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IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Taylor and George James
Taylor at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st March
1882.
JAMES TAYLOR and GEORGE JAMES TAYLOR both of 82 Great Portland Street
in the County of Middlesex.-"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOTS,"
This Invention has for its object improvements in boots and is applicable
especially to long or high boots for fishing shooting and riding but boots of ordinary
height and substance can be similarly made.
Boots made in accordance with the invention button or.fasten up the outer side
of the leg and the appearance when in wear is as when a gaiter is worn. They
shew no seam but one vertical seam behind the leg from top to bottom of the
boot.
The upper of the boot is made from one piece of leather which is brought to the
proper shape by blocking or stretching and nailing out upon a form.
A slit is then cut in the leather to form the side open, it passes straight down
the piece from the top of the boot to the ankle where it turns to the front and it
terminates by the side of the instep in a line with the front of the leg.
In making up the boot the part of the leather behind the slit is brought forward
so as to be overlapped by the part in front.
Fastenings also are provided to these parts buttons and button holes by
preference, to close the boot when in wear, a tongue piece is employed in the side
opening to render the boot water proof; it extends as high up the leg as may be
considered necessary and it is attached all along the lower and hinder part of the
slit and to the flap just within the button holes The width of this tongue is such
as to admit of the flap opening freely to the front for the free passage of the foot.
When the boot is closed and buttoned the tongue doubles and folds flat upon
itself.
Boots made in accordance with the invention are very suitable for the saddle, in
appearance nearly the same as the ordinary riding boot, but easy to get on and
when on very firm to the foot. The boot being without seams except that up the
back it is not liable to gaul the foot either in riding or walking.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DEVICES FOR MEASURING MEN AND OBJECTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Percival Wilford at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd November 1882.
EDMUND PERCIVAL WILFORD, of the City and County of Bristol, a Major in
Her Majesty's Forces, "IMPROVEMENTS IN DEVICES FOR MEASURING MEN AND
OBJECTS,"
"
The improvements relate more particularly to devices for measuring army recruits
round the chest and they consist of a band of metal or wire gauze, of sufficient
pliancy to fit over the chest, said band or a portion of it being marked in inches
and parts thereof; at one end of the band is a stud or projection the centre of
which is intended to be zero on the measure, at and from the centres of the
24th inch to the 40th inch, at each inch and half inch are holes to receive the zero
stud, these holes may be also placed at the quarter inches and made from zero to
the end of the measure which may be made any convenient length. When the
measure is made of pliable steel which is the material I prefer to use, the inches, or
it may be other divisions or measures, may be engraved on with acid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HANDLES FOR JUGS, MUGS, TEAPOTS, COFFEE-POTS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS VESSELS, AND IN THE METHODS, OR MODES, OR MEANS, OF ATTACHING THE SAID HANDLES THERETO
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Grundy at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd June 1882.
JAMES GRUNDY, of New Bedford, in the County of Bristol, and State of
Massachussets in the United States of America, but at present residing in Glasgow,
in the County of Lanark, North Britain. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF HANDLES FOR JUGS, MUGS, TEAPOTS, COFFEE-POTS, AND OTHER ANALOGOUS
VESSELS, AND IN THE METHODS, OR MODES, OR MEANS, OF ATTACHING THE SAID
HANDLES THERETO."
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of handles for jugs,
mugs, teapota, coffee-pots, and other analagous vessels, whereby the same are
rendered detachable.
Such vessels to which this Invention is applicable are those which are usually
made of glass, china, earthenware, or other easily frangible substance, to which
handles hitherto have been generally attached by fusion in a heated state, or partly
heated state as in the case of glass jugs, or vessels, or when in a plastic state, as in
the case of those formed of china, or earthenware.
According to this Invention, the body part of the vessel is formed without a
handle, and after it is fired, or in the case of glass after the vessel is annealed, holes
in the required positions are drilled in the sides of the articles for attaching the
handles thereto, or when the articles are formed by pressing, these holes for
attaching the handles are or may be formed in or by the mould.
The handles are constructed of brass or any other suitable metal and the two
ends thereof have each a flanch which fits against the outer surface of the jug or
vessel,
This flanch is preferably formed of a sufficiently soft or ductile metal that it is
or may be readily adjusted to the contour of the vessel. Each end of the handle
is formed either with a screw stud which passes through the holes_in_the_vesscl-to-
which the handle-is-to-be-attached, and nuts are placed at the ends of these screw
studs inside the vessel, a cushion of india-rubber or other elastic material being
placed between the nuts and the interior of the vessel.
In place of forming the vessel with studs as hereinbefore described, tapped holes
may be made therein in places corresponding to the positions of the studs, and

page_text: screws with heads thereon pass thereinto and tighten from the interior of the
vessel against an elastic packing.
Under another arrangement in place of using nuts or screws as hereinbeforo
described, plain studs of soft metal may be fixed into or form part of the handles,
and when the handles are placed in position, they become fixed to the vessels either
by melting the inner end of the studs, so that the metal fills into counter-sunk
or equivalent holes, or solder may be melted into such holes around the said studs,
so as to fasten them therein,
IMPROVEMENTS IN OPEN FIRE-GRATES FOR THE BETTER PREVENTION AND COMBUSTION OF SMOKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Winfield at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th February 1882.
JOHN WINFIELD of Imperial Chambers Derby in the County of Derby
Stove Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OPEN FIRE-GRATES FOR THE BETTER
PREVENTION AND COMBUSTION OF SMOKE,"
This Invention has for its object the construction of an open firo grate and also a
method of supplying air to the same to ensure the more perfect combustion and to
prevent the formation of smoke as far as possible.
The cold air is introduced from the front of the grate and passes on the floor
underneath the grate into a cold air chamber at the back of the fire. It then
passes through a perforated fire-brick back to the top of the incandescent fuel in
the grate.
The brick back is brought forward at the top and by this means the heated air is
caused to descend to the floor.
On the top of the side bricks and back bricks is placed a perforated fire-brick
baffle which is heated by the fire and so causes the combustion of the gases or smoke
passing through it.
The fresh air introduced from the cold air chamber meeting the stream of air
from the front causes a more perfect and slow combustion, and the fire-brick back
being placed at a convenient angle radiates the heat into the room.
It will be seen that the fire-bricks can be renewed at any time without the
trouble and annoyance of taking out the grate.
ROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Rixon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1882.
GEORGE RIXON, of 13 Harrowden Road Wellingborough in the County of
Northampton LMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES
The object of my invention is to support the seat of the Rider in a superior
manner giving increased ease to the rider, and greatly reducing the vibration
The means whereby I effect these improvements consist in supporting the sont
of the Rider, upon threo springs, one of which is arranged longitudinally under the
seat. The forc-end of this spring is attached to the upper end of the fork by
suitable pins or bolts and nuts, which allow of the necessary play; and the after
end of this longitudinal spring is provided with a clip which slides upon and
embraces the back-bone, giving support to that end of the spring. I prefer to use
flat steel for making the spring, and the seat is bolted thereto.
In addition to this spring, I fix two other springs, formed of steel rods, properly
hardened and tempered. These latter springs are attached to a cross bar which is
placed immediately under the seat of the rider but is not bolted to the seat. The
cross-bar is fitted with three or any other number of in-lia-rubber discs or cushions
which support a portion of the rider's weight.
This cross-bar is retained in position by suitable connecting rods attached thereto
and to the upper part of the fork. The lower ends of these latter steel springs are
attached to the axle of the large wheel, one on each side just inside the cranks,
where also india rubber cushions or pads are placed to reduce vibration. These
steel springs are each in two parts, and joined together by an adjustable nut, with
a right and left hand screw, whereby its length is capable of being adjusted to a
nicety.
By thus adjusting the length of these springs they become a little bent, with a
slight curve, and by their tendency to assume a straight line, the necessary
additional amount of support is imparted to the Rider's seat.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IGNITING GAS BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Adam Koerber at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1882.
JOHN ADAM KOERBER of 44 Frith Street Soho in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR IGNITING GAS BY MEANS OF ELECTRICITY
For this purpose I employ a cylindricaly shaped Vessel which in itself consti-
tutes the negative Element of the Battery; which said Battery I form by inserting
in the aforesaid Cylindrically shaped Vessel the usual Elements used to form the
positive pole; the said cylindrically shaped Vessel I therefore make of Zinc, I
now attach a tube of any convenient Length; but preferably about twelve
inches to the upper end or Lid of the said Vessel; and I lead to the the extreeme
end of the said tube a wire for the purpose of leading the said Current to the
said extreeme end; at such end I attach; an exceedingly minute piece of
platina wire; which wire becomes; incandescent on completing the circuit which
said circuit I complete by pressing a small nob or button placed at the top of
the cylindrically shaped Vessel, or in any other place that may be found most
convenient.
Having now described the nature of my said invention; what I claim as new
and original is
first the formation of a battery in conection with a tube or spire so constituted
as to giving incandescence for the purpose as above described
secondly the application of the receiver or container of the positive pole forming
in itself the negative pole; and containing the exiting Liquid
thirdly the application of such invention as relating to a portable Gaslighter
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OPEN FIRE GRATES STOVES FURNACES OR OTHER APPLIANCES FOR THE MORE PERFECT COMBUSTION OF FUEL AND PREVENTING SMOKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Edwards Parker at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th December 1882.
THOMAS EDWARDS PARKER, Architect and Sanitary Engineer 1 Clifton Villas,
Prince of Wales Road Battersea Park, London S.W. AN IMPROVEMENT IN OPEN
FIRE GRATES STOVES FURNACES OR OTHER APPLIANCES FOR THE MORE PERFECT
COMBUSTION OF FUEL AND PREVENTING SMOKE
My invention is an improvement on my patent N° 3156 A.D. 1881 and consists
in the application of the conical principle to all the perforations and apertures
which I employ to perform the operation of combustion. From experiments which
I have made I find that by countersinking the holes in my appliance a more simple
contrivance can be constructed and also more effective in oxidizing the fuel. One
advantage I claim in this new arrangement for open grates is, that a countersunk
perforated plate fixed in front of a tapered combustion chamber, permits the light
and heat generated therein to be reflected into the apartment and not lost in the
chimney, showing that the smoke is being consumed and giving the appearance
of a second fire above the real one.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SECONDARY BATTERIES FOR THE STORAGE OF ELECTRICITY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerald Molloy at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th March 1882.
GERALD MOLLOY, of the county and City of Dublin, Doctor of Divinity, Vice-
Rector and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Catholic University of Ireland,
86 St. Stephens Green, Dublin, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SECONDARY BATTERIES FOR
THE STORAGE OF ELECTRICITY
"
This Invention relates to improvements in secondary batteries for the storage
of electricity.
Each plate consists of thin sheet lead which is suitably folded, or, rather, closely
corrugated, and then fitted into a wooden frame.
The several plates of each cell having been fitted in their frames are placed
side by side in a rectangular box lined with lead.
By suitable contact pieces and metal rods the plates of odd number beginning
at one end are connected together to make one positive plate, and the plates of
even number are connected together to make one negative plate, or vice versa.
Each plate when folded and fitted into its frame is covered over or coated with
a layer of red oxide of lead, preferably by means of a brush which is used to
"beat" the oxide between the folds.
It is then immersed in dilute sulphuric acid and left therein for three, four or
more days, during which no current is sent through the acid. During this period
a chemical change takes place in the plate which prepares it for storing electrical
energy.
The battery is then ready to be charged by dynamo machine, or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PURIFYING AND STORING WATER IN " MAIN SERVICE FILTERS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Rogers Lipscombe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th February 1882.
HENRY ROGERS LIPSCOMBE, of 144 Oxford Street in the County of Middlesex
Wator Filter Maker. IMPROVEMENTS IN PURIFYING AND STORING WATER IN
"
MAIN SERVICE FILTERS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
My Invention consists of a cylinder within which I place other cylinders, which
I attach to the main service supply pipe, or any pipe or pipes leading from any
cistern or tank or any other vessel constructed to hold water.
The head of the outer cylinder is moveable. The impure water is caused to
pass through the filtering media, thenco it flows purified to any convenient part or
parts of a building in the manner following:
The cylinder has in its lower part a chamber or cavity into and through which
by means of a pipe the unfiltered water flows, finding an exit through other pipe
or pipes to any part of a building. The upper side of the chamber or cavity is
perforated with holes through which the unfiltered water flows upwards, into and
through the filtering media, which is composed of animal or vegetable charcoal,
plates of porous stone, or any of the usual filtering media, separately or in com-
bination, thence the filtered water flows into a second cavity, through holes which
are perforated at its side and thence flowing through a second cylinder having
perforated holes therein, through the second filtering media which is also composed
of animal or vegetable charcoal, plates of porous stone, or any of the usual filtering
media, separately or in combination, into a third cylinder where it is stored and
drawn off as required.
To cleanse the filtering media in the outer cylinder, certain pipe or pipes are
closed by suitable cocks or taps or other means and certain other pipe or pipes are
opened, the unfiltered water then flows upwards into the second cavity, through
the perforated holes in its side, then flowing downwards through the filtering media
and first cavity and driving out all the impurities that may have collected in
either. The second and smaller perforated cylinder by a suitable arrangement, is
connected with the third cylinder.

page_text: The apparatus is so arranged that the internal cylinders and apparatus can be
taken out and the filtering media removed and cleansed and afterwards replaced as
before.
It will thus be seen that my Invention consists of an outer or main cylinder, in
which is an inner vessel or cylinder for cleansing purposes. And also of an arrange-
ment in the interior of my apparatus whereby I form a receptacle for the storing
of filtered water. And also of arrangements for cleansing the filter by causing
water to flow through it in the reverse direction to that in which it flows whilst
being filtered. The apparatus described is capable of various modifications,
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CORSETS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Welborne Almond at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th November 1882.
EDMUND WELBORNE ALMOND trading as the firm of George Langridge & C° of
102 and 103 Temple Street in the city and County of Bristol Stay Manufacturers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CORSETS."
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of corsets the
object being to improve their make and the fitting of the corset to the figure and
counteraction of unequal strains and so allowing of the employment of lighter
material for the outside cloth in the making of the stays or corsets.
In carrying out the invention the outside cloth and lining of the body of the
stay or corset is cut in several pieces or sections such sections being alternately
shaped and straight, the shaped pieces also being broad at one end and narrow at
the other according to the required general contour or design and for the size of
corset to be produced. The pockets for the bones or steels are formed at the
junctions of the edges of the shaped sections by the straight sections of material
superposed on each side of the stay with rows of stitching forming the pockets.
In this formation and combination of parts the direct lateral and tearing strains
upon the sections of the stay body will be greatly neutralized and the lining of but
usual strength will be used to take the strain whilst the outside cloth can be of
plush and other light material and further in so using plush or pile fabrics
according to this Invention no folds of the material are necessitated and the coarse
seams that otherwise would result are entirely avoided.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORCELAIN OR EARTHEN- WARE COFFEE POTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1882. A communication
from abroad by Johann Herttan of Kloesterle Bohemia Manager of Count
Oswald Thun's Porcelain Works.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the Firm of Haseltine Lake and Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORCELAIN OR EARTHEN-
WARE COFFEE POTS." A. communication from abroad by Johann Herttan of
Kloesterle Bohemia Manager of Count Oswald Thun's Porcelain Works.
Tho object of this Invention is to obviate various disadvantages connected with
coffee pots made of porcelain or earthenware and more especially to provide means
whereby a better extraction of the coffee may be effected than has been possible
heretofore and whereby the coffee pot may be more perfectly cleansed after use.
A coffee pot constructed according to the present Invention consists of four
separate parts which are arranged one above the other viz.; first a porcelain or
earthenware pot or receptacle for the liquid coffee; secondly a porcelain or earthen-
ware vessel the bottom of which forms a strainer and which vessel rests on the
first named receptacle and is intended to hold the ground coffee; thirdly a porcelain
or earthenware vessel resting on the top of and projecting into the second vessel
and provided with holes around the circumference of its bottom and intended for
receiving and distributing the hot water; fourthly, a porcelain or earthenware cover
Etting on the top of the third vessel as well as on the top of the first one so
that if the parts 2 and 3 are removed the cover can be placed on the first named
vessel.
The third vessel being provided with holes around its bottom serves for properly
dividing the stream of hot water poured into it and causes the water to descend
in a divided form on to the ground coffee in the second vessel thus ensuring the
equal distribution of the water and a perfect percolation through the ground coffee.
The bottom of the second vessel for holding the ground coffee is so constructed
as to form a sieve or strainer and the holes of this strainer have the shape of slits
which are narrow at the top and wide at the bottom and are entirely glazed.
Hitherto, in the construction of porcelain strainers for coffee pots, the holes in the

page_text: strainer were not of a shape widening downwards and were therefore not only
readily stopped up but also could not be readily cleansed as their shape did not
allow of their being completely glazed in the course of their manufacture and the
unglazed parts absorbed coffee and became discolored. The liquid coffee forined by
the hot water passing through the perforated bottom of the second vessel runs 5
into the first vessel beneath it and is then ready for use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY-VALVES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Allau Haigh at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th December 1882.
ALLAN HAIGH of Halifax in the County of York, Brass Founder and Finisher
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SAFETY-VALVES
"
This Invention relates to steam valves, principally intended for steam boilers,
but is applicable for other purposes whether employed for steam, water, gas, or
other fluid.
My Invention consists in forming a valve with two seats which I accomplish by
making the central part of the valve-seat solid thereby forming an annular space
or opening. The central part is connected to the outer part by two or more.
diaphragms, and by preference the outer and inner edges of the opening are
bevilled or turned down, onto which the valve accurately fits. The valve which
fits onto the annular seats is tubular, and is made to receive weights or springs
used for weighing the valves.
By this construction of valve the area or opening for the pressure of steam is
considerably reduced, consequently less weight is required than is now used for
the same size of valve, and when the pressure of steam is sufficient to open the said
valve, it can freely escape from the valve formed on the outer edge of the annular
opening, and also out of the valve formed on the inner edge of the said opening
escaping through the tubular valve on which the weights or springs are placed.
Instead of the valves being turned down or bevilled, they may be made flat, and
a weighted lever used instead of dead weights or springs.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Longbourne Callendar at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th September 1882.
HUGH LONGBOURNE CALLENDAR of High Street Saffron Walden in the County
of Essex Esquire CYLINDER GLASS STYLOGRAPHS
The object of this invention is the construction of an improved writing or
drawing instrument in one piece of glass capable of holding ink or other coloured
fluids for writing or drawing purposes and of being enclosed in a metal case for its
protection of a size convenient for carriage in the pocket. The instrument is made
as follows. A piece of glass tube is drawn out to a capillary point in a flame.
The end is then broken off and smoothed by fusion and the opening therein
reduced to a suitable size to permit of the flow of ink in a line of the required
thickness on the point being placed in contact with the paper or other material to
be written on. At a short distance above the point a constriction is made in the
body of the instrument by fusion of the glass. This constriction confines the ink to
the portion of the tube between the point and the constriction and regulates the
flow from the point while allowing a certain margin for the expansion of air in the
reservoir. A small opening is left at the end of the instrument opposite to the point
to admit the outer air..
IMPROVED WATER WASTE PREVENTER APPLICABLE TO CLOSETS URINALS AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henderson and David McNeil
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th August 1882.
GEORGE HENDERSON and DAVID MCNEIL both of Blackfriars Road in the
County of Surrey Sanitary Engineers "IMPROVED WATER WASTE PREVENTER
APPLICABLE TO CLOSETS URINALS AND OTHER PURPOSES
"3
The object of this Invention is to render the action of the syphon from the
beginning to the ending of the discharge the same and further, the discharge of
the water is effected without noise.
In carrying out our invention we adopt mainly the following arrangements
The discharge from the cistern is effected by a lever and chain lifting the outer
portion of the syphon which is attached to a valve fitted on the inner portion of
the syphon so as to have a full discharge as soon as the wire or chain is actuated
and thus a full force of water into the inner pipe or wall of syphon is secured.-The
operator has no control over the discharge as it is regulated to the required
quantity of water allowed.
The second part of our Invention consists of a hollow spindle attached to the
valve the spindle being cut at the top allows the air to pass down the centre thus
preventing the noise known to exist in syphon cisterns Our improved syphon has
two valves for reverse action suitable for movable seats door or floor in water
closets and the same in urinals.-The users in any case cannot get any water until
they move from either place that it might be connected to. This syphon is so
constructed that as one valve opens the other shuts and no water can pass until
the valves return to position.-The valves are attached to a hollow spindle to let
the compressed air pass down the centre of the discharge pipe to allow the water to
charge the inner pipe of the syphon.-The valves are so attached to the hollow
spindle that they are self adjusting on their seat The valves used for this syphon
consist of a disc with a tube in the centre of the same size as the discharge pipe
same forming part of the inner tube of the syphon being attached to the outer wall
thereof. When the lever is pulled down it lifts the outer wall or case of syphon
along with the inner which fills the discharge pipe causing a vacuum to be formed

page_text: when the valve goes back to its seat.-The water then rises over the centre tubo
and insures the full volume of water into the discharge pipe.
The form of the outer part of this syphon arrangement is preferably a cylinder
with a cone three quarters of the whole length so formed as to give as little space as
possible to favor the vacuum formed by the water going down the centre tube
Other shapes can be used
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION MARINE LOCOMOTIVE STATIONARY AND ENGINES." OF EVERY DESCRIPTION OF STEAM
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Forbes and James Hayes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st July 1882.
DAVID FORBES and JAMES HAYES of Clyde Works, Whiston Street, Shoreditch
in the County of Middlesex Engineers. ** IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
MARINE LOCOMOTIVE STATIONARY AND
ENGINES."
OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
STEAM
The object of this invention is to construct steam Engines, that greater power
may be obtained from the same quantity of steam than is at present secured by
any other description of steam engine; or to put the matter in another form, to
obtain greater power from the consumption of the same quantity of fuel.
This end we gain in the following manner-In one cylinder we put two pistons
one at either end-In the cylinder we place three slide valves which work over
three parts-One valve is situated in the middle of the cylinder the other two are
placed one at each end.
-
When the steam enters by the centre valve, the two pistons are driven apart, and
when it is admitted by both end valves at the same moment they are brought
together again.
The pistons are attached to connecting rods and driving cranks in the usual way,
thus giving a double engine, or more correctly speaking two Engines of equal
power. working at the same time from one cylinder.
From one charge of steam in the cylinder we obtain double power, or if desired,
equal power with the consumption of one half the quantity of fuel.
By this Invention double piston surface, in one cylinder is gained, and as a
natural consequence double power.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE POWER REQUIRED TO STOP TRAMWAY CARS OR SIMILAR VEHICLES, FOR RE-STARTING THE SAME; ALSO, FOR UTILIZING THE SAID APPARATUS,—WHEN REQUIRED, AS AN INSTANTANEOUS AND POWERFUL BRAKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick John Prince at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th June 1882.
FREDERICK JOHN PRINCE of number 32 Queens Road, Peckham, London. S.E.
"AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING THE POWER REQUIRED TO STOP
TRAMWAY CARS OR SIMILAR VEHICLES, FOR RE-STARTING THE SAME; ALSO, FOR
UTILIZING THE SAID APPARATUS,—WHEN REQUIRED, AS AN INSTANTANEOUS AND
POWERFUL BRAKE
"
My Invention consiste substantially as follows that is to say, I dispose under
the body or framework of the Car or other vehicle, an arrangement of bevil wheel
gearing on suitable cross shafts or spindles, with connecting and disconnecting
clutches operated through the intervention of suitable bars, rods or levers. There
are two sets of the above mentioned gearing, and attachments, arranged one set at
each end of the car or other vehicle:-And, running longitudinally between, and
connected with, the two said sets of gearing, is a suitably strong strong spiral spring,
which, through a torsional action brought to bear upon it,-through the intervention
of the bevil wheel gearing and attachments before referred to,-is, on the car or
other vehicle being stopped, compressed, and stores up the power which is afterwards
released and utilized for re-starting the vehicle, on the strain being taken off
the said spring through the operating of the bars, rods or levers herein before
referred to.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MECHANICAL RETORT FOR THE DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATTERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Lyle at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd December 1882.
JAMES LYLE, of 32 Dartmouth Park Road, Highgate, in the County of Middlesex.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED MECHANICAL RETORT FOR THE DESTRUCTIVE DISTILLATION
OF ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATTERS "
The object of this invention is a novel construction and arrangement together
with the method of working of mechanical retorts in which a continuous feed, a
continual agitation and a regular discharge of the material under operation can be
carried on
For the purpose of my invention I construct a circular casing within which I
arrange bowls or rollers and annular grooves to receive them preferably in concentric
order This casing has a central aperture at its lower part and an opening at its
upper part near the side The lower part has also a depending pocket within
which I arrange a spur wheel on a shaft passing through the pocket and capable of
being rotated in any suitable manner. Within the casing I arrange a circular pan
provided at its under side with an annular rack for the spur wheel before mentioned
to gear into for causing the pan to travel round upon the bowls or rollers these
being guided by annular grooved rings on its under side and corresponding with
the concentric grooved rings in the casing. The central part of the pan has an eye
with a depending circular lip to partially enter the central aperture of the casing
for the purpose of discharging the material into the aperture without fear of the
matter clogging up the passage
The top or the side wall of the casing has a series of rakes set at suitable angles
with their points slightly scraping the surface of the pan to rake or stir over the
material under treatment. The top or inside of the casing has also a number of
blades bearing on the pan and set to gradually incline the material from the side
at which it is fed to the centre from which it is discharged. The angle at which
the blades are set determines the duration of treatment of the material coupled
with the speed of rotation of the pan the vapour being carried off by a suitable
outlet for after treatment such as the production of pyrolignous acid.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC ENGINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cromwell Fleetwood Varley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st October 1882.
CROMWELL FLEETWOOD VARLEY, of Bexley Heath, in the County of Kent,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC AND MAGNETO-ELECTRIC ENGINES,"
This Invention may be constructed with one moving spindle but I prefer two or
any multiple of two spindles. The object is to get a conductor moving between
the poles of magnets so as to generate currents of electricity. A description of the
apparatus with four parallel spindles will illustrate other combinations. On the
further end of the left-hand spindle is placed an insulated conducting disc. On
the rest of that spindle are placed insulated conducting reels. On the intermediate
spindles are placed insulated discs. On the right hand spindle are placed insulated
reels and at its near end an insulated disc. These discs and reels are either geared
together by teeth cut in their peripheries or are made to overlap each other and
touch or nearly so or they may rotate between fixed pieces of conducting material
curved so as to fit portions of the peripheries. When combined they form a con-
tinuous conductor from left to right back from right to left. and so on. These discs
are slotted from the circumference towards the centre to prevent false conduction.
These slots may be filled with nonconducting material such as vulcanite.
In order to make the resistance at the junctions as small as possible jets of fluid
metal (such as mercury) are made to play upon them or the discs may dip into
trays of fluid metal to effect the same purpose. In between these discs are placed
poles of magnets so that the rotating discs cut the magnetic rays and produce one
continuous current from one end of the machine to the other.
A second method of carrying this invention into effect is as follows. Between
the poles of a long magnet or magnets a stream of fluid metal (such as
mercury) is made to pass. The metal is supplied through a series of tubes or
channels made of insulating material so that a long sheet of metal insulated above
and below the magnetic field forms one continuous sheet in the magnetic field.
Insulated conductors are in contact with the ends of this moving sheet of fluid
metal to carry off the currents generated.-As the magnet opposes the action of
gravitation upon the metal when a current is flowing, the cisterns are sometimes
enclosed in a chamber into which compressed air is forced. The fluid metal is
supplied to each cistern by pumps provided with jets.-Each cistern has an
overflow pipe to spill into the adjoining cisterns any excess of metal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William King at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1882.
WILLIAM KING of Linslade, near Leighton Buzzard, in the County of Bucks,
Coach Builder IMPROVEMENTS IN TWO-WHEELED VEHICLES
Heretofore the application of a Brake to the wheel or wheels of a vehicle having
only two wheels has caused considerably increased weight or pressure on the shafts
and consequently upon the back of the horse.
The object of this Invention is to obviate this by moving the body of the
vehicle on the shafts at the same time that the brake is applied in such manner
that the movement of the body of the vehicle automatically applies the brako.
Brakes have been applied to the wheels of vehicles of this description but they
have been made to apply their power upon the nave of the wheel or wheels this
arrangement has the injurious effect of straining the wheels and breaking the
tenons of the spokes in the nave by retarding the rotating motion of the wheels
upon the road; to remove this liability I propose to apply the brake to the
periphery of the wheel.
I carry this Invention into effect in the following manner; I mount a lever
carrying a brake block ou a fulcrum at the end of each shaft the opposite ends of
such levers are adjustably connected in any suitable manner to the underside of
the moving body of the vehicle.
The sliding movement of the body is obtained by means of two pinions taking
into racks attached to the shafts under the body of the vehiclo, such pinions being
mounted on a cross shaft or spindle carried by suitable bearings attached to the
body and actuated through the medium of a crank handle, wheel and worm, by
the driver of the vehicle.
It will be seen that as the brake is applied by the backward movement of the
body of the vehicle the weight of the body and passengers is taken off the shafts and
the back of the horse by its change of position and removed to a point more in the
rear of the axle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR USE IN SECONDARY ELECTRIC BATTERIES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Boggett at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st June 1882.
WILLIAM BOGGETT of 97 Cheyne Walk Chelsea in the County of Middlesex,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING CERTAIN MATERIALS FOR USE IN SECONDARY
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
"
The object of my invention is by mechanical means to obtain metallic lead in a
state of fine division or in very minute particles with a view to its utilization in
the manufacture of electrodes for secondary or storage batteries.
The first part of my invention consists in employing a disc of lead of any desired
size say about 6 inches thick by 14 or 16 inches diameter more or less cast with a
centre hole to receive a shaft whereon the disc revolves and while so doing pressing
a suitable tool against its circumference whereby small particles are detached
available for the purpose in view. I do not confine myself to the use of any
particular tool but rasps such as are used by bakers or the teeth of saws held
together by screws or otherwise so as to be readily taken apart when clogged will
answer the purpose.
The second part of my invention has a like object to the first viz: the production
of small particles of lead which I effect in the following manner; I take a convenient
number of very thin sheets of lead which I place on a machine similar to those
used to cut paper by which I cut the said thin sheets into very narrow slips which
slips are then placed on the machine in a position to be cut across their length into
particles of the desired size
MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED FABRICS."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Cryer at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th January 1882.
HENRY CRYER, of Ilkley in the County of York.
MANUFACTURE OF EMBOSSED FABRICS."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
"
My improvements have reference to those fabrics which are embossed by
compressing or impressing patterns thereon after the material has been "finished
or prepared in the ordinary way for receiving impressions of patterns.
In ordinary embossed materials (prepared as above) the figure or pattern thereon
is affected by moisture, that is to say, after being submitted to the influence of
water or moisture the figure or pattern disappears or fills up. The object of my
improvements is to manufacture embossed materials in such a manner that the
pattern is not so readily affected by moisture, at the same time I render such
fabric waterproof.
For the above purpose I apply a stiffening composition which by preference
consists of the following ingredients.
Water, Pelts, Borax, and Isinglass.
The proportions of such ingredients vary in accordance with the nature or
quality of the material to be operated upon, but may be used in about the
following.
Water
Pelts
Borax
Isinglass
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one gallon
one pound
one ounce
.
one ounce
In the first instance a weak solution of the above is applied so that it may pass
thoroughly into the fabric, and afterwards a stronger solution is applied. The
piece is then dried and "finished" out by ordinary means, but in the " steaming'
off I find it advisable according to my Invention to use a greater pressure of steam
than ordinary in order to distribute the stiffening solution evenly throughout the
piece but as the steaming operation is being gradually completed the pressure may
be reduced. The piece is now warm and ready for embossing on the ordinary
embossing machine. I by preference beat the delivery and embossing rollers of
.

page_text: this machine by steam or other convenient means for the purpose of promoting
the adhesive qualities of the solution in the material, and by so doing the material
after being compressed or impressed becomes solidified. The solution also by
being warm during the embossing operation passes into the raised part of the
pattern and fixes it
After the above operation and when the fabric has become cold I submit the
back thereof to the action of a rotary brush, and sufficient steam to soften the
solution in that part thereof. The brushing and steaming have the effect of
improving the handling of the material.
IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF MARKING INKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugo Waldemar Langleck at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th December 1882.
HUGO WALDEMAR LANGBECK, of Leman Street, Whitechapel, in the County of
Middlesex, Analytical Chemist, IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF MARKING INKS,
My Invention relates to an improved manufacture of various coloured marking
inks, and in carrying out my Invention, I first prepare a liquid composition, which
serves as a vehicle, to which the various colours, in combination with an albuinen,
are added; the albumen being used to give consistency to the preparation, and to
fix the colours firmly, by heat, to the fibre of the material written, or printed upon.
The liquid composition, above mentioned, consists of the following ingredients,
and in or about the proportions stated.
Salicylic acid
Oil of turpentine
Spirits of wine
Glycerine
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Water (preferably distilled)
4 grains.
10 drops.
->
1 drachm
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6 drachms, and
1 oz.
The salicylic acid may be dissolved in spirits of wine, or it may be mixed with
the colours, in a dry powdered condition, and the albumen.
To this liquid composition the various colours are added, in or about the
proportions substantially as hercinafter mentioned.
To manufacture a scarlet marking ink, I add to 2 drachms of the liquid
composition 1 drachmn of vermilion and drachm of albumen.
To manufacture a black marking ink, I add to 2 drachms of the liquid
composition, 10 grains of gas-black, and 30 grains of albumen.
To manufacture a yellow marking ink, I add to of a drachm of the liquid
composition, 7 grains of Cadmium yellow, and 7 grains of albumen.
To manufacture a blue marking ink, I add to 2 drachms of the liquid
composition, drachm of ultramarine, and a like proportion of the albumen.
By mixing the yellow and blue marking inks together, I produce a green
marking ink or a green marking ink may be manufactured as follows:
To 2 drachms of the liquid composition, I add + drachm of emerald green, and
drachin of albumen.

page_text: To manufacture a violet marking ink, I add to 2 drachms of the liquid com-
position, 1 drachm of vermilion, a sufficient quantity of ultramarine to produce the
shade or tint réquired, and drachm of the albumen.
To the above compositions any suitable salts may be added, if desired, for the
purpose of intensifying and fixing the colours:
To form a solid material suitable for being manufactured into sticks, pencils, or
other desired forms, I mix the albumen and any of the colours together, and so
much of the liquid composition as to make a plastic mass. I then dry this mass at
a low temperature, by the action of a current of dry air, or by exposure to the
atmosphere. To write or mark with this improved ink, in its solid form, the
fabric should previously be wetted, or moistened, or the material itself should be
so treated.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Thackeray at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th December 1882.
SAMUEL THACKERAY of Huddersfield in the County of York.
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STEAM BOILERS"
"IMPROVEMENTS
This invention has for its object improvements in the construction of the circular
flues of steam boilers and is designed to obviate the tendency of such flues when
heated to expand and so force out the ends of the boiler and as a substitute for the
channel shaped expansion hoops which have hitherto been made separately and
rivetted on to the flues.-Now this invention consists in forming a channel shaped
expansion groove upon each end of the flue ring itself which is by preference
effected by the use of rollers instead of having such expansion hoop to be rivetted
on as heretofore whereby I not only obviate the effect of the expansion but
considerably strengthen the flues and also dispence with one seam of rivets.
NEW TELEPHONE RECEIVER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Snell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1882.
WILLIAM HENRY SNELL, of Tiverton in the County of Devon Electrical
Engineer A NEW TELEPHONE RECEIVER
In this Receiver the diaphragm is polarised and is acted upon by a flat helix of
wire parallel to it, in which the current travels
The polarisation of the diaphragm may be effected by making it of steel and
magnetising it in such a way that one of its faces has north-polar-magnetism and
the other south-polar-magnetism. Or it may be a disc of soft iron or of any other
metal or of wood cardboard parchment or other substance, on one face of which
a flat helix of copper wire is secured and in this belix a primary or secondary
current may be caused to travel either from a local battery or from the trans-
mitting end
A light spiral wire of steel or other metal is secured to the centre of the
diaphragm at the back and by means of a screw at the other end is made to put a
slight tension upon the disc.
Behind the diaphragm is a flat helix of covered wire either single or in layers
through which a current from any telephone transmitter may travel. This helix
is so supported that its distance from the diaphragm may be regulated by means of
a screw.
The whole is supported and arranged in a suitable wooden case having an ear
piece in front and a handle at the back.
The magnetisation of the steel diaphragm may be effected either by placing it
between two cylinders of soft iron of radius equal or greater than the diaphragın
and sending a powerful current around the whole or a number of the discs may be
piled upon each other squeezed tightly together magnetised as if they were a solid
bar and then separated.