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IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st February 1883. A communication
to him from François Rabache, a person residing at L'Étoile in the Republic
of France
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the Agency for Foreign Patent Solicitors, 323 High
Holborn in the County of Middlesex Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS" [a
communication to him from François Rabache, a person residing at L'Étoile in
the Republic of France]
This invention has for its object a loom on which two either similar or dissimilar
fabrics may be simultaneously woven; the improvements are very simple and may
be applied to looms of various constructions.
A loom embodying this invention has two beams and two cloth rollers whereof
the two former may rotate independently of one another. A special shuttle driving
mechanism is placed at the centre of the loom and acts alternately to the right and
to the left. Other shuttle driving mechanism are at each end of the loom. The
shuttle driving mechanism at the centre consists of a blade of wood resting on an
iron rod and capable of rising and falling. At the lower part this blade has bent
leather bands at each side forming eyes for receiving levers or crossbars. The iron
rod above referred to passes from end to end through the loom and supports not
only the centre driver but also those at the two ends which are all of substantially
the same construction but those at the ends have one leather eye only. The bars
which enter the eyes bear also on the main framing and are free to oscillate.
rod goes through the loom and has four cranks fitted with rollers each of these is
opposite one of the above mentioned bars they are however arranged opposite one
another and strike in couples upon nose pieces on levers. Suitable springs
withdraw the strikers after the shuttles have been propelled
A
The whole may be so arranged that two shuttles, one in each half of the loom are
shot simultaneously and in the same direction.
To stop the loom, should either of the shuttles fail to pass entirely through the
shed, the following means may be employed. Nearly underneath the shuttle races
there are two iron rods each having at their ends wings When the shuttle is shot
and passes properly it strikes against a movable piece whereby the wing is raised,
if the shuttle fails to pass properly the movable piece remains stationary, the wing
is not operated upon and thereby the loom is stopped.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FISHING RODS
Year: 1883

page_text: "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Anderson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 30th January 1883.
ROBERT ANDERSON of the City and County of Edinburgh, North Britain
IMPROVEMENTS IN FISHING RODS"
This Invention which relates to fishing rods, has especial reference to an improved
means of securing the reel and reel plate to the stock or butt of the rod, whereby
the reel can be conveniently removed and replaced.
In carrying out the Invention the reel plate, by which the reel for the fishing
line is secured to the butt or stock of the fishing rod, is fitted with two or more
projecting studs, which pass through holes in a metal plate fixed longitudinally in
the butt of the rod. The studs are grooved at each side, and are held at these
grooves by a second metal plate fitted to slide at the back of the fixed plate. The
sliding plate is formed with holes through which the heads of the studs on the reel
plate, can pass, and at the side of these holes the plate is slotted longitudinally, the
slots being made to fit into the grooves in the studs when the inner plate is made
to slide, and thereby retain the reel plate and reel. The inner sliding plate is kept
in a normal position in which the reel plate is held secure by the slotted part of
this plate gripping the studs, and this normal position of the inner plate is
maintained by means of a small spiral or other spring fitted between a bearing
stud on the inside of the fixed plate, and a corresponding stud or projection on the
sliding plate. When the reel is to be removed or re-placed, the sliding plate is
drawn back against the power of the spring by means of a knob or catch pieco
fitted on the sliding plate and passing out through a slot in the outer fixed plate,
so that it can be readily drawn back by the thumb or fingers. This drawing back
of the sliding plate brings the holes in the sliding plate and in the fixed plate
opposite to each other, and allows the heads of the holding studs on the reel plate
to pass freely. The butt of the rod is scooped out slightly below the metal plates
to give space for the spring and freedom of motion for the sliding plate. The
sliding plate may in some cases be fitted to grip the studs without the use of a
spring.
AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR STOPPING OR ARRESTING THE SPEED OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS WHEN UNDERWEIGH
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Atkin at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 13th June 1883.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
ROBERT ATKIN of Wandsworth in the County of Surrey
BRAKES AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH FOR STOPPING
OR ARRESTING THE SPEED OF SHIPS AND OTHER VESSELS WHEN UNDERWEIGH
"
The object of my invention is to provide efficient means for stopping or arresting
the speed of ships and other vessels and thereby to prevent collisions or other
accidents, and the invention is applicable to any existing ship or vessel.
A convenient way of carrying my Invention into effect is by hinging to the
ships side and on both sides thereof at a convenient distance from the stern a
series of rods or wire ropes say three extending from one common point of junction
on each side towards the stern and to a certain distance beyond same and bent
round and connected together so that these rods or ropes may be clear of the stern
and rudder. These rods or ropes are united all round by canvas, metal laths or
other suitable means so as to allow the outer end of the rods or ropes to expand
or contract as may be required. When contracted they occupy a comparatively
small space but when expanded they are materially increased in size or area.
Suitable strengthening pieces or supports are provided for maintaining the whole
structure in position and the stern portion may be kept in shape by, for example,
pieces of hoop iron. When the apparatus is not required to be used it is kept
collapsed and above the water but when required it can be immediately dropped
into the water and the vessel's way stopped, and as quickly raised to its original
position by the officer in command of the deck. This may be effected in various
ways but I prefer to operate the opening and closing of the structure or brake by
means of a drum or barrel at or near the bridge or other convenient position
operated by hand or preferably by steam-power. Round the drum, ropes or chains
leading from the brake are passed carried over suitable guides or davits at the
stern and carried through eyelets or thimbles and attached to the lower edge or
frame of the brake. To the upper edge of the frame of the brake I connect ropes
or chains for regulating the distance to which the brake shall descend.

page_text: This brake may be attached to a ship in various ways by, for example, rope or
chain extending round the stem or bow of the vessel, or it may be attached to
"Samson" posts or bitts or plates secured on or to the ships top sides.
If required a strong protected helical or other spring may be fitted to the
structure or brake in a suitable position above the water to take strain and afford 5
elasticity when the brake acts.
When in port or at other times a topping lift may be applied to the after end of
the brake from the nearest mast or from a pair of shears rigged for the purpose to
raise the brake to any required height above the ship.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Thompson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th January 1883.
CHARLES THOMPSON, of Newington Butts in the County of Surrey, Perambulator
Manufacturer, "IMPROVEMENTS IN PERAMBULATORS,"
The improvements refer to perambulators bath chairs and invalid carriages and
relate to making such carriages to revolve and become reversed by means of and
in combination with certain appliances affixed to the body or underframe of the
carriage.
The improvements are performed by making the body separate from the under-
frame and fixing on either the body or the frame a toothed wheel or similar
contrivance horizontally fixed and carrying the body of the carriage, in this wheel
is geared a shaft and pinion or similar mechanism the shaft projecting at back and
beyond the body of the carriage where it is supplied with a handle so that the
driver can easily turn the body of the carriage round.
ECU STOPPERS IN BOTTLES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas le Poidevin at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th March 1883.
THOMAS LE POIDEVIN of the Island of Guernsey,
SECURING STOPPERS IN BOTTLES."
"IMPROVED MEANS FOR-
My Invention relates to improved means of stoppering bottles containing aerated
and other liquids, and the Invention which is simple and applicable to any sort of
bottle, consists more particularly in the means of locking or securing the stopper in
place in the bottle as hereafter described.
The stopper is a plug of any suitable material having an indiarubber collar to
make a tight closure and adapted to fit in the mouth of the bottle. The plug is
provided at one side with a downwardly projecting wire hook which passes through
or is otherwise fixed to the head of the stopper and to the opposite side a short
chain or wire link is attached. Around the neck of the bottle immediately below
the rim a metal band is loosely fitted so as to be capable of being turned round
upon the bottle neck for a purpose to be explained. This band is retained in place
upon the bottle by the rim or flange around the mouth against which it takes a
bearing and it has slots made in it at diametrically opposite points, the one a
bayonet slot for engagement with the wire hook on the stopper above mentioned,
and the other a straight slot for attachment of the chain or link by which the
stopper is permanently attached to the bottle so as to prevent it being lost or
mislaid.
By turning the band round upon the bottle neck the hook may be readily engaged
with or released from the bayonet slot.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CARBURETTING GAS AND AIR TO BE USED FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Thomas at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th July 1883.
JOHN THOMAS of 567 Caledonian Road in the County of. Middlesex Lamp
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CARBURETTING GAS AND AIR
TO BE USED FOR LIGHTING AND HEATING PURPOSES
"
This Invention has for its object an improved method of carburetting a mixture
of gas and air to be used for lighting or heating purposes whereby an increased
illuminating or heating effect is obtained.
And my invention consists in constructing a reservoir of any suitable form. to
contain the mineral oil or hydrocarbon to be used for carburetting and in connection
and communicating with this reservoir there is a smaller reservoir (called the
carburetter) in which asbestos cloth or other suitable material is arranged so as to
present as large a surface as possible to the current of gas and air mixture passing
through the carburetter.
Part of the asbestos cloth or other suitable material is made to pass from the
smaller into the larger reservoir by means of a tube or channel and dip into the
mineral oil or hydrocarbon which being drawn up by capillary attraction is caused
to saturate or impregnate the asbestos cloth or other material contained in the
smaller reservoir.
The supply of gas and air is regulated by means of a tap or valve constructed
so as always to admit the gas and air in the same relative proportions although
the quantity thereof passing through the tap or valve may be varied as required
The pipe or channel for conveying the mixture of gas and air is formed and
arranged so that the said mixture may receive heat from the burner before entering
the carburetter.
The gas and air thus mixed and warmed is introduced into the smaller reservoir
or carburetter under the saturated asbestos or other suitable material and escapes
when carburetted through a suitably arranged pipe from the top of the carburetter
(or sinaller reservoir) to the burner or burners.
When the apparatus is used for heating purposes the valve is constructed so as
to admit a larger proportion of air in relation to gas than is used for lighting
purposes and a suitable burner or burners is or are adapted to that purpose.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th November 1883. Communicated
to him from abroad by Alexander Count Dienheim-Sczawinski-Brochocki,
Engineer, of Rome, Italy, and Boleslaw Vogdt, Engineer, of Vienna, Austria.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of the Firm of Herbert and Company, Solicitors of
Patents, of 67 Strand, in the City of Westminster, Civil Engineer, "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE PERMANENT WAY OF RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS,"
" a communication
to me from abroad by Alexander Count Dienheim-Sczawinski-Brochocki, Engineer,
of Rome, Italy, and Boleslaw Vogdt, Engineer, of Vienna, Austria,
This invention relates to iron permanent way for railroads, and comprises rail
chairs having the form of short five-sided gutters turned upside down and being
provided on their upper side with a notch that forms a rest for the inner edge of
the foot of the rail; the hollow of said chairs being entirely filled out with gravel
or broken stones in order to transmit the weight of the rails and carriages to the
road-bed.
Also the strengthening of the rails by continuous fishes, fixed on the stem or
web of the rails and running along the outer side of each rail throughout its
length and having a segmental transverse section so that its upper and lower
borders bear normally perpendicularly upon the inclined faces of the head and foot
of the rail.
Also peculiar forms of bolts and tie rods for fastening the fishes on the rails and
the rails on the chairs, these rods and bolts having a cylindrical body or core and
two longitudinal ribs, on the opposite ends of the same diameter, and said ribs
being clipped off or reduced at those parts of the bars or bolts which are to bo
lodged in the perforations of the stem of the rail, the fishes or the chair, in order to
permit these bars or bolts being turned 90 degrees, when inserted.
Also fork-shaped wedges for fastening the bars and bolts after having been
inserted.
Also a superstructure consisting of a foot-rail strengthened by a continuous
external fish and resting upon supports that have the form of short gutters turned
upside down, are filled out with gravel or broken stones and placed alternately
endwise and crosswise under the rail,
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING KNIVES AND FOR OTHER CLEANING AND POLISHING PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Roughsedge Wallwork at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th March 1883.
ROUGHSEDGE WALLWORK, of the firm of Henry Wallwork & Co of Union Bridge
Iron Works, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers and Ironfounders,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING KNIVES AND FOR OTHER CLEANING
AND POLISHING PURPOSES,"
Firstly, My invention refers to apparatus for cleaning knives and similar articles
and consists in the combination and construction of parts.
Two castings or boxes are used the two surfaces of which come and are held
together and pressed against each other by springs, the pressure of which is or may
be adjusted by screws. The screws pass through holes in projections from the two
boxes, and then each screw passes through a helical spring in a hollow of one
casting and screws into a nut held from rotating therein. The surfaces of the
boxes which come together are covered with felt, leather, india rubber, or other
suitable material, and the surface of the lower box has a slit under the felt or other
material, and the surface of the upper box has a slit above the felt or other material,
and this box forms a receptacle or hopper for emery or other cleaning powder
which passes through the slit in the box and through holes in the felt that allow
it to pass to and between the two surfaces of felt or other material.
The knife or article to be cleaned is passed and worked to and fro between the
two surfaces of felt or other material held by the two boxes. There are holes by
which the lower box is or may be secured by screws to a table or other holder.
The boxes are formed with a recess on each side for a double fold of the felt or
other cleaning material used, which material is forced into these recesses along
with a piece of wire or other material between each fold which acts as a wedge to
stretch and draw tight the felt or other material and hold it firmly in the recesses.
Secondly. Boxes or holders to carry the felt or other material and hold and feed
the powder for cleaning or polishing other articles are made according to my
invention of any desired shape to suit the articles to be operated upon, the edges
of the felt or other cleaning material being held in recesses and secured as above
explained.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGINES FOR TRAMWAYS OR ROAD TRACTION
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Hunt at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th May 1883.
THOMAS HUNT of Manchester in the County of Lancaster " IMPROVEMENTS IN
ENGINES FOR TRAMWAYS OR ROAD TRACTION
"
.
My Invention has for its object to effect such Improvements in Engines for
Tramways and Road traction as will render them more effective and economical in
their working and less noisy than hitherto.
According to my said Invention I place the uptake on the side opposite to or
farthest from the fire door and between them are arranged pendant tubes or a
water space (or both tubes and water space) for the purpose of interrupting the
direct current of air from the fire door and assist in heating and mixing the said
air with the gases in the fire box before they arrive at the uptake-The chimney
and uptake are enlarged so that the superheater of the exhaust steam can be placed
mostly in but partly out of the said uptake and at the same time provide the
needful area for the escape at a slow speed of the products of combustion from the
fire box, and thus permit the said superheater to absorb heat from the said products
to increase the temperature of the escaping exhaust steam-To deaden the sound
due to the escape of steam and gases at the chimney I fill the annular space
between the outer and inner chimneys with a non conductor of sound or absorber
of vibrations such as fireclay, asbestos, sand or the like. In order to effect the
same object I provide means whereby the area of the orifice of the blast pipe is
automatically varied by the varying pressure or velocity of the exhaust steam I
place a water tank at each end and at the side of the Engine where the driver
stands the depth of which tanks is such that the driver can stand thereon when at
work and upon each tank an injector is placed the overflow from which runs back
into the tank and thus economizes the water-The governor and speed indicator
are driven by a wheel or wheels rolling upon the rail or rails independently of the
driving wheels of the Engine which independent wheel or wheels can be placed
either between or outside the Engine wheels.
In order to obtain a greater heating surface in the boiler and consequently a
more powerful Engine without increase of wheel base I place the crank shaft
outside or in front of the driving axle to which it is geared by the spur wheels
and I incline the cylinders towards the boiler in place of arranging them vertically-
When a greater heating surface is not required the crank shaft can be placed inside
or between the driving axles
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPOUND STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Lake at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th November 1883.
SAMUEL LAKE of Marine Villas Milford Haven in the County of Pembroke
"IMPROVEMENTS IN COMPOUND STEAM ENGINES 29
This invention has for its object improvements in compound steam engines.
For this purpose I construct a compound steam engine of two three or moro
cylinders set side by side and parallel with one another by preference I make the
several cylinders all in one casting. Each cylinder is provided with two pistons,
these are actuated by steam admitted to the central part of the cylinder in the
space between them so that the pistons are forced apart from one another when
steam is so admitted. Each piston is by a connecting rod coupled to a crank on a
crank shaft. The cranks may be at equal angles around the shafts. Two such
shafts are employed one mounted opposite one end of the several cylinders and the
other opposite the other end of the cylindors. The two shafts may be coupled
together to cause them to revolve at the same speed.
.
Steam is admitted to the first cylinder at a pressure say for example of 1000 lbs
per square inch and is exhausted from there into the second cylinder which is of
larger diameter and from there into the third cylinder of still larger diameter and
from the last cylinder to the condenser.
Compound engines constructed in the above manner have but few joints and
occupy but little space-they are also very simple and cheap in construction.
The system is particularly adapted for steam vessels with twin screws torpedo
boats and war ships as the engines can be carried very low in the hull and would
occupy a very limited space in comparison with their power. The engines can also
be arranged to work a single screw by driving the shaft of this screw from the two
crank shafts above mentioned-they can also be employed generally as motive
power engines.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW TISSUE FOR USE AS HAT LININGS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Charles Henderson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th April 1883. Commu-
nicated to him from abroad by Pierre Paul Guillaume Fils aîné of 2 Boulevard
de Strasbourg, Paris in the Republic of France
ARTHUR CHARLES HENDERSON of 47 Museum Street, Oxford Street in the
county of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A NEW TISSUE FOR
USE AS HAT LININGS A communication to me from abroad by Pierre Paul
Guillaume Fils aîné of 2 Boulevard de Strasbourg, Paris in the Republic of
France
The tissue or material employed for the linings of hats is a substitute for the
method at present in vogue of plastering with glue or gum for making the part of
the hat where the lining is placed flexible and impermeable.
Although more particularly adapted to hats, caps and bonnets it is equally
serviceable for many similar usages, that is to say where the peculiar qualities of
this new material may be advantageously employed.
The improved material is what the inventor terms gutta percha tissue, as gutta
percha enters largely into its composition.
It is made as follows; having selected a tissue of some sort, silk, or by preference
dressed or undressed cotton, it is coated with a layer of india rubber on which a
sheet of gutta percha is laid, this latter is applied by the pressure of a heated
cylinder so that by the combined and simultaneous application of heat and pressure
a close connection between the gutta percha and the india rubber is effected
Then again on this gutta percha a layer or cont of flexible and elastic varnish is
placed, this prevents the gutta percha sticking to the fingers whilst the material is
in course of manufacture and also acts as a preservative in the tension or stretching
of the tissue.
But the use of the varnish is not imperative but whether varnished or not the
improved lining may be used throughout the interior of hats, caps or otherwise
without the aid of the glue or gum habitually used.
All that is required is to pass a hot iron over the tissue to make it adhere to the
felt or whatever other material the hat or cap is formed of.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN AND OTHER HOSE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Burbridge, Robert Cureton
Thorpe, and Thomas Oakley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 21st March 1883.
JAMES BURBRIDGE of the Firm of Messrs W. Warne & Co of the India Rubber
Works, Tottenham in the County of Middlesex and ROBERT CURETON THORPE
and THOMAS OAKLEY also of Tottenham aforesaid "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF GARDEN AND OTHER HOSE,"
This invention relates to the manufacture of hose suitable for fire engines and
for watering gardens, the object being to prevent the rapid wear of the external
surface of the hose, and the admission of water and damp to the texture composing
the hose, the result of which is the rotting of the fibre.
The kind of hose to which the invention refers is that composed of plies of
canvas coated internally and externally with india rubber compound. This hose
is made in lengths on a mandril and passed through a die supplied with india
rubber compound in a plastic state, which, as the hose is drawn through the die,
surrounds it with a thin waterproof coating. The coated hose with its mandril
still in place is then submitted to the action of heat to cure or vulcanize it.
In order to increase the endurance of this coating, we flute or groove the die so
as to form ribs or longitudinal projections on the hose. The ribs may be of any
desired form. By this means an increased thickness of india rubber compound
will be provided for, without unduly increasing the weight of material and
consequently the cost of the manufacture. When the hose is in use, it will be
manifest that not until the ribs are worn away, will the base of the coating
become injured, and the life of the hose will be indefinitely extended, instead of
the hose rotting after being a comparatively short time in use.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOX IRONS, AND OTHER IRONS USED PURPOSES " "CERTAIN FOR ANALOGOUS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Arden Hill at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th April 1883.
FREDERICK ARDEN HILL of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
IMPROVEMENTS IN BOX IRONS, AND OTHER IRONS USED
PURPOSES
"
"CERTAIN
FOR ANALOGOUS
The improvements forming the subject of this my said Invention consists
principally in the construction or arrangements of parts of irons known as box
irons and other irons, and used for the dressing of linen for domestic purposes
The object of this my said Invention consists in imparting a continuous and
regular heat to the iron by deflection from a mixture of burning gas and air, in a
simple and efficacious manner.
I will describe my Invention thus:-I employ a flat metal casting of the shape
of an ordinary box iron having flanges of metal, thus forming the lower half of a
gas burner and the bottom plate of the iron, the upper half of the gas burner is
formed by the body of the iron which is shaped to drop inside the said flanges on
the flat bottom plate and having a groove or chamber on the under side, when
attached to the bottom plate it forms a complete burner being provided interiorly
with small holes for ignition. The flame from the burner acts upon projecting
ledges which partially roof in the centre of box iron and passing from these ledges
the heat strikes upwards upon the base of a chamber (fitted of filled with silicate
Cotton or other nonconducting material) and deflects the heat upon the centre of
the bottom plate as before described thus keeping the handle cool.,
To the upper half of gas burner I arrange a body with aperture at the base to
admit air and mix with the gas.
The chamber of nonconducting material is covered with a plate to which is
attached the handle of the iron. The sides of the iron are cased in with an outer
case having slots for the admission of air and for the exit of waste heat arising
from the burning mixture of gas and air
NEW OR IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF APPLIANCES FORMING A COMBINED BROOCH AND FLOWER HOLDER.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry John Davis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th September 1883.
HENRY JOHN DAVIS of 36/40 Newgate Street in the city of London
Accountant NEW OR IMPROVED ARRANGEMENTS OF APPLIANCES FORMING A
COMBINED BROOCH AND FLOWER HOLDER.
This invention relates to certain new or improved arrangements of appliances
forming a combined brooch and flower holder the object being neatness and
simplicity with an easy method of fixing flowers in position, the brooch being
available as an article without any bulkiness or exposure of the flower holding
portion
For the purpose of my invention I attach by solder, rivetting, screwing or
other means a strip or piece of spring steel to the back of a brooch or to the
edge of the frame of one in such a manner that the opposite end of the spring
which is free can rest and press upon the back shell or frame edge with a pressure
due to the curvature given to it the flower stem being arranged in the bellied
portion.
The spring strip may be jointed or hinged so that it can be turned for the
insertion of the flower stem and then secured by a pin or catch
Instead of one spring piece only two or more may be arranged to the back of a
brooch
IMPROVEMENTS IN SECONDARY BATTERIES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Frederick Prescott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th November 1883.
GEORGE FREDERICK PRESCOTT, of 9 Merrion Row, in the city of Dublin.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SECONDARY BATTERIES."
This invention has for its objects improvements in secondary batteries for the
storage and utilization of electrical energy.
Electrodes or plates of secondary batteries have been constructed in various
manners more or less costly and troublesome to produce such for example as
coating lead plates with red oxide or minium and afterwards reducing the same
requiring also supports to keep the coating on the face of the lead plate or specially
making the lead plate to assist in supporting its coating.
Now my invention enables me to construct such electrodes or plates in a simpler
and still an effective manner.
I take red or other oxide of lead and lead and intimately agglomerate them in
such proportions as may be required by the conductivity determined upon.
I carry this out by intimately mixing the oxide and the lead together while
subject to a high temperature.
The composition may then be solidified by pressure in suitable moulds and I may
or may not embed suitable metallic conductors in the porous mass produced.
Leakage so called of the storage energy in the plates or electrodes I avoid by
withdrawing the liquid from the cells in which the plates are emersed or by
removing the plates from the cells singly or in series or by lowering the cells and
leaving the plates suspended.
IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK TIES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Thomas Whiteman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th May 1883. A communi-
cation to him from James Macpherson Jack and Charles H Anderson both of
the City of Montreal and District of Montreal in the Province of Quebec in
the Dominion of Canada
WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN of N° 7 Staple Inn in the County of Middlesex
Patent Agent
"IMPROVEMENTS IN NECK TIES" [a communication to him from
James Macpherson Jack and Charles H Anderson both of the City of Montreal and
District of Montreal in the Province of Quebec in the Dominion of Canada]
This Invention relates to those kinds of neck ties which consist of an imitation
bow or scarf sewn to one end of a band which when the tie is used is passed
around the neck of the wearer and secured at the other end behind the said
imitation bow or scarf. The said neck ties are generally provided with a hook
secured at the back of the imitation bow or scarf which hook is engaged under the
collar and keeps the tie in place.
In making neck ties according to this Invention two bands are used instead of
one band and the said two bands are each secured at one end to the back of the
imitation bow or scarf their other ends being free and to the free end of one of the
said bands a pin or spike is secured which is engaged with the free end of the other
of the said bands when the tie is worn the said bands being passed round the neck
of the wearer and secured together at the back by passing the pin or spike on the
one band through the end of the other band. In place of the single hook
ordinarily used two hooks are secured to the back of the imitation bow or scarf in
such positions that when the tie is in use the said hooks may be engaged under the
collar one on each side of the button or stud by which the ends of the collar are
secured.
IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP TABLETS.
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henry Ellis at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th July 1883.
GEORGE HENRY ELLIS of 21 Finsbury Pavement. London, Consulting Engineer.
IMPROVEMENT IN SOAP TABLETS.
In
My improvement has for its object to enable tablets of soap to be used up
completely, and with comfort; without waste as is commonly the case at present
when they are reduced very thin; or broken up into small pieces by wear.
place of making soap tablets solid, I make them hollow, and insert in the hollow
recess a core or body of glass, porcelain, plaster of Paris, or any similar or suitable
material. By preference I make the soap part of the tablet in two halves or pieces,
and when the core is placed in the recess of one of them, the other half is put on,
(both being moistened with water), and the tablet is then sufficiently consolidated
to be used through to the core. The latter can be made available for other
similarly constructed tablets.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR DRAWING OFF ANDSTOPPERING LIQUIDS IN BOTTLE
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ellen Wright at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 15th February 1883.
ELLEN WRIGHT of 6 Market Place Leyton Road Leyton in the County of
Essex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOPPERS FOR DRAWING OFF AND STOPPERING LIQUIDS
IN BOTTLE"
This Invention relates to certain improvements in stoppers for drawing off and
stoppering liquids in bottle the object being to provide a stoppering device and a
draw off tap for replacing the corks or stoppers of bottles when bottles of liquid
(wine beer spirits and so forth) are opened and particularly when the contents
are of an effervescent gaseous or aérated character or of a character liable to
deterioration upon exposure to atmospheric influence
The Invention is carried out as follows:-
A metal hinged strap on band is placed around the neck of the bottle and is
provided with a fastening thumb screw at the free ends when in position
The band has two slots channels or hollows on either side with a clip spring in
each and in these slots work racks to which are fastened the arms or supports of
the top stopper provided with a sloping india rubber plug or cork
The stopper arms are attached to the racks by two swivel studs and the racks
are also provided with swivel studs below
In the centre of the plug of the stopper there is a tube leading off to the top
portion or cap above said plug the top itself being formed in the cap
The advantages arising from the use of this Invention are:-That the strength
of the neck of the bottle is increased whilst being opened and prevents an accident
arising to the person opening it if the neck should be flawed
Again the moment the cork is drawn or flies from the bottle the stopper will
be in a position to be immediately used and instantly be caused to replace the
original cork or stopper and fastens itself by the racks and spring catches upon
being pressed down It forms a thoroughly air tight stoppering and will withstand
any internal pressure thus saving the gas spirit or air from escaping as the case
may be
Further the liquid (wine champagne and so forth) can be taken from the bottle
at different periods by using the top without removal of stopper and thus preserving
the effervescent condition and until the whole has been consumed
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walker George de Forgés Garland at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 28th September 1883.
WALKER GEORGE DE FORGÉS GARLAND of East Molesey in, the county of
Surrey AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES
The object of my invention is to construct a fence that shall be very strong and
firm and not so liable to deterioration as are the usual styles of fences while at the
same time the cost of construction is decreased.
.
To carry out this object I fit on the lower part of each end post a spur or strut
which is preferably fixed on the horizontal shoe on which the post rests and is
below the ground. This spur or strut supports the post against the strain that is
brought upon it. But I can also fit this strut to the upper part of the post above
the ground if I should so prefer. The intermediate posts are firmly secured by a
stop or stay placed on either side of the post below the ground. Between the posts
are placed the railings which are not mortised and housed into the posts as is usual
but may simply but against them. These rails are kept in position by a metal rod
or wire which runs along a groove in the face of the rail and passes through the
posts and a nut or other fastening on the outer sides of the end posts puts the
necessary tension thereon which binds the whole fence together. The palings are
then secured on the faces of the rails over the rod or wire and keep it in the
proper position in the groove. The palings may be placed close together and if
necessary fitted with a gravel plank or they may be placed at any distance apart
that may be convenient. These fences made after my method may be forined of
wood or metal or any material that may deem expedient.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN EXPLOSIVE CARTRIDGES FOR BLASTING ROCK, COAL, AND OTHER MINERALS, OR SUBSTANCES, BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Sidney Trivick and James Macuab
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th August 1883.
SIDNEY TRIVICK, of Moldova House, Ganden Road, Clapham, S.W. in the
County of Surrey, Gentleman, and JAMES MACUAB, of 39 Mortimer Street,
Cavendish Square, London, W. in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN EXPLOSIVE CARTRIDGES FOR BLASTING ROCK, COAL, AND OTHER
MINERALS, OR SUBSTANCES, BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
"
Our invention relates to an improved Explosive Cartridge for Blasting Rock,
Coal, and other Minerals or Substances, and other purposes, by combining any
known Explosive with a given quantity or charge of a suitable chemical compound
or body of a liquid, solid, vapourous, or gaseous nature, which admits of being
expanded or decomposed into a gaseous or vapourous form by means of the ignition
of an explosive of any description or by electrical, or chemical agencies or other
equivalents
The advantages derived from this combination cartridge are important economy
of explosives, efficient rending effect, the destruction of flame, and also absorption
or neutralization of smoke, vapours, or fumes
Our invention or improved explosive cartridge consists in constructing &
cartridge of any known explosive with which we place a given quantity or charge
of liquid Ammonia or other chemical body confined or hermetically sealed in a
glass tube or other suitable case, or a small or large charge of any known explosive
may be placed in a case or Cartridge of liquid Ammonia or other chemical body, or
the explosive may be used with or without a case and the liquid Ammonia
cartridge added thereto, and the combination cartridge or charge fired by any
known method of ignition
Among other modifications the liquid Ammonia or other chemical body cartridge
may be decomposed or exploded without the use of any known explosive by heat
generated by chemical action or by means of electricity passing through wires
inserted in the cartridge, or such as the action of zinc dust on nitrate of Ammonia,
or otherwise.
IMPROVEMENTS IN KNITTING MACHINES FOR PRODUCING FANCY GOODS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gabbott and Leonard Holbrook
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd May 1883.
JOHN GABBOTT, Lace Manufacturer and LEONARD HOLBROOK, Hosiery Manager,
both of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
KNITTING MACHINES FOR PRODUCING FANCY GOODS,"
This Invention has for its object the production of knitted or looped fancy
goods having either odd or alternate courses of coloured or different threads or
plain courses as desired in full jack and sinker knitting frames, in an improved
satisfactory and more expeditious manner than heretofore.
"
In knitting machines as hitherto constructed odd or alternate courses of different
threads are produced by means of a 'draw bar" which however has the dis-
advantage that the time for making a course must elapse to permit the return of
the thread carrier to its first place preparatory to making the odd or alternate
course, thus a machine so working, can only make about half the quantity that it
can produce when making plain courses.
This Invention therefore is designed to obviate this objection and enable a
knitting machine to produce odd or even courses as required in fancy goods as
quickly as plain goods and the Invention mainly consists in substituting for the
cam wheel at present employed for actuating the thread carrier bara, an improved
cam wheel having four cams upon it whereby the thread carriers can be caused to
make both left-handed and right handed courses. Suitable additional springs are
provided for acting on the carrier slides.
IMPROVEMENTS
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Taylor at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd February 1883.
GEORGE TAYLOR of Middleton in the County of Lancaster
THE CONSTRUCTION OF FURNACES "
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
This invention consists of improvements upon an invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to William Bamford and myself dated the 12th of May
1876. No 1996, the object of the said improvements being to prevent the valve or
damper from becoming closed till a certain time after the furnace door has been
closed, whereas according to our former invention the damper would be closed in a
certain time from the opening of the furnace door, irrespective of the time which
the operative might take in firing up or raking. The improvements will also
prevent the operative from tampering with the apparatus for raising the outer end
of the bell crank lever so as to open the damper whilst the furnace door is open.
I employ the valve or damper with the rod and bell crank lever, and the
revolving disc or wheel, together with the projection fixed on the door which, when
the latter is opened, acts on an inclined plane on the bell crank lever and causes it
to open the damper as before. And in addition thereto I place below the furnace
door a catch lever which is held in a horizontal position by the door, when closed,
but as soon as the latter is opened the end of this lever (which is provided with a
catch) falls onto the edge of the revolving disc or wheel, which is provided with a
notch or notches and prevents it from revolving any further so long as the furnace
door is opened. The driving band then slips on the pulley without causing the
dise to revolve. At the same time a projecting rim on the side of the disc comes
above a pin fixed in the horizontal arm of the bell crank lever and prevents it
from being raised so as to close the damper by hand.
As the furnace door is closed after firing its lower edge comes against an inclined
plane on the catch lever and raises it out of the notch, The disc or wheel then
commences to revolve and after a certain time the pin on the side of the same
acting against the bell crank lever, closes the damper; immediately after which
a second and shorter pin on the side of the disc comes against a finger or projection
on the vertical arm of the bell crank lever, holding the damper closed, and
preventing the disc or wheel from revolving until the furnace door is again
opened.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OR MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR TRANSCRIBING MARKS, WRITINGS, CHARACTERS, CODE SIGNALS AND THE LIKE FROM STATION TO STATION DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Melville Thomson Neale at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October 1883.
MELVILLE THOMSON NEALE of 39 Leinster Square Bayswater in the county of
Middlesex AN IMPROVED METHOD OR MEANS AND APPLIANCES FOR TRANSCRIBING
MARKS, WRITINGS, CHARACTERS, CODE SIGNALS AND THE LIKE FROM STATION TO
STATION DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER
The object of this invention is certain improvements upon a previous patent
granted to me on the 23rd day of February in the year 1883 N° 985
In the specification of that patent I describe an adaptation or use of two vessels
with plunger or piston arms whose extremities are attached to a stylus, pencil or
other marking or indicating appliance, said vessels having each a tube leading to
distant vessels of the same kind whose plungers or pistons are caused to move and
the pencil or other marking appliance thereon to transcribe on a strip or band of
paper or other material the sign, mark, writing or other character in facsimile
order the sign mark or character written or otherwise indicated on the first
mentioned apparatus or vice versa as desired.
Now I have since discovered that by certain alterations and amendments I am
able to dispense with one of the vessels and its connecting tube and also its
plunger or piston and the connection of its arm with the stylus or other marking
appliance and use one vessel and its appendages only at each station so that the
code, mark, writing or other indication can be transmitted and transcribed from
one to the other or others from and to the several apparatus in connection, by or
through one main tube containing the water or other fluid or liquid
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO STITCHING MACHINES
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Hague at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1883.
BENJAMIN HAGUE, of the town and county of the town of Nottingham,
Machinist, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO STITCHING MACHINES
"
My improved apparatus consists of a lever which is capable of adjustment
vertically and horizontally, on a bearing projecting from the bed plate of a stitching
machine, fully described in the Specification of a former Patent, granted to me for
"Improvements in stitching machines" Number 4499, September 21st 1882; the said
lever carries a bearing in which a screw revolves, one end of the screw is provided
with a grooved pulley, round which a belt is passed which also passes round a
second pulley, carried by a third pulley, driven by a belt passed round it, and
round a fourth pulley secured on one end of the cam shaft of the stitching machine
referred to. The revolving screw lies above the points in a revolving ring
carrying the fabric to be stitched, the revolution of the screw prevents the two
edges of the fabric, from curling over upon itself, before the edges are stitched
together.