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IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TENNIS RACQUETS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Gibb at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd May 1882.
JAMES GIBB of St Mary Axe in the City of London, Merchant,
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF TENNIS RACQUETS"
" IMPROVE-
In tennis racquets as at present constructed a large portion of the gutted surface
is rendered useless at a time when it is most required, that is when cutting a ball
obliquely. This is owing to the projecting frame of the racquet which is liable to
catch the ball and reduces the available striking surface by fully one-half.
Now the object of the present invention is to utilize the entire area of gut as a
striking surface thereby greatly adding to the ease and certainty with which balls.
may be cut by the player.
To this end I construct the frame so that its inner and outer surfaces meet at
an angle and form an edge on that side of the racquet which is to be gutted, and I
stretch the lines of gut across the racquet from edge to edge so that they lie flush,
or nearly so, with the angular edge of the frame. The inner surface of the frame
is bevelled off so as to allow of the gut yielding to a downward pressure without
touching the wood except at the single point where it is inserted in, passed through,
or otherwise attached to the angular rim.
The gut at the points of insertion or attachment may be bedded in rubber, or
its equivalent, suitably secured in the rim of the frame which will completely
obviate the chance of the ball striking the unyielding wood. The surface of wood.
which it is possible for the ball to strike is however, so much reduced by this
manner of making and gutting the racquets, that for ordinary purposes the rubber
may be dispensed with.
With a racquet of this description the ball however obliquely it may be cut will
not be deflected by contact with any part of the rim of the frame unless it should
strike the extreme angular edge thereof Thus the entire gutted area is available
as a striking surface.
Racquets constructed as above described and double gutted, or gutted on both
sides, will be far stronger than the ordinary kind and may be used by either
hand.
AN IMPROVED LUBRICANT OR COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR RAILWAY AXLES AND OTHER BEARINGS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas George Alcock, of Manchester, and James
Johnson, of Stretford, both in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, for an
Invention of "AN IMPROVED LUBRICANT OR COMPOSITION SUITABLE FOR
RAILWAY AXLES AND OTHER BEARINGS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas George Alcock and
James Johnson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th
January 1882.
THOMAS GEORGE ALCOCK of Manchester and JAMES JOHNSON of Stretford both
in the County of Lancaster Engineers. "AN IMPROVED LUBRICANT OR COM-
POSITION SUITABLE FOR RAILWAY AXLES AND OTHER BEARINGS."
We place four parts tallow two parts water and two parts soda in a vessel to
which we then apply heat and we agitate or stir the contents of such vessel until
thoroughly melted and brought to the boiling point we then pour the liquid into
another vessel and keep the same agitated therein until quite cool and thus
produce a lubricant or composition which is especially suitable for lubricating
railway axles and other bearings,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas George Alcock and James Johnson in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 12th July 1882.
THOMAS GEORGE ALCOCK, of Manchester and JAMES JOHNSON of Stretford, both
in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED LUBRICANT OR COMPOSITION
SUITABLE FOR RAILWAY AXLES AND OTHER BEARINGS."
We place four parts by weight of tallow, two parts water and one or two parts
soda in a vessel to which we then apply heat and we agitate or stir the contents
of such vessel until thoroughly melted and brought to the boiling point.
We then pour the liquid into another vessel and keep the same agitated therein
until quite cool and thus produce a lubricant or composition, which is especially
suitable for lubricating railway axles and other bearings and which possesses the
property of being non-inflammable.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
Invention together with the best methods with which we are acquainted for
carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be distinctly understood that
we do not confine ourselves to the precise details and relative proportions herein-
before described as the same may be varied without departing from the Invention,
but what we claim is:-
The improved manufacture of lubricant or composition suitable for railway
axles and other bearings substantially as herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Thomas George Alcock for and on behalf of
the said James Johnson and myself have hereunto set my hand and seal
this Eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord, One thousand, eight
hundred and eighty two.
THOMAS GEORGE ALCOCK. (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF Southampton Buildings, London EMBROIDERED CRAVATS, HANDKERCHIEFS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office
A communication
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd April 1882.
to him from abroad by Edouard Demonchaux, of St. Quentin, France,
Manufacturer.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
Southampton Buildings, London
EMBROIDERED CRAVATS, HANDKERCHIEFS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES "-A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Edouard Demonchaux, of St. Quentin, France,
Manufacturer.
This invention relates to cravats, fichus, neckerchiefs, and pocket handkerchiefs,
and consists in ornamenting such articles with paintings or pictures, and embroidery,
combined as hereinafter described.
According to the said invention a cravat or like article made of any kind of
fabric, white or colored is first painted by band or by printing, and, after the
application of the painting or picture, is embroidered over the said picture or
around the outlines of it either by hand or mechanically upon an embroidering
machine.
The object of the said invention may also be effected by applying to the fabric
of a cravat or like article another fabric already printed or painted by hand, and
fixing the same on the fabric of the cravat by means of embroidery executed by
hand or mechanically.
This embroidery work, which raises the pictures applied to cravats, may be
executed with thread of any kind such as silk, cotton or wool, but by preference I
employ silk thread, and gold and silver threads.
A cravat may be made, upon each end of which is printed a small bouquet,
these bouquets are then raised by embroidery. Or a fabric printed or painted
may be placed upon the fabric of the cravat and fixed to it at its edges by
embroidery, if desired following the design of the picture, so as to effect the
combination of the picture and the embroidery.
AN IMPROVED MOTOR FOR DRIVING SEWING MACHINES, LATHES, TRICYCLES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles John Griffith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1882.
CHARLES JOHN Griffith the younger of Essex Road, in the county of Middlesex,
Horologist, "AN IMPROVED MOTOR FOR DRIVING SEWING MACHINES, LATHES,
TRICYCLES AND THE LIKE."
This invention relates to the construction of an improved machine or motor for
driving sewing machines, lathes, tricycles and such like.
A suitable arrangement for carrying out my invention is the following:
Between two plates, I place a large toothed wheel, working into a pinion, which
pinion carries another toothed wheel, working or not, into a second pinion. The
pinion carries a contrate or bevil wheel; the teeth of which gear with a pinion,
to which is fixed a fly wheel, and a grooved wheel for the driving band which
transmits motion to the machine to be driven or the motion may be communicated
by means of gearing.
The first hereinbefore described toothed or great wheel is loosely placed on its
shaft or arbor, but is provided with a click and ratchet apparatus, so that a weight
or a spring will force the wheel and thereby the train in one way, but allow the
rewinding, without interference with the train, the other way when necessary or
desired. Attached to the shaft of the great wheel is a lever, the handle of which
extends a convenient distance outwards for the hand to draw down. To the other
end of the lever, the weight or spring is attached acting as aforesaid. Just before
the weight or spring has run down, a bell or other suitable signal, connected with
the great wheel gives notice that the long end of the lever requires drawing down
for the purpose of raising the weight or rewinding the spring. To regulate the
speed of and to stop the machine, I employ a suitable break..
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Horn Black at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1882.
JAMES HORN BLACK of Glengall Road, in the county of Surrey, Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS."
This invention relates to improvements in locks whereby their construction is
simplified, the ordinary key bolt is dispensed with the dimensions of the lock are
reduced, and the necessity of the present keyhole in the door or the like dispensed
with.
In carrying out my invention the locking mechanism is contained within the
knob of the lock which knob is provided with the usual spindle for operating the
spring bolt as usual. The locking mechanism consists of a suitable arrangement of
levers which are operated by a key introduced through a key hole in the face of
the door knob, the movement of the lever by the key communicates, by means of
an inclined slot arrangement, a forward and backward motion to a forked lever the
two arms of which carry jointed ends for the purpose hereinafter described; the
said lever arms pass through holes in the neck of the knob so that when shot
forward the said jointed ends fall outwards and take into slots in the rose of the
knob, the said rose being formed in two parts one screwing into the other; the
lever being thus operated prevents the knob from turning and consequently the
spring bolt from being operated so that the door is fastened. The knob is preferably
formed in two parts screwed together and provision is made for a side bolt or lever
to move outwards when the door is locked to keep the two parts from turning one
on the other.
Instead of the door being fastened by locking the knob and spindle as herein-
before described the mechanism may be arranged so as to disconnect the knob from
the spindle and allow the knob to turn without operating the spindle and catch
bolt.
IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS OR PACKINGS FOR PROVISION RECEPTACLES AND OTHER VESSELS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th February 1882. A communication
from abroad by Doctor Bernhard Kiaus of Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex. IMPROVEMENTS IN JOINTS
OR PACKINGS FOR PROVISION RECEPTACLES AND OTHER VESSELS. A communication
from abroad by Doctor Bernhard Kraus of Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
This Invention relates to joints for various receptacles and has for its object to
render such joints hermetic, waterproof and non-combustible.
The improved joint is especially applicable to receptacles for holding provisions
and allows such receptacles to be used several times without needing any repair.
The improved joint is made by introducing between the parts to be joined
together a liquid mixture of powdered alabaster or gypsum with gum, drying it by
contact with air, carefully spreading over it a strip of linen steeped in dextrin and
gum, drying again, pasting over the said strip a strip of gummed paper or lead-
sheet, leaving the whole to dry in air for several hours, applying upon it a layer of
picture varnish and leaving it again to dry. After one or two days the packing or
joint thus produced is air, water, and fire proof.. The joint can be easily opened by
a simple cut through the strips of linen and paper.
For using the vessel or receptacle a second time it is sufficient to clean the
surfaces to be joined and to make a packing as described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SAVING PERSONS AND GOODS AS SEA
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th March 1882.
from abroad by Pierre Malherbe, of Nantes, France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex,
A communication
IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SAVING PERSONS AND GOODS AS SEA, a communication from
abroad by Pierre Malherbe, of Nantes, France,
This Invention relates to apparatus for drawing persons or goods out of the
water, and is applicable on the shore as well as on board ships.
The apparatus consists of a rope provided at one end with several knots which
allow persons to hold themselves on the rope; and with two lighter ropes, one of
which carries at its end a piece of cork while the extremity of the other carries a
piece of cork strengthened by a disc of wood.
To the other end of the large rope is attached a metallic ring from which
several hooks are suspended.
In using the apparatus for saving persons, the knotted end of the rope having
the smaller rope attached to it, is thrown to the person in danger. If used for
saving goods or inanimate bodies, the other end with the ring and hooks is thrown
out, so as to allow the hooks to catch the body.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF SOLUTIONS Of METALLIC SALTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF IRON IMPURITIES THEREFROM
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Denton Abel at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st November 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by Friedrich Carl Glaser of Berlin in the German
Empire.
CHARLES DENTON ABEL of N° 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in
the County of Middlesex, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF SOLUTIONS Of
METALLIC SALTS FOR THE REMOVAL OF IRON IMPURITIES THEREFROM [Commu-
nicated to him from abroad by Friedrich Carl Glaser of Berlin in the German
Empire]
"
The object of this invention is to separate from the solutions of metallic salts the
admixture of iron which generally occurs therein through the method of their
manufacture.
The invention consists in adding to the said solutions for this purpose certain
antimony compounds, or stannic acid, the latter being regained by regeneration and
thus rendered available for repeated operations.
The process, which is applicable for all metallic salts, such for instance as sulphate
of alumina, alum, zinc white, sugar of lead and others, is carried out as follows:
The concentrated neutral or preferably basic solution of the metallic salt to be
purified from iron is mixed cold either with one of the following antimony
compounds, or with stannic acid, and is stirred for some time. As the antimony
compounds to be employed may be mentioned antimonic acid, antimonious acid, as
also the salts of both compounds. The said antimony compounds or the stannic
acid are added in excess, and the quantity depends upon the proportion of iron
contained in the solution, being readily determined by experiment. After the
mixture has been allowed to subside the supernatant clear solution of the metallic
salt, which is now free from iron, is decanted. The deposit is washed in filter
presses after which the iron is separated therefrom by means of suitable acids, and
the pure antimony compound or stannic acid thus obtained, is again available for
use in the same process.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OR LEVERS FOR OPERATING THE LATCHES OR FASTENINGS OF RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND OTHER DOORS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Alexander Macmeikan at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1882.
JOHN ALEXANDER MACMEIKAN of Lincolns Inn in the County of Middlesex
Barrister-at-Law. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HANDLES OR LEVERS FOR OPERATING THE
LATCHES OR FASTENINGS OF RAILWAY CARRIAGE AND OTHER DOORS."
My Invention relates to improvements in handles or levers for operating the
latches or fastenings of railway-carriage and other doors and has for its principal
object to so construct the said handles or levers that they cannot be acted upon
accidentally to open the door whereby such handles are rendered especially adaptable
to railway and other carriages for the operation of the latches or fastenings from
the interiors of such carriages. According to my said Invention where the improve-
ments are applied to this purpose the end of the spindle of the latch or fastening is
prolonged so as to project from the inside of the door and there is formed on or
affixed to this prolonged end of the spindle a loop or collar and within this loop or
collar is fitted a lever capable of sliding therein and provided at either end with a
knob or the like for retaining it in the loop or collar the upper knob forming a
handle to be grasped by the hand. When the carriage door is closed the said lever
is in its normal position projecting from the underside of the loop or collar so that
the upper knob rests on the said loop or collar the said lever preferably lying at an
angle of from 30° to 45° to the vertical line with the lower part projecting towards
the opening edge of the door. For opening the door the lever is raised in the loop
or collar and then forms the handle by which latch or fastening can be turned to
open the door. The spindle of the latch or fastening may be furnished at the
exterior of the door with a handle of the ordinary construction or it may be furnished
with an arrangement like that on the interior. Owing to the position and construction
of the arrangements constituting my Invention the lever or handle cannot be
accidentally operated to open the door and owing to the angle at which the lever
lies in its normal position it will come into contact with or in front of the post of
the door before the latch is released and thus prevent the accidental opening of the
door by pressure upon the lever whilst it is in its normal position.
The Invention is applicable principally as before stated to carriage doors but it
nay also be used with other doors to which it is or may be applicable.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS FOR CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE THEREOF INTO THE HYDRAULIC MAINS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John William Cartwright Holmes
and Samuel Lindley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
18th December 1882.
JOHN WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT HOLMES, of Huddersfield in the County of York,
Gas Engineer, and SAMUEL LINDLEY, of South Hylton, in the County of Durham,
Gas Manager, "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
GAS FOR CONTROLLING THE PASSAGE THEREOF INTO THE HYDRAULIC MAINS"
The chief object of this Invention is to provide improved apparatus whereby the
back pressure of gas caused by the sealing of the dip pipes in the hydraulic main
may be prevented.
The said apparatus, which is designed to be attached to the hydraulic main, is
constructed as follows, that is to say-we provide a double flanged or socket pipe
with a recessed chamber at right angles to the gas-passage; through this chamber
passes an axle or spindle working through a gland, and upon this axle or spindle
there is a lever or crank which extends internally to the centre of the pipe and has
attached to it a vertical rod, to the lower end of which a seal-cup is secured. On
one end of this axle or spindle extending outside the chamber, another lever is
fixed, to the free end of which a chain is secured whereby the axle or spindle may
be moved, thereby raising or lowering the seal-cup and thus sealing or unsealing
the dip pipe as required, that is to say, when the cup is raised (it being full of the
liquid in the bydraulic main) the pipe is sealed, and when the cup is lowered the
pipe is unsealed, offering a free passage for gas.
The advantages obtained by the use of this apparatus are, its simplicity; the
readiness with which it may be adapted to existing hydraulic mains; and by reason
of the fact that the principal working part is protected from the crude gas by the
gland, we provide a safe and ready means of sealing and unsealing and likewise of
securing freedom from sticking and back rushes of gas to which other anti dip pipes
are exposed.
By this apparatus we secure all the advantages accruing from the use of the anti
dip pipe heretofore used without the expensive mechanism common to other special
apparatus now employed for that purpose.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO SHELLS OR PROJECTILES FOR SMALL ARMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th September 1882. A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Joseph Christophe of Seurre in the Republic of
France.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the firm of W. P. Thompson & Boult Agents for
Foreign Patent Solicitors of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex and
6 Lord Street Liverpool in the county of Lancaster Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS
IN OR RELATING TO SHELLS OR PROJECTILES FOR SMALL ARMS A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Joseph Christophe of Seurre in the Republic of
France
"
In this invention the shell or projectile proper consists of three portions, the shell
or chamber which contains the explosive or inflamable material; the cup or vessel
containing the fuze and percussion powder or fulminate to ignite the fuze and the
sleeve which fits onto the end of the barrel. There is also a special form of ball.
The shell or chamber is preferably made in cone shape, hollow and closed at the
base which has a screw threaded hole in it. This shell contains the dynamite,
petroleum or other explosive or inflamable material. The cup is of hollow
cylindrical form having a projecting pin or tube threaded on its outside so as to
screw into the hole in the base of the shell; the fuze passes through the tube, and
the cylindrical cup contains the fulminate for igniting the fuze. The sleeve is
also cylindrical and has a hole in its closed end; saw cuts or equivalent divide it
longitudinally so as to enable it to grip firmly though easily the barrel upon which
it is placed.
The ball is cylindrical the part which fits into the cartridge case being preferably
made of block tin on account of its weight, the rest which carries a tapered
projection may be of iron to withstand the shock. The action is as follows-The
shell is charged, the fuze inserted into the cup which is then screwed into the shell
the detonating powder is placed in the cup and the sleeve is inserted into the
cylindrical cup. The shell is now complete and can be placed upon the end of the
barrel when required for use. When the discharge takes place the tapered end of
the ball enters the hole in the closed end of the sleeve the concussion exploding
the fulminate which ignites the fuze which explodes the shell in due time or ignites
the inflamable material contained in the shell.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER FILTERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Ogilby Ross and Alfred
Saint Clair Buxton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
20th February 1882.
FREDERICK OGILBY Ross and ALFRED SAINT CLAIR BUXTON of 165 The Grove
Hammersmith London, W. IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER FILTERS.
Our Invention relates to improvements in water Filters. As a medium for
removing suspended organic or inorganic matter from water, we employ asbestos
tightly packed in a box made of fire clay or other refractory fire resisting material
and constructed as follows. The entire surface of the top of the box is finely
perforated and the bottom has one hole in it ending in a short tube, or spout. The
cavity of the box is divided into two portions an upper and a lower by a perforated
plate similar to the top of the box The upper space is filled with asbestos, and
into the lower space is inserted a piece of sponge, for the purpose of keeping back
any minute particles of the asbestos packing which might accidentally pass through
the lower perforated plate neither the top of the box the internal perforated plate
nor the bottom of the box are removable from the box itself. The sponge only can
be removed and replaced This box and its contents we call the "filter box
remainder of our apparatus consists of two receivers an upper one for unfiltered
water, and a lower one for the filtered water. We construct the receiver of the
filtered water of porous stone, or other suitable porous material, so that evaporation
may be constantly going on and the filtered water may be cooled thereby. The
Filter box is adapted to the floor of the upper receiver and can be easily removed
therefrom, and by attaching a piece of India rubber tubeing to the spout water
can be drawn up from a spring, stream, or other source of supply, suction being
applied to the tube. When the filtering medium needs renewal; all that is necessary
is to remove the filter box, dry it, place it in a clear burning fire and make it red
hot, all the organic mattter is at once destroyed, and the filtering medium cleansed
in the most perfect manner.
The Ashes of the sponge can be then shaken out and a fresh piece inserted.
The

page_text: C. C The top and Bottom perforated plates between which the asbestos is
tightly packed
D The asbestos medium
E The sponge in the lower cavity
FF Cork Vulcanite or other suitable material which serves to make a good
joint or packing between the filter box, and the plate separating the upper and
lower receiver.
G The lower receiver for the filtered water.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP SPECIALLY USEFUL FOR TOILET PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Birley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th December 1882.
SAMUEL BIRLEY of Welney House Haverstock Hill in the County of Middlesex
Physician IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP SPECIALLY USEFUL FOR
TOILET PURPOSES
My invention is designed to produce a soap mainly fitted from its emollient and
detergent properties for toilet use and which shall be less injurious than many
toilet soaps now made and sold.
It consists in the use with or addition to ordinary soaps of commerce, of
phosphate of iron.
In carrying out my Invention, the phosphate of iron in powder, or as a paste, is
added in the required proportion to melted soap of any kind, (or to soaps specially
made for the purpose) and properly incorporated therewith.
It can be then cast into blocks or bars or moulded in the ordinary way for toilet
use or other purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AND ADJUSTING THE BACK RESTS OF BASSINET PERAMBULATORS AND EASY CHAIRS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Septimus Whitehouse at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1882.
HENRY SEPTIMUS WHITEHOUSE of the firm of John Whitehouse and Sons
of Birmingham in the County of Warwick Manufacturers "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING AND ADJUSTING THE BACK RESTS OF BASSINET
PERAMBULATORS AND EASY CHAIRS
"
My invention consists in constructing and combining in the manner herein after
described the parts of apparatus for supporting and adjusting the back rests of
bassinet perambulators and easy chairs.
By my invention the parts of the apparatus are made very simple in construction; .
the adjustment is readily effected and as there are no loose or detachable parts the
inconveniences attending the use of the ordinary back rest are avoided.
I will describe my invention as applied to the back rest of a bassinet
perambulator.
In constructing apparatus according to my invention, I arrange on the back rest
two vertical guide rods, the said guide rods being carried by a cross plate or bar.
To the middle of this cross bar, a vertical quick threaded screw is fixed. The guide
rods described on the back rest, work in fixed guide eyes made in two cross plates,
which are fixed a short distance apart on the perainbutator. Working on the
fixed screw secured to the back rest, is a screw box, the said screw box being carried
by and turning in a bracket fixed to the middle of the upper cross plate of the two
cross plates in which the guide eyes are formed. This screw box is milled on its edge
and is capable only of a rotatory motion. By turning the screw box by its milled edge
in one or other direction, the screw on the back rest is raised or lowered and with
it the said back rest, the guide rods on the back rest rising or falling in the fixed
guide eyes on the perambulator.
In this way the height of the back rest is readily adjusted, the adjustment being
effected by the use of one hand only.
I apply my invention to the back rests of easy chairs, substantially in the
manner herein before described with respect to the back rest of a bassinet
perambulator.
-BOBBIN WINDING ENGINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Paulson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1882.
WILLIAM PAULSON, of Toton, in the County of Nottingham.
IN BRASS-BOBBIN WINDING ENGINES."
"IMPROVEMENTS
The engine consists of the following parts, a metal bed carrying four vertical
bearings, either fixed or capable of adjustment, two of the bearings support a
revolving spindle, having a double flanged pulley between them, the outer
projecting end of the spindle is provided with a coned boss, which takes into a
reversely coned boss, on the outer end of a second spindle revolving in the other
pair of bearings, the reverse end of this spindle is provided with a small hand
wheel, this end of the spindle carries a boss, with a hole at the centre, and a groove
across the diameter, in which the centre and carrier plate at one end of a bobbin
spindle is placed, the other end of the bobbin spindle is formed with a centre,
which enters a hole in a boss on the upper end of a square or L shaped bracket,
which is capable of adjustment in a slide on the bed before named, the adjustment
being effected by a small hand lever, which is retained by a catch, when in position.
The second recessed cone above mentioned, has a groove, which receives the forked
ends of a rocking lever which is provided with a spring, which keeps the second
cone clear of the first, except when the attendant presses down a treadle with his
foot, the treadle being connected by a link to the forked lever before named, when
so pressed down, the bobbin spindle revolves, with the first named spindle which is
driven by a strap from any prime mover.
The treadle is hinged to one of two or more uprights which carry the metal
bed.
A second bed carries bearings for a revolving drum covered with cloth, india-
rubber, or other suitable material above which revolve two or more friction rollers,
these rollers are raised clear of the revolving drum, by means of vertical sliding
bearings, which are operated by a treadle and connecting link actuated by the
attendant, the friction rollers are weighted by a lever, and sliding weight, by which
the pressure can be adjusted, the threads from the jacks are passed through a
semi-circular sley, before being placed between the rollers and drum, the axle of

page_text: the drum is provided with a small hand wheel, for the attendant's use, by such
means I dispense with a considerable amount of machinery, and produce an
engine requiring less attention, and producing superior work, besides being
enabled to work direct from the jack, instead of winding the threads onto a drum,
the friction rollers effectually preventing the irregularity of the threads heretofore
experienced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND THEIR STOPPERS FOR MEASURING LIQUID BY DROPS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Chaillet and Theodore
Rougnon at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December
1882.
JOSEPH CHAILLET and THEODORE ROUGNON both of the city of Paris in
the Republic of France IMPROVEMENTS IN BOTTLES AND THEIR STOPPERS FOR
MEASURING LIQUID BY DROPS.
The bottle at the upper part of the neck has two small apertures one on each
side and opposite each other; these apertures communicate with two grooves, one
on either side of the stopper.
One of the apertures in the bottle neck is to admit air in connection with one of
the grooves in the stopper, and the other aperture is for the exit of the liquid
contained in the bottle drop by drop.
These apertures are each furnished with a metal or glass projection or spout to
facilitate their respective functions, the opening through which the liquid passes is
larger inside the bottle than it is externally; and the dimensions of this opening
may be regulated as desired to measure a large or small drop.
By turning the stopper one quarter round the bottle is hermetically closed
IMPROVEMENTS IN MALLETS OR HAMMERS FOR CORKING BOTTLES AND OTHER PURPOSES."
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Samuel Kershaw of Rochdale in the County of
Lancaster for an invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN MALLETS OR HAMMERS
FOR CORKING BOTTLES AND OTHER PURPOSES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Samuel Kershaw
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th July 1882.
ALEXANDER SAMUEL KERSHAW of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MALLETS OR HAMMERS FOR CORKING BOTTLES AND OTHER
PURPOSES."
The object of my invention is make a mallet or hammer that when used for
corking bottles will neither injure the corks nor break the bottles, which mallet or
hammer may be used for various purposes, for instance, as a carpenter's mallet.
In performing my invention use by preference a cast metal shell in which are
holes for the handle to pass through at each end of the shell is formed an annular
taper recess; I fit a block of wood in this shell through which I bore a hole to
reecive the handle of the mallet and in each annular recess I fit a disc of india-
rubber or other yielding or elastic substance that projects a quarter of an inch, or
more or less, from the shell. The mallet thus formed may be used for corking
bottles without injuring the corks or bottles and it may be used by carpenters
when using chisels for moticing and other work without injuring the handles of
the chisels and it may be used for other purposes.
I also make my improved mallet of metal without the wood block and fit india-
rubber or other yielding substance at the ends or I make the mallet of wood
(without metal) with india-rubber or other yielding substance at the ends.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Sutcliffe at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th October 1882.
HENRY SUTCLIFFE of the Firm of Messieurs Wright Sutcliffe and Son, of Halifax
in the County of York Brass Founders and Sanitary Engineers "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BICYCLES AND TRICYCLES."
This Invention relates to machines as aforesaid and the object is the construction
of an automatic varying crank whereby an increased Length is provided for the
propelling part of the sweep of the Crank and a shorter crank for the dead or
nonpropelling part of the sweep.
According to one construction of apparatus for purpose aforesaid the crank arm
is single or double or C shaped and provided with a clip and antifriction runner or
runners these act upon a spiral spring or springs on the arm or arms of the crank
the treadle being Connected to the aforesaid clip so that the springs contract under
pressure of the foot the clip and treadle advance nearer the ends of the double or
C crank giving longer length and sweep of the crank. When the noneffective part of
the revolution of the crank is being made the pressure of the foot being removed
the springs expaud and shorten the distance of the crank and its sweep from centre
of axle or the double or C arms of the crank may work in two sockets having
springs whereby the length of the treadle from centre of axis is automatically
adjusted as described-Another construction comprises a single crank having piston
working in a socket the treadle being secured to the socket there being a spiral
spring around the arm of the crank arm and guide pins and slot in the socket
whereby the relative position of the treadle to the crank is maintained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES FOR SPINNING WOOLLEN AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edward Heppenstall at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th August 1882.
JOHN EDWARD HEPPENSTALL of Milnsbridge near Huddersfield in the County
of York Woollen Spinner and Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN MULES FOR
SPINNING WOOLLEN AND OTHER FIBRES
"
In the present arrangement of mules for spinning woollen and other fibres a
tapering scroll is employed for winding the carriage in and out for the well known
purpose of drawing the thread and for winding it on the spindles. As is well
known the tapering scroll gives to the carriage an irregular motion in and out
producing an irregular draught upon the thread.
According to the present construction of spinning mules the delivery rollers
are arranged to feed the thread at a uniform rate until the carriage has traversed
outward for about two thirds of its distance during which time it continues to
draw or elongate the thread previous to the twist being put in and being wound
upon the spindles.
According to my Invention I dispense with the use of a tapering scroll for
spinning mules and in lieu thereof I employ a parallel scroll or barrel so that the
traverse of the scroll is regular. I also arrange the driving of the delivery
rollers so that they do not stop delivering the thread, but revolve and continue to
deliver it until the carriage reaches the end of its traverse when they are caused to
stop for the twist to be put in the thread and wound upon the spindles, the
Decessary draught or lengthening medium being obtained by the carriage travelling
outward faster than the thread is delivered by the rollers. By this means of
spinning in a mule a much softer and nicer yarn is obtained than by using a
tapering scroll and allowing the delivery rollers to stop before the carriage has
arrived at the end of its traverse.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOE NAILS"
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William James Bingham at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th August 1882.
WILLIAM JAMES BINGHAM of Sheffield in the County of York.
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HORSE SHOE NAILS"
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of hand made Horse
nails by which a more perfect and finished nail is produced, and it consists in
completing by the aid of machinery the operations that in ordinary hand made
nails, are done by the Farrier or Shoeing smith, namely stiffening and setting and
pointing.
In carrying out my invention I take the nail as left by the usual process of
Hand making and by means of a pair of top and bottom tools, shaped or recessed
to receive the head of the nail-and by preference used in an "Oliver "-I strike
the body of the nail and thus stiffen and set it-I then submit it to the operation
of a pair of pointing tools by preference used in a hand or power By-and
complete the two operations so that the nail thus finished is ready for use instead
of requiring such previously described operations to be done by hand.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OR MEANS OF PRODUCING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT My
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Osgood Gee Pritchard at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd June 1882.
OSGOOD GEE PRITCHARD of Penge in the County of Surrey, Civil Engineer
and Electrician. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OR MEANS OF PRODUCING THE
ELECTRIC LIGHT
My Improvements in Electric lighting have for their object to obtain an
absolutely permanent or fixed are light of almost any required illuminating power
(from 25 to 50000 candles)
According to my invention I avoid the use of carbon electrodes and am
consequently enabled to dispense with the more or less complicated systems of
feed mechanism hitherto necessary for maintaining the due length of arc.
My Invention consists in the combination with the electric are, of a gas flame
forming a sort of path for the arc, and of finely divided carbon supplied to the are
in a constant stream to impart by its incandescence the desired intensity to the
light.
In carrying out my Invention I employ tubular electrodes of platinum or other
suitable metal or alloy the one forming also a gas burner and the other a feed tube
for the finely pulverised carbon, and these electrodes may be of any form or con- .
struction best adapted to the purpose. I at present prefer that the lower electrode
should be the gas burner and the upper one the feed tube, the carbon being
supplied by its own gravity assisted or not by any mechanical contrivance, but
I do not limit myself in any way as the relative arrangement might be reversed,
and the carbon, which should be in the form of an impalpable powder, might be
mixed with the gas or pass down a tube surrounding the gas burners to meet at
the exit.
The electrodes may be fixed, as they do not waste away like those of carbon and
therefore no feed mechanism is required to compensate for their consumption and
the length of the arc can be so regulated as to be invariable. It will thus be seen
that the essential feature of the Invention consists in the combination with au
electric arc formed between infusible and incombustible electrodes of a small flame
of coal gas or other inflammable gas just bridging the interval between the
electrodes and forming a sort of path for the establishment of the arc without
the necessity for bringing the electrodes together to make contact and of a
constant stream of impalpable carbon to feed the are and impart the desired
luminous properties thereto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING MILK AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Heinrich Wilhelm Ludwig Otto
von Roden at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th June
1882.
HEINRICH WILHELM LUDWIG OTTO VON RODEN of Hamburg German Empire.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING MILK AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED
THEREFOR,"
Heretofore milk has been preserved either in a condensed state or by adding
antiseptic chemicals. Both methods injure the taste of milk thus preserved, which
can very seldom be used to replace fresh milk.
The object of my invention is to preserve milk in such a manner as not to alter
its taste and to leave it in such a degree of liquidity to allow its immediate use
after opening the bottles or vessels containing such milk.
To carry my invention into effect I strain fresh milk directly after milking and
fill it in glass bottles or other vessels with the precaution of not filling full the
entire interior of the bottle but leaving an empty space. Then I add some fine salad
oil just enough to cover the surface of the milk about one twelfth of an inch and
place the bottles in a heating apparatus.
To avoid the direct contact between milk and oil, the bottle's head after
corking the bottle may be provided either with a piece of rubber hose or with a
cylinder with an inside rubber ring. In the cup thus formed oil or any other
indifferent liquid is poured to cover the cork entirely. Then the bottle is placed as
above and the apparatus heated by steam to a temperature of not less than 158
and of not more than 170 degrees of Fahrenheit.
After about half an hours heating the entry of steam is stopped, the apparatus
slowly cooled to 104 degrees.
After taking away the oil from the milk by means of a syphon or a glass syringe
or by any other convenient apparatus respectively after removing the rubber hose
or the cylinder froin the bottles head the corks are fastened to the bottle by
means of a closing device composed of a pair of discs which are attached to the
bottle by wire. The discs are provided with spiral projectious; the lower disc is
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page_text: kept immovable in a horizontal direction by claws, whilst the upper dise may be
turned round its centre, in which the pointed neck of the wire catches. By turning
the upper disc in the corresponding direction the lower one is pressed on the cork
in consequence of the inclined brims.
Then the bottles are heated again during an hour to 210 to 220 degrees of
Fahrenheit and at last cooled to ordinary temperature inside the apparatus.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN VENETIAN BLINDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eugénie Victoria Emery at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st July 1882.
EUGÉNIE VICTORIA EMERY of Canonbury in the County of Middlesex
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN VENETIAN BLINDS."
The object of this invention is to cause the laths of venetian blinds to collect at
the top when the blind is being drawn up instead of at the bottom as heretofore.
In order to effect the above according to this invention I pass the cords through
india rubber adapted to the said laths so that each lath is pulled up at the top
(upon pulling the cord) and upon coming in contact with the previous one the
cord will pull through same and thus collect each lath in succession at top or I
may otherwise cause sufficient friction or spring between the cords and laths to
carry them up and operate as above.
AN IMPROVED VACUUM AIR PUMP OR EXHAUSTING APPARATUS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Laurence Rintoul Bishop & Simon
Girling at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1882.
LAURENCE RINTOUL. BISHOP of [the] New Kent Rd Surrey & SIMON GIRLING of
Holloway Middlesex "AN IMPROVED VACUUM AIR PUMP OR EXHAUSTING
APPARATUS
"
For the improvement of a Vacuum Air Pump or Exhausting Apparatus for use
in the process of manufacturing Incandescent Electric Lamps, or any other objects
requiring a perfect Vacuum by a more simple and better arrangement of the
several parts of the Pump or apparatus so as to enable the operator more easily to
exhaust, and in a less time produce a more certain & perfect Vacuum by doing
away with a considerable length of useless Tubing & uncertain Valves by con-
necting the Lamps or objects to be exhausted by a tube placed above the Vacuum
Bulb or Tube and provided with a glass, or other suitable Stop Cock or Valve or
other means working by hand or Electric means, in a Seal Cup, or vessel filled with
Mercury or any other suitable fluid or by any other means, or in Vacuum by ineans
of a Lever or other suitable means, worked by Magnetic influence which enables
the communication with the Lamps or objects to be exhausted to be opened or
closed at pleasure, and prevents the air when once with-drawn from the Lamps or
objects to be exhausted from returning, also a more perfect and direct mode of ex-
pelling the exhausted air by arranging a short Tube directly from the Vacuum Bulb
or Tube provided with a Stop Cock, or Valve or any other known means of Glass
or other suitable material working by hand or Electric means in a Seal Cup, or
Vessel filled with Mercury or other suitable liquid or by any other means or in
Vacuum by means of a Lever or any other known means worked by Electro
Magnetic influence. The Mercury in the Pump or apparatus to be raised or
lowered or attracted in any direction by means of Electro Magnetic influence or any
other suitable means, worked or actuated automatically or in any other way in
connection or otherwise with the Stop Cocks or Valves or any other part