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AN IMPROVEMENT OF AN APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CORKS OR BUNGS FROM BOTTLES OR ANY OTHER VESSEL
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Auguste Constantine
Eckhold at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with liis
Petition, on the 27th July 1872.
I, CHARLES AUGUSTE CONSTANTINE ECKHOLD, of 16, Green Street,
Leicester Square, in the 'County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OF AN
APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CORKS OR BUNGS FROM BOTTLES OR ANY OTHER VESSEL,"
to be as follows:-
A corkscrew fixed on a horizontal bar which slides in a tube and
which can be fixed by a screw or any convenient fixing so as not to slide
when required to be stationary; a chain or cord, one end being fixed
on the horizontal bar and the other end on a revolving axle. This
revolving axle is held horizontally on the upper end of the tube, and
will be turned by a handle or cross handle. The tube is so framed
as to admit of its being placed on the bottle or vessel, or on the cork or
bung to be drawn.
:
The following is the application of this apparatus:-When a cork
or bung has to be drawn the horizontal bar is made stationary by

page_text: turning the said screw, and the corkscrewe is then driven into the cork
or bung; this done, the screw is unturned to release the horizontal
bar, and by turning the handle or cross handle the chain is wound on
the axle, drawing up the horizontal bar with the corkscrew and cork or
bung attached.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR CASES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME, WHICH FASTENINGS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry William Dee at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th January 1872.
"
I, HENRY WILLIAM DEE, of the Firm of H. W. and L. Dee, of
Sherwood Street, in the County of Middlesex, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN CIGAR
CASES AND OTHER LIKE ARTICLES AND IN FASTENINGS FOR THE SAME, WHICH
FASTENINGS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My improvement in cigar cases and other like articles, fusee cases
for example, consists in providing them with two fastenings one at
each side (or top and bottom) of the frame so that a person can open
whichever side comes more ready to the hand, while the fastening at
the other side will act as a hinge or joint to the two halves of the case.
A convenient form of fastening for this purpose is composed of two
spring bolts which work in a sheath on one half of the frame of the
case, the other half of the frame being provided with tubular catches
to receive the spring bolts when the two halves are closed. This fasten-
ing is released by withdrawing the spring bolts by means of studs which
move in slots in the sheath. It will be readily understood that if one

page_text: of these fastenings be released the case can be opened upon the other
fastening which acts as a joint or hinge, the bolt of this fastening being
free to turn in the sheath and tubular catches.
I prefer however to employ an improved arrangement of this com-
bined fastening and hinge, that is to say, I substitute for the sliding
studs for withdrawing the spring bolts two pistons which are fitted
into the tubular catches; these pistons are furnished with springs and
have buttons or heads at their outer ends. By pressing these heads
inwards with the finger and thumb the inner ends of the pistons force
the spring bolts out of the catches, and thus release the fastening.
This improved fastening is applicable to other objects, hand bags for
instance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGIC LANTERNS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter Bentley Woodbury at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 22nd May 1872.-A communication from abroad by Lemuel
James Marcy, of 1307, Arch Street, Philadelphia, U.S.
I, WALTER BENTLEY WOODBURY, of Cliff House, Greenhithe, in the
County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MAGIC LANTERNS," to be as follows:-
:-
Firstly. In forming the body of the lantern in a cylindrical form,
having the same diameter as the condensers used, thus greatly econo-
mizing space.
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Secondly. By placing at each end of the cylinder a plate of glass
to give a proper draught to the lamp burning paraffin oil, such as is
produced by the glass chimneys generally used with such lamps.
Thirdly. In the employment of of a double wick, the edges of the flame
being placed edgewise to the condensers, thus concentrating the light.
And lastly. In the combinations set forth, giving great portability and
superior illumination.
AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE OF BALE TIE OR COUPLING
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Vincent Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th June 1872. A communication from abroad by Eleazar Judson
Beard, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, United States of
America.
I, ALFRED VINCENT NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Draughtsman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MANUFACTURE
OF BALE TIE OR COUPLING," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel manufacture of bale tie or coupling
for securing the ends of metallic bands on cotton and other bales. The
coupling consists of a short flattened tube or sleeve open at one side
and of a width somewhat greater than the metallic bands employed
therewith. The opening in the side of the coupling will be sufficient to
allow of the free passage through it of the bent up or hooked ends of
the metal bands, and to render the insertion of the hooked ends by a
lateral movement into the coupling the more easy the lips or flanges at
the lateral opening of the coupling are bevelled outwards. When the

page_text: hooked ends of the bands are inserted in this improved construction of
tic they will be held in place by the flanges on the open side of the
tic. The ties will be formed of rolled or drawn metal which may be
bent or drawn in lengths and cut up into short pieces about equal in
length to the width of the metal bands to which they are to be applied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TURBINES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Howard Louche at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 11th December 1872.
I, JOHN HOWARD LOUCHE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TURBINES," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention, which relates to improvements in turbines, consists
in so arranging the wheel and the casing within which it is contained
that the water flying radially from the periphery of the wheel whilst
it is in action is suddenly checked, the reactive force thus obtained
increasing the efficiency of the wheel. At the central portion of the
wheel a fixed hollow box to receive the water for driving the wheel is
situate, and round which the wheel revolves, being partly supported on
flanches formed on the box, the said flanches at the same time
preventing the water from escaping otherwise than through the curved
channels or passages provided in the wheel for that purpose: The wheel
is enclosed within a casing which is stationary, and has formed round
its inner surface a series of stepped surfaces placed at right angles or
nearly so to each other.
The vertices of these stepped surfaces are

page_text: flattened. The water in issuing from the mouths or outer ends of the
aforesaid channels or passages impinges on the stepped surfaces, and
the radial velocity of the water is thereby suddenly checked and the
current forced backwards, which has the effect of adding impetus to
the rotatory motion of the turbine.
When the mouth of the channel in which the flow of water has
been checked comes opposite a space between two stepped surfaces
the water is allowed to escape. The stepped surfaces in the casing
are so arranged relatively with the channels or passages in the turbine
that whilst the water is escaping from some of the said channels or
passages the flow of water from others of these channels or passages
is checked by the flat surfaces herein-before set forth.
In employing the arrangement of turbine constituting this Invention
as a motive power for purposes wherein a reverse motion is sometimes
required, as for example for marine purposes, two turbines are placed
upon the same shaft, back to back, and with their channels or passages
arranged in contrary directions, one turbine being employed as the
forward prime mover and the other as the backward prime mover, and
an "equalizer" or regulator is provided in conjunction with each
pair of turbines in order to regulate the supply of water thereto.
It is obvious that the improvements herein mentioned may also be
applied to centrifugal pumps.
Grate Bars for Steam Boiler and other Furnaces
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Waddington and Walker
Garside at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th May 1872.
We, JOSEPH WADDINGTON and Walker Garside, of Halifax, in the
County of York, Manufacturers of Grate Bars for Steam Boiler and other
Furnaces, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "An
IMPROVED GRATE BAR," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in the peculiar form or construction of grate
bars as follows:-We have two longitudinal bars or parts connected by
a series of cross bars or ribs in one casting, forming gratings or spaces
for the passage of air into and ashes out of the furnace, and on the
outside of each longitudinal bar are a series of short projections, which
when two such bars are placed side by side also form gratings or spaces.
These bars are also constructed so that two or more bars may be used
in the lengthwise of the furnace, and are notched underneath at the
meeting ends to fit upon a cross bearer, which is formed of two parts

page_text: joined together by two or more ribs, so that each part of this cross bearer
receives and bears one end of each of the longitudinal grate bars
respectively, whereby they are kept in position. The other ends of these
grate bars are formed to rest upon ordinary bearers or dead plates.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS METERS, PART OF WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO GAS GENERATORS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Weems at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
November 1872.
I, JOHN WEEMS, of Johnstone, in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS METERS, PART OF WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO GAS
GENERATORS," to be as follows:— .
These improvements relate firstly to gas meters known by the name
of wet gas meters, wherein much difficulty has been hitherto experienced
in maintaining a uniform fluid or liquid level owing to a gradual
evaporation or reduction of the water or other fluid contained therein,
thereby rendering the indicated measurements of gas inaccurate and
unreliable, and this Invention relates to an apparatus or means for
correcting those fluctuations, and maintaining a uniform and regular
fluid or water level. To effect this object I employ a circular or other
shaped chamber closed at one end and open or partially open at the
opposite end, the closed end being uppermost and the open end at or
near the level of the water or other fluid contained in the meter. This

page_text: chamber being filled with water or other fluid retains it at a higher level
than the liquid in the meter, forming as it were a fountain head or
reservoir, and as the water or other fluid that is in the meter evaporates
or the level becomes reduced an equivalent quantity of the water or
other fluid is displaced from the fountain chamber by the gas, and so
the desired level is constantly sustained. The length of time the level
may be maintained depends upon the dimensions and capacity of the
fountain chamber.
The opening of the chamber may be provided with a valve or
regulating opening so arranged that when the chamber is filled and
inverted into the meter the valve prevents the escape of the water or
fluid, but when set in its place the valve opens to admit of a free com-
munication between the interior of the chamber and the fluid in the
meter.
The chamber may be made of glass or any suitable material and may
be closed at both ends, and have an opening at the side, or the fountain
head may be arranged in a variety of ways without departing from the
main or principle features of this Invention.
The second part of this Invention relates to gas generators for the
production of gas from liquids where a constant regulated supply of the
liquid is of the utmost importance. The fountain chamber applied to
those generators regulates the flow of the liquid maintaining the liquid
level as the liquid evaporates into gas.
I refer to gas generators known as cold vapor generators for the
carburation of gas or air wherein gasoline, photogene, benzine, or other
volatile liquid is contained, and a current of air or gas brought into
contact or passed through it for illuminating or other purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SHIPS, BOATS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS FROM ONE PLACE OR PIECE OF WATER TO ANOTHER
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Amédée Sébillot at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents,, with his Petition, on the 7th
September 1872.
I, AMÉDÉE SÉBILLOT, of No. 6; Rue de Berlin, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING SHIPS,
BOATS, AND OTHER LIKE VESSELS FROM ONE PLACE OR PIECE OF WATER TO
ANOTHER," to be as follows, that is to say :-
The object of my Invention is to withdraw ships, boats, and other
like vessels from the water, and to convey them by railway any required
distance.
To carry out my Invention I employ a metallic case with double
sides, between which motive machinery may be placed. The whole
rests on axles moved by this machinery. The inner part of the case is
for receiving the ship.
The whole being let into the water, the ship or vessel is floated into
it through gates similar to lock gates, the steam engines are put in
motion, and the metallic case is conveyed to the place required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUNDING BOARDS FOR PIANOFORTES AND OTHER STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
March 1872.
I, ROBERT SMITH, of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, Pianoforte
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SOUNDING BOARDS FOR PIANOFORTES AND OTHER STRINGED
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS," to be as follows:-
This Invention is applicable to any musical instrument in which
strings vibrate in connection with a sounding board, has for its object to
render the sounding board a more perfect conservator of the vis viva of
the vibrating strings, so that the particles of the string and sounding
board when once set in motion continue to vibrate for a much longer
period than is usual with instruments of that kind. To this end I con-
struct the sounding board of two thicknesses or laminæ of wood instead
of, as usual, one only, so placed that the grain of one cross the grain of
the other at an angle of ninety degrees or other large angle over its
entire area, by which means I ensure equal elasticity in all directions.
The sounding board so constructed may or may not be strengthened
by bars as is usual in the pianoforte.

page_text: The advantages gained by this Invention are,-
1. A considerable increase in the capability of the instrument to
prolong the tone after the first disturbing cause has ceased to act.
2. A great increase in the general elasticity of the sounding board, by
which means a softer as well as a louder tone can be produced, thus 5
affording great advantages for the production of delicate and refined
effects.
3rd. Greater strength to resist the downward bearing of the strings
resulting in the production of a more brilliant and powerful tone.
4th. A perfect safeguard against the defect known as a broken belly, 1
to which instruments of this kind are much subject if exposed con-
tinuously to the influence of damp.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTING ELECTRIC CABLES AND CONDUCTORS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles. Ambrose M°Evoy at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th March 1872.
I, CHARLES AMBROSE MCEVOY, of the London Ordnance Works, Bear
Lane, Southwark, in the County of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTING ELECTRIC CABLES AND
CONDUCTORS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in connecting electric
cables and conductors.
In connecting the ends of electric cables for use with torpedoes and
for other purposes, I employ a hollow coupling which takes hold of the
external protecting wires of the cables, and I make the connection of the
electric conductors within the hollow coupling where no strain can come
upon it. I make the electric connection by a separate small coupling
suitably constructed to hold the ends of the conductors in metallic con-
nection and maintain their insulation. The main or outer coupling
consists of two similar pieces with a socket at one end. The extremity
of the cable is introduced into this socket, and the ends of the covering

page_text: These arrangements are applicable to connect a cable with a torpedo
as well as to connect one electric cable with another.
To connect two insulated conductors I employ a cylindrical metal box
made in two parts which screw together. The box is lined with a tubo.
of vulcanite. The insulated wires enter by holes in the top and bottom
of the box through washers of india-rubber. The ends of the conductors
are bared, and they are brought together by a screw socket and plug of
metal. The ends are passed through holes in these parts, which are then
screwed together so as to hold them firmly. When they are thus
electrically connected the metal box coupling is shut up so as to enclose
the ends, and in screwing home the lid of the box the india-rubber discs
are compressed so as to make an insulated and water-tight joint at the
top and bottom where the insulated conductors enter.
In place of lining the box with a tube of vulcanite the wires might be
passed through discs of vulcanite, which fit within the box and serve to
keep the wire coupling from coming into contact with it.
A PROCESS OF TREATING OILS, SPIRITS, AND FATTY MATTERS, WHEREBY THEY ARE RENDERED DISINFECTING AND DEODORIZING DURING THE COMBUSTION THEREOF, AND BY WHICH THE SAID OILS ARE PURIFIED
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Absalom Elijah Webb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th September 1872.
I, ABSALOM ELIJAH WEBB, of Jamaica Street, Stepucy, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A PROCESS OF TREATING OILS, SPIRITS, AND FATTY MATTERS, WHEREBY
THEY ARE RENDERED DISINFECTING AND DEODORIZING DURING THE COMBUSTION
THEREOF, AND BY WHICH THE SAID OILS ARE PURIFIED," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a process of treating oils, spirits, and fatty
matters in such a way that they shall act as disenfectants during their
combustion, and also in purifying the said oils. The following will
serve as examples of my said Invention :-
First. As regards the treatment of oils. To every pint of oil I add
about a drachm of chloride of iodine or other suitable chloride, so as
to render the said oil disinfecting; I then distil the said oil, after which
I run it into a closed vessel containing charcoal, and then draw it off
by a tap or other suitable contrivance, when it will be found to be

page_text: purified and ready for use, and will act as a disinfectant during
combustion.
Secondly. To treat spirits so as to render them disinfecting during
combustion. To every pint of the said spirit I add about a drachm more
or less of chloride of iodine or other suitable chloride.
Thirdly. In the treatment of fatty matters for the manufacture of
candles or night lights. To every pound of fatty matter I mix about a
drachm more or less of chloride of iodine or other suitable chloride,
so as to render the said fatty matter disinfecting; I also propose to add
a little scent to the oils and fatty matters, so that during combustion
a pleasant perfume will be given off. Candles, night lights, spirits,
and oils prepared as above will be found very desirable for a sick
room for example, as they will serve the double purpose of lighting
and disinfecting, and at the same time will perfume the room if
desired.
A NEW OR IMPROVED TEXTILE FABRIC, AND THE MEANS OR METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Oldroyd, Mark Oldroyd, and
Edwin Johnson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,"
with their Petition, on the 11th May 1872.
We, JOHN OLDBOYD, and MARK OLDROYD, junior, of the Firm of
Mark Oldroyd & Sons, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, Manu-
facturers, and EDWIN JOHNSON, of Dewsbury, aforesaid, Designer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
TEXTILE FABRIC, AND THE MEANS OR METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME," to be
as follows..

page_text: two different places or positions at suitable intervals, or numbers of picks
or strokes, that is to say, for a series of picks the slay is not beat up to
the cloth or to the full extent that it is capable of, and then after this
series of picks the said slay is beat up to its full extent, causing the
series of cotton weft threads to slide on the cotton warp up to the edge
of the cloth, whilst the face warp (which is for the time being let slack
on the beam) is thereby allowed to be driven up with the weft to the
edge of the cloth, where it will be doubled up into loops, when the yarn
being at liberty to untwist, each thread will form itself into a curl or
** gnarl
"
on the face of the fabric, similar to the “Astrachan.”.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lewis Dunbar Brodie Gordon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 15th August 1872.-A communication from abroad by
Professor Scheerer, of Freyberg, in Saxony.
I, LEWIS DUNBAR BRODIE GORDON, of Poynter's Grove, Totteridge,
in the County of Herts, do hereby declare the nature of the said.
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL,"
to be as follows :-
The object of this Invention is to dephosphorize pig iron in puddling
and other furnaces during the course of converting it into iron or steel.
For this purpose equal weights of chloride of calcium and chloride of
sodium (common salt) are mixed and fused together, and a powerful
dephosphorizing reagent is thereby obtained. Chloride of calcium
would by itself be less efficient and much more expensive, and common
salt alone volatilizes in the puddling furnace, and is useless as a de-
phosphorizing reagent. The calcic- chloride should be as pure as
possible, that is, made from pure limestone. When employing this com-
pound reagent for dephosphorizing iron in a puddling furnace, tho

page_text: compound must be brought into as intimate contact with the mass of
iron to be puddled as possible, and should therefore be added in portions
of about 2lbs. at a time, kept in water-tight paper packages or cartridges.
The molten mass to be rabbled at each addition of the reagent or the
whole quantity of reagent required may be put at once on the sole of
the furnace, and the pig metal melted upon it, and then active and
careful rabbling carried on. This rabbling is an essential condition to
complete removal of the phosphorus. The puddling process proper is in
no way changed, whether in ordinary or rotatory furnaces.
The reagent is applied in converters for producing steel in a strictly
analogous manner. The quantity of the compound reagent prepared as
above set forth that has to be added to each charge is about three times
the weight of phosphorous known to be in the pig metal to be puddled
or converted.
AN IMPROVED CON- CRETE FOR SURFACING OR LAYING ROADWAYS, FOOTWAYS; AND OTHER SIMILAR LARGE SURFACES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Stone at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th August
1872:
I, ROBERT STONE, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do
3 hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CON-
CRETE FOR SURFACING OR LAYING ROADWAYS, FOOTWAYS; AND OTHER SIMILAR
LARGE SURFACES," to be as follows :-
1
My Invention relates to utilizing "slag" from iron smelting furnaces
or similar refuse ferruginous materials; also slate, shingle, or stone dust,
the refuse of copper ore; and refuse left from chemical and glass works;
for the purpose of forming concrete, and consists in first pulverizing
such materials; and then in mixing them with Portland of otheť
cements, or hydraulic lime, for the purpose of hardening such cements
or hydraulic lime, and producing a hard flinty substance or concrete
for surfacing or laying roadways, footways, and other similar large
surfaces.
The before-mentioned pulverized refuse materials, combined or separate;
mixed with Portland or other cement, or hydraulic lime, coal tar; or

page_text: other viscous substance, produce a hard durable concrete which will
take the place of asphalte, macadam, or, ordinary cement for laying
roadways, footways, and other similar surfaces. The compound thus
formed is applicable for all the uses to which cement is applied. In
some cases where it is desired to give elasticity to the surface I mix
sawdust, tanners' bark, or other similar material (in proportions regu-
lated by circumstances) with the before-mentioned compound, the result
being a softness or clasticity is imparted to the compound.
In applying my concrete to roadways, footways, and other large
surfaces the pulverized material is first mixed with cement, hydraulic
lime, tar, or other viscous substance, and I prefer should be then applied
and laid on in manner according to that described in Letters Patent
granted to me on the 15th day of April 1872, numbered 1115.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING PRESSED AND BLOWN GLASS, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Neville at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
December 1872.
I, SAMUEL NEVILLE, of the Neville Glass Works, Gateshead, in the
County of Durham, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING PRESSED AND BLOWN GLASS, AND APPARATUS
THEREFOR," be as follows:-
My Invention consists in producing ornamental patterns or devices
upon articles of pressed or blown glass in the following manner :—
I first manufacture the plain or unornamented article, whether of
pressed or of blown glass, in any known manner, and while hot I secure
the same on the table of a press having a die or dies corresponding with
the ornamental pattern to be produced; I then drop upon the article a
portion of melted coloured glass and cause the said die to be pressed
upon it, whereby the corresponding ornamental configuration will be
imparted to the coloured glass, and this will be fixed upon the article.
Or the coloured glass ornament may in the first instance be formed by
pressure in the die or mould, and while the glass is still in a plastic

page_text: condition the die is pressed against the article to be ornamented, being
also still hot, whereby the ornament is made to adhere to the article.
In order to bring the different parts of the article to be ornamented
successively under the action of the die or dies, the table is made to
revolve and is provided with a dividing plate, such as is used in lathes a
and other apparatus for dividing the circumference into any desired
number of equal parts.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1872

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Bird Stewart at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd November 1872.
I, ROBERT BIRD STEWART, of No. 20, Clarance Road, Bow, E., in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HEELS OF BOOTS AND SHOES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention has for its object the enabling the wearer by a very
simple method to keep the heels of their boots and shoes in perfect order,
thus proving a considerable saving in the wear of boots and shoes, which
when down at heel are soon sadly injured and are also dangerous.
According to my Invention I make a hollow heel or rather heel frame
or socket, either in metal, leather, or other hard substance, and fasten
the same by means of nails or screws upon the heel part of the boots or
shoes; this hollow heel frame or socket is then to receive wooden blocks
with the grain upwards, and projecting above the hollow heel frame or
socket from one-eighth to the half part of an inch. For the purpose of
wear the same projecting part may or may not be surrounded with metal

page_text: or leather to make the same flush with the outer part of the hollow heel
frame or socket; but the hollow heel frame or socket may be filled with
blocks of wood covered with leather, gutta percha, vulcanised india-
rubber, or any other hard substance; or any of the above or other
articles may be used wholly or in part as blocks to fill up the
hollow heel frame or socket with the wooden blocks, or whatever other
material is used, are fastened into the hollow heel frame or socket by
means of three or four screws passing through the sides of the hollow
heel frame or socket into the same, and which the wearers can most
easily remove and renew at any time they may think fit.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTILLING, EVAPORATING, OR CONCENTRATING SACCHARINE AND OTHER SOLUTIONS OR LIQUIDS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by David Crawford Miller at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th December 1872.
I, DAVID CRAWFORD MILLER, of Larkhall, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Bleacher, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN DISTILLING, EVAPORATING, OR CONCENTRATING
SACCHARINE AND OTHER SOLUTIONS OR LIQUIDS," to be as follows, that is to
say:-
This Invention which relates to improvements in distilling evaporating
or concentrating saccharine or other solutions or liquids consists in
causing air or vapours or gases to pass into and through the solutions or
liquids to be distilled, evaporated, or concentrated.
The Invention is carried into effect by conducting the air, vapours, or
gases by a pipe or pipes or other suitable channels through and below
the surface of the solutions or liquids to be so treated.
The air, vapours, or gases used in carrying out this Invention may be
forced through the pipes by means of a fan, air pump, or other similar

page_text: appliance, and the air, vapours, or gases as well as the solutions or liquids
may be heated or not as desired.
By means of this Invention the processes of distillation, evaporation,
or concentration may be caused, assisted, or accelerated.
AN IMPROVED VALVE FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF STEAM TO THE CYLINDER OR CYLINDERS OF STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Haley, Sam Haley, and
Sugden Herbert Haley at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 16th September 1872.
We, THOMAS HALEY, SAM HALEY, and SUGDEN HERBERT Haley, all
of Bramley, near Leeds, in the County of York, Machine Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED VALVE
FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF STEAM TO THE CYLINDER OR CYLINDERS OF STEAM
ENGINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved construction of valve for
regulating the supply of steam to engines so as to secure perfect
equilibrium.
In constructing valves according to this our Invention we employ a
casing having by preference on the side of the casing nearest the steam
cylinder or outlet a mid-feather or divisional plate, portways or passages
above or over, and beneath or under the said plate being provided for
the passage of steam to the cylinder of the engine. Within the casing
aforesaid and at the top and bottom of the divisional plate are two valve
seats, the valves for which are secured to or may be cast along with
the valve spindle on or by which they are operated by means of a lever

page_text: or clip, one end of which is connected to the valve spindle, the other end
is connected to a spindle working through a stuffing box and glands, and
the spindle last referred to is connected by a lever and rod with the
ordinary governors, and as these expand or contract so are the valves
above referred to raised or lowered off and on to their respective seats,
and as the stean enters midway the length of the casing and betwixt the
valves the pressure will be underneath the top or upper valve and upon
the top or upper portion of the bottom valve, and so perfect equilibrium
of pressure and passage of steam is secured. The arrangement of
mechanism for actuating the valves renders the same sensitive to the
slightest change of pressure of steam and variation in the expansion and
contraction of the governors.
A NEW SYSTEM OF JOINTS FOR EAR-RING HOOKS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO OTHER ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Rózsavölgyi at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
December 1872.-A communication from abroad by Victor Muiron,
of 3, Rue de Choiseul, Paris.
I, LOUIS RÓZSAVÖLGYI, of 48, Regent Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "A NEW SYSTEM OF JOINTS FOR EAR-RING HOOKS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO
OTHER ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY," a communication to me from abroad by
Victor Muiron, of 3, Rue de Choiseul, Paris, to be as follows:
This Invention consists of a new system of joints for ear-rings and
other articles of jewellery; up to the present time a mere hook in
ear-rings has been the only means for fastening valuable jewels, it being
secured by means of a small blade besides the necessity of piercing the
ears. This system of joint is to replace this hook and prevent the
painful operation of piercing the ears, and in order that this Invention
may be properly understood reference is made to the annexed Drawings.
The ear-ring represented in Fig. 1 is composed of two parts, A, B, bound
together at their junction point; this mode of junction is the principal
feature of this Invention.

page_text: B is enabled to make a more or less extensive rotatory motion round
the spindle b, so as to produce the removal of the top c; this small pin
is to pierce the ear hole so as to remain perfectly fixed.
Fig. 3 shews a design of an ear-ring in the shape of an arrow, the the
point of junction being shewn by the circular form a¹,
which may be i
composed of a pearl or any other suitable material; this pearl is for the
purpose of hiding from view the point of junction which is underneath.
A spiral spring ƒ (Fig. 4) tends to draw this pin constantly together.
To open the ear-rings and free the ear it is sufficient to press on the head
of part B, by compelling the spring to lower itself; (Fig. 2) shews the 1
ear-ring in this position. The revolving spring can be made in such a
manner as will be found convenient. On the Drawing the spring is
represented spiral, but I do not confine myself to this spring; Figs. 5
and 6 are intended to shew one of these ear-rings in position. This joint
may be applied to other useful purposes in connection with the manu- ]
facture of jewellery.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CORNICE POLES. AND ROLLER WINDOW BLINDS TO BE USED EITHER IN COMBINATION THEREWITH OR SEPARATELY
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Daniel Sargent at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th March 1872.
I, FREDERICK DANIEL SARGENT, of Lower Tottenham, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF CORNICE POLES. AND ROLLER WINDOW
BLINDS TO BE USED EITHER IN COMBINATION THEREWITH OR SEPARATELY," to bo
as follows:-
--
This Invention consists in so constructing cornice poles and the
rollers of window blinds as to enable them to fit windows of different
widths, whereas by the present method they will only fit windows of
the same width.
The means by which I propose to accomplish the above object and
improvement are as follows:-
I form the cornice pole hollow, but instead of making it in one entire
piece of tubing I form it in three parts as a telescope, the two outer
parts sliding on the middle part, by which I am enabled to adjust the

page_text: length of the pole to the width of the window. I also propose to make
a slit or opening along the three aforesaid tubes, and adapt within the
said tubes other sliding tubes of small diameter, the outer ends of the
said small tubes being so constructed and fitted in the cornice pole as
to enable the said small tubes to be rotated therein by means of a
grooved pulley and cord as commonly used with the rollers of window
blinds. I propose to fix the upper end of the rolling blind around the
aforesaid small tubes, and pass the other end of the blind through the
long slit in the cornice pole so that the blind can be rolled up within
the pole if desired, and when this is the case I fix a small rod under-
neath the cornice pole a short distance therefrom and of the same
length as the pole to receive the rings of long window curtains, instead
of placing the said rings on the pole as is now practised except when
the roller of the window blind is not placed within the cornice pole, as
above stated, in which I place the rings on the pole as usually practised,
and do not then require to have a slit in the pole, as above described.
AN IMPROVED GOVENOR FOR MOTIVE-POWER ENGINES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Fawcett and James
Coulter at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th July 1872.
We, THOMAS FAWCETT, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, Timber
Merchant, and JAMES COULTER, of the same Place, Engineer &
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED GOVENOR FOR MOTIVE-POWER ENGINES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in governors for motive-power
engines for which Letters Patent dated the Twenty-first day of December
1871, and No. 3461, were granted to the aforesaid Thomas Fawcett and
James Coulter, and consists of ready means of adjusting the weight on
the valve rod.
In lieu of a weight or weights described in the Specification referred
to as being applied to the valve rod we employ a spiral spring (or a
spring of other form), and by means thereof and an adjusting nut or
screwed hand wheel the governors are adjusted for the speed at which
the engine is required to run.

page_text: A finger or pointer applied near the adjusting nut or hand wheel
indicates on a graduated scale the speed of the engine. These improve-
ments are specially designed for the governors of marine engines, but
are applicable generally to governors of this class. -
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, ALSO THE TOW THEREOF FOR SPINNING PURPOSES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rowan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
February 1872.
I, WILLIAM ROWAN, of the Firm of John Rowan & Sons, of Belfast,
in the County of Antrim, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FLAX, HEMP,
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, ALSO THE TOW THEREOF FOR SPINNING PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the preparation of flax, hemp, and other
fibrous material, and also the tow thereof for spinning purposes,
whereby a more level and uniform thread is made than is usual.
It consists in the employment of rollers in sets or series at distances
apart, each set being driven at different speeds, so that after the
material has passed between one set it is taken hold of and drawn by the
next set, and so on, each set from its increased speed causing a tension
and a breaking up action upon the material; by this means the fibres

page_text: are divided or broken up into short lengths in imitation of what is
known in flax spinning as
"cut line."
The rollers are mounted in a frame, and are driven by gearing or
otherwise, and at a speed suitable for the material under operation.
A NEW OR IMPROVED COMPOUND TO BE USED FOR CLEANING METALS
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Gedge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
16th February 1872.-A communication from abroad by Jules
Charles Raimbault, of Chateauneuf sur Sarthe, France.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No. 11, Wellington Street, Strand,
in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED COMPOUND TO BE USED FOR
CLEANING METALS," a communication to me from abroad by Jules Charles
Raimbault, of Chateauneuf sur Sarthe, France, to be as follows :-
This Invention relates to a composition to be used for cleaning all
kinds of metal without injury thereto.
To prepare a litre (say one quart) of this composition:-Take 65
grammes (say 2% ounces) of rotten stone, mix with 45 grammes (say
1½ ounces) of oxalic acid, and add thereto one-twelfth part of spirits of
wine. The use of the spirits of wine is preferable, but not indispensable.
Application. Shake the bottle, soak a small portion of a flannel rag
with the compound, and well rub the metal with the flannel; finally
take a second very dry cotton rag and wipe the damp part; the metal
will then appear as clean and brilliant as can be desired.
IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARatus FOR PRODUCING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles August Constantin
Eckhold at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 21st May 1872.
I, CHARLES AUGUST CONSTANTIN ECKHOLD, of Green Street, Charing
Cross, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MEANS OF AND APPARatus
FOR PRODUCING AND APPLYING MOTIVE POWER," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to means of and apparatus for producing and
applying motive power, and consists,—
Firstly. In a rotative wheel the periphery of which is formed with
a series of chambers with valves in which pistons with valves are free
to move through the action of an eccentric. The box or cylinder of the
wheel is hollow and is in communication through tubes with the top of
each chamber in the periphery, and into which the air is drawn by the
pistons from one or more chambers of the air recipient arranged in
proximity to the wheel and joined with the box of the wheel by a
flexible tubing closed hermetically on one end to the air recipient, and
on the other end to the box of the wheel.

page_text: Secondly. Of two cylinders separated from each other by a chamber,
which represents here the air recipient. These two cylinders have
pistons in them with inclined planes or other appliances on one of their
faces, which in their movement strike against and actuate levers fixed
in the chamber of the cylinders so as to open and close valves at the
proper times for admitting and discharging atmospheric air to and from
the interior of the cylinders. I propose to connect the rods, if two
pistons and cylinders are employed, so that both pistons move in the
same direction together. By this means the air from one side of each
piston is withdrawn by suction from the wheel through one set of taps
or valves, and atmospheric air is admitted to the opposite sides through
other taps or valves.
In working the apparatus, which can be done by a crank handle
or a belt pulley, the wheel is first set in motion, and immediately a
withdrawal of air from one of the main cylinders commences through
the series of tubes and valves, which are properly arranged for the
purpose, the main pistons then begin their traverse, air being admitted
behind them to force them forward until they have arrived at the end
of their stroke, or nearly so, when the inclined planes operate upon the
levers and change the direction of the suction for producing the return
stroke of the main pistons, thus the continuous action of the engine or
crank shaft is produced which imparts the necessary motion to the
mechanism attached or in connection therewith. By changing the
arrangement of the valves air can be drawn in and compressed to be
used as a motive power.
A NEW OR IMPROVED BALANCING SPRING AND FITTINGS APPLICABLE TO ROLLER BLINDS, REVOLVING SHUTTERS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES
Year: 1872

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Burstow at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
December 1872.
I, EDWARD BURSTOW, of Horsham, in the County of Sussex,
Architect, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED BALANCING SPRING AND FITTINGS APPLICABLE TO
ROLLER BLINDS, REVOLVING SHUTTERS, AND SUCH LIKE ARTICLES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention consists of an arrangement in which a spiral spring is
attached to a pair of wheels producing an action by which the spring is
coiled at a much slower rate than that at which the roller or other
matter to be balanced moves, together with improved fittings, so that
the weight to be supported being always exactly balanced can be raised
or lowered with great facility, and will remain wherever placed without
any catch or fastening.
As applied to roller blinds I construct it as follows:-One end of the
roller carries an ordinary reel on which the cord by which the blind is
drawn up is coiled, the other end of the roller by means of an excentric

page_text: carries a pinion wheel round on the inside of a larger fixed wheel
cogged internally to gear with the said pinion wheel which rolls on
the inside of the larger wheel as it is carried round by the excentric.
To the centre of the pinion wheel is fixed one end of the spiral spring,
the other end being fastened to an adjusting ring. The action of the 5
two wheels owing to their difference in size causing the spiral spring to
be very slowly tightened as the blind is pulled down so that the
increasing weight of the pendant portion of the blind is always balanced.
The adjusting ring to which the outer end of the spring is attached
may be turned by means of a key and fixed in any position in order to 1
tighten the spring to any required degree so as to exactly balance the
weight to be supported.
The blind with the roller and fittings above described may be fixed
within a tube of metal, wood, or other material, by which when the blind
is rolled up it is protected from dirt and dust, and through a longitudinal 1
opening in which the blind passes out when drawn down which is done
as usual by a cord attached to the bottom lath; or the outer tube
may be dispensed with and the spring and apparatus may be fixed to the
end of the blind roller and the axle keyed into the supporting bracket.
Revolving shutters I mount similarly, but with springs of greater ?
strength.