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APPARATUS OR FITTINGS TO BE APPLIED TO BATHS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by Thomas Bradford at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th March 1883.
THOMAS BRADFORD of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
IN APPARATUS OR FITTINGS TO BE APPLIED TO BATHS
"
"IMPROVEMENTS
The principal object of this apparatus is the mixing of hot and cold water (or
other liquid or liquids such for instance as brine) together so as to deliver them
into the bath at any required temperature and at the same time indicating the
latter.
The invention comprises an arrangement of gear and valves (hereinafter described)
for the above and other similar purposes where two or more valves are required to
be opened and closed by one handle or key in a definitely varying proportion one
to the other.
Also an arrangement for the more economical heating of water for large baths,
and an arrangement whereby the bath can be filled with the requisite water and
at the desired temperature by the attendant without entering the bathroom.
The improved apparatus consists of a chamber of iron or other suitable material
having two or more pipes with perforated roses at their ends, and fitted in such a
manner that the jets of liquid delivered through them impinge directly one upon
the other whereby the hot and cold water or other liquids are thoroughly mixed.
The mixed waters or liquids are then conducted against the bulb of a mercurial
or other thermometer (fitted to the box or chamber in such a way that the index
is visible from the front of the apparatus) and are then delivered by a pipe of
ample capacity to wherever required.
The gear for actuating the valves consists of one or more cams (by preference of
circular form) fixed on a shaft working at right angles to the face of the
apparatus.
Each cam imparts an excentric motion to two valve spindles one for the hot
and one for the cold water by means of two bars or levers attached to the frame
at their outer ends and working at their inner ends upon or in slots in the
spindles.
The action of the levers is to give independent motion to the valve spindles
without lateral friction and to ensure their fixity in any position, even though
subject to external pressure such as that of water against the valves.

page_text: The delivery of the water at any given temperature is thus effected by one key
from outside the bathroom.
In a convenient position I also place an index to show the beight of the water
in the bath.
The heating apparatus above referred to consists of an iron chamber fitted with
flow and return connections and having steam so conducted through the water
which it contains that the steam will first be condensed and then the condensed
water delivered into the chamber thus obtaining the full duty of the steam in an
improved manner and effecting a considerable economy in the amount of fuel
required.
AN IMPROVED TREATMENT OF MATERIALS AND THEIR COMBINATION FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A FOOD COMPOUND
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward John Theodore Digby at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th December 1883.
EDWARD JOHN THEODORE DIGBY of 7 Arundel Street Strand in the County of
Middlesex, AN IMPROVED TREATMENT OF MATERIALS AND THEIR COMBINATION
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A FOOD COMPOUND
The object of my invention is an improved treatment of materials and their
combination for the manufacture of a food compound.
For the purpose of my invention I take carefully dried Carobs, and roast them
at the ordinary temperature of roasting coffee for about twenty minutes then allow
them to cool and subsequently grind them in a suitable mill.
I then take cocoa nibs and roast them after which I detach the shells or husks
and grind the nibs to powder
I then roast the husks of the cocoa nibs by themselves and grind them to fine
powder.
The above prepared ingredients I mix in suitable proportions and add the
required quantity of sugar or saccharine and butter or any other suitable fatty
substance and flavor according to taste
IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGHTING DEVICES FOR FIREARMS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th August 1883. A communication
from Léon de Lunden of Brussels in the kingdom of Belgium.
"
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the county of Middlesex
Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN SIGHTING DEVICES FOR FIREARMS [a com-
munication from Léon de Lunden of Brussels in the kingdom of Belgium]
In carrying this invention into practice, I provide a flat sight bar preferably of
steel, and having a V groove in its upper surface extending along its whole length
and gradually widening towards the end where the bar terminates in a fork and
ie hinged to the barrel or fore sight. This is the only point of attachment of the
sight bar to the barrel
At the near end of the sight bar there is a loop or equivalent through which
passes the free end of a flat spring whose other end is preferably secured to a guide
fork; the tendency of this spring is to hold the sight bar close upon the barrel
The fore right stands between the branches of the fork and in the centre line of
sight so as to exactly correspond with the groove of the sight-bar. There is also a
pivotted sector or sight wedge rising in progressive stages or steps. These steps
are o graduated as to regulate the height of the sight bar according to the distance
of the object it is desired to hit, and the sector may be moved by the thumb of the
left-hand which holds the gun, pres-ing against the projecting end; the sector is
drawn nearer to the butt of the gun and as each succe-sive step is forced under the
sight bar, the sight bar is raised from the barrel as will be well understood a fork
serves for guiding the sight bar as it rises or falls
The distance to which the sighting is adapted by each of the stages is of course
known to the marksman and may be marked upon each step of the sector.
The foregoing description gives the invention as applied to fire arms in general,
and the following as applied to military fire arms.
For long ranges the sector need not be used, and a sliding sleeve is placed upon
the ordinary sight (which may also serve as the guiding fork). The sight is
pivotted upon a supporting bracket may be laid down out of the way, whilst when
raised it lifts the sightbar with it, but to a greater elevation than the sector is
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page_text: adapted to. The sleeve is moved upon the sight (which may be graduated as
usual) to the position which will give the elevation required by the distance at
which it is proposed to fire; this raises the sight bar to the proper height.
The sight may have a heel or butt against which bears a spring so as to keep the
sight either open or closed in the manner commonly adopted for pocket knives
The spring may be placed at the muzzle end of the barrel but the action is the same
as before
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Quick at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th January 1883.
EDMUND QUICK of Bristol,
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AND SHOES,"
“IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS
The said invention, which relates to improvements in the manufacture of boots
and shoes, is designed to render the button and lace holes less liable to be broken
away or "burst" by the strain exerted upon them by the buttons and laces. It
consists, in its application to buttonned boots, in attaching and securing to the
button piece," by the action of an ordinary cording machine, a string or cord
which extends around the button hole to strengthen it. The string or cord may be
attached either to the underside of a single or double "button piece," or to the
underside of the upper or lower layer forming a double " button piece
"
In applying the invention to laced boots, the strengthening cord or string is
placed parallel to the edges of the aperture to be laced and between the said edges
and the lace holes.
ORNAMENTING NET TULLE AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS WITH ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leopold Schwabacher at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th March 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Robert Reichenheim of Paris France
LEOPOLD SCHWABACHER of Bread Street Cheapside in the City of London
Merchant, " ORNAMENTING NET TULLE AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS WITH
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND OTHER MATERIALS A communication to me from
abroad by Robert Reichenheim of Paris France.
"
This invention relates to improvements in ornamenting net tulle and other
similar fabrics by combining therewith and attaching thereto (by sewing or other-
wise) ornamental designs consisting or composed of artificial flowers alone or
combined with glass metal and other beads and bugles metallic thread or wire
chenille silk velvet or other suitable materials used in composing such designs.
Ornamental fringes and edgings suitable for being applied to net tulle and other
similar fabrics may also be composed of artificial flowers and other materials of
the character previously described
AN IMPROVED JOINTED KNEECAP FOR HORSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1883. A communication to
him from abroad by Octave Alexandre Deschamps of St. Valéry en Caux, in
the Republic of France
"
EDMUND EDWARDS, of the firm of Edwards and Co:-, Patent Agents and
Engineers, of 40, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, "AN IMPROVED JOINTED KNEECAP FOR HORSES [A communication
to him from abroad by Octave Alexandre Deschamps of St. Valéry en Caux, in the
Republic of France]
This invention relates to an improved kneecap for horses, which is arranged and
fixed in the usual way upon a piece of cloth or leather and provided with two
straps and buckles. It consists of a leather disc formed of three pieces, the two
outer ones inade of hard leather more or less concave or cup shaped and so that
when placed together they form a cap of sufficient depth, and their edges where
they meet being connected together by a third strip of soft leather folded so that
when its edges are sewn to those of the hard concave pieces, the three form
together a jointed disc or cap.
The leather straps which hold the buckles by which the cap is attached to the
horse's knee are attached to the edges of the concave pieces, and the lower one is
provided with a pad or cushion by which the horse's leg is prevented from being
injured by the strap
IMPROVE. MENTS IN METALLIC BOSSES FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by J. J. Schmidt, of Erfurt, in the German empire,
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer, " IMPROVE.
MENTS IN METALLIC BOSSES FOR CARRIAGE WHEELS," a communication to me
from abroad by J. J. Schmidt, of Erfurt, in the German empire,
This invention has for its principal object to relieve the axle boxes or bearings
of thrust in the direction of their axis.
For this purpose I screw into the inner end of the wheel boss a ring or cap made
of two halves and abutting against the collar of the axles so that said collar is
enclosed between the boss and the ring, a thin disc of packing material having
previously been placed on each side of the collar. The ring may be screwed in
more or less and is secured in the required position by means of springs applied to
the circumference of the boss, or by other suitable means. I also provide the
inside of the wheel boss with two bushes, one at each end and of such a length as
to leave an oil chamber between them.
According to a modification I fit over the inner end of the boss a ring projecting
over the collar of the axle, said collar being provided with a circumferential groove
adapted to receive three wedges or keys introduced through suitable openings in
the ring. When the said keys are inserted they are secured by screwing over the
ring a cap or sleeve which covers the keys.
IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING PAPER BAGS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Doherty at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th March 1883.
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JOHN DOHERTY, of Jones's Road Paper Works, in the County of Dublin,
Ireland, Paper Merchant, AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING OR SECURING
PAPER BAGS "
This Invention is designed for the purpose of securing or fastening paper bags
when filled in a simple, expeditious, and economical manner; and consists in
attaching the ends of a piece of elastic or other suitable material between the folds
of the bottom of the bag in such a manner that the loop thus formed in the elastic
or other material can be conveniently drawn over the top or covering folds or flaps
of the bag after it (the bag) has been filled with any commodity. Or the ends of
the elastic or other material may be attched to any other suitable part of the bag
in such a way that the bag when filled can be conveniently secured therewith.
Amongst the advantages afforded by this Invention are the following:
The fastener is attached to the bag during process of manufacture:
It can be quickly and readily adjusted, and will not tear or injure the bag to
which it is applied: and.
By its use a neater parcel is formed; and it is cheaper than any method
hitherto used for fastening or securing paper bags.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES, BOXES OR HOLDERS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR POCKET USE TO CARRY MATCHES OR VESTAS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th March 1883. A
communication from Theodor Remus of Dresden in the German Empire.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, Proprietor of the firm of J Brandt &
G W v Nawrocki, Patent Solicitor and Civil Engineer of 124 Leipzigerstrasse
Berlin Germany " IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES, BOXES OR HOLDERS
PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR POCKET USE TO CARRY MATCHES OR VESTAS
(A Communication from Theodor Remus of Dresden in the German Empire)
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According to this invention the receptacles, boxes or holders are preferably made
in the form of a bottle the body of which is formed of two semi-cylindrical pieces
fitting one within the other, the inner part being intended to take a half turn
within the outer one, the latter is connected to a tube made in the form of a neck
of a bottle; the inner semi-cylindrical piece has connected to it at the neck end
an upright stem or pin upon which is cut a screw thread of quick pitch, over this
stem a sleeve is fitted having a projection that takes into the thread so as to be
moved up or down by rotating the stem. The top of the sleeve projects beyond
neck and has a hollow button like stud attached, to press the sleeve down by,
which causes the stem and the inner semi-cylindrical piece fastened to it, to take
a partial turn, thereby opening the box to admit of a match being withdrawn,
or otherwise. The button is made hollow to allow it to slide down over the top
of neck.
The box is closed by a spiral spring pressing up the sleeve and button when
pressure is removed from latter. The working of the inner semi-cylindrical piece
may be assisted by a pivot projection or pin in bottom or end of outer casing
entering a corresponding depression or hole in end of inner half case.
The different parts are preferably made of metal. If the box, receptacle or
holder is made with a lid it may be pivotted lengthway at each end at centre so
as to turn half into the box and half out by pressing in a stud on one side or end
acting and arranged as before described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS, THE INVENTION BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO BOOTS, GAITERS, AND ANALOGOUS ARTICLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Middleton Justice at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th February 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by Richard Derooster of the City of Brussels in the
Kingdom of Belgium
PHILIP MIDDLETON JUSTICE of Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex
Fellow of the Institute of Patent Agents "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVE FASTENERS,
THE INVENTION BEING ALSO APPLICABLE TO BOOTS, GAITERS, AND ANALOGOUS
ARTICLES a communication to me from abroad by Richard Derooster of the City
of Brussels in the Kingdom of Belgium
"
At the present time most of the various systems of fastening gloves are
unsatisfactory either on account of the eyelets used being fastened directly upon
the leather, making an irregular tension thereon and rapidly injuring it, or on
account of the clasp and spring being so slight as to quickly become useless.
Furthermore these systems are inconvenient when it is desired to secure the
second glove with a gloved hand and they are also open to the objection that they
catch on light articles of clothing The present system is designed in a measure at
least to overcome these objectionable features and to that end consists of two sets
of upper and lower plates enclosing the sides of the material to be fastened or
secured together. The upper and lower plates are secured by means of clamps or
rivets passing through the material and one upper plate carries a knob or button
while the other carries a hinged ring, designed to pass over said knob or button
when the glove or other article is clasped The tension or "spring" of the material
is enough to keep said ring in place and thus form a cheap and effective clasp
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR SORTING AND SEPARATING GRAIN AND SEEDS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Stevens at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th August 1883.
THOMAS STEVENS, of Kingston-on-Thames, in the county of Surrey, Engineer
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR SORTING AND SEPARATING GRAIN AND SEEDS."
This invention relates to an improved machine for sorting and separating grain
and seeds whereby I effect the sorting and separating of the grain and seeds in a
more efficient manner than hitherto and without necessitating the employment of
manual labour and lessen the cost of construction of the machine.
In carrying out my invention I provide a wheel or drum constructed with a
number of vanes or blades of metal or other suitable material and fixed at a suit-
able angle to the periphery thereof; the vanes or blades are full of indentations or
perforations of suitable form the wheel or drum being mounted upon a shaft and
in a suitable frame. Below the said wheel or drum are placed shoots or spouts for
delivering the grain and seeds as they fall from the wheel or drum and between
these shoots or spouts I joint to the frame of the machine a division board or plate
to regulate the delivery of the grain or seeds, a suitable hopper being fixed over
the machine from which the grain or seed passes onto the wheel or drum.
The operation of the machine is as follows:-the grain or seed to be sorted and
separated is fed from the hopper onto the vanes or blades of the wheel or drum
and the weight of the grain or seed will cause the wheel or drum to revolve; as
the vanes or blades in revolving reach a certain angle a portion of the grain or
seeds will slide off therefrom and will be delivered by one of the shoots into a
suitable receptacle provided for the purpose; the remaining portion of the grain
or seed which is of smaller size remains in the indentations or perforations of the
vanes or blades and the wheel or drum continuing to rotate, the said remaining
portion of the grain or seed will be retained until the vanes or blades reach a
vertical or nearly vertical position when it will be discharged by a second shoot.
into a second receptacle.
My improved machine is applicable for separating round seeds and broken
kernels from wheat, barley, oats, and other grain or seeds or for separating one
grain from another,

page_text: Although I have described my improved machine as being driven by the mere
weight of the material to be operated upon it may in some cases be driven by
manual or other power.
Instead of employing a wheel or drum as herein before described I sometimes
employ a number of radial arms mounted upon a boss,, the vanes or blades being
fixed upon the said arms.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDRAULIC HOISTS FOR SHIPPING COAL
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Walker at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 26th November 1883.
BENJAMIN WALKER of Leeds in the County of York Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HYDRAULIC HOISTS FOR SHIPPING COAL
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in hydraulic hoists for shipping
coal.
For this purpose I provide a frame work mounted on wheels, and capable of
traversing upon rails along the quay wall. Upon this frame work two cradles are
provided, and they are connected together by chains passing over pulleys at the top
of the framework, so that the weight of one cradle is balanced by that of the other.
By means of chains actuated by the rams of inverted hydraulic cylinders these
cages can be hauled up and down in the frame work, one ascending as the other
descends.
The ascending cage carries upon it a loaded coal truck, which it raises to the
height necessary to shoot its contents into a guide trough, leading the coal over the
hatchway of the ship, into which it is to be delivered.
The rail bearers upon the cradle are jointed in front to the bed and in rear
chains are connected with them which pass to pulleys upon an bydraulic cylinder
and ram. By this means the rails upon the cradle can be raised at their hinder
end and the coal waggon upon them is thus tilted sufficiently to discharge its
contents into the guide trough.. The frame is also provided with bydraulic gear
for controlling the guide trough and for other minor purposes.
To convey the coal waggon to the cradles a traversing platform is provided
immediately behind them. This platform is moveable by means of an hydraulic
cylinder along rails parallel to those upon which support the frame-work of the
hoist and behind these rails again are the turn tables upon the railway by which
the coal is brought forward. The traverser when placed to correspond with one of
these turn tables receives the loaded truck upon it and movement is then given to
the traverser by means of the hydraulic cylinder to carry the truck to one of the
cradles of the hoist; the truck is then run from the traverser on to the cradle. In
like manner the traverser receives the empty truck from the other cradle and
carries it into position to be run off on to one of the turn tables, or on to a line of
rails available to receive it.
.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Newsome and Bolton Hustler
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd September 1883.
JAMES NEWSOME and BOLTON HUSTLER, both of Bradford, in the County of
York; IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR THE CONSUMPTION
OF SMOKE
The object of this Invention is to prevent smoke issuing from the chimneys of
Boilers or furnaces, by means of a valve, which will admit of regulation, for the
admission of air.
The admission of air by means of a valve is not new, but we fix our valve,
swivel or slide, in the furnace at the end of the grate bars in front of the bridge,
but in no way connected with the same, the position of such valve is novel and
the consumption of smoke is assured by the opening of the valve to suit the
amount of fire,
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Friedrich Hermann Felix Engel at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st May 1883. A com-
munication to me by Christoph Zimmermann of Winterhude near Hamburg
in the German Empire,
"
"
FRIEDRICH HERMANN FELIX ENGEL Civil Engineer and Patent Agent in the
city of Hamburg Germany IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS a communication to
me by Christoph Zimmermann of Winterhude near Hamburg in the German
Empire,
This invention relates to the construction of pistons for pumps and to the
construction of pumps generally for the purpose of using a pump temporally as
suction pump only and at other times as desired as a pressure pump.
The improved piston consists of a metal piston-body partly formed hollow
which body is near its centre part furnished with two projecting rims between
which is placed one or more circular spring or springs of steel or other suitable
metal. Each of the ends of the body is furnished with an outer screw thread.
Over each end of the piston body is placed a leather cap that reaches with its
outer bend near but not fully to the middle of the body and encircles the before
described spring or springs while the other end supported by the corresponding
rim of the body is secured to the latter by a nut fitting the thread of the body.
The spring or springs tend or tends to force the leather caps outward and secures
a perfect tightening of the piston to the wall of the cylinder or pump-barrel.
These pistons are applicable to pressure pumps as well as to suction pumps in
which latter case the piston body is formed hollow and furnished with a suction
valve of ordinary and known construction. In case the pump is of double action
it can be furnished with two pistons constructed after this system the lower one
carrying the suction valve while the top one has a massive body or is formed with
a partition preventing water or other liquid rising above this piston. Both
pistons are connected to and kept apart from each other by a connecting rod and
are moved together up and down by a piston rod attached to the body of the top
or pressure piston.
If an ordinary suction pump be arranged thus as to be temporally used as a
pressure pump, to the top part of the piston rod a pressure piston is attached and

page_text: the lower part of the pump barrel or cylinder is) connected to an air vessel with
foot valve which communication must be ensured above the point of the highest
lift attained by the suction piston. By closing the outflow used while the pump is
worked as suction-pump only, the water lifted by the suction piston is by the
pressure piston forced into the air vessel during the downward motion of the 5
pressure piston. From the air vessel the water may be raised through pipes or it
may be thrown out for other purposes as convenient.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July 1883. Communicated to
him from abroad by Frederick Fitt of Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, "IMPROVEMENTS IN WATCHES [A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Frederick Fitt of Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.]
"
This invention relates to improvements in watches and more particularly to that
class of watches in which a full plate is employed.
The said invention comprises an escapement of such construction that it can be
readily removed from a watch and replaced by another without difficulty; it also
comprises various details as hereinafter described.
The object of the said invention is to enable a watch to be more readily
examined and repaired than heretofore and to reduce the cost of manufacture
According to the said invention the upper plate is provided with an aperture to
receive the escapement bed or plate; the said plate is secured to the base of the
balance cock, and carries the escapement
The aperture in the upper plate which receives the bed may be of any suitable
form.
Secured to the said bed or plate is the piece or arm that supports the balance,
the escape wheel, and the pallet. The escapement as thus constructed may be
entirely removed by removing one screw
The bridge piece which goes over the barrel, instead of being separate from the
upper plate as heretofore, is made in one piece therewith, as it is quite as easy to
take off the entire upper plate as the bridge piece only.
In order to prevent the watch from running down when the escapement is
removed I provide a bolt acted upon by a spring; at the front part of the said bolt
is a pin which is adapted to engage with the teeth of the centre wheel. The said
bolt is arranged in such a manner, that, when the escapement is in position, it will
be held out of engagement with the said centre wheel, but as soon as the screw
which holds the escapement is released it will engage with the said teeth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REDUCING WOOD TO FIBRES, AND FOR SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1883. A communication
from abroad by Hippolyte André (fils aîné) of Le Thor, in the Republic of
France
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REDUCING WOOD TO FIBRES, AND FOR SIMILAR
PURPOSES" [a communication from abroad by Hippolyte André (fils aîné) of Le
Thor, in the Republic of France]
This invention relates to apparatus for reducing wood to fibres in the manu-
facture of wood-tissue and paper and for similar purposes, and also for decorticating
the same.
This apparatus is constructed as follows:-A suitable number of columns or
uprights, say six, enclose a circular space which is paved with flagstones or the like.
The said uprights are firmly bolted to the floor and have two arms each and wings
or extensions projecting towards the interior
These columns carry three hollow cylinders whereof two are fixed to the arms of
the columns by screws or the like, the third cylinder is movable by means of a
screw-lever arrangement.
There are also fixed upon the flags between the six columns six "
"
cones or
brackets each carrying a gear-wheel engaging with a chain which passes around
the apparatus. A screw passes through each "cone" and is attached, say by a
plate and screws, to the underside of the movable cylinder.
"
The gear wheel fixed above each "code" moves horizontally in a slotted plate
upon the "cone On the movable cylinder are fixed iron rods corresponding to
slides or guiding-slots in the outer cylinders. The two fixed cylinders support two
grinding devices or runners of stone or iron which act in parallel directions and
vertically, they are convex and fluted if required. They are carried by horizontal
shafts suitably connected with a vertical spindle driven by a cog wheel off the
main driving pulley. The vertical shaft is pivotted in a double upright bearing,
one part being fixed the other adjustable. A suitable quick-return-gear is arranged
at one side of the circle and connected with the apparatus in substantially the
usual manner.

page_text: Wood which may be freshly felled, or if seasoned will be previously wetted, is
placed on the movable cylinders, being first divided into blocks or billets of
suitable size. the movable cylinders are raised evenly and simultaneously by the
chain which actuates the gear wheels which operate the screws mounted in the
cones "previously mentioned. The runners being driven round, attrition of 5
the wood, which by the movable cylinders is pressed against the runners, takes
place.
"
IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING DOUBLE-WOVEN VELVETS AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Springmann at the Offico
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th July 1883. A communication
to him from Eugen Cohnitz in Elberfeld, kingdom of Prussia, German Empire.
HENRY SPRINGMANN, one of the firm of Carl Pieper, Civil-Engineer and Patent-
Agent resident at 109/110 Gneisenau-Strasse, Berlin S.W., Prussia, "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING DOUBLE-WOVEN VELVETS AND OTHER SIMILAR
FABRICS," a communication to me from Eugen Cohnitz, in Elberfeld, Kingdom of
Prussia, German-Empire.
When velvet, plush and other like woven articles are carried out as double fabrics
with a common warp for the pile or nap, they have to be separated from each other
by a knife to which a reciprocating motion is imparted, and which is so guided that
it will cut the nap-warp very smoothly in the middle between the bodies of the
two fabrics.
According to the present invention a circular knife is used for this purpose
which is fixed by a central screw to a reciprocating carrier or slide, and the
projecting edge whereof moves in the plane in which the double fabric is to be
divided. When the front part of the edge of the knife becomes dull, the screw is
slackened, the knife turned by the requisite amount and the screw tightened again.
The knife carrier is attached to a bar conducted in or upon a fixed guide-bar;
besides the the carrier is supported and guided by another bar secured to the said
guide-bar. In order to give additional security against any deviation of the knife
from its proper path, a wire or rod stretched out parallel to the guide-bars bears on
the knife-carrier, so as to press the same, against its guiding way.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNERS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Rettie at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1883.
JAMES RETTIE of Hatton Garden in the County of Middlesex Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNERS
"
This invention relates to improvements in gas burners.
According to my invention I employ an ordinary gas burner such as a Bray or
an ordinary bat's-wing-to steady the pressure and spread the issuing gas into
somewhat of a flat form. Over this burner I place a hollow receptacle having
comparatively a very large slot running in the direction of the flat sheet of gas
issuing from the enclosed burner. The result of this arrangement is that the flame
is very much enlarged and the illuminating power greatly increased. The said
hollow receptacle or burner may be made of any material or combination of
materials desired and may be surrounded with any desired form of deflector to
guide the air to the flame.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAP'S FOR SANITARY AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Scaville Truss at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1883.
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THOMAS SEAVILLE TRUSS of N° 2. Great Woodstock Street London W. in the
County of Middlesex Civil Engineer. IMPROVEMENTS IN TRAP'S FOR SANITARY
AND OTHER PURPOSES
.
These Improvements relate to Traps applicablo for sanitary and other purposes
whereby the foul air and other fluids in the drains are prevented from ascending
through such Traps into the inlet pipes theroof and so passing into the Buildings or
escaping from the drains and consist in the construction of a box fitted with a cap
on the top and an outlet pipo at or near the bottom thereof and through the side of
this box an inlet pipe is inserted and fixed the end thereof that passes into the box
being curved and rising towards the cap of tho box and torminating at a short
distance therefrom and with the centro of such inlet pipe in the longitudinal contro
line of the box and on this end of the inlet pipe and covering the orifice thereof a
valve with a spindle attached thereto is fitted to act thereon the said valve being
kept in its working position by the spindle attached to it working in a socket
attached to the cap of the box the other end of the inlet pipe that is outside the
box being turned upwards to any required distance above the cap of the box
By these arrangements any fluids entering the inlet pipe raise the valve on the
end of the inlet pipe that is within the box to pass it after which the valve by its
own gravity falls to its seat again on the orifice of the inlet pipe thereby
preventing any fluids that may rise in the outlet pipe from the drains from passing
into and rising through the inlet pipe and so escaping into the buildings or from
the drains
As my said Improvements are capable of various modifications without departing
from the principle thereof I do not restrict myself to the material to be employed
or dimensions or to allowing the valves in all cases to fall to their seats by their
own gravity as for some purposes springs may be employed to force them to their
seats or to the exclusive use of the valves described with spindles attached to them
inasmuch as Conc, Ball or cup valves may be employed with a similar result.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORIDE OF LIME
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Friedrich Carl Glaser at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th March 1883. Communicated to him
by J. Fehres, a person resident at Buckau near Magdeburg in the German
Empire
FRIEDRICH CARL GLASER, of Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia, and Empire of
Germany Engineer and Patent Solicitor "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORIDE OF LIME" [communicated to him by J. Fehres,
a person resident at Buckau near Magdeburg in the German Empire]
This invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus whereby
Chloride of lime is manufactured in a continuous manner. The construction of the
apparatus is shown on the accompanying drawing. It consists of a cast iron
cylinder coated inside with red lead, in the upper part of which is a branch pipe A,
through which chlorine gas is caused to enter from a number of generators of known
construction, so as to ensure a continuous supply. At the same time, hydrate of
lime is introduced continuously at the top of the cylinder through a hopper provided.
with a feed worm S rotated by a pulley K and belt, the lime being caused to
descend through a pipe R into a receptacle t, enclosed in a perforated casing B, the
receptacle having slits 8 at bottom for the issue of the lime. A second pipe R¹
leads an air blast down into the receptacle, so that as the lime is fed into the latter,
it is blown out, in the form of dust, through the perforated casing into the cylinder,
and is thus brought into intimate contact with the entering chlorine gas, whereby
it is converted into chloride of lime. Pipes G are provided at top, through which
the air blast escapes, and whence it is led into one or more lead chambers, in which
any bydrate of lime carried with it can deposit. The lower end of the cylinder
terminates in a conical chamber, in the lower end of which is a revolving worm S¹,
by which the chloride of lime, as it deposits in the chamber, is delivered into a cask
placed below. The conical chamber has a number of branch openings H, to which
are connected by a water lute caoutchouc sleeves J,. ordinarily held closed by a
ring, but through which the attendant can insert his arm into the chamber for
stirring up the chloride of lime in case it should clog so as not to deliver freely.
Windows F and F¹ are provided respectively in the upper and lower part of the
cylinder, closed hermetically by a caoutchouc joint, through which the action of the
air distributor at top and the discharge of the chloride of lime at bottom can be
observed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHLORATES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Weldon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 8th January 1883.
WALTER WELDON, of Rede Hall, Burstow, Surrey, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CHLORATES
This invention consists in substituting for the lime at present used in the manu-
facture of crude chlorate liquor precipitated magnesium hydrate, obtained by the
reaction of magnesium chloride on solution of calcium sulphydrate obtained either
by heating alkali-waste with water under pressure or by treating a mixture of
alkali-waste and water by carbonic acid. The reaction of magnesium chloride on
solution of calcium sulphydrate liberates from the latter sulphuretted hydrogen,
the means of utilizing which are now well known, and at the same time produces
a solution of calcium chloride holding in suspension magnesium hydrate. By
substituting this latter for the lime nt present used in the manufacture of chlorates,
the cost at present incurred in the manufacture of chlorates is entirely avoided, and
moreover magnesium chloride for the regeneration of sulphur from alkali-waste is
continually regenerated without any special operation for that purpose and without
any cost whatever.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER FASTENERS AND FILES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William John Brewer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1883.
WILLIAM JOHN BREWER, of 23, Rood Lane, in the City of London, Civil
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER FASTENERS AND FILES."
"
My invention relates to fasteners for the attachment and filing of loose papers,
and in the application thereof to box books, and is designed to afford a simple and
effective means for effecting these objects.
The ordinary form of paper fastener, consisting of a head and two prongs is
open to the objection that the prongs, after being flattened out, will not readily
close when lifted up, rendering the taking off and refiling on the same fastener a
matter of difficulty, owing to the gape of the prongs.
Now in my device, the prongs to pass through the papers are made of unequal
length, and the point or top of the longer prong is bent over or returned on itself,
just sufficiently to lap upon and engage the point of the shorter prong. I may
carry out my invention by making a slot or notch in one prong, into which the
point of the other prong may be pressed and made to engage; or both prongs may
be notched, and the engagement be mutual. This construction, whilst admitting
of easy flattening out to attach the papers, obviates the difficulty now obtaining
and described, by the easy and prompt method of closing the gape of the prongs,
to pass them through papers to be filed, easily, and without tearing a large hole.
My improved prongs, as described, may have a flat head of the known type; but
I prefer that they shall have a ring, detachably attached, which shall permit of
the file being hung up, and which shall, on being detached, allow papers at or near
the back of the file to be taken off. This ring may be of any convenient con-
struction to allow of detachable attachment, and may itself, or a second ring linked
therein, serve as a subsidiary file. In this latter case a convenient form is that of
a close spiral of one or two turns, similar to a split ring.
Between the root of the prongs and the ring, or between the head ring and a
second ring, I may insert a short length of elastic. This form will be found very
suitable for stretching rolled drawings or other papers, four fasteners being inserted
at the four corners, and the rings looped over pins, nails, or tacks.
My prongs are very suitable in combination with a box-book for storing papers,
and they are arranged in any convenient number along the bottom or sides of such
boxes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OR DISCHARGING SLAG, CONCRETE BLOCKS, AND OTHER LIKE MATTER
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wood and John Abbott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th October 1883.
JOHN WOOD of Wigan in the county of Lancaster and JOHN ABBOTT of Ince
in the same county "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO APPARATUS APPLICABLE
FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING OR DISCHARGING SLAG, CONCRETE BLOCKS, AND
OTHER LIKE MATTER
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Our invention is designed to obviate a great waste of labour, while still using
the conical moulds, which are much better than the square or rectangular ones
formerly almost universally used. We form the mould with two little notches in
at bottom into which we insert projecting noses of protected iron projecting into
the interior until the slag solidifies, when the noses are withdrawn. For crane
tackle we use the ordinary chains or their equivalent to lift the trunnions by, but
in connection with the chains we use a frame also suspended with the chains from
the crane hook, which frame carries two catches which fit into the notches in the
truncated conical mould. The wagon, block of slag, and conical mould having
arrived at the dump-heap, the 'chains are attached and the noses inserted into the
grooves beneath the slag, the crane is put in motion and lifts up the iron mould
a few inches by means of the trunnions, and chain attached round them; the
catches now become taut and lift the block clear of the wagon, the cone and block
rising together; the whole is now swung out by the crane till over the side of the
dump-heap, when by means of a lever or levers the catches are let go and the block
drops, the frame with its catches and the chains with the mould are now swung
back and the mould is brought back to the wagon. The catches can be so arranged
and weighted that as soon as they are clear of the block and cone they shall By
back into their normal position and are again ready to be placed under the next
block and rigidly fixed or hooked till relieved by the handles, or they can be
adjusted entirely by band.
This method or apparatus for depositing blocks can be used also for concrete
blocks for breakwaters and piers and other like uses; care must be taken with
concrete that it shall not be allowed to set to the iron so as to become rigidly fixed
thereto.
AN IMPROVED METALLIC CEMENT
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jacob McConnell at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 7th June 1883.
JACOB M°CONNELL of Ballymena Ireland "AN IMPROVED METALLIC CEMENT"
This Invention has for its object an improved metallic cement which is parti-
cularly adapted for closing holes and joints in cast or malleable iron as also for.
cementing metal into stone work and uniting the joints of gas and water pipes as
well as of steam piping where the temperature is not higher than the melting
point of the cement itself-Such cement possesses the following great advantages
1° It firmly and closely unites the parts together
2°-lt so closely resembles cast iron that when a joint is filled in therewith and
dressed off the separate parts appear as one solid piece
3° It is considerably cheaper than any other metallic cement
To make my improved metallic cement I take suitable proportions of Brimstone-
Black Powdered Antimony and fine ground Plumbago Having intimately mixed
the antimony and plumbago together I then melt the brimstone and add such
mixture thereto while in a state of fusion and well stir the compound taking care
to keep it in a molten state for a sufficient period to allow of the whole mass
ecoming thoroughly homogeneous-I then pour it into moulds and after it has
cooled and set break it up into small pieces and remelt it for the purpose of driving
out therefrom any air or gas bubbles which the compound may contain after which
I again pour it into the moulds and allow it to cool
In order to use the cement it is only necessary to melt it in a ladle and pour it
into the joint or hole or crack and then solder the same with a hot soldering iron
IMPROVEMENTS IN AN APPARATUS FOR KNEADING AND AIRING DOUGH FOR BAKING
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leon Dathis at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 11th January 1883.
LEON DATHIS of Paris in the Republic of France N° 43 Boulevart Berthier, Civil
Engineer IMPROVEMENTS IN AN APPARATUS FOR KNEADING AND AIRING DOUGH
FOR BAKING
My invention has for its object to draw out and aërate the paste or dough as
much as possible in the kneading machine, in order to render it uniform and light.
It consists in drawing out the dough between bars or teeth arranged on two
parallel discs turning in opposite directions, or one disc being fixed and the other
adapted to assume a continuous or alternating circular motion.
Also in the method of opening the apparatus, which consists in turning one of
the discs down arround a shaft or pivots, so as to facilitate the introduction of new
material and the extraction of the product.
Also in applying to the said discs auxiliary plates or other suitable appliances,
adapted to remove the whole product, by displacing the said plates or other
appliances the plates being provided with perforations or openings corresponding
to the bars or teeth of the discs.