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IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CURTAINS AND HANGINGS FOR WALLS AND OTHER PLACES
Year: 1858

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by André François Emile Robert at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th January 1858.
I, ANDRE FRANÇOIS EMILE ROBERT, of Paris, in the French Empire,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CURTAINS AND HANGINGS FOR WALLS AND OTHER
PLACES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the manufacture of curtains and hangings, for
walls and other places, of thin sheets of caoutchouc, which I ornament for
the purpose in the following manner:-I employ a pair of metallic plates in
which ornamental devices are engraved or sunk in any suitable manner, and
these plates I place one above and one below a case or frame, with a sheet of
prepared caoutchouc between each plate and the case or frame. The whole
is then set up together by means of suitable wedges and tie frames, in such
manner as to enclose the air within the case or frame, and between the plates,
and prevent it from escaping. The whole is then placed in a furnace or other
heating apparatus, and kept there until the enclosed air is sufficiently
expanded to force the sheets of caoutchouc into the sunk devices of the
plates. The whole is then removed from the furnace, and allowed to cool,
and the case and plates are taken apart. The sheets of caoutchouc, on being
removed when cool, are found to be ornamented with raised devices cor-
responding to the devices on the plates employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN IMPLEMENTS FOR PARING, HOEING OUT, AND CLEARING LAND, AND FOR DEPOSITING SEED
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Woofe at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th June
1858.
I, WILLIAM WOOFE, of the City of Gloucester, Agricultural Implement
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN IMPLEMENTS FOR PARING, HOEING OUT, AND CLEARING LAND, AND FOR DEPOSITING
SEED," to be as follows:-
My present Invention consists in additions to, and improvements on, an
implement for which Letters Patent were granted me for Great Britain, the
27th Nov. 1856. In the Specification of my former Patent I shew the turn-
furrow fixed on to the stem by means of a bar rising from the stem.
Now, for such purposes as raising turnips from the row, it is necessary to
remove the turnfurrow, and in order that there may be no impediment,
I remove the bar rising from the stem, and connect the turnfurrow to the stem
by means of a bolt carried from the back of the turnfurrow down through the
stem. Thus, when the turnfurrow has to be removed, there will be no parts
to interfere with the proper action of the implement as a parer, or hoer out, or
clearer of turnips, and for other like purposes.
In order to make my implement act as a drill, I fit on to the axle of the
hind wheel, which is prolonged for the purpose, one or more sheaves, over
which a strap or band is passed, communicating with a revolving wheel or

page_text: dropper fixed under a seed hopper placed at the rear of the beam of the
implement.
For some purposes I fit a revolving pulverizer or harrow, in the shape of a
boss with radiating arms or tines, upon the axle of the hind wheel of the
implement, the axle being prolonged for its reception.
Lastly, I fit a tip of steel upon the share or stem, and make a notch in the
turnfurrow at the bottom for its reception.
AN APPARATUS PROTRACTING INDEFINITELY THE WORKING OF ANY MECHANISM SET IN MOTION BY SPRINGS MORE GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO CLOCK-MAKING
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Timoléon Zoé Louis Maurel at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
31st December 1858.
I, TIMOLEON ZOE LOUIS MAUREL, of No. 44, Rue du Dragon, in the City of
Paris, in the Empire of France, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare- the nature
of the said Invention for "AN APPARATUS PROTRACTING INDEFINITELY THE
WORKING OF ANY MECHANISM SET IN MOTION BY SPRINGS MORE GENERALLY
APPLICABLE TO CLOCK-MAKING," to be as follows:-
I propose to furnish any mechanism motived by springs, a clock for instance,
with a series of small barrels of equal size, turning in the ordinary manner.
independant of their axes, and communicating with each other by wheels of
equal diameter; each of these barrels is furnished with a spring attached by
one extremity to the drum or cylinder of its barrel, and by the other to its
spindle, the position of each spring being regulated by the number of barrels
employed. The shaft of the first of these barrels carries at one extremity a
handle by which it is turned, and at the other a paul and pinion to prevent its
return, and the shaft of the last barrel carries a wheel, by which it is connected
to the ordinary clock work.
Supposing twelve barrels to be used, by turning the handle on the shaft of
barrel No. 1, I successively wind up the springs of each barrel up to No. 12,
(I usually place two barrels upon each shaft, excepting the first and last,
which carry but one), the shaft of which carries the wheel gearing on to the
ordinary clockwork. The clock being set in motion, it follows that as the

page_text: spring No. 12 goes down, it is every moment re-wound up by spring No. 11,
and so throughout the series until all the springs run down together. The
number of revolutions made by the connecting wheel will equal the turns taken
by the whole of the springs, that is to say, if each spring of the twelve barrels
turns eight times, the connecting wheel will make ninety-six revolutions ere
the apparatus runs down. Thus if the timepiece. went for one month with
one barrel, it would go for twelve months with 12 barrels, and so on according
to the number of barrels used.
This Invention is equally applicable to large and small clockwork, musical
boxes, lamps, roasting jacks, and other articles.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN LUBRICATING THE SLIDE VALVES AND PISTONS OF STEAM ENGINES, AND IN APPARATUS FOR THIS PURPOSE
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Evans at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th October 1858.
I, JOHN EVANS, of Brewers House, Nine Elms, Battersea, in the County of
Surrey, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LUBRICATING THE SLIDE VALVES AND PISTONS OF STEAM ENGINES, AND IN
APPARATUS FOR THIS PURPOSE," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in lubricating the slide valves
and pistons of steam engines, and in apparatus for this purpose. Heretofore
it has been usual to lubricate the valves and pistons of steam engines by
means of a lubricating cup mounted on the top of the steam cylinder, and the
lubricating matter has then to pass through the cylinder before it reaches the
face or surface on which the slide valve works. Now my Invention consists
in supplying lubricating matter to the face on which the valve works, and
also to the interior of the cylinder by mounting a lubricating cup on the
casing of the slide valve so that the lubricating matter may pass direct to the
valve, and also with the steam into the interior of the cylinder: In constructing
lubricating cups suitable for this purpose, in place of making them as hereto-
fore with two taps or cocks below the cup for receiving the lubricating matter,
I employ one tap or cock only, and in lieu of the other I furnish the cup with
a cover, by which, when the lubricating matter has been put into the cup, the
mouth of the cup is closed, and it is rendered steam-tight. The cover may
either screw into the mouth of the cup or be otherwise fixed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOP OR REVERSING TAPS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Flockton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th December
1858.
I, JOSEPH FLOCKTON, junior, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOP OR REVERSING TAPS," to be as follows:-
For the purpose of preventing the loss of time which has hitherto taken
place in working a series of hydraulic presses, I employ a stop or reversing
tap having a chamber with three apertures, one of which is connected to the
supply pipe from the pumps, another to one hydraulic press, and the third
aperture either with a stop or reversing tap, or with a waste pipe. One or the
other of the two latter apertures are opened or closed by means of two valves
placed upon one spindle, the top of which is furnished with a screw working
in a nut, which screw, with the spindle and valves, are turned by a handle,
the position of the said valves being so arranged that when one aperture is
open the other is closed, so that by simply turning the handle, the aperture
from the pumps can be opened to the press until the desired amount of
pressure is obtained, after which the bandle is turned so as to close the first
aperture and open the other, which communicates with the aforesaid similar
stop or reversing tap or waste pipe, and so on for the entire series of presses,
one of the apertures of the last tap being connected with the waste water pipe.
By employing two valves upon one spindle, the apparatus is much simplified,
only requiring the turning of the handle to determine their positions, and by

page_text: employing the stop or reversing taps, any reasonable number of presses may
be worked without stopping the pumps. The aforesaid improvements are par-
ticularly applicable to hydraulic presses, but they may also be applied to all
purposes where one supply of water. is to be taken off and another put on
instantaneously.
A NEW SYSTEM OF TRUSSES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
the time preser
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Gallard at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th July
1858. A communication from John Rainal and Joseph Rainal, junior,
both of Paris, France.
I, AUGUSTE GALLARD, of 58, Aldersgate Street, London, and 187, Rue de
Flandre à la Villette, Banlieu de Paris, France, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW SYSTEM OF TRUSSES," to be as follows:-
This system of bandage is used for the relief and cure of all kinds of hernia,
and specially of simple and double crural hernia, umbilical hernia, displace-
ment of the womb, and falling of the rectum. It is based on the following
principles:-
1st. To replace the flat springs used in the ordinary bandages to obtain
the pressure on the injured part by a small lever concealed in the cushion, so
as to take advantage of the strong part of the body (the loins), and to obtain
the pressure upon the soft part (the abdomen).
2nd. To replace the ordinary cushions by stamped plates, slightly stuffed
quite as soft as the former, but not becoming flat as they do.
3. The application of a small band, allowing, by means of a screw, the varia-
tion of the pressure to the exact point required.
From these principles are derived the five following apparata:-
1st. Belts with levers, for simple and double crural hernias.
2. Belts with levers, for umbilical hernias,

page_text: 3. Belts with levers, for displacements of the womb.
4. Belts with levers, for falling of the rectum.
5. Ordinary hirnea belts, to which can be applied the stamped plates as
cushion.
AN IMPROVED LINK TO CARTWRIGHT'S ORIGINAL PATENT CHAIN HARROW
Year: 1858

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Thomas Lemon at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration,
on the 26th June 1858, pursuant to the 9th Section of the Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
I, THOMAS LEMON, of Cardiff, in the County of Glamorgan, Agricultural
Implement Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
which a Patent is claimed in the Petition and Declaration hereunto annexed
by me is for "AN IMPROVED LINK TO CARTWRIGHT'S ORIGINAL PATENT CHAIN
HARROW." The original link is in the form and shape of the Figure marked
"A" on the annexed Plan, and the improvement for which Patent is desired
is making the said links in the shape or form of the Figure marked "B" on
the annexed Plan. The said links to be made of iron.
THOMAS LEMON. (L.B.)
5 Witness,
THO HAMBLY,
Clerk to Mr. F. J. Wilcocks, Solicitor,
Cardiff.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD SOLES FOR CLOGS, BOOTS, AND SHOES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Dan Turner at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th November
1858.
I, DAN TURNER, of 90, High Street, Whitechapel, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOOD SOLES FOR CLOGS, BOOTS, AND SHOES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of wood
soles for clogs, boots, and shoes. Heretofore in manufacturing wood soles for
clogs, boots, and shoes, it has been usual to cut each sole from a suitable piece
or block of wood, and by reason of the middle portion of a sole requiring to be
hollowed, and the fore part to be higher than the middle, the grain of the
wood is cut across, and the toe or fore part of a sole is very liable to be
broken.
Now, my improvement consists in cutting each block or piece of wood into
two pieces, in such manner as to leave a projection on the under side of each
piece to form a heel, and then to bend the part of each piece beyond the heel
by suitable dies, plates, or instruments; in this manner the requisite hollow in
the middle, and the rising of the fore part or toe is obtained by the act of
bending, in place of by cutting away the wood, so as to divide the grain of
that wood. The wood before being subjected to pressure is steamed, and is held
under pressure till it is set to the shape desired; the wood is then finished at
the edges and other parts by cutting, as heretofore.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK SLIDES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Betjemann, George William
Betjemann, and John Betjemann at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th August 1858.
We, GEORGE BETJEMANN, GEORGE WILLIAM BETJEMANN, and JOHN BETJE-
MANN, all of Upper Ashby Street, in the County of Middlesex, Desk and
Dressing Case Makers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN BOOK SLIDES," to be as follows:
Book slides are those articles upon which books are placed back upwards,
and are generally used upon library and other tables. In the slides as at
present made, the two side supports are capable of being drawn away from
each other to afford space for a greater quantity of books than the slides would
otherwise hold; but there has been no means of returning the side supports
to the position from which they were drawn, except by pushing them back by
hand. Now, our Invention consists in fitting vulcanized caoutchouc or other
springs to the slides, in such manner that the side supports shall always return
to the position from whence they have been drawn upon the extra book or
books being taken from the slide. In some slides both side supports are
capable of being moved outwards from each other; in others, one side support
only is made moveable, the other being fixed. Our Invention, it will be
understood, applies equally to both forms of book slide.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN COCKS, TAPS, OR VALVES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Dransfield at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th October
1858.
I, JOHN DRANSFIELD, of Waterhead Mill, Oldham, in the County of Lan-
caster, Hat Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN COCKS, TAPS, OR VALVES," to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in the novel employment and use of a hollow
plug, conically formed, the narrowest part or apex of the cone being upper-
most, and to which the handle is attached. This hollow conical plug is
furnished with an outlet, and has its exterior surface bearing against the
interior surface or seating of the tap or valve; it will thus be evident that the
pressure of the water within the hollow plug will retain the said plug against
its seating, the flow of water being caused by turning the said plug as usual by
a handle or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANU- FACTURING MANURES FROM FECAL AND OTHER MATTERS
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Cane Coombe at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
28th June 1858.
I, JAMES CANE COOMBE, of 10, Alfred Place, Newington Causeway, South-
wark, County of Surrey, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MANU-
FACTURING MANURES FROM FECAL AND OTHER MATTERS," to be as follows:-
I prepare a retort of such a form as will give the largest amount of
evaporating surface, and fix within it a fan or agitator, so as to be thrown
into action at will. I also arrange the head or cover so as to have compart-
ments or permit of vessels to be suspended or inclosed for the purpose of
containing certain deodorizing or disinfecting chemicals, herein-after men-
tioned. The beak of the retort may or may not terminate in a vessel of
water, as found necessary. Having procured night soil or similar focal
matters, I place them in the said retort mixing them with magnesian lime-
ston or other similar salt, and by means of the agitator render the mixture
perfectly homogeneous. I heat the retort by means of steam, and continue
to dissicate the mass until nearly deodorized, which I effect by means of
chlorine gas or other disinfecting agents, which I generate and liberate at will
from the head or lid of the retort, and which absord or decompose the noxious
gases set free from the mass. To the compound now formed I propose to add

page_text: soluble superphosphate or silicates, and then continue the dissication in the
retort until the mass becomes nearly dry; it may then be ground up and
mixed with blood, peat, charcoal, and other similar matters as may be requisite
for the particular crops to which as a manure it is to be applied.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BORING FOR WATER OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Greenley and Thomas
Barnabas Daft at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 1st March 1858.
We, DAVID GREENLEY, of Upper Cumming Street, Pentonville, Artesian
Well Borer, and THOMAS BARNABAS DAFT, of Bedford Street North, Liver-
pool, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BORING FOR WATER OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in applying the direct action of steam to raise the
boring rods and tool between each blow of the tool during the boring opera-
tion, in place of interposing gearing between the power and the rods and tool
to be lifted, as has been usual when steam power has heretofore been applied.
For this purpose a steam cylinder is mounted on a suitable frame directly
over the bore hole, and in this cylinder is a piston, on a hollow piston rod,
which passes out of the cylinder at each end, at the lower end through a
stuffing box, and at the upper end through a guide to constrain it to work
truly up and down within the cylinder. Through the hollow piston rod a
solid rod passes, which at its lower end is fixed to the boring bar, and at its
upper end to a wheel, by which rotatory motion can be given to it either by
hand or suitable gearing. This rod has a stop on it, which can be made fast
at any point in its length, so that when steam is admitted to the cylinder

page_text: under the piston, and the hollow piston rod is forced up, its upper end comes
in contact with the stop and lifts the interior rod with the boring bars, and tool
attached to it; when the steam is allowed to escape from the cylinder the rods
and tool descend by their own weight.
The Invention also consists in the method of constructing the boring tool.
This tool is a metal cylinder, on the under edge of which steel cutting tools
are fixed; and there are also cutting tools placed radially. The debris produced
by the tool passes up inside the tool and passes through a valve, so that each
time the tool is lifted the debris is lifted with it, and is thus prevented from
falling down to the bottom of the hole and impeding the boring operation.
In order to prevent the boring bars from vibrating to an objectionable extent
when the hole is of a considerable depth, washers of vulcanized india-rubber
are according to this Invention slipped on to the rods at intervals; and
these washers being but slightly smaller in diameter than the hole itself, come
in contact with the side of the hole as soon as vibration commences, and thus!
the vibration is immediately checked.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF AND LAMPS FOR BURNING CERTAIN KINDS OF OILS AND HYDROCARBONS
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th March 1858.-A communication from Mr. Frédéric Jacquemart,
of Paris.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF AND LAMPS FOR BURNING
CERTAIN KINDS OF OILS AND HYDROCARBONS," to be as follows:-
This Invention of improvements in the means of and lamps for burning
certain kinds of oils and hydrocarbons, relates to that description of lamp
in which the combustion of the inflammable substance is kept up and assisted
by carrying or forcing a current or blast of air through the flame.
The Invention consists, first, in substituting a current of gas for the current
or blast of air that has heretofore been passed through the flame emanating
from heavy oils or hydrocarbons in an ignited state. The current of air usually
employed in combination with such inflammable substances is intended to
prevent the evolution of smoke or unconsumed carbon from the flame, but it
has been found that a more perfect combustion and a better result is obtained
by forcing a current of some suitable gas through the flame instead of simple
atmospheric air.
For some purposes it has been found desirable that atmospheric air should
be carried through the flame with the blast or current of gas.

page_text: In order to facilitate the carrying out of the first part of the Invention a
peculiar arrangement or construction of some of the parts of a lamp has been
found necessary. The combustible material is supplied by means of a suitable
pipe to an annular space at the top of the burner, and suitable arrangements
are made to catch any overflow as is usual in lamps of this description. At
the centre of the burner is a vertical pipe, made something like an ordinary
argand gas burner having an annular slit or a series of holes, made on its upper
end to allow-the gas that is supplied to.the pipe from any suitable or convenient
source to issue therefrom. Air is allowed to pass freely up the pipe, which is
provided at bottom with a valve, whereby the supply of air may be regulated.
If desired burners may be made without any central aperture, and the gas
alone supplied to the flame.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNING BRICKS AND OTHER ARTICLES MADE OF BRICK EARTH AND CLAY
Year: 1858

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Peters at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd March
1858. A communication.
I, EDWARD PETERS, of Grimsby, do hereby declare the nature of the
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNING BRICKS AND OTHER ARTICLES MADE OF
BRICK EARTH AND CLAY," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in burning bricks and other
articles made of brick carth and clay. For these purposes the bricks or other
articles to be burned are placed on wagons, trucks, or sledges which run or
slide on rails, and are caused to pass slowly through a kiln, the chimney of
which is placed near the entrance where the wagons or trucks enter, and
the top of the trucks is made to fit the sides of the kiln so that the tops of
the trucks form the bottom of the kiln. Two sliding doors are placed at each
end of the kiln, the space between the sliding doors being sufficient to admit
a truck, carriage, or sledge, so that a truck or carriage can be introduced into
the kiln without admitting the outer air, and to the axles of each truck a
cross plate is attached which fits the sides and bottom of the kiln, which pre-
vents any draught through the space at the bottom of the trucks. By this
means the trucks on entering the kiln move gradually to the hottest part of
the kiln near the furnaces where the bricks or other articles on the trucks
are burnt, and as the trucks move on beyond the furnaces to the outlet of the
kiln the articles gradually become cool.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE SKIRTS OF LADIES' DRESSES
Year: 1858

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received rovisional Irotection,
notice proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
February 1858.-A communication.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE
SKIRTS OF LADIES' DRESSES," being a communication from Louis Amable
François Dyormet, of Paris, in the Empire of France, Manufacturer, to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists in the application under the robe of a girdle, to
which is attached a certain number of strings or cords which are united or
terminate at one end in a knot, whilst their other extremities are attached
to the lower part of the robe or garment. These cords are arranged in such
a manner that by drawing them up by hand at the knot above mentioned,
the dress will be raised. to the distance required, and that in an equal and
uniform manner all round. To facilitate the working of the cords or strings
they are passed over pullies or rollers attached to the girdle. The cords or
strings may be of different lengths, so that when the robe or dress is raised
thereby festoons or flounces, which give an ornamental appearance, will be
produced. When it is desired to lower the dress, the knot whereby the cords
are kept suspended must be unloosed, and the dress will fall by its own weight.
A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF DRIVING & CURBING" HORSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lancaster at the Office or
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd November
1858.
"I, JOHN LANCASTER, of Belfast, Ireland, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED METHOD OF DRIVING & CURBING"
HORSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of machinary fixed to the footboard of carriages &
other vehicles, for the purpose of holding the reins, & when pull'd tight,
permanently keeping them so as required. For the clearer understanding
thereof,, I describe it as consisting of, 1st, the pulling frame; 2nd, the bar or
spindle; 3rd, the rein' holders; 4th, the ratchet wheel; 5th, the spring catch
for same to check the ratchet wheel; 6th, spiral wire springs, twisted round
the bottom of the rein holders & pulling fram to bring them back to their
resting position; 7th, eye bolts, to fix the bar of the pulling frame to the
footboard.
The manner of fixing these is as follows:-The pulling frame is united to
the ends of the bar; the rein holders are also fastened at proper distances on
to the bar, but so as to work freely on it, the bar being square, except where
the rein holders & eye bolts are put on, which is made round. The ratchet
wheel is fastened on to the centre of the bar; the whole is then fastened
down by the eye bolts to the footboard of the vehicle, close behind the dash-
board in front of the driver. The spring catch is fastened to the footboard,
so as to catch into the ratchet wheel. The reins can be fastened to tho

page_text: holders by buckles, buttons, or other convenient fastening, the rein holders
being free to work on the bar are at the will of the driver, the pulling frame
keeping them to any tightness required; & in case of the horses becoming
restive or running away they can be pulled up very tight, the ratchet wheel
preventing the pulling frame & rein holders from slacking until the driver, by
the pressure of his foot on the spring catch, liberates the ratchet wheel, when
the pulling frame & rein holders go back to their original position; to prevent
them going further, the ends of the bar are bent, so as to bear on the
footboard,
A drum with a friction strap may be used instead of the ratchet wheel, but
I prefer the latter. The pulling frame & rein holders can be bent to any
angle or curve to suit the dashboard. The pulling frame can be made to act
as the dashboard by being covered with leather as they now are. India-
rubber or other elastic materiel can be used instead of wire springs, but
I prefer the latter. The rein holders can be made plain or ornamental, &
may be fastened on to the bar either by turning their ends round the bar; or
cheeks or bearings may be cast, & bored so as to work smoothly on the bar,
& to be fastened on by screws & nuts.
I do not confine myself to any number of rein holders. In some cases
straps may be fastened on to the pulling frame to pull it back with.
I do not claim the parts seperate from each other as new, but claim the
construction & union of them for the purpose before stated.
CERTAIN NEW TEXTILE AND OTHER COMBINED FABRICS, AND MEANS OF ORNAMENTING FABRICS AND SKINS
Year: 1858

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Wilkinson, at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
June 1858.
I, WILLIAM WILKINSON, of Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " CERTAIN
NEW TEXTILE AND OTHER COMBINED FABRICS, AND MEANS OF ORNAMENTING
FABRICS AND SKINS," to be as follows:-
My new textile and other combined fabrics are made by uniting, by india-
rubber solution or other adhesive substance, two pieces of cloth, or cloth and
silk, or two textile fabrics, ornamented on both sides or not, and subsequently
ornamented or not by embossing or otherwise, and with or without a central
strengthening or foundation piece of cotton or other textile fabric. I also
form a new combined fabric by cementing a cut-pile or other fabric to the
back of leather, kid, and other skins, and make the solution or adhesive
matter employed to unite the fabric to the skin porous, by forming holes
therein in order that the finished combined fabric may be porous.
I form elastic stockings and bandages by uniting two or more thicknesses
of cotton or silk or other web by india-rubber solution, pierced with
holes before being allowed to dry, in order that the finished fabric may be
porous; or I cause a piece of india-rubber cloth, pierced and perforated with
humerous holes, to adhere to one or more webs of stocking fabric; the object
peing to produce elastic stockings and bandages porous throughout.

page_text: My means of ornamenting fabrics, leather, and skins consist in the applica-
tion thereon by adhesive matters of patterns and devices produced in similar
materials, or in different materials to those upon which the ornament is to be
applied, and in the same or different colours. The ornaments may be in the
nature of ground flocks, or may be lace or flowers produced in silk or cloth,
and may be applied on net or cloth to imitate embroidery and otherwise.
Where the fabrics to be ornamented have to be washed, such as net or muslin
window curtains, then the adhesive composition must be a solution of india-
rubber or gutta percha, or its or their compounds.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Cockey, Henry Cockey,
and Francis Christopher Cockey, at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 22nd June 1858.
We, EDWARD COCKEY, HENRY COCKEY, and FRANCIS CHRISTOPHER COCKEY,
of the Firm of Edward Cockey and Sons, of the Frome Iron Foundry, in the
County of Somerset, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF CHEESE," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction of vessel for cooling the
curd when taken from the cheese tub and draining the whey therefrom, and
also to an improved shovel or scoop for removing curd from the cheese tub,
or for skimming the cream from milk or whey, or for other similar dairy
uses.
The improved vessel for cooling and draining the curd before being ground
or put into the vats consists of a shallow perforated metal tray, made in one
or more parts so as to fit over a cheese tub, whey lead, milk tin, or other
vessel, and fitted with projecting feet or ledges of wood or metal for the
purpose of raising it slightly above the edge of the vessel beneath, and thereby
allowing a freer passage of air between the tray and the vessel.
The improved shovel or scoop consists of a perforated metal plate fixed in a
suitable metal frame, and made with or without handles.

page_text: It is preferred to have the perforated plate and frame of a concave form on
the upper side, with a handle fixed on the concave surface. The shape may,
however, be varied according to the purposes to which the shovel is to be
applied.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FINISHING TINNED, TERNE, OR LEAD PLATES WITHOUT THE USE OF GREASE
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Davies, William Jones, and
John Jones at the Oflice of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th April 1858.
We, CHARLES DAVIES, of Duffryn, WILLIAM JONES, of Caerleon, and JOHN
JONES, of Maindee, near Newport, all in the County of Monmouth, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
FINISHING TINNED, TERNE, OR LEAD PLATES WITHOUT THE USE OF GREASE," to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to dispenso with the uso of grease in the
finishing of tinned, terne, or lead plates, and the nature of the Invention
consists in the employment of hot air instead of hot grease for such purpose,
the plates to be finished being placed in a stovo of iron or brickwork of a
suitable construction instead of being immersed in a grease pot, as ordinarily
practised in such manufactures.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING ENVELOPES, AND IN FASTENINGS TO BE USED THEREIN
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Parkins at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th October
1858.
I, JOSEPH PARKINS, of No. 1, Hanway Street, Oxford Street, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturer of Envelopes, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURING ENVELOPES, AND IN FASTENINGS
TO BE USED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to fasten envelopes in a more secure and
efficient manner than is done by the ordinary method, and so to attach
fastenings that the envelopes cannot be opened without detection.
My Invention consists in cutting and forming the envelope so that the ends
of the side lappets may fold over each other upon the top of the lower lappet,
and in cutting and piercing a hole through each of the side and lower lappets,
so that when folded together, the holes may lay over and correspond with cach
other, also in cutting or piercing holes in the upper or seal lappet, to enable it
to receive the legs or pins of a plate or shield fastening to be fixed thereto.
The plate or shield fastening is made of steel, brass, copper, white metal, silver,
or other suitable and known metal, and is cut or stamped into a circular, oval,
lozenge, or shield-like form, leaving short legs or pins projecting therefrom;
these legs or pins are turned up at right angles, passed through the paper, and
bent down so as to secure the fastening to the seal lappet of the envelope;
another leg or pin longer than those just described is made to project from
the lower part of the said plate or shield fastening, and is turned down at the

page_text: end, and pinched into the form of a spring hook, when it is passed through a
hole in the seal lappet, and is ready for use. The side and bottom lappets
are secured by gum, or by a metallic eyelet passed through them, and gum is
used in the usual manner to the tongue of the seal lappet.
Sometimes instead of the plate or shield fastening herein described, I use a
hook made of wire, one end of which is bent down to secure it to the upper
or seal lappet when passed through the paper, and the other end is formed
into a spring hook, which passes through another hole in the seal lappet
ready for use; in some cases, where greater security is required, I use a
double hook.
When I desire to use the envelope, I wet the gum of the seal lappet as
usual, and then pass the hook or hooks of the fastening through the holes or
eyelet made or fixed as before described in the side and lower lappets, when
the spring opens and prevents the withdrawal of the hook or hooks without
partially destroying the envelope or breaking the fastening.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOUSE WATER-CLOSETS
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Thrift and Adam High
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 21st June 1858.
We, WILLIAM THRIFT and ADAM HIGH, both of Bedford Street, Commercial
Road East, in the County of Middlesex, Plumbers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOUSE WATER-CLOSETS," to
be as follows:-
Our improvements in house water-closets relates to the application of certain
gear or parts for actuating the water supply valve, and also the tumbling basin
or soil pan, the motion being communicated thereto by the rising and falling of
the seat of the closet by the weight of the person sitting on and removing there-
from. For this purpose we employ two levers, the one of which is placed in
connection with the seat of the closet, the other with the arm on the axis of
the tumbling pan or valve and also with the valve to admit the supply of
water. These levers are placed in such relation to each other that a catch sus-
pended to the end of the first lever (that connected with the seat) when the seat
is depressed and the catch raised) swings over a stop formed on the pan lever.
The catch lever is weighted, so that when the sitter rises, the lever & catch
descend and impart motion to the valve or pan lever, but again slipping off &
releasing itself before it arrives at its lowest position. The valve for the supply
of the water is placed in a small cylinder or vessel having a horizontal partition,

page_text: through which the valve rod passes up to the lever before mentioned. The
water valve is placed in the bottom of this small cylinder, and when opened
adınits the water, which passes from thence by another pipe, and enters the fan
or spread of the closet. The water admitted and passing through the lower
part of the small cylinder by its pressure raises a small valve in the partition
before mentioned, and enters a space between it and an inverted cup leather
fixed to the valve rod. The water thus entering prevents the descent of the
valve when the weighted lever falls by reason of the water having no other
escape than by a small return passage through the partition, which retards
the closing of the valve more or less, and causes it to shut slowly.
IM- PROVEMENTS IN LAMPS
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Little at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th December
1858.
I, JOHN LITTLE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN LAMPS," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to lamps especially intended for burning paraffine
and Belmontine oils, but also suitable for other oils or illuminating matters,
such as what is known as "photogene" oil. According to one form of the
lamp, it consists of a central oil or illuminating fluid reservoir suspended from
a rod attached to the ceiling or carried by a pedestal, as the case may be.
From this central reservoir branches extend laterally, as required for carrying
the burners. Each of these branches terminates in a widened upward bend
to act as a chamber for containing the wick, as well as to receive the oil in
quantity sufficient to saturate the wick from the central reservoir. On the
top of this branch chamber there is screwed or attached a wick holder of any
convenient or useful form, fitted with a pinion or other elevator. Upon this
wick holder there is fitted the actual burner, consisting of a top cap piece,
perforated at the sides to admit air to pass in to aid combustion. This lamp
is extremely well suited for the combustion of paraffine oils, but it also answers
well for other illuminating fluids. It may be variously fitted up to suit
localities and necessary designs, and answers well as a bracket lamp. It may
indeed be modified and arranged according to any of the known forms of
lamps.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND SUPPORTING SHIPS OR VESSELS WHILE UNDER- GOING REPAIR, WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR FACILITATING THE PASSAGE OF SHIPS OR VESSELS OVER BARS, SANDBANKS, OR IN SHALLOW WATERS
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Edwards Amos, of the Grove, in the
Borough of Southwark, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND SUPPORTING SHIPS OR VESSELS WHILE UNDER-
GOING REPAIR, WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR FACILITATING THE
PASSAGE OF SHIPS OR VESSELS OVER BARS, SANDBANKS, OR IN SHALLOW
WATERS."
Sealed the 24th May 1859, and dated the 25th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Edwards Amos
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th November 1858.
I, CHARLES EDWARDS AMOS, of the Grove, in the Borough of Southwark,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND SUPPORTING SHIPS OR VESSELS WHILE UNDERGOING
REPAIR, WHICH APPARATUS IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR FACILITATING THE PASSAGE OF
SHIPS OR VESSELS OVER BARS, SANDBANKS, OR IN SHALLOW WATERS," to be as
follows:-
The improved apparatus for raising and supporting ships or vessels while
undergoing repair, and which forms the subject of the present Invention, is

page_text: composed of a number of tanks or vessels like ships' water tanks, which, when
combined and properly secured together, may be filled with water, and sunk
under the vessel, then by pumping air into these tanks or vessels the water
will be expelled therefrom, and the tanks or vessels will become buoyant,
and will gradually raise the ship out of the water. It will be understood that
these tanks or vessels must be firmly secured together, so as to form, as it
were, a rigid girder or framing, upon which is to be fixed a cradle or other
contrivance to. support the ship or vessel when raised out of the water.
Instead of a number of small tanks or vessels combined or connected together,
two or more large air-tight tanks or vessels of suitable dimensions may be
constructed, and properly prepared for the intended purpose. These large
tanks or vessels should be divided into compartments, so that any number of
such compartments may be filled with air or water, as may be desired. On
the upper surface of these vessels a cradle or support for the vessel may be
placed, and the apparatus used in precisely the same way as that above
described. It will be understood that the mode of connecting or combining
the vessels or tanks together, and of so arranging them that any desired
portion of them may be rendered buoyant when required, admits of very
considerable variation, and must depend in some measure upon circumstances;
it would be difficult therefore to lay down any invariable rule.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR VENTILATING MINES OR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1858

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Fréderic Vasserot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
December 1858.-A communication from Mathias Welter and George
Bohringer, residing at Forbach (Moselle), in the Empire of France.
I, CHARLES FREDERIC VASSEROT, of 45, Essex Street, Strand, London,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR VENTILATING MINES OR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," (a
communication from Mathias Welter and George Bohringer, residing at
Forbach (Moselle), in the Empire of France,) to be as follows, and consists of
a cylinder formed of strong sheet zinc having an air passage attached to its
side, with valves opening out from or in the cylinder, according as it is to be
used for ejecting or injecting air; to the one extremity of this chamber the
hose or tubes are attached which convey the air from or to the cylinder. In
each end or each cover of the cylinder is.fixed a valve, opening inwards or
outwards, as the case may be, and which serve as the means either to expell or
take in the air. The cylinder has a piston and rod which works within it, the
piston having its face covered with a stuffing of india-rubber, which is arranged
so as to form two lips or rubbing parts, and the space in the middle being
bent or compressed hollow, so that there is allways a pressure upon the outer
edges.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND CIRCULATING AIR, TO BE APPLIED TO ALL PURPOSES WHERE HEATING IS REQUIRED
Year: 1858

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Woodcock, Thomas
Blackburn, and James Smalley at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th January 1858.
We, WILLIAM WOODCOCK and THOMAS BLACKBURN, of Sough, near Black-
burn, in the County of Lancaster, and JAMES SMALLEY, of Blackburn, afore-
said, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING AND CIRCULATING AIR, TO BE APPLIED
TO ALL PURPOSES WHERE HEATING IS REQUIRED," to be as follows:-
We employ air pipes heated by the hot air from the furnaces of boilers or
other heating apparatus, and the air in the interior of the pipes is circulated
over and over again as often as required, by means of a fan or a piston in a
cylinder placed in a suitable frame, and connected to conducting pipes to and
from the air pipes in the flues. The air is retained in the pipes and prevented
from entering the drying cylinder or other object by means of a tap or valve
which is only opened when necessary. The aforesaid circulation affords the
means of procuring great intensity of heat, which can be modified or tempered
to any extent by means of another tap or valve connected to the conducting
pipes. When the air is employed for heating purposes it is retained in air-

page_text: tight vessels, so that when robbed of its heat it may again return to the air
pipes and be reheated; or for certain purposes some of the air may be allowed
to escape. This method of heating air is peculiarly applicable for drying all
kinds of yarns or fibrous materials, and for heating mills, boiling liquors, or
for any purpose where the heat of steam or hot air can be applied thereto.