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IMPROVE- MENTS IN BRUSHES OR BROOMS FOR SWEEPING FLOORS, CARPETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Tall at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd November
1858.
I, JOSEPH TALL, of Collingwood Street, Blackfriars Road, County of Surrey,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BRUSHES OR BROOMS FOR SWEEPING FLOORS, CARPETS, AND OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES," to be as follows, and consists of a cylindrical formed brush, the
shaft of which is connected by means of a band or by toothed gear with
the axle of a rolling cylinder or pair of wheels or rollers placed at its rear; in
some cases other rollers may be placed in front; a chamber having an opening
in it is placed so that the opening is towards the brush; a pan or drawer is
placed within this chamber, which can be withdrawn when necessary; the
whole is enclosed in a light cover envelloping the top sides and ends, leaving the
bottom portion open; the edges along the bottom are lined with strips of india-
rubber or other material, so as to fit close with the floor or carpet. When
urged forward by the handle, similar to an ordinary brush, the motion of the
rollers is communicated to the brush, which, in turning, sweeps and lifts the
dust into the pan, which may be removed when full; the apparatus being wholly
enclosed, none of the dust can fly about.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DRAWING FRAMES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Brooks at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th March
1858.
I, JAMES BROOKS, of Elton, near Bury, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
DRAWING FRAMES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in placing a catch box upon the revolving shaft which
carries the spiders, used in drawing frames, for the purpose of stopping the
machine when any of the slivers break; one part of the said catch box revolves
loose upon the shaft or its bearing, the other part being so placed upon the
shaft by means of keys on which it slides, that it moves in the direction of the
shaft's length at the same time that it revolves; the said sliding part is made
with a long neck or boss, to which I attach the strap fork used for throwing
the driving strap on to the fast or loose pulley; I also attach a weight and
lever placed upon a stud to the said strap fork for the purpose of holding the
sliding part of the catch box in its place. When any of the slivers break the
fingers are set at liberty and hook upon one of the cross bars of the spider, and
hold it in a stationary position, whilst that part of the catch box which revolves
loose upon the shaft or its bearing continues in motion, thereby acting upon

page_text: the claws or projections of the other part of the said catch box, causes it
to slide in the direction of the axis of the shaft, carrying with it the strap fork,
and thereby stopping the machine. I also attach to the delivering side of
drawing frames a lever supported on a fulcrum resting on the frame, at one
end of which lever I place a plate to receive the sliver after breakage as it is
delivered from the rollers, the increasing weight of the sliver upon the plate
will cause the plate end of the lever to descend, whilst the other end of the
lever comes into contact with the revolving spider or with an oscillating lever,
and so stops the machine.
A PIPE CASE HANDLE FOR WALKING STICKS, CANES, RIDING WHIPS, AND UMBRELLAS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Colgate at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th May
1858.
I, JOHN COLGATE, of 56, Exmouth Street, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A PIPE CASE HANDLE
FOR WALKING STICKS, CANES, RIDING WHIPS, AND UMBRELLAS," to be as
follows:-
A piece of ivory, bone, hardwood, or any hard substance suitable, turned
in the form of a handle for walking sticks, canes, riding whips, and un-
brellas; the bandle cut into two parts, and hollowed out the proper size to
admit the bowl of a tobacco pipe. When hollowed, the two parts attached
by means of a hinge not observable under the handle, and (fastens, (enclosing
the pipe bowl) at the back of the handle, with a catch spring let in, so as to
form a mounting; the stick or cane, &c., on which the handle is to be fixed to
be bored to receive the stem of the pipe. The two parts, when hollowed out
and attached as described, constitute "the pipe case handle," and has the
appearance of being solid. The accompanying Drawings will show the
principle and mode of use.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF EXPANDING PORTFOLIO
Year: 1858

page_text: This invention received Provisional Protection,
oceed
the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Camp at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th April 1858.
I, JOHN CAMP, of John Street, Tysoe Street, Clerkenwell, in the County of
Middlesex, Bookbinder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF EXPANDING PORTFOLIO," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel construction of portfolio, applicable
especially for the reception of music and periodicals. The portfolio is formed
of two parts, the back piece being attached to or forming part of one of the
lids, and the other lid being provided with a kind of pocket to receive the
inner edge of the part forming the back. By means of bands either elastic.or
non-elastic, the back is connected with the pocket lid in such a manner, that
the back may be slidden entirely into the pocket, or drawn out, as required to
suit the thickness of the accumulating papers contained in the portfolio. In.
the back piece I insert a series of threads which lie in parallel lines and are
intended to be used for securing the papers in place. These threads are
passed under the lining of the back piece, but at about the middle of the back
piece they come in front for a short space, and their ends also hang out ready
to be used for sewing the papers. To secure a piece of music, for example,
in place, I thrust a crochet needle through the middle of the crease and draw

page_text: in a loop of the thread, I then with the needle draw the ends through the
paper, and pass them through the loop, so that they cross each other. I next
draw the thread tight and tie the ends in a bow; thereby making the music
fast to the portfolio, but easy of removal when required.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FURNACE BARS
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Matthew Crawford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th February
1858.
I, MATTHEW CRAWFORD, of Elswick Ironworks, Newcastle-on-Tyne, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF FURNACE BARS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in the manufacture of
furnace bars, and consists in substituting or applying a surface of fire-clay,
burnt in like manner to fire bricks, next to the fire, instead of malleable or
cast-iron bars, as now in use.
I propose to mould fire-clay into suitable shapes or forms, and to burn
them as above, and to insert them into or place them upon proper supports
or bars made of malleable or cast iron, so that on the top of each support
or bar there would be a facing or surface of fire brick next the fire, sufficiently
high to prevent the heat affecting the iron bars or supports. The fire brick
surface being the only portion of the furnace bars which could thus burn
away, the same could easily be renewed by any ordinary workman, and the
iron support being uninjured, the repair could be made from time to time by
any ordinary workman at a trifling expense by substituting new fire brick
blocks or bars.
The plan which I should recommend would be the adoption of hollow

page_text: malleable or cast iron bars as supports, tapering towards the bottom, erected
at suitable distances from each other, and to have lumps or pieces of fire-clay
moulded at the bottom, so as to fit into such hollow bars or supports, with a flat
face or upper surface of such thickness as may be required to be next the
fire. Those pieces of fire-clay I prefer about twelve inches long, each having
a hole in the lower part through which a pin could be inserted, and so fix
the same firmly by means of a corresponding hole in the iron bars or supports
below. I also recommend that the fire-clay be made not quite so deep as the
iron support, so as to leave a vacant space the entire length of the iron support
through which cold air could pass.
Although the above is the form I recommend I do not restrict my Invention
to the above or any particular form or shape.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Westley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd February
1858.
I, WILLIAM WESTLEY, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF HEELS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES,"
to be as follows, that is to say:-
My improvements consist in forming an entire or partial rim of metal the
shape and height of the heel I may desire to make, and the inside of which I
fill up with gutta percha, scrap leather, wood, or any other suitable material,
or mixture of the materials here named, through which holes may be moulded
or otherwise made for attaching the heel to the boot or shoe. The metallic
rim may be japanned or otherwise finished on the outside, or covered with
leather or other suitable material, and which rim may be (when required for
military purposes) thickened up with steel around the bottom edge, or the rim
itself be made of cast iron, chilled or otherwise treated on the under edge to
prevent their rapid wearing away.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINES FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING KNIVES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Newton Wilson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th
February 1858.-A communication.
I, WILLIAM NEWTON WILSON, of 144, High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINES FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING KNIVES," (a communication,)
to be as follows:-
A cast-iron frame is employed embracing a trough for holding the polishing
powder, said frame being secured to a table or other convenient place by a
set screw; two revolving scouring rollers formed of woolen discs on a shaft
forced and confined compactly together, and arranged over each other, one in
and the other over the trough; these rollers being driven by cog gearing,
which is set in motion by a crank on the shaft of the lower roller, the
upper roller's journals working in two hinged levers forming the bearing for
said shaft. India-rubber springs are employed by which a yielding pressure
is obtained, accommodating the rollers to the various thicknesses of knives;
on the upper part of these rubber springs are two set screws, designed to
compensate for any wear that may take place in the rollers.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN DRYING YARNE OR FABRICS, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THERI- WITH
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Holroyd Bolton and Charles
Garforth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 21st December 1858.
We, JOSEPII HOLROYD BOLTON. of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester,
Warp Dresser, and CHARLES GARFORTH, of the same Place, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN DRYING YARNE OR FABRICS, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THERI-
WITH," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a novel arrangement and construction of appa-
ratus for drying yarns and fabrics, by the employment of which the ordinary
machines consisting of heated cylinders.and usually employed for drying purposes
are dispensed with. and which may be described as follows:-The sizing vat
or vessel is furnished with a series of rollers so arranged that the yarn or fabric
may pass over a sufficient number of them, and remains in the size until
saturated, and then passes out of the vat between a pair of squeezing or
pressing rollers, and becomes partially dried, and then be again passed twice
(or so) through the size, and finally between pressing and delivery rollers
into a chamber, containing near its base a number of vertical arched or bent
plates arranged in pairs and forming chambers, and having a series of rollers
so arranged that the yarn or fabric may first pass under or between, or in the
interior of these arched plates or chambers to be partially dried, and thence
along the outside of the plates and over rollers at the top of the outer vertical

page_text: chamber, or room in which all are enclosed, where the drying is completed,
and the yarn passes out of this chamber in a dry and finished state; such
chamber plates being heated by means of steam, (superheated steam being,
preferred,) and which is supplied to the box or chest at the bottom of the
drying chambers communicating with the said plates and chamber, and kept
in motion or agitated by means of fans at certain points in the upper part of
the vertical chamber, being caused to revolve between the layers or folds of
the goods to be dried.
IMPROVELIENTS IN REVOLVING FIRE-ARMS, AND CANNON AND CARTRIDGES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Wright Gardener Treeby
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th June 1858.
I, THOMAS WRIGHT GARDENER TREEBY, of No. 1, Westbourne Terrace
Villas, Upper Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVELIENTS IN
REVOLVING FIRE-ARMS, AND CANNON AND CARTRIDGES," to be as follows:-
This Invention is an improvement on my Patent sealed the Tenth day of
January One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and is for improvements in
all kinds of revolving fire-arms and cannon, and for cartridges, and for
plungers for striking the same, and is as follows:-The hinging of the chains
to the chambers is by the side of the chambers, and not in the centre of the
chambers, as shewn in the Drawing of my Patent above referred to, and the
chain revolves over two pulleys or drums instead of one, that is to say, the
endless chain is made tight by them and prevents the chain shaking, and
allows it to revolve easily. I also make the main barrel send the charge
home in the chamber of the chain by means of a screw and nut with lever, or
lever and cam; by this means I do away with the ramrod. The cartridge is
made in the usual way, with this exception, in the base or end where the
powder is put, I place a metal ring on the end of a mandril that is
hollowed out to receive it, the end of the cartridge is then turned into

page_text: the ring, and a percussion cap pushed or driven in with the hollow part
towards the outside, thus completely securing the cap in the centre, and
firmly fastening the end of the cartridge. The cartridge is charged with
powder and ball in the usual way. The strikers or plungers are attached to
each chamber, fastened in the breech end, and revolves with the chain of
chambers, and at the end of the iron frame I place a hammer, attached to the
cock by means of a pin and cam slotted in the cock; when the haminer is
pulled it strikes the plunger at the end of the chamber and explodes the cap,
the ring and cap passing out with the charge; by this means the plunger is
not liable to get injured by continual firing.
Iк- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Broom, of Glasgow, in the County of
Lanark, North Britain, Iron Manufacturer, for the Invention of "Iк-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL."
Sealed the 18th February 1859, and dated the 23rd December 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Broom at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
December 1858.
I, JAMES BROOM, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Iron Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STEEL," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of steel of good fair quality, equal
to blister and spring steel, in the puddling furnace, or in any other furnace or
apparatus of generally similar action, from crude pig iron. The pig iron is
deposited in its raw untreated state in the furnace, and it is worked and puddled
in the usual way, except that the furnace is kept as full as possible of pure
white flame, the atmospheric air being excluded from it as much as is practically
possible. In addition to this, the mass of iron under treatment is kept well
surrounded with cinder as a protective covering or coating to keep off the
contact of air with the metal. And in case the cinder should not afford a

page_text: sufficient covering, sal ammoniac or salt may be added to improve its pro-
tective powers. This is the entire process; and the iron is puddled, when
tilted, hammered, rolled, or otherwise mechanically treated, becomes good
steel, suitable for a variety of purposes, and in particular as an excellent
material for boilers and ships.
AN IMPROVED APERIENT MEDICINE, TO BE USED IN THE SHAPE OF A BISCUIT, CAKE, OR SWEETMEAT
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 Henry Wikoff at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th July
1858. A communication.
I, HENRY WIKOFF, of Holly Lodge, Kensington Gore, in the County of
Middlesex, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED APERIENT MEDICINE, TO BE USED IN THE SHAPE OF A BISCUIT, CAKE,
OR SWEETMEAT" (a communication), to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in mixing "Arabian scammony" with the materials
used in the manufacture of cakes, biscuits, and sweetmeats, to be used as an
aperient medicine, at the same time disguising the nauseous taste thereof and
rendering it more palatable. Other aperient drugs may be mixed in like
manner, the object being to render doses of aperient medicine less objection-
able to the palate and less difficult to retain on the stomach.
A NEW OR IMPROVED WATERPROOF PAPER
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 Walter George Whitehead at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th March 1858.
I, WALTER GEORGE WHITEHEAD, of the firm of Anthony, Whitehead, and
Harris, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED WATERPROOF
PAPER," to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists of a paper made waterproof by being impregnated
with or having spread upon it, on one or both sides, a mixture or composition
made as herein-after described. The said mixture or composition is applied
to the paper and spread thereon by means of rolls or otherwise. The mixture
or composition I employ is made of gutta percha, india-rubber, shellac, and
common resin, or other resinous matter. These materials are dissolved each
in its proper solvent, and the solutions are mixed together. The proportions
which I employ vary according to the character of the waterproof paper to be
produced. The composition, when applied to the paper, has a pasty consistence.
I do not think it necessary to enumerate the various solvents which may be
used for dissolving the gutta percha, india-rubber, shellac, and resin, as the
said solvents are well known and commonly employed for dissolving gutta
percha, india-rubber, shellac, and resin, for various purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS AND OTHER FLUIDS CONTAINING IMPURITIES
Year: 1858

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Carl Buhring at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd July
1858.
I, CARL BUHRING, of Great College Street, Camden Town, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS AND OTHER FLUIDS
CONTAINING IMPURITIES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to filter liquids and other fluids containing
impurities from the surface or from near the surface thereof, in order that
matters of greater specific gravity than the liquids or other fluids may be
allowed to precipitate themselves to the bottom of the containing vessel, so
that when the liquids or other fluids are passed from the said vessel through
the filter, the latter may have to take up and retain no more than is necessary
of the solid matters contained in the liquids or other fluids; the filters will
thus be kept efficient without cleansing or renewal as long as is possible, in
consequence of the grosser impurities not having been precipitated upon the
filtering medium:
My Invention consists in employing for the purpose set forth a charcoal,
porous stone, or any other suitable filtering medium of any kind whatever,
arranged to float upon the liquids or other fluids to be filtered, or to be sup-
ported at or near the surface thereof in any other suitable manner, so that

page_text: should the level of the liquids or other fluids change or be changed, the
position of the said filtering medium may similarly vary its position, or be
similarly varied in position, in order that the said liquids or other fluids may
be always drawn through the filtering medium from or nearly from the
surface. And I employ a pump, syphon, or other suitable instrument or
apparatus for drawing or otherwise passing the liquids or fluids up through
the filtering medium.
In carrying my Invention into effect, I sometimes employ a block of wood
with intersecting holes or passages bored through it horizontally, and plugged
at their extremities, and from the intersections of these holes or passages
other holes or passages are bored through the under side or bottom of the
block, and have screwed into them tubes, upon the lower ends of which
moulded balls of carbon are screwed. The intersecting holes or passages are
all connected with a single hole or passage in the side or top of the block of
wood, and to this hole or passage the suction pipe of a pump or the
suction leg of a syphon is attached. The action of this apparatus needs no
description.
I do not, of course, confine myself to the apparatus just described, as many
other forms of apparatus may be readily devised for carrying my Invention
into effect.
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE MANU- FACTURE OF PARASOLS
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Evans at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th March
1858.
I, THOMAS EVANS, of Hanover Street, River Terrace, Islington, in the
County of Middlesex, Umbrella and Parasol Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE MANU-
FACTURE OF PARASOLS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements applicable to the manufacture of parasols
relates to the manufacture of that kind of parasols which is made of silk
or other material with ornamental borders. According to the present system
of manufacture, the piece of silk, either figured or plain, and of, say, from
sixty to one hundred yards in length, is made of any desired color with an
ornamental border or borders of any suitable pattern, which is woven with the
other part of the piece of silk.
The weaving of the ornamental border or borders with the figured or plain
piece of silk of course very much enhances the cost of the latter, and as the
ornamental borders are usually produced by means of jacquard or other
complicated machinery, it will be evident that a large variety of patterns
of different colors combined with plain silks of various colors cannot be
produced except at considerable cost and in large quantities.
The object of my Invention is to produce a great variety of patterns and

page_text: combination of colors to suit various tastes without the necessity of making
the large quantities that are usually required to remunerate the manufacturer
for his first outlay in obtaining a large variety of patterns or combinations of
colors. This object I am enabled to effect by making the ornamental
borders separate from the other part of the piece of silk. By this means I
am enabled to combine any given pattern of border with any desired shade or
color of plain or figured silk to comply with the taste of the purchaser, and
such ornamental border is to be sewn or otherwise secured to the edge of the
gores or pieces of plain or figured silk of which the parasols are made.
It will be evident that by this means, supposing a length of silk will make,
say, thirty parasols, each of these may be provided with a different ornamental
border; or on the other hand, any particular ornamental border may be
combined with a variety of shades or patterns of plain or figured silks.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN WEAVING
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Collier at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th November
1858.
I, GEORGE COLLIER, of Halifax, in the County of York, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN WEAVING," to be as follows:-
The improvements have for their object the obtaining an elastic beat up to
the batten or lay, and which may be capable of being varied in power or
degree. For this purpose the links or arms which usually connect the lay or
batten to the cranks or other means employed to govern the extent of motion
to the batten in this case connect the cranks or equivalents to a separate arm or
arms rising from or near to the axis of the lay swords, so that the batten or
lay may, except when otherwise controlled, be capable of considerable vibra-
tion, and the connection of the batten or lay with the separate arm or arms, so
as to cause them to move together for the time required is effected by a lever
or levers, with catch or catches operated by cams or tappets in such manner
that the batten and separate arm or arms move together for a time, and then,
by the batten being released, an elastic beat is obtained varying in power or
degree with the time when in the rotation of the crank shaft the batten
becomes released. The separate arm or arms may be connected with or
without hinge joint, and a spring or springs may be employed to aid the
motion of the batten in beating up.
Also the improvements relate to effecting the motion to beat up by a spring or

page_text: springs, and in giving motion to the batten or lay in the direction from the cloth
by means of cams or tappets acting upon links or connections from the batten
or lay, the links or connections being attached to the batten or lay at or near
where the links are usually connected when using the ordinary crank motion.
Also the improvements relate to giving tension to fabric by stretching it
breadthwise as it is taken by the work roller, in order to prevent creasing or
folding in the middle or otherwise during the winding on to the cloth roller.
For this purpose I employ wheels or rollers, the peripheries of which are pro-
vided with pins, teeth, or other roughening or holding means, or two or more
rollers acting together at each selvage and placed at an angle, or so as to have
a tendency to draw out the fabric breadthwise as it is taken by the work beam,
or nipping or such like acting means may be employed. I also obtain such
extension breadthwise to the fabric, as it is conducted on to the work roller,
by passing it over a surface with grooves thereon, inclined outwards in opposite
directions.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Dickinson Leathart at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th March 1858.
I, JOHN DICKINSON LEATHART, of the Lead Works, Newcastle-on-Tyne, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in furnaces. For these
purposes in constructing a furnace there is applied to the back end thereof,
in front of the bridge and below the arch, a small frame of fire bars, such
frame being of the width of the furnace, and arranged in such manner as to be
readily raised and lowered by a lever when about to supply fresh fuel to the
fire; the small frame of fire bars is raised with a quantity of incandescent
fuel thereon, and the grating is allowed to remain up till the larger evolution
of smoke has ceased. Atmospheric air is admitted at the sides through slits
or openings in the brick work of the furnance in front of the small grating and
near the end of the main fire bars. In place of the moveable grating of fire
bars, in some cases I apply a moveable arch or guard, which is raised and
lowered by a lever. The bridge is made with slits or openings through it,
against which the incandescent fuel is piled. The guard or arch is capable of
being raised so as to close the passage above the bridge.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINNING CARDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fréderic Vasserot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
September 1858.-A communication from Messrs. Esnouf and Gouver-
neur, residing at Sedan, Ardennes, in the Empire of France.
I, CHARLES FREDERIC VASSEROT, of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPINNING CARDS," (a communication from
Messrs. Esnouf and Gouverneur, residing at Sedan, Ardennes, in the Empire
of France,) to be as follows, and relates to the manufacture of cards, the teeth
of which are kept by their basis, and strenthened at the back by an appli-
cation of cloth, leather, or any other material. The card has its fixed basis
stuffed with fleece wool. The part adjoining the fixed part is formed of a
piece of felt coated before the teeth are put in with gutta percha; this felt
must be sufficiently soft to allow the teeth to spring. Joined to this latter,
so as to make one body, is a box coated with gutta percha, and in the front of
this is a piece of cloth of the usual form. Instead of having the part
adjoining the fixed basis all of felt, a portion of it may be covered with fleece
wool, pressed more or less according to the wool to be carded. The same
form of cards may be used for cotton, but having the proper form of teeth
for that material.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTERBALANCING THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE STEAM AGAINST THE SLIDE VALVES OF STEAM ENGINES OF ALL KINDS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philippe Martin Narcisse Benoît
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
15th February 1858.
I, PHILIPPE MARTIN NARCISSE BENOÎT, of Paris, in the Empire of France,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTERBALANCING THE PRESSURE EXERTED BY THE STEAM AGAINST
THE SLIDE VALVES OF STEAM ENGINES OF ALL KINDS," to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is to counterbalance or to equipoise the
pressure of the steam exerted upon the slide valves of steam engines by the
contrivance of springs suitably disposed.
For the sake of illustration, the annexed Drawing is a vertical longitudinal
section of the steam cylinder of a locomotive fitted with the improvement I
contemplate. C, cylinder; P, piston; B, steam chest; A, slide valve; T, its rod.
The slide A is provided with a lug a where a connecting rod bis hinged, the said
rod is hinged at the other end to a cylindrical rod c, which runs through a stuffing
box forming the upper part of a steam-tight box D, which box is fixed on the
steam chest B, the latter being cut through its upper side with a slot for the
passage of the connecting rod b. On the upper part of the box D two or
more helical springs R, R, bear a plate P, which carries the rod c so as to
raise the slide A if required. The rod c has a screw cut on its upper part,
and a nut E, with arms; screws up the rod c, so as to exert a pressure at

page_text: pleasure on the springs when screwed. down. The strength of the springs can
balance the pressure of the steam on the slide, when pressed upon, by screwing
down the nut E so as to equilibrate the pressure of the steam, thereby lessening
the friction to a certain amount.
A similar arrangement may be adapted to vertical cylinders; the slide
valve may be relieved by several rods instead of a single one, and flat blade
springs may be employed instead of spiral ones for balancing the pressure of
steam upon the slide.
To the springs used pressure indicators may be added with a graduated
scale for measuring the pressure of the said springs, as is done with a
dynameter, so as not to exceed the required relief.
AN IMPROVED PIPE JOINT
Year: 1858

page_text: by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Wilson and Albert Horwood
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 13th July 1858.
We, ROBERT WILSON, of No. 9, and ALBERT HORWOOD, of No. 8, Salisbury
Mews, Great Quebec Street, Marylebone Road, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED PIPE
JOINT," to be as follows:-
Our Invention refers to piping of a circular or nearly circular form, and
may be employed for metal pipe, or tubing, or for water hose, or other piping.
The object is to make a secure joint, and give a certain amount of elasticity.
For this purpose we have a length of india-rubber or other elastic tubing,
into which we insert the ends of the two pipes to be joined on the outside of
the elastic tubing; we have one, two, or more metal clips or clasps screwed
with one or more set screws or bolts, so as to press the elastic tubing around
the pipes. The clips may be made of a circular form, or in halves, with lips,
and screwed together or secured by means of a spring. When more than one
clip is used for the joint, we protect and strengthen the elastic tubing, if
required, by a coil of wire, either inside or outside, or both ways, or by strands
or hoops, or straight wires or pieces of metal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Webster Hayden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th
May 1858.
I, DANIEL WEBSTER HAYDEN, of 75, Pratt Street, Camden Town, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES," to be
as follows:-
A of the accompanying Drawing represents a cylindrical or other shaped
receptacle for containing water, a cover (a) fitted to the top of the same; said
receptacle or boiler may be placed on four or more legs or supports (b); c is
a furnace in shape of an inverted cone, formed of an outer and inner casing, an
annular space (c) in which the water is partially heated previous to entering the
coil B situated in the interior of the casing (c¹) over the grate bars D. The
operation. is as follows:-The receptacle A being filled with water, is then
permitted by the turning of a cock or faucet at the bottom part of the said
receptacle A to flow through the pipe F, and enter the annular space (c') of
the furnace; after becoming partially heaten, it is then forced through the
coil B, where it is generated into steam of a high temperature, by which the
water is forced to return in a superheated state commingled with the steam
through the return pipe E to the boiler A; the circulation is thereby kept
up, and the water in the receptacle A is rapidly and with a smaller amount
of fuel than has heretofore been employed to accomplish the purpose; .this
boiler is applicable to a number of purposes, viz., the boiling of food for stock,
washing clothes, &c., &c.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MANGLES
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Halkerston at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th August
1858.
I, GEORGE HALKERSTON, of Frenchie, in the County of Fife, North Britain,
Millwright, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MANGLES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the arrangement and construction of mangles
such as are used for mangling clothes and other textile fabrics, whereby the
mangling or finishing operation may be conducted with great efficiency with a
small expenditure of working power, and by the agency of simplified details of
machinery. As applied to domestic purposes the mangle consists of a pair of
vertical parallel standards of cast iron, held together transversely by horizontal
tie rods and stays. These binding details consist of bars of wood interposed
between the standards so as to abut at their ends against the standards and
thin tension rods of metal laid parallel with the wooden bars and bolted at
the ends through the standards. In this way the framing is both trussed or
stayed and tied together. The actual mangling details consist of a pair of
wood rollers of large diameter, the upper one of which has attached to
it the ordinary taking in cloth. The end journals of the lower roller, on
which the pressure comes, rest in each case upon a pair of antifriction disc
wheels, the stud spindles of which run in bearings carried by an adjustable

page_text: block or saddle piece let into an opening in the standard. The end journals
of the upper roller run in vertically adjustable bearings fitted into slots in the
main standards above, the pressure upon the pair of rollers being regulated
by a compound plate spring, the two ends of which bear upon the bearings or
their holders, whilst the centre of the spring is pressed upon by a screwed
stud spindle fitted with an adjusting hand wheel. One side of the mangle is
furnished with a hinged folding table, so that whilst it stands firmly up for
use it can be folded down out of the way when not required.
AN INSTRUMENT TO BE USED IN BORING FOR MINING OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1858

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Carl Adolph Schrader at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th August
1858.
I, CARL ADOLPH SCHRADER, of Finsbury Square, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN INSTRUMENT TO
BE USED IN BORING FOR MINING OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows (that is to
say):
My Invention which has reference to an improved instrument to be used
in boring for mining or other purposes, such as for boring holes in stone or
otherwise, for blasting purposes, as also for boring or forming artesian wells,
consists of a metallic bar or stem provided with a point or head of steel
furnished with three chisel pointed cutters, so arranged as to admit of the
instrument turning on the centre one, the point of which is formed to extend
below the others for that purpose, so that by a downward force or pressure and
rotatory movement being communicated to the said instrument by hand or
machinery, the operation of boring may be effected with less labor and greater
precision than hitherto.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND ROVING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
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 Thomas Settle at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st May 1858.
I, THOMAS SETTLE, of Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Spindle
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING, SLUBBING, AND
ROVING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a certain part of the machinery or apparatus
employed in preparing fibrous substances, known as the "single presser flyer,"
which consists of two vertical legs, one being round and carrying the "presser,"
the other or balance leg being somewhat thicker and half round in form, this
shape of leg being found objectionable in accumulating loose filaments or fibres
called "fly," and being deficient in strength and unequal in strength to the
presser leg," thus rendering the spindle and flyer unsteady. I propose, and
my improvement consists in making the balance leg of a solid rod, round or
nearly so in form, which novel shape will give additional strength to the
flyer" and render it more steady in its revolutions, baving no projecting
edges or angles to accumulate loose filaments, as hitherto.
A NEW MODE OF ADVERTISING
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Kenneth Henry Cornish, at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on tho
18th October 1858.
I, KENNETH IIENRY CORNISH, of 17, Chapel Street, East, May Fair, W.,
Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW
MODE OF ADVERTISING," to be as follows:-
New modes of bringing under the notice of the public the statements &
advertisements of traders, being in great requisition, I have devised the
following plan of effecting the object in view; I print, engrave, lithograph, or
otherwise ornament with patterns, designs, & other devices & notices, sheets
of paper containing the names & addresses of tradesmen & others who wish to
obtain publicity. This I effect by printing one address on the sheet, or a
number of different notices in squares or other divisions. I propose giving
away this printed paper, (which is printed on one side only), for use in the
waterclosets of all the Government offices, banks, railway stations, & other
large establishments, thus ensuring the notices being brought under direct
observation; and for wrapping purposes, I intend giving away this advertising
paper.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH CABLES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Edward Oldershaw at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th
October 1858.
I, CHARLES EDWARD OLDERSHAW, of Aldershot, Major, Royal Artillery, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
CONSTRUCTING ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH CABLES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing telegraph cables in such manner that
they may be sufficiently buoyant as to remain at from about 100 to 200 feet
below the surface of the ocean.
I construct my cable as follows:-First, I insulate the conducting wire or
wires with gutta percha or other suitable insulating material; round this I
apply a layer or conting of cork or other like suitable buoyant material, and
cover the whole with two layers of cord or other fibrous material in a spiral
direction, the one layer being in reverse of the other; these fibres may be
protected by tar, caoutchouc, or other like protecting agent. In order to
prevent the shore ends of the cable from resting upon the bottom of the sea,
and being injured by friction upon the ground, I make use of a covered duct,
tube, or channel at both ends, and carry the same sufficiently far from the
shore to enable the cable to be suspended free from rocks, &c.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING AND COOLING VAPOURS AND LIQUIDS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fréderic Vasserot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
November 1858.-A communication from Louis Fialon, residing at
Lyons, in the Empire of France.
CHARLES FREDERIC VASSEROT, of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONDENSING AND COOLING VAPOURS AND LIQUIDS," (a
communication from Louis Fialon, residing at Lyons, in the Empire of
France), to be as follows, and consists of a cylindrical vessel, divided into two
portions, an outer and an inner, each possessing nearly the same sectional
A pair of copper sheets is taken and placed parallel, having a small
space between their surfaces; these sheets are then wound spirally within the
outer portion of the cylindric vessel. At the one extremity of the said vessel
a series of tubes communicating at one end with the spaces between each of
the convolutions of the copper plates, and with their other ends terminating
into a vessel of cold water, which is applied for the condensing purpose.
Another vessel, besides the latter, serves to receive the condensed liquid. A
similar arrangement of tubes and vessels is placed at the other extremity of
the apparatus, the tubes serving to carry off the water which has condensed
or cooled the liquid, and the vessel to receive the fluid to be condensed, and to
distribute it between the surfaces of the copper plates. I prefer copper plates,
but other suitable substances may be made use of. The action is thus:-The
fluid to be condensed enters at the one end, and is distributed between the

page_text: copper or other condensing spiral surfaces; the cold condensing water enters
at the opposite end and flows in the contrary direction to the fluid to be con-
densed, passing along the spaces formed between the convoluted plates,
cooling them on the outside. The condensed fluid is received in the vessel
at the extremity where the cold water enters, and the heated water which
served to condense, or rather cool the condensing plates, is drawn off at tho
end where the heated fluid enters.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JOINTS OF BRIDGE RAILS FOR RAILWAYS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Georgo Mackey Miller at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th
May 1858.
I, GEORGE MACKEY MILLER, of the Great Southern and Western Railway,
Kingsbridge Terminus, Dublin, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE JOINTS OF BRIDGE RAILS FOR RAILWAYS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the joints of bridge rails
for railways. For the purpose of making such joints, joint chairs are employed.
These chairs are made with two jaws which project over the flanges of the rails,
and with a central ridge which enters the hollow under the rails; this ridge
prevents the ends of the rails from shifting laterally, and metal keys driven in
between the flanges and the jaws of the chair prevent them from moving ver-
tically. Chairs of this construction may be used advantageously either with
transverse or longitudinal sleepers.