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IMPROVEMENTS IN EXTRACTING COLORING MATTER AND JUICES FROM WOOD AND THE LIKE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd June 1882. Communicated to
him from abroad by Eugène Pereire of Paris in the Republic of France.
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN EXTRACTING COLORING MATTER AND JUICES
FROM WOOD AND THE LIKE." Communicated to him from abroad by Eugène
Pereire of Paris in the Republic of France.
This Invention relates to the extraction of coloring matter and juices from wood
or woody vegetable matter and it consists essentially in submitting these materials
to the action of steam or other heated vapour preferably in an apparatus similar
to the apparatus ordinarily employed for impregnating wood with preserving
matter or liquid.
In carrying out this Invention the wood or woody vegetable matter containing
coloring matter or juices is placed in an apparatus such as what are known as
Boucherie's, Lege's or Blythe's apparatus for impregnating wood with preserving
liquids. In order to extract the colouring and other matter from the wood by
means of this apparatus the impregnating process is reversed that is to say steam
or other vapour under pressure and preferably superheated is introduced into the
apparatus and expels the liquid matter contained in the wood. In some cases it
may be advantageous to evaporate the liquid extract and obtain an enriched and
concentrated extract by utilising the vapour so obtained in place of steam in
subsequent extracting processes.
By means of this Invention it is rendered unnecessary to cut up the wood into
small pieces in order to extract the colouring matter and other juices therefrom
so that the wood treated according to the improved process is capable of being
applied to a variety of useful purposes after the colouring matter and juices have
been extracted facility is also afforded for extracting the coloring matter and
juices from the wood at the place where the latter is produced and thus reducing
the cost of transport.
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS APPLIED TO SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS FOR PREVENTION OF SLIPPING AND FALLING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Walter Ovenden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd January 1882.
THOMAS WALTER OVENDEN of Kilburn in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS APPLIED TO SHOES OF HORSES AND OTHER
ANIMALS FOR PREVENTION OF SLIPPING AND FALLING."
This Invention has for its object the prevention of a horse or other draught
animal falling or slipping in frosty, snowy, or other weather, and also obtaining
secure foothold for the animal. Prevention of balling is also secured. When a
horse or other animal is shod in the ordinary manner, it is very liable to slip and
often fall in weather where he cannot obtain the grip required.
Now according to my Invention, these objects are attained mainly as follows:-
The horse is shod in the ordinary way.-The inner edgo of the shoe has, as is
usual, a projecting edge.-I construct a clip, preferably of steel, and of the required
depth, which is grooved about the middle.
The edge near the hoof is flat, that outside or projecting beyond the under
surface of the shoe having a sharp edge, forming as it were a cutter.-This clip
is provided with a strong spring on the inside at the bend of the horse shoe forin
of same. -In applying this part of my Invention to the shoe, the ends of the clip
being slightly pressed, the groove takes into the shoe, the spring in the clip
forcing the same into position.
For the prevention of balling, I insert between the inside of the shoo a piece of
rubber or clastic material of proper form, which can be held to the under side of
shoe by suitable means.-Or this can be used together with the steel clip, so that
slipping and balling are both prevented.-When used in this way, I prefer to
have projections on the inner surface of the clip, the rubber or other elastic
material on being pressed or forced into position coming under such projection, and
thus being held securely in place.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN BOLT FASTENINGS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ernest Latham at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th February 1882.
ERNEST LATHAM, of Birkenhead, in the County of Chester, Engineer. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN BOLT FASTENINGS FOR DOORS AND WINDOWS.
The main object is to provide a simple durable and cheap bolt or sliding fastening
for windows or doors, so constructed and arranged that it cannot be forced or undone
from the exterior or reverse side of the window or door.
The Invention consists essentially in the combination of two bolts or locking
slides attached one at each end of a lever, with a central or nearly central sliding
fulcrum or carrier capable of being secured in the required position by set screws,
clasps or suitable fastenings.
A
In carrying my Invention into effect a frame or plate to be secured by screws or
in any convenient manner to the window or door is fitted with a fulcrum pin or
boss capable of being moved to and fro in or on guides grooves or like devices.
lever, excentric, knob or suitable equivalent is provided whereby the said fulcrum
pin or boss is moved to and fro and secured in position. The lever is fitted at or
near its centre on or in the said fulcrum pin or boss and each end of the lever has
jointed thereto a bolt or slide free to move in or on suitable guides.
The frame or plate is secured at the side or edge of the window or door which it
is desired to secure, and staples or recesses are provided in the adjoining window or
frame into which the bolts or slides can be made to engage.
When in use the fulcrum pin is moved towards the side or edge of the window
or door by means of the lever excentric, knob or like appliance and is secured in
position. The said fulcrum pin carries with it the lever and bolts or slides until
one or both such bolts or slides engage in the staples or recesses. When so placed
it is impossible to move back the bolts or slides from the exterior or reverse side so
as to free the window or door for when one bolt is forced out of one staple or recess
the other is moved still further into or through the other.
To undo the window or door on the right side all that is necessary is to slide
back the movable fulcrum.
OR IMPROVED APPLIANCES OR APPARATUS FOR FEEDING CALVES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Richard Hudson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1882.
JOHN RICHARD HUDSON of Norton Woodseats in the County of Derby "NEW
OR IMPROVED APPLIANCES OR APPARATUS FOR FEEDING CALVES AND OTHER
ANIMALS."
This invention relates to appliances or apparatus for feeding calves and other
animals the object being to construct a feeding apparatus which more nearly
resembles nature than any apparatus already in use, and one that will retain the
heat of the artificial food and that can be used without injury to the animal
This invention consists essentially of a bag of waterproof and air-tight material,
to contain the liquid or semi-liquid food, suspended from or fixed in a frame with
a moveable lid, and having by preference an outer bag or flexible cover or case (for
instance of canvas), for the protection of the inner bag, a flexible pipe (one or more
pipes may be employed) reaching to the bottom or thereabouts of the inner bag is
passed through the upper portion of it and through the external bag or flexible
casing to which is attached a teat of india-rubber or other similar substance which
will hang down the outside of or from the outer casing. The inner bag may have
a ring of cane or other suitable substance attached to the upper end and the frame
may have a ledge on which the ring will rest, an india-rubber washer may be placed
thereon and the lid be screwed tightly down so as to make a water-tight and air-
tight joint between the inner bag and frame; to the exterior of the frame the outer
bag may be attached in any suitable manner but preferably by oblong eyelet holes
in the bag and by studs with oblong moveable heads which said oblong heads may
be turned across the eyelet holes and thus hold the bag securely in position and
allow of its easy removal
As a modification the flexible tube may be passed over the top of the inner bag,
and the frame and lid be recessed or set back to receive it, and passed through the
outer bag as above described
As a further modification an L shaped or elbow pipe or bend pipe may be fixed
in and to the inner bag to the outer, or outer and inner end of which the flexible
tube would be fixed

page_text: The frame and lid may be of wood or metal and the food bag may be filled
through an apperture-with cover-in the lid or by sucking up the food through
the teat
Valves may be placed in the teat or pipe to control the flow of the food
Ropes may be attached to the upper end of the apparatus by which it can be
suspended against the wall or from a beam so that the calf may feed itself in its
natural position and without injuring itself.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS AND OTHER VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL, PETROLEUM AND OTHER LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Robinson and George Robinson
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st December 1882.
JOHN ROBINSON of Bradford in the County of York, and George RoBINSON of
Sheffield also in the County of York "IMPROVEMENTS IN OIL CANS AND OTHER
VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OIL, PETROLEUM AND OTHER LIQUIDS
}
Our Invention relates Firstly to that class of oil or petroleum can or receiver
for which Letters Patent were granted to the said John Robinson bearing date the
27th day of April A.D. 1882 No 1998. In this Specification reference was made to
a plug fitting into an opening so as to prevent evaporation of petroleum when
these cans contained that class of liquid. Our present invention consists in forming
screw threads in the opening and on the plug so that the latter may be tightly
screwed therein and effecually prevent evaporation.
Secondly. Our Invention relates to portable oil cans used by workmen to oil
machinery, and more especially to that class having a valve therein operated by
the thumb of the person using it. Our Invention consists in the means or method
of introducing oil therein which we effect by dishing the bottom and in connecting
a pipe thereto.
To the end of this pipe, within the vessel is placed a cover or plug which is
always pressing thereon by the action of a spring or other means.
When it is necessary to put oil in this can, it is introduced at the bottom, the
plug or cover at the end of the vertical pipe effectually preventing the escape of oil
in whatever position the can is placed.
The same knob which is pressed to open the ordinary valve to allow the oil to
escape out of the usual tube or spout, will also remove the plug or cover from the
orifice of the feed pipe, but in order to prevent the orifice cover being removed
every time the can is used the stuffing box gland is so arranged that it can be
raised by being screwed, thus shortening the length of stroke given to the spring
knob, and prevent the removal of the orifice cover. Instead of covering the orifice
may
be left open and will answer very well when the can is not full of oil.
IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, AND LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hickisson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th March 1882.
JAMES HICKISSON, of Bond's Ink Factory, Southgate Road, Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, IMPROVEMENTS IN UMBRELLAS, WALKING
STICKS, AND LIKE ARTICLES,
My Invention .consists in the application to umbrellas, parasols, sunshades,
walking sticks, riding whips, and like articles, of electro-voltaic, or galvanic
apparatus or appliances, for the purpose of transmitting to the person using any
of such articles, an electric shock, or a succession of electric shocks (it being con-
sidered that voltaic electricity is well adapted as a therapeutic agent) each time the
umbrella or stick is brought to the ground, or pressure applied thereon in the
manner substantially as hereinafter set forth.
In one arrangement the handle of the umbrella, or stick, is made hollow, and in
two portions, which are screwed together. In the lower portion I fit a porcelain
tube, in which I enclose a small pile or battery, and connect the poles thereof to
metal blocks, held in position, and resting on an insulating support.
In the upper portion of the handle, I arrange a contact bar, or armature provided
with a pin or shank (around which is a coiled spring) terminating at its outer end
in a slightly projecting metallic knob, stud button or plate.
An orifice (closed by a screw cap) may be contrived in the lower portion of the
handle and communicate with the pile, for the purpose of replenishing the exhausted
exciting fluid.
On the knob, stud plate, or button being depressed, by the hand, on the umbrella,
or stick being brought to the ground, or otherwise, contact is effected between the
armature and the blocks, and a current of voltaic electricity is transmitted to the
The armature and knob are then restored to place by the coiled spring, and
are ready for the next depression, and so on.
user.
Or the parts may be so arranged as to be operated by the ferrule of the umbrella,
or stick.
My Invention can also be applied to existing umbrellas, walking sticks and the
like.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BLEACHING MORDANTING AND DYEING COTTON
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Clayton Mewburn at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th November 1882. Communi-
cated to him from abroad by Antonio Bozzi of Paris France
JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 169 Fleet Street in the City of London Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer "IMPROVEMENTS IN BLEACHING MORDANTING
AND DYEING COTTON [Communicated to him from abroad by Antonio Bozzi
of Paris France]
;
According to the ordinary practice, cotton is bleached after having been woven
then when it has to be dyed or printed, it has first to be submitted to the further
process of mordanting. The mordants hitherto employed for this purpose, such for
instance as tannic acid, not only harden the cotton but prevent it taking any
aniline color; and whatever colors be employed they never become completely
dissolved so that a considerable proportion is unutilized. Besides, cotton which is
dyed after spinning or weaving is never perfectly impregnated with the color.
Now the present invention consists in the employment of a cold solution of
sal ammoniac for the purpose of bleaching cotton, and in effecting the bleaching
when the cotton is in the fleece, that is to say, before it is carded-Cotton when
bleached in this manner is much easier to spin and acquires increased strength and
softness, and as it is not so light as ordinary raw cotton there is less waste during
the carding operation. Further, as sal ammoniac contains a very efficacious
mordant, fabrics woven from the cotton bleached therewith do not require to be
submitted to a mordanting process before being dyed or printed; and the mordant
in the sal ammoniac not only does not, like the mordante ordinarily employed,
harden the cotton but on the contrary softens it and makes it particularly adapted
to take aniline colors without any further preparation.
The sal ammoniac is mixed with water in the proportion of about 1 part of
the salt to 100 parts of water. This liquor or solution is used cold and the cotton
to be bleached is steeped or immersed therein for about an hour and then after
having been withdrawn it is pressed and afterwards dried in the sun or artificially.
As the liquor expressed from the cotton has not become deteriorated it may be
used again.

page_text: In cases where it may still be preferred to bleach the cotton after spinning or
weaving, considerable advantages will nevertheless be gained from the use of the
cold solution of sal ammoniac because the cotton is made softer and the separate
process of mordanting is avoided.
The invention also includes the dissolving of dyes or coloring matters with the
sal ammoniac when employed to bleach cotton as above explained; the bleaching,
mordanting and dyeing of the cotton are thus effected at one operation and as
every atom of the dyes or coloring matters becomes dissolved in the sal ammoniac
no portion of them is unutilized. When this combined bleaching and dyeing
process is applied to cotton in the fleece or uncarded state the cotton completely
absorbs the coloring matters and will thus produce an even and velvety color in the
fabric woven therefrom.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHANK SPRINGS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lorentz Albert Groth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1882. A communi-
cation from abroad by Jacob Wahlen, of Cologne in the Empire of Germany.
LORENTZ ALBERT GROTH, K.G.V. Civil Engineer and Proprictor of the
Scandinavian Patent Office, under the Firm of L. A. Groth & Co. 97 Finsbury
Pavement London. E.C. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHANK SPRINGS FOR BOOTS AND
SHOES. A communication from abroad by Jacob Wahlen, of Cologne in the
Empire of Germany.
In order to give greater elasticity to boots and shoes at the joint (Geleuk) of
the foot steel springs are sometimes inserted in the layers of the soles. These steel
springs are not well suited to the purpose in view because the moisture and
warmth of the foot, and continued use, quickly injure and destroy the spring
steel.
According to the present invention these springs are produced from whalebone,
horn, ivory, and other similar bone or horn like substances, likewise from prepared
wood. When employing horn, hornlike, or bone like substances, they are placed
in water for, from 20 to 30 hours, then treated with high pressure steam, pressed
by hydraulic pressure and then pressed into moulds.
When employing wood it is placed in water (with the addition of alkali) is
then treated with high pressure steam and impregnated with stearine, after which
it is pressed and shaped.
The moulds may be of the usual known kinds or they may be varied as
required. These springs may also be made of two or more of such materials for
instance of horn and steel, of wood and horn, of wood and steel, while the single
springs of each material may be inserted loosely, or connected with one another as
preferred.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KEYS APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS OF LOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Felix Petit at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1882.
FELIX PETIT of Greek Street Soho in the County of Middlesex " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KEYS APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS
OF LOCKS'
"
This Invention relates to the special formation of keys in such manner that the
lever or lifting part (or parts) of the key which acts to raise the tumblers or to
throw the bolt folds down through a slot into the tubular part or barrel of the
key and in order to prevent dirt of any kind getting into the wards or working
paits of the key it is protected by introducing it into a tubular case when out
of use.
The tube or barrel of a key constructed in accordance with my invention is
made of steel or other suitable metal and the lifting parts lifters or levers which
act on the bolt or tumblers of the lock are connected thereto by pin joints or axes
the two parts being coupled together so that the motion of one transmits a similar
movement to the other by projections teeth springs or otherwise.
A sliding rod is connected by a pin joint to one of the lifters passing out into
the bow or handle of the key and on the outer end of this rod a screw nut is
mounted which serves to fix the lifters when the key is in use.
For some descriptions of locks only one lifter or lever is required.
When the screw nut is moved back the sliding rod can be pushed back so as
close or fold the lever or lifters down into the tubular part of the key which is
then free to be withdrawn from the key hole or passage into the lock which
passage is cylindrical or of the same forin as the transverse section of the stem of
the key in consequence of which it becomes impossible to introduce any kind of
key or instrument for picking the lock in place of the proper key.
The form of the lever or lifters of keys constructed in accordance with my
invention may be greatly varied as in keys of ordinary construction to suit locks
*f various descriptions and construction,
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS OF WAR
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Darling Barker of Haberfield Hall, Easton in
Gordano in the County of Somerset Late Commander R.N. for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS OF WAR
"
(Void by reason of the Patentee having neglected to file a Specification in
pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Darling Barker at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1882.
JAMES DARLING BARKER of Haberfield Hall, Easton in Gordano in the County
of Somerset Late Commander, R.N. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SHIPS OF WAR,"
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of ships
of war.
The main purpose of my invention is to obtain increased protection against the
attack of torpedoes.
I arrange within the ship and on the inner side of the coal bunkers armoured
bulk heads running lengthwise of the ship and inclined at a considerable angle.
These bulk heads spring from the keel of the ship and next the sides above the
water line. The space enclosed within the bulk heads is such that the ship will
safely float even if the water should obtain free admission to the parts of the ship
outside the armoured bulk heads.
To ensure that the ship's side shall not be perforated and the armour plated bulk.
heads reached before the torpedo is exploded, I construct the sides double. In the
double sides I may provide for the reception of water ballast, or the cavities in the
double sides may be filled with cork or other light material which will resist
penetration.
Above the water line I apply armour plating to the sides of the ship to protect
the guns from artillery and these armour plated sides I incline so that shots striking
them may be deflected upwards
A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND INDICATING THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Oscher Ber at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th July 1882.
OSCHER BER of Wierzbolowa, in the Empire of Russia, but temporarily of 59
Mark Lane, in the city of London "A NEW OR IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR
APPARATUS FOR RECORDING AND INDICATING THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND
"
This invention relates to the construction of a new or improved instrument or
apparatus whereby the direction of the wind is constantly and permanently
recorded or marked on dials so that by referring to the said dials the direction in
which the wind blew at any particular time can be ascertained. The instrument
or apparatus is also provided with improved means for indicating the direction of
the wind to the eye.
In carrying out my invention for recording the direction of the wind I provide a
vertical shaft having a vane at its upper end and working in suitable bearings and
operating by means of suitable gearing a disc carrying a dial of paper or cardboard
divided into twenty-four concentric parts each corresponding to one hour of time.
On the said dial are also marked the points of the compass. I provide a clock on
the centre arbor of which I place a toothed wheel which gears into a vertical hinged
rack carrying a pencil or marker.
By this arrangement as the said vane follows the direction of the wind it will
revolve the said shaft and consequently the dial on which the pencil or marker will
record a mark and as the said pencil or marker rises in proportion as the clock
advances, the particular time at which any record was marked can be read off the
dial. A fresh dial has to be placed in the apparatus every twenty four hours.
For indicating to the eye the direction of the wind I provide a cylinder fixed on
the hereinbefore described shaft and revolving with it. On the periphery of the
said cylinder are marked the points of the compass in such a manner that as
the cylinder is revolved according to the direction of the wind, the points of the
compass from which the wind blows will be indicated by the said marks which will
be brought opposite holes or perforations on all sides of a case outside the
hereinbefore described cylinder so as to be plainly visible to the eye, means being
provided if required for illuminating the said marks by night. The bottom of the
said cylinder is also so marked with the points of the compass that the direction of
the wind will also be indicated on suitably placed mirrors.
The recording and indicating apparatus instead of being combined as hereinbefore
described may be used separately
STAYS AND CORSETS
Year: 1882

page_text: 1010 by
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd May 1882.
ALBERT OTTENHEIMER of Stuttgart in the Empire of Germany,
IN STAYS AND CORSETS"
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to an improvement in stays and corsets and it has for its
object to render the bones less liable to fracture at sides of the waist immediately
above the hips.
To this end I provide double bones at this or any other point where they are
especially liable to fracture, that is to say, I combine two sets of bones, for example
the usual small or narrow bones extending the whole or any portion of the whole
length of the stays and a second set of preferably wider bones which may either
extend only a comparatively short distance beyond the points where the bones are
liable to breakage or may extend the whole length of the stays, the second set of
bones covering the first and being received in pockets or sheaths.
In carrying out this Invention I weave in the substance of the fabric of the
stays or corset a second set of pockets or sheaths to receive them in the same way
as the first set of sheaths or pockets are woven in the said fabric, the second set of
pockets being superposed upon the first. In order to prevent the ends of these
shorter bones working through the pockets, I secure thein by means of fanning in
the usual way.
By this Invention I reinforce those bones which are liable to be most suldenly
strained and bent or broken at the very point where these strains occur.

page_text: The manufacture of a corset with double bones at certain parts the one set being
shorter than and superposed upon the other and contained in separate sheaths or
pockets so as to strengthen the bones at the point most liable to fracture
substantially as shown and described
In witness whereof I the said Albert Ottenheimer have hereunto set my hand
and seal this fourth day of December AD 1882
ALBERT OTTENHEIMER (L.S.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVETS OR VELVETEENS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Jones Crossley and Benjamin
Cooper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th October
1882.
DANIEL JONES CROSSLEY of Hebden Bridge in the County of York, and
BENJAMIN COOPER of Manchester in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF VELVETS OR VELVETEENS
"
The object of our invention is to obtain a fast pile, an improved face, and a softer
cloth than has hitherto been made.
We employ an ordinary loom with eight shafts giving twenty-four picks in the
round
The first pick is a back or binding pick rising the shafts No 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7.
The second pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 2 and floating over Nº 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8 and 1.
The third pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 4 and floating over the remainder.
The fourth pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 6 and floating over the remainder.
The fifth pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 8 and floating over the remainder.
The sixth pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 2 and floating over the remainder.
The seventh pick is a back or binding pick rising shafts No 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8.
The eighth pick is a face pick rising shaft N° 4 and floating over the remainder.
The other face picks follow in n sequence similar to those alrendy described.
The thirteenth pick is a back pick rising shafts N° 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.
The nineteenth pick is a back pick rising shafts Nº 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8.
In combination with the back picks already given we use various combinations of
face picks but in every case following each other in a regular sequence rising the
same shaft after cach binding pick or commencing with a different shaft after each
binding pick.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES AND BICYCLES FOR TRAVELLING UPON OR IN WATER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Smith Rock at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1882.
WALTER SMITH ROCK of Jersey.
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRICYCLES AND BICYCLES
FOR TRAVELLING UPON OR IN WATER."
This Invention has reference to improvements in the construction of tricycles
and bicycles for travelling upon or in water.
Machines constructed in accordance with this Invention are provided with
revolving travelling wheels or drums either hollow or solid of a specific gravity
sufficiently low to support the machine and rider or riders upon or near the surface
of the water; such wheels may be made either in the form of hollow water tight
rings fitted to spokes or may consist of hollow reels, paddles or other fittings being
attached to the sides or circumferential surfaces of one or more of the said wheels
for the purpose of obtaining the necessary propelling power in the water. Any
leakage of water into the wheels is removed automatically by the revolution of
the wheels, by means of scoops which discharge such leakage at or near the centre
of the wheels.
The wheels are fitted upon their exterior edges with india rubber tyres to enable
the machine to travel on land similar to ordinary tricycles and bicycles.
The said tricycles and bicycles may be worked either by direct foot action on
cranks or by multiplying or other gearing, or by hand or by mechanical power
such as steam compressed air or electrical force.
In the case of tricycles the third or steering wheel may be either in front of or
behind the driving wheels.
The above mentioned wheels can be fitted to any ordinary tricycles and
bicycles.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ELEVATING GRAIN, APPLICABLE ALSO TO RAISING OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George James Hone at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th September 1882.
GEORGE JAMES HONE of Poplar in the County of Middlesex, Mast and Block
Maker IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR ELEVATING GRAIN, APPLICABLE ALSO
TO RAISING OTHER SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates more particularly to the elevating of grain from the holds
of vessels in which it has been conveyed from abroad, and consists in a novel
arrangement of skip or bucket which may be worked from an ordinary derrick or
hoist
In carrying out my Invention I employ a metal skip or bucket, semi-pear
shaped in longitudinal section. This skip or bucket I pivot slightly in rear of its
centre of gravity to a metal strap, so that the tendency of the skip or bucket will
always be to fall forward with its mouth downwards.
To the side of the skip is rivetted a notched segment-piece against which bears a
spring catch, and by means of which the skip or bucket may be maintained in any
desired position.
The strap carrying the skip is connected to the hoisting chain and a suitable
line is attached to the spring catch.
In working the apparatus the skip or bucket is lowered mouth downwards into
the grain, into which it sinks by its own weight to, say, half its depth. The
spring catch is then raised by pulling on the line and the strap is allowed to fall
forwards onto the grain, a spring suitably placed assisting in this movement.
In this position the strap is locked by the spring catch, and by hauling on the
chain the strap is caused to act as a lever, and as it were rotate the skip on a
centre, causing it to take up a sufficient quantity of grain to fill it.
When full the skip or bucket is raised, being prevented from tipping by the
spring catch.
To discharge the contents it is only necessary to pull on the line to raise the
spring catch when the skip tips of itself.
Although described above as being used for elevating grain it will be evident
that the apparatus may be employed for raising other like open or soft bodies, as
for instance mud or sand.
The spring catch line is connected with a weight by which the line is at all times
kept taut
IMPROVEMENTS IN TOOLS FOR CUTTING OR FINISHING BOILER STAYS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Davidson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th March 1882.
ROBERT DAVIDSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Engineer, IMPROVEMENTS IN TOOLS FOR CUTTING OR FINISHING BOILER STAYS
This Invention has for its object to facilitate the operation and reduce the labor
and time required for cutting or finishing boiler stays, by providing an improved
kind of tool for the purpose.
In carrying out the Invention a small frame is constructed with one or more
screws for adjusting and fixing it in position upon or in connection with the stay,
and this frame is fitted with a movable tool or tool holder which by means of one
or more lever arms can be moved with a reciprocating or continuous rotatory
motion, so as to cut into the redundant or projecting part of the stay. The
projecting part of the stay may be completely severed or it may be so far cut into
as to admit of its being easily broken off with a hammer. The improved tool is
more especially designed for stays formed with projecting squared ends by means
of which they are screwed into the boiler and in some modifications the small
frame is arranged to be adjusted and temporarily fixed on the nut of a stay. In
one modification the movable part is arranged to carry a cutter round the stay,
the cutter being fitted in a V shaped or other guide in the movable part and
having in connection with it a screw by means of which it is fed inwards as the
cutting progresses. In another modification a rotating or reciprocating saw-like
cutter is fitted on a centre pin on a small frame, so as to act on one side of the
stay, and a screw fitted to the other side or end of the frame serves for feeding in
the cutter as the action progresses, by drawing the frame in a suitable direction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN UNDERGROUND CONDUCTORS FOR ELECTRIC CURRENTS FOR LIGHTING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Jacob Gülcher at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd November 1882.
ROBERT JACOB GULCHER of Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex Gentleman
"IMPROVEMENTS IN UNDERGROUND CONDUCTORS FOR ELECTRIC CURRENTS FOR
LIGHTING
»
My invention relates to the construction and arrangement of underground
conductors for electric currents of low tension used for lighting and my said
Invention consists principally in constructing the said conductors entirely of iron
and so that the conductor for the return current constitutes the protecting tube
for the conductor leading from the generator to the lamps.
According to my said Invention I form the conductor leading from the generator
to the lamp of iron rods of convenient length enclosed in iron tubes the internal
diameter of which tubes is greater than the diameter of the said rods the space
between which rods and the interior of the tubes is filled with some suitable
insulating material.
The said rods are connected together as required either by means of screwed
sockets engaged with screw threads on the ends of the said rods or by engaging
a screw formed on the reduced end of one rod with a screw thread formed in a
hole at the end of the rod to which it is to be connected or by other suitable
means. And the said tubes are connected by means of collars formed in halves
and bolted together over the ends of the said tubes. The upper half of each of
the said collars has an aperture formed in it through which a suitable insulating
material is poured into the space between the interior of the collars and the ends
of the rods or the socket connecting them when the connections are made.
Where it is required to connect branch conductors to main conductors the said
sockets and collars are provided with a branch or branches
The insulating materials which I prefer to use are the residues of petroleum
otherwise known as petroleum tar brought to a suitable consistence by heating and
evaporating or petroleum elastic or asphalt or bitumen or ozokerit or other like
matters
In applying the said, insulating materials I liquefy them by heat and paint or
coat the rods therewith I then place the rods within the tubes and place and

page_text: support both the rods and tubes upright and in their proper relative positions and
pour the liquid insulating material into the space between each rod and tube.
Instead of entirely filling the said space the rods after being painted or coated
may be supported at suitable intervals within the tubes by means of rings collars
or bushes of suitable insulating material.
In using conductors constructed as hereinbefore described the insulated rods are
connected to the one pole of the generator of electricity and the tubes (which are
in contact with the earth) are connected to the other pole.
The said conductors which are much cheaper than any other conductors for
electric lighting are suitable for lighting by incandescent lamps and by the system
known as the "Gülcher low tension arc system"
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND LAUNCHING SHIPS BOATS AND FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Barclay Ury Henarky John
Duncan at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st November
1882.
ROBERT BARCLAY URY HENARKY JOHN DUNCAN of 8 Lincoln Street Leicester
in the County of Leicester "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOWERING AND
LAUNCHING SHIPS BOATS AND FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for lowering and
launching ships' boats and for saving life at sea.
The davits are binged to uprights from the deck and I prefer to have a slot or
recess in the upright from the hinge upwards to receive the straight part of the
davit, which however is curved at the top as usual. The upright has a single
pulley or block at the top whilst the davit has on the lower side of its curved end
a double block, a similar block being attached to the boat. The effect of this
arrangement is that when the tackle is allowed to run out the hinged davit first
swings outboard, the boat still remaining at its head, until the davit is stopped by
a catch or otherwise when the tackle commences to run out through the double
blocks and completes the lowering of the boat. The uprights are free to turn like
ordinary davits so that the boat can be brought inboard.
When the boat has been brought inboard it is lowered on to a cradle which is
constructed as follows:-The ordinary chocks are joined together by longitudinal
timbers top and bottom, the spaces between the timbers being filled in with cork,
so that the cradle forms a life raft. The centre longitudinal timber may be
provided with rollers for the keel of the boat to rest upon and the cradle may then
be used as a launching way.
When it is desired to launch the boat the falls are hooked on to the cradle
instead of the boat and the cradle with the boat in it is raised, put outboard and
lowered as before described the boat being secured by a rope attached to the cradle.
In lowering, the fore end of the boat is kept a little higher than the stern so that
when the rope is let go the boat by its own weight launches itself. The cradle not
having been detached from the falls can then be raised again and may if necessary
be used as a life raft. It will be observed that when the ship is under way the
towing strain on the falls will assist in freeing the boat when launched as above
described.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER. FROM FALLING OR FLOWING LIQUIDS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Wilson at the Orlice of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th April 1882.
GEORGE WILSON of Elin Park Brixton in the County of Surrey "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER. FROM
FALLING OR FLOWING LIQUIDS"
My Invention relating to improvements in machinery or apparatus for obtaining
Motive Power from falling or flowing liquids, consists in providing a rotary screw,
worm or helical device of such construction and arrangement as to be most readily
acted upon by falling or flowing liquids, and at the same time to be of such nature
as to be unlikely to become clogged or choked by the passage of the operating
liquid or by virtue of small stones, refuse or similar obstructions carried thereby
into the apparatus.
For this purpose I provide a screw, worm or helix of convenient dimensions and
forin, the arms or blades of which are extended to and connected with a cylindrica!
or suitable casing, with which it is caused to jointly revolve as the liquid is allowed
or caused to fall or flow through the said casing.
For some purposes it might be advantageous to arrange the aforesaid casing
independent of the rotating part or parts.
The said worm or helix and its casing are mounted in suitable bearings arranged
according to the plane in which it is desired to place the apparatus, while the
ingress of the falling or flowing liquid may be conducted to the same by a hopper,
mouth or tube of suitable form and disposition
The aforesaid apparatus being extremely siu.ple in construction and arrangement
it is particularly suitable for obtaining motive power from the fall or How of
sewage.
It will be readily understood that the motive power obtained from the rotary or
revolving part or parts of the apparatus may be transmitted and multiplied as
desired by means of belts, gearing or other convenient known means.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SECONDARY OR STORAGE BATTERIES, AND IN THE PREPARATION OF THE SPONGY LEAD TO BE USED THEREIN
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Clark at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th September 1882. Communicated to
him from abroad by Nicolas de Kabath of Paris, France.
WILLIAM CLARK of the firm of A. M. and W. Clark, of 53 Chancery Lane in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agents, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
SECONDARY OR STORAGE BATTERIES, AND IN THE PREPARATION OF THE SPONGY
LEAD TO BE USED THEREIN." [Communicated to him from abroad by Nicolas
de Kabath of Paris, France]
This Invention relates to improvements in the construction of storage batteries
or gas batteries, polarised or secondary batteries for the storage of electricity.
The framework of the electrodes is of pure lead, the entire surface of which
framework is perforated or may be made of leaden strips interlaced one with the
other so as to form a network arrangement. This framework is made on a large
scale and can be afterwards cut to any size and shape. Between this framework I
place a layer of spongy lead which has been previously prepared by the chemical
process hereinafter described. I take a layer of the framework as above described,
and lay on top of that a layer of the spongy lead; this is continued alternately one
layer above the other. I then put these layers, alternately arranged as described,
and submit them to a certain pressure which has the effect of filling up the
perforations in the framework, and thus brings the spongy lead even with the
exterior surface. After this the edges of the framework are turned down and
soldered by means of electricity. Where the framework is of net like arrangement,
I surround the framework with a strip of lead, and I solder each thread of the lead
net to such surrounding strip. This arrangement has the great advantage of
allowing the current to find an equal pathway along the whole exterior surface of
the electrode, and consequently diminishes the internal resistance of the battery.
The preparation of the spongy lead forms an important feature of the Invention;
Acetate or Sugar of lead, Acetic Acid, Acetate of zinc. I take sugar of lead and
dissolve in pure water 8 per cent of sugar to water. As soon as dissolved I fitter
the solution by means of the paper filter; after this I prepare a plate of zinc the
shape and size I require for the battery; one side of this plate I cover by an
insulating material which I prepare with two parts of Japanese wax, one part
Prine 971

page_text: resin, and one lamp black; this constitutes the insulating mixture. The other
side I make perfectly clean of all grease and the plate is then ready. The solution
being in a proper vessel, I place the plate in the solution at an angle of 30°, the
side covered by insulating material being underneath by the chemical law
immediately the plate touches solution the zinc dissolves and lead in solution
replaces the zinc that has been dissolved. The lead which is thus deposited is of
a very fine spongy nature.
IMPROVEMENTS IN NECKTIES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Noar at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th July 1882.
ISAAC NOAR of New York in the United States of America but temporarily
of 4 South Street, Finsbury in the county of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN
NECKTIES
"
This invention has relation to fastenings for neckties, breast scarfs and bows, and
consists in the novel construction of the collar button attachment and arrangement
of the pin for the neckband, the said pin and attachment being connected for use
in the same scarf.
In carrying out the invention I employ a two prong tag fastening, which is
passed through the shield of the scarf, necktie, or bow, and the elastic of the collar
button, loop or åttachment
The pin is formed with a coil at its upper end in the plane of the pin and
through this coil the prongs or attachment ends of the fastening are passed and
then turned down against the shield so as to hold the pin securely, the ends of the
prongs are usually inserted into the shield after being turned down and in this
manner serve to hold the pin in the oblique position required for use in attaching
the end of the neck band, when a neck band is used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th October 1882. A communication
to him from abroad by Pierre Poncin, of Paris, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES" [A communication to him
from abroad by Pierre Poncin, of Paris, in the Republic of France]
This invention relates to carding Engines used for preparing cotton or other
fibrous material for spinning, and it has for its object novel methods of constructing
and arranging parts of such carding engines so that two strips or slivers of carded
fibre may be obtained simultaneously from each carding cylinder.
Two doffing cylinders or rollers are arranged to revolve in suitable bearings and
at the proper speed one above the other in contact or nearly in contact with the
main carding cylinder. The surface of the lower of these two cylinders is divided
by grooves so that it takes a part of the fibre from the cylinder and leaves the
remainder, that is to say the fibre is separated into strips by the lower cylinder
which detaches and removes each alternate strip leaving the others. The strips
thus left are carried on and removed by the upper roller which revolves in the
same direction.
Two sets of "rota frotteurs," or rota-rubbers are arranged in front of the doffing
cylinders, being placed one above the other and at such a distance apart that each
receives the fibre from one of the rollers and carries it forward between its endless
cloths which deliver it over and under a plate or guide arranged so as to prevent
the fibre from the upper feeding cloth from being caught in the lower one.
The nearness of the two feeding cloths allows the supply of cotton from each to
unite and after passing through a guide or parting board to be wound in one roll
upon the same drum or cylinder.