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AN IMPROVED WRITING INK Rectified Spiritsves
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Detmold at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 30th June 1882.
EDWARD DETMOLD of 97 Upper Richmond Road Putney in the County of
Surrey Gentleman "AN IMPROVED WRITING INK'
"
I make the following compositions each of which when mixed will produce
"Ink" possessing the property of drying instantaneously on contact with the
paper or other substance to which it may be applied, and which will supersede the
use of blotting paper or other material for absorbing the surplus Ink on the surface
of Writing paper or other substance
The Compositions above referred to are as follow
120 minims
5
No. 1 Distilled Water
Aniline Dye
Rectified Spirits
Cloves
.
"
30
"
No 2
Oak Galls tincture
10
½ oz
minimis
Rectified spirits
65
"
Distilled Water
260
"
Cloves
1oz
No 3 Oak Galls Tincture
10 minims
Rectified spirits
35
"
Distilled Water
Cloves
140
"
No 4-Spirits of Camphor
Ferrum (tincture of Iron
Tannic acid
Boiling water distilled
Cloves
1oz
40 minims
5
33
5
"
160
"
1oz
These compounds may be varied by adding a small proportion of sugar thereby
producing copying ink retaining drying properties
The proportions of the ingredients above mentioned may be varied within
certain limits so long as the principal features of the invention be not departed
from.
AN IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FASTENING OR LASHING OF SCAFFOLD POLES AND FOR LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Wilson at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd March 1882.
GEORGE WILSON of New Cross in the County of Surrey Engineer " AN
IMPROVED INSTRUMENT OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE FASTENING OR
LASHING OF SCAFFOLD POLES AND FOR LIKE PURPOSES
"
The object of my invention to provide an instrument or apparatus for effecting
with facility the fastening or secure lashing of scaffold poles or other articles which
are or may be secured together by lashings without danger of cutting the said
lashings. The said instrument or apparatus consists of three main parts viz:-Two
parts hinged or connected together by a slotted or yielding point the one part being
of a shape to fit firmly against the pole or other article and the other being preferably
rounded at its outer side. The third part is a wedge which is to be driven between
the other two parts as hereinafter described. The poles or the like to be lasbed
together being placed in position with the two first mentioned parts of the improved
instrument thereupon the rope or equivalent lashing is wound around the poles or
the like and also around the said two parts of the instrument and the ends of the
said rope tied or otherwise secured. The third part or wedge of the instrument is
now inserted between the other two parts at the free ends thereof and is driven
there between expanding the said two parts and tightening up the lashings to the
requisite degree of firmness. The yielding or slotted joint or hinge of the said two
parts allows the said parts when the wedge is driven fully home to expand at their
lower ends. The said hinge may be provided with a spike for penetrating the pole
or the like for holding the instrument in position until the lashing is effected the
yielding of the said binge withdrawing the spike when the wedge is fully driven
home. In order to prevent the wedge from emerging from the side of aforesaid
hinged parts whilst being driven home corresponding longitudinal recesses and
projections on the said hinged parts and the wedge may be provided as guides.
Where the projection is on one of the hinged parts a recess may be made in the
other for the projection to lie in before the wedge is inserted. The wedge may be
attached by a clain to the other parts and may have recesses or projections near its
head to facilitate it withdrawal when the fastening is to be undone. Under a
modification of the instrument the wedge may be replaced by a screw acting to effect
the separation of the two hinged parts.
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES OR VEHICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Mueller at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 5th September 1882.
HENRY MUELLER of Notting Hill in the County of Middlesex, Coach Builder,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CARRIAGES OR VEHICLES,"
My Invention has for its object improvements in carriages or vehicles and
specially for cabs (four wheel) so that the cab can be opened out or closed, and if
either closed or half opened the luggage or packages can be placed on the roof or
the part of the roof of the cab or vehicle.-In carrying out my Invention I adopt
mainly the following arrangements :-
The hind part of the vehicle is constructed on the system at present used for
landaus, but the front door pillar is divided or cut and joined by hinge.-To the
hinged part is secured the upper part of door pillar, to which is secured the front
part of the roof-The front corner pillars are also cut and joined by hinge in similar
manner to door pillars. In action, the front corner pillars (which when up are
secured by bolt) are on the releasing of the bolts, turned on the hinge, and then
the door pillars also turn with the front part of roof, opening out the front portion
of vehicle. The hind portion can be left up or down as desired as also the front
portion if need be, so that if the front part only is up, the luggage or articles can
be placed thereon and carried with as great facility as in the present four wheeled
cabs. The back part in shape as a landau, can be constructed of wood in place of
leather, as now used.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONSTRUCTING SUBMARINE TUNNELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles George Clarke and Richard
St George Moore at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
13th December 1882.
CHARLES GEORGE CLARKE and RICHARD ST GEORGE MOORE, both of the Town
and County of Kingston-upon-Hull, Civil Engineers, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MODE OF CONSTRUCTING SUBMARINE TUNNELS
"
This invention relates to improved methods of constructing tunnels or subways
under water, and in soft watery strata; for which purpose we construct the tunnel
or subway in, and of convenient lengths-in a graving dock or other suitable
situation of iron brick, wood, concrete, or other suitable materials; or of a com-
bination of such materials; each length of tunnel being provided with false floors,
manholes, airlocks, shafts, temporary bulkheads valves, flexible tubing and
compression rings for jointing. We then float out each length of tunnel as
required, sinking it into position by the aid of temporary dolphins, guide-piles,
mooring tackle weighting it etc, then removing the false floor, pumping air in,
excavating by manual or other power, at same time lowering into permanent
position replacing floor, connecting with preceding length by removal of portion
of bulk-head. The joint is made by adjustment of compression rings, and finally
completed by lining with brickwork or with other approved material.
A POWDER FOR ABSORBING AND CLEANING GREASE FROM TIN AND TERNE PLATES AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Tom Newman Pickford at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th September 1882.
TOM NEWMAN PICKFORD of Newport in the County of Monmouth Timber
Merchant. "A POWDER FOR ABSORBING AND CLEANING GREASE FROM TIN AND
TERNE PLATES AND OTHER ARTICLES."
"
This Invention relates to a more efficient substitute for the Bran or “Sharps'
hitherto used for absorbing and cleaning grease from tin and terne plates and
other articles and consists of a powder or mixture composed chiefly of wood-
sawdust which is first dried and charred or roasted and then crushed or ground to
a proper degree of fineness with or without the addition of prepared chalk or such
other fine absorbent dust as may be deemed advisable. I do not limit myself to any
definite or precise proportions but I have found in practice the following to give
good results.
80 parts
and charred or roasted
and reduced to a fine
by weight.
state of division).
Prepared chalk (or other 30 parts
fine absorbent dust)
} by weight.
The above mentioned powder or mixture is to be applied to the surface to bo
cleaned of the tin or terne plates in the usual way that Bran or "Sharps" are now
applied for the same purpose.
AND APPERTAINING TO HOOPS FOR BULGE BARRELS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Downs at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 29th June 1882.
WILLIAM DOWNS. of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster.
IN AND APPERTAINING TO HOOPS FOR BULGE BARRELS."
"IMPROVEMENTS
Wooden hoops for bulge barrels have hitherto been nailed or bound with rope or
other fibrous inaterial The first mentioned process is liable to split the hoop in
which case it does not hold firm while the second is solely dependent on friction
and the strength of a fibrous material liable to be cut or injured as the barrel is
rolled about or to be otherwise destroyed.
Now my invention consists in a combination of the principle of both these
processes carried out in a better and more perfect manner than either of them."
I bind the two ends of the hoop to the body of hoop where the two overlap
by means of tin or other metal bands. These are partially recessed into both and
made tight by bringing the tongue of the band through a slot in the other end
pulling it tight and bending the tongue over something like a bale tie I then as
additional security put a rivet through the hoop and in the rivited end place a
washer before rivetting. Without this washer it would not bold. The rivet and
the band perform the double purpose of actual abutments against the wood and of
binding it tightly together and thus holding by friction also while the ban is
prevent the wood from splitting at the rivet between them.
AN IMPROVEMENT APPLIED TO WINDOW FASTENERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Edmund Crisp, of Rose Villa, St. Ann's Road,
Stamford Hill, London, in the County of Middlesex, for an Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT APPLIED TO WINDOW FASTENERS "
3
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Edmund Crisp at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th November 1882.
ARTHUR EDMUND CRISP, of Rose Villa, St. Ann's Road, Stamford Hill, London,
in the County of Middlesex, "AN IMPROVEMENT APPLIED ΤΟ WINDOW
FASTENERS,"
This Invention relates to an improved apparatus which may be applied to
ordinary Window Fasteners as fixed, and whereby I propose to secure the fastener
from being opened from the outside of the window, by the introduction of any
instrument between the sashes to force back the closing lever or arm.
On the lower window sash, near the ordinary fastening plate, I propose to fix,
by screws or otherwise, a plate carrying a spring acting upon an arin the opposite
end of which terminates in a curve, hook, or any suitable form of catch, and is of
such a length as will permit it to pass over and clasp the handle or knob of the
ordinary fastening lever or arm when the same is brought from the upper sash
over the lower one to secure the two windows together.
Thus, if a knife blade, or other instrument, is inserted between the sashes from
the outside of the window and pressed against the ordinary lever arm or fastener,
it meets with the resistance of my spring catch clasping the end of said lever and
therefore cannot force it back.
When it is desired to open the window from the inside it is only necessary to
pull back my catch and the ordinary fastener may be at once pushed back.
A great advantage of my apparatus is that it may be applied to the fasteners
already fixed.
My improved spring catch may be of any suitable form and arranged so as to
seize and hold the ordinary fastening lever or arm either round the stem or the
top of its handle or knob, or by any part of the said arm, as I may find most
convenient.

page_text: What I claim as my invention of an improvement applied to window fasteners
is the supplemental locking or retaining catch a capable of ready application to
existing fastenings for windows as herein described and shewn
In witness whereof I the said Arthur Edmund Crisp have hereunto set my
band and seal this first day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three
Witness
ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES
59 Chancery Lane
London
ARTHUR EDMUND CRISP (L.B.)
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEMSTITCHING MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Gass at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th July 1882. .
ALEXANDER GASS of Belfast in the County of Antrim in Ireland Mechanic
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEMSTITCHING MACHINES
My invention consists in dispensing with the use of a wide Slot or a moving
piece in the Shuttle Box of a Hemstitch Sewing Machine and in employing,
instead a moving face which carries the needle bar and Shuttle box laterally
together on a countershaft-the feed motion being the same as is commonly used
in Hemstitching Machines
In order to simplify the structure and movements of the Machine and to make
the motion of the face more easy and regular I apply a direct action to the face
by connecting it by means of a rod with an adjusting lever which is actuated by
an outside cam.
The Shuttle box is enclosed by a stationary cover fixed upon or attached to the
body of the Machine
AN IMPROVED HAIR RESTORER
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edgar Edmonds at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1882. Communicated
to him from abroad by John Braithwaite of 21 Rue Bellefond Paris France.
EDGAR EDMONDS of N° 203 Strand in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent
and Consulting Engineer AN IMPROVED HAIR RESTORER (Communicated to me
from abroad by John Braithwaite of 21 Rue Bellefond Paris France
<<
"
The object of this invention is the production of a hair restorer which while
having equal or superior colouring properties to any at present in use shall at
the same time be free from the dangers and drawbacks of those hitherto
manufactured
The invention consists in combining the following ingredients in or about the
proportions named.
100 parts of metallic bismuth are dissolved in about 300 parts of azotic acid and
75 parts of tartaric acid (dissolved in water) added thereto. The mixture is then
filtered and the acid washed away. The magma is then dissolved in a sufficient
quantity of liquid ammonia adding 75 parts of hyposulphite of soda with two
parts of glycerine and one of tincture of Cantharides
The inventor wishes it to be understood that he does not desire to limit
himself to the exact proportions specified as they may be varied. The main
advantage of the invention is that by dispensing with the use of Nitrate of silver,
lead, copper and other dangerous mordants and substituting the combination of
ingredients hereinbefore mentioned a hair restorer is produced which while
having equal or superior colouring properties to any hitherto manufactured is at
the same time absolutely harmless
IMPROVEMENTS IN TRUSSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1882.
A com-
munication to him from abroad by Lucien Barrère of Sauternes, France.
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TRUSSES," a communication to me from abroad by Lucien Barrére of Sauternes,
France,
This invention relates to hernial trusses and consists in making the truss of the
following principal parts;
A double pad, an elastic belt, a pair of elastic thigh straps, attached with
one end to a screw or pin which also connects one end of the belt to the pad.
The other end of the thigh strap is provided with a row of holes and attached
to the belt.
In some cases the right and left side of the belt are further connected in front
by a cross strap, which is also elastic and adjustable in length.
The pad consists chiefly of hard wood or other suitable hard material and is
provided on each side with a pin which forms a pivot and point of attachment for
the contiguous end of the belt as well as for the front end of the thigh strap.
-
IMPROVEMENTS IN KNIFE CLEANERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Beech, of the City of London, in the County of
Middlesex, and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN KNIFE CLEANERS."-A communication from Elizabeth
Ferguson, of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, and Province of
Ontario, Dominion of Canada.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Beech at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1882.
HENRY BEECH of the City of London in the County of Middlesex and Province
of Ontario Dominion of Canada. IMPROVEMENTS IN KNIFE-CLEANERS. [A com-
munication from Elizabeth Ferguson, of Westminster, in the County of Middlesex,
and Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada.]
This invention consists of a set of tablets formed of wood or metal covered with
leather. Usually three of these tablets will form a set and they will be hinged
together at the back so as to open like a book. The upper tablet will be extended
so as to form a handle by which the apparatus may be held firmly on the table,
or in a dust-receiver or tray. The knife while being cleaned will be inserted at
the side between the tablets and rubbed backward and forward, brick-dust and
water being used on the leather. Different qualities and thicknesses of leather
will be used and these tablets may be of various sizes.

page_text: This invention consists of a set of tablets made of wood or metal and covered
with cork, leather or emery, arranged as hereinafter set forth.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
Figure 1 is a view of the tablets when closed as in use.
Fig 2 shews the same tablets laid open.
A is the upper tablet constructed of wood or metal and having a lining of
leather B on the underside. C is a handle to hold same in position. D is a middle
tablet having the wood or metal foundation covered on top with leather E, and
on bottom F having a covering of leather, cork or emery. G is the third tablet
having a similar foundation of wood or metal covered on top H with cork, leather
or emery. In using the invention the knife while being cleaned will be inserted
at the side, first between tablets A and D and afterwards between the polishing
surfaces of underside of tablet D and upperside of tablet G.
I is a coil-spring one or more of which springs will be used at the front corners
of tablets to prevent the tablets from being pressed too closely together. The three
tablets will be hinged together at back a. J is a tray to catch the dust and dirt
falling from the tablets which will stand in this tray. K is a division at one
corner of the tray for holding bath brick and L is a similar division or cup for
holding water.
I claim as my invention The above-described tablets A, D, G, constructed of
wood or metal and covered with leather, cork or emery, and provided with handle C,
coil springs I, and tray J.
In witness whereof I, the said Henry Beech have hereunto set my hand
and seal this twenty eighth day of August in the year of Our Lord 1882.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR SUSPENDERS FOR TROUSERS AND LIKE GARMENTS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Henry Johnson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th February 1882. A communi-
cation from abroad by Julien Charles Garand of Paris in the Republic of
France.
16
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman IMPROVEMENTS IN BRACES OR SUSPENDERS FOR TROUSERS AND
LIKE GARMENTS A communication from abroad by Julien Charles Garand of
Paris in the Republic of France
"
The Invention relates to braces or suspenders for trousers and like garments and
has for its object to prevent the dragging or falling out of shape of such garments
and at the same time give additional comfort to the wearer:
Braces are constructed according to the said Invention as follows. At each of
the ends of each of the two straps which as in ordinary braces are passed over the
shoulders are provided end fasteners consisting of a duplex or multiple arrangement
the one part of which affords a means for supporting the trousers and another part
affords at the same time and by the same article a means for supporting the drawers
or other garment.
•
The said fasteners consist at back of a ring or holder holding a double sot of
duplex tabs the front ends being provided each with an adjusting buckle having a
holder or ring or rings carrying the special fasteners for the drawers as well as
tle for the trousers. These combined fasteners may be duplex for each garment
or single or a combination of single and duplex tabs. The fusteners may be made
longer for the drawers than for the trousers in order that the top of the drawers
may always be below the top of the trousers. The supplemental fastenings are or
may be made removeable from the braces.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BOILING WATER BEER AND OTHER LIQUORS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Albert Barraclough at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th August 1882.
ALBERT BARRACLOUGH of Heckmondwike in the County of York Plumber
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR BOILING WATER BEER
AND OTHER LIQUORS'
"
The object of my Invention is to dispense with the copper coil at present
employed in boiling brewers worts, and water in Breweries but the Invention is
equally applicable to boiling water and other liquors for other purposes and as a
feed water heater
My Invention consists when boiling water in placing outside the boiling cistern
a heater composed of a Chamber containing pipes either vertical, horizontal or
coiled. This heater is connected by pipes to the boiling cistern, the inlet pipe
from the cistern being connected to the lower part of the heater and the return
pipe being connected from the top part of the heater to the said Cistern
Steam enters the heater and passes around each pipe so that the liquid therein is
very soon made to boil and cause such rapid circulation that the liquid will be
constantly passing from the cistern through the heater and back again. If vertical
or horizontal pipes are employed both ends pass through a perforated plate some
little distance, and around the end of each pipe is placed India-rubber or other
packing. The packing is compressed by another perforated plate placed on the top
of the packing and secured in position by bolts
When boiling beer, the heater is preferably placed within the cistern, the top of
the heater being provided with a pipe or funnel through which the boiling liquor
is discharged.
At each end of the heater is a cap which is bolted to flanges and can easily be
taken off to examine the pipe
By preference I employ hexagon or square pipes.
This form of beater is very useful for cleaning barrels
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OR MEANS OF RENDERING TEXTILE FABRICS FOR SHEETINGS WATERPROOF FOR VANS TRUCKS AND OTHER COVERINGS AND SAILCLOTHS CLOTHING AND OTHER ARTICLES PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Charles Court at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd July 1882.
CHARLES COURT formerly in the Service of the Government at Woolwich
Arsenal and now of Rotherhithe in the County of Surrey Waterproofer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OR MEANS OF RENDERING TEXTILE FABRICS
FOR SHEETINGS
WATERPROOF FOR VANS TRUCKS AND OTHER COVERINGS AND
SAILCLOTHS CLOTHING AND OTHER ARTICLES PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE
APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
"
I do not claim as my Invention the sticking or cementing together the faces of
two pieces of textile fabrics to render them waterproof as that has already been
done by means of dissolved caoutchouc or indiarubber and known as macintoshes
but my Invention consists of a new composition by which textile fabrics may be so
cemented together for the like purposes
It is unnecessary for me to describe the arrangements by which my compositions
can be applied as cement to the fabrics as that can be done according to the
present known arrangements in use for such purpose-The compositions now in
use for rendering fabrics waterproof impart a most offensive and objectionable
smell and cause the articles made therewith to be unfit to hold food water and
other things which should be inodorous whereas the articles made with my
compositions are without odour which is very important as they are thus rendered
suitable for holding food water grain apparel military and naval accoutrements and
other articles
My compositions for waterproofing will consist as follows:-To about half a
pound of india rubber and half a pound of gutta percha I add about half a gallon
of camphine and half a gallon of white naptha which should be well stirred until
the india rubber and gutta percha are thoroughly dissolved and for some purposes
such as covering portmanteaus chests and other articles I add to the above
composition about four ounces of chloride of lime to every pound of the above
composition and to make another composition for waterproofing to one pound of
button shellac I add half a pint of crude naptha to be dissolved by heat and if it
should emit an objectionable smell it should be deodorized by the addition of

page_text: camphine or other deodorizing chemical before it is heated and the composition is
to be applied after it has cooled
My compositions can also be employed in covering and lining and making firm
and waterproof the bodies or frames of cork portmanteaus chests boxes and other
articles but for those purposes the composition should be first thinly spread over
the cork, to form the body or frame, and also on one side of the fabric which is then
pressed on the cork to adhere thereto
AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR
Year: 1882

page_text: "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Pearse at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th December 1882.
JOHN PEARSE of Cheltenham, in the county of Gloucester, Saddle-Maker
AN IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR
"
My improvements have for their object the construction of a saddle-bar in such
a manner that upon the rider being thrown from his horse in any direction the
stirrup strap shall be immediately released.
-
My improved saddle-bar is provided with an upper arm or bar which is so
constructed as to act as a spring, and a lower horizontal bar for carrying the stirrup .
leather, the two arms being united at their forward ends by a vertical cross piece
cast solidly with the said arms. The other extremity of the upper or spring bar
carries a movable bar or link, the said bar or link being secured to the said spring-:
bar in such a manner as to turn freely thereon. The lower end of this bar or link
is provided with an eye to receive the end of the lower bar. The said eye being
slipped over a stud or protuberance formed on the end of the lower bar, the said
link is held in position by the upper or spring-bar until subjected to a lateral
strain.
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My improved bar is provided with a suitable plate for securing it to the saddle,
and the said bar is suspended at its forward end to the said plate by means of a
curved link joint rivetted to the said plate and passing through an eye formed in
the bar near the forward end of the upper or spring bar. The bar works freely
upon the said link joint and being pivotted at its forward end only, the bar, in the
event of the rider being thrown over the horse's head, will turn completely forward
and immediately release him. If thrown in any other direction the rider will be
released by the lateral strain upon the link-piece connecting the ends of the upper
and lower bars. A stop is provided on the plate to prevent the too forward motion
of the bar except in the event of the rider being thrown and another small stop is
formed on the eye of the bar to prevent the said bar jumping over the first
mentioned stop.

page_text: slip off the protuberance i and the rider will be immediately released. If thrown
in any other direction the rider will be released by the vertical strain upon the link-
piece f causing it to be released from the lower bar a.
Having thus fully described my said invention and shown how the same may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I claim
A saddle-bar suspended at its forward end only and provided with an upper
spring bar b, curved link e, link-joint g and stops j and k substantially as described
and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
In witness whereof I the said John Pearse have hereunto set my hand and
seal this twelfth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.
JOHN PEARSE (L.S.)
IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Malcolm Macleod at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st July 1882.
MALCOLM MACLEOD of Teignmouth in the County of Devon Esquire
IMPROVED SADDLE-BAR'
"
"AN
My Invention which relates to an improved saddle-bar has for its object to free
the stirrup-leather from the horizontal bar from which it depends and to permit
the release of the said stirrup-leather from the frame in which it is embraced and
of which the said horizontal bar forms a part so as to obviate the dragging of a
rider displaced from the saddle in any direction.
The horizontal bar from which the stirrup-leather depends is hinged or pivotted
at the front end to the saddle-tree and is free to move on the hinge or pivot in both
an upward and an outward direction. At the opposite end the horizontal bar is
supported and carried in the lower and hooked end of a vertically depending link
with which it engages. To effect the engagement the end of the horizontal bar may
be shaped in the form of a split spring the members of which may impinge on the
sides of the hook or the engagement may be made by other forms of springs or by
other suitable means. The vertical link is pivotted to the saddle-tree and is free
to radiate backwards on its pivot and in its own plane. The displacement of a
rider to the opposite side from the stirrup in which his foot is caught produces an
upward and outward strain upon the horizontal bar from which the stirrup-leather
depends and the bar is thus drawn upwards clear of the hook in the vertical link
aforesaid and the stirrup-leather becomes at once freed from the bar. In the event
of the rider being displaced at the same side at which the stirrup in which the foot
is caught is suspended the backward pressure exerted by the leather overcomes the
spring at the end of the horizontal bar and the vertical bar radiating backwards in
its own plane is drawn clear of the horizontal bar and the stirrup-leather becomes
disengaged from the bar.
The arrangement admits of placing the bar sufficiently high as not to be liable to
inconvenience the rider and a neat appearance is retained. The action is simple
and the parts are light in construction.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SOLDERING
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alfred Julius Boult at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th October 1882. Communicated to
him from abroad by Arthur Leguay of Le Mans, in the Republic of France.
ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of the Firm of W. P. Thompson & Boult, Agents for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex and
6 Lord Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR SOLDERING" [a communication to him from abroad by Arthur
Leguay of Le Mans, in the Republic of France]
This invention relates to improved apparatus or machinery for soldering
together the top or bottom and the body of metal cases cans or boxes which
apparatus will allow skilled labour to be dispensed with.
This apparatus consists substantially of the parts herein after enumerated.
A shaft carries a suitable number of pulleys each driving, by means of a belt, a
block carrying one of the boxes to be soldered; a bracket sliding in a suitable
guide on the framing carries the soldering bit which is heated by gas, the bit
being so supported that the whole of its point or front end bears against the seam
to be soldered. As the blocks rotate automatically no skill is requisite for soldering.
To start soldering, and so forth, it may be desirable to stop the rotation of the
blocks, suitable provision is consequently made to use, say footpower therefor.
A suitable support for the soldering bit may moreover be provided upon which
said bit is placed when not in use, for instanco when the finished box is to be
removed.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PROPELLING AND STEERING SHIPS AND OTHER FLOATING STRUCTURES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Herbert John Haddan at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th December 1882. A communi-
cation to him from abroad by Jean Louis Fréderic Barbier, of Le Havre,
France
HERBERT JOHN HADDAN, of Kensington, Middlesex, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR PROPELLING
AND STEERING SHIPS AND OTHER FLOATING
STRUCTURES" a communication to me from abroad by Jean Louis Fréderic Barbier,
of Le Havre, France,
This invention has for its object to combine a screw propeller and rudder in one
apparatus in order to effect the turning of the ship in a shorter time than is
possible with ordinary apparatus. It is especially intended for small sbips propelled
by manual or engine power.
For this purpose I mount on the top of a vertical driving shaft a fly-wheel, and
near its lower end a bevel wheel gearing into another bevel-wheel mounted on
the propeller-shaft, which is situated under the rudder and turns with the latter.
The fly-wheel-shaft is driven by an engine or by hand, in which case I use
preferably a fly-wheel and a pair of tooth-wheels.
The vertical driving shaft is supported by an adjustable step bearing formed by
a steel screw. The rudder is adapted to pivot on the vertical driving-shaft, and
the horizontal propeller shaft is supported in a forked bearing, which allows the
shaft to be put in and taken out side ways. This may be effected by making the
vertical hanger or bracket, which forms the bearing, of two parts, and hinging them
together underneath the bearing, the shaft being secured by turning down the
movable part, putting in the shaft, and fixing the free end of the movable part to
the hanger by means of a movable sleeve and a set-screw.
AN IMPROVED PROTECTOR FOR INDIA RUBBER AND INK ERASERS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Adolf Schroll at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 18th April 1882. A Communication from
abroad by Friedrich Froescheis, of Nurnberg.
ADOLF SCHROLL, of Number Seventy Seven Leadenhall Street, in the City of
London, Importer of Brushes and Lead Pencils, "AN IMPROVED PROTECTOR FOR
INDIA RUBBER AND INK ERASERS." A Communication from abroad by Friedrich
Froescheis, of Nurnberg.
This Invention relates to an improved protector for India Rubber and Ink
Erasers, consisting of a small box (which can be made of wood, metal, or of any
suitable material) to hold the Rubber or Ink Eraser, or both, and intended to
prevent the rubber or eraser from getting soiled or dirty.
The rubber and eraser also remain in this box while in use and they may be of
any shape to suit that of the said box.
The box, inade either round or flat, has perforations or slits on either side, so
that when a piece of rubber is inserted therein and secured by a screw passing
through the box and the rubber, the latter can be moved either up or down, to
project from the box for use and be re-entered therein so as to prevent the ends of
the rubber getting soiled or dirty.
Either pencil rubber or ink eraser, or both, may be fitted in the same box;
a piece of pencil rubber being fixed to one end of a small piece of wood and a piece
of ink eraser to the other end thereof.
The boxes may be constructed with screws, one screw having a round part and
being held on one side of the box by the rubber in one of the holes in the slits so
that the rubber is immovable; the moving of the rubber being performed by the
screw being pulled out until the smaller part enters the slit, when the rubber can
be moved as desired.
A screw may be used for fixing the rubber, the screw being so constructed that
its narrower part permits a moving within the slit, and that the broader sido by
turning across the slit and moving towards one of the holes fixes the rubber and
prevents a shifting of the same.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE ESCAPES, PARTS OF WHICH INVENTION ARE ALSO APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Lakeman and George Jelly
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th March 1882.
GEORGE LAKEMAN of Exeter in the County of Devon, Hotel Proprietor and
GEORGE JELLY of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE ESCAPES, PARTS OF WHICH INVENTION ARE ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR OTHER PURPOSES "
This Invention has for its object the construction of a portable fire escape
arranged in such a manner that it may be used as a bedstead and in the case of
fire one end attached to the window sill and the other part put out of the window
when it will fall and unfold itself and form a ladder by which means egress or
ingresc and communication with the upper floors can therefore easily and safely be
effected for the purpose of saving life or property in the case of fire.
The ladder ic composed of a series of links having transverse bars or rods
arranged at a convenient distance apart. The links also are of any convenient
length and to which any desired number of the said bars are attached and are
readily folded up when they assume a very compact and portable form and
may be used as a small bedstead which can be transposed into a fire escape
immediately.
The one end is of a convenient form so as to drop over and grip the window
sill and from this part the ladder &c. is supported and suspended. When attached
to the sill on one of the upper windows the ladder will unfold and assume a
vertical position and it is kept from swinging towards the wall or building by
projecting pieces which may automatically come into position as the ladder
unfolds.
These several or series of ladders may be pivotted or otherwise coupled together
and arranged to fold or unfold in any convenient manner.
A modification of this Invention consists in having several ladders of convenient
lengths together so as to slide out one by one telescopically.
An apparatus constructed according to this Invention should preferably be placed
in the upper part of a house or building and in a sleeping apartment as in the case
of fire the smoke and fumes ascend and tend to suffocate any one that may be in
the upper floors but the fact of being provided with an apparatus of this description
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page_text: they may escape and descend easily or anyone that may be in a room or rooms
below that from which such a ladder may be suspended can descend easily on either
side of the ladder.
This may be constructed as a combination bedstead and ladder or not and may
be used for a variety of other purposes where a suspended ladder is required for
example on ships and may be made of wood or iron but we prefer to make it of
metal and in some cases in combination with a non-conducting material but in all
cases we prefer to use a curtain or screen of suitable non-conducting material
woven or not so as to shield anyone ascending or descending the ladder, from heat
or flame
IMPROVEMENTS IN SWIVELLING OR REVOLVING CHAIRS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Cruikshank, Junior, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1882.
ROBERT CRUIKSHANK, Junior, of Denny, in the County of Stirling, North
Britain, "IMPROVEMENTS IN SWIVELLING OR REVOLVING CHAIRS,"
This Invention relates to improvements in swivelling or revolving chairs. Such
chairs are commonly fitted in ships cabins and saloons around dining and other
tables, and are secured to the deck or floor while the seat is free to revolve. It is
found however that when the chairs are fitted sufficiently close to the table to
provide comfortable seats, they cannot be swivelled to allow the sitter to rise
conveniently.
The object of the present Invention is to overcome this objection by combining
with the usual swivelling motion, a sliding action of the seat, which admits of the
position of the seat being adjusted in relation to the table, and allows the occupant
of the chair to rise freely, while the swivelling motion is caused automatically to
bring back the seat to its normal position over the swivelling centre.
In carrying out the Invention, the seat or upper swivelling part of the chair is
attached to the usual fixed stand or legs, by means of a lower plate or disc of metal
or other material fitted to revolve or swivel on the fixed stand, and an upper plate
connected to the lower by slides or slide grooves, this upper plate being fixed to
the seat cr chair bottom. This arrangement allows of the seat sliding back or
forward on the revolving plate, but to prevent the chair turning freely when moved
back, the upper sliding plate carrying the seat is brought back directly over the
lower plate, by means of a cam lever or cam surface acting on it while the chair
turns or swivels. This cam or cam lever is fitted between the lower and upper
plate, and is fixed through the swivelling centre to the chair stand, so that it does
not revolve with the chair.
A projecting pin or stud is fitted or formed on the upper sliding plate at one
side, and when the chair is turned round, this pin comes in contact with the fixed
cam.
The continued turning of the seat causes the pin to follow the surface of the
can and forces the upper plate to slide inwards until directly over the lower
swivelling plate. The sliding motion of the upper plate and seat is controlled or
limited by stops, a convenient arrangement being a pin in the one plate fitting in a
slot in the other.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FININGS FOR WINES AND MALT LIQUORS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Douglas William Hamper and.
Edwin Harper at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
28th September 1882.
DOUGLAS WILLIAM HAMPER and EDWIN HARPER both of Bank Brewery,
Sowerby Bridge in the County of Yorks, "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR THE
PREPARATION OF FININGS FOR WINES AND MALT LIQUORS "
-
This invention relates to apparatus for the preparation of finings such as the
isinglass finings used by brewers and others, the object in view being to obtain a
fine solution free from lumps in a simple and speedy manner.
To this end the apparatus consists of a cylindrical vessel centrally fitted with a
vertical shaft or axle adapted to be driven from above by hand or power.
Keyed to this vertical shaft are two or more perforated tables or discs serving to
divide the vessel into 3 or more compartments.
Extending across the top of the vessel is a bar or plate to which a stirrer of
suitable form is attached and reaches downward into the first compartment so as to
nearly touch the first table or disc. This first table carries near its circumference a
vertical support from which a series of horizontal ledges or cutters project outwards
and so as to over lap or lie between a corresponding series of ledges or cutters
projecting from the side wall of the compartment. The isinglass or other fining
substance, with the proper amount of liquid, is introduced into the first compartment
and when the table is rotated the solid or lumpy portions of the solution are thrown
outwards, and finely divided by the overlapping cutters or projections, while the rest
of the solution is agitated by the stirrer or stirrers. The more finely divided parts
of the solution then pass through the first perforated table and fall into the second
compartment in which the solution may undergo a similar treatment, but with
cutters of finer gauge. We preferably, however, subject the finings in the second
compartment to the spreading and mixing action of a series of balls rolling loose on
the second rotating table.
The lower compartment receives the solution of finings in a fine smooth state as¨
it is forced or percolates through the holes in this second table, and this chamber is
fitted with a tap to draw off the finings prepared ready for use.

page_text: The balls in the second compartment may be made of hard wood, loaded if
necessary, or of metal tinned to prevent injury to the quality of the finings.
The vessel itself may be made of copper tinned, or of wood, or of such other
substance as will not cause an injurious effect upon the finings by reason of the acid
which they may contain, or otherwise. The liquid is supplied from a vessel arranged
above the centrifugal cutting and mixing apparatus. This apparatus supersedes
the ordinary method of preparing finings by hand rubbing through sieves or their
equivalent, and produces a fine smooth solution of finings, whether of rice, isinglass,
or other substance, in one fourth of the usual time.
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PRINTING AND THE MANUFACTURE OF INKS FOR THAT PURPOSE
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Henry Panowski and Kenneth
Mackenzie Ross at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
20th June 1882.
HENRY PANOWSKI of Clyde Terrace Clapham Junction in the County of
Surrey and KENNETH MACKENZIE Ross of Porten Road West Kensington in
the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PRINTING AND THE
MANUFACTURE OF INKS FOR THAT PURPOSE "
We
For producing on paper or other surface a metallic impression, it is usual to
print the impression with an adhesive somewhat coloured ink, to dust over this
impression bronze or other metallic powder and to wipe off such of the powder as
does not adhere afterwards pressing or rolling the sheet to give smoothness. Our
invention has for its object to simplify and abridge the process of metallic printing
and to render the impression more clear and durable. This we effect by printing
in the usual way with an ink containing in itself the metallic substance.
prepare this ink by mixing with certain varnishes a proportion of the metallic
powder such as bronze, copper, silver powder and the like, making the mixture of
suitable consistency to be used like ordinary printing ink. We find copal varnish
the best but as this is apt to dry rapidly we prefer to add to it from 20 to 25 per
cent of other varnish such as is used for printing ink which does not dry so
rapidly. Instead of copal other varnishes such as maple or oak varnish may be
employed. The proportion of metal powder to varnish depends to a great extent
on the character of the impression to be produced. About 2 parts by weight of the
inetallic powder to 1 part of varnish is a good proportion. When the type is
large the varnish should be in somewhat greater proportion and when the type is
small the varnish should be in somewhat less proportion.