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IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING FURNACES WITH FUEL
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th January 1882.
A com-
munication from abroad by Joh Albert Strupler of Paris in the Republic of
France Engineer.
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JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING FURNACES WITH
FUEL." A communication from abroad by Joh Albert Strupler of Paris in the
Republic of Franco Engineer.
This Invention relates to apparatus for supplying furnaces with fuel and it has
for its object the introduction of the fuel into the combustion chamber in a more
efficient and advantageous manner than when the fuel is shovelled in by hand
thus obviating the various disadvantages (such as uneven distribution frequent
opening of the furnace doors and neglect to break up the fuel) attending this last
mentioned mode of introducing the fuel.
Now by means of this Invention furnaces are supplied with fuel without any of
these disadvantages. It is rendered impossible to introduce lumps exceeding a
given size into the furnace and the attendant is consequently compelled to reduce
the lumps to proper dimensions. The fuel is distributed uniformly over the bars
and in lumps of suitable size so that it is caused to burn under the most favourable
conditions; whilst at the same time the formation of clinkers is prevented and the
work of stoking and clearing the bars is considerably facilitated.
In carrying out this Invention a frame or carriage is arranged to run upon
wheels or rollers in front of the furnace door. This frame or carriage is con-
structed in such a manner as to be capable of being caused to occupy a position
directly over the incandescent fuel in the furnace bars by travelling forwards upon
its wheels or rollers and also of being drawn back when required so as to resume
its normal position in front of the furnace door. The fore part of the frame or
carriage is constructed with a number of moveable bars or plates arranged at a
certain distance apart in accordance with the size of the lumps of fuel employed.
These bars are capable of oscillating on a horizontal axes and act as valves. "When
these bars or valves are turned on their axes so as to occupy a horizontal position
they present a surface upon which the fuel is laid. The frame or carriage is then

page_text: wheeled forwards so as to bring the moveable bars or valves directly over the
incandescent fuel in the furnace. When in this position the said moveable bars or
valves are tilted by being caused to turn upon their axes by any convenient
mechanical arrangement (such as cranks toothed segments or other equivalent
devices) worked and consequently allow the fuel to slip down between them and 5
fall on to the burning fuel on the furnace bars.
A door or screen is provided towards the rear of the travelling frame or carriage
to close the mouth of the furnace whilst the fuel is being supplied.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DIES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROOFING AND OTHER TILES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Major at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 21st December 1882.
CHARLES MAJOR of Bridgwater in the County of Somerset, Brick and Tile
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF DIES USED IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF ROOFING AND OTHER TILES "
In the ordinary construction of moulds or dies for tile making one half or
portion of the die has over lapping ends or edges to confine the clay or plastic body
within the other half or portion, each half or portion or one of them only being
perforated for the escape of air during the pressing operation
In practice the perforations become more or less charged with clay which
destroys the object for which the perforations are made and necessitates often
cleaning to render them fit for use again.
Now the object of my invention is to dispense with the overlapping ends or
edges of the half dies and also with the perforations in them, and manufacture
tiles of all shapes sizes and patterns of a more solid character and clean on the
outer surfaces instead of them being honey combed by confined air and rough on
the exterior which by the present method necessitates an after dressing before
being set in the kiln.
According to my invention I use two half or other form of moulds or dies plain
or shaped to suit the pattern tile to be produced and after arranging the clay or
plastic body upon the lower and covering it by the upper side I exert a pressuro
upon them as to squeeze the superfluous clay from between them all round the
edges.
I then cover the ends or edges by a collar which strikes off the superfluous clay
and the pressing is continued until the outer surfaces of the dies and the top and
bottom edges of the collar are parallel and the clay compressed between them to
the desired solidity and compactness the air having been exuded from the clay
during the first portion of the compression. The tile thus made is easily
removeable when the upper half or portion and the edge collar have been lifted.
E.C. OF OR APPARATUS FOR THE MEANS VEHICLES KNOWN AS VELOCIPEDES " PROPULSION AND FITTING OF WHEELED
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Thomas Davey and Per
August Holst at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th May
1882.
HENRY THOMAS DAVEY of 76 Disraeli Road Putney London S.W, and PER
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
AUGUST HOLST of 97 Finsbury Pavement London E.C.
OF OR APPARATUS FOR THE
MEANS
VEHICLES KNOWN AS VELOCIPEDES
"
PROPULSION AND FITTING OF
WHEELED
This invention relates to certain improvements in the means of or apparatus for
the propulsion and fitting of wheeled vehicles known as velocipedes, the object
being to apply, so as to be worked by the cranks or pedals a driving wheel free
from the ground supported in bearings upon a framing extending between the
back road wheels and the front, said framing serving also for the bearings for the
front and back road wheels, and in connection with this construction there may
be provided a hanging carriage, or frame, or basket, below the rider or riders, and
between the road and the bearing part of the vehicle for purpose of carriage and
keeping away the dust from the rider or riders and the working parts.
The frame carrying the bearings extends from the front to the back road wheels,
and the back part of this frame carries bearings in which the shaft of the large or
driving road wheels is carried, this said road driver wheel's shaft having thereon a
gear spur or chain wheel or pulley.
The main driver and shaft which also carries the cranks or pedals is supported
on the bearing frame. The bearing frame also carrying the bearings for the centre
pin of the guiding road wheel or wheels.
The motion of the Vehicle or Velocipede is obtained by a suitable connection
between the main driving crank or pedal wheel and the said spur or chain wheel
or pulley.
Although we have spoken of the front and back of the machine as regards the
road driving wheels, the small road wheel or wheels may be as the trailing wheels
and the said driving road wheels as the front wheels or vice versa, or both be made
drivers and be driven off the main free driving crank or pedal wheel.

page_text: The bearing frame may be so constructed as to carry one, two, or more driving
crank or pedal wheels connected with and acting upon one, two or more gear spur
or chain wheels or pulleys fitted on the road driver wheels shaft.
The guard or hanging frame, carriage or basket will be supported upon the
bearing frame or axles by means of straps or links.
The invention can be applied to Velocipedes to travel by road, rail, or water.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING SHEETS OF PAPER FROM RULING AND OTHER MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Cowper Pellatt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th February 1882.
WILLIAM COWPER PELLATT of Cloth Fair Smithfield in the City of London
IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AND RECEIVING SHEETS
OF PAPER FROM RULING AND OTHER MACHINES
The sheets after traversing the machine are finally delivered out by the bottom
canvas, and top cord rollers, which by reason of the latter being formed according
to my Invention to overlap the former, curves the sheet downwards upon the
receiving board and causes it to slide down at the precise rate at which the machine
is working, thereby preventing windage and consequent doubling of the sheet.
The receiving board (which is adjustable to any angle) is hung by means of
cords or chains, running over small friction pulleys, and is caused to move in a
vertical line by means of the uprights of the frame. One end of each of the
cords or chains is fixed to the board sides, and the other ends to a spring or springs
these latter being so nicely adjusted that the gradually increasing pile of delivered
sheets, weighs down the board and thus maintains the top of the pile, at a uniform
height.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC FOG SIGNALLING ON RAILWAYS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Moxon at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 4th February 1882.
EDWARD MOXON of St. Helena Tunbridge Wells in the County of Kent
Gentleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC FOG SIGNALLING ON RAILWAYS."
My Invention relating to "improvements in electric fog signalling" has for its
object the better prevention of collisions on the railway in foggy weather by a new
and improved method whereby increased facilities are afforded persons in charge of
trains for knowing the exact position of the arms of the semaphore or signals
without being able to see them.
In carrying out my Invention in order to effect these objects I lay an insulated
wire in connection with a battery at the foot of the signal post in such a way that
the movement of the arm of the signal shall make and break connection; I then
lead the said insulated wire to the side of the metals or lines (which are governed
by the said signals) and I there terminate the said wire in a flexible spring. I
then fix on the locomotive in a convenient part an insulated plate with a wire
leading therefrom to a gong placed on the said locomotive and I fix it in such a
manner that on the locomotive reaching the spring on the metals or lines, the
circuit is completed; by this means a stop is released and the gong on the
locomotive is set ringing. On the locomotive proceeding on its journey the signal
is immediately ready for the next train.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSUMING SMOKE, AND IN THE APPARATUS, OR MEANS, THEREFOR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Hugh Christie Paterson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th May 1882.
HUGH CHRISTIE PATERSON, of London, but presently residing in Glasgow, in
the County of Lanark, North Britain, "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSUMING SMOKE,
AND IN THE APPARATUS, OR MEANS, THEREFOR,"
This Invention which relates to Improvements in the consumption or burning of
smoke formed in the furnaces of steam boilers or in other analogous furnaces is a
further development of or a combination of another feature with the apparatus set
forth in the Specification filed in pursuance of Letters Patent granted to William
Phillips Thompson, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, being a communication to him from abroad by Orland D. Orvis of
Chicago, County of Cook, and State of Illinois, one of the United States of
America, Number 1129 A.D. 1881, and it consists in the construction of the
Bridges of those furnaces in which the apparatus of the said Orland D. Orvis is
used with an opening or openings extending the whole, or nearly the whole width
of the furnace, and at or about the level of the fire-bars so that a volume of air is
discharged into the furnace at, or about, that particular level, or such an opening,
or openings may be made at, or near to the curved end portions of such bridges.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCHES AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND ORNAMENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Joseph George Rollason at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 27th April 1882.
JOSEPH GEORGE ROLLASON of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Jeweller
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOCHES AND OTHER DRESS FASTENINGS AND
ORNAMENTS."
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DRESS
My invention consists of the improvements herein after described in brooch and
such other dress fastenings and dress ornaments as are fastened after the manner
of brooches; that is, by a spring pin jointed to the back of the fastening or
ornament engaging in a catch at a point opposite to the joint. My said improve-
ments consist of the methods hereinafter described of constructing the body and
joint and catch of the said fastenings and ornaments.
I will describe my invention in connection with a brooch. I make the body of
two shells of sheet metal, one constituting the front and the other the back of the
body. On one edge of the front shell are projections of a size and shape suitable
to form the knuckles of the joint of the pin and on the opposite edge is a projection
of a size and shape suitable to form the catch of the brooch. On the other edges
of the front shell ears or projections are formed for the purpose of connecting the
front and back shells together. The front shell and the projections described are
all formed of one piece of sheet metal, the blank from which the shell is made
being cut out at a press.
The back shell of the brooch has a rebate all round it to receive the edge of the
front shell and has perforations at the required places for the projections on the
edges of the front shell to pass through.
On putting the parts together the projections on the front shell are passed
through the openings in the back shell, the fastening ears or projections being
turned down upon the back so as to fästen it to the front. The projections
forming the knuckles of the joint and the catch passing through the holes in the
back shell occupy the required positions at the back of the brooch. When the pin
has been jointed to the said knuckles the brooch is complete. The joint of the
brooch pin as ordinarily constructed has the inconvenience that the axis frequently
gets loose and falls out. To avoid this inconvenience I form the axis on which tho
Paving 1

page_text: pin turns from a blank of sheet metal, The said blank is oblong in Figure and
has at each end a pair of projections or ears of unequal size. The two smaller ears
constitute the axis of the joint on which the pin turns. The middle of the blank
is closed upon and fixed to the top of the pin by pressure, the two larger ears
being brought close and parallel to one another and constituting the stop which
limits the motion of the joint of the pin.
The application of my improvements to various kinds of dress fastenings and
dress ornaments differs in no essential respect from their application to brooches
herein before described.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FOWLING PIECES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Lincoln Jeffries at the Office.
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th September 1882.
GEORGE LINCOLN JEFFRIES of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Gun
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FOWLING PIECES
"
This Invention consists in fitting into the Barrels of Fowling pieces a removeable
cylinder or bush so that cartridge cases varying in their external diameter may be
used in the same fowling piece.
To do this I place in the Breech end of the barrels a cylinder or bush having a
bore suitable to the cartridge of the smaller diameter which cylinder or bush is
held in place by a short screw thread upon its outer surface working into a thread
upon the barrels or the cylinder or bush may be held in position by a small
block screwed onto the End of the barrels, thus in either case the Extractor
withdraws the cartridge, leaving the bush in position.
When it is desired to use the cartridge of the full diameter of the barrels, the
bush simply requires to be released and withdrawn
IMPROVED APPARATUS TO TAKE UP SLACK CHAIN OR ROPE OF HYDRAULIC AND OTHER HOISTS AND HAULING MACHINERY AND FOR RETURNING WEIGHTS TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Allix at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 17th June 1882.
GEORGE ALLIX of 7 Nairn Street Abbotts Road Poplar in the county of
Middlesex Engineer and Shipwright IMPROVED APPARATUS TO TAKE UP SLACK
CHAIN OR ROPE OF HYDRAULIC AND OTHER HOISTS AND HAULING MACHINERY
AND FOR RETURNING WEIGHTS TO THEIR NORMAL POSITIONS
The object of this invention is improved apparatus to take up slack chain or rope
of hydraulic and other hoists and hauling machinery and for returning weights
to their normal positions
For the purpose of my invention I form a somewhat deep spiral step upon an
upright which is held in a vertical position by a suitable frame or bracket one or
more rollers bear upon the spiral step and is held in the required position against
and upon the upright by a block or weight surrounding the upright said block or
weight serving as a drum or barrel on which the chain or rope can be wound as
the block descends upon the upright the block rotating in its descent. The block
is rotated and drawn upwards on the upright by the pull of the chain or rope when
being given out or hauled and as it descends automatically it rotates and winds
the slack of the chain or rope upon it
I fit guide rollers to the block to steady it in its up and down motion
IMPROVE- MENTS IN LENSES FOR LANTERNS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Rudolf Edward Frank at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th December 1882. A communication
from Luigi Micciullo, of Rossano in the Kingdom of Italy.
RUDOLF EDWARD FRANK of Red Cross Street in the City of London IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LENSES FOR LANTERNS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [A communication
from Luigi Micciullo, of Rossano in the Kingdom of Italy]
These lenses are cast in the usual manner but are preferably formed like a disc
with a projecting centre upon which the desired number of facets are ground or cut
Flutings are arranged in rings round the surface of the disc.
These lenses are applicable for a variety of purposes such as for ornamenting
windows in the place of the bulls-eyes now commonly used, as well as for the
usual purposes for which lenses are required.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO DOORS TO EXCLUDE, DRAUGHTS, DUST AND WEATHER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Aubrey Shelmerdine at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th December 1882.
AUBREY SHELMERDINE of Manchester in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO DOORS TO EXCLUDE, DRAUGHTS, DUST AND WEATHER"
The object of this invention is to stop the entrance of draught dust and weather
at the bottom of street and other doors and consists in forming a groove or channel
in the bottom of the door in which a strip of wood or other suitable material is
inserted and caused to ascend into such groove by the action of suitable springs.
At each extremity of such strip a stud is arranged to project beyond the edge
of the door and which as the door is closing enters a groove formed in the jamb of
the door frame. This groove is formed at an incline so that as the door is closing
the studs are compelled to follow the downward direction of the incline and thus
to lower the strip the bottom of which may be padded to make a tight joint with
the floor when the door is completely closed
As soon as the door opens again the action of the springs cause the strip to
ascend into its groove and thus to present no obstacle in passing over the carpet
or other covering of the floor.
IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGE- MENT OF APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THE LIKE, BY DAY, AND RENDERING THE SAME VISIBLE BY NIGHT, AND IN THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY AS THE LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATING MEDIUM
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hickisson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd May 1882.
JAMES HICKISSON, of Bond's Ink Factory, Southgate Road, Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex, Manufacturer, "IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGE-
MENT OF APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING ADVERTISEMENTS, AND THE LIKE, BY DAY,
AND RENDERING THE SAME VISIBLE BY NIGHT, AND IN THE COMBINATION
THEREWITH OF MEANS OR APPLIANCES FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY AS THE
LIGHTING OR ILLUMINATING MEDIUM
"
My Invention relates to improved construction and arrangement of apparatus,
for the purpose of exhibiting advertisements, and the like, by day, and rendering
the same visible by night, and in the combination with such apparatus, of means
or appliances for supplying electricity as the lighting or illuminating medium.
My Improved apparatus consists of a light iron frame of square, circular,
triangular, hexagonal, or polygonal shape, in horizontal section, into which I place,
or fit, a series of superimposed pyramidal or truncated conical holders, or holders
of other suitable shape, corresponding with the cross section of the frame.
These holders are provided with clips, buttons, slides, grooves, or other suitable
appliances, in order that the tablets or plates (which may be of enamelled iron, or
of translucent material, or of any other suitable material) may be readily placed
therein, or withdrawn therefrom. Or the tablets or plates may be arranged in the
frame after the manner of louvres.
Or the sides of the holders may be hinged to the frame, and permitted to fall
inwards to a certain extent, until they assume the conical, or pyramidal form
aforesaid.
At the top of the apparatus I fit an electric lamp, and over such lamp I arrange
a powerful reflector, in such a manner as to throw the rays of light downwards
into the interior of the apparatus, and over the surface of the tablets or plates.
I do not, however, restrict myself to the use of an electric lamp, as gas, or other
lighting medium may be employed when found necessary or convenient
'
If desired, or found necessary, other lamps and reflectors, may be placed within
the apparatus, for the better illumination of the tablets or plates, by night.

page_text: In combination with the apparatus above described, I propose to construct, or
to fit within the lower part thereof, galvanic polarization batteries, or magazines of
electricity, in order that the electricity employed to feed the lamp may be produced
and stored or contained within the apparatus, it being then only necessary to
charge the batteries from a dynamo-machine, or other suitable machine, and to
apply the usual connections to the lamp for the purpose of conducting the
electricity to the carbon pencils or carbon bridges.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENVELOPES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Baker Hayward at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th November 1882.
RICHARD BAKER HAYWARD of Addle Street, Wood Street, Cheapside, in the
City of London, * IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ENVELOPES."
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This invention relates to improvements in the construction of envelopes for
containing letters documents and other articles whereby the surreptitious opening
of the envelopes, after they have been closed, without the possibility of detection, is
prevented.
The envelope blanks are cut out of, or formed of, paper or other material or
materials in the ordinary way and by any known means. Two opposite sides,
which are of any convenient form, are folded over to form a portion of the back of
the envelope, one of the remaining sides, which corresponds nearly in size to the
front of the envelope, is then folded over the said two sides and is secured thereto
by gum or by any other suitable means, the extremity of the said side is left free
and has therein a slit or slot. The under surface of the said free end or the
opposite portions of the two first mentioned sides is or are provided with gum or
other adhesive material. The remaining fourth side, which closes the mouth of the
envelope is tongue shaped and is provided with gum or other adhesive material on
the under surface.
When it is desired to close the envelope the gum or other adhesive material on
the various parts thereof is moistened and the end of the tongue of the fourth side
is passed through the before mentioned slit or slot in the third side and the whole
is then pressed in order to cause the gumined parts to firmly adhere.
Those parts or any of them which are caused to adhere together may have their
edges serrated or otherwise suitably rendered uneven so as to increase the difficulty
of separating the same without tearing the paper or other material of which the
envelope is formed.
It will be readily understood that the slit or slot can be made in the fourth or
closing side above referred to in which case the end of the third side will be made
tongue shaped

page_text: In some cases, the slot or slit in the third side hereinbefore referred to is
dispensed with and the fourth side having been folded over, and secured to, by gum
or other suitable adhesive material, the two first mentioned sides forming a portion
of the back of the envelope, the gum or adhesive material on the free end of the
said third side is then moistened and the said side is folded over and secured on
to the upper surface of the fourth side and of a portion of the first two mentioned
Bides.
IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR MAKING STENCILS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MULTIPLYING COPIES OF WRITINGS OR DRAWINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR PRODUCTIONS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Daniel Sprague at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th March 1882.
JOHN DANIEL SPRAGUE, of Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood, in the County of
Surrey "IMPROVEMENTS IN INSTRUMENTS FOR MAKING STENCILS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF MULTIPLYING COPIES OF WRITINGS OR DRAWINGS OR OTHER SIMILAR
PRODUCTIONS."
This invention has for its object the construction of instruments for making
stencils to be used for printing therefrom copies of writings, drawings, maps and
other things of a similar character.
The instrument in one form, consists of a part of a hollow ball or sphere of
about three eighths of an inch in diameter, more or less. The interior of the ball is
turned or otherwise made exceedingly smooth and true, and has inserted in it a
plate the length of which is slightly smaller than the internal diameter of the ball,
and the ends of which are turned so as to allow of the ball revolving round it.
To the centre of the plate is fixed a rod or spindle which is attached to an
appropriate handle. A part of the exterior of the ball is engraved, cut, or
otherwise treated in such a way as to produce a number of points or cutting
projections, so that when the ball of the instrument is drawn with suitable
pressure
over the surface of a sheet of waxed or prepared paper, or other suitable material
a series of punctures will be formed in the paper in the direction in which the
instrument has been drawn or thrust and in this way stencils fit for reproducing
from may be made with great facility.
A modification of the instrument consists in making the ball or sphere smooth
on the outside as well as on the inside, but in this case the sheet of waxed or
prepared paper is laid upon a suitably roughened surface. In instruments of this
kind the ball may revolve and be partially enclosed in a metallic or other suitable
case. The instrument on being used as before described will produce stencils
equally well adapted for the purpose intended.
The advantage attending the use of these instruments over the ordinary style is
that by the employment of the former.all fear of tearing the paper is avoided, in

page_text: consequence of the ball or sphere being capable of revolving or partly revolving in
any direction in which it is drawn.
In the event of it being found desirable to make the cutting or puncturing
surface of the ball very small, the lower part of the said ball may be turned or
otherwise formed to a smaller diameter, or the cutting surface or surfaces may be
formed independent of the ball or globe and afterwards fixed thereto, without in
any way impairing its efficiency.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION [FOR] SECONDARY BATTERIES" OF THE RECEPTACLES OR VESSELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Gustav Binswanger at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd December 1882.
GUSTAV BINSWANGER of number 29 Aldermanbury, in the City of London.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
[FOR] SECONDARY BATTERIES"
OF THE RECEPTACLES OR VESSELS OF
My invention relates to improvements in the manufacture and construction of
the receptacles or vessels to be used as a portion of the apparatus composing
secondary batteries or electrical accumulators.
Since the introduction of secondary batteries on a commercial scale, many of the
receptacles or vessels to be used for the above mentioned purpose, and made in
various ways, have been submitted and tried; but, so far as I am aware, none of
these have possessed the properties or conditions indispensable to such vessels ;
namely, a maximum of strength combined with a minimum of of weight of material ;-
capability to withstand the action of acids, as also that of nascent gases;-facility
in the formation of such vessels to ensure their being of regular and uniform shape
or configuration; ability to present good non-conducting properties;—and, lastly,
that they should be capable of being produced at a low cost.
I have found as the result of long continued experiments, that the material best
suited for the formation of the body of such receptacles or vessels, is metal, such as
cast, or wrought iron; and which therefore, I prefer to employ; but in order to
render the same proof against the action of acids and electrolysis I coat or apply
or cover the said metal or body part of the battery with a composition forming an
enamel similar to that which is used for covering iron vessels and objects employed
for various purposes.
I would remark that the enamel employed by me, not requiring to possess any
gloss, nor any particular colour, that the use of lead, or oxides, or other materials
incorporated enamels when they are required to possess the features last
referred to, need not necessarily be introduced in the enamel employed by me for
the purpose hereinbefore referred to.
I may also protect the body part and also the enamel of such receptacles or
vessels as herein described, by suitable additional means, for instance, 1 propose to
paint over the enamel a protective bitumenous or other solution, or to cover the

page_text: same with paper which has been "payed" over or "served" with several coats of
protective paint or paints. Or I may accomplish the like object by lining the sides
of the said vessels with strips of india rubber gutta-percha, or other suitable
non-conducting and acid-resisting material; and similarly to protect also the bottom
of the said battery boxes or cells. Or, the said india-rubber, gutta percha, or other
suitable non-conducting and acid-resisting material, may be applied in the form of
sheets, webs, or bands, so as to cover or envelope successively, and continuously, the
bottom and sides of such boxes or cells.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND MANUFACTURE OF ASBESTOS AS AN INSULATING MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles James Allport at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st February 1882.
CITARLES JAMES ALLPORT of 161 Queen Victoria Street in the City of London E.C.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION AND MANUFACTURE OF ASBESTOS AS AN
INSULATING MATERIAL FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
"
The asbestos is taken oither in the raw state, or prepared in a fibrous form, or in
the form of powder, or after being made into millboard, and is then treated by
soaking in, or incorporating with it, in a hot state, black wax obtained from
ozokerit solid paraffine or other suitable hydro-carbons and is then subjected to
pressure in heated moulds and is then if necessary passed through hot rollers-
Sulphur or other suitable hardening material may be introduced.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COFFINS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Horace Russell Allen at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st March 1882.
_HORACE RUSSELL ALLEN of Indianapolis in the State of Indiana United States
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COFFINS AND OTHER ARTICLES,"
This Invention consists in making or forming by suitable press or dies articles of
various kinds of paper pulp-In carrying out my Invention I proceed mainly as
follows In the case of coffins I form metal dies of suitable size and shape in which
the pulp is put, and by pressure the coffin is pressed into the shape required and
with the ornamentation desired.-To render the pulp impervious to water, same is
mixed with rosin, pitch, gutta percha or other suitable material.-The coffin or case
can be covered by the same operation with cloth, paper in imitation of any wood-
or other external covering, the material being laid in the mould before the pulp is
introduced and any ornamentation or trimmings are in the same way placed, the
pulp being pressed around projections for holding the same; the projections by
which the external fittings are attached are secured in like manner.-Wire cloth or
netting of suitable shape can be inserted in the pulp and between the moulds or
dies, so as to be thoroughly incorporated with the pulp, to give strength to the
article.-Or cloth can be used in place of wire netting-Trunks, furniture, or other
articles of similar construction may be formed in like manner.-Pulleys and wheels
can also be constructed-In this case the pulley or wheel is pressed onto a metal
hub, and the periphery may if desired be covered with cloth.
Middlesex IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING [UTILISING] ELECTRIC CURRENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Slater at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 6th September 1882.
THOMAS SLATER of Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex
IN OBTAINING AND APPLYING [UTILISING] ELECTRIC CURRENTS
""
"IMPROVEMENTS
This invention relates to improvements in obtaining and utilising electric
currents and consists mainly in improvements on an invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to me bearing date the 3rd June 1880 and numbered 2272
According to the present invention the iron core of the armature has a further
internal core of soft iron insulated from the copper wire and extending across the
armature from pole to pole. It has also a ring or tube of soft iron surrounding the
entire armature externally from end to end
The field magnates whether permanent or electro are arranged as that at the
point of intersection of two circles placed side by side so that their two circum-
ferences approach or would intersect one another the armature is placed between
them and the four poles of the two magnates are brought into close proximity
with the soft iron ring surrounding the armature at the points where the greatest
currents can be collected
The rapid motion of the armature are reduced to a working speed by means of
two worm wheels and screws the latter a right and left handed screw and the
wheels of the same pitch as to gear into and work in each other while being driven
by the Armature Shaft with the right and left handed screws thereon The object
of the two screws and wheels being to balance the pressure on the working parts
and lessen the friction
When used as a Motor a driving wheel or pulley is fixed on the Shaft on one of
the worm wheels for driving other machinery
When used as a Dynamo or Generator the worm wheels are taken out of gear and
a pulley on the end of the armature shaft and connected with the Motor Steam Gas
or other power suffices to turn the armature rapidly producing Electric energy
sufficient for lighting or other purposes or for charging a reservoir or Battery
constructed for storing the same
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS OR CATCHES FOR BLIND CORDS AND WIRES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stanley Charles Cuthbert Currie at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1882.
.
STANLEY CHARLES CUTHBERT CURRIE of 121 Warwick Street, London S.W. in
the County of Middlesex Gentleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS OR CATCHES
FOR BLIND CORDS AND WIRES'
"
The objects of this Invention are to provide a cheap strong and simple fastening
or catch by means of which Blind Cords and other cords and any string or cord or
wire hereinafter called cord that has to be held in position may be so
held securely
without the trouble of wrapping it round anything.
With these objects in view I put a knee shaped piece of metal (it may be made
of metal or other hard substance) with a pin or screw or bolt through the bend to
fasten or secure it to the window frame, or in any other suitable position.
The two ends of the band are at right angles to each other or at any other
convenient angle or they may be in a straight line and one end is much heavier
than the other and of course weights the other end up. The lighter end I make to
fit against a stop and I make it (and the stop too if necessary) with a serrated or
rough face so that any piece of cord or string or wire being put between the face
of the light end of the Band and the stop is held tight without any wrapping. Of
course the distance between the end of the Band and the stop can be varied by
making both or either moveable. By preference I make the stop moveable. The
serrated face has its ribs or roughnesses facing the opposite direction to the pull of
the cord or other material.
A SILENT BLOCK MINCING OR SAUSAGE MACHINE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Hood junior at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th March 1882.
JAMES HOOD Junior Scale and Beam Maker Three McDowell Street Edinburgh
A SILENT BLOCK MINCING OR SAUSAGE MACHINE
The object of my Machine is that it minces or cuts into small particles, flesh,
sausage meat or other fibrous substance lying on the upper surface of a block of
end wood without having a reciprocal knocking or rocking motion vibration or
noise and the unnecessary wasting or chopping of the block or any interference
by guiding turning pressing or tearing of the substance.
The mode or principle is by the action of two, circular cutters sharp rollers or
discs with axles fitted to turn in bushes, the bushes being fixed to the lower end
of a vertical spindle and radiating from it at such a distance as that the edge of
each cutter will describe a circle equal in diameter to the radius of the block (the
block being round). The vertical spindle is placed in journals supported by a
frame over the block and geared by metre wheels to a horizontal shaft or spindle
by which it is driven.-The block is placed on or between the under part of the
frame with its upper surface at right angles to the vertical spindle. The axis of
spindle and that of the block are parallel but at a distance apart equal to half the
radius of the block or nearly so. The Block is made to turn by a ratchet wheel
moved by a lever driven off the horizontal shaft to have a certain rotary movement
at every half revolution of the cutters and vertical spindle. So at each movement
of the block two distinct circles are described or cut over by the cutters the one
circle crossing the other. The diameter of each circle is equal to the radius of the
block. The pitch or distance between each cut is in relation to or regulated by
the movement of the block. A moveable piece of wood is fitted in the centre of
the block and level with its surface to prevent straining or chafing as the move-
ment of the block takes place as each cutter passes that point-By a thrust screw
applied to the upper end of the vertical spindle and a spring supporting its weight
and pressing the cutters upwards' they can be regulated at any moment during the
process of cutting to any required pressure. Thus by a new and simple combination
of motions and noiseless action the whole surface of the block is gone over and the
mincing or cutting of the substance is completed in a better and more expeditious
inanner.
IMPROVEMENT OF FURNACES AND BOILERS OF STEAM ENGINES & FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF SMOKE.
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert Lloyd Williams and
Jonathan Talbot Simnott at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on
the 31st January 1882.
HERBERT LLOYD WILLIAMS & JONATHAN TALBOT SIMNETT IMPROVEMENT OF
FURNACES AND BOILERS OF STEAM ENGINES & FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF
SMOKE.
It consists in certain alterations in parts of the Furnaces and Boilers of Steam
Engines especially that part called the bridge which we improve by perforated
steel plates or firebrick.
By it atmospheric air is admitted or conveyed in such manner and condition
that it increases the volume and also the heating power of the gases issuing from
the coal or other kind of fuel.
At the same time there is given Complete Control of the Smoke and the Nuisance
created by the Methods hitherto in use is Entirely prevented,
A LIFT BY ARTICULATED LEVERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Gain at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 10th May 1882.
ALFRED GAIN, Commission Merchant, 8 Hills place, Oxford Street, W, London.
A LIFT BY ARTICULATED LEVERS
The object of this invention is a Lift by articulated levers, raising and lowering
in a vertical direction a cage or platform with men, materials or goods; This Lift
can be portable or fixed according to the purpose for which the Lift is to be used.
This Lift can be moved bodily with facility by one or two men, used in the inside
or outside of public and private buildings, for the repairing and cleaning of facades
of buildings, for the construction and repairing of roofs and domes, for putting up
and repairing Telegraph lines, for trimming trees in public parks, for ornamenting
or illuminating houses on public holy days, for the use of firemen, and for salvage
in case of fires, for place of observation in civil or military services, for the operation
of taking plans, and for many other analogous purposes.
The cage or platform of this lift is mounted on the top of a series of bars forming
articulated levers, the lower levers are of different lenghts, they are provided at
their extremities with wheels which rests on rails mounted on an horizontal
platform, upon which the entire lift is supported; the said lower levers are actuated
by an endless screw, and when they are thereby propelled to the centre or the end
of the platform, all the bars of articulated levers are raised vertically to a
corresponding extent, or are lowered when returning back.
In the accompanying drawings the Lift is represented consisting of two
compartments of sixteen triples bars of articulated levers, those two compartments
united by round bars.
Within certain limits the system is independent of the number and dimensions
of the compartments and of the number of bars of articulated levers, and the inventor
does not confine himself to the number shown in the drawings which is only an
example; the number can be increased according to the height wanted, which height
can be eighty feet (80 feet) or more.
Figure 1. is a view of one compartment of the Lift shown lowered, this com-
partment formed of sixteen triples bars of articulated levers.

page_text: Figure 2. is a view of the same compartiment shown raised, with the cage or
platform on top.
Figure 3. is a view showing the compartments united by round bars.
Figure 4. is the plan of the horizontal platform on which the lift is worked on
the rails by the screw, that platform can be fixed for the inside of buildings or
can be established on the frame of a 4 wheeled carriage for outside works or in
case of fires.
Figure 5. represents slides working on telescop principles to give more rigidity to
the compartments when raising or lowering the lift.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PACKING CASES AND BOXES AND OTHER USES."
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Crooks at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th February 1882.
WILLIAM CROOKS of the City and County of York, Packing Case or Box Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
WOODEN PACKING CASES AND BOXES AND OTHER USES."
According to this my Invention I employ a cross bar carried and capable of
sliding freely to and fro in end guides this reciprocating motion is communicated
by pin, slotted lever and connecting links and second lever or by other like device,
the bar carries a number of horizontal punches or presser pins which at each
forward movement of the said bar pass under hoppers containing nails arranged
horizontally therein, the heads of the nails being opposite to the ends of the
punches or presser pins and the exit way of the hopper is so constructed as to
allow but one nail at a time to pass to a position that the advancing punch or presssr
pin will force the nail forwards to and along a guide or tube thence into the wood
being the sides or parts of a packing case or box being nailed such wood being held
securely to the exit way of the tubes or guides by means of an adjustable guage
piece (similar to the guage of a circular saw bench) when the punches or presser
pins have forced the nails home, the slide bar and punches.or presser pins recede
to the original position whereon a further supply of nails will pass from the
hoppers to position that on the next advance of the punch or presser pins the
nails last referred to will be forced along their respective guides and into the wood
opposite the exit ways.