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Improvements in Fire-resisting Floors for Buildings.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 21st June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire-resisting Floors for Buildings.
I HUGH STANTON of 23 Queen Anne's Gate in the City of Westminster Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I use earthenware or fictile ware struts resting between the floor joists and
supporting a ceiling of tiles or slabs formed of pottery concrete or porous or other
fire clay.
The drawing shows my struts connected, with floor joists and supporting a fire
proof ceiling.
Figure A shows the struts & B the joists carrying floor.
Figure II is a view of the same in sectional plan.
Figure III is similar to fig. I but in addition to the struts & joists it shows the tiles
or slabs C forming the ceiling.
Figure IV is a section of figure III between the 2 joists B-A is the
strut resting on the joist B. C is the slab resting between the struts A.
space between the joist A & the slab B.
Dated this 20th day of September 1889.
end of the
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire-resisting Floors for Buildings.
I HUGH STANTON of 23 Queen Anne's Gate in the City of Westminster Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of my invention is to make an improvement upon the many forms of
fireproof floors now in use. To attain this I make use of earthenware or fictileware
struts resting between floor joists and supporting a floor or ceiling of tiles or slabs
formed of pottery concrete or porous or other fire clay. By this means I not only
form a shield below the joists to protect them from the action of fire but also by
keeping the slabs some distance below them have an air space that the heat may be
radiated or distributed instead of coming at once to the joists.
By my arrangement of flooring the use of concrete in addition to the slabs may be
dispensed with and a great saving thus attained-or in cases where great rigidity is
required I make my struts & slabs sufficiently strong to carry concrete-thus saving
the expense of temporary scaffolding & centreing.
Fig. I shows a longitudinal section of my floor the struts resting on iron
joists.
Figure II is a transverse section of the above.
Figure III is an elevation of the strut.
Figure IV is a section of the strut.
Figs. V&VI are elevation & section of slab or tile.
I do not confine myself to the particular shane of the struts & slabs or tiles but show

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in fire proof flooring by the use of struts & slabs substantially
as herein described.
Dated this 1 dow of June 1800
Improvements in Tongs for Curling or Frizzing Hair.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 30th Apr., 1890-Accepted. 7th June, 189C
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tongs for Curling or Frizzing Hair.
HENRY CHARLES HARRISON, 70, Princess Road, Birmingham, Travellor & Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My Improvements consist in making Part 1 out of strip or sheet steel or iron of
the required length & width, & forming one half or thereabouts into a tube for the
handle, & the other half into a groove-Part 2 is made out of round iron or steel.
Both parts are then bent into the desired shape, so that Part 2 can fit inside the
groove of Part 1, & be riveted together in the centre or thereabouts to form the
joint The bending of the parts is so arranged that the handles cross each other a
short distance from the joint, which admits of the tongs being opened & closed.
The handles in crossing are made to press against each other in such a manner that
when the tongs are closed in the process of curling or otherwise they do not fall
open.
H. C. HARRISON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tongs for Curling or Frizzing Hair.
I, HENRY CHARLES HARRISON, 100, Ladypool Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham,
Traveller & Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
My Improvements consist in making Part 1 out of strip or sheet steel or iron of
the desired length, forming one portion into a tube A for the handle, & the other
portion into the groove B-Part 2 is made of round iron or steel-Both parts are
then bent into the required shape C and D and are fitted together as shewn in
Figure 3 and which also shews the tongs complete-The bending of the parts,
reference C and D, is so arranged that the handles shewn at E figure 3 cross each
other a short distance from the joint F, & so admits of the tongs being opened &
closed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1st. The peculiar bending C & D, figure 3, and crossing of the handles, reference E
figure 3, which admits of the tongs being opened & closed.
2nd. In forming tube A, part 1, for the handle, and groove B, part 1, for the
curling or frizzing part of the tongs, out of a straight flat piece of steel or iron.
Dated this 20th day of April 1890.
HENRY CHARLES HARRISON.
Improvements in Wooden Vessels for Carrying or Holding Corrosive Substances.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Dec., 1889-Accepted. 1st Feb.
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wooden Vessels for Carrying or Holding Corrosive
Substances.
PETER WARDLAW TURNER 38 Garturk Street, Crosshill, Glasgow, Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The separate parts of which the wooden vessel is composed (staves or other pieces)
are steeped in a warm solution of melted paraffin wax, which contains enough of a
foreign substance or substances to destroy the crystalline nature of the paraffin wax
when cool, such as a small quantity of India rubber or gutta percha or both together,
either of these substances or both together being preferable to any others. The
wooden pieces when fully saturated with the mixture are taken out of the bath &
put together to form a liquid tight vessel, which is then shaken up with a quantity of
the liquid mixture so as to form an inside skin for the purpose of further protecting
the wooden vessel.
Dated this 27th day of Munal 190a
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wooden Vessels for Carrying or Holding Corrosive
Substances.
I, Peter WardlAW TURNER of Dixon Street, Glasgow, in the County of Lanark,
North Britain, Manufacturing Chemist do bereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to improvements in wooden vessels for carrying or holding
corrosive substances and consists in steeping the staves of the vessels in a solution of
solid. paraffin containing a quantity of India-rubber, or other substance which will
destroy the crystalline structure of the solid paraffin, until the wood is well saturated,
when the staves are made up into barrels or other vessels in the ordinary way.
I also prefer, when the barrels or other vessels are made up, to pour in a quantity
of the liquid and shake it up, whereby a skin is formed all round the inside of
the vessels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
Steeping the staves of barrels or other vessels in a mixture of solid paraffin and
india-rubber or other substance which will destroy the crystalline structure of the
solid paraffin.
Dated this 24th day of December 1880
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.
Year: 1889

page_text: I, JAMES MITCHELL, of Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh, in the county of Midlothian,
North Britain, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This Invention, relates to an improved machine for cutting or chipping sheep and
cattle food, and which is also applicable for cutting or chipping other substances.
Its use in connection with sheep and cattle food, (made by preserving the sediment
from distilleries, as described in the specification accompanying my application for
British Patent No. 11,180, and dated 2nd August 1888,) being for cutting up, or
chipping the cakes into chips which are again treated.
purposes
The accompanying drawing illustrates a chipping machine suitable for the
of my invention, Figure 1, being a transverse section, Figure 2, a side view, and
Figure 3, a plan.
The said chipping machine as shown in figures 1, 2, and 3, consists of a pair
of shafts H, mounted in a suitable framing I, provided with screws J, which
act on the bearings of one of the shafts to adjust them nearer to or further from each
other. The said shafts H, carry cutting discs or circular knives h, between which are
cleaners, having bent-over ends at top, pinched between the bar m, and the framing,
The knives h, are driven by
and supported at their lower ends by the bars, n.
wheels
gear
P, h³. The
rotating the shafts H, by the main driving shaft P, and
knives preferably do not overlap each other all on the same side but some overlap on
one side and some on the other side as shown in Figure 3, so as the better to preserve
them in proper relative position. Qis a hopper by which the cakes are fed into
between the cutters or knives. A cake being shown at X, Figure 1, passing to between
the said cutters or knives.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. In a machine for cutting or chipping sheep and cattle food, and which is also
applicable for cutting or chipping other substances, the arrangement and mode of
mounting the discs or circular knives and the parts in connection therewith, substantially
as herein before described and shown in the accompanying Drawing.
Dated this 20th day or February 1009.
JOHNSONS,
115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Applicant's Agents.
Safety Locking Appliance for Hammock Chairs or Chairs of similar Construction.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 10th Jan., 1890-Accepted. 1st Mar.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Safety Locking Appliance for Hammock Chairs or Chairs of
similar Construction.
MATTHEW JARVIS 62 Great Eastern Street London E.C. Wholesale Cabinet.
Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By the introduction of one or more rods or bars working on back rod or bar of
hammock chair or chairs of similar construction and being provided with notches
either round or any other shape which fit into cross rod or bar forming back
support of chair & forming a locking bar to prevent support of chair from slipping.
Dated this 12th day of Anvil 1800
J
MATTHEW JARVIS.
MATTHEW JARVIS.
Improved Imitation Beaver and other Furs.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1889
Specification Accepted, 30th Mar.. 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Imitation Beaver and other Furs.
We BERNARD KOPPEL of 127 Leman Street Whitechapel E. London Doctor of
Medicine, and JOSEF FELBER of 21 Great Alie Street Aldgate London Wholesale
Eurrier, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention consists of a mode of preparing an improved imitation beaver fur
applicable also for imitating other rare furs which will no doubt have important
commercial results.
It is well known that Beaver fur is highly esteemed and is a rare and costly fur.
The imitation fur prepared according to our discovery so closely resembles real beaver.
as to be easily mistaken for it, by good judges, as in thickness softness warmth and
color it leaves nothing to be desired. As regards color it can be shaded gradually
from dark to light brown as in the real fur, or if preferred a darker dye can be used
and any required shade of brown or black can he obtained.
The fur we produce is far less costly than other imitation beaver now made and can
be employed for any purpose for which beaver is used. The existing imitation beaver
is made from a fur known in the trade as "Nutrian" and is poor and unserviceable
although expensive, while in color and thickness it is very inferior to real beaver.
In our invention we employ the fur known as "Australian bear" which having a
grey or grey and white exterior surface is held in low esteem and is at present used
chiefly for mats and rugs, and is.an inexpensive fur in small demand.
When preparing these bear skins for our purpose, we cut off the white edges and
outer grey ends of the fur thus reducing its thickness somewhat, and we then clean
it thoroughly from grease dirt and loose hairs, and then die it to the tint of color
desired, that is to say a brown or light brown for beaver, or any other shade up to
black if required for other purposes.
For imitating some other furs we remove little or none of the surface according to
the fur we desire to copy, and whether an uniform or mottled effect is required.

page_text: When carefully prepared it is about the same thickness and warmth as real beaver,
and is actually lighter in weight as the skin or pelt of the fur is not thick or stiff as is
sometimes the case with the real beaver.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature. of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is.
(1) The employment of the fur of the Australian bear in the preparation of improved
imitations of beaver and other rare furs as herein explained and set forth.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, E.C.,
Patent Agent.
A New Composition for Waterproofing Textile Fabrics and as a Paint for Wood and other Surfaces.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1889-Accepted, 10th Aug.,
1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Composition for Waterproofing Textile Fabrics and as a
Paint for Wood and other Surfaces.
I, ERNEST SMITH BALDWIN, Engineer, of Loughborough in the County of
Leicester (a communication to me from abroad from John Smith of Marton in the
Colony of New Zealand, Merchant) do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My Invention relates to a new composition for making textile fabrics waterproof and
to a certain extent fireproof, being especially adapted for application to rugs, coats
and such coverings or articles of apparel as are used for protection against wet
and damp.
This composition is also applicable as a paint for wood, iron, plaster walls or any
other surfaces requiring to be protected from damp or rendered waterproof, and it is
also adapted for general purposes in which ordinary paint is used.
In order that my invention may be most easily understood I will now proceed to
describe the same; I take a piece of linen calico or other suitable manufactured
material and of a size suitable for the article of clothing or covering desired to be
made. This piece of fabric or material I treat with as many coats of my composition
or paint as will render the material waterproof. To make a superior waterproof
material I press the same after treatment between ordinary rollers so as to ensure a
more even surface to the dressed material and uniform thickness to the composition.
In some cases I make use of a revolving brush to spread the waterproofing paint.
For ordinary painting purposes such as for wood, iron, &c. I apply the paint with a
brush in the usual manner.
Having now described the application of my Invention to the various materials
and substances I will give the component parts of the composition, which are as
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page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The admixture of the several ingredients and the proportions thereof or near
thereto as herein before stated whereby a composition is made for waterproofing
textile fabrics and for painting wood and for other purposes.
Dated this 29th day of June 1889.
ERNEST SMITH BALDWIN.
An Improved Finger for Reaping or Mowing Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Finger for Reaping or Mowing Machines.
I, THOMAS CARTER of 4 Cemetery road Bury St. Edmunds, Engine Fitter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An iron finger fitted with removable wearing part made of steel or chilled iron of a
shape so as to be self-fitting and retained in position by the ordinary finger-bar or
beam.
THOMAS CARTER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Finger for Reaping or Mowing Machines.
I, THOMAS CARTER of 4 Cemetery road Bury St. Edmund's Engine Fitter do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The
An iron finger for Reaping or Mowing Machines fitted with removable wearing
part, made of steel or chilled iron, of a shape so as to be self-fitting and retained in
position by the bolt used in fixing the Finger to the beam, in the usual manner.
finger is that parte of the machine which projects from the beam on which the knife
or sickle slides when in the act of cutting corn or grass.
Reference to Drawings of improved Finger for reaping and mowing machines
A. D. 1889 No. 11505 3 sheets.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a finger with T peice fitted in, and shows a section
of beam bolted to it D is the edge of T piece.
Figuro 2 is a plan of Finger with B in Figure 1 removed so as to show the whole
length of slot, C.
Figure 3 is a plan of T peice.
Figure 4 is an elevation of T peice showing web which fits in slot C.
Haveing now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what, I
claim is,
1. The finger is cast or made with an angular slot in the center, and the wearing is
of T shape the web of which fits into the slot of the Finger.
2. The finger can be made of aney size or Patern to suite aneey machine.
3. The wearing part will swing to its shape be self fitting and will not require aney
screws or rivets. The surface of wearing part is made slightly hollow so as to presserve
a sharp edge.
THOS. CARTER,
Applicant.
An Improved Bread.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bread.
I, HUGH FAIRLIE, of 9 Dashwood Square, Newton Stewart Scotland, Baker do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is the production of an improved bread for use as food,
which I effect by the combination of the following ingredients, in the proportions
I specified,
Minnesota straight flour
Broad leaved English bran
Baking soda
Small bread dough
Loaf Sugar
American Lard
Extract of Malt
Salt
7 lbs.
1½ lb.
1 oz.
20 lbs.
15 oz.
15 oz.
20 oz.
1 oz.
These. ingredients are well mixed and incorporated with the dough, and the meal is
added by degrees, and when well kneaded is placed upon a warm board, and allowed
to remain for one hour, when it inay be removed and well broken. Said dough may
now be weighed off into loaves of 1 lb. 10 oz. each, preferably in round moulds, and
buttered between each, then placed in batches of four into round covered tins, which
should be previously floured, and the top of the loaves also floured. Said loaves may
now be fired in a moderate oven, and the bread should have a good "proof" or "fill"
before firing for at least two hours.
Dated this 27th day of November 1889.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Bread.
1. HUGH FAIRLIE of 9, Dashwood Square, Newton Stewart, Scotland, Baker do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
The object of my invention is the production of an improved bread for use as food,
which I effect by the combination of the following ingredients in the proportions

page_text: These ingredients are well mixed and incorporated with the dough, and the meal is
added by degrees, and when well kneaded is placed upon a warm board, and allowed
to remain for one hour, when it may be removed and well broken. Said dough may
now be weighed off into loaves of about 1 lb. 10 oz. each, preferably in round moulds,
then placed in batches of four into round covered tins, which should be previously
floured, and the top of the loaves also floured. Said loaves may now be fired in a
moderate oven, and the bread made according to my invention should have a good
proof" or "fill" before firing for at least two hours, i.e., the fermentation should be
allowed to proceed for this period.
"
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is ;
In the manufacture of bread to be used as human food, the combination of the
several ingredients in the proportions as herein set forth, and in the manner sub-
stantially as herein described.
Daded th L
T
1000
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Process and Apparatus for Producing Sheet Glass with or without Ripples or other Design or Designs upon one Surface.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1889
ATION.
Improved Process and Apparatus for Producing Sheet Glass with or
without Ripples or other Design or Designs upon one Surface.
I, WILLIAM JOHN BLENKO of 9 Pedro Street, Clapton London, E. Glass
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
I dispence entirely with the ordinary rolling table as being too cumbersome and in
it's place I produce a plate in cast iron or other suitable material, but preferably in
iron, varying in size and weight according to my requirements. If I wish to produce
glass sheets with ripples or other designs upon one surface my plate bears a negative
of the desired design or designs: if plain sheet glass is desired my plate is perfectly
plain and planed on both surfaces. The reason for this will be apparent on
reference to accompanying drawing which represents the machine in which the plates
are used.
This machine consists of a series of rollers a b c placed parallel to each other,
mounted on suitable bearings and fixed to a stand. Experiment has demonstrated
that three such rollers are sufficient but I do not limit myself to that number. At
each end of the centre roller b is fixed a toothed wheel and a similar roller and pair of
toothed wheels d is placed directly above it working in movable bearings which may
be heightened or lowered according to requirements by means of screws e e e e. To
the axis of each of the parallel rollers and outside the bearings is fixed a small
toothed wheel, double on centre roller, and round each of these sets of two toothed
wheels, an endless chain ff passes, so that the whole is set in motion at once.
work this, one of the before described plates is placed on roller a one end of the plate
just resting on roller b. Sufficient molten glass is placed on the plate just in front of
roller d and the whole is set in motion by one man by means of a handle or wheel
fixed on the axis of roller 6-the plate travelling with the motion of the rollers and
resting after completion of the operation on roller c. The heightening or lowering
of the before mentioned movable bearings and consequently the roller d by means of
the screws e e e e determines the thickness of the glass so rolled.
To
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The herein described method of rolling glass sheets with or without ripples or other
design or designs produced upon one surface, the said method consisting in rolling
out molten glass upon a prepared plate as hereinbefore described, the said plate
travelling over and upon parallel rollers and under one other roller substantially as
set forth.
Dated this Twenty first day of May 1889.
Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 31st May, 1889-Accepted. 6th July, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loom Shuttles.
We JULIUS ELSAS, and HERMANN WEISSENBURGER, of Cannstatt, in the Empire
of Germany, Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in loom shuttles and has for its purpose
to allow any worn or destroyed parts thereof to be easily removed and replaced.
All wooden loom shuttles hitherto employed are subject to the inconvenience that a
splittering of or other injury to any part thereof renders the whole shuttle useless,
owing to the body of the latter being made from one piece of wood, to which the
points and spindle are so secured, that their removal is extremely troublesome and in
most cases leads to the destruction of the shuttle body, the recovered parts being
moreover of little value.
The above drawback is intended to be obviated in the improved loom shuttle without
increasing the cost of manufacture.
Referring to the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation,
Fig. 2 a plan, and
Fig. 3 a cross section, along line A B Fig. 2, of the improved shuttle, while
Fig. 4 represents the component parts thereof with the exception of the spindle c.
The improved shuttle is composed in the manner evident from Figs. 1 and 2 of
nine different parts made of any suitable material viz. two side pieces a and b, which
may have any convenient cross section, two points ss serving as nuts, two holders z z
adapted to laterally embrace the ends of the side pieces, two screw-threaded
cramps and k², the latter of which serves as socket for the spindle and has the
spring p attached to its bottom, and the spindle c.
No cross screws or rivets being employed in the construction of the improved loom
shuttle, it is obvious, that, in the event of any constituent thereof becoming inoperative,
the shuttle can be easily taken to pieces and, after replacing the injured part or
parts, returned to its use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
A loom shuttle adapted to be dismounted and consisting of two longitudinal pieces a
and two holders zz, two points ss with inner screw-thread, two screw-threaded
cramps, the latter of which serves as spindle-socket, and the spindle c,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
1000
JULIUS ELSAS.
HERMANN WEISSENBURGER.
By Huelser & Co.,
Attorneys.
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JULIUS ELSAS.
HERMANN WEISSENBURGER.
By Huelser & Co.,
Attorneys.
Improvements in Iron Heaters.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1889-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Iron Heaters.
We, ROSA MARY ANNE KERR and MARY KERR, Spinster, both of The Haie,
Newnham on Severn, in the County of Gloucestershire, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to improvements in the method of and apparatus for heating
irons for laundry purposes and consists in the use of a plate which can be fixed to
the bars of an ordinary fire grate in such manner as to support the "irons" above
the fire in the grate and protect them from the smoke arising from the said fire.
In the accompanying sheet of Drawings, Figure 1 represents a section of an ordinary
fire grate with our appliance attached thereto and Figure 2 is a perspective view of
the appliance alone.
The latter consists of a plate of sheet metal A provided with prongs or fingers a
which fit over the ribs B of the fire grate. In this position the plate A is capable of
supporting two or more "irons" C and imparting to them the heat derived from the
combustion of the fuel in the grate D at the same time protecting the irons from
smoke and undue heating. The plate A is provided with a flange A¹ to prevent
the "irons" from slipping off and also with a handle E, which together with the
prongs a, may be secured to the plate by rivets or other suitable means.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The apparatus for supporting "irons" whilst being heated constructed and applied
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1889.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
A New Method of Advertising.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1889-Accepted, 13th July, 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New Method of Advertising.
I, REINHOLD HANDEL, of Lange strasse 27" Leipzig, in the Kingdom of Saxony,
and German Empire, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to a new method of advertising suitable for sheets or books of
music of any kind, which may be either sold or lent. This new method allows of
such music being sold at a cheaper price than hitherto.
This invention consists in printing all kinds of advertisements relating to music, on
the covers containing the sheets of music to be lent, or on the margin of the pages.
The advertisers will pay for the advertisements at the usual local rate, thus allowing of
the music being sold at about one half of the present prices, as the cost to the seller is
greatly reduced. A high rate of profit will be secured to the music-seller, or the
advertisement contractor.
Sheets or books of music, arranged according to this method of advertising may be
lent free of charge, or at least at a much reduced rate. Besides the buyer or borrower
has the advantage of buying or borrowing at a very cheap rate, and is in a position to
use many advertisements for his profit. For instance, if a foreigner arrives in a
strange town and visits the musical conservatoires, he has first of all to buy or hire
music. As he is a stranger and does not know the locality, he will always read the
advertisements while playing, and thus learn in an easy and convenient manner where
to make his purchases. Suitable advertisements are for instance such referring to
instrument tuning, music strings, musical instrument shops, etc.
Advertisements relating to any other branches of business may be used instead of
those relating to music.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
Sheets or books of music, which are sold or lent, the covers or margins of which are
printed with advertisements to be paid for by the advertisers, in order to allow of the
sale of such music at a lower rate than hitherto and to secure a good profit to the seller.
Dated this 28th day of Mar 1880
FELL & WILDING,
Per R. W. James,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Tea Leal.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 8th Feb.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tea Leal.
A communication from THOMAS CLARK ANDERSON, of Gartmore Estate, Ceylon,
Tea Planter.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
--
This invention relates to the lead or foil used for lining tea chests and boxes for
making up packages of tea. The object of the invention is to prevent the contact of
the tea with the lead and also when necessary to strengthen the lead.
The invention consists then in applying to the lead a covering of paper, cloth, calico
or linen, or of any or all of these combined or of similar material. This covering
may be applied to the lead in sheets before being cut or made up in the boxes
or packets, or if preferred it may be applied after the lead lining has been fitted. The
covering may be fastened to the lead in any convenient manner as by pasting,
gumming, rolling or the like.
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Tea Lead.
A communication from THOMAS CLARK ANDERSON, of Gartmore Estate, Ceylon,
Tea Planter.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to the lead or foil used for lining tea chests and boxes for
making up packages of tea. The object of the invention is to prevent the contact of
the tea with the lead and also when necessary to strengthen the lead.
The invention consists then in applying to the lead a covering of paper, paper pulp,
cloth, calico or linen, or of any or all of these combined or of similar material; this
covering is applied to the lead in sheets before being cut or made up in the boxes or
packets. The covering may be fastened to the lead in any convenient manner as by
pasting, gumming, rolling or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is
--
The herein described material applicable for lining tea-chests or boxes or for making
up packages of tea and consisting of lead or foil faced with paper, paper pulp cloth
or equivalent material applied to the lead or foil before it is cut up substantially as
specified.
Dated this 8th day of January 1890.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Cases.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cigar and Cigarette Cases.
I, ERICH GOTTHOLD STOTZER, of Presecke, near Gary, Rügen, Prussia, Germany,
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in cigar and cigarette cases, which have
for their object to materially simplify the construction of such articles, to reduce the
costs of manufacture and at the same time to adapt them to be used in the most con-
venient manner.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 represents in front view the piece of curved springy wire which constitutes
the frame of the cigar or cigarette case.
Figure 2 is a side view of the case complete, and
Figure 3 is a top view thereof, illustrating the manner in which the opening is
effected.
According to my invention the cigar or cigarette case consists essentially of the
curved frame a, made of springy or elastic steel or other wire which is U shaped and
provided at each end with suitable knobs or buttons, such as b.
The wire frame a is covered or enclosed by a bag like receptacle c of fabric or any
other suitable flexible material, and is attached to the latter by a few stitches, which
are arranged to lay within the circular groove d near the extremity of each side
piece. The knobs or buttons 6 protrude from the case proper to such an extent that
on applying pressure thereto the side pieces approach each other, whereby, as
represented in Figure 3, the side walls of the bag-like receptacle c are made to bulge
out laterally and thus admit of easy access thereto.
When the pressure on the knobs or buttons 6 is discontinued, the side pieces of the
springy frame a will recede from each other and again stretch the receptacle, so that its
contents are held tightly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In a cigar or cigarette case of the kind described, the combination of a springy
wire frame a, having knobs or buttons b, with a bag like holder or receptacle c,
adapted to enclose said frame a and rigidly sewn thereon by stitches located within
the circular grooves c, substantially as and for the purpose set forth in the foregoing
specification, and illustrated on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th do STL 100N
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON, Fels. Inst. P.A.,
Agents for the Applicant.
E. P. ALEXANDER & SON, Fels. Inst. P.A.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Means for Freeing Skins, Kips, and Hides from Lime and for Causing the same to Swell.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th June, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Means for Freeing Skins, Kips, and Hides from Lime and for Causing
the same to Swell.
I JULIUS HAUFF of Feuerbach, near Stuttgart, Germany, Proprietor of Chemical
Works and Chemist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
It has been found that when Cresotinic acid was employed for freeing lime from
very soft skins, such as those used for gloves, the action of the Cresotinic acid had
sometimes a too powerful effect when the treatment was not very carefully carried out.
Experiments were consequently undertaken with Oxynapthoic acid, an acid which is
soluble in from 20 to 30,000 parts of water so that coarse hides, kips or skins could
likewise be freed from lime as the soft skins but in a correspondingly longer time
according to their coarseness.
I have also discovered that in cases, when no swelling action was observed i.e. for
heavy hides, kips or skins, salicylic acid as well as mixtures of the same with
Cresotinic acid could easily be employed, and that so far the price of the former acid
could offer no obstacle to its being thus used.
As Cresotinic acid, should be understood the carbonic acids from the 3 Crosols, and
as Oxynaphthoic acids the carbonic acids of the three naphthols.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The employment of Oxynaphthoic acids as an agent for freeing lime from soft
skins as set forth.
2. The employment of Salicylic acid alone or having Cresotinic acid mixed
therewith as means for effecting the swelling of hides, kips, and skins as set
forth.
Dated this 20th dow of Inno 1080
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London, Agent for the said Julius Hauff.
An Improved Telephone Mouth-piece.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Telephone Mouth-piece.
ROCKE COTTERELL Greenhill Cottage Crossmyloof in the County of Renfrew,
Scotland, Designer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to increase the volume of sound and render more
powerful and certain the action of vocal sounds in Telephone transmitters and by
excluding extraneous sounds the transmission of oral utterances are made much more
perfect and distinct to the ear.
For this purpose I make a conical shaped Mouth-piece having open ends the narrow
end being fitted into a holder and at suitable distance from its base and forming a
circular ridge within the body of the holder, to the base of the holder I attach suitable
rubber pads.
By this means I obtain an Improved Telephone Mouth-piece having numerous
advantages over those at present in use.
Dated this Nineteenth day of February 1889
ROCKE COTTERELL.

page_text: Secondly. Fixing conical shaped Mouthpieces within the holder substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Thirdly. Fixing to the base of Telephone Mouthpieces rubber pads, substantially as
Secondly. Fixing conical shaped Mouthpieces within the holder substantially as
herein before described.
Thirdly. Fixing to the base of Telephone Mouthpieces rubber pads, substantially as
e described.
Dated this Sivtöönth day of November 1980.
Improvements in Cuffs, Collars, Gauntlets, Shirt Fronts, and similar Articles, by the Introduction of Eyelets Instead of Ordinary Button Holes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 24th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 1st Mar.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cuffs, Collars, Gauntlets, Shirt Fronts, and similar
Articles, by the Introduction of Eyelets Instead of Ordinary
Button Holes.
WILLIAM HENRY HOLLAND, Manufacturer 74 Windsor Road Southport land
ENOCH LIGHTOWLER Traveller 32 Liverpool Road Birkdale Southport do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved method for preventing Button holes in
Cuffs, Collars, Gauntlets, Shirt Fronts and similar articles from tearing or breaking
through by introducing eyelets made of brass, copper, steel, silver or gold or any
other nontextile substance. We prefer to make the above eyelet no particular shape
but preferably oblong or round.
Dated this Twenty-fourth day of April 1889.
WILLIAM HENRY HOLLAND.
ENOCH LIGHTOWLER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cuffs, Collars, Gauntlets, Shirt Fronts, and similar
Articles, by the Introduction of Eyelets Instead of Ordinary
Button Holes.
WILLIAM HENRY HOLLAND Manufacturer 74 Windsor Road, Southport &
ENOCH LIGHTOWLER, Traveller 32 Liverpool Road Birkdale, Southport do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Our invention consists of an improved method of preventing Cuffs, Collars Shirt
fronts and similar articles tearing or breaking through in that part where the button
hole is generally made by introducing eyelets therein, made of Brass, Copper, Steel,
Iron, Gold, Silver or other non-textile material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is,
The means of preventing, Cuffs, Collars, Shirt fronts and similar articles tearing
or breaking through in that part where the button hole is generally made by inserting
an eyelet therein made of any non-textile material.
Dat this 22nd day of January 1890
WILLIAM HENRY HOLLAND.
ENOCH LIGHTOWLER.
A Method of Attaching Wheel Guards to Tram Cars and other Vehicles.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 6th June, 1889-Accepted. 25th Sept.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Method of Attaching Wheel Guards to Tram Cars and other
Vehicles.
I JOHN WILLIAM FAIR Ashtead House Tipnor Portsmouth Hants Foreman on
Tramway do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The Guard for protecting persons from being run over by Tram Cars and other
Vehicles is to be attached to the Axle or any of the Axle Fittings, instead of being
fixed to the Body of the Vehicle.
It can be placed very close to the ground or Rails, and will remain at the same
height: thus preventing the Guard coming in contact with the ground or Rails,
caused by the up and down motion, as is the case when attached to the body of the
Vehicle.
1
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of Attaching Wheel Guards to Tram Cars and other
Vehicles.
I, JOHN WILLIAM FAIR of Ashtead House, Tipnor, Portsmouth, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
For any method of fixing a Guard to Tram Cars or other Vehicles by attaching it
to the Axle, Axle fittings Wheel or any part thereof that remains at the same height
from the ground.
The drawing is one mode of attaching Guard to Axle Box H, by means of the
Brackets F which is fastened to the Axle Box H, by the Bolts N. The Guard G is
fastened to the Bracket F by means of the Bolts R and comes round the Wheels W
and remains at the same distance from the ground, thus showing the method of
attaching Wheel Guards to Tram Cars.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
claim is.
For any method of fixing a Guard to Tram Cars or other Vehicles, by attaching it
to the Axle, Axle fittings or any part thereof that remains at the same height from
the ground.
DAL
1411 1
1000
JOHN WILLIAM FAIR.