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CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN MOULDS FOR CASTING BESSEMER STEEL AND OTHER METALS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard McClure at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th November -
1867.
I, RICHARD MCCLURE, of Barrow-in-Furness, in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MOULDS FOR CASTING BESSEMER STEEL AND OTHER METALS," to be as
follows:-
The Invention is designed to render the moulds employed in casting
Bessemer steel and other metals more durable than hitherto, and the improve-
ments consist, first, in casing or lining internally such moulds either entirely
or partly with tubes or plates of wrought iron, cast iron, or steel, and such
protective lining may either be applied in the process of casting the mould, or
afterwards by forming dovetail grooves in the interior surfaces of the moulds
and keys on the back of the lining plates to slide into them, or any ordinary
means may be applied to form the attachment, or the moulds may first be
used without the lining, and when burnt by the molten metal in process of
casting the lining may be applied and new linings, may be substituted for old
ones as they become destroyed.
Secondly, the improvements consist in the employment and use of detach-
able or, removeable lifting loops or ears for such moulds, so that when the
lower part of the interior surface becomes destroyed or damaged the loops
may be applied to the opposite end, and the mould reversed, so as to bring the
part which was at the lower end to the top.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PAINTING METALLIC SURFACES, MORE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR PAINTING BANDS OR Hoops
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Fassmann at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th March.
1867.
I, HENRY FASSMANN, of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America,.
now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MACHINE FOR PAINTING METALLIC SURFACES, MORE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR
PAINTING BANDS OR Hoops," to be as follows:-
The said Invention consists in the employment of a pair or pairs of
adjustable rollers, between which the hoops or sheets of metal are passed.
while paint is supplied to the same from a trough or box arranged above the
said rollers, the surplus paint being caught in a tank or receiver below. A
stand or frame constructed of cast iron or other suitable material, and of any
convenient size and form, is provided to support the bearings in which the
painting rollers turn; the said rollers may be made of wood and covered with.
felt or other suitably soft substance. The upper roller of each pair is provided:
with a loaded lever or a spring to keep it properly down and to allow the rollers
to adapt themselves to hoops or sheets of different thickness. A trough for
receiving the paint extends the entire length of the rollers immediately over.
the same; this trough has an aperture at the bottom through which. the paint:
passes to the rollers as they rotate. A tank or box is attached to the framing.
below the rollers to receive the surplus paint which drips from the said rollers

page_text: the said box is provided with a faucet or other device for drawing off its
contents when required. If desired more than one pair of painting rollers
may be employed and geared together, and the same may be arranged in
combination with other rollers for straightening the hoops or sheets before
they pass between the painting rollers.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CHARGING AND EMPTYING RETORTS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREFOR
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Simpson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st June
1867.
I, GEORGE SIMPSON, of Whitburn, in the County of Linlithgow, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN CHARGING AND EMPTYING RETORTS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREFOR," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention, which has for its essential object a certain mode of filling
and emptying retorts, by means. of which these operations are conducted in a
much shorter space of time than hitherto, and the material charged and dis-
charged without any manual process, consists as follows:-The range of retorts
is built in the ordinary manner, and a frame is made for each retort that fits
into and rests upon its bottom. Each frame contains a set of trays, which are
hinged to the frame at one side or edge, the trays being for the purpose of
containing the material with which the retort is to be charged. In front of
the retort one or more travelling frames are situated, any one of which may at
any time be moved to any one retort of the series, its upper side is level with
the bottom of the retorts, so that the frame and trays may be drawn out from
the retort as the trays pass over a plate at its back end; they fall over on
the hinge joints, and discharge their contents, and on being again put into the
retort the trays as they pass over the plate herein-before referred to are
thereby again lifted to their horizontal position, in which position as they pass
into the retort they are recharged by means of a belt of elevators, which.

page_text: discharge a certain quantity of the substance to be distilled into each tray;
when the frames and trays are passed into the retort its mouth is closed and
the distilling process is carried on in the ordinary manner. The frame and
trays are drawn in and out by chain gearing, and this together with the
elevator are actuated by an adjacent steam engine or other prime mover. In
place of using the elevator for filling or charging the trays the trays and
framing may be used separately, in which case they may be charged by hand
or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNING PETROLEUM, CREOSOTE, GAS TAB, AND OTHER SUCH FLUID BODIES CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS FUEL
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Augustus Bouck, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN BURNING PETROLEUM, CREOSOTE, GAS TAB, AND OTHER SUCH FLUID BODIES
CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS FUEL."
Sealed the 9th July 1867, and dated the 3rd April 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Augustus Bouck at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd April
1867.
I, JOHN AUGUSTUS BOUCK, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNING PETROLEUM, CREOSOTE, GAS TAR, AND OTHER
SUCH FLUID BODIES CAPABLE OF BEING USED AS FUEL," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in injecting petroleum, creosote, gas tar, or other such
fluid bodies capable of being used as fuel froin the fire-bars or perforated tubes
on to coke, coal, or other substance capable of sustaining heat. For this pur-
pose I propose to make the fire-bars hollow, and to supply them with the liquid
fuel from a reservoir or by means of steam or other pressure. The said bars are

page_text: furnished with a number of perforations through which the liquid issues and
impinges upon the superincumbent heated mass; a cock between the bars
and the reservoir regulates the supply of fuel. By preference I use coke for
the liquid fuel to impinge upon, but other substances which will sustain heat
and absorb carbon will answer.
IMPROVED STEERING APPARATUS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th August 1867.-A communication from abroad by Thomas William
Murray, of New York City, in the United States of America.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do bereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED STEERING APPARATUS," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a new and improved steering apparatus to be
applied to, the head of the rudder post of a vessel, whereby a very compact,
simple, and powerful mechanism is obtained for working the rudder. On the
upper part of the rudder post a collar is firmly secured, and is provided with
three radial recesses to receive a dog which is pivoted in a plate or stock
firmly secured to the deck. When the dog is raised the rudder is free to
turn, but when the dog is let down and adjusted in any one of the recesses of
the collar the rudder will be held firmly in position, and may be retained in
any of the positions necessary in sailing a vessel or when the same is lying in
port. To the upper end of the rudder head there is firmly attached a toothed
segment, the teeth being pendent or projecting downward, and into the teeth
of this segment gears a pinion on a shaft which carries a spur wheel which
gears into a pinion on the hand wheel shaft.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HERNIA TRUSSES, ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, AND SURGICAL BANDS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Pomeroy Button at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th May 1867.-A communication from abroad by William Pomeroy,
of No. 553, Broadway, in the City and State of New York, United
States of America.
I, CHARLES POMEROY BUTTON, of Nos. 142 and 143, Cheapside, in the
City of London, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HERNIA TRUSSES, ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, AND SURGICAL
BANDS," being a communication to me from abroad by William Pomeroy, of
No. 558, Broadway, in the City and State of New York, United States of
America, to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in hernia trusses, abdominal
supporters, and surgical bands, by which an upward and inward pressure may
be given to the pad, and the tension of the body spring and the position of
the pressure pad may be regulated and adjusted at pleasure.
These improvements consist, first, in the combination of a shoulder and
adjustable bearing with a jointed body spring; second, a rotating slide or arm
to which the pressure pad is attached fitted to a tubular socket, and secured
in its place when adjusted by a set screw; third, in the construction of a
seperate pad spring, and its combination with the pressure pad and body
spring; fourth, & cut or slit at the end of the rotating arm or slide in which
the end of the pad spring is placed, and may be turned and is secured or
clamped when adjusted by a set screw.

page_text: These devices allow the pad to be so adjusted as to press in any required
direction and with any desired degree of force, according to the position and
character of the rupture, and the same devices may be used in abdominal
supporters, double trusses, or in any instrument where it is desirable to vary
and adjust the position of the pad or the inward pressure of a curvilinear
spring at or near its extremities.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- FACTURE OF SODA AND OTHER ÆRATED WATERS AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ERATED BREAD
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Huskisson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th December
1867.
I, WILLIAM HUSKISSON, the younger, of 76, Swinton Street, Gray's Inn
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturing Chemist, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OF SODA AND OTHER ÆRATED WATERS AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
ERATED BREAD," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the manufacture of soda
and other serated waters and in the manufacture of crated bread.
At the present time carbonic acid gas is produced in these manufactures
from whiting and sulphuric acid which leave an insoluble residue of gypsum
which is valueless and difficult to remove from the vessels.
Now, according to my Invention, I employ in place of whiting dolomite or
magnesite consisting of carbonate of magnesia as free as may be from car-
bonate or other salt of lime. A suitable material is found in the island of
Eubea in the Grecian Archipelago and is imported into this county, I decom- '
pose the dolomite or magnesite with sulphuric acid, and to assist the decom-
position I heat the mixture. The gas which passes off I cool by passing it
through a coiled pipe having a stream of cold water passed in contact with

page_text: it, and I then cause the gas to be absorbed under pressure in the usual
way. The residue from the decomposition of the dolomite or magnesite is
liquid and is readily run out of the vessel. It is valuable for the manufacture
of Epsom salts.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF WHEELS USED FOR CARRIAGES OR OTHER VEHICLES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Goodman at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th December
1867.
I, JOHN GOODMAN, of Loughborough, in the County of Leicester, Coach
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF WHEELS USED FOR CARRIAGES OR OTHER
VEHICLES," to be as follows:-
The weight of the wheels of carriages or other vehicles has long been
matter of complaint, because such weight taxes the strength of the horses
or other draught animals and considerably impedes the progress of travelling,
but it has not hitherto been perceived how to remedy this evil. Now my
Invention has for its object to supply this great desideratum, that is to
say, to effect the reduction of the weight of the wheels of carriages or
other vehicles, and it is especially adapted for private carriages, enabling them,
as also other carriages, to travel more rapidly and to make longer journeys
than heretofore, and with less fatigue to the horses or other animals employed.
To effect this long desired object, according to my Invention I manufacture
of lancewood the spokes intended for the wheels. These spokes when thus
made permit or require the carriage wheels to be constructed of half the
substance only or thereabout of those hitherto employed, yet they are quite
as strong and will wear at least equally as long as those heretofore used.

page_text: The wheels manufactured according to my Invention are light and graceful,
they improve the appearance of the carriage and a considerable saving is
effected in their production; but their main advantage is that when such wheels
are used the burden of the horse or other draught animal is greatly alleviated,
a most important result.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Pearson and William
Spurr at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 6th November 1867.
We, WILLIAM PEARSON and WILLIAM SPURR, of Birstal, near Leeds, in the
County of York, Machine Makers and Ironfounders, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to looms for weaving fancy woollen fabrics or such as
require two or more different colours or kinds of yarn to be used in their produc-
tion, and for which purpose change shuttle boxes and jacquard apparatus or other
indicating apparatus are required to be employed therewith. In the working of
this class of looms various means are adopted for giving motion to the said change
boxes, the indicating apparatus, and other parts of the loom, but which means
are usually required to operate simultaneously or in concert with each other;
and in the process of weaving when the weft breaks or becomes used up the
loom being heavy will continue to run for some time after without the intro-
duction of weft, so that it becomes necessary to turn those parts back to the
broken pick, or to place the several parts of the loom in the same relative
position as they were when the weft broke. To effect this object we apply a
horizontal shaft supported by the top rail of the loom, and on each end we
fix a pinion wheel which gears into a rack connected by a rod to one of each
set of change shuttle boxes. A lever is fixed on this shaft in any convenient
part or position, by acting on which the shaft is turned and both sets of boxes

page_text: are lifted clear out of the way of the chain of tappets which operate them
when the loom is in motion, and also the picking tappets are thrown out of
action. We also apply another shaft running parallel with the former described
shaft, which by means of other shafts and wheels gears with the chain tappets,
and also with the nogging plates or pins which operates the star wheel for
turning the jacquard cylinder. In connection with the said shaft and gearing
we also apply a short shaft, on which is a nogging plate arranged to operate a
star wheel on the said shaft when placed in position for the purpose. This
star wheel is slidable on the shaft so as to be moved into or out of position for
contact with the nogging plate by another lever which is operated by the first-
named lever. On this short shaft is a hand wheel for the attendant to operate
by which the several parts of the loom can be brought into proper relative
positions again.
A'NEW OR IMPROVED PREPARA- TION OR MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AFFORDING INSTANT RELIEF TO PERSONS AFFLICTED WITH ASTHMA, OR SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE LUNGS OR CHEST
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Saul Cassan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th September
1867.
I, SAUL CASSAN, of No. 11, Grafton Street, Tottenham Court Road, in the
Parish of Saint Paneras, in the County of Middlesex,. Chemist, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A'NEW OR IMPROVED PREPARA-
TION OR MATERIAL TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF AFFORDING INSTANT RELIEF TO
PERSONS AFFLICTED WITH ASTHMA, OR SUBJECT TO ANY OTHER AFFECTIONS OF THE
LUNGS OR CHEST," to be as follows, that is to say :-
My new Invention or system is composed of the following materials, and to
be applied as under mentioned :-I purchase and make use of ordinary
filtred paper in sheets or strips, which paper is then prepared by myself by
simply dipping such paper (but merely sufficiently so as to damp the same)
into a certain chymical preparation or mixture of my own Invention, which is
composed as under written and expressed.
In order to prepare say five hundred sheets of this filtred paper I make
use of and employ one-half gallon of pure water, one pound (avoirdupoise) of
saltpetre, half a pound of alum, and one ounce of essence of bergamotte, and
afterwards I hang up such prepared papers or expose same in the air till
dried, when they will be fit for immediate use by the patient.
The mode of application or user is by lighting and burning half a sheet of
such prepared paper, and inhaling the smoke arising therefrom into the mouth
and throat of the patient.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES POR CONTAINING AND EMITTING OIL OR LUBRICATING LIQUIDS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Booth at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th May 1867.
I, JOHN BOOTH, of Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN RECEPTACLES
POR CONTAINING AND EMITTING OIL OR LUBRICATING LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to such oil or lubricant receptacles as are fitted with
an internal valve, actuated by a rod projecting outside the vessel, the flow of
oil being controlled by the opening of the valve by pressure of the hand and
closed by a spring coiled round the rod.
My improvements consist, first, in enclosing this rod within a tube or
shield, which protects it from the oil in the vessel, and also prevents the oil
escaping through the opening in its side through which the rod passes; and,
secondly, in the application of a second valve, which is placed on and
actuated by the same rod or spindle which opens and closes the first valve;
such second valve opening or closing the aperture to the tube or shield
through which air is admitted, and also prevents the entrance of oil thereinto.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Fleming Brown at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
June 1867.
I, JAMES FLEMING BROWN, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows, that is to say :-
The essential feature of this Invention consists in the application to power
looms of a certain apparatus by means of which an instantaneous stoppage of
the loom may be effected, the object being to prevent the necessity of what is
known as "motioning" the loom, or, in other words, to prevent the warp and
cloth being taken up in the event of a shot of weft breaking.
In carrying this Invention into practice the ordinary fast-and-dead pullies.
are dispensed with, and in their place a frictional clutch is substituted, one
half of which is fixed on the driving shaft in the same manner as the ordinary.
fast pulley. The periphery of the clutch or of one clutch plate is formed so as
to receive the driving belt, and thus constitutes or fulfils the office of a driving.
pulley. A clutch handle is provided for the purpose of pressing against or
withdrawing the clutch on one clutch plate from the clutch box or other
clutch plate, so that by pressing the fixed half of the clutch against the
revolving half the frictional contact thereby produced instantly stops the loom,
so that the gearing or mechanism for actuating the cloth beam is prevented
from winding up the cloth.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OP MOULDERS' BLACKENING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Wilson Bennil at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th September
1867.
I, ROBERT WILSON BENNIL, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Manufacturer of Moulders' Blackening, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OP
MOULDERS' BLACKENING," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture in an improved manner of
blackening" such as is used by moulders for coating the internal surfaces
of moulds used in casting metals, and consists in employing the following
ingredients, namely, 1, spent shale or the earthy deposit left in retorts in the
first distillatory process for obtaining crude shale or other mineral oils or other
spent bituminous substance; 2, still bottoms, or the coke or carbonaceous
deposit left in stills in distilling shale oil, petroleum, tar, or other mineral oils;
3, blind coal or anthracite ; 4, gas coke; 5, wood charcoal; and 6, fire-clay.
In making a blackening which is suitable for "greensand" moulding there
are taken, for example 10 cwt. blind coal, 3 to 7 cwt. spent shale, 2 to 6 cwt.
gas coke, and 1 cwt. fire-clay. These ingredients are mixed together and
partially ground in a pan mill with vertical runners, and are then thoroughly
ground between millstones arranged as for grinding flour.
In making a blackening which is suitable for "drysand" and "loam"
moulding as well as for "greensand" moulding, thero are taken, for example

page_text: 3 to 7 cwt. still bottoms, 8 to 10 cwt. spent shale, 2 to 6 cwt. blind coal, and
1 cwt. fire-clay, and these ingredients are treated in the same way as in the
example first described.
Another variety of the improved blackening, and also suitable for "green-
sand,"
," "drysand," or "loam" moulding, is made by taking 10 cwt. blind coal,
or coke made from blind coal, 5 cwt. wood charcoal, 8 cwt. gas coke, and 2
cwt. fire-clay, these ingredients being treated as in the other examples.
A very good blackening is also obtained by combining the whole of the
ingredients in proportions similar to those herein-before given.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOCKING THE LEVERS OR HANDLES FOR WORKING RAILWAY SWITCHES AND SIGNALS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles I'Anson and Alfred Kitching-
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
4th January 1867.
We, CHARLES I'ANSON and ALFRED KITCHING, both of Darlington, in the
County of Durham, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR LOCKING THE LEVERS OR
HANDLES FOR WORKING RAILWAY SWITCHES AND SIGNALS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for locking
the handles for working railway switches and signals by which the movement
of one or more handles controls and limits that of certain others with which
they are connected. The way in which this is accomplished is by means of
rods and crank's connecting one handle or set of bandlos with certain others in
such a manner that when the first handle is moved it moves a crank connected
therewith, so as to bring the end of an elongated hole in that crank into a
position with reference to a pin or projection connected with a rod attached
to the handle that it is desired to lock, so as to restrain or limit the movement
of the handle, and in like manner the movement of the second handle moves
the said pin or projection so that the position it assumes with relation to the
said elongated hole restrains or limits the movement of the first handle.
The elongated hole may be in the rod instead of in the crank, in which case

page_text: the pin or projection alluded to would be connected with the crank instead
of with the rod.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawing represents a front view of four handles
combined and arranged according to our Invention; Figure 2 a side view of
Whon handle A is brought into the position shown by the 5
dotted line, rod a is raised and the upper end of the curved slot in crank 1 is.
brought into contact with the pin passing through rod b, and similarly with
regard to cranks 2 and 3. By this means handles B, C or D, are locked and
until handle A is put back to its first position neither B, C, nor p, can be
moved. Similarly when B is pulled, the rod 6 rises and its pin is
upper end of the slot in crank 1, thus locking A and at the same
means of cranks 4 and 5, but leaving C and D free.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE LIGHTERS, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR, FUEL GENERALLY
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hooker and Frederick Braby
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 19th August 1867.
We, JOHN HOOKER, of No. 16, Oberstein Road, New Wandsworth, in the
County of Surrey, and FREDERICK BRABY, of Fitzroy Works, Euston Road, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE LIGHTERS, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR, FUEL GENERALLY,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the application of napthalin for fire lighters and
fuel. For this purpose we impregnate or coat therewith other materials, such
as pieces of wood, fir cones, maize or Indian corn cobs, waste tan, and other
similar materials. We also employ the napthalin as fuel generally by mixing
the same with small coal, peat, or peat refuse, sawdust, dried grasses, straw,
and other similar materials, in which case we employ any suitable resinous or
adhesive substance, such as rosin, pitch, tar, or mucilage to compact the
combined materials into cakes or lumps of any required size or shape. The
napthalin may be employed either in its crude state, or by preference we first
purify it before mixing with the other ingredients. In some cases other
inflammable substances, such as rosin, oils, or oxydizing materials, such as
chlorate of potash or saltpetre, may be used in combination with napthalin for
the above purposes.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE AMALGAMATION OR COMBINATION OF ANIMAL WITH VEGETABLE FOOD
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Thorpe Lee at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
September 1867.
I, DAVID THORPE LEE, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE AMALGAMATION OR COMBINATION OF ANIMAL WITH VEGETABLE FOOD,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in combining extract of meat of any description in
any proportion and prepared in any suitable manner, but by preference upon
Liebig's formula, with flour, meal, bran, cocoa, sugar, or other edible vegetable
product, and then preparing, cooking, or otherwise treating the compound in
the form of biscuits, cakes, sweetmeats, or any other form in which it may be
adapted for consumption.
I am aware that meat in the form of flour or powder has before been mixed
with the above-named vegetable ingredients, but in that form of flour or
powder the meat loses by trituration or reduction many of the properties most
valuable as food, whilst it retains much waste or refuse.
By my improved manufacture no waste or useless matter is retained, and
no valuable properties are lost, consequently a far larger amount of nutriment
can be procured from equal bulk and cost.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGE CASES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Clinton Edgcumbe Brooman at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th January 1867.-A communication from abroad by Hippolyte
Rochatte, of Paris, France.
I, CLINTON EDGCUMBE BROOMAN, of the Firm of Robertson, Brooman, and
Company, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF CARTRIDGE CASES," to be as follows:-
Cartridge cases made of paper, pasteboard, or fabric have several incon-
veniences which led to the employment of metallic cases, but the latter have
been comparatively costly, owing to the mode of manufacture and to the
thickness required to give the necessary rigidity.
Now this Invention consists in making what I term mixed cartridge cases,
that is to say, I make the interior of the case of paper, pasteboard, cloth, or
other suitable material, and the exterior of brass, iron, steel, zinc, or other
metal or alloy; as the inner tube has a certain rigidity the outer metallic tube
may thus be very thin.
In carrying out this Invention I take a tube of. paper, pasteboard, fabric,
or other suitable cheap material and roll upon it a thin strip of brass or other
suitable metal, the joint of which formed by the edges extends lengthwise of
the tube; I solder this joint with tin, or I secure the edges by metallic wire

page_text: or otherwise; I then draw the whole at the draw bench, whereby I obtain a
mixed tube, the exterior of which is very smooth, and the bore or inner
surface of which is perfect; this tube is then divided transversely into lengths
suitable for cartridge cases, and the ordinary base or socket is applied to one
end of each length to complete the case ready to receive the charge.
In- PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF COMPRESSED AIR, WATER, OR OTHER LIQUID
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th October 1867.-A communication from abroad by Jean Ventouillac
and Louis Ventouillac, Boiler Makers, and Edouard Jau, Banker, all of
29, Boulevart St. Martin, Paris.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING MOTIVE POWER BY MEANS OF COMPRESSED
AIR, WATER, OR OTHER LIQUID," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved compressed air engine suitable for
use in manufactories and workshops for drawing loads on tramways or where.
ever power is required for driving machinery.
The chief feature of this improved motor is that it is worked by compressed
air acting on a piston in a cylinder, which during its motion at same time
stores and compresses a fresh quantity of air in a reservoir for feeding the
working cylinder and acting on the piston.
This improved engine possesses the following advantages:- 1st, it is of
simple construction; 2ndly, it is very economical, the motor consisting of com-
pressed atmospheric air which is compressed and stored simultaneously while
working. Instead of employing compressed atmospheric air as the motive
power I may also make use of water or other liquid which would be raised
by pumps and forced into the reservoir, thence to act on the piston in the
working cylinder.

page_text: This improved apparatus is illustrated in the accompanying Drawings,
Figure 1 of which shows a longitudinal elevation of the engine, and Figure 2
a plan of same. The same letters serve for both Figures.
a, base or foundation on which the engine is fixed; b, compressed air
reservoir supplied by the pumps c, c, c, which are worked by the levers d, d, d,
oscillating at points f, and raised by the friction rollers 9, 9, 9, mounted on
the crank shaft h; i, piston rod of the compressing pump slotted at its upper
end to permit of its vertical motion; j, safety valve weighted at k, k, for
counterbalancing the pressure of the compressed air in the reservoir b;
1, counterbalances of levers d for operating the pistons of air pumps c pro-
ducing the compression of the atmospheric air; m, fly wheels provided with
cranks n for regulating the motion and overcoming the dead point; o, working
cylinder in which is the piston operated by the compressed air. This com-
pressed air passes from the reservoir 6 by a pipe p into a pipe 9, whence it is
admitted by cocks r or to act on the piston in cylinder o. These cocks r, r¹,
serve as substitutes for a slide valve, they being operated by the excentric
rods; and when cock r, for example, is open for admitting the compressed
air into the cylinder the other cock is closed, and cuts off all com-
munication therewith. t, fly wheel keyed on the driving shaft for regulating
its motion.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY KNOWN AS THE CONDENSER CARDER
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Preston and Charles
Walker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 18th December 1867.
We, WILLIAM PRESTON and CHARLES WALKER, of Dewsbury, in the County
of York, Overlookers, do bereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY KNOWN AS THE CONDENSER CARDER," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to machinery known as the " condenser carder" for
preparing wool or other fibres for spinning, and the improvements consist in
the application of a card roller to work in contact with the "stripper." This
roller is caused to run at a slower surface speed than the said stripper, whereby
it is cleansed of loose fibre or knots or bits of wool, thus dispensing with the
present mode of cleansing the stripper by hand, which has to be done frequently,
the machine having to be stopped for the purpose.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPORTS FOR THE INSULATORS OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, AND IN AFFIXING THE SAID SUPPORTS TO THE POSTS OF THE SAID TELEGRAPHS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Bond Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
January 1867.
I, GEORGE BOND SMITH, of the Firm of Barwell Brothers and Smith, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPORTS FOR THE
INSULATORS OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS, AND IN AFFIXING THE SAID SUPPORTS TO THE
POSTS OF THE SAID TELEGRAPHS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates principally to such supports for insulators of electric
telegraphs and posts for the same as are usually made of metal. The said
supports as commonly made consist of arms or brackets of malleable or
annealed cast iron. That end of each arm which is to be connected to the
post is furnished with a semicircular clip terminated by flanges. The said
supports are fixed to the posts in pairs by their semicircular clips being
bolted together by their flanges. The said supports are very liable to break.
In making supports for the insulators of electric telegraphs according to
my Invention I employ tubing of wrought iron, the said tubing being by
preference rectangular and oblong in cross section. I cut the said tubing
into lengths equal to the length of two of the supports and the diameter of
the post at the point where the supports are to be fixed. I close each end
of the piece of tubing by means of a solid block of iron, which I weld in the
end of the tube; or solid wrought-iron bars may be employed instead of the
said tubes, but I prefer tubes. Holes are made near the ends of the tube

page_text: and through the solid blocks for the reception in the ordinary manner of the
pins on which the insulators are supported. Holes are also made near the
middle of the tube for the reception of pegs in fixing the supports to the posts
as herein-after explained. All the said holes are made across the tube in the
direction of its longer diameter.
In affixing supports for insulators of electric telegraphs made according to
my Invention to telegraph posts I form a hole near the top of each post for
the supports to pass through, the said holes being of the same shape as the
cross section of the supports, the longer diameter of the holes being situated
vertically. The support is passed into the hole in the post, and the middle
part of the support is fixed to the post by two taper pegs or keys being
inserted or driven in the hole formed near the middle of the support; these
pegs or keys are situated respectively on either side of the post, and the
support is thereby firmly fixed in the hole across the post. The support thus
fixed forms a double support, that is, forms arms projecting respectively from
either side of the post.
Supports made according to my Invention may be fixed in posts made of
wood.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Miles Wells at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th May
1867.
I, GEORGE MILES WELLS, of 26, Aldermanbury, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates to the sockets or holders and standards or supports
employed for holding the lasts during the process of making and finishing
boots and shoes, and has for its object the affording facility for placing or
adjusting the last in any convenient position required by the workman.
According to this Invention it is proposed to mount the standard which
carries the last in a revolving socket in lieu of in a fixed or stationary socket,
whereby the last is free to be rotated horizontally, so as to bring any side in
front of the workman. This revolving socket may be used either in con-
junction with the ordinary standard, or with a standard cast in one piece with
a portion of the last, or it may be used in combination with a peculiar jointed
standard, which will serve both as a rigid standard or support, and will also
afford facility for adjusting the position of the last angularly, so as to enable
either side thereof to be brought nearly to a horizontal position, and enable
the finishing of the edges to be more conveniently effected. In this standard
the stem which enters the socket is jointed, so that by inserting only the lower
portion below the joint into the socket the standard can be brought to au

page_text: angle, and by inserting the whole of the stem or lower part of the standard
with the joint into the socket it may then be used as a rigid upright standard.
In case of using lasts having the standard cast thereon it is sometimes pro-
posed to combine with such standards a lower jointed portion of wrought or
cast iron fitting into a socket, as before described. The rotatory socket may
be made in various ways, but I prefer to cast the outer ring or surrounding
metal forming the fixed part of the socket round the block containing the
socket hole, such block being of a slightly spherical shape, in order to increase
its strength, and to keep it in its place in the outer ring.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MINERS' SAFETY LAMPS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Rowley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th March
1867.
I, GEORGE ROWLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Miners'
Safety Lamp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MINERS' SAFETY LAMPS," to be as follows (that
is to say) :-
My improvements in safety or miners' lamps relate to the adapting and
arranging their construction that it becomes an impossibility for them to be
opened by careless or mischievous users while in the mine without exhibiting
the evidence of their having been so unlawfully opened contrary to law and
special orders of inspectors and mine proprietors. This I effect by connecting
the top and base together by a hinge joint, or by tapping and screwing, or
other suitable means in the ordinary way, but when the lamp is lit and secured
in position for use I purpose by means of a shifting key, bolt or bolts, or other
equivalent means (through which a soft metal rivet may be applied, or by the
use of any suitable flexible material in which a wax or other seal may be
impressed), sealing up the lamp that it becomes impossible for it to be opened
without the knowledge of the official whose duty it is to hand to the miners
their lamps lit for use, and receive them from them when their period of
labour is completed. As a further security I purpose placing over the seal or

page_text: seals a small cover to protect it from accidental injury. This sealing I purpose
effecting by a small ordinary plier-like instrument with the impression or
design to be impressed on the seal engraved on one or both sides, so that by
placing the soft rivet or other material of the seal or seals in position a slight
pressure will suffice to effect the desired object.
AN IMPROVED CAP FOR UPHOLSTERY OF FURNITURE SPRINGS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition, on the
31st October 1867.-A communication from abroad by Ambrose Tower,
of the City and State of New York, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the "International Patent Office," No. 8,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Con-
sulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED CAP FOR UPHOLSTERY OF FURNITURE SPRINGS," a communication,
to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide a cap for upholstery springs that
shall be cheaper in construction and more convenient and durable than any
similar device heretofore known or used.
I prefer to construct my improved cap by stamping or pressing the same
with suitable implements from sheets of iron, brass, tin, or other metal, but
the same may be formed of cast metal. The said cap is constructed in a
circular form, and has four long arms or supports, and four shorter arms with
eyes or holes in the ends thereof, so arranged as to connect easily with other
caps used in the same frame and with the sides of the said frame. The long
arms are also extended to afford additional support to the mattress or other
article of upholstery placed thereon. These arms may be made of any
required size to suit the case in which they are used, or the cap may be
widened to furnish the necessary support. I usually fasten these caps to the
sides of the frame by a staple, hook, and coupling, but it is sometimes pre-

page_text: ferable to use a coupling of india-rubber for this purpose. For some
purposes no attachment to the frame will be required. The lower side of my
improved cap is constructed with a groove which extends around the entire
surface thereof. The upper end of the spiral spring is placed in the said
groove, and by turning either the spring or the cap half way round the spring
is made secure under eyes formed in the cap. Two of these eyes are usually
employed, the same being placed directly opposite each other below the
groove above mentioned. By this device the spring is readily and securely
attached to the cap, and may also be easily detached from the same, while a
combined and uniform action of the springs is secured by coupling them
together.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HOLLOW METALLIC SEAMLESS SPHERES AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Jones and John Abrahall
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on
the 6th December 1867.
We, RICHARD JONES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Jeweller,
and JOHN ABRAHALL, of Birmingham, aforesaid, Jeweller, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
HOLLOW METALLIC SEAMLESS SPHERES AND ORNAMENTS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates principally to the manufacture of such hollow
metallic spheres and ornaments as are usually made of gold and employed in
the manufacture of articles of jewellery; and our said Iuvention has for its
object the manufacture of the said spheres and ornaments of thinner metal than
can be employed in manufacturing them according to the ordinary method.
Our Invention is also applicable to the manufacture of hollow metallic
spheres and ornaments of other metals than gold.
We will describe our Invention as applied to the manufacture of hollow
seamless spheres of gold. In making the said spheres we take a plate of
wo
brass or copper, but by preference brass, and we attach thereto a plate of gold
by the process commonly practised and called "sweating," and we roll the
compound plate into a sheet of suitable thickness to be raised into a sphere of
the required size. This compound plate or sheet of gold and copper or brass,
is known in commerce as gold plating. From the said gold plating or sheet
metal we cut out blanks and raise them by dies and pressure into spheres, the
sheet metal being so placed in the dies and press, by which the raising is

page_text: effected, that the gold of the said sheet metal shall be inside the hollow raised
spheres. We place the hollow raised spheres in a bath of nitric acid, by the
action of which the whole of the outer coating of brass or copper is dissolved,
and a thin hollow sphere of gold left. By the use of the thick outer coating
of brass or copper the thin inner sheet gold is supported during the action of
the dies in the press. The said bollow spheres of gold may thus be mado
very perfect in figure, yet much thinner in substance than is practicable by
the ordinary process of making the said spheres. The nitric acid we employ
consists of two parts, by measure, of strong nitric acid of commerce and one
part, by measure, of water; but we do not limit ourselves to any particular
proportions.