND OTHER MAPS" to be as follows, viz :-
This Invention consists in the application of relief engraving, such
as used for representing medals, to geographic and other maps; that is
to say, in showing in relief all the elevations and inequalities of the
subject of the map, and that so accurately, that, by compasses or other
mathematical instruments, the elevation, or width, or depth, of these
prominences or cavities may be ascertained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS AND CARDS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Guy Hannington at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th June 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GUY HANNINGTON, of Holland Place, Denmark Street, Cold
Harbour Lane, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature
of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRODUCING RAILWAY AND OTHER
TICKETS AND CARDS" to be as follows:-
-
Heretofore it has been usual for the most part to cut the card board
or material used in making railway and other tickets or cards into the
sizes desired, and then to print and number them, but in some cases
the printing has been performed before cutting. Now my Invention
consists of combining apparatus into a machine whereby the several
processes of punching, printing, cutting, and binding are performed in
passing through the machine, and the material operated on is not
touched by hand between the processes, but when one process has

page_text: been performed the material by the act of the machine is brought into
position for the next process. The apparatus for performing each of
the processes is not new, but it is the combining of the several processes
so that the tickets are received on to a wire or binder in regular suc-
cession, and so that no complete ticket can be obtained from the
machinery, except by destroying the part thereof which is bound, that
constitutes the peculiarity of my Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD OF EMBOSSING AND FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Tompkins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd April 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
J, FREDERICK TOMPKINS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Silk and Satin Finisher, Waterer, and Embosser, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OR METHOD
OF EMBOSSING AND FINISHING WOVEN FABRICS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:--
I propose to emboss the pattern or figure on a part of the fabric only,
instead of the whole surface thereof, as heretofore practised, which I
accomplish by making the engraved roller shorter than the friction
bowls, so that as the fabric passes through or between the engraved
roller and the friction bowl, a portion of the surface only will be em-
bossed and finished, having part of the surface plain.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that this is merely an outline
description of my Invention, which I will fully describe in my Complete
Specification.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OR PREPARATION OF WOOL, AND OF THE WASHWATERS EMPLOYED IN SUCH TREATMENT
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th December 1853.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OR PREPARATION OF WOOL, AND OF THE WASHWATERS EMPLOYED
IN SUCH TREATMENT," communicated to me by Messieurs Villermet and
Mannheimer, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Manufacturers.
This Invention relates to the removal of the fatty matters from and
to the washing and cleansing of wools, and to the treatment of the
washwaters employed therein, and consists in the employment of acids,
but more especially of sulphuric acid, diluted in water. For removing
the fatty matters from impure wool, water which has been employed in
a previous washing may be used, freed from the impurities contained
therein; or a wash holding a proportion of salt in solution, such salt

page_text: having been extracted from the old and putrid washes; or a solution
of carbonate of potass. These washes are heated before using, and
kept hot during their use. The wool is first submerged in the wash
for about 10 minutes, more or less, and is then placed in a vessel of
pure water of the same temperature as the wash. From thence the
wool may be placed between cylinders; in this state, however, it still
contains a great amount of grease, for the removal of which a wash is
employed, slightly acidulated, or with sulphuric acid, as herein-after
described. By agitating the wool for a few seconds in this solution,
the odour and grease is entirely removed; after which the wool may be
again submitted to the action of the cylinders. This last solution may
also be employed for removing the grease artificially applied previous
to combing. The acidulated solutions are not thrown away, but are
kept in suitable receivers or tanks, and mixed with the old washes,
thereby separating the products contained therein from the waters.
The main points of the Invention are,-
First, the washing of wool and tissues of wool in acidulated solutions
of muriatic acid, sulphuric acid, and nitric acid.
Second, the steeping or soaking of wool in acid solutions, with the
addition of salts of potass.
And, third, the admixture of the washwaters containing sulphuric
acid with the other washwaters described, thereby obtaining the useful
products contained in such washwaters. Sulphuric ether may also
be employed in certain cases for removing any grease which may be
left by the acid solutions.
A NEW SYSTEM OF PROPULSION
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Goutaret at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th December 1853.
I, GEORGE GOUTARET, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 4,
South Street, Finsbury, London, Gentleman, do solemnly and sincerely
declare the nature of the Invention for "A NEW SYSTEM OF PROPULSION
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in new mechanical arrangements for the
propulsion of boats, vessels, rafts, &c., by which I supersede paddle
wheels, screws, or other similar modes of propulsion. I place the
apparatus in the most convenient part of the ship or vessel, generally
the stern, and put it in motion by any motive power.
In the Drawing hereto annexed Figure 1 is an end view; Figure 2,
transverse section of the boat and propelling apparatus; Figures 3 and 4,
longitudinal elevation and section of the same; Figure 5, horizonta
section.
The same letters of reference in each of the Figures represent
similar parts. A, A, A, A, are moveable cylinders containing steel spiral
springs. B, B, trundles, giving motion to the crank shafts; C, C, bevil

page_text: wheels, putting in motion the moveable cylinders. d, d, d, d, flat pro-
pelling paddles. F, F, F, Figure 4, break applied on the part of the
apparatus set on the shaft of the trundles B, B. It regulates the motion,
and by being tightened more or less the motion of the ship is regulated.
9, 9, 9, 9, double crank shafts jointed to the connecting rods H, H, to
which the flat paddles d; d, are fixed. H, H, connecting rods; K, fly
wheel; L, L, L, L, four pairs of bevil wheels, putting in motion the
cylinders A, A. M, M, represent the space kept in the stern for the
said apparatus to be set up in.
The Figures represent the shape of the boat best suited for applying
this new arrangement.