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AN IMPROVED METALLIC PACKING FOR PISTON ROD STUFFING BOXES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stanhope Perkins at the Office of the
Cominissioners of Patents on the 31st December 1883.
STANHOPE PERKINS, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, AN IMPROVED METALLIC PACKING FOR PISTON ROD STUFFING
BOXES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
My Invention relates to an improved metallic packing for piston rod stuffing
boxes and other purposes, and consists of an inner and outer series of metal rings
of triangular section, so formed and placed in relation to each other that when the
gland of the stuffing box is screwed up, it forces the metal rings against each
other and thereby the inner rings against the rod to be packed and the outer rings
against the side of the stuffing box. The inner series of rings are of triangular
section, the apex of the triangle being on the centre of the periphery of the ring,
the inside of the ring having a flat surface, the outer sides of the ring being at an
angle to each other, namely an angle of forty five degrees, or other suitable angle.
The outer series of rings are of the same section as the inner series, but the apex
of the triangle of the section is on the inside of the ring and the flat side is on the
outside of the ring. The outer and inner rings are formed in segments and are
placed alternately in the stuffing box to be packed, the inner end of the stuffing
box being shaped, or bevelled to correspond with the angle of the side of the inner
ring, the packing commencing with an inner ring, followed by an outer ring, and
so on until the stuffing box is filled, finishing with an inner ring. The inner side
of the stuffing box gland is bevelled, or made to correspond with the angle of the
side of the inner ring. Thus when the gland is screwed down the inner rings are
forced in against the rod to be packed and the outer rings are forced out against
the side of the stuffing box. The outer rings are merely divided into halves, or
segments, the inner rings are also divided into halves or segments, which are
formed smaller than the entire ring, so that room is left for bringing the segments
together as the packing wears and the gland is screwed up. The rings are placed
in the stuffing box so that the segments of one ring overlap the joining of the
segments of the next ring.
The rings may be made of what is known as "White Metal" or Patent Metal,
or any other suitable metal.
A NEW OR IMPROVED REFRACTORY MATERIAL
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Ross Hutton and Ailan
Granger at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th July
1883.
WILLIAM ROSS HUTTON, of Partick, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
and ALLAN GRANGER, of Cardross, in the County of Dumbarton, North Britain,
"A NEW OR IMPROVED REFRACTORY MATERIAL,"
This Invention which relates to a new or improved refractory material consists
in compounding together the substances commonly known as steatite or soapstone
and fireclay.
In carrying the Invention into practice the steatite and fireclay are both reduced
to a fine powder and commingled with water in a pan-mill or by other suitable
mechanical agency.-When the substances are so combined or mixed together,
they form a pasty mass and in that state are moulded into bricks, blocks, retorts,
pipes or other shapes or articles wherein a high degree of refractoriness is
required. The substances may be mixed together in various proportions according
to the specific character and purpose for which the articles constructed thereof are
to be used. In our experiments we have found that good results are produced by
mixing together steatite with fireclay in equal proportions by weight but a less
proportion of steatite may be usefully employed with a larger proportion of
fireclay.
Under a modification of this Invention plumbago may be mixed with steatite
and fireclay in a powdered state and in a similar manner formed into bricks, blocks
or other articles in which a high degree of refractoriness is required.-In using
plumbago, it may be employed to the extent of about one-third of the weight of
the compound but a less proportion may also be used. .
IM- PROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD APPARATUS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Crossley, Abraham Crossley
and Thomas James Crossley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents
on the 6th June 1883.
JOHN CROSSLEY, ABRAHAM CROSSLEY and THOMAS JAMES CROSSLEY, all of
New Moston, Failsworth, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster.
"IM-
PROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD APPARATUS."
"
The object of our Invention is to weave with the jacquard apparatus alone
Yorkshire or linen damask or any damask or other fabric that requires a separato
ground and at the same time to maintain the figure the same size as the machine
and further to weave the above fabrics with a single or double lift machine with
one or more cylinders and to dispense with heald shafts or banisters'
In performing our Invention we combine the hooks and needles and in working a
single lift jacquard, machine we makes needles with two eyes and work (or weave)
the ground of the fabric from one eye and the figure from the other and in applying
our Invention to a double lift jacquard machine we use needles with three eyes
and work (or weave) the ground. of the fabric from oue eye by means of bars and
hooks or otherwise from the machine and two of the eyes in the needles are used
for the figure.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BROUGHAMS
Year: 1883

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Cecil Lowther The Rt Honble
The Earl of Lonsdale at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
6th December 1883.
HUGH CECIL LOWTHER The Rt Honble The EARL OF LONSDALE of Brigstock in
the County of Northamptonshire IMPROVEMENTS IN BROUGHAMS."
"
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of broughams,
It consists Firstly in the application and use to the front sliding windows in
broughams of spring bolts which are inserted and slide horizontally in the frame-
work of each window sash and take into holes or notches in the frames at each side
so that the windows can be opened and locked or secured at any desired height
without the use of straps and pockets or other devices as at present.
•
Secondly I divide the upper or cushioned framework of the seat on the interior of
the brougham into two parts lengthwise and between each. of these parts and the
seat beneath, at the back; I place a spring on which the cushioned part rests the
front edge of the latter being hinged to the corresponding edge of the seat beneath-
By this arrangement the weight of the person using the seat is greatly relieved and
increased comfort consequently ensured.
Thirdly, I arrange in front of each seat a cushioned flap or leg rest which is
hinged to the front edge of the seat and behind which on the front part of the seat
is mounted a horizontal bar. carrying an arm or lever which sets against the flap
or leg rest On the end of this bar is a hand lever. projecting upwards against (or
nearly so) the inside of the brougham just above the seat and within easy reach of
the person using the same-The hand lever slides over a ratchet bar or plate fixed
against the side of the cushioned or other convenient part of the seat so that on the
person drawing back (or pushing over as may be best arranged) the hand lever the
Hap or leg rest is raised by the other arm or lever. into any desired position and
locked therein by the hand lever taking into the ratchet.
BOTTLES FOR PRODUCING A NEW KIND OF BEVERAGE, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Lindsey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1883.
JOHN HENRY LINDSEY of N° 5 Chancery Lane, London.
BOTTLES FOR PRODUCING A NEW KIND OF BEVERAGE, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER
PURPOSES."
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This Invention is for the purpose of effecting a means whereby two separate
beverages or gas and beverage may be mixed in such a way that by the admixture
a new kind of beverage may be obtained
Also that beer which may be flat may by the injection of an aërated fluid or gas
into it be rendered sparkling and in a lively condition.
The manner in which I propose to carry out my Invention will be readily
understood on referring to the accompanying drawing
a is a bottle of glass or earthenware in the neck of which are formed or attached
slots b into which fits the solid head of a hollow cylinder c. In the bottom of the
cylinder is a valve or stopper opening internally d is an India rubber ring for
rendering the bottle air tight. The cylinder may contain either a different kind of
liquid from that in the body of the bottle, or it may contain compressed air or gas
and by pressing it down until the valve.e comes in contact with the bottom of the
bottle the liquid or gas in the cylinder may be allowed to escape and mix with the
liquid in the bottle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS AND " IN THE FITTINGS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Leopold Huber at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd April 1883.
JOSEPH LEOPOLD HUBER of Hamburg, Germany, Engineer and Electrician
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LAMPS AND
"
IN THE FITTINGS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
This invention relates to improvements in appliances for electric lighting which
serve to hold the incandescent lamps and to connect their carbons with the
conducting wires and the objects of these improvements are first to enclose the
conducting parts entirely inside the non-conducting holder in order to protect the
conducting parts from coming accidentally into contact, and second to obtain an
elastic connection between the holder and the lamp.
I attain these objects by providing the neck of the glass bulb with a pair of
insulated metallic flanges.c¹ arranged diametrically opposite to each other. These
flanges are connected with the platin holders a of the carbon b by any convenient
manner which will guarantee a metallic contact. The lamp is illustrated in
Figure 6 in a sectional side elevation, in Figure 7 in a top view; in Figure 2 the
lamp is visible in a side elevation connected with a holder which is shown in a
vertical sectional view and in Figure 5 a top view of the lamp is shown in ⚫
connection with a horizontal cross section of the holder.
Figures 1. 3 and 4 illustrate the holder; Figure 1 in a view from below,
Figure 3 in a side elevation and Figure 4 in a vertical section. ✓ is a spiral spring,
the one end of which is fastened at the bottom of a bore hole provided in the
centre of the holder for the reception of the lamp, the other end of the spring f
bears the plate e. k is a hole for the reception of the spring f. The projections g
are fitted with the annular contact plates g' fastened thereon by the screws g³, a
conducting wire is connected with each of such plates g'. The recesses h allow
the introduction of the lamp's neck into the holder.
To this effect the neck of the lamp is pressed against the plate e until the
spring fis compressed so far as to allow the lamp to be turned. By leaving the
lamp free the spring of causes the bolt e to press the two flanges c¹ against the
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page_text: plates g' thus producing a contact with the conductors i. The heads of the screws g¹
serve to limit the turning of the lamp in order to prevent the flanges from coming
out of contact with g¹ without pushing backwards the bolt e.
A modification of this holder is illustrated in vertical section at Figures 8 and 9.
This holder differs from the other one only in so far as a cock of insulating
material is inserted into its body. The cock is provided with a conducting
plate m which brings (when properly turned) the two parts of the conductor
into contact. The conductor is composed in this holder of two wires between
which a short space is left free just long enough as to allow the plate m to touch
the ends of both when the cock is in its right position.
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IMPROVED REGULATING APPARATUS FOR TURBINES APPLICABLE TO STEAM OR OTHER ENGINES" « AN AND WATER WHEELS ALSO
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Wilson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th December 1883.
WILLIAM EDWARD WILSON of Streete, Rathowen, Ireland Gentleman
IMPROVED REGULATING APPARATUS FOR TURBINES
APPLICABLE TO STEAM OR OTHER ENGINES"
« AN
AND WATER WHEELS ALSO
The object of my invention is to construct an apparatus by which the speed of
a turbine or water wheel is made to regulate the opening of the gates or gate
thereof so that when the speed becomes too great the opening is diminished and
when on the other hand the speed becomes too slow the opening is increased.
For this purpose I connect with the gates of a turbine or with the sluice gate
of a water wheel the rod of a piston which works in a cylinder. There is a port
at or near each end of this cylinder and the two ports communicate with a cock
which is supplied with water from a head. There is an exhaust port at or near
the middle of the cylinder. The cock is connected with an ordinary ball or other
governor on the shaft of the turbine or on a shaft driven thereby. When the
speed of the shaft becomes too great the governor moves the cock so as to open
the way to the port at one end of the cylinder; water from the head therefore
enters this end of the cylinder, moves the piston towards the other end and thereby
through the piston rod diminishes the opening of the gates. On the other hand if
the speed becomes too slow, the governor moves the cock so as to open the way to
the other port and the reverse action takes place.
In applying my regulating apparatus to steam or other engines I connect the
rod of the piston hereinbefore described to the link of the engine; the link will
therefore be shifted in proportion to the speed of the engine in the same way as
the gates of the turbine or water wheel are moved as above explained and the
expansion of the steam will be effected accordingly.
IMPROVED COMPOUNDS FOR COATING OR COVERING ELECTRICAL CABLES OR CONDUCTORS AND SIMILAR PURPOSES FOR
Year: 1883

page_text: A
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Punshon and William
Nicolson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th December
1883.
ROBERT PUNSHON, of Craven Street, in the County of Middlesex and WILLIAM
NICOLSON of Jeffreys Square, in the City of London, "IMPROVED COMPOUNDS
FOR COATING OR COVERING ELECTRICAL CABLES OR CONDUCTORS AND
SIMILAR PURPOSES
FOR
Our invention relates to compounds chiefly designed for covering and insulating
electrical conductors used in lighting, telegraphic, or other systems. The said
compounds are moreover applicable for insulating batteries and other electrical
apparatus. They are also useful for covering the surfaces of other bodies or
materials, for instance they may be very advantageously applied to the bottoms of
iron ships and other surfaces immersed in water, for preventing corrosion and for
other purposes.
In making an insulating waterproof compound for covering electrical cables or
leads for electric lighting and the like we use the following ingredients viz―
pulped cellulose, gelatine, Oak varnish and Ozokerit and in some instances we add
old india-rubber. These substances are mixed in, or about in, the following
proportions that is to say
Cellulose 10 parts by weight
Gelatine 5 parts by weight
Oak varnish 25 parts by weight
Ozokerit 25 parts by weight
India rubber (when used) from 20 to 30 parts by weight.
In making the said compound we may mix all of the ingredients together cold
and heat them to a temperature of about from 200 to 250 degrees Fahrenheit
and keep them at this temperature till the whole are properly combined
When we desire to make the cable or other body fire-proof, as well as waterproof,
we apply to the surface thereof a preliminary coating formed of soda silicate and
finely pulverized micaceous rock mixed in, or about in, the proportion of 40 parts
by weight of soda silicate to 60 parts by weight of micaceous rock.

page_text: When a cable or conductor is first coated or covered with this composition and
has applied over the same an outer coating of the first named composition or
compound it will be protected against the effects of fire or great heat and
impervious to moisture, and at the same time will be sufficiently flexible to be
conveniently used under all ordinary circumstances or conditions.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOVES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Josiah Williams at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st September 1883.
JOSIAH WILLIAMS of Sheffield in the County of York-" IMPROVEMENTS IN
GLOVES "
My Invention relates to improvements in Gloves, the object being to provide a
convenient arrangement for carrying money and other small articles in the hand,
in such a manner as to render it impossible for them to be snatched or feloniously
abstracted therefrom, or being inadvertently put down, (upon a shop counter for
instance) and forgotten; and it consists in constructing a purse or receptacle in the
palm of the glove, either made during the time of manufacture as an integral part
of the glove, or made separately and afterwards attached and secured thereto by
any suitable means such as by sewing, or by clasps or rivets.
I make the purse or receptacle of suitable material, by preference of leather, and
of a convenient size to be clasped in the hand, and I secure the opening by any of
the means usually employed for that purpose such as, clasps, hooks, or studs.
I do not confine myself to the position of the opening, nor to any particular
shape or construction of the purse or receptacle, these being matters that may be
varied or modified as found desirable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STAYS AND CORSETS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rosenthal at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September 1883.
WILLIAM ROSENTHAL of the firm of D. Rosenthal & Co of Queen Victoria
Street in the City of London Stay and Corset Manufacturers, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STAYS AND CORSETS
"
This invention relates to improvements in the method of introducing and
securing the busks of stays and corsets in their cases and proper positions at the
front edges of each part of a stay or corset.
For this purpose in place of securing the busk in a tubular receptacle as heretofore
it is secured in a case or receptacle formed by folding the edge of the fabric over
the busk when placed in position.
A row of eyelets is fixed in the edge of the fold which eyelets correspond with
and come opposite to another row of eyelets fixed in the fabric or body of the stay
or corset and then by lacing up the two rows of eyelets together and fixing the
two ends of the lace the busk will be firmly secured in the fold which thus forms
a case for the busk.
Should it be necessary to renew or replace a busk it can be readily done by
cutting and withdrawing the lace from the eyelets and on turning back the fold
the busk is free to come away and be replaced by another to be secured in position
as before.
In place of eyelets other means or contrivances may be employed for securing
the busk within the folded edge of the fabric without departing from the novel
character of my invention for facilitating the removal and replacing of the busks
of stays and corsets substantially in the manner previously described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN TENNIS DALLS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Ralph Slazenger Moss, trading as Slazenger and Sons,
of the city of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster for an Invention of
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN TENNIS DALLS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Ralph Slazenger Moss at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th June 1883.
RALPH SLAZENGER Moss trading as Slazenger & Sons of the City of Manchester
in the County of Lancaster IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN-TENNIS BALLS
"J
To render lawn-tennis balls more durable I treat the seams and stitches of the
cloth or other covering of the balls with a solution of wax or other composition
which not only has the effect of protecting the stitches and cementing together the
edges of the cloth or other covering but effectually prevents grit or other foreign
substance getting into the seams.
Lawn-tennis balls thus treated are better adapted to their purpose by reason
of the said wax or other composition giving the bat or racquet a greater grip of
the balls

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Ralph Slazenger Moss in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th December 1883
RALPH SLAZENGER Moss trading as Slazenger & Sons of the City of Manchester,
in the County-of-Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAWN-TENNIS BALLS'
"
To render Lawn Tennis and other Balls more durable I treat the seams and
-stitches of the cloth or other covering of the balls with a solution of wax or other
composition which not only has the effect of protecting the-stitches and cementing.
together the edges of the cloth or other covering but effectually prevents grit or
other foreign substance getting into the seams.
Lawn Tennis and other Balls thus treated are better adapted to their purpose
by reason of the said wax or other composition giving the bat or racquet a greater
grip of the balls.
Having thus particularly described the nature of this my said invention together
with the best methods with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into
practical effect I wish it to be distinctly understood that I do not.confine myself to
the precise details hereinbefore described as the same may be considerably varied
without departing from my invention-but what I claim as my invention and
desire to secure by Letters Patent is
Treating the seams and stitches of the cloth or other covering of Lawn Tennis
and other Balls with a solution of wax or other composition substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.
In witness whereof I the said Ralph Slazenger Moss have hereunto-set my
hand and seal this 20th day of December in the year of our Lord, One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Eighty Three
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CATALOGUING OR FILING CATALOGUE SLIPS OR MEMORANDA OR FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eiríkr Magnússon at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April 1883.
EIRÍKR MAGNÚSSON of Cambridge in the County of Cambridge Librarian
" IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CATALOGUING OR FILING
CATALOGUE SLIPS OR MEMORANDA OR FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES ".
.
According to my Invention I provide an oblong box or frame with or without
a lid and having the ends raised above the sides
At a convenient distance up from the bottom and on or outside the centre line
of the end of the box as convenience may require I provide a flat rod of metal of
greater width than its thickness fixed into the ends of the box by means of a
projecting point or pivot at each end. At one end of the box the said tip of the
said rod fits into a lock so contrived as to maintain the flat side of the rod
immovably fixed in a horizontal position when the box is locked by means of a
projecting piece at the end of a movable piece of metal inside the lock thrust by
the action of a spring into a corresponding hole in the rod tip-The rod is turned
round as required by means of a key which being applied to the key-hole
disengages the rod end from the movable tip and leaves it free to move. Two nobs
or any other suitable contrivances at the end of the key are made to fit corre-
sponding contrivances in the end of the rod
Into the box slips of metal or other material are slipped being dropped over
the rod when in a vertical position there being an excision made from the lower
end of them wide enough to allow them to slip easily over the rod and terminating
at its top in a round or oblong hole wide enough to allow the rod to turn freely
around When the slips are in place the rod is turned into its horizontal position
and so secures the slips, that any slip inserted in the catalogue cannot be removed
without the application of the proper key to turn the rod into such a position that
the slips can be passed therefrom off
-
There may be substituted for the rod a ridge on one side of the interior of the
box holding the catalogue slips which ridge fits into a corresponding slit or hole
in the side of the slips so that they are held in their places not by the rod passing
through them but by the ridge projecting into them-A slip cannot then be
withdrawn until the side of the box is opened so as to draw the ridge out of the
slits in the slips.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OILING LUBRICATING MECHANISM FOR COLLIERY AND OTHER WAGGONS "
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Henry Leech and William
Bateson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd December
1883.
ARTHUR HENRY LEECH of Brinsop Hall, Wigan, in the County of Lancaster,
and WILLIAM BATESON of the same place, "IMPROVEMENTS IN OILING
LUBRICATING MECHANISM FOR COLLIERY AND OTHER WAGGONS
"
OR
Waggon journals are at present lubricated (1) by hand which necessarily takes
up much time and wastes a large quantity of oil and grease, and (2) by mechanical
means which, although they save labour, occasion a great waste of oil by the
splashing or spurting of the oil or grease.
Now our invention is designed to obviate these defects. In place of the brush
or other contrivance now used we use a simple disc with a projecting periphery of
India rubber or other material or composition unaffected by oil and of a flexible
elastic character.
The disc is keyed to a shaft carrying a pinion at its further end actually by the
internal or if desired external teeth of a large wheel having a series of triangular
projections, pegs, pins or their equivalent on its periphery which is of considerably
larger diameter than the ring of teeth.
The mode of action is as follows:
The left hand side say of the wagon or truck comes against a stationary pusher
of any convenient kind at that side of the track. This pushes the body of the
wagon to the right side as far as the play on the axle will allow. The axle of the
wagon (passing on the line) catches in the projections of the above mentioned wheel
which is near the right hand side and turns said wheel partially round in passing.
The pinion gearing into the teeth of this wheel being much smaller in the diameter
than the wheel it gears into is turned round to a much greater extent and
sufficiently to raise a portion of the oiling disc previously immersed in the oil to
the highest position by the time the waggon axle comes in contact with it. As
the disc travels quicker than the wagon axle, the latter receives abundance of oil.
The wagon passing on, comes in contact with another pusher on the right hand
side of the track. This pushes the body of the wagon to the left side and a similar
oiling apparatus oils the shaft just inside the wheels on the right hand side.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO SAFETY-LAMPS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th June 1883. A communication
to him from abroad by J. Weig, of Dortmund, in the German Empire.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
APPLICABLE TO SAFETY-LAMPS," a communication to me from abroad by J. Weig,
of Dortmund, in the German Empire,
This invention relates to the method of igniting miners' safety-lamps. It
consists in igniting safety-lamps, without opening them, by means of a spark
produced by percussion, friction or electricity.
Also in applying to the side of the lamp-burner, and inside the lamp-glass or
casing a highly inflammable body (such as a match, fuse, or both combined, or a
wick moistened with benzoline), the part of the said body situated close to the
burner, being uncovered, so as to allow the igniting spark to pass over to the
lump-wick or burner.
Also in the combination of an inflammable body the end of which is uncovered
and situated in close proximity to the burner, with an igniting mechanism, adapted
to be operated from outside the lamp-casing. This is preferably accomplished by
means of a spindle, pin or axle projecting through the casing.
OR IMPROVED METHODS OF ATTACHING FALSE AND REVERSIBLE CUFFS TO SHIRT SLEEVES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frank Stanley Turner at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1883.
FRANK STANLEY TURNER, of Finchley Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Stationer, NEW OR IMPROVED METHODS OF ATTACHING FALSE AND REVERSIBLE
CUFFS TO SHIRT SLEEVES,
My invention relates to new or improved methods of attaching false and
reversible cuffs to shirt sleeves, and for this purpose and according to one arrange-
ment the wristband is sewn to the shirt sleeve in the ordinary manner but the ends
of the same instead of terminating in a line with the slit or opening of the sleeve
are extended for a certain length beyond such slit and the wristband is made of
such a size as to overlap the cuff when adjusted. The inner corners of the wrist-
band are preferably cut away so as to correspond with the shape of the corners of
the cuff and prevent the same from turning up or becoming "dog's eared"
The reversible cuff is made a little less in width than the wristband so as to lie.
snugly under the same when adjusted, and it is adjusted thereto in the following
manner. The cuff is secured to the wristband at one end by means of a stud, and
the other end of the cuff is then brought over and secured on itself to the same
stud, and over these ends the other or free extremity or end of the wristband is
buttoned and overlaps the cuff, thereby giving to the same the appearance of a cuff
sewn to the shirt. By this method of attachment the inner portion of the cuff is
kept clean as it does not come into contact with the lining of the coat sleeve, and
when it is desired to remove the coat this can be done without fear of crushing
or soiling the cuff or catching it into the sleeve as is now frequently the case with
the false and reversible cuffs in use.
According to another arrangement the wristband is dispensed with and the
sleeve of the shirt terminates in a hemmed edge and is furnished with button or
stud holes, or with strips to which the cuff is attached; or the cuff may be
attached to the shirt sleeve by means of a spring. The cuff is provided at its
centre and free ends with buttons or with button or stud holes, or with loops
through which strips attached to the shirt sleeve, may be passed and fastened back
on themselves so as to retain the cuff in position.
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR THE ENDS OF MACHINE BANDS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Richard Gould at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th October 1883.
JOSEPH RICHARD GOULD of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
IMPROVED FASTENING FOR THE ENDS OF MACHINE BANDS
"
"AN
In applying this Invention to bands circular in section I attach to each end of
the band a nut or cap screw threaded in its interior so as to grip the material
of which the band is composed and through the head of each of these nuts or caps
I pierce a screw threaded hole Into this hole in the one nut or cap I pass a
screwed hook and into this hole in the other nut or cap I pass a screwed eye:
This hook and eye being attached complete the fastening. The advantage of
this arrangement being the further these hook and eye screws are passed into the
heads of the nuts or caps and embedded into the ends of the band the more they
force the band outwards into the screw threads of the nuts or caps and tighten the
grip of the caps.
When applying the improvement to flat bands I use two or more sets of screwed
hooks and eyes and insert them into the front edges of metal caps upon the ends of
the bands.
AN IMPROVED AMALGAMATING PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM THEIR ORES AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN Our Invention relatos to a process for the extraction of gold and from their Orcs.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Needham Longden, William
Pritchard Morgan, and Archibald William Stirling at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 16th August 1883.
JOHN NEEDHAM LONGDEN of Charters Towers in the Colony of Queensland, but
now residing at 4 Salisbury Street Strand in the County of Middlesex, Mining
Engineer, WILLIAM PRITCHARD MORGAN of Charters Towers aforesaid and now
residing at 15 Cecil Street Strand aforesaid Solicitor and ARCHIBALD WILLIAM
STIRLING of 7 Observatory Avenue Campden Hill in the County of Middlesex,
Barrister-at-Law "AN IMPROVED AMALGAMATING PROCESS FOR THE EXTRACTION
OF GOLD AND SILVER FROM THEIR ORES AND APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Our Invention relatos to a process for the extraction of gold and silver from
their Orcs.
"
We pass the ore through mercury by any known means introducing it into the
bottom of a suitable pan for preference made of copper. For this purpose we
employ by preference a hollow tubo revolving in the centre of the pan and fitted
with sloping Distributors at its lower end for the ore to pass through. The
smaller specific gravity of the ore as compared with that of the mercury causes it
to rise froin the bottom to the top of the inercury-In the processes hitherto in use
it has been found that the ascent is so rapid that the full amalgamating effect of
the mercury cannot be obtained. To obviate this we introduce into the pan and
iminerso in the mercury above the level at which the ore is introduced (that is to
say at which the ore is discharged into the mercury) an amalgamating coil or
coils or bars or gratings or suitably curved plating made of copper or electro silver
conveniently arranged and of suitable shape by which means we retard the ascent
of the ore through the mercury and regulate its speed and direction. Thus we aro
enabled to obtain from the mercury its full amalgamating effect and make the ore
traverse a distance much greater than the vertical height of the mercury.
For the purpose of quickening the action of the mercury we sometimes use
Sodium amalgam in either a constant or intermittent stream. In cases where the
great cold prevents the use of fluid mercury at all seasons or where heat is necessary
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page_text: for any reason we surround the pan with a Steam Jacket. We find the greatest
advantage of this Steam jacket in cases where we pass the ore through in a dry
state.
We arrange in the amalgamating pan suitable taps to draw off the mercury for
retorting or other purposes.
In cases whore we have to deal with refractory ores known as "Mundic"
containing Pyrites and Sulphuretts we sometimes attach to the Mercury the
negative pole of an electric battery and in the water which we cause to flow over
tho surface of the pan to carry off the treated ore we immerse the positive pole
of the same battery thus keeping a constant stream of electricity passing
downwards through the amalgamating agent.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN KITCHEN STOVE PLATES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Jensen at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1883. Communicated to him
from abroad by Friedrich Kohl of Vienna Austria.
"
PETER JENSEN of 33 Chancery Lane in the County of Middlesex "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN KITCHEN STOVE PLATES (A Communication to me from abroad by
Friedrich Kohl of Vienna Austria)
"
The object of this invention is the construction of a kitchen stove plate intended
to replace the ordinary stove top plates with holes.
These stove plates have till now commonly been made of one single piece. The
central part of the plate where the hole is made has in consequence its transverse
section very diminished so that tho plates are liable to crack or break after having
been in use for a short time.
The improved stove plates are composed of four separate piecos connected with
each other by means of groove and tongue joints. For covering the holo several
separate concentric rings are not, as heretofore used, but only one single round lid.
The two middle pieces or plates aro along both sides provided with tongues
fitting in grooves in the two lateral pieces or plates. Should it be desired to
construct a stove plate of a larger size having several holes for cooking, other plates
similar to the middle plates can be fitted to the outer edges of the lateral plates;
for this purpose said outer edges are or may be provided either with grooves or
with flat rebates. The tongues of the middle plates do not fit quite closely in the
grooves of the lateral plates but said tongues are in two or more places provided
with thicker parts or shoulders fitting quite tightly in said grooves. Thus
sufficient space is given to the plates to allow of their distorting in consequence of
heat while they at the same time are held firmly together. The hole in the middle
of the plate is covered by a bellied round lid fitting in the circular rebate of the
plates. In order to give these stove plates a greater solidity and durability they
are reinforced from below with differently shaped fishes and braces, the lateral
plates are reinforced along a great portion of their length but the middle platos
only around the central hole.
By the described construction nearly indestructible stove plates are obtained.
Should even such a plate break or crack by some accident, there is no need to
replace the whole plate as is the case with ordinary stove plates, but only one of
the pieces composing it.
AN IMPROVED COMBINED SEAT OR FORM AND TABLE AND COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jonathan Wigglesworth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1883.
JONATHAN WIGGLESWORTH, of Saltaire, near Bradford, in the County of York,
Mechanic, "AN IMPROVED COMBINED SEAT OR FORM AND TABLE AND COMBINED
CHAIR AND TABLE."
In the
The object of this invention is to construct seats or forms that will admit of
being transformed into tables and are principally intended for schools, public
institutions or places of amusement where room is a great object, but which may
be used for other purposes; also to construct chairs which can be transformed into
small tables when required. For this purpose I employ metal side frames having
legs; the back legs are made with projecting slanting back supports and the front
legs are connected at a suitable height by rails to the back legs, and at a regulated
height lugs are formed or cast on the legs on which lugs is placed and secured a
wooden box extending across the seat or form from one side frame to the other;
the box is made by preference with a central partition to strengthen the box; the
ends of the box are also secured to the top rails of the metal side frames.
top of the slanting back supports are fitted pins or studs on which are pivotted
iron rails or bars to which is secured the wooden back of the seat or form and the
iron rails or bars exceed in length the slanting back supports; the wooden back of
the seat is connected to the wooden seat by hinges and at each end of the side
frames are pivotted metal bars which when the back and seat are brought up to
form the table when required for use, the said bars are lifted up and secured to the
iron rails or bars by thumbscrews and when the table is not required for use the
thumbscrews are removed and the bars lowered and brought level with the seat
and secured in position by the thumbscrews, and left there until the table is
required to be formed
The chairs and tables are constructed with similar side frames herein before
described and with moveable backs and seats which form the tops of the tables.
AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF FABRIC FOR COVERING FOR OTHER PURPOSES Arran
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Denton Abel at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th August 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by William Painter and Lewis Ramsey Keizer both of
Baltimore in the United States of America.
"
CHARLES DENTON ABEL of N° 28 Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane in
the County of Middlesex " AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF FABRIC FOR COVERING
[communicated to him from abroad by
William Painter and Lewis Ramsey Keizer both of Baltimore in the United States
of America.]
PULLIES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Arrangements have already been proposed for covering pullies in order either to
increase their frictional hold, or to increase their diameter, for which purposes
coverings of wood, leather, paper and compounds of caoutchouc with other
materials have been proposed, but all such coverings have been applied in a
direction transversely to the axis of the pulley, and have been fixed by screws,
rivetting or cementing. Strips of wood have also been fixed on the pullies parallel
to the axis, and the surface thus formed has then been turned in a lathe.
According to the present invention a covering is employed which can be secured
on the pulley by bending it over the rim thereof, thus making the covering
embrace the two rims of the pulley.
For this purpose a fabric is employed consisting of ductile metal in the form of
wire or strips or bands, or plain or perforated sheets, combined with a flexible
material such as caoutchouc, leather or other material, the metal being combined
with the other material either by imbedding it therein or by cementing or otherwise
fixing it thereon. For coverings for pullies the metal is by preference employed
in the form of soft wire laid side by side in one direction only, the wires being
connected by weaving or interlacing threads therewith, so that the fabric can be
laid round the rim of the pulley, with the wires lying parallel with the axis
thereof, and the projecting part of the fabric is then bent round the edge of the
rim on each side.
When applied to other purposes, such as coverings for stairs and the like, the
ductile metal may either be used as above described or it may consist of wires laid
in both directions, or woven, or of strips or bands or sheet metal

page_text: The material covering the metal or otherwise combined therewith may either
be all of one kind, or it may be a combination of two or more different materials,
such as caoutchouc and canvas.
In some cases the wire or other metal may only be provided at those points of
the fabric which require to be bent over as described, serving as clips for securing 5
the other part of the fabric to the surface to be covered. Thus a sheet of leather
or other material may have strips or bands of soft metal secured by rivetting or
otherwise along its edges, which bands are then bent over the edge of the surface
to be covered.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING THE SURFACE OF SATIN FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edmund Edwards at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th February 1883. A communication
to him from abroad by Francisque Rousselon, of Lyon, 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 THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR POLISHING
THE SURFACE OF SATIN FABRICS [A communication to him from abroad by
Francisque Rousselon, of Lyon, in the Republic of France]
"
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for polishing the surface of
satin fabrics in such manner that accidental tearing or fraying of the fabric is
avoided, whilst the process is effected with very great rapidity.
The apparatus consists of a series of polishing devices set in motion by a single
driving shaft actuated by steam or other suitable power, accidental tearing or
fraying being prevented by making the polishing devices flexible and operating
against a support arranged so as to ensure the necessary polishing action either
upon heavy or light fabrics.
The fabric is fed forward in the direction of its length by any suitable means of
the ordinary kind above the polishing devices, which consist of a sufficient number
of flexible endless belts passing round pulleys upon shafts parallel with the length
of the fabric. A central shaft is arranged at or near the centre of the width of the
fabric, and two parallel side shafts are arranged one at each side at a sufficient
distance from it.
The pulleys which carry the belts upon the central shaft revolve loose upon the
latter, and are arranged as closely together as convenient and the endless belts
upon them pass alternately to driving pullies upon the outer parallel shafts which
are made to revolve in opposite directions so that the belts under the fabric travel
from the centre to the edges of the latter. Upon the belts are rivetted or screwed
supports at right angles to the surface, upon which are bolted flexible adjustable
polishing plates or blades which press upon and polish the lower surface of the
fabric at right angles to its length when it is passed over them.
Longitudinal supporting plates are arranged under the travelling belts in order.
that the necessary support for the latter may be given when the polishing plates
upon them are operating upon the fabric above.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR PENCIL, PEN, BOUQUET OR OTHER ARTICLE AND MEANS OF SECURING THE SAME TO THE DRESS OF THE WEARER
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Moore at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th October 1883.
SAMUEL MOORE of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
"IMPROVEMENTS
IN HOLDERS OR RECEPTACLES FOR PENCIL, PEN, BOUQUET OR OTHER ARTICLE AND
MEANS OF SECURING THE SAME TO THE DRESS OF THE WEARER."
"
This invention consists in constructing a ferrule, bolder or other receptacle with
a safety pin or equivelent attachment by means of which the same can be
instantly attached to or detached from any part of the dress of the user in any
position most convenient to the wearer. Thus a clerk Shop Assistant, or workman
can instantly attach the holder to his coat or vest in such a manner as to make
it exceedingly useful for the reception of his pencil which is often in constant use.
When attached on the inside of a coat it is equally useful and does away with
the liability of having frequently to fumble in several pockets before the pencil can
be found.
Besides forming a convenient receptacle as described above for pencil, pen, tooth
pick, or other article of constant use or for two or more of them at one time it also
serves as a protector for the points of pencils, pens or for the sharp point of tooth
pick or knife.
The improvement is also applicable to Bouquet or Flower holder and enables the
wearer to attach the Bouquet instantly to any part of the coat or dress instead of
confining the holder to a button hole as heretofore.
In some cases I secure a spring of steel or india-rubber to the holder which
slightly grips the pencil or other article placed in it and so prevents the article
falling out of the holder at any time.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUfacture of PILED FABRICS AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SUCH MANUFACTURE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Dionys. Marcon of Paris (N° 5 Rue Saint Merri)
Mechanician for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUfacture of
PILED FABRICS AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN SUCH
MANUFACTURE"
(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 Dionys Marcon at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th June 1883.
DIONYS MARCON of Paris (N° 5. Rue Saint Merri) Mechanician
IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PILED FABRICS AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN SUCH MANUFACTURE
"
This invention relates to improvements upon a former Patent for the manu-
facture of piled fabrics, and apparatus employed for such manufacture granted to
me N° 2623 and dated 28th June AD 1880, the object of the present invention
being to improve the cloth and to facilitate the cutting thereof by allowing more
time for the latter operation.
The invention consists of a section or tappet arranged at each side of the loom,
which drives three picks with weft and two movements of the lathe or slay
without weft..