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IMPROVEMENTS IN GALVANIC BATTERIES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Weare, of Plumstead Common, Kent, Elec-
trical Engineer, for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN GALVANIC BATTERIES."
6 months.
CEB- TAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN SHIPS AND STEAMERS FOR ASCERTAINING AND SIGNALLING DEPTHS AT SEA
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Julius Smith 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, JULIUS SMITH, of Islington, in the County of Middlesex, Gentle-
man, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CEB-
TAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE USED IN SHIPS AND STEAMERS FOR
ASCERTAINING AND SIGNALLING DEPTHS AT SEA" to be as follows (that is
to say):
My Invention consists in the mechanical arrangement of a self-
acting apparatus to be employed in ships and steamers for the purpose
of giving notice or directing the attention of the steersman to shallow
places, sandbanks, or shoals during the progress of the ship or steamer
when under weigh, for which purpose I employ a chain, rod, or other-
wise, passing vertically down the stern post, through the hull of the
vessel, in the most convenient manner, at the lower end of which a
weight is suspended and kept vertically under the steru post by means
of two guide chains or rods affixed on opposite sides of the underneath
portion or bilge of the vessel. To the upper end of the first-mentioned

page_text: chain, immediately within sight or hearing of the steersman, I connect
a small bell or alarum in such manner that it may be set in motion
whenever tho tension of the chain is removed, the effect of which
arrangement will be, that immediately upon the weight at the end of
the chain coming into contact with the ground the tension of the chain 5
will be removed, and the bell or alarum set in motion and caused to
sound, thereby giving notice to the steersman as aforesaid of a shallow
place, shoal, or sandbank.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES FOR OBTAINING COPIES OF LETTERS AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jean Ambroise Oudart 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, JEAN AMBROISE OUDART, of Paris, France, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESSES
FOR OBTAINING COPIES OF LETTERS AND OTHER LIKE PURPOSES" to be as
follows:-
My press consists of a foundation plate, and standard rising from
one end thereof. An arch shaped lever is hinged to this standard,
and extends over the length of the press. To the other end of the
lever a rack is hinged, and hangs from it; a small pinion takes into
the rack, and is actuated by a hand lever; a ratchet, into which a
pall connected to the hand lever takes, retains the lever at any re-
quired degree of pressure. The centre of the arch shaped lever is
hollowed out for the reception of a nut, which is so fitted therein as
to allow it to play laterally. One end of a screw takes into this
nut, and carries at the other end the top plate of the press. The

page_text: screw is moved up or down, so as to bring the top plate nearer to
or further from the foundation plate, as required, by a hand wheel,
or other convenient means. The top plate is caused to descend, and
exerts pressure by depressing the hand lever.
IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRICTELEGRAPHS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Reid, of University Street, Electric
Telegraph Engineer, for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC
TELEGRAPHS."
6 months.
Dated 21st October 1852.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM BOILERS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Blackett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM BLACKETT, of 227, Blackfriars Road, in the County
of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM BOILERS " to be as follows:-
This Invention is applicable to what are called tubular boilers,
and consists of employing water spaces, with tubes in them, to
divide the fire-box into several compartments, cach having a fire,
by which the products of the different fires meet in one of the
compartments before passing through the main series of tubular
flues into the smoke box, and heated or cold air may be admitted
to aid in inflaming the products from the fires. And this Invention
also consists of combining two tubular boilers end to end, so as to
admit of the use of only one sınoke box, in order that the main
series of tubular flues of each boiler may be got at thereby, and
removed and replaced as occasion may require.
IMPROVEMENTS IN GOLOSHES OR COVERINGS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Samuel John Pittar at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 29th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, SAMUEL JOHN PITTAR, of No. 13, Paris Street, Lambeth, in the
County of Surrey, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GOLOSHES OR COVERINGS FOR
BOOTS AND SHOES" to be as follows:-
It consists in the formation of the golosh without a heel and back,
and substituting for the same elastic or other springs or fastenings,
for the purpose of keeping the golosh in its place when worn; such
elastic or other springs or fastenings being peculiarly formed, and
when in use being attached to or connected with the boot or shoe,
either below the sole, or at the side or sides, or above the sole, or
round the heel or back; or by making the upper portion of the
golosh, or some part thereof, elastic in itself. And what is intended
to be claimed as my Invention, is the making of goloshes without

page_text: heels and backs and several peculiar modes of fastening or
securing such golosh upon or to the boot or shoe.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING FOR WEAVING AND IN WEAVING FLAX AND OTHER TEXTILE MATERIALS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Watt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM WATT, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North
Britain, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING FOR WEAVING AND IN WEAVING FLAX
AND OTHER TEXTILE MATERIALS" to be as follows:-
In the ordinary mode of weaving by power loom, particularly in
weaving certain descriptions of linen, there is a deficiency of clasti-
city to resist the action of the slay, which occasions the yarns to be
injured or broken. In order to obviate this defect, and to produce
more equal tension on the yarns, I carry the yarns from the warp
beam or roller over or under an elastic roller. One mode of con-
structing this roller is to employ a tube of vulcanized caoutchouc
or other similar substance filled with compressed air or other fluid.
Elasticity is thus given to the whole warp, and if any of the yarns
are more tightly stretched than others, the tight ones sink into the
roller, and force the air to those parts of the roller in which the
yarns are slacker, and the tension is thus more nearly equalized. I

page_text: expose the weft yarns to steam or moisture immediately before using
them, and I use them in the damp state for the purpose of pro-
ducing cloth of improved quality, and I also damp or wet the
may ba
warp yarns by means of a damp or wet roller. This roller
covered with woollen cloth or other absorbent material, and placed
in contact with the warp on the warp beam, or in contact with the
clastic roller above mentioned, or in any other convenient position.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENGINES AND IN BATTERIES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Achille Jean Louis Hy-
polite Tourteau Comte de Septeuil at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th November
1852.
I, ACHILLE JEAN LOUIS HYPOLITE TOURTEAU COMTE DE SEP-
TEUIL, of Paris, in the Republic of France, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF ELECTRO-MAGNETIC ENGINES AND IN BATTERIES" to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in a peculiar construction of
electro-magnetic engine and battery for supplying the current to
electro-magnetic engines. Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, represent the
form of magnets I employ; they are composed of strips or plates
of metal bound together by thin strips of metal of about the same
width as the magnets themselves. Figure 6, is a side elevation,
and Figure 7, an end view, of an engine composed of sets of electro-
magnets, of which one set is mounted on an axis free to revolve,
and the other set on a fixed frame. Figures 8, and 9, represent

page_text: the manner in which the metallic bands are wound upon the
inagnets. Figure 10, is a detached view, on an enlarged scale, of
a current changer, maker, and breaker, and which is mounted on
the same axis as the revolving set of magnets; C¹, is a conductor by
which the current is conveyed to all these magnets, while C, con-
ducts the current to those magnets on the fixed frame, and which
are rendered permanent magnets. Figures 11, and 12, are top
plans of a form of battery, particularly suited to electro-magnetic
engines, where a current of quantity is requisite in which large me-
tallic surfaces are exposed in a small space. Figure 11bis, is a sec-
tion of the form of battery shewn in top plan at Figure 11. C,
is a cistern filled with exciting fluid, which is gradually supplied to,
and as gradually drawn off from, the battery. The exciting fluid
can be used over and over again by being pumped or otherwise
returned into the cistern.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF MEASURING AND REGISTERING THE DISTANCE RUN BY SHIPS AND BOATS PROCEEDING THROUGH THE WATER
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Walter
Friend at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 29th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN WALTER FRIEND, of Canute Road, in the Town and
County of Southampton, Watch and Clock Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF MEASURING AND REGISTERING THE DISTANCE RUN BY SHIPS AND BOATS
PROCEEDING THROUGH THE WATER" to be as follows (that is to say):.
I ascertain, measure, and shew the distance run, by means of
machinery, in a case of wood (or other material), somewhat in the
shape of a shuttle, which I make (though not necessarily limited to
size) about four feet long, and two inches and a half deep. This
case is attached to a line hung out from the stern of the vessel,
and floats on the water, and is closed on all except the lower side,
in which last is a small paddle wheel projecting down into the
water, which revolves by means of the resistance of the water as the
vessel proceeds through it, and on the axis of which paddle wheel is
a cog wheel, which turns other wheels also in the same wooden case,

page_text: to some of which wheels are attached hands on a dial (being also
in the same wooden case) and indicating on such dial the quantity
of distance run in miles and tenths of miles.
I also ascertain, measure and register the distance run, by an-
other method, which is by means of two pipes placed alongside
each other, or one pipe, divided longitudinally in the middle,
put down vertically into the water through the bottom of the
vessel; the one pipe facing the front having a hole forwards,
in which the water, by means of its resistance to the forward
motion of the vessel, is caused to rush up to the top of the pipe,
and thence falls down the other pipe, which has a hole backwards
at or nearly at the bottom, by which the water is discharged.
At the top of these pipes is placed a paddle wheel, which is turned
by the passing of the water (or else a screw propeller turned by
the same power), the axle of which turns a cog wheel, which turns
other wheels, to some of which wheels are attached hands on a dial,
and which indicate on such dial the quantity of distance run in
miles and tenths of miles, as in the other case. By constant trials
I have ascertained the ratio of size which one wheel should bear to
the others to produce the above mentioned effect on the dial,
which I graduate accordingly.
The wooden case is made of a peculiar shape, and in a peculiar
manner, to keep the lower side always downwards and at a proper
depth, and to prevent its being jerked out of the water by the
swiftness of the vessel.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF CARDING OR TEASING JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Malcolm at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE MALCOLM, of the firm of Malcolm, Ogilvic, & Co., of
Dundee, in the County of Forfar, Scotland, Manufacturers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE PROCESS OF CARDING OR TEASING JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in dispensing with the use of two machines
as has been heretofore the practice, viz., a preparatory teasing machine
and the ordinary carding engine, and substituting for these two machines
one machine to receive the jute or other fibrous substances, and operate
upon it in like manner and with like effect as formerly by means of

page_text: the two machines. For this purpose a form of feeding roller or rollers,
with any suitable apparatus, and an index used in conjunction with
the said feeding rollers, are to be applied to the new machine for
carding or teasing.
AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-INKING STAMPING APPARATUS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Gaylord Wells at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN GAYLORD WELLS, of Hartford, Connecticut, in the United
States of America, but now of Trafalgar Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Printer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-INKING STAMPING APPARATUS
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in a novel construction of hand stamping
apparatus, whereby the block containing the device that is required to
be imparted to the paper or other substance under operation will be
inked by the act of lifting the apparatus from the paper.
The block is fixed in a swivel frame which turns on stud axles
having their bearings in lugs attached to a tube that carries the outside
case of the apparatus. On these studs are pinions which severally
gear into the teeth of a vertical rack formed on the edge of a slot cut
in the sides of an inner or second tube. This tube is provided on its
outer periphery with two feathers in a line parallel with its axis, and in

page_text: the first or outer tube grooves are cut to receive these feathers, the
object being to allow the outer tube to slide over the inner without
receiving any axial motion.
When the apparatus is lifted it will be understood that the outer
tube will first rise, but the weight of the inner tube will give it a
tendency to remain stationary, and thus the pinious will be caused to
run up to the top of their respective racks, and invert the position of
the stamp or block. By thus getting the face of the block uppermost
printing ink may be readily imparted tliereto. One way in which I
propose to effect this is, to mount within the second tube an ink
reservoir, with a porous bottom composed of rolled flannel, which from
being thoroughly saturated with ink will present a moist surface to the
ascending block or stamp. This reservoir must have a tendency to
stand clear of the block when at its highest elevation, and be capable
of yielding to a slight pressure put on it so that it may approach the
block and ink the surface thereof. This may be effected by the outer
tube as it rises causing a small cam to press on a fixed pin projecting
from the ink reservoir, and thus the springs which sustain it will be
made to yield and allow of the inking surface coming into contact with
the block, and imparting ink thereto. At the foot of the apparatus is
an clastic shoe, which will yield to the pressure of the hand, and allow
of the block being brought into contact with the surface of the paper
of other material that is required to be stamped.
This self-inking apparatus is chiefly intended for stamping news-
papers and letters, but it is obvious that it may be used with advantage
whenever the marking of paper documents, &c. with great rapidity is
required.
THE APPLICATION OF ORNAMENTAL PRINTING TO CERTAIN FABRICS WHICH HAVE HITHERTO NOT BEEN PRINTED UPON
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Albert Hiscock at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1, ALBERT HISCOCK, of Tichbourne Street, Haymarket, in the County
of Middlesex, Laceman, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "THE APPLICATION OF ORNAMENTAL PRINTING TO CERTAIN
FABRICS WHICH HAVE HITHERTO NOT BEEN PRINTED UPON " to be as follows,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists in the adaptation of ornamental printing to
certain descriptions of cotton fabrics which have not hitherto been
printed upon, namely, to all descriptions included under the title of
cotton nets; and in the application of any such descriptions of fabrics,
when so printed upon, to any of the various purposes for which they
are usually employed in household furniture, articles of dress, or other-
wise. In the practical working of my Invention the ordinary blocks

page_text: or rollers are employed, with such modifications only as are necessary
for most effectually ensuring the transfer of impressions from the blocks
or rollers to the open net fabrics. In other respects but little alteration
is required in the ordinary mode of printing upon woven or other
fabrics is required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION OF ORNAMENTAL OR FIGURED FABRICS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Richard Cochrane at
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, JOHN RICHARD COCHRANE, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OR PRODUCTION
OF ORNAMENTAL OR FIGURED FABRICS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates more especially to the manufacture of
figured fabrics of the "lappet" class, wherein the device is formed
by the action of "lappet wheels" or other similar contrivances in
laying the "whip" or pattern threads upon the surface of the goods,
and binding down the same with the weft threads. Such yarn or
figure threads have hitherto been always beamed on rolls previous to
weaving, the rolls being attached to the loom, and the yarn taken
therefrom as required in the weaving action. Now by this im-
proved arrangement the beaming or winding-on process is dispensed
with, and the bobbins of yarn are taken direct to the loom. The

page_text: bobbins are suitably disposed in creels or frames, and the threads
are drawn from them as the weaving goes on, just as they are ordi-
narily taken from the rolls or beams, so that a considerable saving
is effected in the cost of manufacture; or instead of this process of
simplification, the cops, as originally spun, may be wound off direct
upon the rolls or yarn beams; so as in effect to beam the figure yarn
without the necessity of the interweaving stage of winding on to
bobbins.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUTH PIECES FOR PIPES AND CIGARS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Barrow Storey,
junior, at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 4th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JAMES BARROW STOREY, junior, of Oakham, in the County of Rut-
land, Brewer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MOUTH PIECES FOR PIPES AND CIGARS" to be asc
follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing a mouth piece for smokers, in
which the smoke, instead of issuing from one orifice only, as heretofore,
is caused to enter the mouth from several perforations and orifices made
in the mouth piece. The mouth piece may be made of metal or gutta
percha, or of any other suitable material, perforated or pierced with
numerous orifices or slits, or even in the shape of gauze. The object
of my Invention being to divide the smoke into numerous small
streams.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PACKING AND LABELING OF NEEDLES FOR COMMERCE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Barnett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th October 1852.
I, GEORGE BARNETT, of No. 7, Jewin Street, in the Parish of Saint
Botolph, Aldersgate, in the City of London, in the County of Middlesex,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PACKING AND LABELING OF NEEDLES FOR COMMERCE" to be as follows:-
Packing of needles in suitable size cases for commerce, made of
metal or of any material that case can be made off, and the manufac-
ture of the same, and the lableing of the said cases by pressure or
otherwise.
AN IMPROVED CRANE AND APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Allan Craig at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 30th
November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, ALLAN CRAIG, of Barhead, near Glasgow, in the County of
Renfrew, Scotland, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CRANE AND APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH" to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to those kinds of cranes called Jib or Der-
rick Cranes, and consists of extending the base of the stem; the
base and wheel-work thus are caused to act as a counter-balance to
the weight lifted, the enlarged base also admitting of the use of
wheels for the crane to be removed on from place to place. When
lifting stone by the crane, a clamping bar is used to fix the chain
to the lifting chain.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING WOOD AND OTHER VEGETABLE MATTERS FROM DECAY
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sir William Burnett, Knight Companion of the
most Honourable Order of the Bath, of Somerset House, in the County of
Middlesex, of an Extension for the term of Seven Years from the Twenty-sixth
Day of July 1852, being the day of the expiration of the original Grant of his
Patent for his Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PRESERVING WOOD AND OTHER
VEGETABLE MATTERS FROM DECAY."
Dated 20th July 1852.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF SPREADING MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS UPON LEATHER TO BE USED AS PLASTERS, AND IN THE MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Mather at the Office
⚫ of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th
December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, WILLIAM MATHER, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Chemist and Druggist, do hereby declare the nature of my said
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF SPREADING
MEDICINAL COMPOUNDS UPON LEATHER TO BE USED AS PLASTERS, AND IN THE
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows:
My improved method of spreading medicinal compounds consists
in spreading resinous, pitchy, or other similar inedicinal compounds,
whilst in a semi-fluid or heated state (for plasters or blisters), by
means of a heated roller upon leather, which object has been hitherto
unattained, and which I am enabled to effect by the use or employ-
ment of my improved apparatus. My improvements in the ma-
chinery or apparatus connected therewith consist of three principal
parts: first, a block of the size and form of the intended plaster;
secondly, a plate or frame, having an opening rather larger than the
block, and provided all round the said opening with a rim pro-

page_text: jecting upwards, and having a knife or bevilled edge; and,
thirdly, a hollow metal roller, heated by means of a moveable iron
heater. The operation is as follows:-A piece of leather (the form
form of the intended plaster) rather larger than the block is placed
thereon, the margin of the leather projecting half an inch (more or
less) all round. The frame is next lowered by means of a treadle,
bending the margin of the leather down round the sides of the block,
and holding the leather firm, so as to prevent it from shrinking, &c.
The said frame is lowered until the knife edge projects above the
surface of the leather only so far as the thickness of the plaster is
desired to be. A sufficient quantity of the medicinal compound in
a heated or semi-fluid state is then poured on to the centre of the
leather, and spread by rolling the heated roller backwards and
forwards. The superfluous portion of the compound is caused by
the roller to flow over the knife edge or rim, and is thus cut off
from the plaster. The plate or frame is then raised, and another
leather substituted, and the operation proceeds as before. The
plasters are thus spread evenly and uniformly, and the margin of
the leather kept perfectly clean.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE GRATES OR FIRE PLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 14th December 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 FIRE
GRATES OR FIRE PLACES " to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the construction of domestic fire grates,
in such manner that the actual receptacle of the burning fuel is itself
the reflector for directing the heat into the apartinent. The fuel
rest on bars in the usual way, these bars being set in the reflector,
which may either be made up of right lined surfaces, or it may
be a hemispherical or a differentially curved concavity, the smoke,
heated air, and gases being directed forward along the upper side of

page_text: the reflector towards the external or front surface of the wall in
which the grate is placed. The current then passes directly up-
wards, and proceeds to the flue. This reflecting system of grate
may be variously modified and ornamented.
STEREOTYPING IN COPPER BY THE GALVANOPLASTY
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by François Alexandre Victor
Michel at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 12th October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
1, FRANÇOIS ALEXANDRE VICTOR MICHEL, of 19, Leicester Square,
London, in the County of Middlesex, Typographer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "STEREOTYPING IN COPPER BY THE
GALVANOPLASTY " to be as follows:-
This process consists in the original, or, better, mother idea which I
have conceived, to apply the galvanoplasty to reproduce in copper any
engravings in relievo in general, cither that they be on wood standing,
or on plate, on copper, or every other metal; either that my process be
executed upon any stereotypes of bitumens or of material for printing,
which I would wish to have reproduced again in galvanoplasty.
My process is executed, 1*, in working the model in copper on
one of the aforesaid objects; 2, with gutta-percha; 3, with wax;
4, with all materials fit to retain a stamp; 5, at last, in re-
producing with these various models the objects employed to be
stamped.

page_text: The Letters Patent claimed are grounded on the original, or, better,
the mother idea, to apply the galvanoplasty for reproducing the
engravings in general which are employed in the typography.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF COTTON WOOL, AND IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COLORED YARNS OR THREADS THEREFEON
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Fothergill and
Alexander Cummins Harvey at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 23rd October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
We, THOMAS FOTHERGILL, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner, and ALEXANDER CUMMINS HARVEY, of the same place,
Cotton Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF COTTON WOOL, AND IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF COLORED YARNS OR THREADS THEREFEON," to be as
follows:-
Our improvements relate principally to the manufacture of mottled
or speckled yarns. These yarns have hitherto been produced prin-
cipally by dyeing the cotton after the operation of "carding," and
subsequently doubling them with white or grey rovings, or doubling the
different colors together in the thread. Our improvements consist in
dyeing the cotton wool in the raw state previously to carding" or any
other mechanical operation. The cotton thus dyed may then he mixed
with bleached, grey, or other colored cotton at the "lap machine," or it

page_text: may be carded by itself, and mingled with the required color at any of
the subsequent preparation machines, such as the drawing or roving
frames, according to the effect desired to be produced. If the cotton
wool is mixed in the "lap frame," the blending of the colors will be
almost imperceptible, and a delicate clouded appearance will be the
result. But in any of the subsequent processes the nearer the cotton
has advanced towards spinning before the mingling of the cotton takes
place the more decided and evident the mottling or speckling will be.
But in either case a much more regular and uniform effect will be
produced than by the usual process as heretofore employed of dyeing
the cotton subsequently to the operation of carding.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRO-MAGNETISM FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Fletcher at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th November 1852.
I, HENRY FLETCHER, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPLICATION OF ELECTRO-MAGNETISM FOR THE
PRODUCTION OF MOTIVE POWER" to be as follows:-
I connect one or more series of discs, plates, or pieces of iron or
other magnetizable substances, which may be converted into electro-
magnets by coils of electrised wire, or in any convenient manner as
may be found practicable, by bolts, rivets, links, or other similar
contrivances composed of a non-magnetic material or substance,
and so arranged that the discs, plates, &c. are capable of being
separated to any determinable distance from each other, and at
the same time are free to move in proximity or come in contact.
On presenting this arrangement of the plates, discs, &c. to the
influence of an electro-magnet, the first of the series, or that nearest
the magnet, will be attracted thereto, at the same time drawing the

page_text: remainder of the series with it; the second of the series will then be
attracted also, drawing the remainder, and so on to the last, to
which I attach suitable apparatus for the application of the power
developed.
When the electric current around the magnet or magnets is
broken, the series of discs, plates, &c. in contact may be separated
by connecting another similar arrangement of apparatus acting in
an opposite direction, or by means of other suitable contrivance.
This invention is applicable to producing or obtaining motive
power generally for any purpose or manner that may be required;
also for raising weights, as water, hammers, &c., which would fall
by gravitation when the electric current was broken, and other
similar purposes.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that this is merely an
outline description of the principle of my Invention, which I will
fully explain and illustrate in my Complete Specification.
AN IMPROVED CON- STRUCTION OF PRINTING MACHINE
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Stiff at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, GEORGE STIFF, of Minerva Cottage, Christ Church Road,
Brixton Hill, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED CON-
STRUCTION OF PRINTING MACHINE" to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to produce a simple construction
of printing machine, which will admit of the operation of printing
being carried on with great facility. For this purpose I make the
table which carries the type slightly convex, and mount it on a
reciprocating frame, which will alternately carry the type under
inking rollers to be inked, and under a pressing roller, to which the
sheets of paper to be printed on are fed by tapes or any other
suitable contrivance. The table is so mounted on its frame that it
will yield to any undue pressure, but will retain its elevation when
no extraneous substance is present between it and the pressing
roller. It is kept up to its proper position by means of springs
interposed between the table and the frame, and it is held down to

page_text: the frame by retaining screws or their equivalents. When I wish
to print off high numbers, I propose to mount two or more of
these reciprocating frames in a line, and so arrange their motions
relatively, and the "forms" of type which they carry (with a view
to perfecting), that the paper may be passed from one "form" to
the next, and so on, by any convenient arrangement of conducting
tapes or analogous contrivances, that it may pass through the whole
series without delay, and be "perfected" or "semi-perfected" in
this combined machinery.
ASCERTAINING THE HOUR OF THE DAY BY MEANS OF A POCKET SUN DIAL
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Addison at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN ADDISON, Captain in the Service of the Honourable East
India Company, of 1, Baker Street, Portinan Square, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "ASCERTAINING
THE HOUR OF THE DAY BY MEANS OF A POCKET SUN DIAL" to be as
follows:-
It can be constructed of tin, German silver, or any other metal,
or of porcelain, and can be regulated by the metallic plate at the
back of the dial, with as much accuracy as the most expensive made
watch; and this is necessary, as when the days begin to shorten, it
loses at the rate of three minutes every two days, and as the days
lengthen, it gains three minutes in two days. This plate is 2
inches long by inch broad, and attached by a screw to the
centre of the dial on which the plate or regulator is moved. On the
top of this the handle is fixed, which is done by a small pin made

page_text: to fit loosely so as to form a pivot for the handle to move upon, and
which allows it to be held without occasioning the slightest leverage,
which would otherwise be the case, and thereby prevent the hour
being accurately ascertained.
Previous to returning the dial to the pocket, the hand is turned
upon its hinge to the back of the dial, and the handle is turned on
its pivot, so as to rest on the plate or regulator. This dial can also
be used for nautical purposes.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSICAL INSTRU- MENTS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Jonathan Caldwell
Blackwell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 10th December 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JONATHAN CALDWELL BLACKWELL, of Edinburgh, in the County
of Mid Lothian, North Britain, Accountant, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MUSICAL INSTRU-
MENTS" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to musical instruments that have free
vibrating tongues or reeds, acted on by wind pressure, as the
"Seraphine," "Harmonium," Accordion," "Concertina," and
others, and it has for its object, viz. :-
First, diminution of size and weight, so as to secure greater
lightness and portability than are possessed by other instruments
of the same power and compass, combined with pianoforte fingering
and equal facility of execution.
Second, the obtainment of a perfect "double action" without
using two sets of vibrators, or adopting a certain arrangement of
valves designed to effect the same end with one set of vibrators,
but found inefficient.

page_text: Third, the capacity of applying at will either hand pressure or
foot pressure to the bellows, or both together if desired.
Fourth, the union of two instruments in one in such a manner
as that by an easy detachment of parts it may be placed on a piano
or table and played on as a solo instrument, or, when undetached,
it may be used by pianoforte players as a scraphine. This arrange-
ment also enables patentee to make and sell his instrument either
as a perfect solo instrument of different sizes and compass, or as a
portable seraphine.
Fifth, greater facility in packing and unpacking the instrument.
The advantages above specified are obtained by the following
contrivances and arrangements:-
First, by so modifying the pianoforte fingering, that a saving of
nearly 1 inches of space is secured in every octave without sacri-
ficing facility of execution; thus an instrument of 4 to 5 octaves
may be made of unprecedented lightness and portability. .
Second, by dispensing with wind chests and loaded bellows, and
also with bellows of cumbrous and defective form, and substituting
for those two light accordion or concertina bellows, considerable
decrease of weight and diminution in size are in this way also
obtained.
Third, by attaching the bellows to the body of the instrument
instead of to the frame or stand thereof, and causing them, by a
junction rod, to reciprocate each other's motion; thus, when the in-
strument is detached from its stand or sold without the stand, a
perfect "double action" is obtained by hand pressure, and the
weight and cost of a second set of vibrators avoided.
Fourth, by making the stand of the instrument to answer also
as its case, so that, upon disengaging it from the lid on that which
it is screwed, it may be lowered into the case, and the lid may be
closed and locked.
IMPROVED SINGLE SEED DRILLING OR DIBBLING MACHINERY
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Thomas Revis at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th November 1859.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, THOMAS REVIS, late of Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge,
but now of Stockwell, in the County of Surrey, Agricultural Machinist,
lo hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED
SINGLE SEED DRILLING OR DIBBLING MACHINERY" to be as follows,
viz. :-
My Invention consists in or has reference to the construction of
drilling or dibbling machinery adapted for planting seed singly or one
at a time. When used as hand dibblers the droppers for dropping the
seed may be made of part wood and part metal to render them lighter
for the workman, and when applied to machine drills they may be made
of all metal. The tubes are in two halves, screwed together with up
and down joints. The funnel or reservoir designed to hold the seed is
fastened on the outside on the top of the tube. The two irons, called
the lifting and holding irons, are sunk in and screwed to the inside of
the tube, extending and passing through the top of the funnel. A metal

page_text: clasp is fixed on the holding iron, with an orifice at the other end,
through which the lifting iron passes, and is prevented from springing
when in action; the metal portion of the tube is at the bottom in two
halves of a pointed end, having a shoulder which is screwed to the
shoulder of the tube. The tubes being in halves, I have two pieces of
metal, one for each half of the tube, of a semicircular shape, correspond-
ing with the size of the inner circle of the tube; these pieces of metal
are placed exactly opposite each other in the tube, flush with the top
of it, and secured firmly from the outer side of the tube; this piece,
intended for the side of the lifting iron, is designated the receiver, being
cut out in an oblong shape and deepened at the bottom end to receive the
seed; the cavity thus formed is left very smooth. I have already stated
that the other piece of metal should be placed exactly opposite in the
other half of the holding iron, and which is denominated the strike,
as it performs the office of keeping back the overplus seed on the
return of the lifting iron.
Instead of the above may be used a piston, passing up and down
through the strike, receiving its action from a stud fixed in the up and
down tube. It should be borne in mind that in most cases of single
deposits the seed should be sifted, that as uniform size as possible may
be obtained.
This machinery will be found very serviceable when applied to a
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFAC- TURING NAILS, SCREW BLANKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF METAL
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Rothera 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, WILLIAM ROTHERA, of Hollinwood, in the County of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFAC-
TURING NAILS, SCREW BLANKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES OF METAL," to
be as follows:-
The machinery which I employ for the above purposes consists
principally of a pair of rollers, which are actuated by means of
suitable gearing, and the peculiar construction of these rollers
constitutes the principal novel feature of my Invention. For
manufacturing sprigs, brads, or other headless nails, the form of half
the sprig is countersunk in the periphery of each roller corner-
wise; that is to say, the indentation in cach roller is triangular.
The said indentations are parallel to the axes of the rollers, and are
arranged close together, alternately head and point, so that the metal
that remains between them acts as a punch or cutter, dividing the

page_text: sprigs, whilst the indentations act as a die and form them. The
sprigs or brads are formed from a strip of plate metal, the width of
which is the length of the intended nail. In manufacturing headed
nails of various kinds, the indentation in the rollers are formed
cornerwise, and are arranged alternately head and point being at
right angles to the axes of the rollers; the sides of the countersink
or indentation being brought to a cutting edge as in the former
These nails are formed from rod metal. For screw blanks
the rollers are formed in a similar way, except that, of course, the
indentations are semicircular; and for any other similar articles
the form and arrangement of the indentations must be suitably
varied, provided always that the side of the countersink is brought
to a cutting edge, so as to act as a punch for cutting, and a die for
forming the articles at the same time.
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ROOFS AND SIDES OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUC- TURES
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Hughes at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th
October 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within the
time prescribed by the Act.)
I, JOHN HUGHES, of Carnarvonshire, Wales, Quarryman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF
CONSTRUCTING ROOFS AND SIDES OF HOUSES, BUILDINGS, AND OTHER STRUC-
TURES" to be as follows, that is to say:
In giving shape to the materials employed for covering the roofs and
sides of houses, buildings, and structures, so as to enable them to be
joined together by suitable means, and dispensing with the use of
cement or adhesive substances, whereby more security and protection
are obtained. The union of the covering materials is effected as
described in the annexed Drawings marked A, & B.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS FOR BOOKS
Year: 1852

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Westbrook at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th November 1852.
(Void by reason of notice to proceed not having been given within
the time prescribed by the Act.)
I, FREDERICK WESTBROOK, of Kensington, in the County of Mid-
dlesex, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CLASPS FOR BOOKS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a moveable clasp or clip, so constructed
as to serve either to keep a book closed, or to be used in holding it
open; and the nature of my Invention is described and ascertained
in the description following, having reference to the figures and
letters marked on the Drawing hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1, represents a memorandum book A, closed by the clasp
B, C, which both holds the pencil a, and keeps the book shut. B',
C', is a side view of the clasp, showing that it is in form and princi-
ple like a pair of pincers or plyers, with the difference of using the
handle C, to clip the book, and the head B, to hold the pencil while
the book is out of use.
Fig. 2, represents a memorandum book in use, and the clip, B, C,

page_text: employed to keep it open, and hold the leaves close while used for
writing or reading; the head B', of the clip being employed to hold
the back and leaves tightly together, by pressing the ends C¹, be-
tween the thumb and forefinger.
These clips may be made of any size and of any ornamental
figure; and what I claim is, a moveable clip of a pincer-like form,
to be used in keeping books closed or open, as described.
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DRESS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Pierre Armand Le Comte De Fontaine Moreau,
of South Street, Finsbury, English and Foreign Patent Office, for Inventions
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN ARTICLES OF DRESS."
6 months
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Shaw, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester,
Cylinder Maker, for his Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL, FLAX, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
6 months.