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IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSICAL BOXES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Elise Karrer Hoffmann at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th August 1880.
ELISE KARRER HOFFMANN, of Teufenthal, Switzerland, Musical Box Manu-
facturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSICAL BOXES."
In musical boxes as ordinarily constructed the spring is wound up by an axis at
its centre, and the motive power of the wound up spring is transmitted from the
barrel or case in which the spring is contained to the roller on which the tunes are
pricked by a train of wheels.
My Invention consists in the construction and arrangement herein after described
of the parts by which the motive power of the spring is communicated to the
roller, by which construction and arrangement of parts the motive power of the
spring is communicated directly to the roller, and the latter is independent of the
barrel of the spring.
In a musical box constructed according to my Invention, the coiled spring is
contained in a barrel as usual. The end of the axis of the roller has a projecting
pin or hook, which when the barrel and spring are passed onto the end of the roller
axes, engages in a slot in the inner or central end of the spring, and the axis of the
roller and the inner or central end of the spring are thus connected together, the
axes of the barrel and coiled spring being coincident.
On the barrel or case of the spring is a worm wheel with which another worm
wheel gears, and by means of a winch or handle applied to the axis of the latter
the spring may be wound up.
By my Invention the mechanism is simplified, a feebler spring being sufficient; it
is less liable to fracture; friction is reduced; the barrel and spring can be readily
removed by hand, while the gearing of the barrel can be lubricated without the
removal of any of the parts.
In consequence of the smaller number of parts in musical boxes made according
to my Invention, they are less costly to manufacture than musical boxes of the
ordinary kind.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SECURING THE PARTS OF SCAFFOLDING, OR OTHER SIMILAR STRUCTURES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Robinson at the Office of tho
Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd April 1880.
ROBERT ROBINSON, of Askew Road, Gateshead-on-Tyne, in the County of
Durham, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF SECURING THE PARTS OF
SCAFFOLDING, OR OTHER SIMILAR STRUCTURES."
This Invention relates to improvements in the mode of securing together the
upright and cross poles of scaffolding, applicable also to other similar structures
where two or more parts are required to be securely fastened together or spliced.
For fastening the cross poles to the upright poles of scaffolding or other similar
structures, I use a curved plate having spikes on its concave side, and on its back
(or convex side) a projecting pin. To one end of this plate is attached a few links
of chain having a slip hook at the end, and to the opposite end of the plate is
attached another chain of suitable length.
The curved plate being placed against the outer side of the upright pole, the
Jonger chain is passed once round the upright pole only, over back of plate, above
the pin against which it rests, then round the cross pole, and is linked on to the
slip hook on end of short chain.
For fastening the upright poles one to another, I use a strong curved bar having
spikes on its concave side. Through a hole in one end of this bar is a screwed bolt
having one end formed into a hook, and a tapped nut with a handle formed upon
it working upon the screwed part of the bolt, and bearing against the outer or
convex side of the curved bar as a fulcrum. The opposite end of the bar has a
piece of chain of suitable length attached to it.
The curved bar being placed against the side of one of the upright poles, the
chain is carried round the other pole and linked on to the hooked end of the
screwed bolt, and the nut being turned by the handle, the chain is drawn up by
the bolt until the requisite rigidity is attained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF MAKING THE JOINTS OF MOULDS FOR CASTING STEEL & OTHER METALS UNDER PRESSURE, AND FOR MATERIAL USED IN MAKING THE SAME.
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles James Allport at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd August 1880.
CHARLES JAMES ALLPORT, 11, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Mechanical
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF MAKING THE JOINTS OF MOULDS
FOR CASTING STEEL & OTHER METALS UNDER PRESSURE, AND FOR MATERIAL
USED IN MAKING THE SAME.
"
The object of my Invention is to use asbestos for making the joints of moulds for
casting steel and other metals under pressure, and the mode in which it is
accomplished is to either use strips or rings of asbestos millboard or asbestos fibre,
made into a gaskin between the bottom of the ingot mould & the bottom upon
which it stands, and the lid and top of the mould, and, if the mould is made into
more than one piece, between the joints of the different pieces.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF CONCRETE AND CEMENT AS APPLIED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BUILDING BLOCKS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Faija at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1880.
HENRY FAIJA, of the Portland Cement Testing Room and Laboratory, No. 4,
Great Queen Street, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE TREATMENT OF CONCRETE AND CEMENT AS APPLIED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF BUILDING BLOCKS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
My Invention relates to improvements in the treatment of concrete and cement
as applied in the manufacture of building blocks and for other purposes, and has
for object to enable concrete and cement (it may be lime) in the shape of blocks or
pipes, or in other forms to be speedily hardened ready for use or for testing.
The concrete or cement may be mixed or gauged in the required form as usual,
and then is according to my Invention subjected to moist heat; one mode of
effecting this is as follows:-I place the mixed or gauged concrete or cement in a
chamber, into which I admit free steam or vapour so as to act directly upon the
material under treatment which is thus hardened. The time occupied in effecting
the hardening depends upon the temperature employed.
According to another part of my Invention, in order to accelerate the induration
of concrete and cement, I gauge or mix the cement with an alkaline solution; soda
or other alkali may be used.
A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PIPES OR BARS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Ingleby at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th August 1880. A communication
from abroad by the Kalker Werkzengmaschinenfabrik, L. W. Breuer,
Schumacher, & Co., of Kalk, near Cologne, Germany, an Incorporated
Company.
JOSEPH INGLEBY, of No. 7, St. Peter's Square, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. "A NEW OR IMPROVED PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PIPES OR
BARS." [A communication from abroad by the Kalker Werkzengmaschinenfabrik,
L. W. Breuer, Schumacher, & Co., of Kalk, near Cologne, Germany, an Incorporated
Company.]
This Invention relates to a portable apparatus for cutting pipes or bars, the
apparatus being worked by hand and provided with self acting feed. It consists
of a sleeve made in halves, between which the pipe or bar to be cut is enclosed, the
halves being then firmly bolted together and being set truly concentric with the
pipe or bar by setting screws. In a groove on the sleeve is fitted a ring, which is
also put on in halves, and which can revolve truly around the sleeve. This ring
has bevil teeth which gear with a bevil pinion on an axis mounted perpendicularly
to the sleeve in a bracket projecting at one side of the sleeve. On this axis is fixed
a hand lever or wheel, by turning which the ring is caused to revolve round the
pipe or bar that is to be cut. To the ring is fixed a slide rest carrying a cutting
or parting tool which is advanced in the usual way by a screw, and on this screw
is fixed a star or ratchet wheel, which at each revolution of the ring catches a stud
projecting from the bracket of the sleeve, by which it is turned one or more teeth,
the cutting or parting tool being thus advanced a little at every revolution so as to
cut through the thickness of the pipe or bar. The stud may be adjusted so as to
vary the feed, or it may be moved into such a position as to escape the star or
ratchet wheel, which can then be turned back in order to withdraw the tool.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rafael Sunyé at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st December 1880. A communication
from abroad by Horacio Bentabol y Ureta, of Madrid, in the Kingdom of
Spain, Mining Engineer.
RAFAEL SUNYÉ, of Albany Road, in the County of Surrey, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES."
A communication from abroad by Horacio Bentabol y Ureta, of Madrid, in the
Kingdom of Spain, Mining Engineer.
My Invention relates to a novel contrivance or apparatus for guiding the piston
rod crosshead of a land, marine, or other steam engine in a perfectly and invariably
straight line, with considerably less friction than is the case with the system of
guides at present in use for that purpose.
It consists in the employment of two equal triangular levers (or bends) arranged
in the same planes opposite to one another on each side of the centre line of the
piston rod, and each hinged or fulcrumed at its lower backward angle to some fixed
part of the engine. The apices or meeting angles of these triangular levers (or bends),
are formed with toothed segments which gear into each other, and to the upper
backward angles are hinged respectively two equal links or rods, which are
connected at their further ends to the piston rod crosshead, the guidance of which
in a straight line is required.
By this arrangement the crosshead cannot diverge from the vertical line
extending from it to the horizontal line between the two fixed points or hinges of
the triangular levers. The most suitable proportions for securing the correct
working of this apparatus are, assuming the total travel of the crosshead to be
represented by 10, the radius of the toothed sectors of the triangular levers will be
about 6, length of the upright or backward limbs of the levers 5, and length of
the two rods or links connecting the crosshead to the top backward angles of the
levers 7. The angle most suitable for the toothed sectors is about 25°, but the
several proportions above given can be varied as experience may dictate. This
Invention by which the crosshead of a steam engine is guided in a perfectly straight
line is also applicable to any other description of mechanism where the straight
guidance of any point or portion is required. For preventing the crosshead or
other point to be guided from diverging laterally, two or more of my apparatus
will be coupled together side by side, thereby ensuring its perfect guidance in an
invariably straight line, whereas if only one apparatus is used, the guidance will be
only effected in one plane.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July 1880. A. com-
munication from abroad by Messieurs Holbrook and Ginet-Montgelas, Glove
Manufacturers, of Grenoble, Isère, in the Republic of France.
BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of the Firm of Harris and Mills, of 23,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GLOVES." A communication from abroad by
Messieurs Holbrook and Ginet-Montgelas, Glove Manufacturers, of Grenoble, Isère,
in the Republic of France.
The Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of gloves, and
relates to an improved cut for the blanks.
In this new glove the cutting for the thumb, in place of being cut in the centre
of the pattern or form used to cut the glove, is divided on the two exterior sides of
the pattern, so as to make of the latter a form approaching to rectangular without
any exterior projection, which effects a considerable economy in the extent of
skin employed.
The folding of the blank corresponds to the exterior part of the little finger, and
the joint of the glove being formed by the exterior sides of the pattern or blank in
place of being in the middle, is placed on the side of the thumb, which gives to the
glove a novel appearance, which, conjointly with the economic arrangement of the
cut, is claimed whether applied to gloves made of kid or other skin, in which
the economy of material is mainly considered, or to other kinds of sewn gloves.
This form of cut also effects a certain economy of workmanship, some of the
seams being shorter and easier to effect than with the ordinary form of cut.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGNETIC CURATIVE APPLIANCES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic Bapty at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st January 1880.
FREDERIC BAPTY, of 31, Park Square, Leeds, in the County of York,, Medical
Electrician. " IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGNETIC CURATIVE APPLIANCES."
The first part of this Invention consists in an improved make or construction
of the magnets used in the manufacture of "Magnetic Curative Appliances,”
wherein a number of flat magnets are employed in connection with woven or other
fabrics, and worn upon different parts of the body or limbs, for the purpose of
obtaining the beneficial results arising from the magnetic or electric action of these
magnets. In lieu of the heretofore general method of constructing the said magnets
in a perfectly flat or straight manner, I bend or curve them in such a manner as to
conform to or agree with the various parts of the body to which they are intended
to be applied. The objects of this part of my Invention or the benefits intended to
be derived therefrom are, first, increased comfort to the wearer; second, increased
durability; and, third, the power to use longer magnets, wherever it may be
desirable to do so without causing discomfort to the wearer.
The second part of this Invention consists in subjecting the surfaces of the
bereinbefore described magnets or any magnets used for curative purposes, to what
is known as Barff's protective process, which consists in submitting them to the
action of superheated steam, and thereby coating or covering them with a film of
oxide or oxides of iron, and thus rendering them capable of resisting the
destructive action arising from contact with the perspiration of the body or other
corrosive influence.
CERTAIN NEW IMPROVEMENT IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th February 1880. A communi-
cation by Stéphane Wibaux, Manufacturer, and Floris Mahieu, Weaver, both
of Roubaix, France.
HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue
de la Chausseé d'Antin, Paris, France, and 5, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent.
"A CERTAIN NEW IMPROVEMENT IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
A communication by Stéphane Wibaux, Manufacturer, and Floris Mahieu, Weaver,
both of Roubaix, France.
The Invention relates to withdrawing the shuttle in looms for weaving from the
pressure exercised thereon while at rest in its box, by means of an abutment fixed
on the frame of the loom in front of the driver and opposite the pressure lever
which acts on the shuttle.
In referring to the accompanying Drawing, if, for instance, D represents the
pressure lever; A, the batten of the slay-board; B, the slay-board; C, the part of the
lever arm which acts directly on the shuttle in order to press it at E into the box,
all that is necessary to be done is to fix to the frame at H an abutment or buffer,
in order that when the lever D comes in contact with the said abutment it may be
made to oscillate round the point O, thus breaking off the contact between C and
E, and consequently doing away with the pressure on the shuttle.
It must be observed that this doing away with the pressure can only be effected
when the slay-board is at the back in the position for driving the shuttle.
At this moment the lever D begins to press on the abutment H and the shuttle
is set free an instant before being driven out. On passing the dead point the
shuttle is again free, when it goes into the other box, but at the moment of the
forward movement of the slay-board the lever D no longer comes into contact
with the abutment H, the spring M acts and the shuttle is pressed into its resting-
place.
The abutment is placed on one side only of the frame, the axis O illustrating the
section of a rod which communicates the same oscillations to a similar lever on the
other side of the frame, but another abutment may be placed on each side.
The same result might be obtained, but perhaps with less precision, by con-
necting the lever C with the connecting-rod K by means of a string, lash, or other
similar contrivance.
By combining together the two devices above described a perfect result is
obtained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOBE HOLDERS FOR GAS AND OTHER BURNERS OR LAMPS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Jones at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October 1880.
FREDERICK JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Stamper and
Piercer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN GLOBE HOLDERS FOR GAS AND OTHER BURNERS
OR LAMPS,"
This Invention relates to improvements in globe holders for gas and other burners
or lamps.
In carrying out my improvements I apply to one of the radial arms of the globe
holder a slotted cranked lever, the slot of the lever passing over and working on a
pivot in the arm, the said slot in the lever or the part of the arm over which it
works being inclined, so that when the globe is placed on the holder, and the lower
end of the lever is pushed inwards the upper arm of the lever will be brought
against the inside lower edge of the globe so as to hold the same in position, the
said slot biting or binding on the arm on which it pivots; or I may employ a
sliding slotted lever working on the upper edge of one of the radial arms of the
holder and under a suitably placed pin in such a manner that when the lever is
moved outwards so as to take hold of the globe, it will be held in position by the
said pin.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OIL AND OTHER LAMPS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harold Clinch at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th August 1880.
HAROLD CLINCH, of No. 1, Willersley Villas, Ashbourne Grove, East Dulwich, in
the County of Surrey. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OIL AND
OTHER LAMPS."
The object of my said Invention is the improvement in the construction of
lamps, by which they may be lighted and trimmed without removing the chimney,
globe, or shade; and this improvement I carry out by so constructing the burner
and socket of the lamp in such a manner that the chimney and globe may be
raised with a portion of the lamp above an aperture in which the light may be
inserted.
The following is a description of one mode of carrying this into effect :-
:-
To the gallery which carries the chimney and globe is attached an outer tube
with air holes perforated in the upper part thereof, and two apertures cut therein
opposite each other of about one fourth of its circumference. Inside of this tube
is an inner tube with a screw end fixing on to the reservoir, and in which is fixed
a guide piece attached to this inner tube. This guide piece carries a two jointed
lever, which is acted upon by a thumb piece projecting from the outer tube. The
upper end of this jointed lever is attached to the under side of the gallery, and the
lower end to the bottom part of the wick tube.
Upon turning the thumb piece the lever is set in motion, the gallery with the
outer tube is raised, and the wick tube lowered in an equal manner, bringing the
upper part of the wick tube and wick on a level with the apertures, when after
lighting the wick the reverse action of the thumb piece lowers the gallery and
outer tube, and raises the wick tube to its proper position, closing the apertures.
Having described my Invention, what I claim and wish to secure is, the raising
and lowering of a part of the lamp in such manner that the wick is exposed for
lighting and trimming, avoiding the removal of chimney or globe.
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPLIANCES FOR FASTENING GLOVES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rudolph Weiss at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd November 1880.
RUDOLPH WEISS, of 47, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham. "IMPROVED MEANS
OF AND APPLIANCES FOR FASTENING GLOVES, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to improved means of and appliances for fastening gloves
and other similar articles, and consists in fastening the glove or other article by
means of a thread, one end of which is attached to a bar of metal or other suitable
material stitched or otherwise fastened to one side of the wrist portion of the glove,
the other end of the thread being attached to the axle of an appliance (the shape
and construction of which is hereafter explained) on the opposite side of the
wrist portion of the glove.
The appliance consists of an upper disc of metal or other suitable material
perforated at or near its periphery, and an under disc not perforated, through
which discs a vertical axle or spindle passes. The lower part of the said axle is
provided with a small disc, and the upper part has an arm hinged or jointed to it,
the said arm being provided with a pin to take into one of the holes on the upper
and perforated disc when the glove is to be fastened.
The vertical axle or spindle is made to revolve by turning the hinged or jointed
arm, and by its revolution winds up or unwinds the thread passing round it, and so
draws the two opposite sides of the wrist portion of the glove nearer together or
allows them to be further apart, according to the direction in which the axle
is revolved.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO AUTOMATIC FLUSHING APPARATUS FOR CLEANSING DRAINS, AND THE LIKE PURPOSES WHERE THE WATER OR OTHER FLUID IS ADMITTED AND DISCHARGED IN REGULATED QUANTITIES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Burton Richard Phillipson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th September 1880.
BURTON RICHARD PHILLIPSON, of 4, Nassau Street, in the City and County of
Dublin. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO AUTOMATIC FLUSHING APPARATUS
FOR CLEANSING DRAINS, AND THE LIKE PURPOSES WHERE THE WATER OR OTHER
FLUID IS ADMITTED AND DISCHARGED IN REGULATED QUANTITIES."
This Invention has for its object the retaining of water in a tank or other
receptacle, and discharging the saine when a certain quantity has accumulated.
It is also applicable to mill ponds and all places where water is stored, and a
regulated quantity required to be admitted to the apparatus and discharged
therefrom when such quantity has filled it. The apparatus again automatically
fills itself.
It consists in a suitable valve attached to a lover or its equivalent having a ball
or float at its extremity, and closing or opening the discharge pipe. This lever
travels in a slotted standard or pillar. A latch is pivoted to this standard and is
furnished with a slot traversing on a pin or vice versa. This latch carries an arm
or lever, connected to which is a chain or cord attached to a floating ball or other
float attached by a loose chain or cord near or to the top of the tank or receptacle
enclosing the whole. Another latch similar to the one described but reversed in
position is pivoted on the other side of the slot or opening in the standard, and the
lever attached to it carries a floating ball or its equivalent.
When the tank is full the ball or float attached to the loose chain floats, pulling
on its lever and releasing the first named latch, which allows the valve lever to
travel up the slot or opening in the standard by the power of its ball or float,
where it is locked and retained by the second named latch actuated by its float or
ball. Thus the valve remains fully open till the contents of the tank are discharged
into the drain or other conduit or receptacle. When however the water falls
below the level of the ball or float of the second named latch it drops, releasing
the valve lever and float, which travels down the slot or opening and closes the
valve till the tank again fills, during which the valve is held down by the first
named latch.
•
It will be seen that when the second named latch releases the valve it is at once
permitted to shut suddenly instead of gradually.
AN IMPROVED WASHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Mann at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th August 1880.
FREDERICK MANN, of Bedford, in the County of Bedford. "AN IMPROVED
WASHING MACHINE OR APPARATUS."
This Invention relates to the construction of an improved machine or apparatus
for washing purposes, whereby a constant automatic circulation of the water through
the clothes being washed is effected, such machine being simple in construction and
capable of being applied to any ordinary copper or boiler, and when constructed on
a large scale can be worked by steam power.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a dome of copper or other suitable metal
of about the same diameter as the bottom of the boiler or other vessel in which the
apparatus is used,
From the centre of the dome is fixed a pipe of about one and a half inches in
diameter, and long enough to reach to within an inch or so of the top of the vessel
in which the apparatus is being used. In the top of this pipe there are several
openings or spouts through which the water constantly flows when the apparatus
is at work.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN ROLLING-MILLS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Joseph Barnard Mills at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd January 1880. A
communication from abroad by William Henry Glover, Carpenter, William
Leonard Reynolds, Metal Roller, and Thomas Taylor, Metal Roller, all of
St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, in the United States of America.
BENJAMIN JOSEPH BARNARD MILLS, of the Firm of Harris and Mills, of 23,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN ROLLING-MILLS." A communication from abroad by William Henry
Glover, Carpenter, William Leonard Reynolds, Metal Roller, and Thomas Taylor,
Metal Roller, all of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, in the United States of
America.
.
The improvement relates to the coupling device between rolls of the same elevation
by which one roll is made to drive another.
This has been done by forming the rolls with one end projecting beyond the
journal boxes and forming longitudinal recesses in this end, which receive inwardly
projecting ribs upon the coupling box so as to cause the coupling box to turn and
to communicate rotation to a spindle extending from one roll to another, said spindle
being grooved like the ends of the rolls for the engagement of the coupling box,
which laps on to both the spindle and roll ends. It has been impracticable to keep
the rolls in exact line, or even a near approximation thereto, so that the coupling is
required to be made very loose to prevent binding and straining of the parts. The
consequence is that there is a great amount of jarring and wear from the loose
motion between the parts, which are necessarily made very heavy.
The improvement consists in supporting the coupling spindle ou a spring centre
spindle at each end, said centre spindle being socketed in the coupling spindle, and
its end entering a centre hole in the end of the roll. This construction prevents the
ends of the coupling spindle beating against the ends of the rolls, and acts as a
support to said spindle.
The position of the centre spindle may be reversed; thus it may be socketed in
the roll and its centre enter a centre hole in the coupling spindle.
The centre spindle may be applied without a spring, but would not operate as
well.
.
IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR RIVETTING SHIPS AND OTHER PLATED STRUCTURES."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ralph Hart Tweddell at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th November 1880.
RALPH HART TWEDDELL, of Delahay Street, Westminster, in the County of
Middlesex. "IMPROVED MEANS AND APPARATUS FOR RIVETTING SHIPS AND
OTHER PLATED STRUCTURES."
In many cases it is difficult to apply tools of ordinary construction worked by
fluid pressure or otherwise for the purpose of rivetting structures, such as the hulls
of vessels, iron bridges and the like.
My Invention relates to means of conveniently communicating and applying
power in such cases which I effect in the following manner. By means of a steam
engine or other suitable motor, which may be stationary, I work a dynamo-electric
or magneto-electric machine of any known construction so as to produce electricity,
I conduct the electricity so produced by suitable conductors to the place where the
rivetting has to be effected, and I apply it there to work a stationary or portable
electro dynamic machine which puts in motion a spring hammer, causing it to
make a series of rapidly succeeding blows upon a rivet. The machine, if necessary,
may work two or more hammers, these being guided so that the blows may be
directed in various points and at various angles. In some cases I mount the
dynamo-electric machine on a frame similar to those used for steam or hydraulic
rivetters, providing means for working haminers at either side or at both sides of
the rivetted work. By substituting for the hammer a caulking tool the machine
may be applied for caulking, or a spindle worked by the electro-dynamic machine
may be fitted with a drill, broach, or rimer for drilling, countersinking or broaching
the rivet holes, or with a revolving cutter or emery wheel for dressing off rivets.
Machines, as above described may in many cases be conveniently used in conjunc-
tion with hydraulic machines of known kind for rivetting, punching, shearing, and
the like; and the electricity may be applied to work the valves of such machines
by exciting electro-magnets attached to them so as to work armatures connected to
their valves. In many cases the pipes employed for the communication of hydraulic
pressure, and the wire ropes used for suspending machines may be utilized as
conductors of the electricity for machines such as are described above, or for working
the valves of hydraulic machines.
A NEW OR IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRESERVING ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES AND LIQUIDS, AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Adrien Bonneville at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th October 1880. A commu-
nication from Arthur Robert, of 227, Rue St. Honoré, Paris, France.
HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Rue
de la Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, France, and 90, Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Patent Agent. "A NEW OR IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRESERVING ANIMAL AND
VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES AND LIQUIDS, AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
A communication from Arthur Robert, of 277, Rue St. Honoré, Paris, France.
The Invention relates to the preservation of animal and vegetable substances,
especially solid or liquid alimentary products liable to fermentation, in securing
them against the contact of the germs of fermentation in atmospheric air, and to
improve liquids rapidly by the contact with pure oxygen air, and consists in not
allowing the air to penetrate into the jars or other vessels containing these sub-
stances, products, or liquids, except by causing it to pass through some matter or
substance, such as cotton, asbestos, or other suitable matter or substance, proper to
sift it, free it of, intercept the passage, or prevent the introduction of, germs of
fermentation contained in this air into the jars or other vessels.
The apparatus intended to contain the material or substance for the sifting or
the filtering of the air may be made of metal, glass, porcelaine,, or any other suitable
material, and has nothing particular as to shape; it ought only to be arranged and
provided with suitable inlet holes and valves, to admit the introduction and passage
of atmospheric air (and prevent its returning) through the sifting or filtering
matter or substance into the jar or vessel containing the product to be preserved.
In order to understand the said Invention more clearly, reference is had to the
accompanying Drawing, which represents an apparatus constructed according to
the said Invention, seen in a vertical section; intended to protect the liquids against
the contact with impure air. A is the body of the apparatus; B, a threaded nozzle
to be screwed into the barrel or recipient containing the liquid to be preserved;
C, the chamber into which the filtering matter is put; D, the inlet holes by which
the atmospheric air passes through the filtering matter; E, the holes for the intro-
duction of the filtered air, shut by the moveable india-rubber valves F; G, the tube
through which the filtered air passes into the barrel or recipient containing the
liquid to be preserved.
IMPROVEMENTS IN 'UNIONS' FOR JOINING PIPES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jonadab Whitehead at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1880.
JONADAB WHITEHEAD, of Lockwood, near Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Blacksmith. IMPROVEMENTS IN 'UNIONS' FOR JOINING PIPES."
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This Invention relates to apparatus to be employed in joining or coupling
metal pipes; and the improvements consist in the use and employment of loose
metal flanges, which are placed onto the ends of pipes intended to be joined.
Between the flanges (and by preference on the end of each pipe) is placed a short
tube or ferrule, which bears upon an india rubber ring or packing, and when the
two flanges are drawn towards each other by bolts and nuts the india rubber ring
or packing is pressed out and expanded to such an extent as to form an effectual
joint and prevent the escape of gas, steam, or water, which may be in the pipes.
By this means the ends of the pipes and the flanges do not require to be tapped
and scrowed.
When it is intended to join or couple a metal pipe to a lead pipe one end of the
short tube or ferrule referred to is by preference made taper, such taper end
being inserted into the lead pipe, so that when the flanges are drawn together by
bolts and nuts the lead pipe is caused to give way and expand, by which means a
steam or water tight joint is formed.
When two lead pipes are intended to be joined the short tube or ferrule is
tapered at both ends, and inserted into the ends of the lead pipes, and when the
flanges are drawn towards each other the ends of the pipes expand, and water
tight joints are thereby made.
APPARATUS FOR DRAWING TOGETHER AND LOCKING IN PLACE THE HEADS OF LANDAUS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George James Jacobs at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th April 1880.
"IMPROVED
GEORGE JAMES JACOBS, of Guildford, in the County of Surrey
APPARATUS FOR DRAWING TOGETHER AND LOCKING IN PLACE THE HEADS OF
LANDAUS."
My Invention relates to a fastening device for forcibly drawing and locking
together the heads of landaus. After the heads of such carriages have been raised in
the usual way it is usually a matter of some difficulty and requiring considerable
force to draw them close together so as to pull the leather covering tight and take
out folds or creases therefrom, and this it is the object of the fastening device of my
Invention to accomplish by an easy moment, which at same time firmly locks the
heads together.
The device consists of a cranked lever working on a pivot upon a plate fixed to
the framework at the inside of one of the heads, and of a coupling link jointed
to the short arm and adapted to engage with a stud or its equivalent upon
another plato attached in a corresponding position to the framework of the other
head.
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The coupling link may have a slot or mortise at its free extremity to engage
with the said stud or catch on the other head, or the position of the parts might
be reversed, the stud or catch being on the link, and the slot or mortise on the
other plate.
The action of the device is as follows:-The long arm of the lever forms a handle
by which it is operated, and when the coupling link is first engaged with the
corresponding stud or catch the three centres, vis., the stud or catch, the joint of
the link with the lever, and the pivot on which the lever works, are more or
less nearly in line in the order named; but by turning the lever half round on its
pivot the joint of the link is brought round to the opposite side of the pivot, so
that the three centres are again in line, thereby drawing the two heads tightly
together.
In order to lock the parts in this position the lever is made slightly cranked to
enable it to describe rather more than a semicircle, so that by passing slightly
beyond the dead centre it will lock itself against the coupling link and not tend to
become released by shocks or jars.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TAPS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wilde at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1880.
JOHN WILDE, of Sydenham Hill, Sydenham, in the Couny of Kent.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN TAPS."
My Invention consists in the construction of taps so as to be able to draw off a
certain quantity of liquid at each turn of the handle. I make the tap of metal or
wood somewhat of the usual shapo, but having two turn plugs (instead of one)
placed at a certain distance apart, one being tho inlet the other the outlet plug.
On the top of cach I fix horizontally (in place of the usual thumb turn) a toothed
wheel. I also fix to turn on a pivot another toothed wheel to work between and
into the two before mentioned toothed wheels. To this wheel I attach or otherwise
a handle on to the side of the tap between the two plays to screw on or fix a
vessel or measure, having marked thereon a scale. On turning the handle it opens
the inlet and at the same time closes the outlet plugs; the liquid then flows
into the vessel or measure, by turning the handle the reverse way it first cuts off
the inlet and then opens the outer plug. This Invention may be modified, instead
of the toothed wheels levers or endless bands may be employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PILE FABRICS IN IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN, AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Lister at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th July 1880.
HENRY LISTER, of Ashbrow Mills, near Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PILE FABRICS IN
IMITATION OF SEAL SKIN, AND OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS."
This Invention has reference to woven pile fabrics made in imitation of the skins
of seals, otters, chinchillas, and other like animals, and the improvements consist in
a new combination of materials for use in the manufacture of the fabrics referred to.
The materials employed consist in a mixture of mobair and silk when in the
raw state, that is to say, these two materials are combined and blended previous to
spinning, and when produced into a thread may be used either as warp or weft.
After the piece has been woven and the pile cut, it is subjected to the process
or operation known as "tipping." Instead of using mohair and silk, alpaca and
silk may be combined and blended together, and treated in the manner already
referred to, or a mixture of camel hair and silk may be employed.
Instead of the above named materials being mixed and blended previous to
spinning, a mohair and silk thread, or an alpaca and silk thread, or a thread of
camel hair and silk may be twisted and used as warp or weft in producing pile
fabrics, by which means a better imitation of the original skin is obtained than as
hitherto been made, the materials herein named being peculiarly well adapted for
the purpose..
A LIGHT PORTABLE FOLDING METAL CAMP BEDSTEAD OF PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION, SUITABLE FOR MILITARY, NAVAL, OR SANITARY PURPOSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Christian Held and Matthias
Schilling at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th February
1880.
CHARLES CHRISTIAN HELD, Merchant, of 20, Jacobstrasse, Stuttgart, and
MATTHIAS SCHILLING, Mechanician, of 2, Staffelstrasse, Stuttgart, in the Kingdom
of Württemberg. "A LIGHT PORTABLE FOLDING METAL CAMP BEDSTEAD OF
PECULIAR CONSTRUCTION, SUITABLE FOR MILITARY, NAVAL, OR SANITARY
PURPOSES."
The Invention consists in constructing a bedstead having a pair of top rails
consisting of several pieces hinged together, and a suitable number (preferably 6)
of lega or stands arranged in pairs joined together by transverse bars made in
halves, binged together in the centre, and booked with their ends to the lower
portion of the stands. It is preferred to place three stands on each side, dividing
the length of the bedstead into two spans, each of which is bridged over by a
beam, forming one half of the top rail, and such beam is provided in the centre
with a vertical joint having a hinge at the bottom, by which it can be folded. The
ends of each beam are hooked to the top of the respective stand, and each of the
latter is provided with a ring or shackle, through which passes one end of a strap,
serving to fasten a sheet of sailcloth or other material, which is spread over the
top of the bedstead. The whole bedstead may be made of iron, and serve for
hospital, military, or private use.
AND IN APPARATUS FOR COOKING AND DISHING UP MEAT, FISH, AND VEGETABLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hall at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th June 1880.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
JOHN HALL, of Kensington, in the County of Middlesex.
AND IN APPARATUS FOR COOKING AND DISHING UP MEAT, FISH, AND VEGETABLES."
My Invention relates to a node of and to an apparatus or device for use in
in boiling or cooking and dishing up meat, fish, and vegetables, whereby all the
natural juices and flavor of the food are retained instead of being boiled out into
the water, and the food may be taken from the kettle or saucepan and served up
without being handled or disturbed.
The device consists of a perforated slab or tray of oval or other form to
correspond to the shape of the kettle or saucepan and of the dish on which the
fish or other food is to be served, and provided with feet to raise it from the bottom
of the vessel in which it stands, and with handles to enable it to be raised
thereout and transferred from the cooking vessel to the dish. This tray is
preferably made of glazed china or earthenware, decorated to match the dinner
service, but it may be made of any other suitable material.
Instead of immersing the food in water, as in the ordinary method of boiling, it
is cooked in an atmosphere of steam generated from a small quantity of water at
the bottom of the kettle, the tray being supported above the surface of this water
so that the fish or other food shall not be immersed therein. The food is thus
boiled or cooked in its own naturally contained juices. When the cooking is
complete the tray is removed from the kettle and placed on a dish, the food being
served up on the tray itself.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jasper Wetter at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 26th June 1880. A communication from
abroad by Le Coultre et Compagnie, of Sentier, in the Republic of Switzerland.
JASPER WETTER, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of Patents,
of 67, Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CHRONOGRAPH WATCHES." A communication from abroad by Le Coultre et
Campagnie, of Sentier, in the Republic of Switzerland.
The Invention consists in the application of a toothed roller, which when brought
in contact with a toothed wheel (preferably by supporting the roller in a pivoted
lever acted upon by a spring) shares the motion of the latter, the said toothed
wheel being fixed on a pinion completing a revolution once per hour, or per minute,
or in any other suitable space of time. The said toothed roller instantly transmits
the motion of the toothed wheel upon the sleeve which carries the chronograph
pointer, the latter being movable at will, and marking on the dial the minutes,
seconds, or other spaces of time, according to the motion transmitted from the
toothed wheel, which may be effected by a double armed lever. The toothed
roller connecting instantly two concentric toothed wheels placed one over the other
may be applied to chronograph watches having the mechanism below the dial, as
well as to those of which the mechanism is open to view.
IMPROVEMENTS IN YARN SINGING MACHINES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lot Newsholme, Henry Scatchard,
and Thomas Scatchard at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
17th February 1880.
LOT NEWSHOLME, HENRY SCATCHARD, and THOMAS SCATCHARD, all of Oakworth,
in the County of York, Mechanics. "IMPROVEMENTS IN YARN SINGING
MACHINES."
The object of our Invention is to arrange an apparatus that can be applied to
existing singing machines used for finishing yarn in such a manner that when any
of the threads of yarn are broken or exhausted from the unfinished yarn bobbin,
the bobbin containing the singed yarn will be instantaneously lifted from off the
driving pulley and thus prevent the yarn becoming rough and forming waste,
also to reduce the size of the gas flame when the singed yarn bobbin is raised from
off the driving pulley.
We accomplish our object in the following manner :—
The bobbins containing the unsinged yarn are placed upon the ordinary pegs,
and the yarn is conducted therefrom round the circumference of two grooved pullies
which are mounted on studs fixed a short distance from each other. We conduct
the yarn round the circumference of the before mentioned grooved pullies somewhat
as follows:-It passes, say, for example, from the unfinished bobbins to the top of
the first grooved pulley, then underneath the second pulley, round the circumference
to the top of the same, then underneath the first named pulley round to the top,
and back to the second named pulley; the yarn whilst passing from pulley to pulley
is singed, and the number of times the same passes from pulley to pulley depends
on the strength and nature of the yarn that is being manipulated.
After the yarn is singed and leaves the second grooved pulley, it is conducted
through a guide fixed in a lever that is mounted in a bracket, in such a manner that
in case the yarn is broken or exhausted from the unfinished yarn bobbin the said
lever will fall and strike a pin, which will actuate a catch lover that is in connection
with the ordinary weighted lever, which when liberated by the before mentioned
catch lever will raise the bobbin containing the singed yarn from off the
driving pulley, and thus stop the bobbin and yarn revolving and damaging the
latter.
When the weighted lever before mentioned is actuated in the manner described
the pipe conveying the gas to the jet is moved sideway, and when so moved the
supply of gas to the jet is diminished, and thus reduces the flame and effects a great
saving in gas.