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Improvements in Bed Pans.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
Improvements in Bed Pans.
I, ANN ELIZABETH BRIERLEY, of 211 Algernon Road, Lady Well, London, in the
County of Kent, Nurse, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in bed pans as used by invalids, the object
being to provide a pan which will be more convenient to use and to clean.
According to this invention I construct a pan and handle in one piece, so that
anything in the pan may be poured out of the liaudle which forms a kind of spout.
The opening in the top of the pan is continued in the form of a channel to the end
of the handle. The pan is also deeper and graduates downwards from the edge to a
flat surface at the bottom. The lid or cover is formed in one piece with an elongated
portion to cover the channel in the handle or spont.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
I, ANN ELIZABETH BRIERLEY, of 211 Algernon Road, Lady Well, London, in the
County of Kent, Nurse, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manuer the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in bed pans as used by invalids, the object
being to provide a pan which will be more convenient to use and to clean.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the improved bed pan, the lid or cover being removed.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lid or cover.
Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2.
According to this invention, I construct the pan 1 and handle 2 in one piece so that
anything in the pan may be poured out by way of the handle which forms a kind of
spout. The opening 3 in the top of the pan 1 is continued in the form of a channel 4
to the end of the handle 2 which allows of the interior of the pan and spout or handle
to be thoroughly and easily cleaned. The pan 1 is preferably made deeper than
heretofore and graduates downwards from the edge to a flat surface at the
bottom. The lid or cover 5 is formed in one pieco, the elongated portion 6 covering
the channel 4 in the handle or spout 2,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) The improved bed pan and cover as herein described and substantially as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2) The improved bed pan having the combined handle and spout the opening in
the centre of the bed pan being continued in a channel like form to the end of the
spout or handle as herein described and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 1 of the
accompanying drawings.
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Dated this 12th day of August 1897.
ANN ELIZABETH BRIERLEY,
By her Agents, Brierley & Howard
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax,
Improvements in Bed-covers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1896-Accepted, 1st Aug., 1896
Improvements in Bed-covers.
I, EDWARD WILLIAM FRANKENBERG of 8 Aldersgate Buildings, Aldersgate
Street in the City of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings relates to improvements.
in or applicable to bed-covers.
It is well known that great inconvenience often arises because night dresses,..
handkerchiefs and the like are mislaid and this invention remedies this defect.
According to this invention a bed cover is provided with one or more pockets.
for such articles.
The drawing shows two differently constructed pockets A, B.
The pocket A is open at the top, the pocket B has a flap b. These pockets:
may be ornamented say by bows c or rosettes c¹.
This invention will be found particularly useful in the sick room where patients.
may place small articles of various kinds (bandages, newspapers and other things.
of little weight) where they will at all times be readily accessible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of .my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
clain is :-
A bed cover having one or more pockets as and for the purpose herein above.
set forth.
Dated this 23rd of June 1896.
BERNHARD DUKES,
226 High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant..
Improvements in Ankle Guards for Use in the Game of Football.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1896--Accepted, 2nd Jan., 1897
Improvements in Ankle Guards for Use in the Game of Football.
I, JOHN JAMES ECKERT of 57 High Street Strood in the County of Kent,
Boot Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
In place of the usual solid guard at present fixed in the boots worn by persons
playing the game of football, I use an air cushion which may be attached to the
boot or may be detachable as in the form of a gaiter.
The air cushion may be provided with a valve for inflating and may be covered
with leather or other suitable material.
Dated this Tenth day of February 1896
Improvements in Ankle Guards for Use in the Game of Football.
I, JOHN JAMES ECKERT, of 57 High Street, Strood, in the County of Kent,
Boot Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
In place of the usual solid or padded guard at present fixed in the boots worn
by persons playing the game of football, I use an air cushion, which may be
attached to the boot or may be detachable as in the form of a gaiter.
The air cushion may be provided with a valve to enable it to be inflated and
may be covered with leather or other suitable material.
My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a
face view and Fig. 2 is a cross section of an air cushion to be used as an
ankle guard.
The cushion is preferably made of vulcanized india-rubber and is formed, as
shown, thicker and stiffer on the side a than on the side b, and this latter side is
preferably formed with a central internal block c of india-rubber, through which
the inflating pump nozzle is passed and which serves, after the inflation has been
effected, as a self-closing valve as is well understood. The side a is also preferably
strengthened with canvas.
If desired the air cushion may be provided with any well known form of india-
rubber valve for inflating.
An air cushion constructed as above described may be inserted into pockets
formed in the boot upper over the ankles and be secured therein by stitching, or it
may be inserted in pockets formed in ankle guards to be secured round the ankle
in any convenient manner.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A pneumatic ankle guard constructed substantially as herein described.
2. An ankle guard formed of or provided with an air cushion substantially as
herein described.
Dated this 11th day of November 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Fish Gag.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Fish Gag.
BENJAMIN ROBERT BAMBRIDGE Fishing Tackle Maker 71 High Street Eton
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An instrument, which is hereinafter called a fish gag, for the easy quick, and
safo extraction of hooks from the mouths of fish.
By means of a square steel bar a thumb screw with sliding inverted hook, is run
up or down to suit width of any distended fish mouth and whion inserted a half turn
of a thumb screw securely keeps the book in position consequently the month
cannot be closed till the thumb screw is undone.
The steel bar being perfectly square, enables the thumb scrow to work up and
down with the greatest freedom.
BENJAMIN ROBERT BAMBRIDGE,
71 High Street, Eton.
Fish Gag.
BENJAMIN ROBERT BAMBRIDGE 71 High Street Eton Windsor, and
13 Brunswick Terrace Windsor, Fishing Tackle Manufacturer do hereby declare
the naturo of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The "fish gag" as drawings hereunto attached is intended for the easy and
quick extraction of fish hooks from the mouths of any fish that can be angled for
with rod and line. The thumb screw B, having an inverted hook attached,
working on a square steel rod A can be quickly moved to any part and by a half
turn of the said thumb screw B securely fastened in position during the operation
of extracting the hook or hooks.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
We, FRANCIS ARLINGTON HALSEY, Manufacturer, and WILLIAM CHAUNCEY
SAVAGE, Capitalist, both of San Rafael, County of Marin, State of California, United
States of America, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be perfor.ned, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of explosive
compounds, and especially to that class known as "smokeless gunpowders.'
It consists in a composition of ingredients which will be more fully explained by
reference to the following specification:-
In the manufacture of our improved powder we employ ammonium picrate,
potassium bichromate, and potassium or sodium perinaugamate, or potassiumi
pertungstate.
These ingredients may be united in various proportions and it will be
manifest that slight variatious in the proportions will not materially affect the
composition.
The following proportions are found very efficient in the preparation of our
powder :-
Ammonium picrate
Potassium bichromate
68 per cent.;
25 per cent.;
Potassium or sodium permangamate, or potassium pertungstate 7 per cent.
These proportions are very effective for use in shot guns, but for rifles and other
arms, the proportion of ammonium picrate may be increased, and the other
ingredients diminished.
We have also found a very effective powder for this purpose may be prepared
by the addition of nitrate of strontia, or nitrate of barium. When this ingredient
is added, the proportions may be as follows:-
Nitrate of strontia-23 per cent.: ammonium picrate-50 per cent.: potassium
bichromate-20 per cent., and either of the permangamates of potassium or sodium,
or the potassium pertungstate-7 per cent.
In preparing the powder we first grind or pulverize the ammonium picrate and
the nitrate of strontia, when that is used, into fine powder. The potassium
bichromate and potassium or sodium permangamate are then dissolved separately
in boiling water. The ammonium picrate and the potassium bichromate are mixed
so as to form a pasty compound; the solution of potassium permangamate is theu
added slowly to prevent too rapid an effervescence which takes place if the solution
be added rapidly and in a boiling condition. The nitrate of strontia when used is
then added to the mass which is thoroughly mixed, forming a stiff paste. This
paste is dried at a low temperature and then granulated in any suitable or
well known manner to provide a powder of suitable form for use in small
arms.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
An explosive compound consisting of the ingredients herein before described
united in the proportions and in the manner stated.
Dated this Sixth day of October 1896.
GEDGE & FEENY,
60 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Chartered Patent Agents.
Improvements in Metal Sectional Heel Tips.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Metal Sectional Heel Tips.
I WILLIAM FREEMAN Boot Factor 10 Lincoln Street Leicester do hereby
declare the nature of this inventiou to be as follows:-
Metal heel tips usually require various sizes to fit different sized heels, and are
made with smooth wearing surface rendering them liable to cause accidents in
walking I provide metal section heel tips nearly half oval in shape, adapting
themselves to all shapes of heels, having a rough wearing surface similar to the
roughness on a steel file. Counter sunk holes are made in the tips which are
secured to the heels of boots and shoes by means of rivets or screws, the advantage
of a rough wearing surface is apparent as it gives a resistance in walking and
lessons the liability to injury or accident in walking.
Dated this Fifteenth day of February 1896.
WILLIAM FREEMAN.
Improvements in Metal Sectional Heel Tips.
I, WILLIAM FREEMAN of 10 Lincoln Street Leicester in the County of
Leicester, Boot Factor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Metal heel tips usually require various sizes to fit different heels, and are made
with smooth wearing surfaces rendering them liable to cause accidents in walking.
I provide metal sectional heel tips nearly half-oval in shape adapting themselves
to all sizes of heels, and having a rough wearing surface similar to the roughness
on a steel file, counter sunk holes are made in the tips, which are secured to the
heels of boots and shoes by means of rivets or screws; the advantage of a rough
or corrugated wearing surface is apparent, as it gives a resistance in walking, and
lessens the liability to injury or accident.
That this invention may be clearly understood reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which :
Figure 1 represents the sectional heel tips 1, and 2, of the shape and sizes for
making them adjustable to various sizes and shapes of heels, and
Figure 2 shows a heel blank, with the sectional heel tips 1 and 2 "in dotted
lines" and in two positions therein.
Such sectional heel tips fit a round heel top piece by moving a little more one
way or the other at the sides or back as the case may be.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
-claim is :-
1. Metal sectional heel tips such as 1 and 2 shaped as herein before described so
as to be adjustable to various sizes and shapes of heels, of boots or shoes.
2. In metal sectional heel tips for boots or shoes adjustable to various sizes and
shapes of heels, a roughened or corrugated wearing surface, in the manner
-substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 14th day of November 1896
W. BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent,
19 Bowling Green Street, Leicester, Applicant's Agent.
Improved Carving Fork.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improved Carving Fork.
GEORGE LAWSON Snettisham Norfolk Stone Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of this iuvention to be as follows:-
My improved carving fork is of the same shape as an ordinary carving fork but
that part between the prongs and the handle is made of the hardest steel, this part
is made rough exactly as that on an ordinary sharping steel in which place it acts
as a substitute for sharpening the carving knife and such like the usual guard as
on an ordinary sharpening steel can be put on my improved fork between the steel
part and handle.
Dated this 23rd day of Sentember 1806
GEORGE LAWSON.
GEORGE LAWSON Snettisham Norfolk Stone Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to that part of an ordinary carving fork between the
prongs and handle is made of the hardest steel, this part is roughed as an ordinary
sharping steel.
The purpose is to enable a carver to sharpen his knife without laying asside his.
fork, thus saving much time and dispencing with the ordinary sharping steel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
"An improved carring fork " no barainbefore described
GEORGE LAWSON.
A New or Improved Process for Making Brown-coal and Lignite-coke.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Process for Making Brown-coal and
Lignite-coke.
I, DIDIER NAGY, Dr. Phil. of VII Erzsebet Körut 20, Budapest, in the
Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Chemical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my invention is to so coke brown-coal and lignite, that the coke
obtained is such as can be used for all purposes for which charcoal has hitherto
been used.
I take suitable lignite or brown-coal and subject same to a dry distillation under
atinospheric pressure in closed vessels or in piles, with the addition of 65% of
calcium chloride, and, in proportion to this amount of calcium chloride, 2% of
carbonate of magnesium and 5% of boric acid.
The secondary products can be collected and used for other purposes.
In this process the brown-coal or lignite is converted into a substance between
charcoal and coke, the amount of carbon contained in same being increased and the
injurious constituents being removed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A new or improved process for coking lignite or brown-coal, consisting in
subjecting the lignite or brown-coal to a dry distillation in closed vessels or in piles
with the addition of calcium chloride, carbonate of magnesia and boric acid
substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of December 1896
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicant.
Production of Explosives from Reduced and Nitrated Cellulose Bodies.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Production of Explosives from Reduced and Nitrated Cellulose
Bodies.
I, WASA THEODOROVIC, of I Tasomirgott Strasse, No. 2, Vienna, Austria,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
According to my invention cellulose bodies, such for instance as cotton fibre,
wood fibre, straw &c., are boiled for a certain time, such as for 20 minutes, in a
very dilute solution of hydrochloric acid (about 15 per cent. acid to 85 per cent.
water free from lime), whereby these substances are reduced to an impalpablo
powder without being subject to any chemical change, such powder being then
purified and rendered free from chlorine by washing with weak alkalies and
water.
After the complete drying of the pulverulent cellulose it is nitrated in the usual
manner and after washing and drying the finished nitro body is mixed either while
damp or when dried, with a certain percentage of nitrate salts or carbonaceous
material (according as it is intended for fire arms or for blasting) and, for
effectually binding it together, there is added a small quantity of amyl acetate
with or without addition of acetone, or the amyl acetate or other gelatinising
ingredient is introduced in the form of vapour into the mixing drum, until a more
or less stiff paste has been produced, which is then worked into plates, discs, tubes
or granules of any desired form and size in the known manner.
The removal of the gelatinising medium is effected by washing by means of
dilute methyl alcohol, or ethyl alcohol, and then drying with or without the aid of
vacuum.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The production of explosives from pulverulent nitrated cotton fibre and other
nitrocellulose bodies by the admixture therewith of nitrate salts with or without
the addition of carbonaceous substances, and, for binding the same together, with
amyl acetate with or without acetone, such solvents being applied either in the
form of liquid or of vapour for effecting the agglomeration or gelatinisation of the
compound, substantially as described.
2. The use of dilute methyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol for removing the gelatinising
agent referred to in the first claim from the finished explosive.
Dated this 14th day of January 1896.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Curtain Hook and Pin.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Curtain Hook and Pin.
I, JAMES MAYO, of 136 Larkhall Lane, Clapham, London, S.W., Builder,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention has reference to combined curtain hooks and pins for use in
suspending window curtains and other curtains.
A well known kind of combined curtain hook and pin consists of a pin somewhat
similar to a safety pin but having one limb coiled into a loop to which is connected
a hook, which when in use passes through the eye of the cornice pole ring. When
this pin is in use the box pleat of the curtain has a great tendency to fall down and so
give the top of the curtain an untidy appearance.
This invention consists in using a hook with a welded loop at the bottom and a bent
pointed hook at the top with a safety pin inserted in the said loop at the bottom,
or, instead of the said bent pointed hook at the top a welded loop to hold a double
pointed hook or another safety pin, so that the curtain may be suspended in, the
ordinary manner by the bottom pin and the box pleat held in position by the top
According to one method of carrying out my invention instead of making the
ordinary hook-I make a double hook, see Figure 4, that is to say a spur hook which
fastens into the curtain ring with one end brought down and back again forming a
welded loop A at the bottom to take the safety pin for holding the curtain and made
into a pointed hook B at the top for holding up the box pleat of the curtain.
In a further modification of my invention I use the hook with the welded loop C
at the top above-mentioned but instead of the double pointed hook I use a safety
pin at the top for holding up the box pleat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. A curtain pin and hook made with a double hook with a welded loop at the
bottom for holding the safety pin as described and shewn in Figures 1 and 4.
2. A hook made with a welded loop at the top for holding a double pointed

page_text: hook or safety pin and a welded loop at the bottom as described and shewn in
Figures 2, 3, 5 and 6.
3. A double pointed hook with the back coiled into a loop for connecting with
the curtain hook as described and shewn in Figures 2 and 5.
Dated this 16th day of December 1896.
Preparation of Ortho-sulphamine Benzoic Acid.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1896-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Preparation of Ortho-sulphamine Benzoic Acid.
I, GUSTAVE CERCKEL a Director of the Compagnie Générale de Produits
Antiseptiques (Société Anonyme) of 26 Rue Bergére, Paris, in the Republic of
France, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The process described below is based on the transformation of orthocresol into
toluene sulphamine which yields, on oxidation with potassium permanganate, ortho-
sulphamine-benzoic acid, the anhydride of which is saccharine.
The process is as follows:-
An intimate mixture of orthocresol and ammonium bisulphite in equivalent
proportions is heated, preferably in a closed vessel to a temperature not exceeding
150° C. it is generally well however to have a slight excess of the ammonium salt.
After twelve hours the reaction is complete and the resulting product is dissolved
in hot water and the untransformed cresol removed by a current of steam.
The resulting sulphamine is purified by crystallization in hot water and then
oxydized by permanganate in the usual manner.
The transformation of the cresol into sulphamine takes place according to the
following equation :-
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The preparation substantially as described of ortho-sulphamine benzoic acid by the
transformation of orthocresol into toluene sulphamine and the subsequent oxidation of
this body.
GUST. CERCKEL.
An Improved Respirator.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1896-Accepted, 17th Oct., 1896
An Improved Respirator.
I, OSCAR VON HORSTIG, of No. 11 Roonstrasse, Saarbrücken, in the German
Empire, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of a respirator made of caoutchouc, leather or wire-work,
covered with closely woven textile fabric, and having a filtering bag through which
passes the air to be inhaled.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a sectional view and Figure 2 is a back view of my device.
This apparatus consists of a frame made of caoutchouc, leather or other suitable
material, which may be covered with closely woven textile material. The
respirator covers the mouth and nose of the patient, and has a filter bag f which is
arranged in front of the entrance valve through which the air to be inhaled passes.
This filter bag has a specially large filtering surface and may be filled with very
dense filtering material such as cotton, linen, wool fabric, flannel, felt, asbestos or
infusorial earth. If desired it may be provided with disinfecting materials and also
with substances which affect favourably the throat or other organs of the body.
The current of air is led through two valves, which may be formed as ball or flap
valves, so that the air to be inhaled passes to the patient through the filter-bag f
and the entrance valve v and the exhaled air passes through the exit valve v' direct
to the atmosphere without entering the filter bag. The apparatus is provided with
a metal ring or cord a, to which are attached bands b, by which the respirator is
held in position over the mouth and nose of the patient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
A respirator constructed so that the air to be inhaled passes a very large
filtering surface, f, consisting of suitable substances, before it arrives at the
entrance valve v, and the exhaled air is expelled direct to the exit valve v¹,
substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of August 1896.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bells for Velooipedes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1898
Improvements in Bells for Velooipedes.
We FERDINAND MOLLER, HERMANN RUGER and EMIL MÜLLER all of
1 Wiesen Strasse Berlin N. Germany, Engineers do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This improved bell which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings
is fixed to the head of the fork by means of an arm a with the aid of a clamp and
a pin.
Towards the steering rod is arranged a bearing b wherein a lever d provided
with a slot c can be moved up and down by a rod m. On the front end of this
lever d rotates a small wheelf provided with a pneumatic tyre and carrying in close
proximity to its.periphery a pin g which strikes against the lower end of a hammer k
of a gong i. The latter is mounted upon a curved arm h connected with the fork a.
To the support of the gong i is fixed a spring which causes the hammer & to bear
constantly against the gong. The rod in is provided at its upper end with an eye
whereby it is coupled in any suitable manner with the steering rod n.
When the brake has to be applied, the rod m is depressed with the brake rod n
and its wheel comes to bear against the front wheel which as it is still turning
rotates the former wheel in the direction of the arrow, in consequence whereof the
ping strikes against the free end of the bammer k which overcoming the action of the
spring is made to beat against the gong and as the diameter of the wheelf is very
small it rotates very rapidly so that the blows of the hammer on the gong follow in
rapid succession & imitate the ringing of an electric bell. The lever d is furnished
with a slot o in order to enable the rod m to be fixed in different positions according
to the size of the gong.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
A bell or gong fixed to the fork of a velocipede which is set in motion when the
brake is applied in consequence of the depression by a rod m of a lever d on the
free extremity of which turns a wheel provided with a pin gaud brought in contact
with the front wheel, whereby the said pin is made to strike against the hammer
which is thus caused to beat against the gong while overcoming the action of the
spring substantially as heroin described and shown.
Dated this 22nd day of Anril 1896:
DE KATOW & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus Employed in the Manufacture of Photographic Films.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus Employed in the Manufacture
of Photographic Films.
I, AUSTIN CLAY EDWARDS of 7 and 9 Willoughby Lane, Park, Tottenham.
in the County of Middlesex, Photographic Film and Plate Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of the present invention is to improve means or apparatus employed
in the manufacture of photographic films with a view to prevent the latter curling
or cockling during the coating, setting and drying of the gelatine emulsion.
In carrying the invention into effect I may use a machine similar to those
already in use for coating glass plates or films attached to glass plates and
I employ in lieu of the ordinary travelling band, a band coated with a tacky or
adhesive substance.
I find that a very suitable coating for the travelling band may be made with a
mixture of a solution of glue or gelatine and sugar or glycerine such as the
ordinary printers roller or graph copying compositions but any other coating having:
a tacky or adhesive nature may be employed.
The flexible film is fed to the machine and is pressed into contact with the
travelling band by a roller or otherwise. It then receives its coating of gelatine
emulsion in any usual manner and passes forward sticking to the travelling band
which retains its flatness and resists the tendency of the film to curl up.
By the time the film reaches the end of the travelling band the gelatine coating
is "set" and the film may be removed for drying, or the film may be left in contact
with the travelling band until dry.
It will be understood that long lengths of film may be coated by means of
my invention or short lengths of film may be fed to the tacky or adhesive band
by hand or in other convenient manner and be coated thus obviating the necessity
of attaching each short length separately to a plate of glass or other rigid
material as hitherto practised.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In means or apparatus employed in the manufacture of photographic films.
the use of a travelling band having a tacky or adhesive surface to receive the
film while the latter is being coated and the gelatine emulsion is setting and drying.
substantially as herein described.
2. In means or apparatus employed in the manufacture of photographic films the
use of a travelling band having a tacky or adhesive surface substantially as herein
set forth and for the purpose stated.
Dated September 10th 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
Improved Means for Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other like Vessels.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Stoppering Bottles, Jars, and other like
Vessels.
I, JOHN GEORGE KIRTLEY of 9 St. Thomas Street, Bishopwearmouth Sunder-
land in the County of Durham, Sanitary Engineer do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improved means for stoppering bottles jars and other
like vessels and I will describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which Figures 1 and 2 show elevations at right angles to each other, Figure 3
being a plan view of same; Figures 4 and 5 are similar views to Figures 1 and 2
of a modification, Figure 6 being a plan view of same and in the following
description like marks of reference designate like parts.
Referring to the drawings (Figures 1, 2 and 3) it will be observed that I form on
opposite sides of the bottle neck a screw like formation so that the projections P
on the cap C can enter the screw and after giving the cap a partial turn it remains
secure on the neck.
The screw formation can conveniently be formed integral with the bottle
whether of glass or other material while the cap can be formed of any suitable
material which will not be prejudicial to the contents of the bottle.
The cap is fitted with a suitable cork or other washer W adapted to fit tightly
onto the bottle head when the cap is screwed securely home and it may have a
milled or similar head to improve the grasp.
Instead of forming the screw on the bottle and the projections on the cap I may
obviously reverse this arrangement as shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6.
In these, the projections P are formed on the bottle neck and the screw
formation is formed within the cap as shown.
In the figures two part screws are shown in each case but it is clear that this
number can be varied to suit different sizes of bottle according to the different
purposes for which the bottles or jars may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved means for stoppering bottles consisting in the formation of a
screw or part screw device on the bottle neck onto which the cap arranged as
described is designed to fit substantially as herein set forth with reference to
Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
2. The improved means of stoppering bottles consisting in the formation of a
projection or projections on the bottle neck over which a screw or part screw
device on the cap arranged as described is designed to fit substantially as herein
set forth with reference to Figures 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
Dated this 28th day of July 1896
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3 St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf Balls, Tennis Balls, Cricket Balls, and Billiard Balls.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1997
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf Balls, Tennis Balls,
Cricket Balls, and Billiard Balls.
PATRICK BARRY 4 Dorothy Road Lavender Hill S.W. Journalist and Author
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention consists in casting in any of the metals, such balls hollow, to any
size, or weight that may be desired, regard being had to the different densities of
the metals, with openings at the ends, which form a second novel feature in such
balls, making them convenient for stringing together and carrying.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Golf Balls, Tennis Balls,
Cricket Balls, and Billiard Balls.
PATRICK BARRY 4 Dorothy Road Lavender Hill S.W. Journalist and Author
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The invention consists in casting in any of the metals such balls hollow to any
size or weight that may be desired regard being had to the different densities of
the metals with openings at the ends.
A convenient mode of production may be illustrated from the points of view of
the core as in the tennis ball. A pattern tennis ball having been obtained and
moulded in the sand the pattern maker furnishes a core box of such less diameter
than the pattern as may be desired for the thickness of the metal of the ball which
may be one sixteenth or one thirty second of an inch or any other thickness. From
the core box a sand core is obtained which afterwards is suspended by a spindle
in the sand cavity previously formed by the pattern. The molten metal to be
employed is then poured into the sand mould as is well known in foundry
practice.
Copper or aluminium will be found to be the most convenient and useful metal
for the balls and for resiliency especially, both must be alloyed into greater
hardness than is possessed by either metal in its so called pure or commercial
condition; alloying either of the two metals having the effect of increasing density
and weight; and from one to ten per cent. may be employed of any metallic
combination of phosphorus, tungsten and the like; the percentages applying to the

page_text: quantities of phosphorus tungsten and the like employed. For ordinary purposes
a useful alloy is :-
For hard conner
5 parts copper.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. Hollow copper or aluminium balls for the foregoing games substantially as
described.
2. Resiliency in those balls to the desired extent by lessening or diminishing the
densities by means of the alloys employed.
3. Golf, tennis, cricket and billiard balls in aluminium or copper alloys.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Imitation Leghorn and other Hats, chiefly designed to Render the same Waterproof.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in the Manufacture of Imitation Leghorn and
other Hats, chiefly designed to Render the same Waterproof.
I, RODOLPHE VERDIER, of No. 10 Rue d'Angoulème, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Manufacturer of Ladies' Hats, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists in a new process for waterproofing imitation Leghorn and
other hats by means of a composition made from silicate of soda or silicate of
potash to which is added a saturated aqueous solution of bichromate of potash.
The proportions of these two materials can obviously be varied, the following
figures, however, give an idea of the proportion suitable :-
The bichromate of potash gives the tint to the straw which it is desired to obtain,
by varying the proportions; this substance, moreover, possesses waterproofing
qualities.
The application of the above composition or mixture is preferably effected cold
by means of a brush, or by immersion, or in any other manner before the tempering
of the hats which are to be stamped by the hydraulic press, i.e. before they are put
into a cellar to soften or prepare them for stamping or pressing into shape. I can,
if desired, apply my process to hats which are entirely finished, such mode of
proceeding, however, involves the redressing of the hat.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is :-
The improvement in the manufacture of imitation Leghorn or other hats, which
consists in applying thereto a mixture composed of silicate of soda or of potash
and bichromate of potash in solution so as to waterproof the said hats whilst
imparting thereto the desired tint, substantially as above described.
Dated this 19th day of February 1896.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Bicycle Pedals.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improvements in Bicycle Pedals.
CHARLES VARLEY Leather Merchant 14 Pann Lane Sunderland Durham.
I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A thin casting of metal, two and five eight of an inch in length, three quarters
of an inch in breadth, and the sixteenth of an inch thick. The face of the metal
is covered with rough saw teeth to grip the sole of the boot: and the metal has
three holes perferated, to screw on to the rubber of the pedal of the bicycle.
Dated this 15th day of July 1896
CHARLES VARLEY.
CHARLES VARLEY Leather Merchant 14 Pann Lane Sunderland Co. Durham.
I CHARLES VARLEY do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The invention is a thin casting of metal, two and five eight of an inch long,
three quarters of an inch broad, the sixteenth of an inch thick. The face of
the metal is covered with rough saw teeth to grip the sole of the boot, and the
back has six spikes one quarter of an inch long, to press into the rubber of the
pedal.
. Having now particularly discribed and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
Cast metal plates to fix into the rubber. Pointed spikes to grip the sole of the
An iron plate to protect the rubber from wear, and do not injure the soles
of the boots.
Dated this Twelfth day of November Eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
CHARLES VARLEY.
Improvements in and connected with Slate Pencil Sharpeners.
Year: 1896

page_text: Iate of Application, 22nd May, 1896-Accepted, 27th June, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Slate Pencil Sharpeners.
I, FRANK ALFRED MILLER, 6, St. Michael's Mount, Northampton, Machine
Operator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner-
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to provide a simple and readily available method.
of and means for sharpening slate-pencils, and in carrying out my invention I.
proceed in or in about the following manner, that is to say, I provide a rough or
file like metal or other surface which is either attached to a detached handle or
piece of material, or fastened to the frame of the slate with which the pencil is to
be used.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood, I make reference-
to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which,
Fig. 1 shows the sharpener in its detached form, the rough or file like surface a.
being attached to a piece of wood or other suitable material b.
Fig. 2. shows the rough or file like surface a¹ attached to the frame c, of the
slate d, with which it is to be used.
I do not confine myself to the precise shape indicated in the drawings, as it may
be varied according to circumstances.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that.
what I claim is.―
CLAIMS.
1. In sharpeners for slate-pencils or the like, a rough or file like metallic or other
surface, attached to a detached piece of wood or other convenient material,
substantially as described in the above specification, and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
2. In sharpeners for slate-pencils and the like, a rough or file like metallic or
other surface attached to the frame of the slate or the like, substantially as.
described in the above specification, and exemplified in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Cycle Pedals.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 15th May, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cycle Pedals.
I LOUIS CALLENDER of 31 Market Street Nottingham Cycle Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is to counteract the tendency of the rider's feet to
spread apart when pedalling the machine and also to give him a firmer grip upon
the pedals. For this purpose I construct my metal side-plates, rubber blocks, or
other usual contrivances used for the purpose upon which the tread of the foot
comes of a less diametor or measurement at the inner than at the outer end, thus
causing the sole of the rider's foot to bear upon an inclined plane the lower end of
which comes under the ball of the foot thus presenting a surface which in the
natural order of things is in exact conformity to the shape of the human foot.
The accompanying drawing represents a perspective view of a pedal constructed
according to my invention and clearly shows a side plate in which the tread of the
foot bears upon that part of the side plates which have a less diametor or
measurement at the inner end A than at the outer end B. In use this causes the
rider's foot to bear upon an inclined plane as exhibited in the difference between
the measurement or diametor of "A" and "B." This inclined plane being at a
slight angle to the plane of the axis of the ordinary pedal pin.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the said is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
An improved cycle pedal, the treads of which are made to taper from their inner
to their outer ends; the outer ends of the treads being of larger dimensions than the
inner, thereby presenting an inclined bearing surface to the foot of the rider,
substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 30th day of November 1906
LOUIS CALLENDER.