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IMPROVEMENTS IN GIGS, DOG-CARTS, AND OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Smith at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th December
1858.
I, ALFRED SMITH, of Humbleton Hall, in the County of York, Agriculturist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
GIGS, DOG-CARTS, AND OTHER VEHICLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction and
application of the draught of any gig, dog-cart, or other vehicle, however
drawn and suspended upon two wheels during the time such vehicle is in
motion, and consists of a spring resting upon a lever affixed in or to the
framework of the front part of such vehicle, the lever being connected with
a plain or other wheel having two circumferences inserted in the nave of one
of the wheels of such vehicle, whereby the draught will be regulated thereupon
by the action of a self-acting and self-regulating lever, moving either back-
wards or forwards according to the weight affecting the same, and by means
of motion to be thereby given to a pair of wheels connected with a self-acting
and self-regulating screw attached to the body of any such vehicle, in con-
sequence whereof the draught on such vehicle resting upon three wheels on
either side inserted in the framework of such vehicle will be regulated and
adjusted, and the body or framework of such vehicle may be drawn by the
before-mentioned screw either backward or forward according to the weight
acting on the before-mentioned spring and lever respectively.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ANCHORS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Nathan Maynard at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
December 1858..
I, HENRY NATHAN MAYNARD, of. Crumlin, in County of Monmouth, Engineer,
5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
ANCHORS, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANCHORS," to be as follows, namely, by
making anchors of plates, bars, angle, and other sections of iron, cut to the
necessary shapes, and rivetted, bolted, or welded together, so as to obtain greater
facility in their manufacture, and the advantage of an increase of strength
throughout, with the use of a much less weight of metal.
AN IMPROVED PRESS FOR PACKING OR PRESSING WOOL AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Rothwell Rostron at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
September 1858.
I, JAMES ROTHWELL ROSTRON, of Edenfield, in the County of Lancaster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED PRESS FOR PACKING OR PRESSING WOOL AND OTHER MATERIALS," to be as
follows:-
The improvement consists in a novel construction and arrangement of
certain apparatus employed in pressing wool, &c., of the description known
as a screw press. The uprights or pillars supporting the top or main plate
are furnished at certain intervals with two complete sets of doors, two pairs at
each side of the press, one above another, which when closed from an upper
and lower chamber or shaft, the lower set of doors being provided with laths
or bars which retain the overlapping edges of the bag which is to contain the
wool, &c., when the doors are closed, and hold the bag firmly in the lower
chamber for the reception of the wool or other material. Upon the top or
main plate are mounted two bevil wheels in a moveable or sliding bearing,
and supporting a spur pinion, gearing at will either into another pinion or into
an internally toothed disc, both of which have the screw for their centre, so
that as the sliding pinion is brought into gear with the greater or lesser
surface, the quicker or slower the screw becomes driven, these sliding bevils
are also in connection with an extended arrangement of bevil gearing, by which
means motion may be imparted to the screw from any convenient part of the

page_text: press. The wool or other material to be packed is filled into the upper
chamber until the bag and the upper chamber are full; the canvass to form
the cover of the bag is secured upon the pressing plate, keyed on to the screw,
and the screw being put in motion compresses the wool into the bag, which is
then made or sewn up to the pinion, being moved to the large wheel on the
disc, the screw and plate are raised rapidly, and by opening the doors the
finished bale may be removed.
AN IMPROVED SHIPS' BLOCK
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Woolf Jonas and Reuben
Jones at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 6th November 1858.
We, BENJAMIN WOOLF JONAS and REUBEN JONES, both of Southwark, in the
County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED SHIPS' BLOCK," to be as follows (that is to say):-
Our Invention, which has for its object to improve the present form and
construction of ships' blocks, with the view to increase or diminish the strain
upon the rope, cable, or otherwise as may be required, consists of an outer
sheave or block furnished with a channel, in which two or more pulley wheels
are so arranged as to admit of the rope, cable, or otherwise impinging upon
the peripheries in such manner as to increase or diminish the space between
the same through the medium of a concentric slot bearing, in which one of the
lesser wheels revolves, the larger or fixed wheel moving from a common centre,
as heretofore.
AN IMPROVED MECHANICAL KNEADING TROUGH
Year: 1858

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Felix Alexandre Deliry at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
May 1858.
I, FELIX ALEXANDRE DELIRY, of Soissons, a Town of France, Baker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MECHANICAL
KNEADING TROUGH," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of improvements in machinery used for the purpose
of kneading flour for the manufacture of bread. The machinery used for this
purpose being driven by a small steam engine, though the Inventor does not
confine himself to the use of any description of motive power used for driving
the kneading troughs, &c. for the purpose of kneading flour. The annexed
Drawing is a view, partly in section, of the kneading trough and of a steam
engine by which it is driven. A, A, is a cast-iron frame, which bears the
whole apparatus, viz. the kneading trough with its internal machinery, and it
also serves as a frame for the engine; C is the engine cylinder, which is
placed in a horizontal position; 1 is the feed pump attached to the same; D,
the connecting rod; E, the crank of the driving shaft H, on which the fly
wheel V is keyed; the same shaft I carries a pinion 6, which drives the cogs a
of a toothed crown wheel L, and causes it to revolve. An upright shaft M is
keyed at m in the frame A, and the whole concern revolves round this central
shaft M, which stands in a vertical position. I, P', is a circular trough made

page_text: of cast iron, in which the kneading operation is carried on, this trough being
bolted fast on the crown wheel L, and they revolve together. The dough is
beaten in the trough P by a pair of flapping paddles F, F, which can either
revolve, be stopped, or otherwise controlled at pleasure by means of the
gearing lever . The paddle shaft J carries a cog wheel e, actuated by a
similar one keyed on the shaft Q', the latter shaft bearing a bevil wheel d'
driven by the horizontal wheel R, which is bolted fast on the bottom of the
trough. The same wheel R gears on the other side with another bevil wheel
d keyed on the shaft Q, and the wheel i carried by the same shaft gears with
the wheel' carried by the shaft k. The bevil wheel g' of the shaft k gears
with the similar one 9' of the vertical shaft S, and gives a rotary motion to the
helical blade V, which cuts and divides the dough in the trough P as it
passes the dough, being placed in the trough P, and revolving with it. The
trough P revolves upon the rollers G, G. When the dough is thoroughly
mixed, the casing B, B, B, B, can be raised by means of the hand fly wheel W
and screw X, the dough can then be conveniently removed from the trough.
AN IMPROVED TOY
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Pierre Journet at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th September
1858.
I, PIERRE JOURNET, of Paris, (France,) Mechanician, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED TOY," to be as follows:-
This improved toy, or plaything, consists of an entirely closed up semi-
circular flat box, at each of the upper flat square or diametrical side exists a
hole provided with a corresponding trap door, which a spring or strip of india-
rubber tends to keep shut. A small cross bar is provided at each end with a
pin or pivot inserted in the two opposite flat or semicircular sides of the box
towards the centre; from this bar is hanging, by means of a wire fixed thereto,
an arc, or semicircular, or curved plate, or strong wire, provided towards the
middle of its length with a counterweight, where, as at each end of this arc, is
fixed a grotesque figure or other ornament, so that by the effect of the see-
saw or swinging motion that may be imparted to the arc, the said figures will
alternately strike against the above-mentioned doors, and thus opening them,
alternately present themselves to sight. The semicircular form of the box
allows of giving it a see-saw motion on its curved side, which motion is
transmitted to the arc and grotesque figures.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE PRODUCTION OF LIGHT
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Hope Johnson Bastable at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th July 1858.-A communication.
I, ALFRED HOPE JOHNSON BASTABLE, of Belgrave Works, Ranelagh Road,
Pimlico, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE PRODUCTION OF
LIGHT," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus employed in
the production of light. Heretofore a powerful light has been produced by
throwing a jet of ignited gas, ordinarily a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen, on
to a cylinder of suitable material (usually lime), to which slow motion has
been given by clockwork, so that the surface presented to the jet is constantly
being changed. This cylinder of lime or other material in consequence of the
great heat to which it is exposed, frequently breaks and falls away from the
jet. Now this Invention consists in protecting the cylinder of lime or other
material by means of a metal or other suitable tube or case; the cylinder
projects upwards above the end of the tube or case, and the jet is arranged to
strike the portion of the cylinder so exposed a short distance above the end of
the tube or case; this arrangement will be found to prevent in great measure
the cracking of the material, and even when cracks are produced it prevents
the cylinder falling in pieces, so that the light is not disturbed.
It is not
essential to this Invention that the lime or other material should be of a
cylindrical form, so long as it be protected by a case as above described; for

page_text: example, in some cases the material is moulded or formed to the shape of a
wheel or disc, and when in use is protected by plates of metal or other
material placed on each side of it; these plates are made slightly smaller in
diameter than the wheel or disc, so as to expose a portion of its edge all
round, and on to this edge the jet is thrown. The wheel or disc is caused to
revolve by means of clockwork, so that every portion of its edge may in turn
be submitted to the jet.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING THE FIBROUS PORTIONS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE PLANTS, AND THE EMPLOYMENT THEREOF WHEN PREPARED, EITHER ALONE OR IN COMBINATION, WITH ARTICLES ALREADY IN USE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUFFING
Year: 1858

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 Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th June 1858.-A communication.
I RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING THE FIBROUS PORTIONS OF CERTAIN TEXTILE
PLANTS, AND THE EMPLOYMENT THEREOF WHEN PREPARED, EITHER ALONE OR IN
COMBINATION, WITH ARTICLES ALREADY IN USE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF STUFFING,"
(communicated to me by a foreigner residing abroad), to be as follows:-
The Invention communicated to me consists in preparing, both mechanically.
and chemically, the fibrous portions of the musa, the aloe, the agave, the
corchorus fuscus, the corchorus junceus, the corchorus olitorius, the corchorus
capsularis, and the palm leaf, and in the employment of the same when so
prepared, either collectively or individually, for the purposes of stuffing.
mattrasses, sofas, chairs, carriages, and other articles of furniture and luxury,
whether combined or not with wool, cotton, horsehair, cocoa-nut fibre, manilla,.
or any other article already employed for stuffing.
The fibres are first cut into lengths of from about one foot to eighteen
inches; I then card such material in a carding engine, and purify and bleach
the fibres by subjecting them to a chlorine bath of the strength of 3° to
4° Beaumé, with a small addition of muriatic acid. After the fibres have

page_text: remained for about 3 hours in the bath they will be found sufficiently
bleached. It is necessary then to wash them in clear water saturated with a
few drops of sulphuric acid, after which they are to be dried. The fibres are
again carded in a carding engine finer than that previously used, or they are
curled in a manner similar to that followed in the curling of horsehair.
After having been subjected to the mechanical and chemical operations above
described, the fibres will be converted into a wool-like material, well adapted
to all purposes of stuffing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH BARS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Valentine Flinn at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
June 1858.
I, THOMAS VALENTINE FLINN, of Edward's Place, Deynesford Road, Cam-
berwell Green, in the County of Surrey, Painter and Glazier, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SASH BARS
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates more particularly to the sash bars of skylights,
hothouses, greenhouses, domes, or other glazed frames, in whatever material
they may be made, where through the heat of the sun or other cause leakage
takes place; the object of this Invention being to collect the water thus per-
colated through the cracked putty or other crevice into one or more gutters
formed in each bar under the rebate for the reception of the glass, said bars
being made rather wider on the under side than heretofore to allow the gutter
or channel to be formed, a similar channel being formed in the sides of the
frame beneath the original rebate for the same purpose. I propose also
cutting channels in the lower part of the frame in a line with the gutters, to
allow of the escape of water in some instances, and in others to bore holes
either horizontally or vertically at the bottom or end of each gutter.
FIRE ESCAPE
Year: 1858

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the application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Francois Michel Charpentier
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition; on the
27th April 1858.
I, JEAN FRANCOIS MICHEL CHARPENTIER, of No. 39, Southampton Row,
Russell Square, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman; do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A FIRE ESCAPE," to be as follows:-
A wicker basket large enough to hold one person, and fixed by two iron
hoops to a flat board at the back of the said basket. To that flat board are
affixed four iron loops, or staples, or eys, through which are passed two strong
ropes, fifteen, twenty, forty, or sixty feet in height, according to the height
of the window where the machine is to be used. Two ends of these leading
ropes are fixed by two eyes or thimbles to a small beam, that is itself fixed
inside the room across the window by two holes bored in that beam's ends,
and through which holes enter two iron rods or pins one inch in diameter,
and firmly fixed in the wall of the house inside the room at about 8 or 10
inches above the window sill, those pins to be of 10 or 12 inches in length;
the basket is then to run safely and without swinging along those two afore-
said ropes, the two other ends of which are held by the two first persons
happening to be in the street below. But to make the descent easy and safe,
two other ropes are fixed by one end to the lower part of the aforesaid flat
board, and run through two strong pullies that are tied to the cross beam

page_text: above mentioned. The other end of these two ropes are held below by one
or two persons, who let them run slow or fast through the pulleys, thereby
effecting most safely the descent of any person or persons in danger of being
burnt. For more security, another or fifth rope fixed to the beam and passed
round an hook stuck to the basket may be held by the person inside that
basket, and he run round the hook slow or fast, or stop the basket altogether.
The length of the leading ropes, which are tight, secure the descent of the
basket far from the burning house and the flames rushing therefrom, and let
down the person inside on the opposite side of the street. As soon as a
person is let down, the basket is sent up in half a minute by means of the
ropes and pulleys to take down another person, and so on. Ten minutes
being sufficient to save 12 or 15 persons. The basket, beam, and ropes are
to be kept in a front or back room by every family, the whole not exceeding
the size of an ordinary arm chair. In less than 5 minutes the whole appa-
ratus is put in place and made ready for use. Any lady, invalid, or child
12 years old can easily put in place this fire escape, and make it ready for
the action, or the two or three first persons who will be in the street.
Another advantage of any fire escape is, that after saving all the inmates of
a 4th or 3rd floor, it may be used to save those of the second and first floor
if they happened not to be provided with the said fire escape."
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON WHEELS
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Maw at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th February
1858.
I, EDWIN MAW, of the Doncaster Iron Works, Yorkshire, do hereby declare
the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON
WHEELS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of iron
wheels. For these purposes the outer rings or felloes are of angle iron, with
or without flanches or flanched tyres, according as the wheels are to run on
railways or other roads. The bosses or naves are constructed by casting on
discs of wrought iron, which project beyond the cast iron in such manner as to
have spokes fixed thereto. The spokes are of angle iron, and the ends are
respectively fixed to the webs of the outer rings and to the projecting parts
of the wrought-iron dises of the naves or bosses, and such fixing of the spokes
is by preference by rivets or bolts.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS, STATUETTES, FIGURES OF ANIMALS AND OTHERS, AND TOYs
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th November 1858.-A communication from A. F. E. Robert, residing
in Paris.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, E.C., Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF DOLLS, STATUETTES, FIGURES
OF ANIMALS AND OTHERS, AND TOYs," (a communication from A. F. E. Robert,
residing in Paris,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in forming dolls and other figures in vulcanized
caoutchouc, as follows:-A metal mould of the object or figure to be formed,
say, for instance, a doll, is suitably prepared, a hermetically-closed ball or
sac of caoutchouc of size and thickness proportioned to the size of the intended
doll is placed in the mould, and the parts thereof locked. Thus prepared, the
mould is plunged in the hot vulcanizing composition. During this operation
the air inside the caoutchouc ball is expanded by the heat and forces the
caoutchouc against and into the sides of the mould and makes it assume the
interior shape and form thereof, which form it will preserve after being
removed from the mould.
Another kind of doll or figure is formed by shaping the head, arms, and
upper part of the body in one mould, and the lower part of the body and legs
in another mould; and by inserting articulated, wooden, or metal limbs, with

page_text: the joints placed so as to allow the figure to bend at the knees, elbows, and
other parts, answering to those of the figure imitated. After having introduced
the jointed wooden limbs, the two parts of the body are united, and the
division between them masked or covered by a belt or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CATCHING FISH IN TIDAL RIVERS AND OTHER WATERCOURSES
Year: 1858

page_text: This invention rece
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Phymoni at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st May
1858.
I, JOHN PHYMONI, of Crooked Lane, in the City of London, Mechanist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR CATCHING FISH IN TIDAL RIVERS AND OTHER WATERCOURSES," to
be as follows:-
I dig a trough or trench in the bed of a tidal river or other watercourse
where it ebbs dry at low water or where the water can be turned off as in a
mill stream. When the bed of the river is soft or loose, I case the trough with
brick, wood, or stone. I place over the trough a cover made of wood or other
suitable material sufficiently wide to extend beyond the sides of the trough, so
as to partially shut out the light. I raise the cover of the trough by means
of cross bearings a few inches above the edges of the trough, so as to allow
the water to flow under, and fishes to pass under and secret themselves within
the trough. When necessary I place bait in the trough to allure or decoy
the fish. This apparatus I denominate a decoy fishing trough,
required, I place along the sides of the trough against the apertures a lattice
of wire or other material so hung as to raise or fall and close the aperture
against the egress of the fish. The cover of the trough I fasten down to
When

page_text: After every tide I raise the cover,
The troughs may be used singly or
prevent its floating or being washed away.
and with a landing net take out the fish.
placed in a line or in groups, or a single trough may be made of any required
length.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING KNOBS OF GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHEN- WARE TO THE SPINDLES OF LOCKS AND LATCHES, AND TO DOORS, DRAWERS, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lovibond Percivall and John
Houghton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 20th November 1858.
We, LOVIBOND PERCIVALL, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manager of Glass Works, and JOHN HOUGHTON, of Edgbaston, in the County
of Warwick, Glass Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ATTACHING KNOBS OF GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHEN-
WARE TO THE SPINDLES OF LOCKS AND LATCHES, AND TO DOORS, DRAWERS, AND
OTHER ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
In attaching glass, china, and earthenware knobs to the spindles of locks
and latches, we make the spindles, or that part of the spindle which enters
the knob of a square or elliptical figure, or of a figure other than cylindrical;
and we make the hole in the knob of a corresponding form. A screw passed
from the front of the knob engages in the end of the spindle and fixes the
knob thereon. The said screw also serves to adjust the knob and spindle to
doors of different thicknesses. A washer and socket may be put on the spindle
between the shoulder of the knob and the lock or latch, to prevent friction of
the shoulder of the knob against the door. The arrangement described may
be used with one or both knobs of a lock or latch. In attaching glass, china,
or earthenware knobs to doors, drawers, or other articles, when the knob is
not required to have a rotatory motion, we proceed as follows:-We pass a
pin, having a head thereon, through a hole in the knob, and cause the screwed
end of the pin to engage in a concave thread in a socket let into the door or

page_text: drawer on the inside, that is the side opposite to that to which the knob is
attached. A square shoulder near the end of the pin engages in a metal
plate let into the front surface of the article, and the accidental unscrewing of
the pin is thereby prevented. The knob is fixed by giving rotation to the
socket with which the pin engages. Or, instead of making a convex screw on
the end of the pin a concave screw may be made therein, and a screw passed
from the inside made to engage in the pin. Or the two arrangements last
described may be reversed, the pin or screw being passed from the inside of
the drawer or other article through the knob and made to engage with a
socket or screw in the front of the knob.
AN IMPROVED PIGMENT
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George C. Greenwell at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th January
1858.
I, GEORGE C. GREENWELL, of Radstock, near Bath, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PIGMENT," to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists of the use of that iron ore called pisolite in the
manufacture of a pigment, the said ore being calcined and powdered in the
ordinary manner.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZEING YARN
Year: 1858

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Raynsford Jackson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd August 1858.
I, ROBERT RAYNSFORD JACKSON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZEING YARN," to be
as follows:-
My Invention applies to that description of sizing machines in which the
yarn is conveyed on a number of guide or conveying rollers, past or between a
number of heated chests for the purpose of drying the yarn after passing
through the size. The improvement consists in connecting these guide or
carrying rollers with the size roller, and with the carrying or delivering roller
in the front of the machine, and in driving the above arrangement positeivly,
either from a separate countershaft or from any convenient shaft in the
machine. The said countershaft or other driving mechanism will be made so
as to be capable of variation in speed, that the yarn may be made to travel
more or less quickly past the chests by the means of cone drums or any other
convenient arrangement. The connection of the rollers may be made by
gearing straps, bands, chains, or any other ordinary means. The object of
the Invention is to lessen the strain upon the yarn by its being conveyed
by instead of turning the roller. This, besides saving the yarn from injury,

page_text: will facilitate an increase of the drying power of the machine. It might in
some cases be convenient to connect together a portion only instead of all
the carrying rollers. Under the designation of carrying roller I include the
size roller and the front carrying or delivering roller as well as the other
guide rollers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF METALLIC PISTONS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Heywood and William
Heywood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 2nd August 1858.
We, EDWARD HEYWOOD, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic,
and WILLIAM HEYWOOD, of the City of Manchester, Warehouseman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF METALLIC PISTONS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in an improved mode of applying springs to the
wedges acting on the wearing rings of pistons to keep them in contact with
the internal surface of the cylinder within which the piston works. The
wearing rings are each made in two segments, a wedge is inserted between
the ends of the segments at one side, and a centre pivot is or may be applied
between the other two ends; this pivot prevents the escape of steam into the
body of the piston. The wedge is made with an internal projection which is
acted upon by a coiled spring, by this means a constant pressure is kept up on
the wearing ring. The joints of the two wearing rings are put together so
that the said joints cross each other, in order to prevent the escape of steam
through the piston. The wearing rings are held in position by the end of the
wedge fitting between the snugs on the body of the piston or in any other
suitable manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PROJECTILES
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hooper at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June
1858.
I, WILLIAM HOOPER, of Mitcham, in the County of Surrey, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF PROJECTILES," to be as follows:―
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of
projectiles; and consists in the application of the hard compounds produced by
subjecting india-rubber and sulphur to beat in combination with metal or
metallic salts in such manufacture. For these purposes, the hard compounds
are in some instances used as coatings of the metal constituting the case of the
shell or other form of projectile, and in other instances the shells or cases
are made of a combination of the hard compounds with metal or metallic
salts.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN SEPARATING WOOL AND ANIMAL FIBRES FROM VEGETABLE FIBRES CONTAINED IN MIXED FABRICS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Gray, of Bride Lane, in the City of London,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SEPARATING WOOL AND ANIMAL
FIBRES FROM VEGETABLE FIBRES CONTAINED IN MIXED FABRICS."
Sealed the 10th May 1859, and dated the 11th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Gray at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th November 1858.
I, THOMAS GRAY, of Bride Lane, in the City of London, hereby declare
the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN SEPARATING WOOL AND
ANIMAL FIBRES FROM VEGETABLE FIBRES CONTAINED IN MIXED FABRICS," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in separating wool and
animal fibres from vegetable fibres contained in mixed fabrics.
⚫ Heretofore in treating mixed fabrics in order to obtain the wool or animal
fibres, acids have been employed to destroy the vegetable fibres, but in such
cases it has been found that the acids act prejudicially on the animal fibres.
Now, my improvement consists in soaking or saturating such mixed fabrics in
water, so that the animal fibres therein may be filled with water before subjecting
the mixed materials to the action of acids. By this means I am enabled to
obtain the animal fibres under more favorable circumstances."
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY USED IN SPINNING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lawson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th March
1858.
I, JOHN LAWSON, of the Hope Foundry, Leeds, in the County of York,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY USED IN SPINNING FLAX AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in spinning flax and other
fibrous substances, which improvements are applicable to those classes of
machines known as hot-water spinning frames, and consists in supporting and
carrying the saddle with the pressing rollers by a pendant arm or arms in place
of employing the stands or supports projecting from the beam as heretofore.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILING OILS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Duncan Morrison at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the 3rd April
1858.
I, DUNCAN MORRISON, of Birmingham, do hereby declare the nature of
the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILING OILS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in boiling oils. In the pro-
duction of drying oils by boiling it has been usual heretofore to employ fire
heat externally of the boilers used, which is sometimes the cause of fires and
otherwise injurious. Now, my Invention consists in the employment of boilers
or vessels having a very extensive tubular heating surface within the boiler or
vessel, and in order to obtain the high degree of heat necessary high-pressure
steam is used in the interior of such tubes; in some cases I employ super-
heated steam, and also in some cases it may be obtained by circulating hot
water under pressure.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING THE SEWAGE OF LONDON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Jex Crickmer at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
July 1858.
I, RICHARD JEX CRICKMER, of the Borough Road, in the County of Surrey,
Civil and Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING THE SEWAGE OF LONDON AND
NEIGHBOURHOOD," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in separating the more solid from the liquid portions
of the London sewage, and in running off the liquid portions down through
the blue clay and sand into the water strata of the great London basin, well
known to geologists, as hereafter described. I block up all outlet from
the sewers and drains into the Thames, and form at convenient places below
the sewers, pits for the reception and temporary retention of the more solid
parts of the sewage. I cause the solid portions to be precipitated therein if
necessary, by lime or other chemical agent, and apply or not any deodorizing
matter. Beyond these pits I form horizontal filters, through which the liquid
will pass, if necessary, by pressure or suction, and will enter a second pre-
cipitating pit, in which any remaining heavy portions held in the liquid may
be precipitated; or instead of entering this liquid pit, I pass the liquid directly
into a shaft extending downwards into the water strata of the great London
basin. In this shaft I fit cylinders or plates to keep out the surface and

page_text: spring waters, and provide the same or some of them with valves, cocks, or
sluices, for the purpose hereafter named. At some feet above the water level
in the London basin, I place in the shaft pebbles or other filtering medium, if
found necessary, and adopt any suitable means of cleansing the same from
time to time. For the purpose of cleansing this shaft I open the valves or
sluices above alluded to, and scour the shaft with the surface waters.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE JOINING OF EARTHENWARE PIPES FOR DRAINS, SEWERS, AND TELEGRAM WIRE CONDUCTORS; ALSO SUITABLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF LIQUIDS, GAS, AND STEAM UNDER PRESSURE, WHEN JOINTED
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescrived
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Fearne Gee at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th March
1858.
JOHN FEARNE GEE, of Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, Fire Ware
Manufacturer, do bereby declare that I am in possession of an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENT IN THE JOINING OF EARTHENWARE PIPES FOR DRAINS, SEWERS,
AND TELEGRAM WIRE CONDUCTORS; ALSO SUITABLE FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF LIQUIDS,
GAS, AND STEAM UNDER PRESSURE, WHEN JOINTED," to be as follows:-
This Invention is an improvement in the construction and form of earthen-
ware pipes or tubes, to be used in the formation of drains and sewers, or as
conductors or coverings or protectors for telegraph wires, and which earthen-
ware pipes will also be suitable channels for the conveyance of liquids, gas, or
steam. The Invention consists in the use of lock, semicircular, rabited joints
in connecting two pipes or tubes or a series of pipes or tubes, and which joints
are protected by semicircular earthenware coverings at each joining, whereby
the joinings are rendered close and secure and impermeable by liquids, gas, or
steam, and by the use of which peculiar joints, with their covers, any one or
more of such pipes or tubes may be removed from a connected series thereof,
and replaced without injury or disturbance to the remainder of the series. When
earthenware tubes connected by joints of such novel invention are intended to
be used as telegraph wire conductors, such may be made in circular or semi-

page_text: circular portions, with the conductors of wires placed at any given distance
with eyelet holes or guiders, of the given number of wires required, fixed in a
novel manner, internally introduced.
This Invention also comprises pipes which can be used for the conveyance
of liquids, gas, or steam under pressure; these pipes are manufactured of
externally peculiar forms with groves, fillets, rabited joints, or shoulders, as
required for fastening, to receive loose or affixed couplings or flanges made
of wood, earthenware, gutta perclia; or metal with or without internal resisting
pipe fixed in groves or otherwise over internal joining of pipe, which internal
pipe may be made of wood, earthenware, gutta percha, india-rubber, or any
substance free from oxide or other matter deleterious to the liquids, gas, or
steam to be conveyed, making them capable of resisting greater internal
pressure, of great security and impermeability, and also air-tight at their
joinings.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MATERIALS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Christian Stortz at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
October 1858.
I, PHILIP CHRISTIAN STORTZ, of Havelock Buildings, Bold Street, Liverpool,
in the County of Lancaster, Photographer, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MATERIALS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
PLATES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in substituting prepared copper or other metal plates,
pannels of wood, millboard, canvass, or other materials having oiled or varnished
surfaces, such as are usually used for painting upon in oil, for the ordinary
materials upon which photographic images are deposited or printed, and for
producing photographic images or pictures direct from the object, with or
without printing from a negative.
The prepared surface of the said plates, pannels, millboard, canvass, or other
materials is first cleared of all oil or varnish glaze. The edges of the said
plates, pannels, millboard, canvass, or other materials are then hermetically
sealed, and the surface prepared in the ordinary manner so as to render it
susceptible of receiving photographic images by means of the photographic
process, and the process is carried on in the usual manner, except that the
chemical ingredients in ordinary use for the purpose are varied in their pro-
portions so as to adapt the process to the particular nature or character of
the said plates, pannels, millboard, canvass, or other materials.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF TREATING SEWAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL USES, AND FOR MACHINERY TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1858

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 Charles Felton Kirkman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
August 1858.
I, CHARLES FELTON KIRKMAN, of Argyle Street, Regent Street, London,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED MODE OF TREATING SEWAGE FOR AGRICULTURAL USES, AND FOR MACHINERY
TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to a mode of constructing machinery for grinding,
amalgamating, and deodorizing sewage, and removing the impurities from the
liquid, so that the water only will be permitted to pass away. The machinery
is so constructed that the solid parts of the sewage, filth, rags, vegetable,
animal, and other substances as they flow from the mouths of the sewers, will
be crushed and ground up, and then pass to another part of the machine, in
which it will be united with a sufficient quantity of some effective deodorizing
disinfecting agent, and then conveyed by pumps or other suitable means to
receivers, in which the heavy sewage will deposit itself, facilitated by the
artificial means which has been applied to it on its way down from the sewer,
and the impurities being removed, the water will pass off in a pure state.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING, AND ALSO IN SHUTTLES AND PICKERS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Haslam at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th June
1858.
I, JOHN HASLAM, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING, AND ALSO IN SHUTTLES AND PICKERS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be
as follows:-
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The first part of these improvements consists of a longitudinal slide plate of
any suitable material to be attached to the shuttle box of the loom, and so
arranged as that the back or top of the picker shall slide or work in or against
it, whereby increased steadiness is given to the picker.
The second part of these improvements consists in cutting away part of the
shuttle near the point, either at the top, bottom, or side thereof, so as to form
a step or shoulder against which the picker is intended to strike (instead of
against the point, as heretofore,) by which means a much more solid &
efficient blow is given, and the picker is not so soon worn out as when
it strikes against the metal point of the shuttle. The shape of the spring
which acts upon the cop pin is also somewhat varied, so as to avoid the
necessity of cutting away so much of the wood of shuttle as is usually done
with the ordinary form of spring.
The third part of these improvements consists in forming the pickers with a

page_text: solid projection adapted to strike against the above-mentioned step or shoulder
of the shuttle. The picker may be made of metal, wood, buffalo hide, or
other suitable material, and the hole through which the guide rod runs
is to be fitted with a fast or loose bush of metal, glass, or earthenware. It is
obvious that the form of the picker will vary according to the particular
construction of the picking motion employed, and whether the step or shoulder
at the shuttle end is above, below, or at either side; the form will also
necessarily be in a certain degree governed by the material of which the
picker is composed.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN PREPARING IRON AND OTHER METALS, OR MIXTURES OF METALS, FOR AND IN CASTING THE SAME IN MOULDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Needham Scrope Shrapnel
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th June 1858.
I, HENRY NEEDHAM SCROPE SHRAPNEL, of Medway Manor House, Bradford,
in the County of Wilts, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN PREPARING IRON AND OTHER METALS, OR MIXTURES OF
METALS, FOR AND IN CASTING THE SAME IN MOULDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in preparing iron and
other metals, or mixtures of metals, for and in casting the same in moulds.
For these purposes the iron or other metals or mixtures of metals to be used
in making a casting is, whilst in the furnace, subjected to a mechanical
stirring; it is then run into the mould, and the stirring is kept up by a stirrer
in the mould till the iron or other metal or mixtures of metals is set or
solidified.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BEARINGS, BEDS, AND SOCKETS FOR AXLES, SHAFTS, PIVOTS, AND OTHER ROTATING PARTS OF MACHINERY
Year: 1858

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 William Henry Crispin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
February 1858.
I, WILLIAM HENRY CRISPIN, of Marsh Gate Lane, Stratford, in the County
of Essex, Copper Smelter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BEARINGS, BEDS, AND SOCKETS FOR
AXLES, SHAFTS, PIVOTS, AND OTHER ROTATING PARTS OF MACHINERY," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to certain arrangements whereby the generation and
developement of heat in the bearings, beds, or sockets used for the rotating
parts of machinery may be avoided or materially diminished, and with this
view a chamber or aperture should be constructed in the lower or any other
suitable part of the bearings, a continuous stream or current of water being
introduced into and allowed to flow through the same chamber or aperture,
the ingress and egress thereof being effected by means of suitable tubes and
apertures properly constructed and arranged so as to keep the before-
mentioned chamber or aperture constantly supplied with water of a low
temperature. The effect of these arrangements is to abstract the heat
generated in the surrounding metal by the revolution of the axles, shafts,
pivots, or other rotating portions of the machinery, and thus to prevent the
injurious and inconvenient results which ordinarily attend the generation and

page_text: developement of heat under such circumstances. It may be observed that
the quantity of water necessary to be employed for these purposes is very
small, inasmuch as that portion thereof which has become heated and ex-
panded by the absorption of heat from the surrounding metal will upon its
egress from the before-mentioned chamber or aperture and passage through
the tubes provided for that purpose again become cool, and be returned to
the tube, by which ingress is obtained to the said chamber or aperture, thus
keeping up a continuous current according to well-known principles.
In cases where this Invention is adopted some modifications in the arrange-
ment and construction of the plummer blocks and brasses employed may be
necessary, but such alterations do not form any part of this Invention, which
is confined to the prevention of the inconvenient developement of heat in the
bearings themselves.