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SCREW PROPELLORS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Lambert at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1882.
THOMAS LAMBERT of Plymouth in the county of Devon.
SCREW PROPELLORS."
"
IMPROVEMENTS IN
The object of this invention is to increase the efficiency of screw propellors, and
after a long series of experiments I find that I can obtain the best results by
placing the blades one behind the other upon the shaft, instead of, as at present,
all in the same plane across the longitudinal axis of the vessel.
In the ordinary propellor each blade is apt to take away the water from the
succeeding one and to a greater or less extent nullifies its action; now by my
improved arrangement oach blade has a clear course for its revolution and has no
blade before it to interfere with its action.
In carrying this invention into practice, each blade may be formed with a
separate boss and placed, one behind the other, upon the shaft; Or one long boss
may be employed and the blades fixed one behind the other upon it. In some
respects the former plan is preferable, as for instance if a screw had four blades
and one broke at sea, the other three could then be readjusted so as to form a
regular three bladed screw.
In some cases I vary the arrangement by taking say a pair of two bladed
screws and placing them upon the shaft one behind the other so as form as it
were one four bladed screw. At slow rates of revolution I have obtained good
results by this arrangement, but in general I consider the former plan preferable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING FABRICS AND IN APPLIANCES FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Ingleby at the Office of the
Commissioners of-Patents on the 19th September 1882. Communicated to
him from abroad by Robert Anke of Oelsnitz, im Voigtlande, in the German
Empire..
JOSEPH INGLEBY of N° 7 St Peter's Square, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster tr IMPROVEMENTS IN PRINTING FABRICS AND IN APPLIANCES FOR THAT
PURPOSE [Communicated to him from abroad by Robert Anke of Oelsnitz,
im Voigtlande, in the German Empire.]
"
This invention has for its object to produce on textile fabrics colored designs
in a very simple manner. For this purpose liquid coloring matters, suitable for
printing on fabrics are mixed intimately with finely pulverised or ground clay, or
other similar material, and this compound of dough like consistency is formed into
plates of suitable thickness which are dried under repeated turning until they can
be readily manipulated. The plates so prepared, of which each one has a uniform
tint, can be used in two ways:
Firstly. Patterns of the configuration required for a particular design are cut out
of the various plates, each color being cut in such manner that the whole combined
produces the design required, or,
Secondly. Each plate of color is cut into small squares, and these are then
grouped together either in single or combined colors to form the complete design,
such grouping being obviously capable of great variation for producing designs
such as are used in weaving or printing. The complete patterns produced either
according to the first or the second method, are then placed in a frame and secured
on a table, and the fabric to be printed, being moistened with water (which is
acidulated if necessary), and stretched on a frame is then placed upon the pattern
plate and is pressed against the same by means of a brush or otherwise until it has
become sufficiently penetrated by the coloring matters. The frame is then removed
from the fabric and this is carefully drawn off the pattern plate. The fabric
having been dried in a horizontal position, it is steamed for a longer or shorter time
according to the nature of the colors, and is then washed and dried. According to
this process from 200 to 300 impressions can be taken off a pattern plate of about
3/th inch thickness.
IMPROVED MEANS FOR COOLING MILL STONES AND OTHER GRINDING SURFACES WHEREBY INJURY TO THE GROUND " PRODUCTS BY HEATING IS PREVENTED
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur William Lovell Reddie at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th April 1882. A com-
munication from abroad by Henry Dorrity of the City and State of New
York, United States of America.
ARTHUR WILLIAM LOVELL REDDIE of the Office for Patents 66 Chancery Lane
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, "IMPROVED MEANS FOR COOLING
MILL STONES AND OTHER GRINDING SURFACES WHEREBY INJURY TO THE GROUND
"
PRODUCTS BY HEATING IS PREVENTED," [A communication from abroad by Henry
Dorrity of the City and State of New York, United States of America]
This invention is applicable to all upright mills in which the lower stone is the
runner, whether for wet grinding as grinding paint, or for dry grinding as grinding
grain, but is more particularly intended for application to mills for grinding paints,
its object being to prevent injury to the paints themselves or to the oils wherein
they are ground by their becoming heated.
By the term millstones as hereinafter used it is intended to include all grinding
surfaces whether they be composed of stone or of metal or other materials.
The invention consists in the combination with the upper or stationary stone
and the lower stone or runner, each provided with a cavity which may be formed
between two sections of the stone, or between the back of the stone and a back
plate applied thereto, of inlet and outlet pipes for maintaining a circulation of
water or cooling liquid through the cavity in the upper stone, a pipe extending
downwards through the eye of the upper stone and communicating directly with
the cavity in the runner for supplying the cooling liquid thereto and connected
with the runner so as to rotate therewith, and an outlet pipe or pipes through
which the liquid may escape from the cavity in the runner. The invention also
consists in providing the runner or lower stone, with a back plate which forms a
cavity for cooling liquid, between it and the stone, and which is constructed so as
to form the "bail" for receiving the driver on the upright spindle of the mill. The
pipe for supplying cooling liquid to the cavity of the runner and which extends
downwards through the eye of the upper stone is attached directly to this back
plate, so that it will rotate with the runner. The upper stationary stone is
provided with a hopper for supplying material to be ground; and the invention
also consists in the combination with the rotary inlet pipe above described of
scrapers or stirrers attached thereto and turning in the hopper, for preventing the
substance therein from becoming clogged.
IN KEYLESS OR STEM WINDING WATCHES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Waller at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd October 1882.
THOMAS WALLER of Coventry in the County of Warwick.
IN KEYLESS OR STEM WINDING WATCHES
"
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to improvements in Steam winding or Keyless watches,
and consists in Simplifying the mechanism for Setting or regulating the hands.
I will describe my Invention thus-I attach a small piece of Steel in the interior
of the case and to the winding stem, acting as a lever upon the moving bar,
thus dispensing with the nail piece as hitherto employed, by drawing out the
winding button, the hands are controlled or moved in either direction, as desired,
upon releasing the button it returns to its normal or winding position, and secure
from any possibility of moving without the aid of the operator by these means
the whole winding is supported, and impossible to get out of order.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO GLASS MELTING FURNACES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lambton Le Breton Mount at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th June 1882.
"
LAMETON LE BRETON MOUNT of Melbourne, Victoria, but temporarily of the
city of London, Glass Bottle Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE
TO GLASS MELTING FURNACES
"
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means or apparatus
for feeding or supplying "batch" or cullet to glass melting furnaces.
Hitherto in feeding or supplying glass melting furnaces with "batch" or cullet,
it has been the practice to shovel the material through feeding holes or through
the working holes, but this plan is tedious and expensive, cools the furnace and
thereby retards the melting and does not allow of the "batch" or cullet being
evenly distributed over the surface of the tank or the molten glass in the tank.
Now by my improvements these defects are remedied and economy' in fuel and
labour effected.
In carrying out my invention, I provide in the roof or crown of the tank of an
ordinary glass melting furnace, a feeding hole of suitable dimensions and having a
slide of fire brick; over the said feeding hole is placed a hopper having the usual
slide or door at the bottom. I prefer to place the feeding hole just over that part
of the tank. where the flame enters. The hopper is fed with "batch" or cullet.
from barrows on a platform above
By this arrangement when it is required to feed the tank, the slide of the feeding
hole and the slide in the hopper are opened more or less as required and the
"batch" or cullet therein will fall into the tank and in falling will be distributed
by the draught over the surface of the tank, and the slides may be so adjusted as
to allow of a regular and continuous supply which will be found of great
advantage in the case of continuous furnaces.
Where steam or heated air is available I may place the hopper above the side of
the tank and I provide a steam or hot air pipe so arranged as to force the "batch "
or cullet as it falls from the hopper through a feeding hole on a level with or above
the top of the tank.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF SHEET METAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ORNAMENTAL OR ARTISTIC EFFECTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th July 1882. A communication
to him from abroad by Karl Hubert Schmid, of Bern, Switzerland.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF SHEET METAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING ORNAMENTAL OR
ARTISTIC EFFECTS," a communication to me from abroad by Karl Hubert Schmid,
of Bern, Switzerland.
This invention has for its object to produce a good substitute for mother-of-pearl
incrustations in wood. For this purpose I take a sheet of tinplate, put it in good
red vinegar for about an hour, dry and heat it afterwards until the tin is softened.
Subsequently I put the tinplate in a bath consisting substantially of 1 part of
sulphuric acid, 2 parts of muriatic acid and three parts of water, and leave the tin.
plate in this bath until crystalline forms appear on the surface, after which the plate
is quickly removed, rinsed with fresh water and left for about a day. I then heat the
tinplate a little put it again in vinegar for about an hour, rinse it with pure water
and leave it to dry well. These operations finished I coat the sheet with blue,
green, red or other desired paint which has been produced by rubbing metallic
colours with fat and rapidly drying lacker and when the paint is dry I rub, the
sheet with felt where required. The parts intended to represent the wood, are
grounded with good metallic oil-colours, by coating the said parts three or four
times, sufficient intervals of time being allowed for drying. When the ground
colour is perfectly dry the wood graining is produced by painting the prepared
surface with water colours. As soon as this operation is finished and the colours are
dried I coat the whole with a fat colourless lacker or varnish allow it to dry and
polish the surface with felt and finely ground pumice-stone, coat the whole sheet
again with lacker or varnish and repeat this grinding and coating from 8 to 10
times.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OPERATING SEWING MACHINES BY ELECTRICITY
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th May 1882. A communication
from abroad by Joseph Kearney, of San Francisco, California, United States
of America.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OPERATING
SEWING MACHINES BY ELECTRICITY [A communication from abroad by Joseph
Kearney, of San Francisco, California, United States of America.]
"
This Invention relates to the employment of electricity for the operation of
sewing machines and comprises the combination and arrangement of mechanism or
apparatus hereinafter described.
In applying the said invention to a sewing machine of well known construction,
I provide an ordinary battery connected with electro-magnets whose armatures are
pivoted in a frame or standard; I also provide connecting rods for connecting the
armatures with the needle-lever, the lower needle and the feed. These connecting
rods are attached directly to the armatures and operate the parts of the machine
in the ordinary manner that is to say, the said battery being connected with the
coils of the electro-magnets they impart vibratory motion to the armatures in the
ordinary manner and thereby cause the connecting rods to transmit motion to
the needle-bar, the lower needle, and the feed.
A connecting bar or arm is extended from one of the armatures, which arm
reverses the current passing from the battery through the coils of the electro
magnet, when required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GREASY MATTERS FOR USE AS LUBRICANTS AND FOR OTHER USES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Lamb Scott and Hartley
Kenyon at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st February
1882.
GEORGE LAMB SCOTT of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and
HARTLEY KENYON of Altrincham in the County of Chester, Manufacturing
Chemist. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GREASY MATTERS
FOR USE AS LUBRICANTS AND FOR OTHER USES."
When carrying our Invention into effect we in the first place mix and thoroughly
incorporate by grinding together rock oil, shale oil, petroleum or any mineral oil
with oily shales or oil yielding shales. The trituration or grinding is continued
until the mineral constituents of the compound are not apparent so that when the
compound is rubbed upon the hand the said compound has a greasy character alone
without any indications of the presence of grit so that it does not appear to contain
mineral matter other than oil or grease. The greasy matter thus obtained is
produced at a comparatively low cost and may be used as railway and tramway
wheel grease and as a lubricant for the wheels of machinery and in lieu of the grease
used in dyeing, finishing and sizing and for many other purposes. For some purposes
we may add tallow, parafine wax, stearine, palm oil or oil or grease othan than
mineral oil to the compound.
In the second place we substitute for the shales herein before mentioned mica,
talc, china clay or analogous minerals or a bye-product or deposit resulting from the
washing of china clay. In all cases the minerals selected may be ground or reduced
to powder before mixture with the mineral oil or oils an intimate mixture and
combination being obtained by further grinding.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Charles Winby at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th February 1882.
FREDERICK CHARLES WINBY of Palace Chambers St. Stephen's in the City of
Westminster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FISH JOINTS FOR RAILWAY RAILS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in fish joints for railway rails.
For this purpose I form along the inner sides of the fish plates a series of
alternate grooves and projections, and I also form along both sides of the vertical
web of the rail at the ends where the fish plates are to lie against them corre-
sponding grooves and projections in such a manner that the projections along
the sides of the fish plates may enter the grooves in the web of the rail and vice
versa.
So that in addition to the fish plates bearing against the head and foot of the
rails as heretofore a large additional bearing surface is also obtained between the
rails and fish plates by the interlocking of the projections on the web and fish
plates respectively as above described.
Preferably the grooves are made somewhat taper in cross section.
The fish plates may be rolled with the grooves and projections on them.
The grooves and projections on the opposite sides of the web at the rail ends
may either be produced by means of circular cutters or saws or they may be
moulded upon the sides of the web by a press or otherwise formed upon them.
The fish plates may be formed either with or without prolongations extending
below the foot of the rails as desired.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLES FOR FOOT COVERINGS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henry Jones and Henry
Charles Hemsley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
21st December 1882.
"
GEORGE HENRY JONES, and HENRY CHARLES HEMSLEY, both of Kettering, in
the County of Northampton, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SOLES FOR FOOT COVERINGS,"
Our invention has for its object to ventilate the soles of boots and other foot-
coverings. For this purpose we provide the part in front of the heel, generally
called the waist of the sole in the centre with a number of holes, which pass either
directly through the leather, or through a disc of metal, or other suitable material
attached to the sole of the boot and covering one or more openings in the latter.
As the waist is always a certain distance above the ground, water cannot, under
ordinary circumstances, penetrate through the ventilating holes.
A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE EMPLOYED IN SECURING AND HOLDING SLIDING WINDOW SASHES IN A CLOSED OR OPEN POSITION
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Smith at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th April 1882.
ARTHUR SMITH of Huddersfield in the County of York, Architect and Surveyor,
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPLIANCE TO BE EMPLOYED IN SECURING AND HOLDING
SLIDING WINDOW SASHES IN A CLOSED OR OPEN POSITION
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This Invention relates to a new construction of selfacting apparatus to be employed
for securing and holding window sashes in a closed or open position. For this
purpose I attach to one or both ends of the lower style a counterbalanced lever tho
heavier end thereof coming into contact with the upper style.
The heavier end of the said lever is made round or of a cam like shape so that
when the upper sash is attempted to be moved downward or the lower sash upward
the end of the lever will bind against upper style and prevent the sashes being
moved in the directions named, but they are free to move in the opposite
directions.
This construction of apparatus prevents rattling of window sashes and effectually
prevents them being opened from outside and also from the inside until the
counterbalanced lever is removed from contact with the style of the upper sash.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY MEANS OF THE EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF GASES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Skinner at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st April 1882.
SAMUEL SKINNER of Eastbourne in the County of Sussex "IMPROVEMENTS
IN ENGINES WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY MEANS OF THE EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF GASES."
"
This invention relates to all kinds of engines in which the propelling power is
derived from the explosion of gases from whatever source they may be derived the
object of the invention being to lessen the initial force of the explosion and to
equalise the force during the entire stroke of the piston whereby a steadier motion
of the piston will be obtained than heretofore.
The invention consists in connecting with the explosion chamber of the engine,
an air reservoir containing air compressed to a given pressure, the connection
between the engine and the reservoir being formed by a cylinder containing an
air-tight piston or disc.
On the explosion taking place, so soon as the pressure in the explosion chamber
exceeds the pressure of air in the reservoir, the piston or disc will be caused to
move and further compress the air in the reservoir, until the pressure on both sides
of the disc is equal. As the piston in the main cylinder moves forward and the
explosive pressure falls, the air in the reservoir will exert its pressure on the disc
and force it forward, by doing which a sustained pressure on the main piston will
be given.
By this means the strain on the engine duo to the explosion will be avoided and
less heat will be generated.
The size of the reservoir and the pressure of air to be maintained therein may
be so regulated that the disc or piston shall reach its seat at any given moment in
the stroke of the main piston. This will allow for the further expansion of the
gaseous products in the main cylinder before exhausting, thus corresponding in
some degree to the cut off of an expansion steam engine.
IMPROVED MEANS OF SUSPENDING OR HANGING THE WINDOWS OR SASHES OF RAILWAY CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Haycraft at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1882,
GEORGE HAYCRAFT, of Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset
"IMPROVED
MEANS OF SUSPENDING OR HANGING THE WINDOWS OR SASHES OF RAILWAY
CARRIAGES AND OTHER VEHICLES."
My invention relates to an improved self-acting suspension device for the
windows of railway and other carriages whereby the sash can be held at any height
and when completely raised, can be lifted outwards at bottom over the weather
plate of the frame so as to close the window weather tight. It is simple and
inexpensive, silent in action, can be quickly applied without withdrawing the
carriage from use, cannot get out of order or be mischievously damaged.
The device of my Invention consists of racks fixed in the grooves of the door
frame in which the window slides, one at either side, having inclined teeth
preferably rounded at the points, in combination with steel springs affixed to the
edges of the window sash, said springs having curved or rounded ends which
project from the sash and bear against the racks. In raising and lowering the
sash, the springs yield and slip over the teeth of the racks. The racks may be of
wood or metal and may either project or be flush with the grooves of the frame.
When the sash is completely raised, the springs fall into recesses above the racks
or catch on the top of the racks and the sash is then free to pivot thereon and be
moved outwards at bottom over the weather plate.
My Invention also comprises an arrangement of counterweight for raising and
lowering the window sash consisting of a cross bar attached at the ends to weights
sliding up and down in grooves in the stiles of the door, the sash being suspended
therefrom by cords passing over pulleys. The cross bar of the counterweight works
up and down across the window opening so as to serve also as a handle, by raising
or lowering which the sash is moved in the opposite direction. If the sash is
exactly counterweighted, the racks and springs before described may be dispensed
with, and in lieu thereof V shaped springs be applied to act as brakes to the
pulleys over which the lines run.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN AERIAL NAVIGATION
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Upfield Green at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th September 1882.
UPFIELD GREEN of "The Limes" Cassland Road South Hackney in the
County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN AERIAL
NAVIGATION
"
My Improvements relate to the passage of Balloons Aeroplanes or other buoyant
Vessels with their propelling Mechanism and load in the Air between any two
points by means of a drum cr pulley engaged in a rope or ropes stretched loosely
along, or supported at points above the surface of the ground in such a manner as
to allow of a portion of the rope being continuously taken up and dropped during
the passage.
The Balloon may be of any suitable form preferably that offering the least
resistance to the passage of the same through the Air and sufficiently buoyant to
support the load and a portion of the rope or ropes. If desirable the buoyancy of
the Balloon may be increased by fans propelling apparatus or aeroplanes arranged
to work at desired angles. The motor or driving apparatus which I propose to
employ is attached to the Balloon or other Buoyant Apparatus and consists of a
Drum around which the rope is passed once or more times as may be necessary
The Drum is fastened to a Shaft to which is attached a driving actuated by
an Engine the motive power for which may be either Gas Steam or Compressed Air
when gas is employed it might be taken from the Balloon itself or it might be
carried in a separate Vessel, When compressed Air is employed, the supply would.
be carried in suitable Vessels charged at various points during the journey, when
steam is employed I prepare it in a Boiler of a light tubular construction heated
by hydrocarbon fuel or Gas taken from the Balloon. The water would be carried
in suitable Vessels. In all cases the buoyancy of the Balloon would be sufficient to
support the apparatus employed and increased or diminished as required by various
well known means as ballast use of fans or aeroplanes. Or by a modification of
my Invention, I propose to attach the balloon loosely to the rope by suitable loose
carrier pullies and to propel the Balloon along the ropes by means of fans or oars
worked by manual power or mechanism similar to that above described for working
the Drum.
IN VERTICAL STEAM BOILERS."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Verey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1882.
ARTHUR VEREY, of Dover, in the County of Kent, Engineer.
IN VERTICAL STEAM BOILERS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
My Invention relates to an improved construction of vertical steam boiler.
I propose to make the shell of my improved boiler of a vertical cylinder having
its two opposite sides, for a portion of its height, flattened to form tube plates in
which are placed horizontal or slightly inclined fire tubes.
I propose to arrange one of these flattened sides with either firebrick linings, or
water spaces, so that in conjunction with the shell it shall form a fire-box; and
to the other flattened side I propose to attach a smoke-box, in any suitable
manner.
-
This combination in a vertical boiler of a fire box in direct communication with
horizontal fire tubes, enables me to construct a compact, effective and rapid steam
generating boiler, of few parts, having a very large amount of heating surface and
economical both in working and construction.
AN IMPROVED SADDLE FOR VELOCIPEDES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Fry at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd March 1882.
SAMUEL FRY Windmill Hill, Hampstead, Sculptor in the County of Middlesex
"AN IMPROVED SADDLE FOR VELOCIPEDES
"
The saddle is a double one composed of two complete saddles attached together
and the front seat is the smaller.
This enables the rider to alter his position, as on descending hills by sliding back
on to the back seat, and in other cases as may be convenient and safe.
The pommel of the rear seat or the neck of the saddle is narrow to enable the
rider to work the pedals with comfort and ease.
To secure easy pedalling from the back seat still further, the front seat is on a
higher level.
This puts the rider at nearly equal distances from the pedals in both seats
The metal plates of the two seats are attached in such a way as to allow some
movement at the connection.
The front seat is supported by a spring in such a way that the front seat plays
at the moveable connection on this spring by which means the front seat is most
springy near the extremity of the pommel and when weighted is on a different plane
from the back seat. This spring may come from the back seat or be the main bicycle
spring adapted in shape, in which case only one spring would be necessary. The
rear seat alone is firmly and immoveably attached to the main spring. The rear
seat is a convenient distance for resting the legs on the steering bar of a bicycle and
is conveniently situated for mounting and dismounting the same. By it the power
of back pedalling is much increased.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC LUBRICATING APPARATUS.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Simon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 27th January 1882.
RICHARD SIMON, Engineer of Deering Street in the Town and County of the
Town of Nottingham. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC
LUBRICATING APPARATUS.
This Invention relates to a special construction or arrangement of lubricator
with automatic action or flow of oil while the machinery to which the apparatus is
fitted is running such supply being regulated by the speed thereof.
For the purposes of any Invention I form a casing within which two discs are
rotated in any suitable manner from the machine while in motion. The discs are
preferably of different diameter, the larger being at the bottom rotating in the oil
or lubricant, the smaller disc is fitted above and in direct contact with the other
disc and has a blade or strip pressing on or against it down which the oil as it is
Scraped from the upper disc flows in quantity proportionate to the speed at which
the disc is rotating. The blade or strip leads the lubricant into a channel formed
in or attached to the side of the apparatus to a pipe, spout or other appliance to
the part or parts of the machinery requiring lubrication.
The main feature in this Invention is the upper disc taking its supply from the
lower disc by contact and the blade removing the lubricant into a channel for
distribution purposes the rotation of the disc and the consequent flow of oil taking
place while the machinery is running only.
The upper disc can be kept in contact by a spring or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION METALLIC BATHS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henri Luther at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1882.
WILLIAM HENRI LUTHER of Glasgow in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Galvanized Iron Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
METALLIC BATHS
"
OF
This Invention which relates to improvements in the construction of Metallic
Baths has for its object to produce in wrought Iron, or Stoel, Baths of less weight
than such as have hitherto been produced in Cast Metal, and at a less cost, by
avoiding the operations of making the inoulds for the Casting of such Baths and
Constructing them in such a Manner as to ensure their having the necessary
rigidity, also avoiding the destruction of Cast Metal Baths which is so common
during Railway transit.
The Invention consists in the peculiar application, shaping and jointing of thin
sheets of Iron or Steel as the material of which to construct such Baths.-In order
to shape the upper end of such Baths to the requisite curve or Contour this end or
portion is hollowed by pressure or hammering in a die or mould.-Either the edge
of this headpiece or the adjacent part of the body which overlap each other in the
forming of the necessary joint are Channelled to a width Corresponding to tho
breadth of overlap, so as to make the surfaces of the joint lie flush with each other
at the interior of the Baths.-The foot of such Baths is also made in one piece,
and portions of it are gussetted at each lower corner so as to receive the two gusset
pieces to fill up the spaces between these Corners and the end of the central portion
of the Baths.
It is to be understood that all the joints of the Baths are channelled so as to
produce flush joints at the interior in the manner herein before described and they
are flush riveted.
At the upper part the edge of the plates forming the Baths are turned over so
as to make a fanch all round the same and this fianch is brought to the necessary
thickness either by riveting thereon a strip of Iron, or Steel or by turning in a
portion of the metal constituting the flanch under itself.
The Baths being constructed as hereinbefore described aro finished by
enamelling.
AN IMPROVED SIGHT FOR FIRE-ARMS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Leopold Loewenthal and Digby de
Rontaunay Willoughby at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
28th March 1882.
LEOPOLD LOEWENTHAL, of 1 Albermarle Street, Piccadilly and DIGBY DE
RONTAUNAY WILLOUGHBY, of 25 Duke Street, St James, both in the County of
Middlesex "AN IMPROVED SIGHT FOR FIRE-ARMS
"
Our Invention consists essentially in the employment of a piece of white or other
suitable coloured substance which would readily catch the sight of the person
employing the fire-arm. It is fixed near the muzzle end of the barrel as a projection
in any suitable manner and may be employed for rifles, smooth bore guns, pistols,
revolvers, or any other fire-arms. We prefer to use white enamel, but porcelain or
any other suitable coloured substance may be employed. It will be readily
understood that the light shining upon this suitable coloured substance will make
the sight more distinctly visible to the person using the fire-arm and enable him to
take a better aim; and also that during night time the said sight would be more
casily seen than when made of the same metal as the barrel, as is ordinarily the
case.
MACHINE FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Samuel Eyland at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th December 1882.
EDWARD SAMUEL EYLAND of the City of Bristol in the same City
MACHINE FOR OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
"
"A NEW
To describe any invention imagine a circular disc or framework revolving on a
central axis and on this framework two equal weights placed vertically one over the
other in a line with the central axis
I will call one weight the "leader" and the other one the "follower"-the
"leader" is fixed to one end of a long lever hinged at its opposite extremity to the
circular disc or framework the "follower" is fixed to a lever about half the length
of the long lever aforesaid and is hinged to the centre thereof. The long lever is
free to fall by its own weight but the short lever rests on a large roller or fulcrum
and upon the long lever falling it drags the short one over a portion of the edge or
rim of the roller the circumference of which forms a changing fulcrum thus causing
the short lever to change its position on the fulcrum during the shifting of the
weights-Now as the long lever falls the "leader" weight falls outside the line of
equilibrium or farther from the centre and draws the " follower" upwards and
inside the line of equilibrium and nearer the centre and consequently the "leader"
being farther from the central axis than the "follower" the two weights are thrown
out of balance which causes the weights and disc to revolve half a revolution the
motion being continued by momentum for a short distance when the "leader" and
long lever re-acts on the follower and short lever by pressing the same on
another fulcrum or small roller when both weights by the time they get into a
horizontal position recover themselves exactly into equilibrium the weights and
disc continue to revolve by momentum until the revolution is completed and the
position at starting is arrived at when the operations before described go on again
continuously
I do not confine myself to 2 weights as any number of pairs can be employed
and placed at different angles to each other as found most convenient
IMPROVEMENT RELATING TO PULLEY BLOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cornelius James Gullyes at the
Office of the Cominissioners of Patents on the 18th October 1882. .
CORNELIUS JAMES GULLYES, of Roath, in the County of Glamorgan,
IMPROVEMENT RELATING TO PULLEY BLOCKS
33
"AN
My Invention, which relates to that class of pulley-blocks in which the metal
bushes or bearings of the sheaves are formed of a series of rollers arranged, either
loosely or on bearings, in the form of a ring, is designed to obviate the necessity of
detaching the entire bearing from the sheave at such times as it is desired to clean,
repair or renew the said series of rollers. In the face of the flange by which the
socket, in which the rollers are enclosed, is secured to the sheave, is a recess, so
formed that the cover which fits therein is secured to the flange by screws or pins
independently of the screws or pins by which the flange is attached to the sheave.
The rollers having been placed in position, the cover is secured to the flange and
serves to keep the rollers in place. On the removal of the cover, the rollers may
be withdrawn and renewed or replaced without necessitating, as heretofore, the loss
of the entire bearing, and without damage to the sheave arising from detachment
therefrom of the socket in which the rollers are enclosed, such detachment being
obviated under this Invention.
A PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT FROM COFFEE-BEANS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd October 1882. A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Edouard Charnaux, of Vichy, France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN of Kensington, Middlesex, "A PROCESS FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF A NEW PRODUCT FROM COFFEE-BEANS, a communication to me
from abroad by Edouard Charnaux, of Vichy, France,
This invention has for its object to treat coffee beans in such a manner, that all
their constituents may be utilised; instead of making an infusion and throwing
away the solid residue, as usual.
For this purpose coffee, when ground into a fine powder, is formed into tablets,
by putting the powder in moulds or forms and subjecting the latter to a strong
pressure, preferably by means of a hydraulic press and with the simultaneous
application of heat, the necessary cohesion being due to the 10 to 14 per cent of
fatty matter and to the glutinous substances naturally contained in coffee.
The adhesion of the particles may however be facilitated by the addition of
caramel, or a small quantity of cacao-butter.
Tablets or lozenges prepared as described may be eaten by hand or dissolved in
water or milk, to produce a beverage.
•
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MILD STEEL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Prosser at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1882.
WILLIAM PROSSER of the City and County of Newcastle upon Tyne, Iron
Merchant, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MILD STEEL
"
My invention relates to improvements in and appertaining to the manufacture
of plates, sheets, angle and all other sections of bar-iron, and of forgings made from
ingot iron or steel produced by the Bessemer, Siemens-Marten, Basic or other
processes now in operation, and is designed to produce a more reliable material
than is obtained by the method now in use of casting the material into large
ingots of great thickness which, in cooling down, often develop fractures internally
and externally and, as such ingots are never again raised internally to a welding
heat, such fractures always remain a secret defect in the article manufactured.
Now by this invention I cast the steel or iron from the converting vessel or
ladle, into comparatively broad and thin sheets or slabs, say of one inch or any
other convenient thickness, the steel or iron having already been tested to ensure
its being sufficiently free from carbon and other foreign ingredients as to make it
of a weldable quality. These sheets or slabs are, when cooled sufficiently to
remove, taken to suitable shears or other machinery and cut into convenient strips
both in width and length for "piling" and are then treated as bar iron or steel
produced by the "puddling" process.
If it is desired to make ship or boiler plates the slabs are cut from 12 to
24 inches wide and suitable lengths "piled" one upon another to produce the
required weight of "pile." If sheet or bar-iron is wanted then the slabs are
divided into narrower strips as may be required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON KITCHEN UTENSILS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugo Hartung at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1882.
"
HUGO HARTUNG of Berlin, in the German Empire. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF IRON KITCHEN UTENSILS."
My Invention has for its object to combine the advantages of wrought iron and
cast iron kitchen utensils. It consists in casting the pots, pans, or other vessels
from good iron free from manganese or phosphor by means of moulds, decarbonizing
them afterwards by known means so as to convert then into wrought iron and
producing a non-poisonous enamel or coating by pickling the surface in a mixture
of sulphuric and nitric acid, which produces a solid conting of oxide of iron.
Instead of enamelling the vessels they may be easily coated with tin like
ordinary wrought iron vessels.
IMPROVEMENTS IN EXHAUST FANS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Ashton Lister and George
Richmond at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th May
1882.
ROBERT ASHTON LISTER of Dursley, in the county of Gloucester, Agricultural
Implement Manufacturer and GEORGE RICHMOND of Dursley aforesaid, Works
Manager to the said Robert Ashton Lister " IMPROVEMENTS IN EXHAUST FANS
"
This invention relates to improvements in exhaust fans chiefly applicable for
cooling and drying hay and corn ricks or stacks, the said fans being also applicable
for exhausting foul air and gases from coal bunkers and the holds of ships, from
sewers and drains, and for like purposes.
In carrying out our improvements we dispense with the usual casing and employ
one inlet only, which inlet opens into the fan itself to which it is connected by a
joint consisting of two faces with an interposed washer of leather or other suitable
material which will retain a sufficient quantity of grease, which while serving as a
lubricant will also keep the joint tight. The air drawn into the fan through the
herein before described inlet is discharged off the vanes of the fan without the.
friction caused by the casing usually employed.
We form the vanes of the fan of wrought iron and cast the sides of the fan onto
the vanes whereby we are enabled to employ much lighter vanes than hitherto,
and obtain greater strength than when cast iron is employed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TACHYMETERS OR APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE SPEED OF REVOLVING SHAFTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th September 1882. A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Edouard Lambinet, of Rochefort, France,
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TACHYMETERS OR APPARATUS FOR INDICATING THE SPEED OF REVOLVING
SHAFTS," a communication to me from abroad by Edouard Lambinet, of Rochefort,
France,
This invention has for its object to indicate at a glance the speed of revolution
of shafts or other revolving mechanism. For this purpose I construct an apparatus
from two principal parts, namely 1, a turbine or paddle wheel moving in a closed
chamber and communicating with a closed air chamber, and 2, a pressure indicator
which indicates at every moment the pressure of the air contained in the said air
chamber. Water is supplied to the turbine casing, from which it is forced upward
through a vertical pipe into the air chamber, if the turbine revolves with sufficient
speed, so as to compress the air in the said air chamber in proportion to the speed
of the turbine. As the turbine is mounted on the shaft the speed of which is to
be ascertained, this speed can be measured by the pressure of the air in the air
chamber. Instead of a paddle wheel, the casing may be internally provided with
blades and made to revolve so as to force the water into a stationary pipe, the
open end of which is tangential to the circumference. Between the compressed air
chamber and the turbine a three way cock is inserted for establishing communi-
cation between the atmosphere and one of the two chambers, when required. For
indicating the number of revolutions, the air chamber communicates with a flexible
diaphragm or bag which expands in proportion to the air pressure and imparts its
motion on an enlarged scale to a hand or pointer by means of suitable transmitting
gear provided with balance weights. The position of the hand or pointer indicates
the number of revolutions on a dial.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Horn Black at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1882.
JAMES HORN BLACK of Glengall Road, in the county of Surrey, Manufacturer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCKS
This invention relates to placing the lock mechanism within the knob whereby
the construction of locks is simplified, the ordinary key bolt is dispensed with the
dimensions of the lock are reduced, and the necessity of the present key hole in the
door or the like dispensed with.
A suitable arrangement for carrying out my invention of placing the locking
mechanism within the knob consists in providing the knob with a grooved or
slotted spindle for operating the spring bolt. The locking mechanism may consist
of a spring lever sliding in the slotted spindle and which is pushed inwards by a
key introduced through a key hole in the knob.
The said lever is formed with an adjustable projection, and when the lever is
moved forward by the pressure of the key the end of the said projection passes
into a slot in the tumbler and the key being turned the lever will be locked in
position and the bolt cannot be moved by the knob or handle.
The rose of the knob is formed in two parts one screwing onto the other thereby
fastening the knob and rose together and to prevent the parts from being
unscrewed when the lock is closed, a second projection on the hereinbefore described
lever is provided which when the lever is moved forward operates a spring catch
which takes into a slot in one part of the rose.
The knob is preferably formed in two parts screwed together and provision is
made for a side bolt or lever to move outwards when the door is locked to keep
the two parts from turning one on the other,
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Smith Hollinrake at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th August 1882.
SMITH HOLLINRAKE of Burnley in the County of Lancaster Woollen Merchant
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
My Invention is designed to despense with the leather strap or band now used
as a means of connection between the picking stick and picker, (in what is termed
the over pick motion) and substitute in lieu thereof a metal chain, by preference
of Steel and composed of a series of rings or links in such a manner that the said
rings or links may change their position so as to present fresh points of contact
whereby greater durability is effected