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IMPROVEMENTS IN PURSES, BAGS, RETICULES, POCKET BOOKS, DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PORTABLE RECEPTACLES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John William Mott at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st March
1861.
I, JOHN WILLIAM MOTT, of Lea Bridge Road, Clapton, in the County of
Middlesex, India-rubber Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the.
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PURSES, BAGS, RETICULES, POCKET BOOKS,
DRESSING CASES, AND OTHER SIMILAR PORTABLE RECEPTACLES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to purses or pouches, pocket-books, reticules,
travelling bags, dressing-cases, and other portable envelopes, or receptacles
made of leather, artificial leather, or other suitable material, or otherwise
of several of such materials in combination with each other, or of one
or more of such materials combined (as may be found most convenient or
desirable for the intended purpose) with others of a dissimilar character. It
consists in a method of securing the flap or flaps, tongues, or folding over por-
tion or portions of such articles, as described, (for the purpose of retaining
them when closed in a closed state) by forming it or them with a narrow or
comparatively narrow part or neck terminating in or followed by a part of
greater width than itself, which wide part being passed through a mouth, slit,
or opening provided for the purpose and narrower than itself, and subsequently
expanding or being expanded to its full width thus secures such flap, tongue,
or folding over portion sufficiently to prevent its becoming accidentally with-
drawn through the mouth, slit, or opening, but at the same time permits of its
ready withdrawal, when necessary for the purpose of access to the purse or

page_text: other article or division thereof of which it forms the fastening. In some
cases it may be found desirable to ensure the spreading out or expansion of
the wide part of the flap or tongue after being passed through the narrow
mouth, slit, or opening by means of a spring attached to or formed with it and
tending to keep it constantly expanded. The mouth, slit, or opening made
use of may either constitute the mouth or opening of a special division of the
purse or other article, and may thus form at the same time a pocket or recep-
tacle for the wide end of the flap or tongue when the purse or other article is
closed, or otherwise it may be so formed as only partially to enclose the same.
The purse or other article may have any convenient number of pockets or
divisions, the whole of which may be secured by a single flap or tongue, as
described, or one or more of the pockets may be provided with separate
tongues or flaps, and in some cases may be again secured by one external flap
covering the whole, or otherwise as found most convenient.
A SAPETY WINDOW SASH FASTENER AND DRAUGHT EXCLUDER
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Edward Reid at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th July
1861.
I, JOHN EDWARD REID, of No. 20, Fleming Road, Newington, in the
County of Surrey, Surveyor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "A SAPETY WINDOW SASH FASTENER AND DRAUGHT EXCLUDER," to be as
follows:-
.It consists of a hollow bar of brass, or other metal, fixed horizontally on (and
the entire width of) the upper side of the meeting rails of sashes to ordinary
windows, immediately over the cavity formed by the junction of the inner and
outer sash. It is fixed by means of a continuous hinge partly let into the
wood of the inner sash rail, and being in shape half round or semicircular in
section, it forms, when closed, a bridge over the before-mentioned cavity, its
opposite edge falling into a small groove cut in the outer sash, thereby
effectually excluding all draft. The ordinary catch of the present sash
fastner is not required, in lieu of which the hollow bar is made solid in the
centre or point opposite the bolt, and a quadrant-shaped slot is cut in a
transverse & also in a horizontal direction to allow of the free traverse of the
spindle of the bolt. The security of the fastener from being opened from the
outside is made perfect by means of the part below the slot being solid, and
which acts as a shield against the insertion of any instrument for the purpose
of forcing back the bolt. The shaking or rattling of the sashes by the action
of the wind is prevented, first, in a horizontal direction by the bar clipping

page_text: both sashes; and, secondly, by a small flush bolt at each end of the bar passing
into the pulley stile. The bar is bolted by means of a knob spring bolt
enclosed in a brass box, and a corresponding slot (to that before mentioned)
is cut in the top of the box to allow the bolt to traverse home through the
horizontal bar, which securely bolts the same. The bolt & spring being
enclosed in the brass box prevents all accumulation of dust, &c., as is found by
the use of the ordinary fastning now in use.
AN IMPROVED LUCIFER MATCH, AND PREPARED PAPER FOR IGNITING THE SAME
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Horatio Mearing at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st August
1861.
I, HORATIO MEARING, of 18, Great Randolph Street, Camden Town, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for. "AN IMPROVED LUCIFER
MATCH, AND PREPARED PAPER FOR IGNITING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
The wood to be first dipped in melted sulphur, and when dried, in a
compound of chloride of potash in powder 8 parts, sulphur 1 part, rottenstone
4 parts, lampblack 1 part, and gum 2 parts, with sufficient water to form a
paste. The paper as follows:-Amorphous phosphorus 4 parts, and graphite
in powder 1 part, made into a solution by adding silicate of soda 1 part, and
water 4 parts, the paper to be coated with the solution by means of a brush.
The light to be obtained by drawing the match briskly across the paper. The
advantages to be derived from the use of this match are, security to life and
property, and utter impossibility of ignition by other means than friction on
the before-named paper.
AN IMPROVED INDUCTION AND EDUCTION VALVE FOR STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Prince at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd January
1861. A communication from abroad by Thomas Goodrum, resident
in the City and County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, in the
United States of America.
I, ALEXANDER PRINCE, of the Office for Patents, No. 4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED INDUCTION AND EDUCTION VALVE FOR
STEAM ENGINES," (a communication from abroad by Thomas Goodrum, resident
in the City and County of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, in the
United States of America,) to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a hollow cylindrical or conical valve of peculiar
construction, which receives a rotary motion corresponding with that of the
engine shaft, and may control the induction and eduction of steam to and from
one, two, or more cylinders.
It also consists in an appliance to the said valve to serve the purpose of a
variable cut-off; and furthermore, it consists in a certain manner of arranging
the said valve, whereby the steam passages leading from the valve to the
cylinder or cylinders are shortened to the greatest possible degree.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA OR IN OTHER WATERS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th
March 1861. A communication from abroad by Joseph Dauphin St.
Supery, of Toulouse, in the Empire of France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, No. 11,
Wellington Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
SAVING LIFE AT SEA OR IN OTHER WATERS," communicated to me from abroad
by Joseph Dauphin St. Supery, of Toulouse, in the Empire of France, to be
as follows:-
It consists of apparatus to save one or more persons, the individual or
individuals seating himself or themselves as on a raft.
The first of the combinations is to superpose one cylinder on another (both
being surrounded with metal tubes) and placing a ballast compartment under the
lower one. The upper cylinder being filled with air the lower sinks or partly
sinks, the upper supports the person, and the whole is steadied by the ballast.
This plan is modified and rendered less inconvenient by dispensing with one
cylinder. The party now sits on the cylinder (which is filled with air when
in use) a hole being made both in the cylinder and the ballast bag underneath
in which the legs are placed. Or a large air seat is made (pointed at one end
to fend off the waves) and with hole or bag for legs in its centre. Round
this several air tubes are placed, serving as floats, or a circle tube in two air-
tight parts may be made with a cross tube, and four or more straps or bands
securing the whole and serving to support the person who sits (as on horse-
back) on the cross tube.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES USED FOR DISPLAYING TRADE SHOW CARDS, PICTURES, OR OTHER BIMILAR DEVICES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Wilson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th December
1861.
I, JOHN WILSON, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Picture Frame Maker, do bereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FRAMES USED FOR DISPLAYING TRADE SHOW CARDS, PICTURES,
OR OTHER BIMILAR DEVICES," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to an improved mode of making frames intended for
displaying show cards, pictures, or other commercial announcements. It is
the custom of many houses of business to issue framed show cards for the use
of their customers, and considerable loss arises on account of the frames being
appropriated to other purposes than that for which they were intended. In
order to identify such frame with the house of business from which it is issued,
it is proposed to attach the trade mark or device to the frame, in such manner
as' to render it useless for any other purpose. Under one mode of carrying
out this improvement, the trade mark, device, monogram, or other design is
formed of wood, modelled in composition, or made of other suitable material,
and gilded or otherwise decorated. This device is made with a stud or other
projection at the back, which part is sunk into a corresponding recess or hole
made in the frame itself, and fixed by means of glue, or in any other equivalent
manner. In this way the trade mark or other distinguishing device or
emblematical design adopted by wholesale liouses may at a trifling extra cost

page_text: be affixed to the frames issued by them, so that upon attempting to remove the
trade mark or device the frame would be so much disfigured as to render it
useless for any other purposes. These devices may be affixed in various ways,
so as to effectually disfigure the frame if removed.
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING CHAFF
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
May 1861. A communication from abroad by Johann Carl Rohrbeck,
Chief Engineer of the Royal Railway at Bromberg, in the Kingdom of
Prussia.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR CUTTING CHAFF," to be as
follows:-
This Invention of improved machinery for cutting chaff consists principally
of a novel mode of arranging, constructing, and operating the cutting instru-
ment, which is made with a straight edge, and is fitted or secured in a holder to
which a reciprocating diagonal motion is communicated from the driving shaft.
The knife holder is suspended by its ends from two links or arms with fixed
On one end of the fly wheel or driving shaft there is a crank, which
is connected to the knife holder by a link, so that as the crank rotates a
drawing cut in a downward diagonal direction is communicated to the knife or
cutting instrument.
centres.
The straw or substance to be cut is placed in a trough as usual, and is fed
forward between a pair of nipping rollers, the upper one of which may rise a
little. A horizontal moveable mouthpiece is also employed, which, when the
straw or other material is to be fed forward to the cutter, is lifted by means of
an arrangement of levers actuated by gearing connected with the driving shaft.
The feed motion is also actuated by a portion of the same gearing.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CABLES FOR TELEGRAPHIC PURPOSES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen Moulton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st January
1861.
STEPHEN MOULTON, of Bradford, in the County of Wilts, India-rubber
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CABLES FOR TELEGRAPHIC PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the construction of sub-
marine or other telegraph cables, by which any undue strain on the insulated
wire or wires is prevented; and my improvements consist in embedding a
spiral metal wire (for the purpose of insulating the same) in a strand or cord
of india-rubber, and then "curing" or "vulcanizing" the india-rubber, with
the wire therein, by means of sulphur or its compounds, as is well understood
in the manufacture of other articles of india-rubber treated with sulphur or its
compounds. Spiral wires for telegraphic purposes thus protected will readily
accomodate themselves to any ordinary strain to which submarine or other
telegraph cables are subject, without injury to the wire, whilst the india-rubber
remains intact; and the cable may be coated or covered with hemp, wire, or
other protecting materials, provided such coating or covering does not inju-
riously affect its elasticity.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER- MAKING MACHINES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joshua Womersley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th February
1861.
I, JOSHUA WOMERSLEY, of the City of Norwich, British Gum Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PAPER-
MAKING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in causing the knotter of a paper-making machine
to consist of several small troughs or grooves, in the sides of which are
numerous apertures through which the pulp is strained. I do not confine this
Invention to troughs or grooves with vertical sides merely, though that will
best answer the object in view.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NAUTICAL COMPASS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Grégoire Lucien Ripamonti at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th March 1861.
I, GRÉGOIRE LUCIEN RIPAMONTI, of Bordeaux, in the Empire of France,
Optician to the Imperial Navy, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NAUTICAL COMPASS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to render the mariners' compass independant
of magnetic influence on board ship, specially iron ships; and my improve-
ment consists in placing beneath the card a number of magnetized needles,
say, twenty-four (but this number may be increased or diminished), parallel to
each other, and with their points directed due north and south.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Vincent Iankowski at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd September
1861.
I, VINCENT IANKOWSKI, of 4, Prince's Street, Fitzroy Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Designer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES," to be as follows :—
The object of the improvements is to obtain an agreeable rising and falling
or undulatory or wave motion to carriages, adapted particularly for the use
of children or invalids. For this purpose the supporting axle or axles are
fixed to the wheels, and are formed with cranks or eccentrics where they
support the body of the vehicle, so that as the wheels rotate by the movement
of the carriage, the body will be alternately raised and lowered, producing an
undulatory or wave effect, and this motion will be rendered more agreeable by
the application of springs. The wheels may be arranged only to be fixed to
the axles when required, so that when this undulatory effect is not needed
the wheels may run freely on the axles as with ordinary vehicles. For three
or four wheel carriages the separate axles may be connected, so that their
respective cranks may be governed to correspond in time for their rising and
falling motion, if desired. A carriage thus constructed may carry a rocking-
horse or other model animal in place of a carriage body.
IMPROVED MODES OF HEATING THE FEED-WATER OF STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Whittam at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th February
1861.
I, ROBERT WHITTAM, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MODES OF
HEATING THE FEED-WATER OF STEAM BOILERS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improved modes of heating the feed
water of steam boilers by means of the steam which passes to the con-
denser in a low-pressure engine, or the waste steam of a high-pressure
engine. In the pipe which conveys the steam from the cylinder to the
condenser, or in the escape pipe of a high-pressure engine, or in suitable
chambers connected to them, I place a number of metal vessels or boxes, each
having from the outside to the centre a passage formed as a volute spiral coil,
zig-zag or other form, for acquiring an enormous length in a small space. The
vessels are united together so as to allow spaces between each other, and also
between their outer ends and the chamber or pipes, in order that the steam in
its passage may act on all their external surfaces. The passage in one vessel is
joined to that of another, and the water for feeding the boiler caused to pass
through them, and as the water passes through, the heat of the steam on the
outsides of the vessels is transmitted to the water, and raises it to a high
temperature.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY FASTENINGS, AND A MODE OF PREPARING RAILS AND FISH PLATES TO RECEIVE THEM
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Richardson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th October
1861.
I, ROBERT RICHARDSON, of No. 26, Great George Street, Westminster,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature-
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY
FASTENINGS, AND A MODE OF PREPARING RAILS AND FISH PLATES TO RECEIVE THEM,"
to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in improvements in the manufacture of spikes, bolts,
and screws used as fastenings for rails and fish plates on railways by rolling
into shape and cutting them without the aid of a second heating, and also
in an improved manner of preparing rails and fish plates to receive the said
spikes, bolts, and screws by punching the holes of the rails and fish plates
in a conical shape with any number of sides not less than three.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PASTE, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR SIZING PURPOSES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Hirst at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd November
1861.
I, WILLIAM HIRST, of Halifax, in the County of York, Book-keeper, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF PASTE, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR SIZING PURPOSES," to be
as follows, that is to say:
This Invention has for its object a more economical method of manufac-
turing paste (employed for the purpose of "pasting or securing together papers,
leather, cloth, and other fibrous materials), and sizing employed for "sizing'
or stiffening yarns or fabrics, which has heretofore been made principally from
"wheat flour.
My improvements consist in dispensing with the use of "wheat flour," and
employing in lieu thereof a combination of "rice flour" and "barytes," or
pea meal" and barytes, or "bean meal" and barytes will answer for the
purposes of pasting; but I prefer to employ a combination of rice flour and
barytes, the proportions of which I find most applicable for pasting purposes
are as two-thirds of rice flour to one-third of barytes. But for sizing pur-
poses the proportions may be varied according to the nature of the yarn or
fabric to be sized, and to the degree of stiffening required.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF AIR IN ORDER TO WARM CHURCHES, CONSERVATORIES, HOUSES, AND OTHER BUILDINGS OR PLACES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Redfern at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th June
1861.
I, JOHN REDFERN, of Hanley, in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR RAISING THE
TEMPERATURE OF AIR IN ORDER TO WARM CHURCHES, CONSERVATORIES, HOUSES, AND
OTHER BUILDINGS OR PLACES," to be as follows:-
I propose fixing a fire-grate in the centre of a circular plate. This circular
plate will have attached to it an ash-box with register door, and a cylinder
with fire-door will be placed upon it, such cylinder having an open top, on
which I purpose fitting a syphon tube connecting this first-mentioned cylinder
with a second cylinder placed on a second circular plate, to which plate-
will be attached a flue to carry off the gasses from the fire to the chimney..
The above mentioned parts of apparatus may be made of iron or any suitable
material.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LANDAUS, SOCIABLES, AND OTHER LIKE HEADED CARRIAGES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur East Holmes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st May
1861.
I, ARTHUR EAST HOLMES, of Derby, Carriage Builder, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LANDAUS, SOCIABLES, AND
OTHER LIKE HEADED CARRIAGES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in connecting the hinges on which the top head
pillars hang somewhat below the joint of the standing body pillars, the upper
ends of which are slightly rounded or recessed. By this arrangement the
head of the carriage falls flat and on a level with the door top.
A NEW METHOD OF COLOURING AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SAFFRON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE, PASTES, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN WHICH SAFFRON IS EMPLOYED
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gregorio Russo at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st April 1861.
I, GREGORIO Russo, Gentleman, residing in Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW METHOD
OF COLOURING AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SAFFRON IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEESE,
PASTES, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN WHICH SAFFRON IS EMPLOYED," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the substitution of curcuma root for saffron in all
the various usages to which the latter is applied, especially in the manufacture of
cheese, pastes, vermicelli, &c., &c. I employ it in the following way:-I take
a quantity of curcuma root, grind it into the finest powder, and use it in every
way as a substitute for saffron.
I claim the exclusive right of employing pulverized curcuma root, either
alone or mixed with other substances.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA- RATUS FOR INDICATING THE SPEED, FLOW, PRESSURE, AND VACUUM OF LIQUIDS, FLUIDS, AND OTHER BODIES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by John Bailey and William Henry
Bailey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 6th June 1861.
We, JOHN BAILEY and WILLIAM HENRY BAILEY, of the Albion Works,
Salford, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Turret Clock Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPA-
RATUS FOR INDICATING THE SPEED, FLOW, PRESSURE, AND VACUUM OF LIQUIDS,
FLUIDS, AND OTHER BODIES," to be as follows:-
Firstly, our improvements consists, instead of using two or more weights or
pendulums, levers, and springs in pressure, flow, and other guages where a
diaphram and piston, are used, we employ only one lever epicycloidal, of a
peculiar shape, attached to a weight or pendulum, against which lever the
diaphragm and piston acts; by these simple means the combination of several
rollers, weights, levers, racks, and springs are entirely dispensed with.
Secondly, the same principle, together with springs instead of a column of
mercury, employed in compound pressure guages, indicating either vacuum or
pressure by means of tubes so arranged, with taps, that one tube will act on
the diaphragm and indicate the vacuum, and the other will act or press under
and indicate the pressure.
Thirdly, in the application of this principle to weighing machines.
Fourthly, indicating the speed of engines and other machines by means of a
rod attached to the sliding piece of an ordinary governor, which rising by the
action of the governor and slide piece, indicates on a guage dial placed directly
over the governor the exact speed of an engine or any other body.

page_text: Fifthly, the improved manner of placing the syphon used in pressure guages
by coiling the syphon or tube round or inside guages in such a manner that
it cannot be damaged, being out of sight.
Sixthly, the use of papier machie, vulcanite, aluminum and its alloys in the
manufacture of guages and indicators.
Seventhly, the application of governor balls to the ordinary colliery cage or
winding indicators in conjunction with a steam whistle, bell, or other alarm,
for the purpose of indicating when the cage attains a dangerous speed.
Eighthly, the several indicators herein mentioned in conjunction or in the
same case with a sewing machine, time-piece, or clock, for indicating the
daily, hourly, or weekly speed or pressure, or minimum and maximum speed
only.
AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR BEATING OR THRESHING GRAIN
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gedge at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th August 1861.-
A communication from abroad by Monsieur Saint Marc, junior, of
Puy-le-Plan, Landes, in the Empire of France.
I, JOHN GEDGE, of the Firm of John Gedge and Son, of 11, Wellington
Street, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR BEATING OR
THRESHING GRAIN," communicated to me from abroad by Monsieur Saint
Marc, junior, of Puy-le-Plan, Landes, in the Empire of France, to be as
follows:-
On two uprights of a framing I place a cross piece or yoke; under the yoke
is a board the face of which is covered with plane tables or small shelves
forming rods in position of inclined plane to suit the inclination of the apron
(hereafter explained), on which they act. This assemblage of rods I term a
beating or threshing hammer. Two grooves are made in or on the uprights,
in which slide the ends of the hammer. An apron on an incline is sustained
in position by cross pieces, so that it may receive the stroke of the hammer.
This apron is so arranged as to hold the grain for beating, and afterwards to
pass it off. The hammer is raised by the action of four (more or less) wings,
which are brought into action by turning a handle, each end of each wing
lifting the hammer as the wings rotate.
A SMOKE CONSUMER AND CONDENSOR SUIT- ABLE FOR FACTORIES, RAILWAY ENGINES, STEAM SHIPS, FURNACES, BRICK KILNS, CINDER OVENS, BAKEHOUSES, AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Rydill at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th May
1861.
I, GEORGE RYDILL, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "A SMOKE CONSUMER AND CONDENSOR SUIT-
ABLE FOR FACTORIES, RAILWAY ENGINES, STEAM SHIPS, FURNACES, BRICK KILNS,
CINDER OVENS, BAKEHOUSES, AND OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The smoke to pass, which arises from any coal, cinder, wood, turf, sulphur,
chemicals, &c., through a red-hot retort, round, oval, square, or any other shape,
as convenience deems necessary; this retort, flue, or any other hollow cavity to
bo heated by fire or gas in the flue or flues under the boiler, or in any of the
flues round the boiler, dryhouse, or elsewhere as convenience may admit of,
over the heated flue; a boiler can be heated for supplying the boiler with pre-
pared hot water, or run an engine from the same, as thought best. After the
smoke has passed through the red-hot retort, flue, or otherwise, as before-men-
tioned, the same proceeds round the boiler or direct to a blast fan, worms, or
forcer, forcing and drawing air. The heated retort, flue pipes, culvert, &c.
can be applied either before the smoke enters the blast fan, worm, or forcer,
forcing and drawing air according to circumstances. The forcer receives the
carbon, sulphur, gas, smoke, &c. that may be left after the same has passed
through the red-hot cavity, flues, &c., and passes the same along a pipe into
water, at which extremity a fan or worm is in motion as necessity requires

page_text: the vessel which receives the contents of the smoke, sulphur, dust, carbon, &c.;
the vessel contains water, remedying the pressure, so as to move the water.
The water may be pure, in some cases lime or liquids will have to be added,
as the carbon will vary as to the quality from the different coal fields, also to
admit steam into the vessel or flue, as circumstances require water hot or cold
in like manner, so as to prevent the carbon, oxygen, &c. from ascending; also
to purify by water or steam the smoke as it passes along the flue or flues, as
circumstances require, by water or steam springers. The machine for draw-
ing and forcing air, smoke, etc., to be worked by steam, water, or hydraulic
power, according to convenience, in or out of water.
By experiments the above is found to give every satisfaction, and would
answer well for cottage property by having a conducting flue running along
the house tops in streets or other places.
A DOUBLE-SYSTEM MIXED PRESS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hypolite Tarbouriech at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd April
1861.
I, HYPOLITE TARBOURIECH, Engineer, of 42, Lafitte Street, Paris, in the
Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A DOUBLE-SYSTEM MIXED PRESS," to be as follows:-
The present Invention of a double-system mixed press consists in a union of
the percussion & lever presses, and is composed of the following parts:-A
screw A, a moveable lever frame B, a fixed plate C, a percussion wheel D, a
wormed screw nut E passing through the wheel & plates, a pressing plate F,
an upper piece or estaudet G, an under piece H, & a collar I, for fixing the
screw. The advantages arising from this reunion of both the percussion &
lever presses are, quickness of action, strength, & a diminution of the number
of hands required. A front view of the press is shown in the accompanying
Drawings.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NAILS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Joseph Fleetwood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
September 1861.
I, DANIEL JOSEPH FLEETWOOD, of George Street, Saint Pauls, Birmingham;.
in the County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention-
for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN NAILS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in making nails having on their cylindrical or tapering:
bodies one or more ribs or longitudinal projections, the said ribs or projections.
being either straight or slightly twisted about the axis of the nail. The bodies
of nails made according to my Invention have, in cross section, the figure of
a circle with one, two, or more arms situated radially upon the said circle.
When I give the ribs or projections a twisted or screw-like figure, I make the
twist so slight that it does not interfere with the driving of the nail. Each of
the said ribs need not pass more than a quarter round the circumference of
the cylindrical or taper body of the nail.
Nails may be made according to my Invention either of brass or iron; or
other metal or alloy, and may be used for sheathing ships and vessels,. and in:
place of ordinary nails. My improved nails are driven with as great. facility.
as ordinary nails, and hold with great tenacity.
IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING MACHINES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Augustus Bryant Childs at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
November 1861.-A communication from abroad by Francis Adams
Cushman, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States.
I, AUGUSTUS BRYANT CHILDS, of 481, New Oxford Street, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WRINGING MACHINES," being a communication to me from
abroad by Francis Adams Cushman, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, United
A
States, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a pair of india-rubber rollers hung in a frame-
work of galvanised malleable iron or some other suitable metal of a peculiar
form. The pieces composing the frame are held together by a single rod or
tie passing through them nearly in the centre, and forming a joint in the
frame means of which the rolls are held in their proper place, and the
machine clamps itself firmly to the tub or box. The rolls are held together
by forcing the opposite ends of the frame in which they are placed apart by
pressing them down on the edge of the tub or box, so that they are separated.
On the ends of the frame opposite to the rolls are small buffers made of india-
rubber or a spring equivalent; these buffers are held in their place by a small
rivet, and allow the rolls to adjust themselves to the different thicknesses
of clothes which are passed between them, and they also fasten the machine
to the tub.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF YARNS OR WARPS PREVIOUS TO THEIR BEING SIZED
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jabez Kenyon at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd September
1861.
I, JABEZ KENYON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Overlooker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF YARNS OR WARPS PREVIOUS TO THEIR BEING SIZED," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists in causing the yarns or warps to pass through a
trough or chamber containing steam or a boiling soap water before they come
in contact with the size, which treatment opens the pores and fibres of the
material, and enables more size to be absorbed and distributed in the yarns or
warps, and leaves them more pliable or elastic for the weaver.
A IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PIANOS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Antonin Duguet at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June
1861. A communication from abroad by Mr. Auguste Antoine Villaert,
of 14, Rue de Chabrol, Paris.
I, ANTONIN DUGUET, of 15, Newman Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Commission Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "A
IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PIANOS," to be as follows:-
The Invention consists of combining the respective advantages of the upright
piano, otherwise called cabinet piano, and of the grand piano. To this effect
the form of upright pianos is adopted, but having a height equal to the length
of the grand pianos. The strings being of the same length as in the latter
are deposed in a perpendicular way. The mechanism is at the upper part as in
the ordinary upright pianos, but instead of the lever acting as a communication
between the keys and the mechanism, the keys and mechanism are in direct
communication by means of an elbow lever; besides, the key-board is placed
directly under the mechanism, and it so happens that there is less space than
usual between the key-board and the top of the piano. The key-board being
too high to be easily reached, the piano is so disposed as to form a platform in
the following manner:-The frame of the piano under the key-board is divided.
into two compartments; the lower one is closed by two folding doors, which,
when displayed, are kept in right angles with the piano. Each door is a box
by itself, and contains steps spreading out at every side of the piano; the
upper compartment is closed by a door, which when opened falls upon the two

page_text: other opened doors, so forming a platform, to which one ascends by the above-
mentioned steps, and which can contain two and even three performers, who
are protected by a railing..
By this new arrangement an upright piano may have the same quantity and
quality of sonorousness as a grand piano, and the performer or performers
may look towards the audience.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PAWNBROKERS' DUPLICATE TICKETS, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Tillotson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th July
1861.
I, JOHN TILLOTSON, of Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Printer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF PAWNBROKERS' DUPLICATE TICKETS, AND IN THE APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to the application of the well known process of per-
foration to the sheets of paper or pasteboard to be employed for pawnbrokers
duplicate tickets, so that the tickets may be readily torn apart.
The improvement consists in perforating sheets of paper or pasteboard
vertically and transversely, and so dividing them into sections, which are also
consecutively numbered, to be used as pawnbrokers' duplicate tickets, by means
of an apparatus consisting in a series or arrangement of perforating pins so
disposed as to perforate an entire sheet at one time, the pins entering corre-
sponding orifices in a bed plate, and the stamping action being imparted to the
pins by any ordinary mechanical means.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR ADDITION TO BROCADED SILK FABRICS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Peake at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th February
1861.
I, BENJAMIN PEAKE, of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
OR ADDITION TO BROCADED SILK FABRICS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in making a back of cotton to brocaded silk fabrics.
The said back of cotton consists of an additional warp of cotton woven in the
same loom and at the same time as the brocaded silk. The object of the said
back of cotton is to give additional substance or firmness to the fabric.
My Invention is applicable to all kinds of brocaded silk fabrics, both plain
and figured, or of one or more colours.
AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William England at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th July
1861.
I, WILLIAM ENGLAND, of Wollaston Works, near Stourbridge, in the County
of Worcester, Implement Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
BRICKS," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in moulding bricks in such form that no mortar bed
or joint is perceptible upon the face of the work, a rebate or flange upon two
edges of each brick concealing the joint, thus
Bricks moulded
in this form are capable of being vermiculated, rusticated, or otherwise archi-
tecturally treated, and thus many designs at present not adapted for execution
in brickwork may be faithfully and economically rendered. As a modification
of the above, each alternate brick may be of this form
sponding ones being of this shape
the corre-
; this would involve the
employment of two moulds. It will be readily seen that the joint or mortar
bed is covered by the projecting flange or rebate of the bricks.
THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, LINEN, COTTON, OR OR OTHER FABRICS PREPARED WITH A PREPARATION OF BLUE, TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF WASHING OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Manby at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
25th Mareh 1861.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD MANBY, of Victoria Wharf, Augustus Street, Regent's
Park, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER, LINEN, COTTON,
OR OR OTHER FABRICS PREPARED WITH A PREPARATION OF BLUE, TO BE USED FOR THE
PURPOSE OF WASHING OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a solution of indigo and other ingredients which
I apply to paper, linen, cotton, or other fabrics to be used for the purpose
of colouring water or other liquids for washing, dyeing, and other purposes.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATING WOOD
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Archibald Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th May 1861.-A communication from abroad by Edmond Armand
Louis D'Argy, of Paris, France.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166; Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF TREATING WOOD," (communicated to me from abroad
by Edmond Armand Louis D'Argy, of Paris, France,) to be as follows:—
This Invention consists in compressing or bringing close together the particles
or fibres of wood made of any desired form into as small a compass as may be
without damaging the wood, by means of rolling machines, hydraulic presses,
screw plates, or other power, and afterwards causing the said wood to expand
by bringing it in contact with liquid. Wood acted on in this manner is appli-
cable, among other uses, to the construction of hollow bodies, such as casks,
for closing up spaces, for caulking, for the manufacture of any surfaces or
articles required to be rendered staunch.
The Invention is particularly applicable to caulking ships, and for stopping
up holes made in their hull, as, for example, by shot; for this purpose plugs
are made of the compressed wood to suit different sizes of projectiles, so that a
hole may be immediately stopped up when made, and rendered tight by the
water causing the wood to swell or expand.
LEVEL MESSUREMENTS ON A ENTIRLY NEW PRINCIPLE, CALLED 'LEVEL BALANCE
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Johann Kull and Charles Albert
Caspar at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 4th July 1861.
We, JOHANN. KULL, from Lenzburg, C. Aargan, Switzerland, and CHARLES
ALBERT CASPAR, of 1, Stanley Terrace, Studley Rd., Stockwell, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "LEVEL MESSUREMENTS ON
A ENTIRLY NEW PRINCIPLE, CALLED 'LEVEL BALANCE,'" to be as follows:-
Fig. A, is a metal circle divided in 360 degrees, or a half circle divided in
180 degrees attached on a metal pivot, which pivot is hanging between two
metal upright posts fixed on a metal ruler by some screws or otherwise. The
pivot may in more expensive instruments run in rubies or steel. To keep A
in correct balance, a weight is attached at the bottom. The foremost post (H),
has below an opening that the division of Fig. A may be seen; in the middle
of the mentioned opening is an index (finger) which markes the degrees of
the inclination, by larger instruments, for the sake of still greater exactitude,
may be introduced the "verniers."
For mesurments, pinules, or lunettes with scops and hairs are used, which
dwell exactly upon the 90 degrees of the division.
For finding the level of a ceiling or other hanging objects, a movable
needle is attached in the half circle instruments to show the degrees (Fig. X.)
If the level is found, it may be fixed by a spring (R) and bolt (S), or a screw
from behind. The material may as well consist of ivory, bone, wood, or glass.
For the sake of variation Fig. A may be fixed, and the index movable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING RICE AND OTHER GRAIN
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Washington Robertson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th December 1861.
I, GEORGE WASHINGTON ROBERTSON, of Cannon Street, in the City of London,
Engineer and Millwright, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING RICE AND OTHER GRAIN," to be
as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming a conical basin of stone, and in fitting
so as to revolve between the sides thereof a conical drum of such size as
to allow of space between the basin and drum all round. I cover this
drum with sheepskin, felt, or other like yielding and soft material. I form
apertures in the sides of the basin and insert wire gauze for the purpose of
admitting air, and to allow of the debris and dirt from the grain passing
through the same. Rotary motion is imparted to the drum, the grain is
fed in between the drum and the basin, and the grain in passing through the
machine becomes cleaned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY MACHINERY
Year: 1861

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Evans at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd November
1861.
I, WILLIAM EVANS, of Commercial Road East, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Master Mariner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER BY MACHINERY," to be as
follows:-
To a horizontal bar I connect at each end a rod, each of which rods is
connected to a crank on a toothed spindle, upon the axes of which fly wheels
are fixed. The toothed spindles drive toothed wheels, upon the axes of which
spindles carrying tappets are fixed. Then from the horizontal bar I suspend a
pendulum or heavy weight, and at each end of the course of the pendulum
I place a hammer or spring. The action is as follows:-I cause the horizontal
bar to rock and set the pendulum in motion through the connecting rods; the
crank spindles and fly wheels are made to revolve, and through the toothed
wheels the tappet wheels are also made to rotate, and the motions are so
calculated that upon the pendulum reaching the end of its course, first in one
direction and then in the other, the tappets release the hammers or springs,
which falling or pressing on the pendulum keep up its action. The motive
power is taken from the fly-wheel shafts, or from the rocking bar, or from
both.