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AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHARCOAL
Year: 1855

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Walter William Lewis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
1st January 1855.
I, WALTER WILLIAM LEWIS, of the Parish of Hanley Castle, in the County
of Worcester, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHARCOAL" to be as follows:-
My said Invention consists in the use of spent tan (that is to say, the onk
or other bark used by tanners, and from which the tannin and other soluble
matters have been extracted,) in the manufacture of charcoal. I convert the
said spent tan into charcoal by heat in a furnace, retort, or kiln, or in any
other convenient manner. The essence of my Invention consists in the use of
spent tan for the manufacture of charcoal.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATING SIGNALS IN RAILWAY TRAINS
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Wickens at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th March
1855.
I, HENRY WICKENS, of No. 4, Tokenhouse Yard, Bank, in the City of
London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF COMMUNICATING SIGNALS IN RAILWAY TRAINS"
to be as follows:-
I place a horizontal shaft along the top or other convenient part of each
carriage to revolve in collars or bearings, and such shaft is made to project a
suitable distance beyond each end of the carriage, and at each end of such
shaft, and forming part thereof, is a fork, with tines or prongs set at proper
angles, or in other convenient way, so that when the carriages are brought
together, the forks at the ends of one carriage are made to clutch the
forks at the ends of the carriages in contact with it; and by this arrange-
ment, when the shaft on either carriage is made to revolve, the like motion
is imparted and continued to the shafts on the other carriages throughout
the whole length of the train, and thereby an alarm whistle, or other con-
venient signal properly attached or arranged, may be sounded or actuated
at the ends or other part or parts of the train. The shaft may be caused to
revolve by means of pulleys and endless chains, or by other convenient means,
with suitable arrangements for throwing the same in and out of gear.
Year: 1855

page_text: LONDON:
PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE
PRINTERS TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY:
PUBLISHED AT THE GREAT SEAL PATENT OFFICE,
25, SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS, HOLBORN.

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Galante at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd June 1855.
I, HENRY GALANTE, of Number 28, Place Dauphine, Paris, in the Empire
of France, and of 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention of "AN IMPROVED SURGICAL INJECTION BOTTLE" to
be as follows, that is to say:-
The improvement consists in manufacturing injection bottles of an elastic or
other material, of such a form as will enable them to stand upright when placed
on a flat surface.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF DYEING OR COLORING THE HIDES AND SKINS OF ANIMALS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaie Lippmann at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd February
1855.
I, ISAIE LIPPMANN, of No. 4, Rue Geoffroy, St. Hilaire, Paris, in the King-
dom of France, Tanner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED METHOD OF DYEING OR COLORING THE HIDES AND SKINS OF ANIMALS"
to be as follows:-
By the process now in use the skins or hides of animals are dyed or
colored after the operation of tanning. By this new method, on the contrary,
the skins are dyed or colored in the first instance, and afterwards tanned in
the ordinary way; the process of dyeing being effected by the means employed
in the coloring of vegetable substances, such as silk, cotton, &c.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES AND OTHER FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Snowden at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd March
1855.
I, JAMES SNOWDEN, of Dartford, in the County of Kent, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for. "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES
AND OTHER FIRE-PLACES" to be as follows:-
My Invention has for object the rendering of combustion in fire-places of
whatsoever description as perfect as may be. It consists in providing an exit
for flame and such products of combustion as may not be consumable, at a
point between the surface of the fuel and the fire bars or grating.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGE- MENT OF APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE WASTE OF WATER FROM SERVICE PIPES OR CISTERNS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Richard Morris at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th January 1855.
I, WILLIAM RICHARD MORRIS, of Deptford, in the County of Kent,
Engineer to the Kent Waterworks Company, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGE-
MENT OF APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE WASTE OF WATER FROM SERVICE PIPES
OR CISTERNS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of appa-
ratus, in connection with any kind of valve or cock for opening and closing
the same, and thereby preventing any continuous flow or waste of water there-
from beyond a regulated and adjusted quantity.
The improvements consist in the employment of a cistern, partially filled
with water, and divided into two portions by a vertical division plate, such
plate having a hanging valve at its lower extremity, with a small aperture
perforated through the valve, to allow of a free passage of water taking place
between the two divisions. In each of these divisions is a hollow box, which
I shall term, for distinction, the closet and the supply box; they are composed
of sheet metal, or any other suitable material. One of these boxes, viz., the
closet box, is connected either directly or by levers with the handle of a water-
closet, if applied to such a purpose, and this box is filled or partially filled with
water, having suitable apertures at its lower extremity opening into one
division of the main cistern. The other, or supply box, is connected either

page_text: directly or by levers to the supply valve or cock, when applied to water-closets,
and must be buoyant or floating in the water contained in the second division
of the cistern. In using this apparatus for water-closets, the handle connected
with the closet box is elevated, and the box is raised with it, the level of the
water in that division being thereby lowered by reason of the reduced immer-
sion of the closet box. This lowering of the water in one division causes a
rapid flow of water to take place from the other division through the hanging
valve, and thereby allows the buoyant supply box to descend, which, being
connected with the supply valve or cock, opens the same, and allows the water
to pass into the closet. The handle of the supply box being raised, the action
of the apparatus is secured, whether the same be allowed to fall or not; in
either case a restoration of the level of the water in both boxes must take
place through the free aperture in the closet box and hanging valve. The
supply valve or cock thus remains open until the water in each division has
obtained the same level. As the water will require some little time to regain
its own level by having to pass through the small apertures in the hanging
valve and closet box, it follows that a certain regulated time will elapse
between the opening and shutting of the supply valve or cock.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING PATTERNS UPON FLOOR CLOTHS AND OTHER ORNAMENTAL COVERINGS FOR FLOORS, WALLS, TABLES, AND OTHER SURPACES
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gottlieb Neuffer at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th May 1855.
I, GOTTLIEB NEUFFER, of Number 39, Finsbury Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MODE OF PRODUCING PATTERNS UPON FLOOR CLOTHS AND OTHER
ORNAMENTAL COVERINGS FOR FLOORS, WALLS, TABLES, AND OTHER SURPACES," to
be as follows:
A new method of fixing upon materials of various descriptions intended for
coverings of floors and other surfaces, such as oiled canvass, leather, paper,
or other suitable material, patterns in imitation of inlaid woodwork, marbles,
chintzes, and other ornamental patterns and designs.
For this purpose I prepare the material for the reception of the pattern by
covering it with one or more coats of a composition of oil and colouring matter.
When this is dry, if, for example, I want to produce a pattern in imitation of
different inlaid woods, as oak and walnut wood, or any other woods, I print or
lay on upon the prepared material in colours that are delible, or that can be
easily washed away, a pattern in imitation of one of the desired woods, as the
oak. When this is dry I fix it on those portions of the prepared material
where it is to remain as a portion of the ultimate design by covering over those
portions with a coating of lackering or varnish prepared for the purpose, and
either coloured or colourless, as will best suit the design. When this lackering

page_text: or varnish is dry, all those portions of the pattern in the delible colours which
have not been covered, and which are not wanted in the ultimate design, are
washed away. Next I produce a pattern in imitation of a second portion of
the design, as the walnut wood, in the same way, fixing as before the portions
which are required and washing away the rest. I repeat these processes until
the entire design, whatever it may be, has been produced and fixed upon the
prepared material. When this has been done, I cover over the whole with
several coatings of lackering or varnish to make it durable. It will sometimes
be found convenient to produce one portion of the design in an oil colour, still
producing the remainder as above described.
A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT IN EMBOSSING ORLEANS CLOTH OR OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS, COMMONLY CALLED STUFF GOODS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Isaac Bury at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th January
1855.
I, ISAAC BURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Embosser and
Finisher, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention of "A CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENT IN EMBOSSING ORLEANS CLOTH OR OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS, COMMONLY
CALLED STUFF GOODS," to be as follows:-
My improvement consists in submitting such goods or fabrics to the operation
of a combination of two embossing rollers having different patterns or devices
engraved or formed thereon, which combination of rollers enables one pattern
or device to be embossed over or upon the other, and consequently will be
found to produce very novel and beautiful effects in appearance, shade, and
color, as well as afford the facility of producing an almost endless variety of
pattern or design by the changes which may be made in the rollers, which it
has not been practicable to effect with a single embossing roller, as hitherto
used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS CALLED CURRY COMBS
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gedge at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 5th June 1855.-A
communication.
I, JOHN GEDGE, of No. 4, Wellington Street South, Strand, in the County
of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS CALLED CURRY COMBS," (a communication from
MF. V. Vauconsant, of Metz, in the Empire of France,) to be as follows:-
Instead of the curry comb now used, I propose to substitute one the band of
which (without hammer or claw head) shall encase the ends of the blade
combs, and this sustaining band is to be strongly rivetted to the back plate,
and will serve to protect and keep in position the blade combs when the curry
comb is knocked against any hard substance to rid it of the hair and dust of
the animal submitted to its operation. This band will also protect animals
from ill effects of blows often given to them by passionate grooms, as no
salient or claw projections will be permitted. The handle is to be fixed or
let in in the ordinary manner.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Holt and John Sagar at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the
22nd May 1855.
We, THOMAS HOLT, of Blackburn, and JOHN SAGAR, of Cabin End, near
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to improvements in the mode or method of working
the picker, and consists of using a strap with two loops or projections. This
strap is fastened to the extreme end of the back board of the shuttle box, in
which there is a horizontal slot. The said loops or projections slide in this
slot with the picker between them, so that as the picker is moved backwards
and forwards by the picker stick in the usual manner, it comes in contact with
the loops or projections, and the strap by its flexibility bends or gives way the
length or distance required. By this contrivance we dispense with the usual
check strap in front of the slay, and simplify the operation of the picker.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS BY GAS
Year: 1855

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Bentley at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st September 1855.
I, THOMAS BENTLEY, of Margate, in the County of Kent, Ironmonger, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR HEATING WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS BY GAS " to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the construction of a portable apparatus for
heating water or other fluids by gas, in such manner that the apparatus may
be immersed in the vessel containing the fluid to be heated, and when the
desired heat has been obtained the heater may be removed. For this purpose
a gas burner or burners is fixed in a vessel, by preference of a conical form at
its lower parts. This vessel is closed at bottom, and has a descending tube or
tubes to convey air to the burner or burners, and an ascending tube or chimney
to carry off the products of combustion. These parts are made of such a height
as to be greater than the depth of water or fluid to be heated. The gas is
supplied to the burner or burners by an india-rubber or flexible tube.
When such apparatus is to be used, the gas is to be lighted and the appa-
ratus is to be immersed in the water or fluid and retained immersed (by being
weighted) till the desired temperature has been attained; the heating apparatus
is then to be removed, or the desired temperature may be regulated and
retained for any length of time by keeping the apparatus immersed and by
regulating the quantity of
quantity of gas burned.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING PARTS OF METAL BEDSTEADS
Year: 1855

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was given within the time prescribed
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Peyton and Duncan
Morrison at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 16th November 1855.
We, EDWARD PEYTON and DUNCAN MORRISON, of Bordesley Works, Bir-
mingham, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MANUFACTURING PARTS OF METAL BEDSTEADS " to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in manufacturing parts of
metal bedsteads; and consists of employing castings of brass for the purpose of
connecting the parts of brass bedsteads; and of using heated cast-iron moulds
for casting the ornamental parts, also parts of castors, and other parts of
bedsteads, when of brass.
AN IM- PROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNPOWDER
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Goodyear at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th July
1855. A communication.
I, CHARLES GOODYEAR, of Avenue Road, St. John's Wood, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "AN IM-
PROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GUNPOWDER " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of applying india-rubber or gutta percha with
sulphur and saltpetre in the manufacture of gunpowder.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES
Year: 1855

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Lewis Frederick Edwards at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th March 1855.-A communication.
pur-
I, LEWIS FREDERICK EDWARDS, of New Bridge Street, in the City of
London, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"AN IMPROVEMENT IN FURNACES," (a communication,) to be as follows:―
My Invention has for object the prevention of smoke, and for this
pose I employ in the furnace two bridges, formed of Godstone stone. The
first bridge depends from or is kept close up to the bottom of the boiler, a
space being left between the lower part of the bridge and the furnace bars
for the passage of the fuel and products of combustion. The second bridge is
of the ordinary construction, but is formed of Godstone stone. After the fire
has been lighted a short time the first bridge becomes red hot, and the pro-
ducts of combustion being drawn against it, and in their passage between the
two bridges, become completely consumed, or as nearly so as may be.
AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRILLING AND BORING ROCK, FOR TUNNELLING AND ROCK EXCAVATION GENERALLY
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand le Comte de Fontaine
Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th January 1855.-A communication.
I, PETER ARMAND le Comte DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of 4, South Street,
Finsbury, London, and 39, Rue de l'Echiquier, Paris, Patent Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRILLING
AND BORING ROCK, FOR TUNNELLING AND ROCK EXCAVATION GENERALLY," to be as
follows:-
The Inventor proposes by this machine to supersede the ordinary mode of
drilling rock by manual labour, and to materially diminish the cost and increase
the speed at which drilling in rock may be accomplished. The Invention
consists,
1stly, in the use of compressed air in the cylinder, for giving an effective
blow to the drill.
2ndly, in the arrangement of the escape valves and inlet apertures.
3rdly, in the arrangement of machinery for giving the forward and rotatory
motions to the drill..
5 IMPROVED MEANS OF CONSUMING SMOKE IN FURNACES AND FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1855

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Taylor at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 19th March 1855.
I, JAMES TAYLOR, of Southwark, in the County of
Philosophy, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Surrey, Doctor of
Invention for "AN
5 IMPROVED MEANS OF CONSUMING SMOKE IN FURNACES AND FIRE-PLACES" to be as
follows:-
My Invention consists in supplying hydrogen and oxygen gases at a high
temperature, by preference behind the bridge of the furnace, which gases
combine with the smoke; the oxygen forming with the carbon carbonic acid,
and the hydrogen carburetted hydrogen. The best and most simple means of
carrying my Invention into effect is, to pass a current of steam through red
hot hollow bars, whereby the steam will be decomposed and formed into
oxygen and hydrogen gases at such a degree of temperature as to produce
ignition on coming in contact with the volatile parts of the fuel.
CERTAIN PROCESSES OF TREATING THE HUMAN BODY BY GASES, VAPORS, & ELECTRICITY, & FOR CERTAIN APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING & APPLYING THE SAID GASES, VAPORS, AND ELECTRICITY TO THE ABOVE OR ANY OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Holmes at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th April
1855.
I, HENRY HOLMES, of Clifton Road, Maida Vale, in the County of
Middlesex, Doctor of Medicine and Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "CERTAIN PROCESSES OF TREATING THE HUMAN BODY
BY GASES, VAPORS, & ELECTRICITY, & FOR CERTAIN APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING &
APPLYING THE SAID GASES, VAPORS, AND ELECTRICITY TO THE ABOVE OR ANY OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows (that is to say):-
My Invention consists, firstly, in the processes of treating the human body
by partial and entire immersions in any gases or vapors possessing a medicinal
or agreeable influence when imbibed through the pores of the skin, or other-
wise, while the electrical condition of the body is, if necessary, suitably
modified.
And, secondly, in an apparatus to be called the pneumatic bath, in connec-
tion with and by means of which the said gases, vapors, and electricity may
be obtained, and subsequently applied to the above mentioned or to other
purposes. And in connection with the said pneumatic bath I employ tubes

page_text: of india-rubber or gutta percha, and especially of the vulcanized gutta
percha, for the production of which Letters Patent have been obtained by
William and James Ryder, and which substances I prefer to employ in the
said pneumatic bath for their electric properties.
A NEW ARTICLE TO BE CALLED 'INDIA-RUBBER LEATHER CLOTH, APPLICABLE TO COVERING ROOFS, FLOORS, TRUNKS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Mortimer Job and Edwin
Tomlinson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 1st September 1855.
We, ALFRED MORTIMER JOB, of 22, Halliford Street, Lower Road, Islington,
in the County of Middlesex, and EDWIN TOMLINSON, of Barns Cray, Cray-
ford, in the County of Kent, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention
of "A NEW ARTICLE TO BE CALLED 'INDIA-RUBBER LEATHER CLOTH, APPLICABLE
TO COVERING ROOFS, FLOORS, TRUNKS, AND FOR OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be
as follows:-
1st, the combining of particles of leather, reduced to such particles by means
of grinding in a mill or with knives & rolers, and mixing the same with
masticated india-rubber or cautchouc, or gutta percha, or with both. Also
for mixing of metal dust or filings with masticated india-rubber or cautchouc
or gutta percha by means of mastication or by roler pressure; by immersing
the india-rubber, cautchouc, or gutta percha in such leather particles or
metal dust so prepared, and causing the same to adhere to each other by
mastication or roler pressure; the softening of the india-rubber, cautchouc,
or gutta percha to cause the adhesion of such dusts so prepared by any of the
well-known solvents.

page_text: 2nd, the printing and colouring the same, according to the taste of the
manufacturer, either by means of blocks or cylinders.
3d, its application, when manufactured, to the covering of knife boards,
for setting in pins or wire teeth, for making of cards, for covering of drums
of carding machines, for covering of floors, stairs, trunks, roofs, buttons, and
all other purposes for which it may be found useful.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MOULDS FOR CASTING METALS
Year: 1855

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Perceval Moses Parsons at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
June 1855.
I, PERCEVAL MOSES PARSONS, of Duke Street, Adelphi, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MOULDS FOR CASTING METALS" to be as follows:-
I make the moulds for casting metals of clay of a sufficiently refractory
nature for the purpose intended, or compounds of clay with other siliceous
materials, such as sand, old crucibles, fire bricks, &c., reduced to powder, &
with blacklead, charcoal, or sawdust baked or burnt until sufficiently hard to
bear molten metal being poured into them without injury, so that a number of
castings may be made from the same mould.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE SLIDE VALVE OR VALVES OF STEAM OR OTHER MOTIVE POWER ENGINES
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Irlam Ellis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th December
1855.
I, WILLIAM IRLAM ELLIS, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE SLIDE VALVE OR VALVES OF STEAM OR OTHER MOTIVE POWER
ENGINES" to be as follows:-
or valves of
My improvements apply to the working of the "slide valve"
steam or other motive power engines, and consist in imparting to them an
additional sliding motion in a circular direction, as well as the longitudinal
rectilinear sliding motion usually employed, which new motion is obtained by
the use of levers, racks, slides, &c., suitably arranged for imparting such
movement.
IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE TRANS- MISSION OF MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th
October 1855. A communication.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE TRANS-
MISSION OF MOTIVE POWER," a communication from François Theophile Moison,.
of Mony, in the Empire of France, Mechanician, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a peculiar construction and arrangement of
machinery or apparatus for regulating or controlling the force of motive
power transmitted from any prime mover to different workshops or machines,
whereby the force or power requisite for driving any desired machinery is
never exceeded unnecessarily.
This improved apparatus consists of a weighted lever, the weight of which
is capable of adjustment thereon, according to the amount of power to be
transmitted. The main driving or first motion shaft connected with the prime
mover forms the fulcrum of the weighted lever, which works freely upon it.
On the shaft is keyed a bevil wheel, which gears into a corresponding bevil
wheel, working loosely upon the end of the weighted lever; and this wheel

page_text: again gears into a third bevil wheel, made fast to a driving pulley, which
works loose upon the main driving shaft, herein-before referred to. The
requisite amount of power is transmitted from, this pulley by an ordinary
driving belt, which actuates a pair of fast and loose, driving pulleys on the
second motion shaft, which shaft drives the machine, the power of which is to
be regulated.
A strap fork is worked by the weighted lever herein-before referred to, and is
made to throw the strap on to the loose driving pulley.when the.amount of power
transmitted to the apparatus exceeds that for which the..weighted lever was
adjusted. Thus, when too much power is communicated to the 1st bevil wheel
on the main shaft, it will have the effect of depressing the end of the lever on
which the second bevil wheel works, and by thus, elevating the other or free
end of the lever, the strap fork will be brought into action, and will throw the
strap from the fast on to the loose driving pulley.
The free end of the lever works in a fixed fork or guide slot, so that its
motion will be controlled to a certain extent so as to prevent it from causing
the strap being accidentally thrown beyond the loose pulley:
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF SCRAP IRON IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE
Year: 1855

page_text: application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Forsyth at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th September
1855.
I, THOMAS FORSYTHI, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
TREATMENT OF SCRAP IRON IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURE" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in treating ordinary wrought-iron scraps as usually
collected in heaps, by a process of systematically cleaning off all paint, dirt, or
other extraneous matter by burning previous to the scraps being arranged in
piles for welding, and thereby obviating the necessity of cleaning the scraps
by scrubbing. By this process I am enabled to produce sounder and better
scrap manufactured iron than has heretofore been produced from ordinary
noncleansed scraps.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ADMINISTERING IRON AS A REMEDY
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic Allarton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th February
1855.
I, FREDERIC ALLARTON, of High Street, Southwark, in the County of Surrey,
Chemist, &c., do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF ADMINISTERING IRON AS A REMEDY" to be as
follows:-
My Invention of improvements consists in combining with the usual
materials used in the manufacture of biscuits, and other similar articles of
food, any of the oxides or salts of iron, and subsequently making such com-
binations with biscuits or other like articles of food.
The quantity or proportion of the forms of iron to the other ingredients to
be according to the quality required in the manufactured article, but for
general purposes I prefer to use the following proportions:-Wheat flour,
16 oz.; rice flour, 8 oz.; arrow root, 8 oz.; white sugar, 8 oz.; protoxide of
iron, 320 grains. These ingredients are mixed and combined in the manner
usual in the manufacture of biscuits, and also baked by the ordinary
method. The quality of the flours may be varied, or some of them entirely
omitted, according to the quality of the biscuit desired; as also the iron may
be used in any other form.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR TREATING WHEAT AND OTHER GRAIN
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph Martin at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th February
1855.
I, JOSEPH MARTIN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Corn and
Rice Miller and Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR TREATING WHEAT AND OTHER GRAIN" to
be as follows:
After grain has been washed or otherwise moistened, the moisture adhering
to it is removed by means of the centrifugal force created by a revolving drum,
made of perforated sheet metal or wire work, through which drum the grain
is carried in a continuous stream by a worm or other means.
OBTAINING MOTION WITH POWER AND VELOCITY BY PURELY MECHANICAL MEANS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Robert Cooper at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
November 1855.
I, THOMAS ROBERT COOPER, of White Mill Cottage, Battersea Fields, South
Lambeth, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "OBTAINING MOTION WITH POWER AND VELOCITY BY
PURELY MECHANICAL MEANS " to be as follows:-
Motion is obtained by a certain combination and position of machinery not
hitherto known or adopted, and according to the structure of the said
machinery the requisite power and velocity are also obtained.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPLYING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ENGRAVING ON METALS OR OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Jean Berchtold at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 27th
February 1855.
I, ALFRED JEAN BERCHTOLD, Engraver, of Paris, in the French Empire, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPLYING THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ENGRAVING ON METALS OR OTHER MATERIALS" to be
as follows:-
I take a negative or positive photograph either on paper, or on collodion, or
albumen, or other suitable material, and I produce a grain upon this photo-
graph by printing the grain in black or any other colour upon it from a plate
or block or other printing surface, or by perforating or making strokes, lines,
or dots upon it by a roller or other instrument, worked by the hand or by
machinery.
The design is then transferred by the action of light to a varnished surface
of metal or stone or other suitable material by the process already known,
and the varnish is afterwards treated by solvents, and the surface etched by
acid, as already known. By this means the strokes, lines, or dots, or grain,
are produced upon the metal, stone, or other suitable material by the action
of the light, and not by the mechanical application of powdered resin, as
heretofore.
The printing, or marks, or perforations may be made on a separate sheet of
paper or other suitable material, instead of being made on the photograph
itself.
The perforations may pass completely through the paper, or only
partially through it.
AN IMPROVED AXLETREE POR CARRIAGES
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Etienne André Napoleon Brécheux
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th December 1855.
I, ETIENNE ANDRÉ NAPOLEON BRECHEUX, Manufacturer, of Paris, in the
French Empire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED AXLETREE POR CARRIAGES" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in inserting in or fitting to an axle a chain cable,
bundle of wires, or a rod, which will support the axle in the event of breakage,
and enable the carriage to proceed.
In the case of hollow axles, I fix the chain inside them in two parts, and
unite the parts at or about the centre of the axle by screws and a threaded
collar, so as to keep the chain at a proper tension; and in order to get access
readily to the collar, I form the axle, or so much of it as is necessary, in two.
parts, longitudinally, and unite the parts by bolts and nuts.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LUBRICATING MATERIALS
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Cyprien Marie Tessió du Motay
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th November 1855.
I, CYPRIEN MARIE TESSIE DU MOTAY, of Paris, do hereby declare the nature
of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LUBRICATING
MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in mixing pyrogenous oils (that is to say, oils
obtained by destructive distillation.) with animal or vegetable oleine to obtain
a lubricating material. When using vegetable oleine I also add a proportion
of animal fat.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTING METALS
Year: 1855

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application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 29th May
1855. A communication.
I, JOHN HENRY JOHNSON, of 47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, in the County of
Middlesex, and of Glasgow, North Britain, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CASTING METALS," a com-
munication from Jackson Brothers, Petin Gaudet, and Company, of Rive de
Gier, in the Empire of France, Engineers, to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain peculiar constructions and arrangements of
machinery or apparatus for casting wheel tyres and rims, cither toothed or
plain, hoops, bands, drums, and all other articles of an annular form, by the
aid of centrifugal force, whereby the central core hitherto employed for casting
such articles is dispensed with, and the work is effected with greater accuracy
and economy, both of time and labor, than by the existing modes of casting
objects of this description. The improvements consist in the employment of a
circular chill or mould, fitted on to the end of a shaft, working either horizon-
tally or vertically in suitable bearings, and rotated. at a high velocity by
gearing or driving pulleys. The interior circumference of the chill is made to.
correspond to the design of the periphery of the article to be cast; thus, if a
wheel tyre is to be cast, the internal circumference is shaped accordingly. The

page_text: metal is poured into the centre or near the centre of the rotating chill or
mould, and is immediately driven by the centrifugal force to the circumference,
where it is allowed to set or cool. When sufficiently cool, the face or top plate
of the mould or chill is removed, and the tyre or other article is withdrawn
with facility. Rings or bands of any strength may be cast by this process,
and may be made sufficiently thin for saws or springs, or other purposes where
very thin flexible rings are required. Some of the moulds may be made with
a flat bottom, the driving spindle being cast on the outside or back thereof,
whilst others may be made with an internal boss, and are keyed on to the end
of the driving shaft. The sides of this boss are made to slope or curve out-
wards towards the circumference of the mould, so that the metal may the
more readily run off from the centre. The face or top plate in some cases
may consist of a ring of sufficient width to keep the metal from being thrown
out, such metal being poured in at the central opening of the cover. Another
form of cover consists of a closed disc, having merely a central pouring funnel
mouth fitted or cast thereon. When the shaft revolves horizontally the metal
must be introduced by a fixed spout or funnel, its lower extremity projecting
inside the revolving mould.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF VITREOUS SUBSTANCES TO THE MANUFACTURE OF LABELS, TABLETS, FINGER-PLATES, TILES, AND OTHER ARCHI- TECTURAL DECORATIONS
Year: 1855

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Vansittart Neale at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th July
1855.
I, EDWARD VANSITTART NEALE, of 4, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF VITREOUS SUBSTANCES TO
THE MANUFACTURE OF LABELS, TABLETS, FINGER-PLATES, TILES, AND OTHER ARCHI-
TECTURAL DECORATIONS," to be as follows:-
The first part of these improvements consists in the use and employment of
glass tubes, bottles, or other bent surfaces of transparent glass, having printed
words or inscriptions glued or otherwise affixed to the under surface thereof,
in and for the manufacture of labels or tablets.
The second part of these improvements, relating to finger-plates for doors,
tiles, and other architectural decorations, consists in the use and employment
of moulded or cast glass, decorated on its under surface with a pattern or
device, in and for the manufacture of such said articles.
AN IM- PROVED METHOD OF FENCING' HORIZONTAL AND OTHER SHAFTS IN FACTORIES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH FENCING MAY BE REQUIRED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRE- VENTING ACCIDENTS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Ward Holroyd at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th February
1855.
I, WARD HOLROYD, of Queen's Head, near Halifax, in the County of York,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IM-
PROVED METHOD OF FENCING' HORIZONTAL AND OTHER SHAFTS IN FACTORIES AND
OTHER PLACES WHERE SUCH FENCING MAY BE REQUIRED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRE-
VENTING ACCIDENTS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in forming or constructing a "fencing" or casing of
any suitable metal or material in two parts, longitudinally jointed together
with hinges or other contrivance, so formed that it will envelope or encircle
the shaft, fitting loosely thereon, capable of being adjusted and fixed so as to
turn or revolve with and by the friction of the shaft, except when acted upon.
by any outward pressure or resistance, whereby it is immediately brought to a
state of rest, allowing the shaft to revolve within it. In such fencing I intro-
duce bushes of wood or other suitable material at intervals, to prevent any
undue friction or noise that may be produced by the revolving or vibrating of
the shaft.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING ARTICLES MADE OF CLAY AND OTHER SIMILAR PLASTIC MATERIALS
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Venables at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 14th August
1855.
I, JOHN VENABLES, of Burslem, in the County of Stafford, China and
Earthenware Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORNAMENTING ARTICLES MADE OF CLAY AND OTHER
SIMILAR PLASTIC MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
The production upon the surfaces of such articles of depressed or undersunk
ornaments or patterns, by pressing the surface of each of the articles intended
to be ornamented, whilst in a plastic state, against the face of a mould or die
upon which raised or projecting figures or ornaments (which may be similar to
alto or basso relievo figures or ornaments) have been made or fixed, for the
purpose of indenting or depressing the surface of the clay or plastic article in
those parts where the depressed or undersunk ornaments or patterns shall be
intended to be produced.
STOPPING TRAINS ON RAILROADS
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Francois Loret Vermeersch at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 15th
March 1855.
I, FRANCOIS LORET VERMEERSCH, of Malines, in the Kingdom of Belgium,-
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"STOPPING TRAINS ON RAILROADS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the employment of a break or breaks worked
by a piston in a steam cylinder, for the purpose of stopping or checking the
speed of locomotive engines, and in causing breaks to act upon the wheels of
railway carriages by the play of the buffers. The buffer rods being thrust
inwards beyond a given point, act upon certain levers, cranks, and rods, and
force the break blocks against the wheels.
APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PRIMITIVE PRODUCTS TO THE MANUFACTUR OF BEARINGS AND ALL PARTS OF APPARATUS SUBJECTED TO FRICTION
Year: 1855

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by the Act.)
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Peter Armand le Comte de Fontaine
Moreau at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th April 1855.-A communication.
I, PETER ARMAND le Comte DE FONTAINE MOREAU, of 39, Rue de
l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 4, South Street, Finsbury,
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PRIMITIVE PRODUCTS TO THE MANUFACTUR OF
BEARINGS AND ALL PARTS OF APPARATUS SUBJECTED TO FRICTION" to be as follows,
that is to say :-
This Invention consists in the employment of all kinds of granite or mica-
ceous products, basalts, lavas, and other primitive products containing mica,
feldspar, & quartz, or in some cases metallic combinations in a more or less
oxidized condition, which are generally classed among the igneous formations;
as also micaceous porphyries, for the manufacture of bearings for machinery,
adapted to replace with advantage metal & other bearings; the said products
being also applicable in all cases where friction takes place in all kinds of
machines, apparatus, & utensils, preference being given to granite composed
of feldspar, quartz, & mica in excess, or to granite having fusible mica for
its base.
AN IMPROVED HOLDER FOR STEEL OR OTHER PENS, BY WHICH INK 18 SUPPLIED TO THEM
Year: 1855

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Paget at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 16th August
1855. A communication.
I, FREDERICK PAGET, of Vienna, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED HOLDER FOR STEEL OR OTHER PENS, BY WHICH INK
18 SUPPLIED TO THEM," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in constructing the upper part or handle of the
pen holder of vulcanized india-rubber, gutta percha, or other elastic or yielding
material, in combination with wood or other rigid material, if necessary, to
give it support. This holder or handle being made hollow, and enclosing
within the elastic material a piece of sponge or other absorbent substance or
fabric, so that the pen holder or handle shall form a reservoir for ink, to
supply a pen placed at the end of the holder; and the spongy material within
the hollow elastic part of the handle or holder, at the lower part nearest the
pen, shall form the medium for regulating the supply of ink to the pen in
any desired quantity, according to the pressure applied to the exterior of the
holder by the fingers at the time of writing.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDNANCE
Year: 1855

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Bramwell and John Craw-
ford at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 9th November 1855.
We, JAMES BRAMWELL, of Royal Exchange Buildings, in the City of
London, Merchant, and JoHN CRAWFORD, of the Town and County of
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ORDNANCE" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of wrought iron or steel guns and
mortars of large calibre, and consists in forming such guns and mortars of a
number of wrought iron or steel rings jointed together by dovetail joints in
such a manner, that in their contraction both circumferentially and longitudinally
they will grip or tighten up the gun so as to form one solid mass, whilst the
metal will not be injured by hammering or burning. The inner surface of the
gun or mortar is composed of a number of wrought iron or steel rings, which
are heated and joined together endwise, so as to form flush joints by dovetail
grooves and projections, one ring being thus joined on to another until a tube
is formed of the required length. Round this tube are then shrunk another
series of rings, which are formed with circumferential grooves on their outer
surfaces, and annular projections on their inner edges. These grooves and
projecting rings form dovetailed joints for the next succeeding series of rings,
which are similarly formed, and so on, until the desired thickness or strength

page_text: is obtained, care being taken to break joint between one set of rings and
another. The outer rings are made plain on their external surfaces. The
breech piece for mortars is composed of cast iron with the trunions cast
thereon; and for guns the breech will be formed by driving a wrought or
cast iron tapered plug into the breech end of the gun, such plug being intro-
duced from the muzzle, whilst the trunions will be forged on to the barrel in
the form of a ring.