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IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING OR DRESSING SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Dempsey Holdforth, of Leeds, in the
West Riding of the County of York, Silk Manufacturer, for the
Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING OR
DRESSING SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 28th June 1853, and dated the 5th May 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Dempsey
Hollforth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 5th May 1853.
I, JOSEPH DEMPSEY HOLDFORTH, of Leeds, in the West Riding of
the County of York, Silk Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING OR
DRESSING SILK AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES" to be as follows; that is
to say:
My Invention consists of improved apparatus or machinery for comb-
ing or dressing silk, waste, or other fibrous substances. This machinery
consists of a cylinder or drum revolving in fixed bearings in a suitable

page_text: frame, the cylinder being clothed with wire cards of any ordinary
description, either upon the whole surface of the cylinder or at intervals,
around it all the teeth of the cards being set in the same direction, so
that when the cylinder is revolving they be brought successively into
action upon the fibrous matters to be combed or dressed. The machine
is also furnished with a holder for containing the silk or other fibrous
substances to be combed or dressed, and holding it securely during the
operation. This holder is mounted above the cylinder in such a manner
that it may be brought nearer 'to' or caused to recede further from the
cylinder, so that when the fibrous substances are to be acted upon they
may be brought gradually down upon the cylinders, and gradually sub-
jected to the action of the teeth of the cards as they revolve round with
the cylinder. I also mount the holder upon a slide, by means of which it
may be passed over the top of or above the cylinder, or drawn back
again at pleasure, in order that the whole of the silk or other fibrous
matters may or may not, as desired, be simultaneously subjected to the
action of the machine, or the fibres may be gradually subjected to its
action. The machine is also furnished with a stripping cylindrical
brush, which, revolving in contact with the combing cylinder, strips
the teeth of that cylinder of the fibres or other inatters which have
been drawn out of the fibrous substances subjected to the action of
the machine. I also use a second cylinder clothed with cards,
which rotating in connection with and against the brush keeps it free
from the fibrous and other matters which it takes up from the teeth of
the combing cylinder.
AN APPARATUS OR MACHINE FOR ASCERTAINING THE DISTANCE TRAVERSED BY CABS AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Peters at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th August 1853.
(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 Surry, Engi-
neer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
APPARATUS OR MACHINE FOR ASCERTAINING THE DISTANCE TRAVERSED BY
CABS AND OTHER VEHICLES" to be as follows:-
This Invention, the object of which is to measure and indicate the
distance traversed by cabs and other vehicles, consists in having a
vertical or bell crank lever at the side of the carriage, which lever
receives motion at the lower end by a horizontal connecting rod from
an eccentric on the inside of the boss or nave of the carriage wheel,
and gives motion at the upper end to a ratchet wheel on a spindle in
an indicator box; and as the vehicle progresses this lever moves the
ratchet one tooth for each revolution of the carriage wheel; this
ratchet gives motion to a set of pinions and cog-wheels (of ordinary
construction) connected with a hand or pointer on a dial plate or

page_text: plates or index in the face of the box above mentioned, and indicates
the distance traversed in miles and fractional parts.
The indicator box may be placed either inside or outside of the
carriage. In lieu of the eccentric a pin, stud, or tooth may be attached
to the nave of the carriage wheel for the purpose of giving motion to
the said lever; this will depend upon the construction of the carriage
and the position of the wheels relative to the situation chosen for the
indicator box.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING MACHINERY
Year: 1853

page_text: (Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given. within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN GREEN, of 10, Queenhithe, in the City of London, do hereby
declare that the nature of the Invention communicated to me from
abroad for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING MACHINERY" to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object the improvement of that class of
printing machinery where the type or form to be printed from is fixed
on a cylinder. According to the Invention, one or more "forms" are
fixed to the cylinder, and the other part of the cylinder is used as a
distributing surface for the ink. There are several pressing rollers
acting with the cylinder (as many as it is desired to obtain impressions
in each revolution of the cylinder); the type is inked by inking rollers
after passing cach of the pressing rollers. The paper is supplied to the
machine in long uncut webs, but folded to and fro' into the size of
sheets into which the webs are to be cut after they have been printed.
The paper is conducted to the printing cylinder by tapes, and in the

page_text: first time of passing thro' the machine it is caused to fold again to and
fro; but in the second time of passing thro' the machine, and when it
has been printed on both sides, it is cut into sheets by passing between
two rollers, one of which carries a serrated blade, which at intervals is
moved out by a cam, or other mechanisin, and passes between a slit or
opening in the other roller, the edges of which slit project and are
elastic, and thus by receiving more pressure than the other parts of the
roller hold the paper very securely when the blade is passing thro'
the paper. The paper is printed opposite each pressing roller; and in
order to prevent two impressions coming on the same part of the sur-
face the paper on receiving an impression by one pressing roller is
conducted away from the cylinder by a carrying roller before it comes
to the next pressing roller. The parts of the machinery are adjusted
to each other, in order that the type may, when opposite any pressing
roller, have a surface of unprinted paper to print on. The sheets as
they are cut are piled alternately to the right and left on inclined tables
or receiving boards.
Iк- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHURNS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER AGITATING OR STIRRING APPARATUS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Askie at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS ASKIE, of Little Britain, in the City of London, Pattern
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iк-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CHURNS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE
ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER AGITATING OR STIRRING APPARATUS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of a peculiar construction or arrangement of
gearing whereby a rotary as well as a reciprocating or up and down
motion may be simultaneously communicated to the agitator, stirrer,
or beater of a churn or other agitating or stirring apparatus. This
object is effected by means of two bevil or mitre wheels, one of which
is mounted on an axle or shaft which carries a fly wheel or winch
handle, and has adapted to its face a crank pin, which of course rotates
with it, and, by means of a connecting rod, communicates motion to
the vertical shaft of the agitator or stirrer. The connecting or crank

page_text: rod is jointed to the vertical shaft by means of a ring, in which the
shaft is free to turn horizontally. The shaft passes freely through the
hub of the second and horizontal mitre wheel, and is furnished with a
feather which works up and down in a groove made in the hub of the
bevil wheel. The operation of the parts will be as follows:-A vertical
or up and down motion will be communicated to the shaft by the crank
on the first bevil wheel, and a rotary motion will be communicated
to the same shaft by means of the second wheel, which will, by
means of the feather, carry the shaft round, it being, of course, under-
stood that the two bevil wheels are geared into each other.
A METHOD OF PRODUCING PLANS IN RELIEVO
Year: 1853

page_text: This invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed
with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by André Gaspard Guesdrou
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th December 1858.
I, ANDRÉ GASPARD GUESDRON, of Montmartre, Paris, France, Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
METHOD OF PRODUCING PLANS IN RELIEVO" to be as follows:-
These plans are formed of two sheets of caoutchouc or other
analogous material, rendered adhesive at the edges only, with here
and there parts or points covered with silk, stuff, or other similar
material, to represent objects in relief. The objects required are
made to appear in relief, by blowing in air between the sheets of
caoutchouc, the edges of which must then be hermetically closed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward John Scott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th August 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, EDWARD JOHN SCOTT, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Shoe Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND
SHOES" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of shoes and other cover-
ings for the feet, so as to ensure excellence of workmanship with
economy of cost and rapidity of execution. The soles are cut out of
the leather by punches or cutters formed to the required sole shape;
or the soles may be produced in any other convenient manner. The
soles are then laid upon a metallic faced last, with the upper leather
and inner sole in position, and the soles and upper are then rivetted
together by copper or other nails or rivets. To prepare for this con-
nection the operator runs a perforating wheel or spurred disc round
the line of the intended row of rivets. He then inserts the rivets in

page_text: these holes, and clinches 'them in to bind the soles and upper together
by hammering upon the iron face of the last. The rivets or metallic
connections are wedge shaped, and the pointed end being entered into
the hole is clinched inside the sole, whilst the blunt or wedged end
fixes well into the exterior of the sole. The sole may either be rivetted
directly to the upper, or a layer of cotton or other fibrous substance,
saturated with a gutta percha or other waterproof solution, may be laid
in between the two surfaces to make a tight joint.
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THE CURE OF THE ROUP AND OTHER DISEASES IN FOWLS AND POULTRY
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Baily, of 113, Mount Street; Grosvenor
Square, London, for the Invention of "THE CURE OF THE ROUP
AND OTHER DISEASES IN FOWLS AND POULTRY."
Sealed the 28th December 1853, and dated the 22nd October 1853.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the 22nd day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Baily, Her special licence that
I, the said John Baily, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Baily, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should 'at any time agree with, and no others, from
time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "THE CURE OF ROUP AND
OTHER DISEASES OF FOWLS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John Baily, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Baily, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
A pill composed of the following ingredients: powdered bark, two
and a half grains; powdered ginger, two and a half grains; powdered
rhubarb, two and a half grains; sulphate of zinc, one tenth of a grain;
and water, two grains.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Baily, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of December, in the year
of our Lord 1853.
JOHN BAILY. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR CUTTING OUT PARTS OF GARMENTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Muir at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
December 1858.
WILLIAM MUIR, of the Britania Works, in the City of Man-
chester, Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR
CUTTING OUT PARTS OF GARMENTS" to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in making templets representing parts of
garments, of thin sheet metal or other suitable material, and in placing
several pieces of the fabric or other material to be cut out between two
such templets, which are connected together by pins passing through
the fabric or other material, and through one or both of the templets.
Where the fabric or other material to be cut out is thus secured, the
edges projecting beyond the templets are cut off by a pair of rotary or
other shears or cutters to which motion is given by steam or other
power, the attendant having only to move the templets, so as to present
the fabric or other material to the action of the shears.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING AND APPLYING CONNECTING RODS
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 22nd December 1853.-A communi-
cation.
I, PETER ARMAND LE COMTE DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of 4, South
Street, Finsbury, London, and 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent
Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING AND APPLYING CONNECTING RODS " to be
as follows, viz. :-
The Invention consists, firstly, in combining levers of equal lengths
crosswise, and forming by their being jointed a chain of articulated
lozenge forms, which being folded or unfolded will assume alternately a
vertical or horizontal position, Fig. 1, of the Drawing.
Secondly, in the application of the said chain of jointed lozenge
forms, which are made to slide in cast iron 'guides B, B', upon small
brass rollers L; the cross levers so arranged form a jointed connecting

page_text: rod. Every fourth of these lozenge forms is rendered immovable by
means of an axis pivoting on two opposite bearings set on the same
guides; they are thus divided in the proportion of 1 to 8.
Thirdly, in causing the lozenge forms to communicate to the ex-
tremities of the jointed rod a regular alternate motion. A fixed rod
connecting the jointed rod to a fly wheel O, alters at the same time
the rectilinear into a circular motion.
Fourthly, in multiplying the motive power, which increases progres-
sively in each apparatus according to the ratio between the range of
the small and large arms of the jointed connecting rad.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ILLUMINATING GAS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hansor at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
November 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES HANSOR, of Wandsworth Road, in the County of Surrey,
Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ILLUMINATING GAS" to be as
follows:-
I employ two retorts or chambers, or two chambers in one retort;
Into the
both these retorts or chambers are heated by a fire or fires.
first of these chambers I insert a vessel or cradle, or, vessels or cradles,
containing oil, grease, resin, or other substance capable of being con-
verted into illuminating gas, or mixtures of the same, either alone or
mixed with sawdust, or sand, or coke, or other absorbent substance.
The cradles or vessels may be covered with perforated covers, and the
upper part of their sides may also be perforated. The oil or other sub-
stance is partially decomposed and volatilized by the heat, and the pro-
ducts are conveyed into the second chamber or retort, where the decom-
position is completed, and the whole or the greater part of -the volatile

page_text: products are converted into illuminating gas. The gas is conveyed
away from the second chamber or retort by a pipe which dips into a
vessel containing water, or lime water, or other purifying liquid, and it
then passes to the gasometer; or the gas may be passed through other
purifiers before entering the gasometer. The second chamber or retort
may be empty, or filled with small earthenware pipes, or pieces of coke
or other inert substances, serving to extend the surface in contact with
the gas or vapours. Pressure gauges may be applied to the retorts or
chambers, and a valve or stopcock may be placed in the pipe which
connects them, so that the connection may be closed when the first
retort or chamber is being charged. The pipes and passages are all
made of sufficient size to allow a free passage for the gas.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING OR PRODUCING COLORS ON TEXTILE FABRICS.
Year: 1853

page_text: County of Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING OR PRODUCING COLORS ON TEXTILE
FABRICS.
Sealed the 19th December 1858, and dated the 21st October 1853.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Frederick Albert Gatty
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition
and Declaration, on the 21st October 1853, pursuant to the 9th
section of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
FREDERICK ALBERT GATTY, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING OR PRODUCING COLORS ON
TEXTILE FABRICS," and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):
My Invention consists in preparing an improved mordant to be used
in the production of steam colors on textile fabrics. The mordants
hitherto used for producing steam colors consist of acetate, nitrate, or

page_text: muriate of alumina, and to the colors more or less chlorate of potash
is added, in order to fix and oxidise them, as is well known to calico
printers. Now my improvements consist in preparing a mordant com-
posed of chlorate and hydrochlorate of alumina, by which the colors
are fixed and oxidised without the use of chlorate of potash. In order
that my said Invention may be more fully understood, and readily
carried into effect; I. will proceed to describe the means pursued by
me. I saturate milk of linie (of about 1-10 specific gravity) by a
stream of chlorine gas, thereby producing a solution containing chloride
of calcium and chloride of lime; this operation and product is well
known, and forms no part of my Invention. I then dissolve six hun-
dred pounds of allum in two hundred gallons of water, to which I add
one hundred gallons of the above solution; thus chlorate and hydro-
chlorate of alumina are obtained in solution, and sulphate of lime in a
precipitate; the former I separate from the latter either by decantation
or filtration. The solution of chlorate and hydrochlorate of alumina
thus obtained constitutes my improved mordant, which is applied in the
ordinary manner in the preparation of colors.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it under-
stood that I do not confine myself to the exact proportions mentioned
above, as the relative quantities of chlorate and hydrochlorate of alumina
may be varied according to circumstances; but what I claim as my
Invention is, the decomposition of alum or sulphate of alumina by chlo-
rate of lime and chloride of calcium, obtained in the manner above
described, and the application of the resulting chlorate and hydrochlorate
of alumina for fixing and oxidising steam colors.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Albert Gatty, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of October, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
F. A. GATTY. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR REELING OR WINDING SILK, COTTON, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING OR GAUGING THE SAME
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolphe Iglesia at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
January 1858.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ADOLPHE IGLESIA, of Upper John Street, Fitzroy Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR REELING OR WINDING SILK, COTTON, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING OR GAUGING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is, by the application of an ordinary
counting apparatus to each of the reels of winding or reeling machines,
to cause given quantities or lengths of thread or yarn to be wound on
with exactness, so that the weight of a hank of yarn of a certain and
known fineness may be at once known by its length.
In carrying out the Invention a counting apparatus is adapted to
each reel or winder, which is moreover furnished with a little tumbling
lever, having an eye at one end, through which the thread or yarn to
be wound is passed, and which lever, in the event of the thread breaking,
will drop down and stop not only the counting apparatus, but will also
prevent the winding-on reel from rotating. The counting apparatus is

page_text: sometimes also so arranged that when a given number of yards of
yarn have been wound on it will act on the tumbling lever or yarn
stopper, which in its turn will stop the rotation of the reel, so that with
but little attention on the part of the attendant a large number of
hanks of a given length may be wound without interfering with each
other, as every reel is distinct from its neighbour, and therefore may
either stop or rotate without interfering with the operations of the
others.
Thrashing Machines and Apparatus for Shaking the Straw, and Riddling, Winnowing, and Dressing the Corn.
Year: 1853

page_text: Thrashing Machines and Apparatus for Shaking
the Straw, and Riddling, Winnowing, and
Dressing the Corn.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Thomas Holines at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, ou
the 3rd May 1853.
I, GEORGE THOMAS HOLMES, of the Firm of Holmes and Sons, of
Norwich, in the County of Norfolk, Engineers and Agricultural
Implement Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THRASHING MACHINES AND APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH, FOR SHAKING THE STRAW, RIDDLING, WINNOWING, AND DRESSING
THE CORN," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist in an improved method of combining
and working the several parts connected, so as to perform more
satisfactorily within itself the several operations of thrashing, shaking,
riddling, and winnowing or dressing the corn, at one and the same time,
in a portable or fixed machine. The corn is passed through the
thrashing drum, which is of ordinary construction, covered with sheet

page_text: iron, and having 5 or more beaters. The concaves surrounding the
same are made with the bars placed higher on the front or thrashing
edge, thereby forming as it were in the circle a series of feather
edged iron bars, having also two or more bars of peculiar shape at the
finishing part of the concave, from which the straw passes to an
improved straw shaker, which separates the corn remaining in the
straw. It is made with double cranked spindles; it has either two or four
lifters working on them, forming boxes having perforated plates on the
top, and a boarded bottom, which conveys the corn which passes
through the perforated plates to the riddle, over which the corn from
the thrashing drum is also passed. The riddling apparatus is of
peculiar construction, as is also the arrangement for working it.
The corn falls through the riddle on to a boarded bottom, in falling
from which a current of air from a fan is passed through, the fan being
fixed on the machine in combination with the riddling machinery, so as
to blow the chaff and dust from the steam engine when working,
instead of on to the engine; the colder or pulse passes over the riddle,
and is delivered separately from the chaff, the corn falling on to another
riddle, which separates the cost, and the corn is delivered out of a spout
in the side of the machine; the cost and small corn is carried in an
opposite direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING AND UNITING METALS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Donald 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, HUGH DONALD, of the firm of Craig and Donald, of Johnstone, in
the County of Renfrew, North Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
CUTTING AND UNITING METALS" to be as follows:-
.
This Invention relates to a compact and effective arrangement of
machinery for the performance of the several operations of cutting,
clipping, or shearing, punching and rivetting. The machine has a
simultaneous quadruple action; that is to say, it is capable of both
cutting and punching or riveting on each side and at the same time.
The machine consists essentially of a main cast-iron frame, in the open
centre of which a vertical lever is hung on a horizontal axis of oscil-
lation. The lower end of this lever is jointed to a connecting rod from
a revolving crank, in connection with the prime mover, so that as the
crank rotates this lower and longer arm of the lever is caused to vibrate.
The head of this lever carries a cutter on each side, the line of cutting

page_text: being very little above the centre of oscillation; so that a powerful
leverage is secured. The reverse or bottom fixed cutters, corresponding
to the moveable cutters, are set one on each side of the lever on the
fixed frame, and thus, as the lever head vibrates, its two sides cut
alternately. In this way two men can cut or shear at once, the cutter
ascending on one side, whilst that on the other descends; and this
enables the attendants to cut such pieces of metal as are troublesome to
manage in the ordinary way, as, by giving one cut on one side, the piece
may be completely severed by being turned to the other side. The
punching and riveting actions are effected in a very simple manner, by
setting the working mandril one on each side of the main lever, a little
below the centre of oscillation. Each mandril works through a hori-
zontal guide in the main frame, its inner end being linked to the side
or edge of the lever, whilst its outer working end projects through the
frame piece, and comes up to a socket on a projection cast on the frame.
Thus, each mandril, working either a punch or riveting piece, comes
into action alternately. By this arrangement the duplex cutting action
is kept in the centre of the heavy framing, whilst the punching and
riveting operations are on a lower level at each end. The general.
arrangement may be modified to a certain extent to suit special pur-
poses; or, instead of setting the machine as described, it might be
erected in a vertical position, with the main lever vibrating horizon-
tally. The machine may, indeed, work at any angle.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR WASHING LINEN AND OTHER TEXTILE ARTICLES
Year: 1853

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hippolyte Coutte and
Jean Michel Hammerbacher at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 26th November 1853.
We, HIPPOLYTE COUTTE and JEAN MICHEL HAMMERBACHER, of
Paris, in the Empire of France, and of 16, Castle Street, Holborn,
(City) London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR WASHING LINEN AND OTHER TEXTILE
ARTICLES" to be as follows, viz. :-
Fig. 1, is a vertical section, and Fig. 2, a plan. It is composed of a
cylindrical vessel A, A, of wood, metal, or any other material. In this
vessel a cylinder of metallic sheet or open work B, B, is placed. This
cylinder B, B, is in form of an annular crown, that is to say, it is hollow
inside, so as to receive a star wheel C. By aid of the handle D, and the
gearing wheels E, E, E", a rotary movement is given to the vessel
A, A, and the star wheel C, whilst the cylinder B turns in a con-
trary direction. The water will receive the same motion as the vessel
A, in which it is contained, and meeting the cylinder B, B, will be

page_text: violently agitated with the linen to be washed. The motion of the
water is still more increased by the vertical bars F, F, which are
placed in the interior of the cylinder.
The cylinder containing the linen is put in motion by means of a
hollow axle I, which surrounds the axle L, and which the cog wheel E
causes to revolve.
Fig. 3, is a vertical section, and Fig. 4, a plan of the machine
slightly modified.
The vessel A, A, does not move; the cylinder
B, B, and the star wheel C, only move, and in different directions from
one another. The vessel has, however, still the vertical bars F, F, for
producing the same effect as the star wheel, viz., to agitate the water.
The two arrangements above indicated are furnished with a lever
apparatus, which may be moved by hand by means of an eccentric or
any other method, and by the aid of which the box or cylinder B, B,
may be raised so as to take away the linen which it contains.
CONVERTING CERTAIN REFUSE MATERIALS INTO YARN FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Edward Ashton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th September 1853.
(Void Iny reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE EDWARD ASHTON, of the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CONVERTING
CERTAIN REFUSE MATERIALS INTO YARN FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF WOVEN
AND OTHER FABRICS" to be as follows, that is to say:-
My Invention has reference to the utilizing of refuse silk and silk
fabrics obtained from old wearing apparel and otherwise (being mate-
rials hitherto found quite unserviceable and worthless) for the purposes
above mentioned, and is performed as follows:-I cause the said mate-
rial to be cut into pieces of convenient length, then to be unravelled by
hand or by machinery, and carded or combed by either of the like
means, and, lastly, to be spun by the ordinary methods into yarn.

page_text: which yarn will then be found suitable for weaving or otherwise manu-
facturing into fabrics applicable to the making of quilts, rags, and
various descriptions of wearing apparel.
I claim the treatment and employment of refuse silk and silk fabrics
in the manner and for the purposes described and set forth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPA- RATUS FOR FACILITATING THE EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS INTERNAL PARTS OF THE HUMAN FRAME
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward, Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of. Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th February 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not. having.. been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)..
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents; 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPA-
RATUS FOR FACILITATING THE EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS INTERNAL PARTS OF THE
HUMAN FRAME" to be-as follows:
The object of the instrument is to enable any person to inspect or
examine with the eye internal parts of the human frame which cannot
be conveniently examined without the aid of some such apparatus.
The instrument is composed principally of metal silvered, and is
provided with a lamp, the light of which is thrown, by a combination
of reflectors, on to any part of the body to which access can be obtained.
The apparatus is also provided with a set of lenses, whereby any
abnormal appearances may be more minutely examined than with the
naked eye.

page_text: ADDITION TO PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR
FACILITATING THE EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS INTERNAL PARTS OF THE HUMAN
FRAME" to be as follows:-
The object of the instrument is to enable any person to inspect or
examine with the eye internal parts of the human frame which cannot
be conveniently examined without the aid of some such apparatus. The
instrument consists principally of a hollow chamber, with an entrance
tube at one end, and an exit tube at the other; the several parts are
composed principally of metal silvered, and the apparatus is provided
internally with a lamp, the light of which is thrown, by a combination
of reflectors, through the exit tube on to any part of the body to which
access can be obtained. The apparatus is also provided with a set of
lenses, whereby any abnormal appearance may be more minutely
Ithan with the naked eye. The lenses are mounted in a tube
which passes through the principal chamber, and is adjustable from the
outside by means of an external screw, whereby the focus may be
obtained. It will now be understood that the light of the lamp will be
thrown by the reflectors into any cavity of the body opposite the object
end of the lenses.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Thomas Jewiss and
Daniel Jewiss at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 3rd September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
WC, JOHN THOMAS JEWISS and DANIELL JEWISS, both of Horsley-
down, Smiths, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES" to be as follows:-
We construct the bridge hollow, with an. opening or slot at the top
thereof; and opening into the under part of the bridge is a pipe or pipes
which is or are passed through the furnace, and are bent down under
the furnace door, or otherwise open into the external atmosphere. The
air will rush through the pipe, and become heated before it reaches the
bridge. It will issue from the top thereof, and, mixing with the pro-
ducts of combustion, will cause consumption thereof, and will thus
prevent smoke almost, if not entirely, from issuing from the chimney.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SAFETY PAPER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th April 1853. A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SAFETY PAPER " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the employment of the rough and irregular
surface produced by the fracture of a piece of cast iron or other brittle
material, for giving the requisite water-mark to paper employed in the
manufacture of bank notes, cheques, coupons, &c. A bar of cast iron,
or any other brittle material, is broken transversely, and a piece of soft
metal, gutta percha, or other suitable material is inserted between the
broken surfaces, and and receives a correct impression of their irregula-
rities. From this matrix is obtained the regular design which is required,
and which is transferred to the wire cloth on which the paper is made.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WHEEL TYRES FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND OTHER CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Bothams at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd August 1853.
I, JOHN BOTHAMs, of Gravesend, in the County of Kent, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WHEEL TYRES FOR LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AND OTHER
CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
My improvements in the tyres for wheels has for its object to obviate
the weld or union of the metal across the tyre at any one point, by
obviating which it is much less liable to break than the ordinary con-
struction of tyre. To effect this object I take a bar of suitable dimen-
sions, and wind it in the form of a helix of a sufficient breadth to form
the tyre; it is then heated and welded together in a solid mass, and
afterwards rolled or hammered of the proper size and shape for the
purpose required.

page_text: Instead of winding the iron in the form of a helix, it may be wound
in the form of an involute, or made of a series of hoops, either welded
or otherwise, and placed together so that the joints do not coincide
when the whole mass is welded together.
AN IMPROVE- MENT IN ANCHORS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Brown at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th May 1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES BROWN, of No. 2, Bridge Terrace, Canal Road, in the Parish
of Saint Dunstan, Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN ANCHORS" to be as follows:-
In the first place, my Invention is only applicable to anchors, tho
arms of which work on an axis, and consists of two projections from
the inside of the arm near to the crown, and being one on cach side of
the shank, so that when there is any strain upon the anchor the upper
projection will press down upon the upper part of the shank near to
the crown, as shewn in the Drawing, Figure 1, by which means the
under part of the arm will be forced into the ground, thereby making
the anchor possess better holding properties than any other anchor now
In the second place, my Invention consists of the arm of the
anchor being in two parts, which also work on an axis in such manner

page_text: that each arm forces itself in the ground by the projection of the arm
pressing down against the upper part of the shank, as shewn in
Drawing, Figure 6.
REFERENCES TO THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, shows a representation of the anchor first above mentioned,
and is represented as holding in the ground. A, A, are the projections;
the upper projection A, is pressing against the shank B. Figure 2, is
the arm shewing the two projections. A. A. Figure 3, is the shank
with the stock C, affixed. Figure 4, is the palm or fluke. Figure 5,
the bolt which connects the arm and shank together. Figure 6, is an
anchor constructed according to the plan secondly above mentioned.
shewing the arms in two parts. A, A, are the ends or projections of the
arms, the upper part of the lower armu resting on the upper part of the
shank B. C, C, are the arms. Figure 7, shews one of the two arnis.
In conclusion, I beg to remark, that I am aware that anchors
working on an axis is no novelty; therefore I only claim the projections
A, A, in Figures 1, and 2, and the form of the two arms C, C, as
represented in Figures 6, and 7, and the working of the arms in two
parts.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THAT CLASS OF ORNAMENTAL FABRICS USUALLY TERMED AYRSHIRE SEWED WORK
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Anderson and
Alexander Wark Murphy at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th November 1853.
We, WILLIAM ANDERSON, junior, and ALEXANDER WARK MURPHY,
of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the particulars of the said Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THAT CLASS OF ORNAMENTAL FABRICS USUALLY TERMED AYRSHIRE
SEWED WORK" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to that class of ornamental fabrics technically
and commercially known as "Ayrshire sewed work," used as collars,
habit shirt and collar chemisettes, and sleeves. In this sewed work, as
hitherto executed upon muslin, the muslin or ground fabric has always
been white or uncolored. Now according to this Invention a black or

page_text: colored muslin is employed as the ground fabric, and the sewed or hand
stitched embroidery laid upon its surface is either of black or colored
material alone, or black and white, or other intermediate color com-
bined. This combination produces a new mourning fabric, quite dis-
tinct from ornamental work hitherto produced.
A PORTABLE WATER CLOSET WITH WATER SUPPLY WITHOUT THE ACTION OF PUMP
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Guy at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
November 1853.
I, ALFRED GUY, of N° 32, Upper Rosomon Street, Clerkenwell, in
the County of Middlesex, Iron Worker, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A PORTABLE WATER CLOSET WITH WATER
SUPPLY WITHOUT THE ACTION OF PUMP" to be as follows:-
A cistern or outer case is constructed, lined with metal, to contain a
certain quantity of water. Into this cistern is fitted a moveable inner
cistern or pail of a lesser size, allowing room for the water contained
in the outer cistern to remain a certain depth at the bottom; a space
is left between the sides of the inner and outer cisterns. The inner
cistern is constructed to receive a closet pan made of metal, lined with
glass, and having a trap valve by means of a weight attached at the
bottom, and so constructed as to retain a small quantity of water to
prevent smell arising from soil passed through the valve. The top of

page_text: this closet pan is constructed to fit into a groove in the innermost
cistern, the edge of which rests in water contained in the grove also to
prevent smell. Over these cisterns is fitted a moveable seat as in the
ordinary water closet; a lever is fixed through the outer case, having
a handle attached: by pressing this handle round either way the lever
acts on the edge of the inner cistern or pail and forces it down; this
pressure acts on the water contained in the outer cistern, and causes it
to rise up the apperture or space left between the sides of the inner
and outer cisterns, and thence flows over the top of the inner cistern
all round its edge, through the pan and valve, and into the inner cistern.
This is repeated,, when necessary, until all the water in the outer
cistern is exhausted and is received in the inner; the inner cistern or
pail thus contains all soil and water, and is taken out and emptied
when considered necessary.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MECHANISM FOR DRIVING MACHINERY THROUGH THE AGENCY OF WATER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles John Burnett
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 4th January 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, CHARLES JOHN BURNETT, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS OR MECHANISM FOR DRIVING MACHINERY
THROUGH THE AGENCY OF WATER" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment of the apparatus or
mechanism herein-after named as a substitute for water-wheels, so
that, instead of the well-known water-wheel acting intermediately
between the body or stream of water and the machinery to be driven, I
employ other apparatus or mechanism to perform the same mechanical
function of transmitting the power arising from the pressure of the
water to the machinery required to be driven.
The apparatus or mechanism employed for this purpose consists of a
horizontal or inclined shaft (or shafts) or axis (or axes) duly mounted
or supported, and having keyed or fixed upon it (or them) any con-

page_text: venient number of vanes or blades similar to those employed for the
purpose of propelling vessels.
The horizontal or inclined shaft or axis is so mounted or supported
as to be parallel, or nearly parallel, with the surface of the water, in
order that the vanes or blades may be acted upon by the body or stream
of water in such a manner as to impart rotary motion to the said
shaft.
The precise form, or the angle with the shaft, or the radius of the
vanes or blades, may be varied to suit different circumstances; as may
also the number and disposal or arrangement of the horizontal shafts
or axes, and the mode of their connection with the machinery required
to be driven by them.
AN IMPROVED DOOR OR FINGER PLATE
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Augustus De Regi-
nald Hely at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 2d March 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ALFRED AUGUSTUS DE REGINALD HELY, of Cannon Row, West-
minster, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED DOOR OR FINGER
PLATE to be as follows, viz. :-
My Invention refers to a door or finger plate made of glass or
vitreous substance, plain or coloured, exhibiting any required design,
device, or lettering, produced in or upon such material itself, or in any
suitable material, as paper, cardboard, &c., placed beneath the same.
The glass is secured in its proper place either by cementing or by
screws passed through holes drilled through it, or by both these means,
to ensure security and freedom from damp; the salient edges or
corners being bevilled or rounded off to obviate fracture.

page_text: When of proper thickness, and carefully cemented and screwed
upon a perfectly level surface, such a glass would stand any amount of
wear and tear to which door or finger plates are subject, and perfectly
imitate, at small cost, more costly designs in metal and ceramic
manufacture.
The glass may be further protected, where necessary, by a frame of
metal, wood, or any suitable material.