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A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENER FOR BOOTS, SHOES, GLOVES, AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Orange McConnell Chamberlain at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th June 1880.
ORANGE MCCONNELL CHAMBERLAIN, of Finsbury Pavement, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer. "A NEW OR IMPROVED FASTENER FOR BOOTS, SHOES,
GLOVES, AND OTHER ARTICLES."
This Invention relates to the construction of a new or improved fastener for
boots, shoes, gloves, and other articles.
The improved fastener when used for boots, shoes, and like articles is constructed
of a number of levers, preferably three, in which case the outer levers are jointed
to the centre lever, the other ends of the outer levers being attached or sewn to
the boot or shoe. By this construction when the fastening is open the boot or
shoe can be placed on the foot, then by simply drawing inwards the outer levers
and pressing down the centre lever the said outer levers will be forced inwards,
thereby drawing together the two sides of the boot or shoe, and the levers being
slightly curved to suit the shape of the instep the fastening will be kept closed.
To open the fastening it is merely necessary to raise or pull up the centre lever.
For gloves I prefer that only one of the outer levers be permanently fastened to
the glove, and in this case the other lever is provided with suitable catches to hook
onto suitable hooks on the glove. The centre lever may also be made with a
certain amount of spring, so that when the fastening is closed the outer levers will
be locked.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN TILT-CARTS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bowen at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th September 1880.
WILLIAM BOWEN, of Southwark, in the County of Surrey. "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN TILT-CARTS."
My Invention relates to caris such as are used by contractors and others for the
cartage of road scrapings, gravel, and other loose material; and it consists in fixing
the tail board to a frame formed by a rearward extension of the shafts, and in
making the cart body tilt independently of the tail-board, which remains stationary,
so that when the body is in the horizontal position it is closed at back by the
tail-board, but when tilted it is unclosed and its contents shot out beneath the
tail-board.
The cart body instead of being wholly above the level of the shafts, is partly
above and partly below, and tilts within the said frame, to which it is connected by
side pivots, which may be so arranged by means of eccentric rolling or sliding
bearings as to impart a slight forward or backward movement to the body, so as
to cause it to be pressed against the tail-board to ensure a tight closure and to
enable it to clear the tail board in tilting.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRINGS OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Year: 1880

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bown at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 9th February 1880.
WILLIAM BOWN, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRINGS OR FASTENINGS FOR GLOVES AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES."
My improvements relate principally to what are commonly known as the knife
blade springs for gloves, boots, and other like purposes, and consist in providing
a spring snap connection on the opposite end of the arm or body to that of the
head or joint part. This I effect by a sliding bolt placed on the arm or body
carrying a suitable spring, and the other arm or body is formed with a suitable
catch, so that when the glove spring is closed the catch snaps into the sliding bolt
on the other arm or body, and is securely held by the force of the spring before
namned. The outer end of the sliding bolt or opposite end to the catch part may
be formed with a projecting knob, lip, or extended part so as to be connected or
formed with a tassel or other ornamental appendage, so that when it is desired to
open the glove for removal from the hand it is simply necessary to draw back the
sliding bolt by means of the projection or appendage connected with it, when the
catch and arms will be liberated permitting the glove to be removed from the
hand.
As a modification I may so arrange this spring catch connection on the opposite
end of the arm or body to that of the head or joint part that instead of drawing a
bolt I press or lift a projection or stud, which liberates the catch permitting the
glove to be removed from the hand.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOK BINDING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1880. A communi-
cation from abroad by Messieurs Gonthier, Dreyfus, and Company, of the
City of Paris, in the Republic of France.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOOK BINDING." A communication
from abroad by Messieurs Gonthier, Dreyfus, and Company, of the City of Paris,
in the Republic of France.
The feature of novelty in this Invention is the substitution of metal threads and
ribbons for the glue at present employed for consolidating the hollow backs of
books, especially ledgers or other large books, the advantages being that the backs
of books so bound are more flexible, open flatter, and the leaves are more firmly
secured than by stitching and gluing them, as the glue forms a hard crust easily
broken.
Having secured the sheets by means of metal threads by aid of the Brehmer
machine these wires are passed through the vellum or other binders into metal
ribbons of the same width as the binders, and the ends of the wires are then
fastened or bent together, and over them tin solder is placed, so that the wires
are firmly secured, and consequently the sheets they bind are rendered perfectly
undetachable.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR CONTAINING COTTON BALLS OF SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1880. A com-
munication from abroad by Auguste Henry, Merchant, of Lyon, in the
Republic of France.
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON, of 6, Southampton Buildings, Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BOXES FOR CONTAINING COTTON
BALLS OF SEWING MACHINES." A communication from abroad by Auguste Henry,
Merchant, of Lyon, in the Republic of France.
The drawback to the use of cotton, silk, or thread wound on reels is the
uncertainty as to the quantity and weight of the matter so wound, and to unwind
which so as to determine the actual weight and length deteriorates the silk or
thread.
This Invention is intended to obviate this defect by the employment of balls of
cotton, thus dispensing with the reel, which was difficult to calculato in weight.
In order to protect the silk, thread, or cotton from injury or dirt it is enclosed
in a box of simple construction, as will be seen by the accompanying Drawings.
This box is of tin or other substance, and consists of three parts, one of which is
the lid C pierced with a small hole for the exit of the thread F from the box B, to
the bottom of which, at the opposite end to which the thread is drawn, is soldered
a conical tube D, which is intended to be placed on the ordinary spindle E of the
sewing machine. This tube may also be cylindrical or any other shape.
The conical form of the tube D is intended to insure the solid adherence of the
box B to the spindle E without the aid of an external screw.
The thread or other matter unwinds inside the box and makes its exit, or is
drawn through the hole in the lid C as fast as the machine works.
This method of enclosing the silk or other substance in a box has the advantage
of protecting it from exposure to the air, which after a time affects its quality.
The box may also have one or more rings on it for fixing it on the spindle in
lieu of the tube; or it may be attached by hasps, catches, hooks, or screws, or by
any other method facilitating and insuring its fixture to the spindle.
The same principle being equally applicable to all kinds of thread.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HAT LININGS."
Year: 1880

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Cooke at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th February 1880.
GEORGE COOKE, of Hooley Hill, in the County of Lancaster, Hat Manufacturer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HAT LININGS."
My Invention relates to the linings of hats, and is particularly applicable to the
linings of felt hats, but the linings of other hats may be formed in accordance
with my Invention. I provide hats with removable linings, and I make the said
linings of such suitable materials, and I so form and finish them as that when
removed from the hats they may be worn as lighter coverings for the head, as, for
example, the said linings may be made suitable for use as travelling caps, or as
cricketting or bicycling caps, or as smoking caps, or to be otherwise used as light
head coverings. I provide the said linings, that is to say, the removable caps, with
ventilators or ornaments, or with any suitable decorations, and in some or in all
cases adapt them to be reversed, that is to say, to be turned inside out when
removed from the hat before being placed upon the head.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTING AND FASTENING OF FISHING ROD JOINTS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Wright at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1880.
ROBERT WRIGHT, of 16, Princes Street, Edinburgh, in the County of Mid Lothian
North Britain, Fishing Rod Maker. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FITTING AND
FASTENING OF FISHING ROD JOINTS."
This Invention relates to the fitting and fastening of fishing rod joints by means
of male and female screwed tubes, which are not cut in any way, but has the
substance of which the tubes are made pressed into the form of any required shape
of screw by pressure appliances directed against steel dies, steel taps, or steel moulds,
or, in other words, by means of any metal or other substance placed between any die
and its exact counter, the screws struck or pressed into the shape wanted.
In carrying out my Invention I make use of dies, taps, or moulds in such pieces
as shall not only collectively make up the entire circular thread, but being made
with a convenient receptive space are addopted to receiving the wedge shaped
centre piece, which, increasing the size of the moveable pieces, expands towards the
counter, the metal upon which it is to be formed or impressed, the screws, with or
without the slop members or shoulder, finishes of the threads.
My Invention is applicable to the fitting and fastening of landing net bows and
to saff hooks to their respective handles, to fishing rod stoppers, and generally to all
required joinings, then a convenient smooth secure screw fastening is an advantage.
My improvements being in the joints they may not only be considered as separate
from the rods, but may be soldered to or rivetted upon other attachments, or when
the tubes are made of aluminium they may be very artistically combined with
vulcanite, wood, or other materials so as to make an ornamental finish.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN STEAM TRAPS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Conlong and James Robertshaw
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1880.
JAMES CONLONG, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and
JAMES ROBERTSHAW, of Manchester, in the same County, Merchant. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN STEAM TRAPS."
. Our Invention relates to improvements in steam traps for liberating air and
water from steam pipes, drying cylinders, and steam apparatus generally, and has
for its object to remedy existing defects in such appliances, and to simplify the
construction and action thereof. To this end we cast or form a hollow sphere or
reservoir of brass, copper, or other suitable metal, and of a sufficient capacity to hold
the condensed water. The said reservoir is cast or formed with a boss or
cylindrical part in which two ports are formed, and is bored out true to receive a
pipe or plug in which two thoroughfares are formed which communicate with the
ports in the said reservoir, and which are separated from each other by means of a
partition or midfeather, one thoroughfare formning an inlet to the reservoir, and the
other the outlet or discharge opening. The said reservoir is fitted to turn on the
said pipe or plug as upon an axis, and thereby opens and closes the ports formed
therein, that is to say, the said reservoir is kept in equilibrium in its highest
position when the steam pipes are dry, and sinks by the accumulation therein
of condensed water, and so opens the discharge port to its full extent, and
the water discharged through the same, a free escape for steam into the reservoir,
being made in the plug or pipe. We prefer to fit the casing of the reservoir with
a weight to accelerate its action in opening and closing the ports. The said sphere
or reservoir after discharging the contained water regains its equilibrium and
thereby closes the discharge opening. The pipe or plug on which the spherical
reservoir turns is connected to the end of the steam pipe by means of a joint or
coupling, and is adjusted thereon so as to bring the ports in line with each other
when in operation by means of lock nuts screwed on the outer end thereof.
important feature in our Invention consists in giving a full open or full closed
passage for the discharge of water and steam, thereby preventing the evil
of grinding the plug and consequent leakage. The casing of the said reservoir may
be formed or fitted with a loose cover if desired.
An
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, PARING, AND SCRAPING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hermann Brandes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th June 1880.
HERMANN BRANDES, of Hamburg, temporarily at 67, Strand, in the City of
Westminster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CUTTING, PARING, AND
SCRAPING VEGETABLES AND FRUITS."
This machine is chiefly designed for the purpose of saving hand labour in the
kitchen, and serves especially for cutting beans, but also for cutting cabbages,
potatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables into slices, and for scraping almonds.
The machine consists of a revolving disc provided with knives or scrapers, and of
suitable feeding devices adapted to the various uses for which the machine is
intended. The beans are fed through an adjustable shoot in front of the disc,
while cabbage, potatoes, cucumbers, or other vegetables are introduced through a
segmental recess of the front plate of the machine frame. For cutting almonds a
cylindrical casing is cast on the front plate of the frame, said cylinder being open
against the disc, and containing a piston for pressing the almonds against the disc,
which almonds are introduced through a hopper or other suitable feeding device at
the top of the said piston casing.
The machine frame is provided with a suitable stand, and the revolving disc has
a long hub and a handle.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HOBBY OR TOY HORSES.
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Loebl at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 1st July 1880.
SAMUEL LOEBL, of the Firm of J. Loebl and Company, of Aldermanbury, in the
City of London, Manufacturers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN HOBBY OR TOY HORSES.".
My Invention relates to improvements in hobby or toy horses, and has for
object to construct such articles in such manner that they may be impelled or, as
it were, driven by the child, instead of being ridden or dragged from behind as
heretofore.
For the purpose of my Invention I place between the fore legs of the horse a
guiding or steering wheel, which is mounted in a forked rod suitably supported
and passing through the neck and fore quarters of the horse. This rod, which is
free to rotate so as to cause the guiding or steering wheel to turn, terminates at its
upper end in a cross bar, whose outer ends are provided with reins which, on being
pulled to the right or left, impart a corresponding movement to and actuate the
said guiding or steering wheel. By this arrangement the horse may thus be made
to turn round in a very limited space, in fact in its own length.
Two other wheels are provided and are placed one on each side of the hind legs
of the horse.
To the hind quarters of the horse and just above the tail, I attach a rod which
is articulated thereto at its inner extremity, and which terminates at its outer
extremity in a yoke-shaped or semi-circular piece which embraces the body of
the child above the hips. This rod acts as the means to impel the horse, and
receives its impulsion from the walking or running movements of the child, who
having the reins in hand may direct the horse in any direction desired with perfect
precision, and without coming in contact with any one or any thing.
AN IMPROVED Tow SCUTCHING MACHINE
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Robinson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th May 1880.
JAMES ROBINSON, of the Riverside Weaving Company, Bridge End Mills,
Cookstown. "AN IMPROVED Tow SCUTCHING MACHINE."
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The improved machine which forms the object of the present application for
patent consists of a frame or foundation, to which is pivoted a "feed" table. At
the further end of the feed table a retaining "roller revolves. This roller is
provided with pins or teeth on its surface for combing or separating the tow as it
is drawn under the roller. Wooden scutching handles or blades are arranged to
revolve at a high rate of speed at the back of the feed table and retaining roller,
and as the tow passes under and out at the back of the roller it is struck downward
by these scutching handles or blades. The shive is here parted from the fibre, the
former flying off behind the scutching blades, while the latter is blown underneath
the feed table by the current of air created by the scutching blades.
The feed table, working on its pivot, has a jigging motion imparted to it by a
connecting rod from a crank. The retaining roller may be driven by an index,
between which and the roller a brake regulated by a thumb screw may be
arranged.
The scutching handles are driven by shafts from pulleys.
On the other end of the shafts exactly similar machinery is arranged, only that
the scutching handles are a little further set off the end of the feed table. One end
is used for roughing, and the other end for finishing the tow.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND REGISTERING SPEED AND DIRECTION OF ROTATION
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Beauchamp Tower at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st April 1880.
BEAUCHAMP TOWER, of No. 3, Grote's Place, Blackheath, in the County of Kent.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR INDICATING AND REGISTERING SPEED AND
DIRECTION OF ROTATION."
My Invention relates to apparatus for indicating and registering the speed with
which a shaft or axle revolves, and the direction of its revolution. For this purpose
I connect or couple to the revolving shaft a screwed spindle on which a wheel is
fitted as a nut. The screwed spindle lies across the face of a disc which is driven
by clockwork or other suitable motor at a known or regulated speed. The wheel
bearing against the revolving surface of the disc is itself caused to revolve, while
also the screwed spindle revolves within it, and the wheel is therefore caused to
advance towards or retreat from the centre of the disc according as the speed of the
screwed spindle is less or greater, until it takes a position at such a distance froin
the centre of the disc, that the angular velocity of the wheel is equal to that of the
spindle, that position being on the one side or the other of the centre of the disc,
according to the direction in which the spindle revolves. The wheel is embraced
by a fork which is connected to a suitable index moving over a graduated scale,
the index shewing by its position on the scale the speed and direction of the motion
of the spindle. The movements of the index may by means of a style or tracer. be..
recorded on moving paper or other suitable surface. In some cases a conical or
conoidal drum may be substituted for the revolving disc.
A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINATION GLOVE AND PURSE
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick William Wilson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd April 1880.
FREDERICK WILLIAM WILSON, of Highgate Hill, in the County of Middlesex.
"A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINATION GLOVE AND PURSE."
My Invention has for its object to afford a safe and handy method of carrying
money and other small articles, whereby they can be readily got at by the owner,
and the danger of them being feloniously abstracted from the pocket of the dress
entirely prevented. My Invention consists in forming tho palm of a kid or other
glove with an inner lining or doubling so as to form a pocket thereat, access to
which may be obtained by a horizontal slit in the centre or other convenient part
of the outer material. of the glove proper, where it covers the inner lining or
doubling. The edges of this slit formed with strips or flaps of the same material as
the glove, or of leather or any other suitable material overlap each other and are
closed together by buttons, catch, or other device. The pocket so formed in the
glove may be used as a purse for carrying money, or for postage stamps, receipts,
rail or tram tickets, visiting cards, or other small articles, without the necessity of
continual recourse to the pocket of the dress, or the danger of having the purse
stolen therefrom as is the case at present.
My Invention is of special advantage to ladies when shopping or travelling, as
by its use the frequent theft from the outside pockets of the jackets now worn is
entirely prevented.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRATTICE CLOTH AND BRATTICE AIR TUBES AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Forrest at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th September 1880.
ALEXANDER FORREST, of Holt Town, near Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. " IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRATTICE CLOTH AND
BRATTICE AIR TUBES AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME."
The object of this Invention is to manufacture brattice cloth of strong texture,
and capable of withstanding the great and sudden strain to which such material
is subjected in the shafts and various workings of mines and other localities where
it is employed. Instead of employing warp and weft of textile material, as
beretofore, I use warps of wire, by preference iron, in forming the selvidges of
brattice cloth, and at suitable distances apart between the selvidges so formed I
introduce two or more warps of similar wire, the intermediate warps and also the
weft being of textile material; I prefer that the wires shall be tinned, galvanised or
otherwise treated to withstand the corrosive action of the atmosphere. I thus
manufacture brattice cloth of great strength and durability. I also apply the same
method of strengthening brattice cloth in the manufacture of air tubes, and I
connect lengths of such tubes together by spigot and faucet socket joints, to which
I apply self locking spring catches.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LONG SPAN BRIDGES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Andrew Barclay at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 20th February 1880.
ANDREW BARCLAY, of Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North Britain, Engineer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LONG SPAN BRIDGES."
This Invention, which relates to improvements in the construction of long
span bridges, is a development of the Invention for which application for Letters
Patent was made by the said Andrew Barclay, on the 27th day of January 1880,
No. 367.
According to the present improvements the triangular girders or trusses do not
meet in the centre of the span of the bridge, but a space of any required length is
left between them, which is bridged by a lattice or bowstring girder resting upon
the ends of the two projecting triangular girders. This central girder may also be
attached by suspension chains to the triangular girders.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE-LIGHTERS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Batchelor at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 7th August 1880.
JAMES BATCHELOR, of Hackney Road, Shoreditch, in the County of Middlesex.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE-LIGHTERS."
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction of fire-lighters whereby their
combustion is facilitated by affording a more free access of air thereto, their
construction is simplified and greater economy of material is effected.
In constructing fire-lighters according to this Invention I take two flat pieces of
wood, say about five inches long, about three inches wide, and about three eighths
of an inch thick, which dimensions may be varied more or less in practice. From
each of these pieces I cut out from one edge thereof one or small triangular
or other shaped pieces extending nearly to the opposite edge in order to leave
openings to allow for the free passage or inlet of air at the sides when the lighter
is burning. I then take the pieces of wood which have been cut out or removed,
as above described, and place them flat side by side between the two larger pieces
with their apices coinciding with the edge or side, which constitutes, when the
lighter is placed in position, the top or apex thereof. I then connect the several
parts together along the upper edge by means of thin nails, wire, or other like
fastenings, which, when inserted, will bend or yield sufficiently to allow the lighter
to be pulled open about two or three inches on the opposite side and thereby form
a good standing base when required for use, and also to enable the parts to be
closed up flat so as to occupy less space when packed for transport. The object of
fixing the small pieces between the two larger pieces at their upper edge is to
allow for passage for air in an upward direction during combustion, and also to
utilize and economize the said parts or fragments.
After the lighter has been fixed together as described it is dipped, if desired, in
melted resin, paraffin, or other suitable inflammable substance.
I sometimes make a number of slots or saw cuts in the outside pieces extending
from one edge thereof partly across each of the outside pieces, removing or not, as
preferred, one or more intermediate pieces or tongues between the saw cuts for
admitting a plentiful supply of air into the lighter, which would be fastened at its
upper edge or apex substantially as and for the purpose above explained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING MATERIALS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Griffith Brewer at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th October 1880. A communication
from abroad by Wildrich Winterhalter, of San Francisco, United States of
America.
EDWARD GRIFFITH BREWER, of 33, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING MATERIALS."
[A communication from abroad by Wildrich Winterhalter, of San Francisco, United
States of America.]
This Invention relates to mechanical apparatus for conveying material, such as
grain, sand, flour, granular or pulverized substances, and consists in a conveyor tube
provided with helical or angular blades on its inside; this tube revolving in suitable
bearings, and provided with the necessary inlet and outlets, as the work may
demand.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Henry Sykes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1880.
WILLIAM HENRY SYKES, of the Firm of Messieurs John Sykes, the younger, and
Sons, of Golcar, near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Woollen Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR SPINNING AND DOUBLING FIBRES."
This Invention relates to improvements in mules hitherto employed in the
spinning of fibres, and the object of the Invention is to render the mule available
for the operations of spinning and of doubling simultaneously.
For purposes aforesaid I employ a double set of surface rollers, one set in rear of
the front or ordinary surface rollers; there are also the necessary additional
bobbins and bobbin stands; each set of surface rollers is separately geared so as to
provide the requisite speed according to the draft required, and in order that at
any time the back set of rollers may be thrown out of gear, and the mule act as
ordinary.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GRINDING, CRUSHING, AND PULVERIZING, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BRICK EARTH, CHALK, FLINTS, AND ORES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Jowett Shackleton
and George James Kemp at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 15th November 1880.
EDWARD JOWETT SHACKLETON and GEORGE JAMES KEMP, both of Dartford, in
the County of Kent. IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR GRINDING, CRUSHING, AND
PULVERIZING, SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO BRICK EARTH, CHALK, FLINTS, AND
ORES."
Our Invention for grinding, crushing, and pulverizing, mainly consists in a large
pan with a smaller pan in centre. In the larger pan are placed rollers (preferably
four) made of cast iron or other suitable material; these rollers revolve upon their
axes by the motion of the pan, which is caused to revolve by means of chain, band,
or other mechanism. The inner or smaller pan has also a roller; in this small pan
the chalk when used for brick making is placed, and as crushed is forced out and
onto the large pan, where it mixes with the clay or earth which is being crushed in
the larger pan. Each roller in the large pau runs in a different track, so that the
earth, clay, or other substance is crushed (when four rollers are used) four times
before it reaches the circumference. In the pan are holes or openings, so that on the
clay or substance arriving at these holes, same drops onto a stool below where the
moulder takes it. The machine is driven by chain or other suitable arrangements
under the pan, the latter being preferably provided with a centre pin in a socket,
and say four runners to balance and keep the machine in place.
Or instead of the pan revolving, same may be stationary and the rollers driven.
This can be effected by having a centre pin and a chain attached to the axles of
rollers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANOFORTES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Kew at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th November 1880.
JAMES KEW, of Camden Town, in the County of Middlesex, Music Smith.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PIANOFORTES."
This Invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in pianofortes,
and has especial reference to those kinds of pianos which have what is known as a
"vertical iron front" or frame.
As at present made this description of frame is of such a construction as that the
even spacing apart of the strings is interfered with, which necessitates irregularity
in the construction of the key board, lever rail, and hammer rail of the sticker or
other action, and is thus of great disadvantage.
The object of the present Invention is to remedy this defect, by obviating any
break in the scale or spacing of the strings, and thus to allow of the application to
such pianofortes of any usual sticker or hammer-action.
In carrying my Invention into effect, I support the upper and lower parts of the
frame against the collapsing strain of the strings by means of a stretcher-bar,
between which and the frame the belly is placed or situated, the stretcher bar
being screwed to the usual bracing of the piano and provided with projecting
abutments, which pass through the belly and engage with squared parts of the
frame, and thus sustain it as desired, without any part projecting beyond the
general surface of the frame.
The above described arrangement is applicable to single and double overstrung
pianofortes in lieu of the usual solid bar which occupies the corresponding position
in the frame, and it is also generally applicable to upright pianos not having
wood frames.
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND DESTROYING GASES ARISING FROM SEWERS OR DRAINS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Alfred Harvey at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th January 1880.
GEORGE ALFRED HARVEY, of Lewisham, in the County of Kent.
MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR REMOVING AND DESTROYING GASES ARISING FROM
SEWERS OR DRAINS."
"IMPROVED
The object of my Invention is to prevent deleterious or poisonous gases which
arise from sewers or drains escaping either into dwellings or the outer air. For
this purpose I introduce at a convenient position in a ventilating or stack pipe,
which communicates with the sewer or drain, a gas burner, which has no com-
munication with the outer air, except at the top of the pipe, and therefore depends
entirely, in order to support combustion, upon the foul air or gases arising from the
sewer or drain. Above the gas burner at a suitable distance I place across the pipe
a gauze diaphragm or piece of fine wire netting. When the gas burner is lighted
the heat creates the necessary draught in the pipe to draw up the foul air or gas,
which on coming in contact with the flame becomes burnt, while any of it which
may not be consumed will in passing through the hot gauze diaphragm or wire
netting above have its deleterious properties destroyed.
In carrying out my Invention I prefer to interpose between two lengths of the
ventilating or stack pipe a glass cylinder, which fits hermetically at top and bottom
respectively into the said two lengths. At a short distance below the glass cylinder
I carry through the pipe an ordinary gas pipe, which is fitted with a cock, and
communicates with any suitable gas supply; and from the inner end of this pipe I
carry up a vertical piece or nozzle to which a burner is fitted.
An important feature of my Invention is that no outer air is supplied to the
burner, the combustion being supported entirely by the air and gases drawn or
passing up the ventilating or stack pipe.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND FINISHING GARMENTS, OR PARTS OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Hayes at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1880.
CHARLES HAYES, of Leeds, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PRESSING, SMOOTHING, AND FINISHING GARMENTS, OR PARTS
OF GARMENTS, ALSO FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED
FABRICS,"
The object of my Invention is to carry off from smoothing irons the smoke and
noxious vapours which arise from the burnt gas used in heating them, instead of
letting it pass or escape into the room or apartment, and further by an arrangement
of mechanism I am enabled to bring more pressure to bear through the smoothing
iron on the material under treatment.
I provide a table on framework over which is an arm having one end mounted
or hinged in suitable bearings. At the other end of the arm is attached a hollow
smoothing iron, which is heated preferably by gas flame. To this smoothing iron
is or are attached a tube or tubes through which the smoke and noxious or waste
gases are conducted to some convenient flue or outside the room or apartment. I
construct the tube or tubes at the end nearest the smoothing iron, that any
condensation that takes place is conducted into a cup by means of an inner tube,
instead of returning into the smoothing iron.
Further, by a combination of levers, the operator through a treadle is enabled to
transmit considerably more pressure to the smoothing iron than in machines of
ordinary construction, whereby the pressing, smoothing, and finishing operations
are more perfectly effected.
In this machine the material is moved under the smoothing iron by the attendant,
such smoothing iron having a vertical movement only imparted thereto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO MACHINERY OR APPLIANCES FOR DRESSING STONE, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO FORMING PAVING SETTS OR BLOCKS
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Owen Owen Williams at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th September 1880.
OWEN OWEN WILLIAMS, of Trefriw, in the County of Carnarvon, and of 15,
Water Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND
RELATING TO MACHINERY OR APPLIANCES FOR DRESSING STONE, ESPECIALLY
APPLICABLE TO FORMING PAVING SETTS OR BLOCKS."
My Invention has for its object improvements in and relating to machinery
or appliances for dressing stone, especially applicable for forming paving setts or
blocks.
A machine constructed according to my Invention consists of a gauged anvil or
block, which forms a bed on which to rest the stone during the operation of dressing.
The anvil or block is formed with a sharp edge, preferably of steel. The dressing
is performed by a steel flat edged or pick cutter, having a reciprocating or steam
hammer action, which is imparted to it by an inverted steam or other cylinder
placed over the anvil or bed, and carried by a suitable framework. The cutter is
attached to the piston rod of the cylinder, which piston rod passes through the
upper cover of the cylinder, and strikes against an elastic buffer. The machine is
worked by a foot treadle, which operates by a system of levers and rods the slide
valve of the cylinder, which may be double or single acting as desired; the operation
being by the working of the foot of the operator on the treadle, repeated cuts can
be taken on the block of stone, which is held by the hand, or by a clamp on the
gauged anvil or block.
According to my Invention, much harder classes of stone can be cut than is now
performed by hand labour. The setts or blocks can also be produced of more
accurate gauged dimensions, and much more expeditiously than is now the case by
hand labour.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERING WIRE WITH INSULATING MATERIAL, AND IN APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Johann Carl Ludwig Loeffler, of No. 12, Queen Anne's
Gate, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERING WIRE WITH INSULATING MATERIAL, AND IN
APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Carl Ludwig Loeffler
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1880.
JOHANN CARL LUDWIG LOEFFLER, of No. 12, Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, in
the County of Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN COVERING WIRE WITH INSULATING
MATERIAL, AND IN APPARATUS FOR THAT PURPOSE."
My Invention relates to the covering of wire with insulating material, such as
gutta-percha or other plastic substance, in such a manner as to obtain two or
more layers of covering on the wire at one operation. For this purpose I form a
die with central holes of successively larger diameters through which the wire is
caused to travel. To the space between each pair of these holes I provide lateral
passages for the plastic material, so that as the wire travels along it receives first
one layer of covering, and after passing through the first hole it receives a second
layer of covering, and so on, being thus covered with as many successive layers as
there are successive holes in the die. The lateral passages may all proceed from
one vessel or cylinder in which the covering material is subjected to pressure, or
each set of these passages may be supplied from a different vessel or cylinder, so
that different material may be used for the successive layers. Instead of covering
plain wire in the manner described wire already covered may be thus treated for
the purpose of obtaining additional layers of covering.
A MANUAL COAL AND STONE CUTTING MACHINE."
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1880.
HENRY RICHARDSON, of Backworth, in the County of Northumberland, Mining
Engineer. A MANUAL COAL AND STONE CUTTING MACHINE."
My Invention relates to a machine for cutting coal, stone, or other mineral,
operated by manual power.
The machine consists of a frame or bed plate of cast iron or steel fixed in position
on the floor of the mine by upright stays screwed against the roof. This frame or
bed plate is fitted with a sliding block, moved forward or backward upon guides
by means of a nut working upon a screw extending from end to end of the frame
or bed plate. In the sliding block is fitted a mandril, armed with teeth, of stec! or
wrought iron, and caused to revolve by means of a ratchet attached direct to its
outer end or by a winch handle or ratchet attached to spur gearing connected with
the mandril. The ratchet lever or winch handle is operated by the miner from the
side of the machine. As the mandril revolves the teeth cut into the coal or stone
and are moved forward by the screw (receiving its motion by gearing connected
with ratchet or winch handle) acting on the sliding block until the nut reaches the
end of the screw when the machine must be liberated and moved forward so that
the cutting can be again proceeded with. The mandril being once inserted into
the seam of coal or stone to the required depth from the face, and being set in
motion, performs the work of undercutting the seam, technically called "holeing "
or "curving," with safety to the miner and economy in making the required cut,
without breaking the body of the coal, as is the case with ordinary hewing with
picks,
AN IMPROVED BOTTLE STOPPER
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Doust at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 25th May 1880. A communication from
abroad by Theodor Frank and Eduard Alexander, both of Hamburg, in the
Empire of Germany.
JOHN DOUST, of Jewin Street, in the City of London. "AN IMPROVED BOTTLE
STOPPER." [A communication from abroad by Theodor Frank and Eduard
Alexander, both of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany.] .
This Invention relates to a device for stoppering bottles consisting of two parts,
viz., a hollow cap containing a lining or cushion which fits on the mouth of the
bottle, and a wire fastener which is loosely jointed to the cap and serves to hold
the same securely in place.
The fastener consists of two parallel limbs which are hinged to the cap at their
upper ends, and at their lower ends are bent into the form of a bow which embraces
the neck of the bottle, and is formed with an eye or loop at each end in order that
the stopper may be secured by wire and sealed. The bow has an inward set so
that it may be sprung under the lip on the neck of the bottle when turned down
thereon, whereby the cap with its lining or cushion is firmly secured upon the
mouth of the bottle. The stopper can be readily removed on releasing the hold of
the retaining wire fastener upon the lip of the bottle.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN SPRING MATTRASSES
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Lazarus at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th September 1880.
HENRY LAZARUS, of 287 to 289, Old Street, in the City of London. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SPRING MATTRASSES.”
This Invention has for its object improvements in spring mattrasses.
My improved spring mattrass consists of a rectangular frame, the rails of which
for convenience of carriage can be separated the one from the other. This frame
at one end carries a roller, and at the other a foot board or bar. Between these
two parts a sheet formed of interlocking spirals or springs of coiled wire is strained.
The details of construction are as follows:--The end roller is of wood, and is
divided longitudinally into two parts; between these parts one end of the spring
sheet of coiled wire is nipped. The extremities of the wooden roller are roceived
into metal socket pieces, and these fit into bearings formed to receive them in metal
angle pieces which are screwed on to the ends of the two side bars of the frame.
The angle pieces also have dovetail recesses formed in them to receive corresponding
dovetails upon the end plates of the head rail of the frame. At the other or foot
end of the mattrass the spring sheet formed of coiled wire is nipped in an end board
which is formed of two thicknesses screwed together. This foot board is provided
with end plates upon which dovetails are formed, and these when the frame of the
mattrass is put together, are received into corresponding dovetail recesses in the
plates fixed at the end of the side rails of the frame.
The spring sheet formed of coiled wire, serves to support the bedding, and it is
tightened up by turning the roiler. When the spring sheet is strained sufficiently
tight, the roller is locked in position by pins inserted through the bearings into
holes formed in its end sockets.
In this way a very portable spring mattrass is formed. The construction is most
simple and efficient.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE BUOYANT APPARATUS FOR SAVING LIFE FROM DROWNING
Year: 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Anton Graf at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 31st March 1880.
ANTON GRAF, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE BUOYANT APPARATUS FOR SAVING LIFE FROM DROWNING."
This Invention relates to improvements in the arrangement and construction of
portmanteaus, trunks, or travelling bags, so as to render them buoyant in order
that they may serve as life saving apparatus for sea voyages.
The apparatus need not be larger than a middle sized leather or other bag,
consisting of two parts or halves, which are buckled to the breast and back of any
one exposed to risk from drowning by means of five or other number of straps
fastened on the front and back for the purpose that the person so exposed can
remain on the surface of the water during the greatest tempest without any great
exertion.
The person thus supported or floating in the water can also open and close
suitable openings in the portmanteau whilst in the water with the greatest ease,
and can take out and replace anything it contains without any inconvenience from
the water.
The openings in the upper ends of each half of the apparatus while in use for
saving life are closed by covers having lock up handles, in order that the lifting
screw locks or other fastenings may be used to close the portmanteau in an instant
when required.
There are straps which pass over the shoulders, and straps which pass under the
arms, and there is also a strap which passes between the legs upon which the user
or swimmer may sit. Handles are also applied by which the portmanteau or
apparatus can be carried when not in use for saving life.
The apparatus is constructed with air chambers, which aro air tight and closed
separately from one another, so that water cannot penetrate, even if the portmanteau
or apparatus should become damaged on the outside.
These improved buoyant portinanteaus or life saving apparatus may be manu-
factured from sheet metal or any other suitable water-tight materials, such as india
rubber or gutta percha,

page_text: This improved life saving apparatus has this advantage, that air cannot escape,
and the person using it is enabled to jump into the water without being in tho
least danger of getting overturned, that being quite impossible.
This improved travelling portmanteau can also be used as a knapsack and
life saving apparatus combined, being particularly applicable for the use of the 5
army and navy.
On the lock up part of the apparatus a compass and map may be applied if