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IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOVEABLE JOINTS FOR CONNECTING METALLIC PIPES AND TUBES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Celi Timoleon Moulan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th July
1867.
I, CELI TIMOLEON MOULAN, of Verviers, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MOVEABLE JOINTS FOR CONNECTING METALLIC
PIPES AND TUBES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to connect together iron tubes such as are
used for gas or water. To this end a small shoulder is cast on the outside
and near the end of each of the tubes; a cast-iron ring is then slipped on over
the joint where the tubes are to be connected, and on either side of this ring
are placed vulcanized india-rubber washers, which are firmly pressed against
the ring by means of concave sockets provided with ears, whereby they are
strongly bolted together by means of screw bolts, and by tightly screwing up
these sockets leakage will be effectually prevented. For smaller tubes the
exterior ring is screwed and the hollow sockets are tapped, so that instead of
being bolted together they may be screwed on to the ring and made to
compress the india-rubber washers, and thereby form a gas and water tight
joint as in the former instance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS FOR BURNING PARAFFIN OIL AND OTHER VOLATILE OILS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Arthur Chamberlain at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd January
1867.
I, ARTHUR CHAMBERLAIN, of the Firm of Smith and Chamberlain, of
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturers, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LAMPS FOR BURNING
PARAFFIN OIL AND OTHER VOLATILE OILS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to circular or argand burners of lamps for burning
paraffin oil and other volatile oils, and consists in constructing and arranging
the parts of the said burners in the manner herein-after explained, whereby a
circular or nearly circular flame is produced in the burners by the use of a
single flat wick. I construct and arrange the parts of a circular or argand
burner in the following manner :-I make the wick case or holder of two
concentric conical tubes, the said tubes having in cross section a horse-shoe
shape or the figure of about three-fourths of a circle. The bottom of the wick
case or holder passes through a horse-shoe shaped opening in the bottom of
the burner, and the upper narrow end of the said case or holder passes through
a similar opening in a plate fixed across the middle of the burner. Above the
last-mentioned plate is a conical tube; the narrow end of the said tube is
situated at the top of the burner, and is of the diameter of the circular wick
to be produced; within this conical tube is the ordinary tube carrying the
button for supplying air to the interior of the flame, and outside the said
conical tube is the ordinary tube for supplying air to the exterior of the flame.

page_text: Air is supplied to these tubes through perforations in the sides of the
burner and in the cross plate described at the middle of the burner. The
horse-shoe shaped wick case or holder carries two pinions gearing together, by
which pinions the wick is raised and lowered; the teeth of these pinions pass
through openings on opposite sides of the wick case or holder. Motion is
given to these pinions by a third pinion gearing with one of them, the axis of
the said third pinion passing through the side of the burner, and having a
handle on its outer end, as in ordinary lamps. A single flat wick of the proper
width is placed in the horse-shoe shaped case or holder, and by turning the
pinions the flat wick is raised in and made to take the figure of the said case
or holder, the edges of the wick as it is raised gradually approaching each
other. The wick entering the conical tube above the said case or holder its
edges are made still further to approach each other, and when the top of the
wick has reached the top of the said conical tube it is bent into a circular
figure, and a circular or nearly circular wick thereby produced.
By constructing the burners of lamps according to my Invention the wick
is introduced into the wick case or holder with great ease, and the trouble
and difficulty which ordinarily occur in fixing circular wicks in their cases or
holders are obviated.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TRANSPARENT OR PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT GLASS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henri Réda St. Martin at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th October 1867.
I, HENRI RÉDA ST. MARTIN, of No. 55, Bulsover Street, Marylebone, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING TRANSPARENT OR PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT
GLASS," to be as follows:-
These improvements consist,―
Firstly. In subjecting those parts of the transparent or partially transparent
glass which are to be covered by the intended ornamentation to the action of
any suitable acid, whereby such parts may be eaten away to a depth equalling
the thickness of the partycoloured transparent glass to be used in the com-
position of the ornament; the various pieces of coloured glass are then inlaid
in their preformed bed according to the various hues presented by the object,
design, or device intended for representation. The pieces of glass thus inlaid
and arranged may be fixed and retained in their proper position by any con-.
venient means, such, for instance, as the use of some agglutinative matter, as
copal, amber, or other varnish, or by placing a sheet of transparent glass so
as to rest on and cover the whole surface of the ornament, or by a combination.
of such methods.
Secondly. The pieces of coloured glass intended under various forms and in.
various combinations for the species of ornamentation which I have indicated,
instead of being cut into their required shapes may be produced in any form

page_text: from sheets of coloured glass in a manner similar to that referred to for
inlaying glass; but instead of only eating away the glass to a certain depth
by the application of appropriate acid, I propose to eat through the entire
thickness of the coloured glass surrounding the outline of the traced figure.
Thirdly. I propose to affix pieces of transparent partycoloured glass, having
either flat, faceted, or curved external surfaces, upon a sheet or sheets
of transparent glass; the pieces of partycoloured glass being so formed and
arranged as to present various objects, designs, or devices. These transparent
glass ornaments may be either simply agglutinated by means of any appropriate
matter, such as copal, amber, or other varnish to the glass it is proposed to
ornament, or for additional security and fixity other sheets of transparent
glass may be affixed on the face of such ornaments.
AN IMPROVED ARRANGE- MENT OF SHIPS' SIGNAL LIGHTS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Capper and George Read
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th June 1867.
We, ROBERT CAPPER, of Mincing Lane, in the City of London, Gentleman,
and GEORGE READ, of Deal, in the County of Kent, Chief Officer, R.N., do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED ARRANGE-
MENT OF SHIPS' SIGNAL LIGHTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of indicating by signal lights the
course a ship is steering. In order to prevent the running down of vessels at
night the Admiralty regulations enforce the display of a red and a green light
at the bows, and in steam vessels of a white light before the mast. Now the
object of the present Invention is by the use of these lights to indicate not.
merely to the look-out man the presence and position of any ship which his
vessel may approach, but also the direction or course which the ship is steering.
To this end the lantern at the masthead, or a screen or covering containing
the masthead light, is fitted with colored glasses corresponding to the port and
starboard lights, and is connected by any suitable arrangement of apparatus
with the steering wheel, tiller, or rudder in order that it may receive from the
motion of the wheel or tiller an axial motion and present to the distant spec-
tator a color corresponding to the light exbibited to him at the bow. When
the masthead light shews a full face corresponding to the red light at the bow
the vessel will be steering hard a-port, and when the masthead light is green
the helm will be hard a-starboard. When however the helm is amidships the

page_text: masthead light will be white. A rod running up the mast may be conveniently
used for transmitting through chains and levers the motions of the steering
wheel or tiller to the screen or lantern, the object being to obtain the move-
ments requisite for displaying the bright or colored masthead light from the
action of the helmsman.
New COFFEE INJECTOR
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Frederick Fenton and Frank
Fenton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 3rd August 1867.
We, JOHN FREDERICK FENTON and FRANK FENTON, both of Norfolk Lane,
in the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York, Silver Platers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A New COFFEE INJECTOR," to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of a new or improved coffee injector, and this Inven-
tion will be readily understood by reference to the annexed Drawing, wherein.
A is the cup or urn which contains the water, also a bag containing the coffee;.
B is a lamp which also forms the foot or stand; the heat from the lamp B boils
the water, mashes the coffee, and makes steam, which steam being confined
by the lid C forces the coffee in a clear stream down the pipe D into the coffee
cup or other receptacle E ready for drinking.
We do not confine ourselves to the shape shewn on Drawing, nor to the
material of which it is constructed, as it is obvious any shape or suitable
material can be applied to the purposes of this Invention.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWING MACHINES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Webb at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th April
1867.
I, THOMAS WEBB, of Cross Street, Newington Butts, in the County of
Surrey, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWING MACHINES," to be as follows
This Invention is designed to simplify the construction and cost of sewing
machines, and the principal features of novelty in these improvements consist,
first, in the mode of driving the shuttle; secondly, in the mode of working
the needle bar and the "feed;" and, lastly, in the general combination and
arrangement of the mechanism of the several parts of the machine.
The following is an example of the means by which I propose to effect
these improvements:-Under the first head I connect to the shuttle carrier
a bar in the form of a cross, the ends of the said bar being supported by and
guided in rectangular-shaped holes or pieces fixed to or formed upon the
under side of the bed plate of the machine and crosswise thereof. The middle
portion of the said bar has a long slot or opening formed therein, into which
a pin takes, the said pin being fixed in a disc of metal fastened on to a spindle
mounted in bearings, and revolves at right angles to the shuttle bar before
mentioned underneath the bed plate of the machine. I connect this bottom
motion with another spindle or top motion for actuating the needle bar and
feed either by means of pulleys and an endless band or a train of wheels.
The needle bar is worked by a-pin fixed in a cam.or excentric fastened on the

page_text: top spindle, and the said pin takes into a slot of a heart shape, or somewhat
resembling that shape, and formed near the upper end of the needle bar, so
that as the before-mentioned disc of metal revolves the pin therein will lift up
and force down the needle bar and needle at the proper times, the shape of
the heart-shaped slot being such as to allow the needle bar to pause whilst
the shuttle is passing through the loop of the stitch. The cam or excentric
above mentioned is also employed to work the feed bar for advancing the
work to be sewn, and for holding the work firmly whilst it is being sewn, and
to release it at the proper time, or the feed bar may be worked from the
bottom motion if desirable. The machine may either be worked by a treddle
or by hand.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING THE IRON BANDS FOR PACKAGES, CASES, OR BOXES CONTAINING GOODS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas James Binfield at. the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 4th
March 1867.
I, THOMAS JAMES BINFIELD, of 62, Hatcham Park Road, New Cross,
Deptford, Kent, Packing Case Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF FASTENING THE IRON BANDS FOR
PACKAGES, CASES, OR BOXES CONTAINING GOODS," to be as follows:-
When the package, case, or box is filled the iron bands are made to lap over
each other, a hole is then punched through the end of each band, a rivet is
inserted in the holes made in each band, and a metal cup is placed over the
rivet and a cap is fitted over the rivet on to the cup; the whole is then soldered
together making it all as one, so that the bands cannot be removed without
being destroyed, and thus showing that the package has been tampered with.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A SPRING HOOK, CATCH, OB FASTENING
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Walker at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th June
1867.
1, THOMAS WALKER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A SPRING HOOK, CATCH, OB FASTENING," to be
as follows:-
These improvements relate to a spring hook, catch, or fastening patented by
Mr. Alfred Nicholls & myself, on the 8 day of October 1858, No. 2240,
& consist in the first place of cutting out of metal (say brass) a solid blank
with lugs on each side hollowed out and so arranged that the long ends
act as a spring hook, when doubled or bent about the middle one end is so
formed as to lap slightly over the other end. This improvement will make
the hook much stronger, as no hole will have to be pierced in the centre, and
will also make it easy to sew on fabrics such as are used for window curtains
and such like purposes.
Secondly, I purpose to cut out of metal a blank somewhat similar with
arms on either side the one to be pierced, so as to allow a pin to be inserted,
and when the end is closed round the said pin to hold it firm; the other and

page_text: to be pierced and turned in such a shape as to recieve the point of the said
pin, thereby making a kind of broach fastening, the long ends to be so
arrainged and shaped into a spring hook as aforesaid. This latter hook, catch,
or fastening I prefer to make as described, but it can be made of one piece of
metal only.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING YARNS, AND ALSO FOR PRINTING THE SAME SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PROCESS OF WINDING AT OPTION
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Wilcock Dalby and George
Odam Chapman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
. their Petition, on the 17th April 1867.
We, JOSEPH WILCOCK DALBY and GEORGE ODAM CHAPMAN, both of
Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WINDING YARNS, AND
ALSO FOR PRINTING THE SAME SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PROCESS OF WINDING AT
OPTION," to be as follows:-
The objects our Invention are twofold, the first to wind yarns on a superior
principle to that in general use, and the second to print such yarns if desired
during such process of winding.
Taking the first object of our Invention, namely the winding, using the
ordinary gearing and back part of a winding frame, the alteration we make
consists in dispensing with the "flyer" to the spindle, in forming a solid
washer upon the spindle for the "spool bobbin" to rest upon, a cloth or
leather washer intervening. The principle of this arrangement consists of
the "drag" falling entirely upon the intervening washer, and we are enabled
to "pitch" the spindles very much closer than usual, as well as by having a
double row of spindles to decrease the length of a winding frame, taking care
to cause any two contiguous spindles of the front and back row to rotate in
opposite directions.

page_text: Another feature of our improvements consists in causing a number of
threads of yarn from the "spinning" bobbins upon the "creel" board (say
thirty-five or forty in number) to pass through one pair of front rollers, and
then distributing them to their respective spindles, a tray receiving them as
they emerge
from the front rollers. A lift motion of ordinary construction in
principle, but modified to suit our machine, is applied to cause the requisite
traverse.
The above being the main features of our improvements in winding we
combine with it when required apparatus for printing yarns, consisting of a
lower back roller partially submerged in a colour trough and having diagonal
grooves cut in the periphery of a slight depth, such grooves retaining the colour
after the scraper or cleaner fixed above the colour trough bas removed what
is superfluous; upon yarns passing between this roller and the one above it
(covered with flannel or other absorbent material) they become printed, the
colour in the grooves being imparted to them. If several colours are required
of course the number of print rollers must be correspondingly increased.
Upon leaving the printing roller the yarns are caused to pass over one or
more drying cylinders heated in a well-known manner, and then emerge from
the front roller, and are connected to their respective "spool bobbins." We
are enabled by our combined arrangement therefore to effect the twofold
operation of winding direct from the "spinning" to the "spool" bobbin and
printing the yarn at the same time, dispensing with the "hanking," or we
wind solely when printing is not required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM BOILER FURNACES AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Smith at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th December
1867.
I, DANIEL SMITH, of Bury, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM BOILER FURNACES
AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
My improvements consist in placing within the furnace of steam boilers a
retort or chamber made of metal, fire-clay, or other similar substances. This
retort is closed at one end and has an opening or openings in its side or sides.
The fire-grate is placed below the retort so as to receive the gases generated in
the said retort. Coal or common slack is thrown into the retort which, when
heated distils over the gases contained in the coal or slack; the said gases then
pass through the said opening or openings in the retort and are consumed in
the fire under the retort, which to a great extent will prevent dark coloured
smoke from passing up the chimney. An aperture for the admission of air is
made in the front of the furnace with a sliding door, so that the quantity of
air passing into the furnace to support combustion may be controlled by the
fireman. The retort is supported by the bridge of the furnace so that the
flame or heated gases keep it constantly heated, and when one charge of coal
bas had its gases distilled from it the residue and coke are withdrawn and pass
into the furnace below and are there consumed.
The object of my Invention is to save fuel in the generation of steam and
to prevent dense and dark smoke passing up the chimney.
Iм- PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CONCENTRATED HEAT, AND SUITABLE FOR LIGHTING FIRES, BRAZING, AND SIMILAR USES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John McKechnie at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd September
1867.
I, JOHN MCKECHNIE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
General Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING CONCENTRATED HEAT, AND SUITABLE FOR
LIGHTING FIRES, BRAZING, AND SIMILAR USES," to be as follows, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object the obtainment of a convenient portable
apparatus for applying concentrated heat, such apparatus being simple in
construction, easy to work, and efficient in use, and suitable for lighting fires,
brazing, and similar uses.
The Invention consists in adding to ordinary portable bellows an equalising
air compartment compressed by a spring or weight, and by fitting thereto a
duplex nozzle in place of the ordinary one; such duplex nozzle having a
central channel for the air and a concentric annular channel for gas, or
for oil, or other burning fluid. When made for gas the nozzle has fitted
to it a small stop-cock to receive a small flexible tube from any con-
venient gas pipe or bracket; but when made for oil it has fitted to it a
small receptacle for the oil; and if the apparatus is made for lighting house
fires the receptacle may be made of a size to contain the small quantity
requisite for lighting one fire. A wick is by preference used with the oil, and
the annular channel must be made large enough to receive it and in two parts
that can be separated so as to introduce it.

page_text: In using the improved apparatus for lighting a house fire, the coals being
put in the grate without any wood or paper, the gas or the oil is lighted at the
nozzle of the bellows, and the nozzle being directed as in ordinarily blowing a
fire, a gentle blast is produced by working the bellows, and the coals will be
completely ignited with about two minutes' work and with a very trifling
expenditure of gas or oil. The flame produced is similar to that obtained
with a blowpipe, and it may be used for brazing or any other operation in
which an ordinary blowpipe flame is used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FORMING SHAFTS, ROLLERS, DRUMS, AND WHEELS WITH INDIA-RUBBER SURFACES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Poole at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd February
1867.
I, JOHN POOLE, of 31, Riley Street, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FORMING SHAFTS, ROLLERS, DRUMS, AND WHEELS WITH INDIA-RUBBER SURFACES,"
to be as follows:-
In forming these compound shafts, rollers, drums, or wheels I divide the
metal axis into two parts or form the same with an opening through the
centre extending from journal to journal; through this opening I pass a thin
sheet of vulcanized india-rubber which I turn up upon the metal; I then roll
the remainder of the sheet round the axis, and secure the opposite edge which
is tapered, and in order to prevent the rubber from elongating I fix metal
collars upon the ends of the shafts.
Another mode of forming these rollers consists in winding a strip of
vulcanized india-rubber spirally upon a plain shaft with a fixed collar at one
end and a moveable one at the other; the ends of the rubber in this case are
passed through the collars or flanges and secured therein by means of loose
washers on the outside. The outer surfaces of the collars first mentioned
and the inner surfaces of the washers last mentioned being corrugated so as
to prevent the ends of the rubber from slipping, the transverse section of the.

page_text: rubber in this case is that of the frustrum of a wedge, the narrow part being
placed next to the axis.
Another mode of forming a roller of this description consists in covering
the metal axis with a tube or cylinder of vulcanized india-rubber, and then
making a spiral cut therein from end to end, and fastening the two sectional
ends to collars and washers in the manner before described. I also propose
to form the metal axis with longitudinal channels or grooves, into which
channels or grooves I place metallic wire, hempen or other cord, and wind
thereon a strip or rod of metal in a spiral direction, or to place a number of
rings thereon parallel to each other, and cover the axis thus formed with
rubber in a soft or liquid state so that the grooves or spiral coil or parallel
rings may interlace the said rubber, and the whole will thus be secured
together; in this case the end flanges may be dispensed with. Wheels,
rollers, or drums thus formed may be used in washing or wringing machines,
noiseless bearing wheels, printers' rollers, and other like purposes. The object
of the various forms and combinations above described is to prevent the
rubber from starting or becoming détached from the metal axis.
IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO FURNACES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Beardmore, Walter Brock,
and Alexander Carnegie Kirk at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 23rd September 1867.
We, WILLIAM BEARDMORE, WALTER BROCK, and ALEXANDER CARNEGIE
KIRK, all of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, Engineers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING
TO FURNACES," to be as follows:-
These improvements relate to a convenient means of regulating the internal
condition of a reverberatory or similar furnace in order to deprive its interior
of free oxygen when desired, and consist in introducing into the interior of the
said furnace (at some convenient point over the fire or between the fire and
the object to be heated) materials having a strong affinity for oxygen, such as
the various hydrocarbons, other products of the distillation of carbonaceous or
organic substances, hydrogen, carbonic oxide, or any mixture thereof.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN KILNS FOR BURNING LIMESTONE, CEMENT, AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Philip Arthur de Berenger at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th May 1867.
I, PHILIP ARTHUR DE BERENGER, of Maida Hill, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN KILNS FOR BURNING LIMESTONE, CEMENT, AND OTHER MATERIALS," to be
as follows (that is to say) :-
My Invention has reference to improvements in kilns for burning limestone,
cement, and other material more effectually and uniformly, with less labour,
fuel, and time than by the system at present in use, and consists in con-
structing the said kilns in the form of vertical chambers provided with gratings
or bottoms, and arranged transversely in sets one above another, in such
manner as to admit the lower ones being brought immediately over the
furnace, by which the heat is caused to ascend through the lime placed within
the said kilns for the purpose of being burnt, the said transverse sets being
alternately supplied, discharged, and brought successively next in turn over
the fire, an opening being left within the said column for the admission of
air for regulating the draught and inspecting the materials under operation as
may be necessary.
AN APPARATUS FOR SECURING LAMPS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Burley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th January
1867.
I, WILLIAM BURLEY, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR SECURING
LAMPS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER CARRIAGES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to carriage lamps, and consists of a new form of
lamp iron and fastener for securing the lamp to the carriage. The lamp
iron, which is fixed to the carriage, is made solid throughout, the free end
terminating in a screw. At the side of the lamp a socket is formed to receive
the end of the lamp iron above mentioned, the screwed portion of which enters
a nut fitted to the top of the socket, so that it can rotate freely without moving
longitudinally. A few turns of this nut will secure the lamp in the required
position or release it therefrom.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Layton at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th December
1867.
I, GEORGE LAYTON, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF SOAP," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of soap
whereby the cost of manufacturing (considering the quality of soap produced)
will be materially reduced, while the detergent properties of the soap will be
increased without affecting its "mildness" or neutral qualities.
The improvement consists in the employment of phosphate of lime in the
manufacture, the use of which substance in or about the proportion of the
"runnings" employed in producing common soaps enables me to dispense
with a portion of the expensive fatty matter that would otherwise be required
to form a given quantity of soap. The saponified matter being prepared in
the usual manner may receive the phosphate of lime while in the boiling pan,
or the phosphate of lime may be crutched in when the soap is cleansed (either
in a separate utensil or in the frame) in the shape of a powder or as a semifluid
or a liquid, or in any other form or chemical combination which after experi-
ments may prove advantageous. The presence of phosphate of lime or its
constituents in the soap being the principle on which my improvement is
based.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF XYLOIDINE
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Spill at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st September
1867.
I, DANIEL SPILL, of No. 15, Hackney Terrace, South Hackney, in the County
of Middlesex, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF XYLOIDINE," to be as follows:-
In the treatment of xyloidine in order to obtain products or compounds
useful in the arts it is desirable to effect its entire or partial solution when
in a hydrated or moistened condition, and this Invention relates to the employ-
ment of a compound or of compounded solvents so constituted as that they shall
best effect the desired purpose. Hitherto in order to effect the entire or
partial solution of hydrated xyloidine the alcohol or wood naptha employed
have been previously submitted to a process of dehydration, which is effected
by subjecting them to the action of chloride of calcium or of chloride of zinc,
and then distilling over the dehydrated spirit or naptha, which dehydrated
spirit or naptha is then employed in conjunction with other materials.
This Invention consists in the substitution for such dehydrated spirit or
nantha of alcohol which has not been subjected to the process of dehydration
in conjunction with and in combination with certain substances and com-
pounds herein-after mentioned, which substances and compounds are soluble
therein, and which are insoluble or nearly so in water, such, for example, as
fixed oils, vegetable oils, essential oils. resins, gum resins, spirits of turpentine.
fats, light oils and naptha from coal and mineral napthas; and I employ such
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page_text: before-mentioned substances or mixtures of the same in such proportions as
that, although the substances individually possess but little if any solvent
action on the hydrated xyloidine, they shall by suitable admixture with alcohol
be rendered solvents of the same. As an example I have found that when I
employ alcohol in combination with resin in the proportions of about 80 parts
by weight of alcohol and 20 parts by weight of resin I obtain a solution pos-
sessing high solvent powers. As another example of the compounding of a
mixed solution which may advantageously be employed for effecting the
solution of or the treatment of hydrated xyloidine, I take about-
60 parts by weight of alcohol.
"
3 parts
1 part
"
2 parts
34 parts
"
33
castor oil.
essential oil of lavender.
of resin.
coal, naptha, or, benzole.
These mixtures are given as types of the composition of the solutions capable
of being employed as solvents of the hydrated, xyloidine, the object in view.
in compounding such solvent solutions being that the relation of carbon,
hydrogen, and oxygen shall be by preference in or about the proportion of-
Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
-
-
55 parts.
10 do.
35 do..
but other combinations will be found to answer the desired object.
AN IMPROVED LADY'S COMPANION, CONSISTING OF CALL BELL, REEL STAND, AND PINCUSHION
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Benjamin Nokes and Thomas
Sanders at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 3rd January 1867.
We, BENJAMIN NOKES and THOMAS SANDERS, both of Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED LADY'S COMPANION, CONSISTING OF CALL BELL, REEL STAND, AND
PINCUSHION," to be as follows:-
The nature of this Invention will be understood from the following
description of the apparatus of which it consists: A suitable metal frame-
work is provided which has a strong cast bottom. Through the centre of this
goes a strong metal pin, upon which the call bell is afterwards suspended.
Around the said call bell are arranged several reels (the number of which
will of course vary with the size of the apparatus) working upon metal pins,
the said metal pins being loose, so that they may be taken off and again
replaced without difficulty. Upon the top of the apparatus is placed the
pincushion, which is secured and kept in its place by a pin or burr screwed
to the upright; a handle by which the apparatus may be more conveniently
held
may be added if necessary.
It will be perceived that we propose so to construct the apparatus that the
metal pins upon which the reels are to work are loose. The advantage of
this arrangement will be evident, and the practical utility of the whole
apparatus will be apparent from the description herein given.
METALLIC ZINC PAINT
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Webster, Edward Deane,
and William Rumble at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 12th January 1867.
We, JAMES WEBSTER, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Engineer, EDWARD DEANE, of No. 1, Arthur Street East, City of London,
and WILLIAM RUMBLE, Inspector of Machinery Afloat, Royal Navy, Sheerness,
in the County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "METALLIC ZINC PAINT," to be as follows:-
I take spelter and melt it in a suitable furnace, and raise it to about 800
degrees Fahrenheit; I then cover the molten metal with a flux of borax
mixed with caustic of soda, or chloride of ammonia, or other suitable flux to
prevent the action of the atmosphere upon the surface of the molten zinc ; I
then add thereto about seven or eight per cent. (or more or less) of finely-divided
iron wire or scrap, agitating the whole with an iron rod until the whole of the
iron or scrap particles are taken up by the zinc; I then add sufficient
antimony to cause the metal to run freely from the furnace. When the
metal thus prepared has cooled down it is next pulvarized and ground, when
may be mixed with any oleaginous matter or varnish, and the metallic zinc
paint results. When the paint is intended to be used for coating ships'
bottoms or marine purposes I add thereto one and a half per cent. or there-
abouts of vermillion or oxide of mercury.
it
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING, CLEANING, AND SEPARATING GRAIN
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Stonehouse Williamson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st September 1867.
I, JOHN STONEHOUSE WILLIAMSON, of Long Hill, near West Hartlepool, in
the County of Durham, Farmer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING, CLEANING,
AND SEPARATING GRAIN," to be as follows:-
The Invention for which I apply for protection is a machine for drying any
kind of grain or other similar substance. The novelty consists in placing one tube
within another; the inner tube d, d, d, d, is either square, oval, or rounded
at the top with a flat bottom, the outer tube c, c, c, is either round or oval
and is constructed either of iron or bricks; the furnace f, f, or fire is placed
at one end of the outer tube c, c, c, and the heat travels along the bottom and
sides of the inner tube d, d, d, d, and back again over the top, and then
escapes by a chimney. The inner tube is thus surrounded by a flue and is
similar in that respect to an ordinary oven. The outer tube c, c, c, is placed
on wheels in an horizontal position, and the inner tube d, d, d, d, is upon a
slight incline, and it is through this tube or heated chamber upon a recipro-
cating screen or revolving circular cillinder e, e, e, having the reciprocating
or revolving motion imparted by a crank, or wheels, or other mechanical
contrivance that the grain or similar substance is passed. The screen or
cillinder e, e, e, can be raised or lowered at one end in order to allow the

page_text: grain or similar substance to travel either slow or fast according to the degree
of moisture required to be taken out of it. The screen or cillinder is supplied
by means of a hopper m placed at one end of the machine having a grooved
roller to supply the feed which can be regulated by a screw as required.
The corn or other substance having passed through the heated chamber
requires cooling, and in order to cool it it is received into a circular wire
gauze cillinder o, o, o, having a worm screw placed inside, the whole made to
revolve takes the grain or other substance back again along the outside upon
an incline, and thus down a spout into sacks or other receptacles; the gauze
wire being made more open towards the higher part will take any dust and
small grain out. The whole is either worked by steam, horse, or manual
power according to size, and can be made either portable or stationary.
A NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED LAMP AND MATCH Box
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Friedrich Leonardt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd July
1867. A communication from abroad by Ludwig Böhler, of No. 66,
Rue de Bondy, Paris.
I, FRIEDRICH LEONARDT, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
NEW OR IMPROVED COMBINED LAMP AND MATCH Box," to be as follows:-
The said Invention consists of a new or improved combined lamp and
match box constructed in the following manner:-The lamp is made by
preference of a cylindrical figure, and is fixed in the axis of a tube of con-
siderably larger diameter, the said tube being closed at bottom. The annular
space between the cylindrical lamp and the said tube constitutes a receptacle
or box in which the matches are placed; instead of making the said tube
cylindrical it may be of an elliptical or other figure in cross section, and its
surface may be ornamented in any desired manner. The kind of lamp it is
preferred to use in carrying the said Invention into effect is a lamp burning
highly volatile liquid hydrocarbons and containing a sponge or other absorbent
in which the combustible liquid is stored, but which yields it to the wick as
combustion proceeds. The lamp is provided wth a cover or cap by which the

page_text: flame may be extinguished and by which the combustible liquid may be
preserved from evaporation. The match box of the combined lamp and match
box may be covered with an independent cover or lid, or by a cover or lid
combined with that of the lamp.
AN ACCELERATED TANNING BY MEANS OF NEW PROCESSES AND APPARATUS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Constant Wilmet at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 12th April
1867.
I, CONSTANT WILMET, of Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Tanner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN ACCELERATED
TANNING BY MEANS OF NEW PROCESSES AND APPARATUS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists, firstly, in a new composition for tanning, and,
secondly, in apparatus connected therewith.
Instead of making the said composition of or from oak bark as heretofore, I
compose it as follows:-
For 150 kilogrammes of skins or leather.
Cashoo
Divi divi
- 40 kilogrammes.
20
do.
Russian oil
Petrolium oil
Coal oil
7
do.
These materials are mixed with sufficient water to enable the composition
when placed in the vessel to reach the bottom of the lower cylinder, as
hereafter described.
The apparatus I employ consists, firstly, of a circular or other shaped
vessel flat and closed at top and bottom. Within the said vessel are two

page_text: cylinders or rollers placed horizontally and nearer one side of the vessel than
the other, one of the said rollers being above and resting on the other. These
cylinders have each an axis running its entire length and turning in copper
bearings, and are formed of laths of wood fastened lengthwise round the
circumferences of two discs, one at each end of each roller; these said laths
are rounded on their outer surfaces, thus making each cylinder a kind of
toothed roller, the object of which is that the lower roller being turned
will give motion to the upper.
The skins or leather to be tanned are placed at the entrance between the
two rollers and the lower roller on being turned will pass the skins or leather
between the rollers and subject them to a pressure equal to the weight
of the upper roller, the said upper roller turning in a slightly elongated
bearing in order to allow it to rise or fall according to the thickness of the
skin passing under it. The pressure of the roller upon the skins expresses
nearly all the moisture from them by the time they are on the other side
of the rollers, when they fall down into the said composition at the bottom of
the vessel, which composition the skins quickly absorb, they having had pre-
viously all the moisture expressed from them. The principal object of this pro-
cess is to cause the liquid to enter the pores of the skin or leather in a much
shorter time than it would take to do if the skins were simply immersed in
it. In the side of the said vessel is a door for the purpose of introducing
the skins and also the liquid, and for superintending the process of tanning.
AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF FURNACES TO BE USED FOR PRE- VENTING SMOKE AND EFFECTING ECONOMY OF FUEL
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Titus Higginbotham at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th July 1867.
I, CHARLES TITUS HIGGINBOTHAM, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "AN
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT OR CONSTRUCTION OF FURNACES TO BE USED FOR PRE-
VENTING SMOKE AND EFFECTING ECONOMY OF FUEL," to be as follows, that is
to say:-
This Invention which relates to an improved arrangement or construction
of fire-bars and furnaces, by means of which the escape of smoke is prevented
and a consequent or proportional economy in fuel is obtained, consists in
using fire-bars having a hollow web, or partly hollow and partly tubular web,
which bars may or may not also have in addition to the hollow or tubular
web certain lateral openings through which air may pass into the overlying
stratum of fuel. Across the inner end or side of the furnace a hollow bridge
or chamber is formed, the ends of the bars passing into the hollow bridge or
chamber through its front wall or side, the bars thereby constituting air
passages into the chamber. As the air passes through the bars its temperature
is raised, and it consequently passes as hot air into the chamber from which
it escapes through one or more suitably formed openings, and mixing with the
gases escaping over the bridge from the incandescent fuel causes their complete
combustion and therefore prevention of escape as smoke.
A NEW OR IMPROVED do hereby declare the nature of the said FASTENING PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR follows:- LEGGINGS AND GAITERS
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hyman Frankenburg and Samuel
Phillips at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 16th August 1867..
We, HYMAN FRANKENBURG, of Skinner Street, and SAMUEL PHILLIPS, of
Whitechapel, both in the County of Middlesex, Bag and Legging Makers,
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
do hereby declare the nature of the said
FASTENING PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE FOR
follows:-
LEGGINGS AND GAITERS," to be as
Our Invention consists in inserting a movable button or stud in a piece of
steel inserted in one side of the legging or other article to which it is to be
fitted, and forming a slot in a piece of steel inserted on the other side of the
legging, and which is somewhat curved or bent outwards, always having a
tendency to spring from the other side; by pressing the slot over the button
and turning the latter the fastening is secure. We prefer to place the
fastening about midway between the top and bottom of the legging, and at
the top and bottom we fit studs on one piece and corresponding slots on the
other, the slots fitting over the studs, whereby the top and bottom parts are
prevented from getting out of place. The legging is secured by simply
pressing the central slot over the stud and turning the latter, and unfastened
by turning the stud in the reverse direction when the bent spring of the side
piece presses the parts apart. The stud may be made of various shapes as
found most advantageous.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CONTAINING ADVERTIZING AND ADDRESS CARDS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Year: 1867

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert William Hart at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
January 1867.
I, HERBERT WILLIAM HART, of Clapham, in the County of Surrey, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS
FOR CONTAINING ADVERTIZING AND ADDRESS CARDS FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to construct an apparatus in which adver-
tizing and address cards may be so exposed for public distribution that any
person may take one, but can only take one at a time. To this end the apparatus
consists of a box, the sectional area of which shall be about equal to the
superficial area of the cards to be exposed, and sufficiently deep to receive a
large number of cards. This box may be made of metal, wood, or any other
suitable substance, and should be provided with an opening at the top or back
for the purpose of placing the cards in the apparatus. The front of the box
may, if desired, be made with a glass panel, through which may be seen one
of the cards which may be placed in a vertical position so that it may be
easily read. The box is open at bottom, and the cards are made to rest on
ledges at the sides and back. A notch or thumb opening is cut out of the
front panel, so that a card may be laid hold of and pulled out; the front panel
is brought down to within the thickness of a card to the ledges on which
the cards rest, so that there is sufficient space to draw out a card, but only

page_text: one. The bottom card must therefore always be drawn out and the pile above
will descend by its own weight, but it is considered advisible to have a small
weight at the top so as to bring another card opposite the opening. A notice
inviting the public to take a card may be printed or marked on the front of
the box, or in some other convenient place.