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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HYDRAULIC FOUNDATIONS BY MEANS OF TUBES, AND WITHOUT THE AID OF COMPRESSED AI
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alphonse Helbronner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th December 1872.-A communication from François Durand,
residing at Paris, France.
I, ALPHONSE HELBRONNER, of Paris, France, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF HYDRAULIC FOUNDATIONS BY MEANS OF TUBES, AND WITHOUT THE
AID OF COMPRESSED AI," a communication from François Durand, a
person residing at Paris, France, to be as follows:—
The Inventien relates to an improved mode of constructing hydraulic
foundations, and the same forms an improvement on what is called the
tubular system, in which latter compressed air driven into the interior
of the tube serves for keeping down the water so as to allow the
workpeople of erecting the foundation in the interior of the tube.
By the present improved Invention the compressed air which is
very injurious to the health of the workpeople is entirely done away
with. In this improved method the mud, sand, or other parts which
prevent the lowering of the tube are disagregated and extracted from
the tube by means of a large screw which is made to revolve in the

page_text: interior of the tube and allows this latter to descend in the same
measure as the extraction of the matters take place, till the tube reaches
the solid part of the bottom where the foundation is to be made in the
interior of the tube.
In the annexed Drawing Fig. 1 represents a vertical sectional view of
the tube A which is to be lowered in the water, and in which afterwards
the foundation is to be made; in the centre of the tube A a vertical arbor
B is made to revolve by any suitable prime mover; the lower end of this
arbor B rests on the solid part of the bottom of the river or other spot
where the pile foundation is to be made, and this arbor B is provided :
with a large screw or helix C (shown in sectional view in Fig. 2) by the
rapid revolution of which screw the mud, sand, or other parts which
would form an impediment to the lowering of the tube A will be lifted up
into a funnel D communicating with a pipe d, by means of which latter
they are carried out of the tube A, whilst at the same time water is 1
conducted by means of a tube E into the interior of the funnel D for
facilitating the progress of the matters to be extracted, and thus 'allow
the lowering of the tube A, which latter may receive a weight of masonry
in its interior, which effectually aids its lowering down.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF AUTOGRAPHIC TRACING PAPER, AND IN THE FLUID EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Ladislas Siecinoski at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th November 1872.
I, CHARLES LADISLAS SIECINOSKI, of 1, Taplow Cottages, Balham,
in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF AUTOGRAPHIC TRACING
PAPER, AND IN THE FLUID EMPLOYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SAME," to be as
follows:-
The object of this Invention is the preparation of an improved
autographic tracing paper, and an improved fluid or ink for writing or
drawing on the same in order that the said writing or design may be
transferred immediately after its production, or at any subsequent
period.
The Invention is based on the principle of the re-action of chromates
on gelatine, gums, and albumen. The paper is coated with gum,
gelatine, or albumen, and afterwards dried and pressed ready for use.
The ink or writing fluid employed is a solution of a chromate, such for

page_text: instance as bi-chromate of potash, to which a small quantity of indian
ink or other colouring matter not liable to neutralize the properties of
the chromate is added, in order to facilitate the use of the fluid by the
writer or designer.
AN IMPROVED BURNER FOR LAMPS AND OTHER ILLUMINATING APPARATUS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd April 1872.-A communication from abroad by Andrew
Gormly Myers, of the City and State of New York, United States
of America.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED BURNER FOR LAMPS AND
OTHER ILLUMINATING APPARATUS," a communication, to be as follows :—
This Invention relates to a burner to be applied to a lamp or other
apparatus containing petroleum, spirit, or other hydrocarbon fluid.
The said burner is constructed as follows:A tube or pipe is screwed
or otherwise secured in a socket which has a side branch by which it is
secured to the lamp or other apparatus containing the oil or spirit. The
upper end of the said tube is closed, and has a small central aperture
not larger than is required to permit the passage of a fine needle.
Inside the said tube I place a rod whose upper end is formed with
a needle point which protrudes from the aforesaid small aperture.

page_text: Around the said rod I place an ordinary wick. The lower end of
the said rod is attached to a guide piece, which is fitted with a
capability of endwise adjustment within the socket; the said guide
piece is connected to a small crank or eccentric fixed on a spindle,
and the latter extends through a stuffing box on the socket and is
provided with a thumb picce or knob outside the same. This spindle
is fitted to turn freely in the stuffing box, and by means of the thumb
piece the said crank or eccentric may be turned to any position in the
socket. By this adjustment of the crank or eccentric the aforesaid
needle point is protruded from or withdrawn into the tube, and the
area of the small aperture is thus diminished or increased. The oil
or spirit is admitted through the said branch aperture into the socket,
and its vapour passes up the tube, from the upper end of which it
finds an exit through the aforesaid small aperture. The bottom of
the socket has a close cover which may be readily removed to permit
the socket to be cleaned.
The upper end of the pipe or tube has an external screw thread,
whereon I fit an adjustable cap or cover. The said cap has a straight
tubular portion with an enlarged head into which the tubular portion
extends. The head forms an annular chamber around the tube of
the cap, and the said tube at the end has an opening into the said
annular chamber. The head has a series of small apertures from
which the gas issues in small jets, and being ignited will burn with
a steady and brilliant flame free from smoke and unpleasant odour.
The tube of the adjustable cap has apertures through its sides for the
admission of air, and it has a screw thread whereon is fitted a ring
or collar which is adjusted to close or unclose the said aperture, and so
regulate the admission of air.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS FOR HEATING WATER FOR WARMING BUILDINGS AND OTHER LIKE USES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hartley and Zaccheus
Sugden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 24th June 1872.
We, JOHN HARTLEY and ZACCHEUS SUGDEN, both of Halifax, in the
County of York, Welded Boiler Manufacturers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS FOR HEATING
WATER FOR WARMING BUILDINGS AND OTHER LIKE USES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates,―
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Firstly. To boilers for heating water for warming buildings of the
class usually enclosed in or by brickwork, the latter being built con-
centric with the exterior of the boiler, and leaving between the.boiler
and the brickwork a space or passage for the flames and heated gases
proceeding from the interior or flue space of the boiler to act on the
exterior thereof, vertical midfeathers or divisional plates being attached
to the exterior of such boilers. These midfeathers and the brickwork
absorb a larger per centage of the heat generated by the pressure.
In constructing such boilers according to this the first part of our
Invention we employ in lieu of the brickwork an outer water heating

page_text: space concentric with the interior water heating space or boiler, and
on which additional water heating space the flames and heated gases
act. The water heating space at each side of the interior boiler is
connected to the exterior water space by means of plates forming two
water ways, midfeathers, and such midfeathers effect a largely increased 5
circulation of the water, and absorb a great per centage of heat
heretofore lost.
Cylindrical boilers of their class and with the ordinary midfeathers, or
having the waterway midfeathers we enclose within a casing of iron,
and so greatly reduce the quantity of brickwork required.
The Invention also comprises the use and employment of open fire-
grates in connection with cylinder and other shaped boilers employed
for the purpose of heating water for warning buildings and other like
uses.
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AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COAL, COKE, AND OTHER SIMILAR BASKETS OR SKIPS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Atkin Ashton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th May 1872.
·I, THOMAS ATKIN ASHTON, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Engineer's Factor and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COAL, COKE,
AND OTHER SIMILAR BASKETS OR SKIPS,'" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of coal,
coke, and other similar baskets or "skips," whereby greater durability
is obtained without an appreciable increase of weight.
Skip baskets have hitherto generally been made of wickerwork, the
rim being of a branch, and the carrying part of thin slips of wood about
an inch wide, interlaced; but from the constant wear and tear to which
they are subjected they are rapidly worn away, and in large works form
an item of considerable expense.

page_text: The present Invention consists in making them of thin sheets of
Bessemer steel, and shaping them therefrom by stamping, pressing, or
hammering, the frame or rim being made of solid, round, or tubular
iron, and the handle being rivetted on or pieces being cut out from the
ends to admit the hands.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Mason Pearson and Daniel Mills
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 21st September 1872.
We, MASON PEARSON, Overlooker, and DANIEL MILLS, Designer,
both of Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as
follows:-
The object of the Invention is to facilitate the weaving of fabrics in
which one part is required to be of a different character from another or
others, by the use of a different character of weft in the different parts,
as for instance the central part from the sides or borders. For this
purpose the shuttle or shuttles for throwing weft to form the centre
portion of the fabric are supported in boxes, of which there may be
several at each end of the batten for different colors or kinds of weft
capable of being brought by jacquard or other pattern surface as required
into a line with the race as in other cases of using shifting shuttle boxes.
The shuttles to be used in forming the side portions or borders are
supported to move in a frame or bearing extending over the warps, so
that one of these shuttles may lay in weft for one side portion or border,

page_text: and the other for the other. These shuttles are moved in this frame by
a rack acting in the teeth of pinions which also take into teeth formed
on these shuttles as in the case of ribbon of swivel weaving. This
bearing or frame is operated to bring its shuttles into a line with the
shed when the others are removed therefrom.
The warp for the respective portions are opened in the order desired
for the respective weft, whether for the side portions, the centre portion,
or for the uniting of the whole. Each frame or bearing may have
several rows of shuttles capable of different selection so as to provide
for the throwing in of weft of different colors or character, or there may
be several of such frames or bearings with shuttles for each border when
in a state of rest visible by the foremost being slightly above the second,
and so on with each succeeding.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TILTING CASKS AND BARRELS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Brown at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd August
.1872.
I, WILLIAM BROWN, of 160, Gray's Inn Road, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR TILTING CASKS AND BARRELS," to be as follows :-
This Invention consists in an improved apparatus for tilting casks and
barrels in such a manner that shaking is entirely prevented, and the
operation rendered easy and readily performed by any person.
The apparatus consists of two curved iron bars, see accompanying
Drawings, a, a, fixed about two inches apart by means of small iron
stays b, b; the lower ends c, c, of the bars are pointed and curve out-
wards so as to clip on to the barrel d, d, and are caught by the iron
hoops on the same. On the upper part of the apparatus is a wooden
roller e which allows it to be raised or lowered at that part as required,
this roller working or running on the cellar wall; f is a ratchet wheel
with lever stop or catch g; h is the handle, and the winder; upon
the latter is fixed a strap j having a hook k at its opposite end.

page_text: Now to use the apparatus, when a cask or barrel requires tilting all
that is necessary is to place it upon the barrel, the pointed ends c, c,
being caught by the hoop as shown, its roller or upper end e, against
the wall, the strap j being unwound so that the hook k shall catch
the back chime of the barrel or cask, then the handle is turned, which
winds up the strap j on to the winder i, and so raises or tilts up
the end of the barrel, the catch ġ on ratchet wheel regulating the
winding. The barrel or cask being tilted, a block or wedge can be
introduced, and the tilting apparatus removed, and the operation per-
formed upon another barrel or cask.
AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF POCKET AND OTHER DIARIES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Vincent Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th February 1872.-A communication from abroad by Joseph
Numa Gateuil, of Paris, in the Republic of France.
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 MANUFACTURE
OF POCKET AND OTHER DIARIES," to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this Invention is to bring under the notice of the
users of diaries of whatever class such information as has a special
interest for them. To this end each leaf of the pocket book or diary
besides providing space for the insertion of current memoranda will
contain printed information relating to the profession or class for whom
the diary is designed, and on the same leaf will be inserted advertise-
ments having special reference to that profession or class. For example,
the pocket book or diary intended for the use of architects will contain
advertisements, current price lists, and all matters relating to building,
as also the different measures in use, cost of materials, and regulations
for traffic.

page_text: Again special pocket books may be made according to this Invention
for the use of doctors, lawyers, authors, and others, the information and
advertisements contained on the leaves of the diary being adapted in
each case to their several requirements.
Pocket books for the clergy can also be made, the same being pro-
vided with information and notices bearing specially on their calling.
"The diary leaves of ladies' pocket books will contain all information
and advertisements upon matters relating to fashion and the toilet.
Commercial and household diaries will contain information and adver-
tisements upon all subjects of general interest.
The ordinary diaries intended for use without distinction of profession
or trade will contain besides advertisements varied information, such
as the names of streets, postal tarifs, telegraph service, cab hire, and
railway fares.
Thus it will be understood that the improved diary, whatever may
be its external appearance, will be characterized by the insertion on its
divers pages of information and one or more characteristic advertise-
ments, leaving at the same time sufficient space for entering current
memoranda, payments, and other matters.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGING, ACTUATING, AND CONTROLLING CUT-OFF SLIDE VALVES OF STEAM AND OTHER ENGINES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Richardson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the 19th
July 1872.
I, JOHN RICHARDSON, of the Perseverance Iron Works, Limited, in
the City of Lincoln, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARRANGING, ACTUATING, AND CONTROLLING
CUT-OFF SLIDE VALVES OF STEAM AND OTHER ENGINES," to be as follows:--
This Invention relates to that class of slide valves where a cut-off
plate is mounted at the back of the slide valve, to cut off the passage
of steam through the induction ports at any desired part of the stroke.
The slide valve is formed with the induction passages passing through
it from back to front, and is worked to and fro by an eccentric on the
crank shaft of the engine, or otherwise, and is arranged to admit steam
to the cylinder for the greater part of the stroke of the piston.
At the back of the valve is carried the cut-off plate; when the plate
is free to travel backwards and forwards with the valve throughout
its entire stroke, steam is admitted to the cylinder throughout such

page_text: part of the stroke of the piston as the valve is arranged for; but if
the movement of the cut-off plate is arrested before the completion
of the stroke of the valve the cut-off is made proportionably earlier,
as the induction port of the valve through which steam was passing to
the cylinder will then be covered over by the cut-off plate.
In order to control the movement of the cut-off plate a spindle passed
through the cover of the steam chest has mounted upon it within the
steam chest an oval or other suitably shaped cam; upon each end of the
cut-off plate is a projection or stop to come against the opposite side
of the periphery of this cam. When the spindle is turned so that the
major axis of the cam lies between the projections on the cut-off plate
the travel of the cut-off plate is reduced and the cut-off is made at an
early part of the stroke; but if the minor axis of the cam lies between
the projections, the cut-off plate being free to travel with the valve,
steam is admitted to the cylinder throughout the greater part of the
stroke. Exterior of the valve chest the spindle which carries the cam
may have a quadrant or lever arm upon it, by which the cam may be
turned into and retained in any desired position, so as to cut off steam
at any desired part of the stroke; or the lever arm may be connected
by a rod to one arm of a bell crank, the other arm of which is acted.
upon by the governor of the engine, so that the cut-off shall be con-
trolled by the governor.
A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED TOOL OR HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENT
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Augustus Arnold Schlesinger
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th January 1872.-A communication from abroad by
Joseph Dixon, of New York, United States of America.
I, AUGUSTUS ARNOLD SCHLESINGER, of Finsbury Street, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED TOOL OR HOUSEHOLD IMPLEMENT," a com-
munication to me from abroad by Joseph Dixon, of New York, United
States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of a combined tool or
household implement capable of effecting a variety of useful purposes
ordinarily requiring separate tools or implements.
The combined tool consists of two parts in the form of hand levers,
the fulcrum being formed by an aperture in one lever through which
the other is passed, there being no joint, so that the two parts may be
used separately as required. The lever which passes through the
aperture of the second lever contains at its shorter end a hammer head

page_text: and tack or nail drawer, and on the side opposite and over the hammer
a vice jaw to form (with a corresponding one on the other lever) a pincer
or adjustable wrench; beyond the jaw the outer surface or edge of the
lever is provided with a series of teeth or notches which serve to secure
the second lever at any desired position; then the handle continues
of a smooth surface for grasping, and finally terminates in a wedge
forming a screwdriver, crow bar, or box opener. The second lever is
provided with indentations within the aperture through which the first
lever passes, and they gear with the teeth described so that the second
vice jaw or face of the wrench on the second lever may be brought
close up to the first to form pincers, or may be removed sufficiently
to form a wrench for a screw nut. The outer surface of this lever
is smooth, and terminates in a series of forks or blunt pointed edges
widened out so as to form a carpet stretcher. The second lever is
curved at the fulcrum in order to admit the passage of the first lever,
and the two being in position so that the jaw faces are in contact,
it will follow that by forming a small series of teeth in form of an arc
on each internal face of the levers a cork presser will be made, and then
by a further and more extended series of similar teeth or grippers a gas
pipe tongs will be made, operating as a spanner or brace. It is evident
therefore that by the use of the combined tool many useful objects may
be effected, and that by the separation of the parts many purposes may
be accomplished.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COLORING OR MUCI- LAGINOUS SOLUTIONS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th June 1872.-A communication from abroad by Douglas Bly,
of Rochester, in the United States of America.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING COLORING OR MUCI-
LAGINOUS SOLUTIONS," a communication to me from abroad by Douglas
Bly, of Rochester, in the United States of America, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for applying
coloring or mucilaginous solutions, and consists in substituting for
brushes composed of hair or bristles of a tube or a series of tubes or of
a solid cylinder, or of a series of solid cylinders composed of vulcanised
india-rubber or other pliable material, either plain, split, indented, or
corrugated and attached to a handle or holder.

page_text: The solution it is desired to employ will upon the immersion of the
vulcanised india-rubber or of other pliable material adhere to the surface
or surfaces of the same, and can be easily transferred to the surfaces of
wood, paper, or other surfaces it may be desired to mark or render
adhesive.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAPS FOR DRAINS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William George James at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th March 1872.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES, of 4, Storey's Gate, Westminster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF TRAPS FOR DRAINS," to be as
follows:-
The great difficulty hitherto experienced in constructing traps for
drains is that it is almost impossible to prevent the gases from im-
pregnating and polluting the water in the trap.
My Invention consists of an improved form of trap for drains,
whereby all escape of gases and noxious air are entirely prevented, and
the water in the trap remains unpolluted.
I carry out my Invention in the following manner :-I construct a
cylindrical chamber round the top of the drain pipe open at the upper
part, the upper edge of the chamber being a little above the edge of the
drain pipe.

page_text: In the circumference of the cylindrical chamber is an opening com-
municating with the waste sink pipe. I then construct a circular cover
to fit over the top of the cylindrical chamber, the top of the cover being
made of vulcanised india-rubber or other suitable elastic material. On
the centre of the elastic portion of the cover is fixed a weight, so that
the cover rests on the top of the drain pipe and completely stops it;
which weight is sufficient to keep a small head of water in the waste
sink pipe, as herein-after stated. When the water passes down the
waste sink pipe it presses up the elastic cover, and passes down the
drain pipe. When there is not sufficient head of water to press up the
cover it falls on the top of the drain pipe, and prevents all escape of gas
or noxious vapours.
In practice it will be found preferable to construct the head of the
drain pipe and the cylindrical chamber in one piece, instead of fitting
the chamber to the pipe.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING OR REVOLVING FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Edwin Wallis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th May 1872.
I, CHARLES EDWIN WALLIS, of Albert Street, Peckham, in the
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REPEATING OR REVOLVING FIRE-ARMS," to be as
follows:-
The chief objects which these improvements in revolvers aim at effect-
ing are simplicity of construction, facility in use, and unprecedented
compactness in a very multiple-chambered revolver.
The Invention relates to that description of repeating fire-arms which
have only a single barrel united or attached to a chambered cylinder or
receptacle, the rotating axis of which is parallel to the axis of the barrel.
For the convenience of illustration, and in fact considering the con-
ditions of my Invention as practically most suitable, I will describe a
revolver constructed as I purpose having twelve cartridge or charge
chambers. Six primary charge chambers form the centre of the re-

page_text: volving cylinder, and surrounding these in convenient and compact
positions are placed six additional charge chambers.
These surrounding chambers and the method of effectively manoeuvring
them constitute the principal features of my Invention. In order to
bring the axial centre line of the barrel successively in a line with the
axis of each of the said last six charge chambers, I place a stud, lug,
or roller in a convenient position on that part of the outer edge or
surface of the chambered cylinder closely contiguous to the barrel of
the revolver. When the first six chambers have been fired the said
stud, lug, or roller raises a narrow bridge, which is in connection with
the barrel to such an extent as to place the centre of the said barrel in a
line with the centre of one of the remaining six undischarged chambers.
The chambered cylinder is then turned so as successively to present the
mouths of the remaining five loaded chambers in a line with the bore
of the barrel. To impart accuracy to this movement of the barrel I
purpose, as one method of effecting the desired object, to lengthen the
centre pin or axis on which the revolving cylinder containing the charge
chambers moves sufficiently to allow it to pass through a slot formed
in a guide which is attached to that end of the barrel in immediate
proximity to the rotating cylinder. Thus the guide and the aforesaid
bridge are moved simultaneously, and effect with steadiness and precision
the desired change in the position of the barrel. I make use of a second
hammer or striker for the purpose of discharging the external circularly
placed series of loaded chambers. This second hammer will accompany
the first and be but slightly separated from it.
ATTACHING THERMOMETERS TO THE HANDLES OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, WHIPS, AND FANS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lawrence Engel at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th May
1872.
I, LAWRENCE ENGEL, Mumford Court, Milk St., Cheapside, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "ATTACHING THERMOMETERS
TO THE HANDLES OF UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, STICKS, WHIPS, AND FANS," to be
as follows:-
I attach thermometers of various patterns, sizes, or designs to the
handles of umbrellas, parasols, sticks, whips, and fans, so that they may
be carried about without any trouble or inconvenience to the wearer or
possessor, and I am guided in the pattern or size by the form or size of
the particular handle or stick to which I apply it.
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR BEATING EGGS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Grace Jowett at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with her Petition, on the 2nd.
February 1872.
I, Grace JowETT, of Bradford, in the County of York, Midwife,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR BEATING EGGS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of a simple and
economical apparatus to be employed for beating or mixing eggs
required for culinary or other purposes.
I employ a cylindrical vessel the bottom of which is formed as a cone
projecting upward within the vessel a suitable distance. The eggs to be
beaten or mixed are placed within the vessel, a rod or plunger on the
lower end of which is a hollow cone perforated, and of corresponding
size to the cone formed by the bottom of the vessel. On the rod or
plunger being worked within the vessel after the manner of a piston,

page_text: the component parts of the eggs are forced through the perforations on
the plunger, and so thoroughly beaten or mixed. The vessel may have
a flat or plain bottom, and the plunger consist of a perforated disc, but I
prefer the conical form above described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TRIMMINGS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hesketh Hughes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
January 1872.
I, HESKETH HUGHES, of Homerton, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TRIMMINGS, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
:-
This Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of trim-
mings whereby goffered or plaited and other goods are embossed or
impressed with lines or indications for after sewing, and upon which
gimp, cord, or another trimming can be secured or not as desired,
also to producing undulations or waves in or to goffered or plaited goods,
which can be afterwards impressed or embossed with lines previous to
the sewing operation, if such is necessary. Also to engraving or
forming designs upon the "cutter up," which designs are impressed
or embossed upon the trimming when the "cutter up" is brought down
upon the goffered fabric, or upon the cord or the gimp fabric, as the
case may be.

page_text: I first cut a strip or piece of fabric or other flexible fibrous body into
a suitable shape by stamping or otherwise, and then goffer or plait it in
an ordinary goffering machine. I then lay the goffered fabric upon a
series of plates provided with pins or studs, the plates having a recipro-
cating motion imparted to them by mechanism, so that the pins draw
the fabric to the sides alternately or to one side only, at the same time
a heated presser plate or a "cutter-up" is made to bear upon it and
form a crease or flat surface along which the line of sewing can
be run in the after sewing of the folds together when forming the
trimming.
In lieu of the strip of fabric being moved by the pins or studs, a
cord, a gimp, or other narrow article can be laced round the pins
in a wavy or other form, and upon which the heated cutter up can
be brought to form the marks for guiding the sewing operation. The
"cutter up" may be of any shape, and when the embossing only has
to be effected upon the goffered fabric or body, the face of the cutter up
may be engraved with designs or devices for imparting a corresponding
impression upon the fabric or body.
In some cases a wavy gimp or cord or a separate strip of goffered
fabric can be sewn on to the main fabric, the sewing being effected
along the impressed lines which are arranged to correspond.
The engraved surface of the "cutter up" may be caused to act upon
the goffering or upon the plaiting to produce a design thereon.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING SEA WATER FOR BATHING AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Alexander Lyttle at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th July 1872.
I, WILLIAM ALEXANDER LYTTLE, of the Grove, Hammersmith, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING
SEA WATER FOR BATHING AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
"
In the first place when the inland locality to which it is desired to
supply the sea water is situated upon a navigable river or canal I
convey the sea water in barges so constructed that when they are towed
or otherwise propelled out into the sea they can be scuttled or allowed
to sink by means of a suitable valve in the bottom so far as to become
nearly filled with sea water.
Water-tight compartments should be provided at the prow and stern
or any other desired points of each barge of such dimensions as to prevent
the boat sinking to too great a depth.
The scuttle or trap valve is then closed and the barge with its cargo
of sea water can be towed or propelled to the place where the sea water

page_text: is required. When arrived there its contents can either be pumped out
into a reservoir for use on shore in any desired way, or the barge can be
moored alongside a landing stage or pier fitted with dressing rooms, and
the barge of sea water can then at once be used as a plunge bath. It
can afterwards be pumped out or emptied in any convenient way.
Sea water can also be conveyed by railway by means of suitable tank
trucks, and these trucks should be filled by means of the simple
gravitation of the sea water as already described in the case of barges.
In the case of railway trucks, however, a siding should be cut near the
sea so as to allow the trucks to run down an incline to a level below the
level of the sea, and sea water should be admitted to these trucks by
means of pipes leading from the sea and projecting out of the side of the
railway cutting on which the trucks stand, so that the water may be
allowed to flow into each truck in much the same way as water is now
generally admitted into the water carts which are used to water the
streets of towns. Each truck should have a pipe projecting from its
bottom through which the water can be afterwards discharged by means
of a suitable valve in any required direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FEATHER TRIMMINGS, AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Magaud at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th July
1872.
I, HENRI MAGAUD, residing 54, Great Portland Street, London, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FEATHER TRIMMINGS, AND IN
APPARATUS THEREFOR," to be as follows:-
The feathers from which the trimming is manufactured are first cut to
the size required, after which they are inserted in the head of a special
tool (Fig. I), and are passed through the stuff, being drawn by the tool
to the position required. When the feathers are in their proper position
the tool has passed through the stuff, leaving the feathers firm. In
passing the feathers through the stuff a kind of stitch or stitches is or
are taken (Fig. 2), which leaves the stalk of the feather on the wrong
side of the stuff, thereby leaving the right side perfectly clean. The
feathers have then the same appearance as they originally had when on
the skin of the bird, but with the advantage of being much stronger.
The above-mentioned passing through or stitching being the Inven-
tion I now seek to protect by Patent.

page_text: EXPLANATION OF DRAWING.
Fig. I is the tool used for drawing the feathers through the stuff. It
is solid from A to B, hollow from B to D, and divided in two parts from
C to D, to facilitate the entry of the stalk of the feathers. Fig. 2, shews
the tool passing through the stuff; E, E, superficies of the stuff; t
F, F, F, sections of the stuff. with the tool passing through, making
stitch; G, G, tool, drawing a feather H to pass through the stuff.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES, BROOMS, MATS, AND OTHER PILE FABRICS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Lee Norton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st June
1872.
I, JAMES LEE NORTON, of Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, in the
City of London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES, BROOMS, MATS, AND OTHER
PILE FABRICS," to be as follows:―
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
brushes, brooms, mats, and other pile fabrics.
In constructing brushes and brooms I arrange the bristles or fibres in
a holder with their ends exposed, and I cast around the ends a slab of
asphalte so as to combine the bristles or fibres together, and fix them to
the back or handle.
The following is a convenient method of operating:-The back or
handle has a hollow formed in it into which the hot asphalte is poured,
and the ends of the bristles or fibres suitably arranged in the holder are
placed in the hollow amongst the melted asphalte. In making mats I

page_text: form the fibre of which the mat is to be made into loops, and I dip the
ends of these loops into melted asphalte and then place them upon a
backing of felt, canvas, wood, cork, or other material, to which they are
thus cemented; and straw mats may very advantageously be made in
this manner.
For mats which are required to fold, I form the back of a
number of lats of wood cemented or fixed together by bands.
In making mats or other pile fabrics from soft materials I wind the
material to form the pile on mandrels, each divided longitudinally, then
clamp a number of mandrels covered in this manner together in a
holder, and cut the material lengthwise of each mandrel; I remove one
portion of each mandrel leaving the other to support the loops of the
material lapped around it. The ends of these loops then project and I
dip them into melted asphalte and apply them to the material to form
the back of the pile fabric, or I apply the asphalte in a powdered state
and then melt it by means of a hot iron.
I obtain a very ornamental effect by forming the pile partly of worsted
and partly of cocoa-nut fibre.
The loops of the pile may be left uncut or may be divided to form a
cut pile, as may be preferred. Sometimes I clamp the pile fabric
between bars in a holder with the ends projecting; I cement on the back
fabric and unclamp the holding bars; they are then moved a distance
away from the back and reclamped so as to hold the fibres firmly; the
back fabric is cut off with a sufficient length of pile upon it and the
operation is repeated.
For some purposes a coir fabric or paper may be used as the back
fabric.
I also form mats hy lanning a stout wire with fibrous material than
IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR GLAZING OR POLISHING ENAMELLED AND COLORED PAPERS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Henry Symonds at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th November 1872.
I, THOMAS HENRY SYMONDS, of St. Luke's, in the County of Middle-
sex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR GLAZING OR POLISHING ENAMELLED AND COLORED
PAPERS," to be as follows: -
My Invention relates to an improved machine for polishing enamelled
or colored papers, which may be in continuous lengths or short pieces,
whereby a higher and more uniform degree of finish may be imparted to
papers of all thicknesses, and with greater rapidity, than by the brushing
machines hitherto in use for the purpose, which are moreover but ill
adapted for polishing very thin papers.
The machine consists of a polishing cylinder covered with flannel, felt,
or other suitable fabric, and combined with a supporting or carrying
roller or. rollers, or an endless cloth between which and the polishing
cylinder the paper is passed.

page_text: The polishing cylinder is mounted in suitable bearings provided with
springs and adjusting screws to regulate the friction, and the cylinder is
rapidly rotated. The supporting roller or rollers are rotated at a slow speed,
and are covered with india-rubber or other material not liable to become
polished by use to prevent the paper being carried through the machine 5
too rapidly. For very thin papers I prefer to employ an endless cloth
carried on rollers, and partially encircling the polishing cylinder, to
present a greater surface of paper to the action of said cylinder.
The paper is passed through the machine after having been first
enamelled or colored and milled in the usual way (or it may be milled 1
after being polished); the French chalk or other suitable substance being
applied to the polishing cylinder to impart the desired gloss to the
paper.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Williams Box at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th August 1872.
I WILLIAM WILLIAMS Box, of the Gas Works, Crayford, in the
County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS," to be
as follows: —
The object of this Invention is to render unnecessary the use of
liquid in the present hydraulic main. This is effected by providing
each ascension pipe with an apparatus consisting of a chamber with an
inlet and outlet, the inlet being connected to the ascension pipe, and
the outlet to a conducting main to be used as a substitute for the
hydraulic. Within the chamber is a flap valve suspended on centres
from its upper part, or otherwise hinged thereto. This valve when not
in action rests against a seat having a V shaped, semicircular, or other
suitable edge, and covers the orifice of the inlet, and so prevents the
passage
of gas.

page_text: When the retort is charged, and gas is being made, the gas will pass
up the ascension pipe, and by its own pressure will open the valve and
flow into the main, but when the make of gas from any one retort
ceases, either temporarily or otherwise, the pressure of the gas in the
main will be exerted on the valve in the opposite direction, and thus
effectually close it, and prevent any escape.
When the retort is charged, and gas is being made, the gas will pass
up the ascension pipe, and by its own pressure will open the valve and
flow into the main, but when the make of gas from any one retort
ceases, either temporarily or otherwise, the pressure of the gas in the
main will be exerted on the valve in the opposite direction, and thus
effectually close it, and prevent any escape.
Means are provided for giving access to the interior of the chamber
for the purpose of cleansing or adjusting the valve or its seat.
IMPROVEMENTS-IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE FRAMES OF EYE PROTECTORS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Vale at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th January
1872.
I, HENRY VALE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS-IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE FRAMES OF EYE PROTECTORS," to
be as follows:-
My Invention consists of the improvements herein-after described in
manufacturing the frames of eye protectors.
By my Invention the frame of the eye protector and its joint are
made from one piece of sheet metal, whereby the soldering required in
the ordinary manufacture is superseded and a neat and strong eye
protector frame produced.
In carrying my Invention into effect, I cut from thin sheet metal a
blank having the outline or shape of the frame to be made before the
said frame is. bent into an elliptical form. One end of the said blank
has an car or protecting piece from which the middle knuckle of the

page_text: joint of the frame is to be made, and the other end of the blank has two
ears or projecting pieces from which the side knuckles of the joint are
to be made. I take this blank, and by means of dies and pressure
I raise the edges of it nearly at right angles to the other part, the bent
edges inclining inwards or towards one another.
By another process I cut or pierce from the interior of the partially
shaped blank such parts of the metal as will leave only a trough shaped
beading or frame. There is thus formed a trough shaped frame having
at its ends the pieces from which the joint of the frame is to be made,
the said joint picces being made in one piece with the said frame.
I next take a piece of wire gauze cut of the shape of the flat or unbent
frame last made and place its edge in the trough of the said frame,
and by the action of a press the trough sides of the frame are closed
upon the wire gauze, and the said wire gauze fixed in the frame. The
joint pieces at the ends of the frame are next shaped or fashioned into
eyes or knuckles for the formation of the hinge joint. The flat frame is
then bent around a mandril or tool so as to give it the elliptical figure
of the eye protector frame. The unconnected ends of the frame are
jointed together by engaging the middle knuckle on one end between
the side knuckles on the other end, and passing a pin through the
engaged knuckles. The frame of the eye protector is thereby com-
pleted, the glass being fixed in the open frame and secured therein by
the closing and fastening of the frame by the joint pin in the ordinary
manner.
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