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CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING THE UPPER ROOMS OF HOUSES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Kichard Greenwood
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 24th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within:
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, RICHARD GREENWOOD, of Sutton, near Keighley, in the County
of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING THE UPPER ROOMS OF HOUSES" to
be as follows:-
These improvements consist in warming rooms by means of hot
air, rising through pipes for the purpose, from a floor or room
underneath.
In most stoves in present use is fixed a boiler, by which means
I adapt my Invention as follows:-I propose to place a galvanized
tinned iron pipe round the inside of the boiler, one end of which
coil to go through the bottom of the boiler to the outside of the
house; but it is requisite that the cold air drawn through this
pipe should be from some clean healthy place; the other end of
this coil is joined to a vertical pipe. at the top of the boiler, which

page_text: pipe ascends the chimney as far as the level of the under side of
the chamber floor which is required to be warmed; it is there con-
nected with a horizontal pipe running underneath the flooring as
far as the centre of the room, where a box or chamber is fixed with
a grate at the top. The cold air coming from the outside of the
house passing through the said coil will be heated sufficiently to
make the room comfortable, if the water in the boiler be kept hot,
and the air rising through the vertical pipe will run along the hori-
zontal one leading to the air chamber, and will ascend through the
grate into the room above. I have only described the principle of
my invention, as the details may be varied without altering the
principle thereof: for instance, I might have air chambers similar
to the one in the centre at different parts of the room, were one not
suflicient; but for a room of moderate size I think that one would
keep the room in a comfortable state of temperature.
I claim the peculiar method of warming upper rooms as de-
scribed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING GLASS REFLECTIVE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Eugene de Varroc at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd October 1852.
I, EUGENE DE VARROC, of Regent Street, in the County of Middle-
sex, Artist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN RENDERING GLASS REFLECTIVE " to be as follows:-
Silvering plate glasses and other glasses, or looking-glasses, to make
them reflective, by the means of pewter or tin soil, without the aid of
quicksilver or mercury. The soil tin or pewter is applied, and has for
its basis l'hyode, the sulfuric hydro, the carbonic hydro, which has
for coloring agent the chlorure of potash combined with alumine, and
fixed by the influence of currency of hot and cold air and a com-
pression of metalic fluid, which gives the possibility of fixing upon
the glass or plate glass such a possible reflective and coloring matter,
mineral, vegetal, or animal, without giving any exhalation which could
be in any way injurious to the workmen.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS FOR RAISING AND FORCING LIQUIDS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Goty at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 20th November 1852.
I, CHARLES GOTY, of Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PUMPS FOR RAISING AND
FORCING LIQUIDS" to be as follows: -
Fig. 1, (see Drawings) is an elevation partly in section; and Fig. 2,
plan of a pump, illustrative of my improvements, which consists in
the employment of a chamber or chambers formed in part of leather,
or other flexible water tight material, whereby they may be expanded
or collapsed for the purposes of exhaustion, and forcing the liquid.
a, a, is a bed plate on which suitabe uprights b, b, are raised and
support an entablature c, which carries the crank axis d, d, to which
motion is communicated by any suitable power; e, e, are the
exhausting and forcing chambers, each consisting of a cylinder of
leather, the lower part of which is secured to the bed plate a, and
the upper part to a plate f, which has a reciprocating motion
imparted thereto by the connecting rod g, to the cranks d, d. Each
of the chambers e, e, are furnished with inlet and outlet passages

page_text: for the water, as indicated by the arrows. The upward movement
of the plates f,f, which are guided by the uprights b, b, exhaust the
interior of the chambers e, e, causing the water to flow in through
their respective valves h, h, and again, on being depressed, causes
its flow out at the discharge valve i, and up the rising main k.
One chamber is in itself a complete pump; but where a very
regular discharge is required, three chambers whose motion follows
each other in regular succession, should be used.
Various other forms may be adopted; as for instance, an arrange-
ment somewhat similar to the common bellows, to the action of
which this pump is analogous.
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES, AND THE CARRIAGES DRAWN BY THEM, PART OR PARTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE TO OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Sir James Caleb Anderson,
Baronet, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 4th October 1852.
I, Sir JAMES CALEB ANDERSON, Bart., of Fermoy, in the County of
Cork, Ireland, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES, AND THE CARRIAGES DRAWN BY
THEM, PART OR PARTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING APPLICABLE TO OTHER
PURPOSES," to be as follows :--
1st. Steam boilers which can be easily repaired, and in which a large
heating surface is obtained.
2nd. A plan to render the exit steam transparent, and also to con-
dense the exit steam.
3rd Plans for the arrangement of the machinery of locomotive
engines.
4th. A strap, band, or rope of gutta percha, vulcanized indian-rubber,
or leather, to be used either singly or combined with chains, wire,
hempen, or leather ropes or bands, for the purpose of transmitting
motive power to the driving wheels of locomotives, paddle wheels, or
fixed machinery, as the case may be.

page_text: 5th. A plan to obtain a draught in the chimney of locomotive engines
and steam boats, and also to draw the foul air out of the holds of ships.
6th. Plans for heating the water before entering steam boilers, and
for consuming smoke when coals are used.
7th A plan to obtain the friction of the wheels of carriages drawn
by locomotive engines when required.
8. A plan for checking the number of passengers carried in car-
riages on common roads or steam boats.
9th. A plan for guiding a train of carriages on common roads when
drawn by locomotive engines.
10th. A plan by which steam can be worked at full pressure or
expansively, and the motion of the pistons reversed at pleasure.
AN IMPROVED TRAVELLING CASE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Paul Sormani at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 26th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, PAUL SORMANI, of Paris, in the Republic of France, and of
16, Castle Street, Holborn, City, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED TRAVELLING CASE
be as follows:-
This Invention consists of an improved travelling case, having
a convenient arrangement for the looking glass, and a new distri-
bution of the compartments of a travelling case.
The Drawing
annexed represents the different parts of the dressing case.
Figure 1, is an elevation of the dressing case open.
Figure 2, plan of the same, without the looking glass.
Figures 3, & 4, are back and side views of the looking glass,
which, instead of being permanently fixed to the bottom of the
lid, is only kept there by the small stop A, which enters the frame-
work, and by the spring B, which is also lodged in the thickness of
its frame, and which may be drawn backwards by pressing on the
button C; the lid is inclined when this button is touched, and the

page_text: mirror or looking glass escapes from the bottom of the lid. It has
a transversal axis D, D, Figs. 3, & 4, maintained in two supports
E, E, fixed on the frame of the mirror. The axis D, may turn in
these rests, and carries two small bolts I, I, square at the bottom
and cylindrical at the top. The edge of the lid has two holes L, L,
into which fit tightly the cylindrical parts of the bolts I, I. The
mirror may afterwards be turned on the axis D, D, which thus
becomes fixed. Any slope may be given to the mirror. In closing
the travelling case, the mirror is unfixed, the bolts drawn back in
such manner that they disappear in the thickness of the back of the
mirror, and the mirror is placed in the lid. There are two com-
partments M, M, in the upper portion of the case, each made move-
able round a hinge N, N; so that in opening the drawer (when
the front part of the case is open), and in making the parts M, M,
turn round the hinges N, N, the compartments M, M, P, Q, and O,
are in view.
AN IMPROVED MODE OF SUSPENDING CARRIAGE BODIES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Abbey Smithson,
Clerk, and George Hall Adam, Clerk, at the Office of the.
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 10th
December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, THOMAS ABBEY SMITHSON, Clerk, and GEORGE HALL ADAM,
Clerk, both of Kingston-upon-Hull, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF SUSPENDING CARRIAGE BODIES "
to be as follows: -
The object of this Invention is to support the body of carriages
by clastic bands or straps, in lieu of the metallic springs ordinarily
used for that purpose, and thereby to attain a uniformly easy motion
of the carriage, whatever variation there may be in the weight of
the load. In order to obtain a suitable elastic connection between the
carriage body and the frame at the front part thereof, we fix on a piece
of scroll work at the front of the carriage frame, and at either side
thereof a vertical guide rod, or guide frame, which respectively pass
through a socket made for their reception in the bottom frame of the
front boot. These guides, which play up and down in the boot,
carry a cross bar, from which a series of clastic straps are pendent;

page_text: and affixed to the bottom frame of the boot is a similar bar, to which
the lower ends of these straps are attached. Thus the straps form
a permanent connection between the body of the carriage and the
frame, and being elastic, they will allow of an easy vertical play of
the carriage body.
The mode of suspending the carriage at back is very similar; a
rectangular frame is affixed to the back axle in a vertical position,
for the purpose of carrying the elastic bands or straps, and these are
connected at their lower ends to a cross bar or rod, which passes
across from one scroll iron to the other.
To the under side of the scroll irons, forked guides projecting
downwards are affixed for the purpose of receiving the axle, which
is allowed to play up and down therein as the straps give out or
contract, but at the same time the axle is (together with the carriage
frame, which supports it,) kept in position with respect to the body
of the carriage.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TURN-TABLES AND TRAVERSE- TABLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Pearson Renshaw
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE PEARSON RENSHAW, of the Park, Nottingham, in the
County of Nottingham, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TURN-TABLES AND TRAVERSE-
TABLES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows;
that is to say:-
This Invention relates to a species of self-acting turn-table or traverser
for turning engines and wheeled carriages on railways. The turn-table
or reversing apparatus has attached to it, or connected with it, an arrange-
ment of friction wheels or rollers, so that when the locomotive is passed
on to the table to be turned, the driving wheels of such engine are
brought into gear or contact with the rollers or other actuating appa-
ratus; the engine is then put in motion, and the revolution of the
driving wheels turns the gearing, and causes the table to revolve,

page_text: the traverser to traverse. The gearing may be disconnected at pleasure,
to allow of working the reversing apparatus by hand. The essential
object of the plan being to cause the locomotive to turn itself, along
with other vehicles (if necessary), when placed on the reversing appa-
ratus, the connection between such reversing apparatus and the engine
may be made in various ways, to produce the required effect."
AN IMPROVED MODE OF CONSTRUCT- ING A DRAUGHT BREAST PLATE OR COLLAR FOR HORSES OR OTHER DRAUGHT ANIMALS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Binns at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
October 1852.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM BINNS, of 43, Trinity Square, in the Borough of South-
wark, in the County of Surrey, Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MODE OF CONSTRUCT-
ING A DRAUGHT BREAST PLATE OR COLLAR FOR HORSES OR OTHER DRAUGHT
ANIMALS" to be as follows, that is to say:-
The nature of the Invention consists in constructing an universal
adjusting and shifting draft breast plate or collar for horses and other
draught animals, which breast plate or collar I propose to make of
iron, steel, or other suitable metal, or a combination of wood and
metal, so arranged and united by means of a metalic joint as to
expand and contract, and thereby yield to the shape of the animal,
or to effect the same purpose by means of vulcanized india-rubber
or gutta percha seperately or combined with cotton, linen, or other
suitable fabric, in place of the metalic joint aforesaid. The tugs or

page_text: draft plates are also so constructed as to be raised or lowered at
pleasure.
The manner of constructing horse collars or draft breast plates
according to this Invention will hereafter be more particularly de-
scribed in the Complete Specification of the Invention, for which
Letters Patent are solicited.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Parramore and
Samuel Lewis at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 30th November 1852.
We, THOMAS PARRAMORE, of Southwark, in the County of Surrey,
Waterproofer, and SAMUEL LEWIS, of Stepney, in the County of
Middlesex, Tailor, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL " to be as
follows:-
We construct a waterproof garment, for men, of some waterproof
material, with two faces, known as reversible cloth. We cut from
one piece one half of the body of a cape, and the other half we cut
to correspond; and, in order to avoid the inconvenience which now
arises from waterproof coats, by the wet being conducted through
the opening in front of the body to the inner garments, we cut a
broad breast piece, which extends from the neck to the bottom of
the cape. Inside the sleeves we button, or otherwise attach, a second
loose sleeve, which can be worn over the legs, and keep them dry,
and, when not required for such purpose, can be replaced inside the
sleeves. In order that the collar may correspond with the cape
whichever side may be worn outwards, we construct two collars, one

page_text: to match with each face of the material. We also add a large
collar to the cape, which can be worn simply as a collar, or may
be drawn up and form a waterproof covering for the cap or hat of
the wearer.
We construct safety pockets in the breast plate inaccessible to
thieves. We do not confine ourselves to waterproof garments only,
as we intend to produce the new description of garment of every
suitable fabric. To make our garment suitable for women, we
dispense with the second set of sleeves, and make arrangements for
the large hood collar to be placed between two thicknesses of fabric,
in cases where the wearer might desire it to be concealed from
view, and then we add a third small collar, to prevent the wet from
getting between the two thicknesses of fabric. In other respects,
the ladies garment may be similar to that described for gentlemen.
Indeed, the gentleman's cape, without the second set of sleeves,
will form an elegant and comfortable garment for ladies.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BREAKS FOR RAILWAY ENGINES AND CARRIAGES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edwin Bates at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.).
I, EDWIN BATES, of Welbeck Street, in the County of Middlesex,
Geometer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BREAKS FOR RAILWAY ENGINES AND CARRIAGES" to be
as follows:-
This Invention consists of an improved mode of constructing and
arranging buffers and breaks for effecting the stoppage or retarda-
tion of railway trains moving at a high velocity, and of carriages in
common roads.
Figure 1, shews a portion of a train of carriages fitted with my
improved buffers and breaks. The carriages are coupled together
with draw links in the ordinary way; A, A, are curved inclines on
the hind end of each carriage; B, B, are discs of metal, supported
and turning on axes in the brackets b, which project downwards
from the underside of the framing of the carriages. On the axes of
these discs are fixed toothed wheels c, c, which gear into endless
screws d, d, supported in bearings fixed to the underside of the

page_text: carriage framing. The ends of the screws are formed plainly cylin-
drical, to serve as pulleys on which the bands C, C, to be presently
described, may be coiled. Or, instead of an endless screw, the bands
to be described may be fixed so as to wind round the discs or
drums B, B. One end of these bands is attached to the cylindrical
portion of the screw axis, and the other end is connected to a strong
spiral or other spring in the spring box d. The bands pass around
the axles of the carriage wheels, which are toothed as shewn, and
a series of teeth or projections are formed on the inner side of the
bands nearest the axles; so that when the bands are tightened by
the coiling of their ends around the plain part of the screw axis, or
round the drums B, B, the teeth or projections on the bands may
lock into those on the axles of the carriage wheels, and retard their
motion. D, is a lever, one end of which is secured to the disc B, and
the other end of which is furnished with a friction roller and bears
against the surface of the incline A. The pressure exerted by this
incline on the lever D, when the front of the carriage comes into
collision with any object causes the front end of the lever to be de-
pressed, the disc B, to be turned on its axis, and the screw to be
set in motion by the toothed wheel, when the winding up of the
bands by this means locks the wheels, and produces the effect above
mentioned. The saine Figure shews also another mode of effecting
the lockage or stoppage of a train. In this case both ends of the
bands C, are attached directly to the disc B, upon which the band
will be wound when the disc is moved by the action of the incline
and lever as before described.
A modification of this break is shewn at Figure 2. The locking
bands must be slightly elastic, either by springs or other convenient
means.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FACILITATING COMBUSTION IN STEAM BOILER FURNACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Augustus Huddart
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Peti-
tion, on the 26th November 1852.
I, GEORGE AUGUSTUS HUDDART, of Brynker, in the County of
Carnarvon, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FACILITATING COMBUSTION IN STEAM
BOILER FURNACES" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to get up the fires of locomotive
engines with great rapidity, and to sustain them in powerful
action so long as steam is required to be generated. In carrying
out this Invention 1 set up under the smoke box, or in any con-
venient position, a fan or blower, which I employ to throw a blast
of air up the chimney of the locomotive, and so create a partial
vacuum in the flues leading from the fire place, whereby an in-
creased draught will be set up in the fire place; or I connect the
box which encloses the fan or blower with the ashpit by means of
tubes, and thereby direct the blast of air (obtained by the fan)

page_text: through the fire bars to the incandescent fuel. When the engine
is running I drive the fan by connecting it to the axle of one of
the running wheels or otherwise as convenience may dictate; and
I provide for throwing the fan out of action when that is desired.
When the engine is quiescent at a station, I drive the fan by means
of a stationary engine, or otherwise, as may be found convenient,
and I am thus enabled to get up the fire very quickly, which is a
great desideratum, and to maintain its activity as long as required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEATING AIR FOR BLAST FURNACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Bennett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS BENNETT, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN HEATING AIR FOR BLAST FURNACES " to be as follows (that is to say):
My Invention consists in rendering a furnace self-supplying with
hot blast. The pipes being so arranged that the air supplied to
them by the engine is heated by the furnace, and passes through the
pipes to the tuyere holes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING NOTICES AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Auguste Alexandre Tiesset
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 3rd November 1852.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, AUGUSTE ALEXANDRE TIESSET, of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Re-
public of France, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EXHIBITING NOTICES
AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists simply of a hollow column, which may be
mounted on a vertical spindle or axis, in such a manner as to admit of
its turning round freely thereon, so as to expose all its sides.
This column is made either circular, that is, cylindrical, or polygonal,
with any convenient number of flat faces, and the sides or faces are
made of glass or some other transparent substance. The notices or
advertisements intended to be exhibited are either written or pasted on
this glass or other transparent material, and a gas or other light being
placed inside the coluinn the advertisements or notices can be seen
either at night or day.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAYS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Carr at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, HENRY CARR, of East Retford, in the County of Nottinghain,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN RAILWAYS" to be as follows:-
Firstly, for an improvement in making the crossings of railways, by
filling in the hollow on one side of the ordinary wing rail, or thickening
the middle web of the I shaped rail so as to make it flush or nearly so
with the top and bottom flange, which filling in or thickening is con-
tinued to the part where the wheel first takes its full bearing on the
rail, for the purpose of avoiding the splitting of the upper flange of the
wing rails when the edge of the wheels bears upon the overhanging
part.
Secondly, for applying a similar filling in or thickening to the rails
which form the "point" or the point rails.
Thirdly, for forming the two middle chairs of a crossing, commonly

page_text: called the B, & C, chairs, so that the whole of the rails scated in each
chair may be wedged up by driving in two wooden keys for preventing
the motion of the point in the chair.
Fourthly, for thickening the web of an ordinary switch or stock rail
of the I form, so as to support the upper flange when the wheels bear 5
partially on the rails.
CERTAIN IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MODE OF TREATING SKINS, HIDES, LEATHER, AND OTHER MANUFACTURED AND RAW PRODUCTIONS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel Perkes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL PERKES, Civil Engineer, 1, Walbrook, City, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MODE OF TREATING SKINS, HIDES, LEATHER, AND OTHER
MANUFACTURED AND RAW PRODUCTIONS," to be as follows:-
I employ pumping, blowing, or centrifugal apparatus for the purpose
of either cleansing, washing, preparing, drying, bleaching, or curing
either skins, hides, leather, paper, or other fabricated productions or
raw products. I construct revolving machines, with one or more arms
or blades, upon which I place the material to be operated upon, with
proper means of securing and working the same. Secondly, I construct
a revolving machine with one or more blades or fans, and work it on
one or both sides of the material to be operated upon, which I attach to
an external or internal frame, either in one or more rows, and either
circular, radial, or otherwise, as may be required. Thirdly, I use the

page_text: above apparatus either vertically, horizontally, or at any required incli-
nation. Fourthly, I construct the blades or fans, and internal or external
frames, of iron work, wood work, wire work, perforated metals, horse-hair
work, or other suitable material, and either circular, radial, or other-
wise, in the plan. Sixthly, I use either air, water, steam, or other liquid
or gas, and at any temperature required. Seventhly, I do not confine
myself exclusively to the above, but I claim the manufacture and use
and application of the aforesaid apparatus to the above manufactures and
processes, or any portion thereof, to any other useful purpose or purposes
to which they may be found applicable. Eighthly, I do not confine
myself to use either of the above-named apparatuses singly or together,
but claim for one or more of each, and use them together or separately
as may be required. Ninthly, I claim the use of guano, either in
solution with certain liquids and substances, or otherwise, in the processes,
manufacture, and preparation of leather; and also the use of sulphur
for the like processes. I also employ, when necessary, one or more
suitably constructed rolling and stamping machines, or either, as may
be required, for solidifying and surfacing the leather.
IMPROVEMENTS IN VENTILATION
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Duncan Howell at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 11th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE DUNCAN HOWELL, of Edinburgh, Scotland, House
Painter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN VENTILATION" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in adapting and applying to chimneys, and
also to pipes or hose employed for the purposes of ventilation, a
peculiarly formed bent tube or siphon.
This tube or siphon is so formed and arranged as to be capable of
receiving a current or blast of air into the descending leg of the
siphon, and delivering it out at the mouth of the ascending leg of
the same into the chimney pipe or hose in which the bent tube or
siphon may be fixed. By this means a partial vacuum is caused
near the outlet of the bent tube or siphon, and the rush of air to fill
the same produces the required ventilation.
In adapting the bent tube or siphon to different purposes, it may
be varied in its dimensions, and in the precise mode of its construc-
tion; also in the appendages connected with it in order to convey or

page_text: force the current or blast of air into the said bent tube or siphon,
and to provide for the discharge of the same in such a manner as to
produce the ventilation required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING DRAINS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Josiah George Jennings at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th December 1852.
I, JOSIAH GEORGE JENNINGS, of Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars
Road, in the County of Surrey, Brass Founder, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONSTRUCTING
DRAINS" to be as follows: —
My improvement consists in making drains of concrete in the
cutting without previously moulding. The channel being cut, a
portion of the concrete is put in, and then a tube or core is laid on
it; more concrete is then applied, and, when sufficiently bored, the
core is withdrawn, and by continuing this operation any length of
drain may be made.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DREDGING MACHINES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Ennis at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE ENNIS, of Jersey, Iron and Brass Founder and Machinist.
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS
IN DREDGING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
The improvements consist in constructing oyster dredges with two
blades instead of one only, and with the sides rounded, so that on which-
ever side the dredge falls when it is lowered into the water, and reaches
the bottom, it may be in a proper working position as soon as the dredge
rope is hauled upon. The top, bottom, and sides of the dredge are made
of wires or bars of iron or other metal, disposed lengthwise of the dredge,
and fastened to the blades and back plate by rivetting or otherwise,
instead of being formed of chains or other net-work, as usual. This
mode of construction offers no obstacle to the passage of the oysters
first dredged up into the back part of the dredge while being drawn
along. The arms or shank to which the dredge rope is fastened are

page_text: attached to the dredge by joints or swivels which admits of the dredge
being emptied with expedition and facility when brought up for that
purpose. And at the end of the arms or shank there is fixed a ring of
sufficient diameter to keep the end of the arms or shank above the
ground, and prevent the bed of oysters being disturbed thereby before
the blade of the dredge comes into operation. The front edge of the
blades may be either curved or straight.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIREPLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Louis Gabriel Guérin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, LOUIS GABRIEL GUÉRIN, Gentleman, of Paris, in the French
Republic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention. for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIREPLACES" to be as follows: -
My Invention consists of contracting the throat of the chimney,
to regulate the draft. The contraction may be effected either per-
manently by means of masonry, or temperarly by means of a sliding
damper or register door, which can be opened to any required
extent.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OR PROCESS OF DYEING WOVEN OR TEXTILE FABRICS CERTAIN COLORS, AND IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John and William Smith
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 9th October 1852.
We, JOHN and WILLIAM SMITH, both of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Dyers and Finishers, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OR PROCESS OF
DYEING WOVEN OR TEXTILE FABRICS CERTAIN COLORS, AND IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
Instead of the old and ordinary process of immersing or dipping the
goods to be dyed in tubs, vats, or cisterns by land from one vessel to
another at an immense amount of manual labour, we make or use a
long vat or vessel, with a number of chambers or compartments, in each
of which we put the necessary liquid or mixture to produce the color
required, and by means of rollers or guide bars we pass the fabric to
be dyed through one or more or all of the said chambers or compart-
ments, as the particular case may require; for instance, to dye fabrics
black we should put in 1, 2, 3, & 4 compartiments boiling shumack;
in 5, lime water; in 6, 7, 8, & 9, copperas; in 10, lime water; in 11,
12, 13, & 14, logwood; in 15, copperas. And by the arrangement of

page_text: rollers or guide bars, as shown in the accompanying outline Drawing,
we pass the fabric through these different liquids or solutions con-
tinuously, without the labour of carrying the goods from one vessel to
another, as is now the general practise.
The above arrangement of drugs may be altered according to the
shades required; for instance, 1, 2, 3, & 4 compartments may be
altered to nitre of iron or any other drug used for the dyeing of black;
also 11, 12, 13, & 14 compartments may be mixed with fustic, or the
whole arrangement may be varied according to the shade required and
judgment of the dyer.
It is quite clear that by using this system a great saving of material
or dye stuff will e effected, as upon the old plan a considerable
waste, is caused by carrying the goods from one vessel to another,
and immersing them sometimes-in- liquor or solution too strong at
the commencement to save time and labour. . Whereas the different
solutions should be increased in strength progressively, the weakest
first, and the second stronger, and so on. It is also clear that black
dyes and other colors can be produced upon our plan by a straight-
forward or uniform motion, by which the labour of dyeing will be
reduced about three fourths, as well as a saving of drugs or dye stuffs
effected.
We desire it to be distinctly understood that this is merely an
outline description of our Invention, which we will more fully explain
in our Complete Specification.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER EARTHENWARE ARTICLES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Akrill at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN AKRILL, of Artichoke Hill, near the London Docks, in
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND
OTHER EARTHENWARE ARTICLES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of causing the clays or plastic matters to
be heated when preparing, and in using the materials hot when
moulding and shaping the articles..
CERTAIN MEANS OF OBTAINING MARKS AND DESIGNS IN PAPER
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Durandeau at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JEAN DURANDEAU, of Paris, in the Empire of France, and of
Castle Street, Holborn, London, General Manager of the firm of
Durandeau, junior, and Chauveau, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "CERTAIN MEANS OF OBTAINING MARKS AND
DESIGNS IN PAPER" to be as follows: -
This system consists of employing the zinc or other plates used for
satining paper for the transfer of marks and designs in paper
(that is say):
On the zinc plates the marks or designs are written, engraved, litho-
graphed, etc.; and the paper, being placed between the zinc or other
plates, is made to pass in a laminating machine, and thus the designs
or marks on the plates are transferred on to the paper, or rather
indented in it,
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC SPRING PACKINGS FOR PISTONS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Houston at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HOUSTON, of No. 45, Nelson Square, in the Borough of
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, Surgeon, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC SPRING
PACKINGS FOR PISTONS" to be as follows:-
The improved metallic packing consists of rings constructed of
suitable metal, cast, and afterwards turned, so that at one point of the
circle the substance shall be thicker than the rest, and gradually dimi-
nish to the opposite point, at which a small portion of the ring shall be
cut out, and a piece of india-rubber or other proper elastic substance
fitted to the opening, thus allowing the ring to be pressed into a smaller
circumference, and return again, by the elasticity of the spring, into its
original form when the pressure is removed.

page_text: The Invention consists in the cutting in a peculiar manner the
metallic rings, after being formed as above, and thereby obtaining a
more useful and regular spring packing than that previously used in
connexion with pistons.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF CULVERT FOR SEWERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Richard Atkinson Peacock
at the Oflice of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 1st October 1852.
I, RICHARD ATKINSON PEACOCK, of Slyne Lodge, near Lancaster,
in the County of Lancaster, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF CULVERT
FOR SEWERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAINAGE" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of making oval drains of several pieces
moulded or formed at their edges with grooves and projections to fit, so
that when the several parts of which an oval drain is to be composed
are brought or built together, they will fit and make up the oval, and
the parts may be longitudinally put together so as to break joint.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MAKING OF WEDGES OR KEYS FOR HOLDING OR TIGHTENING THE RAILS WITHIN RAILWAY CHAIRS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Ware and Albert
Henry Fernandez at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 3rd December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, GEORGE WARE, of Sydenham, Kent, Cordwainer, and ALBERT
HENRY FERNANDEZ, Civil Engineer, of Newington Crescent, Surrey,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MAKING OF WEDGES OR KEYS FOR HOLDING OR TIGHTENING THE
RAILS WITHIN RAILWAY CHAIRS" to be as follows:- and consists in
covering a material or materials with heated gutta percha, so as to
produce one united mass in a wedge form shape, which material or
materials to be so covered consists either of wood inclosed within
roofing or asphalted felt, or sand and ashes, or hemp and ashes, or
cork cuttings alone, mixed with heated tar, so as to form a sub-
stance to be afterwards covered with gutta percha as before
described.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM ENGINES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edme Augustin Chameroy, of Paris, in the Re-
public of France, Manufacturer, for his Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN STEAM ENGINES."
6 months.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 16th October 1852.-A communication.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given. within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
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
THE MANUFACTURE OF SUGAR" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of improvements in centrifugal mechanism
used in the manufacture and refining of sugar, and consists, firstly, in
driving each centrifugal machine direct by a small engine attached to
the frame-work thereof, a disc being fitted on to the extremity of the
axis of the revolving drum. This disc is fitted with a stud pin, which
serves as the crank pin of the connecting rod, and actuates the valve
spindle also. The disc is made heavy, and serves for a fly wheel and
friction disc for stopping the machine when the steam is cut off, a fric-
tion strap being attached for that purpose. By this arrangement the
machines may be readily controlled by simply opening or closing the
steam valve, thereby driving the engine at a greater or less velocity.

page_text: The speed of the machines is also regulated to suit the nature of the
work, by a governor attached to the engine. The centrifugal drums
are made much larger than the ordinary ones, to facilitate the filling
and emptying, and to effect a larger amount of work without losing
time in having to fill and empty them so often. This filling and
emptying is much facilitated by the employment of perforated boxes
or cases-fitted into compartments, round the clge of the rotatory drum,
and lifted out by handles fitted to them for that purpose. In place of
a vertical machine with one drum, the axis may be horizontal, and fitted
with a rotatory drum at each extremity; a crank is formed on the shaft
between the drums, and actuated by the connecting rod of a small
engine fitted to the apparatus. By another arrangement, a hollow shaft
may be used. the machine being thereby suspended from the upper
extremity of a fixed vertical shaft, in place of working on a footstep, as
is usually the case. A bent rin may also be fitted over the edge of the
revolving drum, to. prevent the molasses or syrup from being thrown out
during the action of the machine,, and allow, the machine to be, open
during the time of working.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR RAISING A PILE ON LINEN, COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1852

page_text: (Void, by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, WILLIAM WOLFE BONNEY and ROBERT ARCHBUTT, of Hortulan
Place, Chelsea, in the County of Middlesex, Engineers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR RAISING A PILE ON LINEN, COTTON, SILK, OR OTHER FABRICS," to be as
5 follows-
The machinery consists of certain arrangements of parts, so combined
and worked as to imitate the action of the hand and knife in the
manufacture of lint by manual labour.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FRAMEWORK KNITTING
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Parker Tabberer
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 28th October 1852.
I, THOMAS PARKER TABBERER, of Derby, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR FRAMEWORK
KNITTING" to be as follows:-
This Invention is applicable when what are called ticklers are used
in knitting frames for removing from and placing parts of the series of
loops on to needles, particularly in those cases where ticklers have been
used to aid in the inlaying of threads of india-rubber of other material
into the work as it proceeds. In these cases the bar or instrument
carrying the tickling points have heretofore simply carried points for
the removing loops from and placing loops on to treadles. Now my im-
provements consist of combining points or studs (to act as pressers)
with tickling points, and to dispense with the ordinary pressers.
A NEW OR IMPROVED REFLECTOR OR NEW OR IM- PROVED REFLECTORS FOR ILLUMINATING PURPOSES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles John Berkeley at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 1st November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, CHARLES JOHN BERKELEY, of Smethwick, in the County of
Stafford, Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for A NEW OR IMPROVED REFLECTOR OR NEW OR IM-
PROVED REFLECTORS FOR ILLUMINATING PURPOSES" to be as follows:-
The reflector consists of a frame or box of wood or other material
fitted with a series of planes of glass silvered or coloured, or of planes
of metallic or other reflecting material, arranged in the manner illus-
trated by the sketches. The lights are placed in the focus of the
reflector, and if many lights are used they are placed in different
vertical planes as illustrated by the section. The planes of which the
reflector is made up may be inclined at different angles so as to make
the focal length of the mirror longer or shorter. The reflector may be
stationary or made to revolve.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPING AND ORNAMENTING SHEET METAL
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Roper at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 23rd December 1852.
I, WILLIAM ROPER, of 33, Hall Street, City Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Die. Sinker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHAPING AND ORNAMENTING SHEET
METAL" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of shaping sheet metal into boxes, watch
cases, and other articles, by the employment of soft metal (sub-
jected to pressure or impact) to cause the sheet metal to take the
form of dies, the soft metal acting as a forcer, and is melted out
after the desired form has. been obtained, by which means not only
is form or shape given to the metal, but at the same time any
engraved or other ornaments on the dies are produced on the metal.