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CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO ETCHING OR ENGRAVING UPON PLAIN, CYLINDRICAL, OR OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Foster at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
August 1853.
(Voil by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.).
J, THOMAS FOSTER, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engraver and Lithographer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
APPLICABLE TO ETCHING OR ENGRAVING UPON PLAIN, CYLINDRICAL, OR OTHER
SURFACES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to machinery or apparatus for etching or en-
graving upon metal, wood, stone, or other surfaces, and is equally
adapted for making single or multiplied copies of any required design.
The principal feature of novelty in my said Invention consists in
attaching the diamond or other etching, engraving, or marking point or
points directly to the same rod or bar to which the tracing point is
fixed, whereby I obtain a direct action, and ensure greater accuracy and
uniformity throughout.

page_text: In etching or engraving upon plain or flat surfaces the rod or bar
which carries the tracing point and the etching or marking point or
points must be connected to such a series of levers and links, or
other similar mechanism, as will allow freedom of action in every direc-
tion, and at the same time ensure the perfect parallelism of the
bar to a given right line at all times. When employed for etching,
engraving, or marking upon cylindrical surfaces the bar or rod which
carries the tracing point and the etching or marking point or points,
besides being connected to an arrangement of mechanism allowing
freedom of action in all directions, and ensuring the perfect parallel
motion of the bar throughout its entire 'length, is also passed at cacli
end through a slot in a radial arm, the centre of which is coincident
with the centre of the cylinder, which-.allows the points to follow the
curve of the surface of the cylinder, and at the same time ensures their
radial position with respect to the centre of the same.
In etching, engraving, or marking upon other surfaces a suitable.
arrangement of mechanism must be connected to the said bar or rod, as
will readily suggest itself to any practical mechanic.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METALLIC PENS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th November
1853. A communication.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
METALLIC PENS," being a communication from the United States of America,
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiarity in the form of steel or other metallic
pens, whereby greater durability is obtained, accompanyed with cheapness and
increased freedom of action. The improved pen consists of a flat piece of thin
metal, formed with recesses or hollows on each side for holding the ink; these
recesses communicate with the split in a similar manner to the opening of an
ordinary metallic pen. The shank or upper part of the pen is made slightly
tapered, for the facility of securing it effectually in its holder, which is of
course suitably formed to receive it. The nib or point of the pen is ground
and finished up on both sides, so that each side may be used alternately; and if
desired, one side may be made with a broad nib and the other with a fine one,
to suit the taste of the writer; in such case the sides of the pen are marked to
indicate the sharp and broad nibs.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE AND PILING OF IRON, TO BE USED IN THE PRODUCTION OP RAILWAY CHAIRS
Year: 1853

page_text: and Boaz Bloomer, Junior, at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition and Declaration, on the 7th June
1853, pursuant to the 9th section of the Patent Law Amendment
Act, 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, THOMAS DAVIS, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford,
BOAZ BLOOMER, of Dudley, in the County of Worcester, and BOAZ
BLOOMER, Junior, of Pelsall, in the County of Stafford, Iron Masters, do
hereby declare that the nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE AND PILING OF IRON, TO BE USED IN THE PRODUCTION
OP RAILWAY CHAIRS," and the manner in which the same is to be per-
formned, are particularly described and ascertained in and by the follow-
ing statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
that is to say:
Our Invention consists, firstly, in rolling lengths of iron intended for
the manufacture of railway chairs in separate bars or strips, and after-
wards combining and piling them in such manner as from the arrange-

page_text: ment of the fibre of the metal to ensure greater strength. The
Drawing annexed represents a cross section of the several rolled bars of
iron as piled before being amalgamated into one by a second process
of rolling.
The manufacture is as follows:-The lips or those portions of the
bar intended finally to form the lips of the chairs marked (A, A,) are
first brought into a form closely assimilating in section, the form
required for this part of the chair, by passing the iron between grooved
rollers. These bars are then placed on one or more flat rolled bars of
iron in the position shewn in the Drawing, and the whole having been
reheated is again drawn through grooved rollers, by which the iron is
welded together. The remaining operations being the same as those
now practised in making rolled railway chairs, further description is
unnecessary.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, we wish it to be clearly under-
stood that what we claim as our Invention is, the rolling the iron for
the manufacture of railway chairs in separate parts or bars, and after-
wards piling them and welding them together in manner described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Davis, Boaz Bloomer,
and Boaz Bloomer, Junior, have hereunto set our hands and
seals, this Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
DAVIS
THOMAS (C.) DAVIS.
BOAZ (L.s.) BLOOMER.
BOAZ (L.S.) BLOOMER, JUN".
A LIQUID CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
Year: 1853

page_text: with the application for Letters Patent was not given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Abel Easton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
November 1853.
I, ABEL EASTON, of Barnard's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Gent", do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
LIQUID CHEMICAL COMPOUND FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming or compounding a spirit or liquid
(of peculiar composition) to be applied to a lamp, in which gas is
produced by the application of caloric to the spirit or spiritous com-
pound or liquid aforesaid.
The following is the recipe for making one gallon of the spirit or
liquid of my Invention:-One ounce of spirits of wine; fifteen minims
of oil of lavender; five pints of best wood naptha; one drop of neroli;

page_text: fifteens minims of burgomotte; two and seven-eighths pints of best
coal tar naptha; four minims of otto of roses; one drop of essential
oil of bitter almonds; two drops of oil of cloves.
Let the above ingredients be poured into a vessel in the order they
are written above, at the same time keep the whole well stirred. The
compound may be immediately stoppered down and is ready for use.
AN IMPROVED COFFEE POT
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Loysel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1853.
I, EDWARD LOYSEL, of No. 2, Rue de Gretry, in the City of Paris,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED COFFEE POT" to be as follows:―
The improved coffee pot, for which I desire to obtain Letters Patent,
is constructed on the syphon principle, the water whereby the aroma
and flavour of the coffee is extracted being made first to percolate
upwards through the mass of ground coffee placed in the bottom of the
pot, and by merely turning a cock the water will pass through the
coffee a second time, and down a pipe into a vessel or reservoir placed
below.
At the lower part of the pot there is a perforated false bottom or
filter, on which the ground coffee is placed. The ground coffee is then
covered up by a second perforated plate or moveable filter.
A pipe or channel, with a wide or funnel shaped mouth, is fixed at
one side of the pot, and communicates with a central pipe which rises
through the false bottom, and is covered up by a short pipe, leaving a

page_text: passage all round the outside of the inner short pipe so as to form a
kind of syphon. The short pipe projects downwards through the
bottom of the vessel or pot, and is provided with a cock for opening
or shutting off the communication with the interior.
The operation of the pot is as follows:-The coffee having been
placed on the perforated bottom or fixed filter of the pot, and the
moveable filter placed thereon, water is poured in down the side
channel, and will rise up through the coffee until the pot is nearly full.
Then the cock on the short central pipe communicating with the
interior should be opened, and the water will a second time filter
downwards through the mass of coffee, and fall into the lower com-
partment or reservoir below.
When all the coffee extract has been drawn off the upper part of
the pot or vessel may be removed, and the lower, containing the fine
aromatic extract, placed on the table for use.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF DOUBLE-ACTION PUMP
Year: 1853

page_text: was not given
time prescribed by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen Holman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th November 1853.
I, STEPHEN HOLMAN, of Colney Hatch, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF DOUBLE-ACTION PUMP" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel construction of pump, which will
admit of easy access to the interior thereof for the replacement or re-
adjustment of the valves. To effect.this end and otherwise to produce
a simple and efficient pump, the inlet and outlet valves are arranged
in pairs, one above the other in the same chamber, one side of which
is removable on the withdrawal of screw bolts which hold the side
plate or cover in its place. The lower valves act alternately as inlet
valves by the ascent and descent of a plunger, which works in a cylinder
communicating with the valve chamber. This valve chamber is divided

page_text: into two compartments, one of which is connected with the upper end
and the other with the lower end of the cylinder, and by this means
the water or other liquid supplied to the pump will be forced out both
at the ascent and descent of the piston at one or other of the outlet
valves alternately.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WHEEL TYRES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jonathan Saunders at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JONATHAN SAUNDERS, of St. John's Wood, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY AND OTHER WHEEL
TYRES" to be as follows:-
I take nine parts of muriatic and one of sulphuric acid, and to one
part or pound of that mixture I add twenty parts or pounds of muriate
of soda, more or less, according to the quality of pig iron or metal I
have to operate upon, about four hundred weight, which, when reduced
into a fluid state in a puddling furnace, the mixture is added by degrees,
according to the judgment of the operator or puddler. It must be
observed that I do not confine myself exactly to the proportions stated,
It is then
although I have found those to be best suited for steel iron.

page_text: made into balls, and worked in the ordinary way. I do not claim the
admixture and working as above, being partially known and worked, for
the purpose of making iron to be converted into steel. What I claim
is, the application of it to the manufacture of railway and other wheel
tyre.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE, WHOLLY OR IN PART, TO PUMPS AND OTHER MOTIVE MACHINES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Maudslay, of Lambeth, in the County
of Surrey, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STEAM ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE, WHOLLY OR IN PART, TO
PUMPS AND OTHER MOTIVE MACHINES."
Sealed the 15th July 1858, and dated the 19th January 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Maudslay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th January 1853.
I, JOSEPH MAUDSLAY, of Lambeth, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES, WHICH ARE ALSO APPLICABLE, WHOLLY
OR IN PART, TO PUMPS AND OTHER MOTIVE MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention in steam engines consists in a peculiar mode of
constructing rotary engines, represented in Figures 1, and 2, of the

page_text: Drawings annexed. Figure 1, being a transverse section, and Figure 2,
a longitudinal section.. On the line a, b, of Figure 1, A, is an annular
cylinder, which forms the casing of the engine, and remains stationary,
being fixed to a suitable bed. B, is an inner ring, which is carried by
a crank arm C, affixed to a shaft D, which shaft revolves in bearings
through the centre of the annular cylinder. G, G, are piston or division
plates fitted in the annular cylinder, which form the steam abutments.
E, is the inlet pipe, and F, the exit pipe, for the steam. The steam,
on being admitted through the inlet pipe, passes into the space behind
the piston plates G, G, and pressing against the surfaces of the inner
ring B, causes the crank arm to revolve around the axis of and with
the shaft D, the steam escaping from before the piston or division plate
through the passage F. Any other elastic. or non-elastic fluid may be
used for working these engines, as well as steam, and they may also
be employed as pumps for raising and forcing water or other fluid, and
as blowing machines.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC- TURE OF DIALS APPLICABLE TO TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS, CHRONOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, COMPASSES, CLOCKS, WATCHES, AND OTHER TIME PIECES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Smeeton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd February 1853.
I, JOHN SMEETON, of Limehouse, near London, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF DIALS APPLICABLE TO TELEGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS, CHRONOMETERS,
BAROMETERS, SEXTANTS, QUADRANTS, COMPASSES, CLOCKS, WATCHES, AND
OTHER TIME PIECES," to be as follows: -
My improvements consist in making dials of glass instead of
copper or other metals, and in writing on either side the letters,
figures, characters, or designs commonly used on dials, and by my
improvements no enamel is required to be used for the faces of dials.
I take a piece of glass cut or blown to the required size, and write
in the letters, figures, characters, or designs intended on either side
of the glass, but I prefer doing so on the inner side, in which case
they must be written reversed; I then place over these letters,
figures, or designs a coat of composition in imitation of enamel of
any colour, such as white cream colour, &c.; or I can imitate silver,

page_text: bronze, or gold on glass dials, and produce a good effect with
great economy. When necessary to attach or unite the glass dial
so made to any other material, such as horn, bone, ivory, or metal,
an adhesive composition must be used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY WHEELS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles de Bergué at the:
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th July 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, CHARLES DE BERGUE, of Dowgate Hill, in the City of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY WHEELS" to be as
follows:-
These mprovements are applicable only to wheels made with ribbed
or feathered tyres, and consist in manufacturing the frame or body of
the wheel (whether of cast iron only, or of cast and wrought iron com-
bined,) in the form of a solid or perforated plate or disc (either in one
or more part or parts, and either with or without strengthening ribs or
feathers), and supporting and securing the tyre thereon or thereto by
fitting the frame or body to one side of the rib or feather of the tyre,
and rivetting or bolting the same thereto.
Or by fitting the frame or body to the inner or under side of the
tyre, and to the side of the rib or feather, and rivetting or bolting the
same thereto.

page_text: Or by fitting the frame or body to the inner or under side of the
tyre, and to the edge and the side of the rib or feather, and rivetting
or bolting the same thereto.
Or by fitting the frame or body to the edge and the side of the rib
or feather, and rivetting or bolting the same thereto.
One of the modes in which I prefer to carry these improvements into
effect is shewn in the accompanying--illustrative-sheet of Drawings, in
which Figure 1, shews a side or face view of a three feet wheel;
Figure 2, a section through y, y, in Figure 1; and Figure 3, a section
(enlarged) through, in Figure 1. In these Figures a, a, is the
frame or body of the wheel, and b, b, are its strengthening ribs or
feathers; c, is the tyre, and d, its rib or feather; f, f, f, are the
rivets.
Other modes of carrying out the Invention are so obvious as not to
require Drawings..
IM-... PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE LIGHTERS, AND IN MACHINERY CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Carter at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
May 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE CARTER, of Mottingham, in the County of Kent, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-...
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FIRE LIGHTERS, AND IN MACHINERY
CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
My improvements have relation, first, to certain combinations of.
highly inflammable materials to be used in lighting fires, in lieu of
employing wood; and, secondly, in machinery and apparatus for manu-
facturing the same into convenient forms and sizes.
And for the better understanding of my said Invention. I will now
proceed to describe the same.
First, in respect to the fire lighters, I combine small or ground cannel
coal, or charred or partially charred carbonaceous matters, with tar,
pitch, rusin, oil, or like combustible substances to promote the ignition
of the coal or coke, to which they may be applied for lighting a fire.
For this purpose I proceed by taking a sufficient quantity of coal, tar,

page_text: and oil, with rosin to lessen its brittleness, placing them in a suitable
copper or boiler over a fire, stirring the materials a sufficient time to
combine them. I then put to one part of this preparation one part of
small or ground cannel coal, or charred or partly 'charred carbonaceous
matters, and when completely mixed the composition thus formed is to
be pressed into proper moulds, by which means I obtain seperate pieces
measuring five inches long by two inches broad and one inch thick, or
thereabouts.
Secondly, the machinery I recommend for pressing the composition
into iron, brass, or other suitable moulds is contrived to effect the
adequate pressure, either by a screw, lever, or hydraulic press. I also
propose the employment of a machine, arranged according to the usual
construction of a brick-making machine, to deliver the composition
from a hopper into the moulds, and press, remove, and deliver them
from the moulds..by the aid of horse, manual, or steam power, or..it
may be pressed or rolled into cakes, & divided into suitable sizes &
forms, either by cutting or punching.
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Having thus described one form of composition, it is obvious that
the same materials may be very variously compounded, omitting some,
or enlarging or lessening the proportions of each. I, therefore, do not
limit myself to any precise quantities, but what I claim as my improve-
ments are,
First, the particular composition of materials for fire lighters.
And, second, the peculiar mechanical arrangements for moulding,
pressing, and delivering the composition manufactured into forms
suitable for fire lighters, as described.
AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVING DUST, STONES, OR OTHER FOREIGN MATTER, AND FOR SEPARATING THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR GRAINS IN WHEAT, BARLEY, AND MALT
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Stephen Ludlow
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 16th February 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY STEPHEN LUDLOW, of 107, Redcliff Street, in the City
and County of Bristol, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REMOVING
DUST, STONES, OR OTHER FOREIGN MATTER, AND FOR SEPARATING THE
SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR GRAINS IN WHEAT, BARLEY, AND MALT," to be
as follows:-
The grain to be operated upon is introduced through one end of
a revolving horizontal cylindrical wire screen, of three different
degrees of fineness, with an internal continuous spiral passage, in
conjunction with an external revolving horizontal brush, the screen
terminating in a fixed circular chamber, to which is appended an
inclined wire screen; the whole so arranged when in motion as to
separate and deposit, first, the dust; secondly, the inferior grains;
thirdly, the superior grains; and lastly, stones or other foreign
matter. The internal continuous spiral passage and terminating

page_text: chamber, which I claim as my Invention, effecting such a distribu-
tion of the grain over the internal surface of the wire screens,
that the cleaning, separating, and depositing, are rapidly performed
at one and the same time, whereby wheat, barley, and malt would
be rendered more marketable, and brewing operations and products
be facilitated and increased by preparing an uniform size grain for
the rollers, ensuring a perfect crushing of the malt free from dirt
and stones.
A DOUBLE ACTION VERTICAL LEVER CHURN
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Woodward at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 4th February 1853.
I, ALFRED WOODWARD, of George Street, Edgbaston, in the
County of Warwick, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A DOUBLE ACTION VERTICAL LEVER CHURN"
be as follows, that is to say:
My improvements in churns consist in working two or more
beaters vertical and with a reciprocating motion; the vessel holding
the cream being divided into as many divisions as there are beaters,
the said divisions being perforated from top to bottom in order that
the atmospheric air may be freely mixed with the cream in the
process of conversion into butter, as also forcing the cream from
one compartment into another, rendering the churn equally available
for a small as a large quantity.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MA- CHINERY FOR COMBING AND PREPARING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th May 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincolns Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MA-
CHINERY FOR COMBING AND PREPARING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the applicable of a circular comb revolving
horizontally, on the teeth of which the wool is deposited by a pair of
moving feed rollers, which are caused to approach to and recede from
the circular comb by a suitable cam acting upon a moving frame which
carries the feed rollers. The actual combing is effected by a pair of
combs having a precisely similar movement to the feeding rollers, viz.,
a forward movement towards the circular comb, a downward movement
to enter the teeth into the wool, and a backward stroke to comb it.

page_text: The fabrics or staples, after being combed, are directed towards the
drawing rollers by a small fan revolving at a high speed. The drawing
rollers are arranged vertically, and the short fibres are removed by a
suitable comb for the purpose, which works loosely on the axis of the
circular conib.
The circular comb is heated by a current of steam, which enters a
hollow rim carrying the comb.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND STOP COCKS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Jury Ockenden
the elder, and Edmund Jury Ockenden the younger, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
4th May 1858.
We, EDMUND JURY ÜCKENDEN the elder, and EDMUND JURY
OCKENDEN the younger, both of Brighton, in the County of Sussex,
Builders, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES AND STOP COCKS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists of a double valve; that is to say, of a valve
which admits of water or other liquid flowing into a cistern or reser-
voir, when, by means of a float on the cistern becoming full or filled
to a required level, the valve drops, and shuts off the supply; the
pressure of the liquid in the cistern immediately opens a passage or
port in another part of the valve, and allows of the liquid being drawn
off by means of a tap, or ordinary valve, from a branch or branches of
the main pipe.

page_text: Connected with the supply pipe is a stop cock, provided with a
valve, which is free to open inwards, and which drops on the supply
being stopped.
This stop cock may be provided with a perforated plate, or other
filtering medium, for the purpose of filtering the liquid supplied to the
cistern. One pipe serves for the inlet to, and outlet from, the cistern.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECTING COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT POINTS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the Reverend Alleyne
Higgs Barker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 21st July 1853.
I, the Reverend ALLEYNE HIGGS BARKER, Rector of Wouldham,
in the County of Kent, Master of Arts, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECTING COMMUNICATIONS
BETWEEN DIFFERENT POINTS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in effecting communications between
different points by the employment of an air-tight tube of the length
of the distances to be communicated between, the communications
being effected by the medium of the air up the tube itself, the signal
being made at one end whilst the effect is simultaneously, or nearly so,
felt at the other extremity; the principle is obviously applicable to
communicating between the different parts of railway trains and other
situations in which instantaneous or nearly instantaneous communica-
tion is desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EMIGRANTS AND OTHER PORTABLE HOUSES & ERECTIONS, AND HINGES OF METAL FOR ALL PURPOSES REQUIRING HINGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Bromhead at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th October 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL BROMHEAD, of Marlborough Estate, Peckham, Surrey,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN EMIGRANTS AND OTHER PORTABLE HOUSES & ERECTIONS, AND HINGES
OF METAL FOR ALL PURPOSES REQUIRING HINGES," to be as follows:-
Metal fastenings to be fixed to the ends of wood plates upright, and
all other parts which have to be connected with each other by dove-
tails and stirts of different forms, and metal plates, all previously fixed
and fitted, and requiring no addition in the fixing and putting up; also
stirts and plates to the external sheeting of iron; also hinges that
may be used for any purpose requiring hinges, enabling any person to
unhang a door or window, and hang them up, without a mechanic or
any tool, equally secure for opening and shutting, so that the door or

page_text: window may be taken off for repairs, and painting in five minutes or
less, which hinges to be dovetailed or socketed, so as to have the door
removed or lifted from the hinges without screwing, leaving the
entire hinges upon the hanging stile, or doorpost
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IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-ARMS AND DISCHARGING THE SAME
Year: 1853

page_text: Smith at the
Petition, on the 20th September 1853.
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(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, ROBERT FLETCHER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Gun Maker, and JOHN SMITH, of Birmingham aforesaid, Gun Maker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN FIRE-ARMS AND DISCHARGING THE SAME" to be as follows:-
Our improvements in fire-arms consist of a breech-loading gun or
other fire-arm constructed as follows:-The barrel of the said gun is
made to slide on the stock so that the open breech end may be pre-
sented for the purpose of introducing the cartridge. When made to
slide back, so that the breech end shall be closed, a partial turning of
the barrel is made to secure the same; a fastening somewhat similar
to the bayonet fastening being made in the sliding mechanism in the
stock, and a somewhat similar fastening being situated at the breech
end of the barrel which engages with the cock. The said breech
end of the barrel is made externally conical that it may the more
accurately fit against the conical bearing, against which it is pressed

page_text: when fastened. Our improvement in discharging consists in the car-
tridge and primer used with our gun. The cartridge is cylindrical,
and a metal cap is placed on the end thereof; through the side of this
cap a fine metal tube, containing the percussion powder, projects;
when the gun is loaded the cartridge with its cap is introduced into
the breech end of the barrel, and the priming tube projects laterally,
resting on the edge of the side of the lock; on pulling the trigger the
hammer strikes the primer, and discharges the
gun.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES EMPLOYED IN WEAVING TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Summerscales and
Benjamin Bancroft at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 1st October 1858.
We, JOHN SUMMERSCALES, Shuttle Maker, and BENJAMIN BANCROFT,
Shuttle Maker, both of Keighley, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES
EMPLOYED IN WEAVING TEXTILE FABRICS" to be as follows:-
The insertion or application to shuttles of a fixed or immovable
spindle with suitable appendages whereon to place the bobbin, and
adapting the form of the shuttle for the free admission and emission
of the bobbin.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ADMITTING WATER TO BOILERS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Lees, Squire Lees.
John Lees, and Thomas Lees, junior, at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th January
1858.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, THOMAS LEES, SQUIRE LEES, JOHN LEES, and TломAS LEES,
junior, all of Stockport, in the County of Chester, Engineers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR ADMITTING WATER TO BOILERS " to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in causing the valves used for the admission
of water in steam boilers to be opened and closed by means of inclined
planes. Thus, upon one end of a spindle we form an inclined plane
corresponding to another formed upon the end of the valve. Upon
the rising or falling of the level of the water in the boiler this spindle
is caused to move upon its centre so as to shift the position of its
inclined end in reference to that upon the valve, which is thereby closed
or opened as required. Or, instead of this rotatory spindle, we employ

page_text: a rod having a straight motion imparted to it by the rising or falling of
the water; this rod has an inclined side or sides working against the
end of the valve só as to open or close it.
WATERPROOFING OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Doyle at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
September 1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN DOYLE, of 17, Cambridge Terrace, Paddington, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-.
tion for "WATERPROOFING OF BOOTS AND SHOES" to be as follows:-
The waterproofing to consist in a solution or pasto applied to the
inner coat of the upper leather and a lining to the same; also in a
solution or waterproof paste to be applied between the inner and outer
soles, and in affixing the outer sole to the welt by means of adhesion
instead of stitches, which latter has hitherto been and is at present
the common practice. This part of the Invention, namely, that of
affixing leather soles without the aid of stitches or sewing of any kind,
is intended to apply, under the protection of the Patent now sought for,
from its greater simplicity & economy, to the manufacture of boots
& shoes generally.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE FORGES
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 Richard Waygood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th December 1858.
I, RICHARD WAYGOOD, of Newington Causeway, in the County of
Surrey, Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE FORGES " to be as follows:-
The principal object of these improvements in portable forges is to so
construct and arrange the various parts that when taken to pieces they
may be packed in a smaller space than is usually required, so that the
forge may be more conveniently transported from place to place than
when constructed in the ordinary manner.
The upper part of the forge consists of a rectangular shallow vessel,
trough, or chamber without a cover, and made by preference of wrought
iron, open at top, and divided internally by two transverse partitions,
which slide in grooves, whereby they are maintained in their proper
positions, but may be removed when required to pack up the apparatus.
The bellows is made of the exact size and shape to fit the interior of

page_text: the forge when the partitions are removed. The twyere or "tue iron
is adapted to one end of the forge, and is divided into two parts, so that
it may be more easily slidden into its place.
The bellows is suspended from branch irons or arms attached or
connected by screw bolts, or in any other convenient manner, to the
sides of the forge, so that it may be easily detached when required.
This bellows is worked by means of a lever and connecting rod, which
lever is attached to or mounted on one end of a rod or shaft, which
passes along one corner or side of the forge, and is provided at its
opposite end with a handle, whereby the rod or shaft is turned to work
the bellows.
All these parts can be taken to pieces and packed inside the forge,"
and the legs on which it is supported are screwed into the four corners,
so that they may when required 'be unscrewed and pack in with the
other parts.
The two vertical partitions of the forge are removeable, and when all
the parts are placed in the body these partitions may form a top or
covering to keep the remaining parts in their place, so that no further
packing or outer case will be required.
AN IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS IN CERTAIN CASES, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Morau at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
December 1858.
I, THOMAS MORAU, of the City of Dublin, Druggist, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR THE PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS IN CERTAIN
CASES, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in adapting and applying to the last carriage
or van in a train, an apparatus which may be lowered down upon the
rails, and made to receive the blow of an engine overtaking the train
or carriage to which it is applied; or in other cases it may be made to
operate as a break for such train or carriage. The apparatus for this
purpose consists of a strong frame, from which extends behind the back
of the carriage a pair of false or moveable rails, so formed as to present
when in use upon the permanent rails an inclined plane for the wheels of
an overtaking engine to run upon, the back of the said frame being also

page_text: formed to receive the fore wheels of such an engine, and present an
obstacle to their progress. These false or moveable rails are formed
also with a flange on their outer or inner side, for the purpose of
keeping them with the whole apparatus in their place on the permanent !
rails when struck by the wheels of an overtaking engine.
They are also formed with a cavity in the part where each driving
wheel of an overtaking engine would come, so as to admit of their
turning without biting the rail in the usual way.
The carriage or van with this apparatus applied to it may, in case of
need, be detached from the train and left to receive the blow of an
overtaking engine.
When this apparatus is used as a break for its own carriage and
train, it is merely lowered or forced down upon the permanent rails so
that the frame and false or moveable rails behind the same may be
made to press upon the upper surface of the said permanent rails.
CHECKING OR STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS OF CARRIAGES, AND STEADYING THE CARRIAGES WHEN IN MOTION, AND PREVENTING JERKING AND COLLISION OF THE CARRIAGES
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Moreton Jones at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 31st January 1853...
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS MORETON JONES, of Number 42, Southampton Buildings,
Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Attorney-at-Law, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CHECKING OR STOPPING
RAILWAY TRAINS OF CARRIAGES, AND STEADYING THE CARRIAGES WHEN IN
MOTION, AND PREVENTING JERKING AND COLLISION OF THE CARRIAGES," to.
be as follows:-
For the purpose of applying as many breaks as there are carriages
in a railway train, and putting the breaks on in succession, are
placed between and over the axle of each pair of wheels of a car-
riage two horizontal wheels capable of being pressed against the
inner sides of the carriage wheels, and which horizontal wheels
when so pressed acquire a rotary motion; one of each pair of the
horizontal wheels so in motion, by winding a chain or cord attached
to an angular rod, compresses a coiled spring, and when so com-

page_text: pressed the curved end of a rod connected with and guiding the
break falls over the angular rod, and the spring, when released from
the compressure, forces the break on the wheel by means of the
guiding rod. The break being semi-circular in form wraps the car-
riage wheel, and its point enters between the wheel and the rail.
The pressure of the horizontal wheels against the carriage wheels is
produced by a pliable rod of compressible material (and of sufficient
length to reach from one set of wheels to another) running between
and propelled by the horizontal wheels from one end of a train to
the other when in motion. The pliable rod runs through and is
kept in its course by tubes placed under the carriages and on a level
with the horizontal wheels. The breaks are released from the wheels
by backing the train, when the pliable rod, by means of the hori-
zontal wheels, returns to the opposite end of the train, and in
doing so one of each pair of the horizontal wheels moves a lever, the
action of which raises the curved end of the guiding rod connected
with the break out of the pressure of the coiled spring, when the
break becomes free of the wheel. Springs are fixed at each end
of a carriage to raise the coupling irons, and instead of permanent
levers to turn the screws of the coupling irons a spanner is used
capable of being detached.
IMPROVED BUSKS FOR STAYS
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION, left by Charles Auguste Joubert,
Léon Jacques Tricas, and Jules César Kohler at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 29th April
1853.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, CHARLES AUGUSTE JOUBERT, of Paris, in France, Merchant, and
LÉON JACQUES TRICAS, also of Paris, Merchant, and JULES CÉSAR
KOHLER, also of Paris, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVED BUSKS FOR STAYS" to be as follows:-
Two thin plates of steel or other suitable material are connected by
catches or links at or near the ends, and at intermediate parts if required.
These catches are so made that they may be released by pressing small
studs, which can be effected even when the stays are covered by a gown
or other article of dress. Each plate is either made without joints-in
its length, or is furnished with one or more joints, to admit of flexibility.
A joint formed of two links is attached to the two plates, so that the
plates may be separated or approached by straightening or bending this

page_text: joint. A hook being applied to this joint may be connected to the ends
of the stays or dress so as to loosen them when the plates are separated.
The plates are made double to receive the catches between them, or
they may be made single. The number of links and catches may be
varied.
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Antoine Remi Cyr Madoré
and Daniel Neuburger at the Office of the Commissioners of

page_text: Fig 3.
Q, and R, the two sleeves.
S, and T, the extremities of the sleeves.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MALLEABLE IRON, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLI- CABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF OTHER MALLEABLE METALS
Year: 1853

page_text: the Office of the Commissioners of Fatents, with his Petition, on
the 4th November 1853.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County
of Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF MALLEABLE IRON, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLI-
CABLE TO THE MANUFACTURE OF OTHER MALLEABLE METALS," a communi-
cation from Clement Desormes, of Lyons, in the Empire of France,
Mechanical Engineer.
This Invention relates to the manufacture of malleable or wrought
iron and other metal bars to be afterwards used in the construction of
axles, rails, tyres, &c., and consists in twisting a number of bars singly,
and afterwards faggoting them together to be welded or rolled in the
ordinary manner. By this means a much tougher material is obtained
than by the processes at present adopted. Tyres may also be made of

page_text: thin twisted bars arranged in a circle and welded in a piece without
joints, each twisted bar being made to overlap and interlace with the
rest; sheet metal is also composed of these twisted bars, which are
afterwards rolled flat and laid crosswise over each other, when the whole
are again rolled together, forming thereby a perfect plate.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CORN OR GRAIN AND OBTAINING PRO- DUCTS THEREPROM
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Noad, of 7, Langthorn Street,
Stratford, in the County of Essex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CORN OR GRAIN AND OBTAINING PRO-
DUCTS THEREPROM."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Noad at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 18th February 1853.
I, HENRY NOAD, of 7, Langthorn Street, Stratford, in the County
of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING CORN OR GRAIN AND OBTAINING PRODUCTS
THEREFROM" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the treating of corn or grain
in such manner that spirit may be distilled and starch obtained
) therefrom.
Heretofore it has been usual so to treat corn or grain that spirit
or starch is the object sought.

page_text: In carrying out the Invention wheat flour is believed to be the
best, though other grain may be employed. The flour is first made
into dough as if for bread, and allowed to rise several times, when
water is applied to obtain a wash, which is fermented, the wash is
drawn off and distilled.
The starch is obtained by washing the residue with water, which
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPULSION AND SUPPORTING OP VESSELS, VEHICLES, AND OTHER BODIES ON, THROUGH, AND OVER THE WATER
Year: 1853

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left. by James Egleson Anderson
Gwynne at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 7th January 1858.-A. communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES EGLESON ANDERSON GWYNNE, of Essex Wharf, Strand, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROPULSION AND SUPPORTING
OP VESSELS, VEHICLES, AND OTHER BODIES ON, THROUGH, AND OVER THE
WATER."
This Invention relates to the substitution of air-tight cylinders for the
common paddle wheels and screw propellors now in use in steam and
other vessels: by the application of such cylinders the vessel or body
will necessarily be supported to a greater or less extent, according to the
size, diameter, and position of the cylinders used. The vessel or body
or vehicle may also be raised above the surface of the water by a proper
arrangement, or by substitution of large cylinders, and will be entirely
supported by them. The cylinders inay or may not be divided into air-tight
compartments; when of large diameter, the former mode is recommended

page_text: to give the cylinder strength, and necessarily rendering them safer should
they get damaged at any particular part, and will be easier repaired
when required.
The cylinders may be made of any convenient size; they may have
plane or irregular surfaces to act upon the water, and may have blades
or arms attached at the ends or on their surface, and may be placed at
either the ends or sides of the vessel to be supported and propelled, or
may be entirely submerged and placed in the bottom of the vessel.
leaving the surface of the cylinders full space to act upon the water.
By means of machinery placed in the vessel connected with axles
passing through the center of the cylinder (or by any other convenient
method), a rotary notion may be given to the cylinders, & the vessel
will be propelled.