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AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MARKING AND MEASURING YARNS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Bailey at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th September
1874.
I, JOHN BAILEY, of Fairfield, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
MARKING AND MEASURING YARNS," to be as follows:-
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This Invention is designed principally to be applied to the sizing
machine, known as the "tape leg" machine, for marking yarns for
weaving towels, dhooties, and other similar goods, the object of the
Invention being to mark off each length (say twenty-four to thirty-six
inches) as it passes, and then at the end of (say) three dozen lengths to
mark off the piece; then to mark off a space of (say) three or four
inches for the "tab end," and then commence to mark off the lengths,
as before. The same arrangement may however with slight variation
be employed in connection with the "slasher," or other yarn-dressing
machines for marking off yarns for other kinds of goods.
The apparatus consists of a drum of a certain definite circumference,
which rests by its own weight upon the surface of the yarn as it passes

page_text: over a roller in front of the machine, and revolves by friction of contact
therewith. At one or cach side of this drum is a disc carrying an ink
vessel or color box which is provided with a small valve, the spindle of
which projects beyond the ink vessel or color box, so that every time
the drum revolves once this valve spindle comes into contact with the
yarn, and pressing the valve inwards allows a small quantity of ink or
color to pass through the valve, and so marks the yarn in lengths equal
to the circumference of the drum.
The diameter of the drum can be increased so as to increase the
lengths, if desired, at any time by passing over it a ring or sleeve of
leather, india-rubber, or other suitable material, and the ink vessel or
color box is provided with a screw by means of which it can be adjusted
to the altered diameter of the drum.
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Working loosely upon the same spindle as the drum, but connected
therewith by a train of spur gearing, there is also another disc carrying
another ink vessel or color box (the ink in which may be of a different
color to that in the former), the spur gearing being so arranged that this
disc shall revolve only once in (say) three dozen revolutions of the
drum. This ink vessel projects beyond the discs and drum, and thus
when in its revolution it comes into contact with the yarn upon the
roller it raises the apparatus, and prevents the first described ink vessel
or color box from marking the yarn at the same time that it. marks it
in two places with a different colored ink, the marks being made by
valves at the two extreme edges of the color box, which is about four
inches broad.
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As the posterior edge of this ink vessel or color box quits the yarn it
allows the apparatus to descend again into contact with the yarn, and
the operation of measuring and marking proceeds as before.
The number of lengths marked off to the picce may be varied by.
means of change wheels in the ordinary manner.
A NEW OR IMPROVED MODE AND MEANS OF INDICATING THE NAMES OF STREETS OR OTHER PLACES, OR OF INDICATING WORDS OR NUMBERS OR DEVICES ON STREET OR OTHER LAMPS, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR INDICATING THE LIKE GENERALLY ON GLASS OR OTHER SURFACES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Stephen Holness at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
December 1874.
I, STEPHEN HOLNESS, of No. 35, Church Road, De Beauvoir Town, in
said
the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of my.
Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MODE AND MEANS OF INDICATING THE
NAMES OF STREETS OR OTHER PLACES, OR OF INDICATING WORDS OR NUMBERS OR
DEVICES ON STREET OR OTHER LAMPS, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR INDICATING THE LIKE
GENERALLY ON GLASS OR OTHER SURFACES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the indication of the names of streets,-
squares, and other places by placing such names upon and attaching
them to the lamps used for lighting such places or spaces, the result
being a clear and distinct indication attainable at a minimum of
expenditure both in time of fixing and in the cost of the means
of indication. This mode and means of indication is applicable to
other than public lamps, and to other purposes besides merely lamp
indication.

page_text: I. This Invention consists, firstly, in the use of a strip or piece of
sheet metal or other suitable material having slits or slots running
horizontally or in other directions throughout its surface. The number
of slits or slots may be varied according to circumstances, but in practice
I find one, two, or three a convenient number, and I prefer to arrange
these horizontally.
II. My Invention consists, secondly, in making the letters, numbers,
or devices, which may be and are by preference of metal, each with a
tongue piece or projecting piece having arms or pieces equivalent
thereto. The letters, numbers, or devices have these tongues with
arms or pieces equivalent thereto passed through the slits or slots as
herein-before described in that section of this Provisional Specification
marked I., and the arms or equivalent pieces are then entered into
some of the slits or slots, and being then bent back completely secure
each letter, figure, or device in its place. The slitted or slotted piece
is then secured in its intended position by screws, cement, or by other
means suitable.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE EXTRACTION OF QUININE FROM BARK
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Albert Augustus Deiss at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th January 1874.
I, ALBERT AUGUSTUS DEISS, of 46, Fish Street Hill, in the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE EXTRACTION OF QUININE FROM BARK," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the extraction of
quinine from bark. For this purpose, I employ a hot process which is
applicable in any climate. I place the bark to be treated in a close
vessel, and I admit at the top of the vessel the vapour of alcohol or
other solvent. The vapour permeates amongst the bark and condenses
to form an extract, which runs out from the bottom of the vessel into a
receiver, from which the extract is drawn from time to time, and
the quinine is obtained from this extract by ordinary and known
processes.
In order when the bark is exhausted to separate from it the alcohol or
solvent it contains a current of air or steam is passed amongst it, and
then through a condensing worm. The solvent is thus condensed and
returned to the vessel in which the vapour is generated.

page_text: When the solvent employed will not mix with water steam is employed
by preference to separate it from the spent bark. After condensation the
water and the solvent separate, and the solvent alone is returned to the
vapour generator.
The vessels are furnished with closely fitting covers and with gauges
to indicate the amount of liquid which they contain, and the pipes or
passages connecting the vessels are provided with stop-cocks to regulate
the flow from vessel to vessel.
IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR TAKING FROM THE LAND CORN, HAY, OR OTHER CUT CROP, AND LIFTING IT ON TO WAGGONS OR OTHER SUITABLE CONVEYANCE FOR HAULING IT
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Edward Henry Dean at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 26th
June 1874.
I, EDWARD HENRY DEAN, of Imber Heytesbury, in the County of
Wilts, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR TAKING FROM THE LAND CORN, HAY, OR OTHER CUT
CROP, AND LIFTING IT ON TO WAGGONS OR OTHER SUITABLE CONVEYANCE FOR HAULING
IT," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for
taking from the land corn, hay, or other cut crop, and lifting it on to
waggons or other suitable conveyance for hauling it. For this purpose I
construct an implement consisting of a frame mounted upon four wheels
and provided with shafts, so that it may be drawn by a horse over the
land on which the cut crop lies, whilst a waggon or cart accompanies the
implement and remains at its side to receive the crop, which is afterwards
conveyed to the stack or other place where it may be required. The
hinder wheel of the implement by means of bevilled gear gives motion
to an horizontal driving axis at the side of the frame. On the outer side
of the frame or that away from the waggon a raking apparatus is attached,

page_text: which is able to turn around the driving axis to enable it to follow the
irregularities of the ground, and also to admit of its being raised from
the ground for travelling when not at work. Along the front of the
raking apparatus a number of lifters are arranged in a diagonal line, so
that their points may underrun the crop as it lies on the land, and
convey it on to a platform.
The crop when it has arrived, upon the platform is drawn to one side
by teeth mounted upon a creeper arranged over the platform, and driven
by a belt from the driving axis. From this side of the platform the
crop is drawn up within an elevator trough by teeth mounted upon
endless chains, as in a straw elevator. The endless chains of the elevator
pass around pulleys upon the driving axis, and so receive motion.
The elevator trough is raised to any convenient angle, turning up
about the driving axis, and it is secured by a strut from the main frame.
The cut crop falls from the top of the elevator trough at once on to the
waggon at the side of the implement.
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It will be seen that the raking apparatus is free to rise and fall
without interfering with the driving mechanism, and the inclination of
the elevator trough may be varied as they are both free to move around
the horizontal driving shaft at the side of the main frame of the
implement.
Year: 1874

page_text: place thereof a flexible tube is provided to connect the rising and falling
portion of the gasalier with the descending pipe, which is in direct com-
munication with the fixed system of pipes by which the gas is supplied.
The movable portion of the gasalier is provided with a basket or
receptacle in which the flexible tube coils itself when the lights are
raised; and when the lights are drawn down, the flexible tube is lifted
out of the basket or receptacle and is drawn straight or nearly so when
the lights are in their lowest position.
The basket or receptacle may be between the burners of the gasalier,
and as heretofore the movable part of the gasalier may be provided with
a tubular stem surrounding the gas supply pipe depending from the
ceiling; in this case the flexible pipe need never become visible. Or the
basket or receptacle may be at the top of the stem of the gasalier, which
in this case need not be tubular; the flexible tube should be neatly
braided or ornamented externally as it becomes visible whenever the
burners are drawn down.
In order to prevent the flickering of the flame resulting at present
from the rapid air drafts through the narrow passages into and from the
glass shades or globes at present in use, such shades or globes are
according to this Invention perforated with holes arranged in an
ornamental pattern, and in such manner as to give the air a much
freer access to the flame than it has at present. Shades or globes of this
construction have their full effect in softening the glare of the flame,
and do not give rise to air currents of sufficient force to disturb the
flame.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE DRAUGHT IN THE INTERNAL FLUES OF STEAM GENERATORS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Lake at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
January 1874.
I, JOHN LAKE, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE DRAUGHT IN THE INTERNAL FLUES OF STEAM
GENERATORS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain peculiar apparatus for regulating the
draught in the tubes or internal flues of steam generators, and is partly
based upon the Invention for which I obtained Letters Patent bearing.
date the 7th of February 1865, No. 345.
According to my present Invention I propose to combine a regulating
plate with the conical valve or valves described in the Specification of
the said Invention as being intended to confine more or less the hot air
and gases inside the internal flues, such regulating plate consisting of a
disc having openings or notches made at suitable intervals round its
circumference to correspond with the corrugations or ribs made round
the surface of the cone. This regulating plate is fixed to an adjusting

page_text: lever, and the corrugated conical valve is attached to the centre of the
regulating plate, so as to be capable of ready adjustment by turning it
more or less by a spanner or otherwise upon its central pivot or boss.
By this means I am enabled to vary the size of the outlet openings
between the corrugations or ribs on the cone, as may be required to suit
the draught of the particular boiler to which the said combined apparatus
may be applied. Or in lieu of combining a regulating plate with a
corrugated or ribbed conical valve as above described I may sometimes
dispense with the conical valve and employ two notched discs, the one
turning over the face of the other, which is attached to a regulating
lever, as in the previously described arrangement. These combined
discs are brought close up to the rear ends of the tubes or internal flues,
and the draught is regulated by simply turning round more or less the
inner one of the two discs.
The before-mentioned combined conical valves and regulating plates,
as well as the two regulating discs, may be made of metal, fire-clay, or
other fire-resisting materials.
RENDERING STEEL AND IRON WARES INCORRODIBLE
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Alfred Briggs and George
Mutlow Abell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd July 1874.
We, JAMES ALFRED BRIGGS, of 28, Wellington Street, in the County
of Middlesex, and GEORGE MUTLOW ABELL, of the City of Gloucester,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "RENDERING STEEL
AND IRON WARES INCORRODIBLE," to be as follows, i.e. :-
The application to the steel and iron wares of the scientific process
or processes for inducing in iron the state technically known as the
passive state, with the object of rendering them incorrodible.
IMPROVEMENTS IN TELESCOPIC OR SLIDING JOINTS," APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Tyson Crawford and Edwin
Naylor Russell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 25th July 1874.
We, TYSON CRAWFORD and EDWIN NAYLOR RUSSELL, both of
Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, Optical Instrument Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TELESCOPIC OR SLIDING JOINTS," APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OPTICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
The object of our Invention is to construct telescopic or sliding joints
in such a manner that the exterior surface of the sliding tube or bar
which slides in the joint shall not become scratched or otherwise
disfigured by rubbing against the face of a long internal packed joint,
such as those now used.
To coming out our Inve
we form at the inner end of the sliding

page_text: ring, which is made to screw into the end of the fixed tube. This
screwed ring may be packed inside with a narrow strip of leather to
exclude dust, but it does not necessarily assist in keeping the moving
parts steady, as that object is effected by the two fixed parallel projecting
rings at the inner end of the sliding tube or bar.
To ensure the accurate fitting of the projecting rings on the sliding
tube or bar to the inside of the other or fixed tubo, the inner end of the
sliding tube together with one of the rings is split longitudinally so as to
form a kind of spring joint.
When the sliding bar is solid instead of tubular the spring joint must 1
be modified to suit the altered circumstances of the case, but the
principle of construction and operation of the working parts always
remain the same.
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNTERWEIGHTING WINDOW SASHES, BLINDS, AND SHUTTERS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Whiteway at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 21st
November 1874.
I, WILLIAM WHITEWAY, of Poplar, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN COUNTERWEIGHTING WINDOW SASHES, BLINDS, AND SHUTTERS," to be as
follows:
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My Invention relates to hanging and counterweighting window sashes,
blinds, and shutters, and is more especially useful for the saloon windows
on board ship, although it may be also applied to house windows. I will
describe the Invention as applied to window sashes.
In hanging sashes it has hitherto been usual to employ separate lines
and counterweights for the upper and lower sashes, the counterweights
(two at each side of the window) working up and down in grooves or
boxes and separated by a "parting slip." Now on ship board especially
this parting slip is liable to be damaged by the weights striking against
it as the ship rolls, and the weights are consequently liable to jam in their
grooves and make it impossible to raise or lower the sash, as the case
may be.

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My Invention consists in employing a single counterweight only at
each side for the two sashes, and dispensing with the parting slip, the
weight being made of such shape as to fill the whole space before
occupied by the two weights. At the upper part of the weight I provide
a sheave or. pulley, through which I reeve a single sash line, whose two
ends after passing over pulleys at the top of the pulley stile as usual are
attached to the two sashes in the same way that ordinary sash lines are
attached. In this way a single counterweight (one at either side of the
window), the gravity of which may be less than the sum of the two
weights heretofore employed, suffices to sustain the two sashes.
Im- PROVEMENTS IN CONDENSING CARDING ENGINES FOR PREPARING COTTON OR COTTON WASTE OR THOSE SUBSTANCES MIXED WITH OTHER FIBRES FOR SPINNING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Shawcross at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
May 1874.
I, JOHN SHAWCROSS, of Stockport, in the County of Chester, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN CONDENSING CARDING ENGINES FOR PREPARING COTTON OR COTTON
WASTE OR THOSE SUBSTANCES MIXED WITH OTHER FIBRES FOR SPINNING," to be as
follows:-
My Invention refers to that part of condensing carding engines which
is used for rubbing the slivers so as to consolidate them, and consists in
the employment of surfaces of woven or felted cloth, woollen by pre-
ference, between which the slivers pass. These surfaces I propose to
obtain by cementing or otherwise attaching the said cloth to leather, or
I employ cloth only, and gain sufficient thickness, if it be not so
originally, by uniting two or more pieces.
A NEW PROCESS FOR PRESERVING EGGS BY MEANS OF THE CARBONIC ANHYDRIDE AND ALCALINE SILICATES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Emile Budde at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
April 1874.
I, EMILE BUDDE, of Auteuil, Paris, in the Department of the Seine,
in the Republic of France, Doctor Chemist, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "A NEW PROCESS FOR PRESERVING EGGS
BY MEANS OF THE CARBONIC ANHYDRIDE AND ALCALINE SILICATES," to be as
follows:-
My novel process consists of two parts,—
1°. A Preparatory Part.-The object in view is to replace the gasses
contained in the egg by a gas, which cannot be respired. For this
purpose I may use carbonic anhydride, carbonic oxyde, hydrogen, azote,
or a mixture of these gases. The carbonic anhydride is the most easily
prepared, and I therefore give it preference, but all that I state in
respect to it applies equally to the other gases I have above-mentioned.
The substitution is effected by evacuation or by diffusion.
To effect the first the eggs are placed in a closed vessel of sufficient
strength, and which may be placed in communication, 1°, with a tube
supplying the carbonic anhydride; 2°, with a pneumatic machine of any
IMPROVEMENTS IN HATS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Robert Symington Gold at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th February 1874.
I, ROBERT SYMINGTON GOLD, of Leamington, in the County of
Warwick, Clothier, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN HATS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in hats consists in adapting to the
inside of felt and other hats an ornamental tip consisting of a mirror
mounted in an ornamental frame, made by preference of thin metal
stamped up and supported in place in the hat by two spring arms, which
when bent down assist in supporting the sides of the hat to which they
are secured by means of eyelets, which being perforated act as ventilators
to the hat. By this means the ornamental tip is held up in its proper
place without any other fastening, and the top edge of the lining may be
passed under the edge of the ornamental frame of the tip so as to
present a neat appearance.
IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZE AND THE METHOD OF SIZING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Duckett and Thomas
Mercer at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 1st January 1874.
We, GEORGE DUCKETT, of Longridge, in the County of Lancaster, and
THOMAS MERCER, of the same Place, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZE AND THE METHOD OF SIZING,"
to be as follows :-
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Our Invention consists in a composition or preparation for the sizing
of cotton, linen, or woollen yarns. The ordinary composition is flour,
water, tallow, and soft soap.
Our composition consists of the following:-We take half a pound of
sulphate of iron, quarter of a pound of sulphate of zinc, quarter of a
pound of fish glue, half a pound of Castile soap, quarter of a pound of
spermaceti, the whole to be dissolved in boiling water containing six
ounces of Saxony ultramarine, and a quarter of a pound of carbonate of
soda; when dissolved add two pounds of paraffine wax and one pound of
tallow, mix the above quantities with forty pounds of farina, and forty
gallons of water. This composition makes the yarn much softer, quite
as heavy, and saves sixty per cent. of cost.
AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING TRUE THE ROLLS OF PLATE AND SHEET MILLS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Tarleton Bury and
Alfred Muir at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 2nd April 1874.
WC, WILLIAM TARLETON BURY, of Sheffield, in the County of York,
Steel Manufacturer, and ALFRED MUIR, of the Britannia Works,
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR MAKING TRUE THE
ROLLS OF PLATE AND SHEET MILLS," to be as follows :-
The object of our Invention is to make true the rolls of plate and
sheet mills without removing the said rolls from their housings. This we
accomplish by means of one or more revolving emery or other grinders
mounted on a spindle supported in an adjustable bracket, and this
bracket is traversed to and fro along the face of the rolls on a slide by a
rack and pinion or other equivalents, thereby causing the grinders to
act as required on the surface of the rolls. The slide is attached to
the housings and can easily be removed when the rolls are trued up.
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IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ANIMAL CHARCOAL IN THE PROCESS OF SUGAR REFINING
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Bancroft Espeut at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th October 1874.
I, WILLIAM BANCROFT ESPEUT, of No. 14, Southwick Street, Hyde
Park, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ANIMAL CHARCOAL
IN THE PROCESS OF SUGAR REFINING," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the treatment of
animal charcoal in the process of sugar refining.
At the present time the charging and discharging the charcoal filters
is a source of great trouble and expense in sugar refineries.
According to my Invention I mix the charcoal with syrup or with
water, and the semi-liquid mixture I force by means of a rotary pump
into a trunk pipe, which is provided with sluice valves in the vicinity of

page_text: each of the filters, and any of the filters in the series can be filled by
opening one or other of the sluice valves.
When the charcoal is spent it is conveyed away by similar means,
being forced by a rotary pump through a trunk pipe having inlets and
outlets where required.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS FOR HEATING OR ILLUMINATING PURPOSES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by John Carter Ramsden at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th August 1874.
I, JOHN CARTER RAMSDEN, of Smith House, Lightcliffe, in the Parish
of Halifax, in the County of York, Silk Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS TO BE
EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS FOR HEATING OR ILLUMINATING
PURPOSES," to be as follows:
—
This Invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus to be
employed in the manufacture of gas for heating and illuminating pur-
pose, wherein volatile hydrocarbons are employed for imparting
increased heating and illuminating properties to gases arising from the
combustion of fuel, or for imparting such heating and illuminating
properties to aeriform fluids in general.
The apparatus employed consists of a gas-tight vessel having inlet and
outlet pipes, within which vessel is a frame carrying a number of rollers,
(a higher and a lower series); over and under the said rollers is a
travelling endless web, belt, or sheet, or two or more such sheets

page_text: narrower, and leaving passages between for circulation or percolation of
gases may be employed, the rollers having flanges thereon for keeping
straight, and even such belts or sheets of woven, felted, or other fabric,
(a shaft and gear wheels impart to the higher series of rollers rotation;
the lower series rotate through the frictional contact of the travelling
endless web, belt, or sheet. The shaft referred to is driven by a short
shaft introduced through the shell or case of vessel, there being provided
an inverted bell trap containing mercury (through which the shaft is
passed so as to prevent escape of gas at this point.
On volatile hydrocarbon being supplied to the vessel, and the rollers
operated as already described, the endless sheet will pass in and out of
the spirit, and so the whole surface of the sheet above the surface of the
spirit will be evaporating surface in addition to the spirits evaporation
surface. It will be seen then that by the use of such means a com-
paratively small vessel will give great evaporation, and if requisite there
may be applied to the rollers (or one or more of them) immersed in the
spirit dashers or agitators, and midfeathers applied between the ends of
the rollers and the shell of the vessel will prevent the gases of com-
bustion or aeriform fluids passing from the inlet to the outlet pipes
without circulating.
AN IMPROVED POT FOR FLOWERS AND PLANTS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederic Pelham Warren at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th February 1874.
I, FREDERIC PELHAM WARREN, of East Court, Cosham, in the County
of Hants, Captain in the Royal Navy, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED POT FOR FLOWERS AND PLANTS," to be
as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improved pot for flowers and
plants. It is designed to obviate the objections arising when pots of the
ordinary kind are used from the retention of an undue quantity of
moisture in the pot which has the effect of causing plants to "damp off”
or decay.
My improved pot is so made as to permit of the ready escape of all
water or moisture in excess of the quantity which the earth and root or
germ in the pot are capable of absorbing and retaining. For this
purpose I make the bottom of the pot of considerable thickness, and
form therein a passage or way, or passages or ways, leading from the
lowest part of the interior of the pot, and in connexion with such

page_text: passage or way, or passages or ways, I provide a groove, channel, or
passage, or grooves, channels, or passages, extending to the periphery of
the base of the pot, so that any superfluous water or moisture from
within the pot will descend by the first-mentioned passage or way, or
passages or ways, and will escape by the groove, channel, or passage, or {
grooves, channels, or passages, leading out as above described to the
periphery of the base of the pot.
IMPROVED Apparatus FOR WARMING OR HEATING LIQUID OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1874

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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Daniel Myers at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 9th March
1874.
I, DANIEL MYERS, of Maida Hill, in the County of Middlesex, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED Apparatus
FOR WARMING OR HEATING LIQUID OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
I construct a stand or holder of two metal rings or frames connected
by small bars or rods of suitable length.
The lower ring or frame is made to fit to the "gallery" or bracket of
an ordinary gas jet, and when in use the stand is placed thereon with or
without the globe, and extending a little above the globe when such is
used.
On the top of the stand is placed the vessel containing the liquid to be
warmed or heated, and the light from the gas is in no way obstructed or
dimmed by the application of the apparatus.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIANOFORTES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by James Henry Dunkley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th February 1874.
I, JAMES HENRY DUNKLEY, of Yeovil, in the County of Somerset,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE CONSTRUCTION OF PIANOFORTES," to be as follows:
This Invention consists in improvements in the construction of piano-
fortes, whereby there will be a considerable increase of power, vibration,
and quality of tone given to the instrument.
In pianofortes as hitherto constructed it has been usual to fix the "top
bridge" to the "wrest plank" or framework of the instrument. Now
this Invention consists in extending the "sound board," and fastening
the top bridge thereto, the effect of which will be greatly to improve the
tone of the instrument, as there will be vibration produced from the top
bridge in addition to the lower ones.
The above improvements will apply to all kinds of pianofortes.
A NEW APPLICATION OF WOOD STRIPS OR LATHS IN COMBINATION WITH WIRE CORD OR OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIAL IN THE PRODUCTION OR MANU- FACTURE OF PORTABLE LATTICE AND TRELLISWORK
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Stevenson at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 8th
December 1874.
I, WILLIAM STEVENSON, of the Town and County of the Town of
Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "A NEW APPLICATION OF WOOD STRIPS OR LATHS IN COMBINATION
WITH WIRE CORD OR OTHER FLEXIBLE MATERIAL IN THE PRODUCTION OR MANU-
FACTURE OF PORTABLE LATTICE AND TRELLISWORK," to bo as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to produce a light, cheap, and portable
lattice and trellis of any given length, width, or thickness in any kind
of wood with the agency of woven, twisted, plaited, or threaded wires, or
cords of wire, or other flexible material.
To carry out this Invention I take sawn, hand split, machine split, or
riven laths, of the character of and similar to those used by plasterers,
as the wood material. These I weave together with a warp of longi-
tudinal wires at alternate distances, the laths forming the woof to be
arranged at given distances, the warp of wire to be crossed, plaited, tied,
or twisted in the space between the laths. I thus produce portable

page_text: lattice work in continuous sheets suitable for use with builders, plasterers,
gardeners, nurserymen, poulterers, and other trades. I also take sawn
or wrought laths or strips of a broader or thicker description. These I
form into continuous sheets by boring holes through them at given
distances and threading the same together with single wires, or twisted,
or plaited cords of wire, or other flexible material, or by simply nailing
or fastening across said strips a warp of wire, cord, webbing, or other
flexible material. I thus produce portable trelliswork in continuous
sheets suitable for seating, fencing, floor or ground covering, and other
useful purposes.
AN IMPROVED TREATMENT OF COD LIVER OIL
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th July 1874.-A communication from abroad by Jean G. Hava,
of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED TREATMENT OF COD LIVER
OIL," a communication, to be as follows:-
The said Invention consists in a solution of tribasic phosphate of lime
in cod liver oil by passing a current of carbonic acid gas in a mixture of
gelatinous tribasic phosphate of lime and cod liver oil under different
degrees of pressure. Under ordinary atmospheric pressure a solution of
one and a half per cent. of the tribasic phosphate of lime is obtained in
one hundred of the oil.
IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDS AND FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Henry Bricknell at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th March 1874.
I, GEORGE HENRY BRICKNELL, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDS AND FASTENINGS FOR WEARING APPAREL," to be
as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention refers to the making of studs, sleeve links, and other
similar fastenings with moveable parts for attachment, but formed in
one piece instead of having two portions requiring to be brought
together for fastening.
The front part consists of a plate or flat piece of metal turned up at
one end to form a flat shank to receive the stud head or other ornament;
the plate or flat piece of metal is turned over at the edges to form clips
fitting into small grooves upon the under side of a sliding bottom plate,
This
which is the means of fastening the stud or sleeve link in wear.
bottom plate slides to and fro by pressure of the finger, and being
pushed in one direction secures the attachment by its extending end,

page_text: the shank of the stud or link having been first passed through the two
edges of the article to be secured; by pressing the sliding bar in an
opposite direction the extended end of the bottom plate is withdrawn,
when the stud shank may be pulled out of the article and released.
To regulate the action of the sliding bottom plate I countersink the
under side of the top plate to receive a small curved spring which lies
therein, and upon the top surface of the sliding bottom plate is formed
a stop piece or stud, so that when the sliding bar is moved in either
direction the stop piece or stud has to pass by the curved spring, and
having done so is then locked in the end of the countersinking or recess
until pressure upon the sliding bar slides the stud in an opposite
direction.
In place of the curved spring described I sometimes prefer to use a
bar which lies in the countersunk part or recess before described, a
small helical spring being placed centrally at right angles therewith, by :
which arrangement the lock action of the stop piece or stud on the
bottom sliding bar is obtained at either end of the bar and recess.
IMPROVEMENTS IN MORTISING MACHINES
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Harry Stanwix at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
April 1874.
I, HARRY STANWIX, of Leeds, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MORTISING
MACHINES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide an arrangement on mortising
machines whereby the tool may be adjusted with very little trouble and
much less loss of time than hitherto, and is as bereafter described.
I mount the spindle in bearings so as to slide freely when required
and of ordinary construction; between these bearings I provide a sliding
carrier through which the spindle passes; within the carrier is provided
a nut which is made to work in a thread or threads formed on the
spindle; by turning the nut right or left the spindle may be moved up
or down, thus raising or lowering the tool; the nut not only retains the
spindle firmly in its place, but also through it the required adjustment
is given to the tool.
M
ute of the meaking are of ordinary construction.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN PIPES AND CIGAR TUBES OR. HOLDERS, AND IN CASES FOR HOLDING THE SAME
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Alexander Melville Clark at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
21st September 1874.-A communication from abroad by Adrien
Dubois, of Paris, France.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of.
the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN PIPES AND CIGAR TUBES OR.
HOLDERS, AND IN CASES FOR HOLDING THE SAME," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the adaptation of a cleaner to pipes, cigar
holders, or their cases, so that it may be always handy for use.
Hitherto this indispensable article has always been totally distinct and
separate from the pipe and not at hand when required, being specially
liable to be lost or mislaid.
The accompanying Drawings illustrate some examples only of the
mode of carrying out the Invention. Figures 1 and 2 show the
cleaner as applied to a pipe case and cigar holder case respectively.

page_text: The stem a of the cleaner is made of wire, either rigid, as in Figures 2
and 3, or flexible, as in Figures 1 and 4, to suit the form of the pipe or
The stem is made with a circular head which may be flattened
so as to lie snugly against the pipe case.
case.
The cleaner a may be attached to the pipe case c or holder case d,
either by a thin band of metal e, or other material channeled or grooved
throughout its length, or it may be a metal or other tube attached to
the exterior of the pipe case or pipe, as shown, and forming a sheath
in which the cleaner is readily inserted or withdrawn.
Instead of a metal groove or tube, as described the pipe case or
pipe itself may be grooved to receive the cleaning wire, the metal band
in this case serving to inclose the said groove and form a sheath for the
wire.
The cleaner may be applied to the case either before or after covering
the same, and the mode of attachment may be varied in many ways,
according to the nature of the material of which the pipe is made. Thus
for wooden pipes the cleaner may be secured either by means of a
grooved metal band e or by a tube attached to the pipe by small pins
along its under side, as shown in elevation and plan at Figure 5, or the
cleaner may be received in a channel or tube h, Figure 9, fixed to the
pipe or pipe case by small straps i.
For meerschaum pipes the cleaner might form a separate attachment,
Figure 6, showing the same applied to the stem of the pipe, while
Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the cleaner which is composed
of a strip of metal f having spring clips for clasping the pipe
stem. The metal strip is also grooved to receive the cleaner a at
Figure 8.
IMPROVEMENTS IN FASTENINGS FOR JOINING METAL BANDS OR SHEETS OF METAL TOGETHER
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Martin Benson at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd
October 1874. A communication from abroad by Charles Henry
Compton, of Calcutta, India.
"
I, MARTIN BENSON, of No. 9, Southampton Buildings, London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FASTENINGS FOR JOINING METAL BANDS OR SHEETS OF METAL TOGETHER,' a
communication to me from abroad by Charles Henry Compton, of
Calcutta, India, to be as follows:-
:-
The fastening, which is made to serve the purpose of an ordinary rivet
for joining pieces of metal together, more particular wrought-iron bands
commonly used for baleing cotton, piece goods, or for any other purpose
to which it is applicable, is composed of a piece of wrought metal band
or strip of suitable strength to suit the purpose to which it is applied;
the rivet or fastening is made double, and in one piece; one section of it
represents the form of a letter T, and the perpendicular part of it, which
is double, is passed through openings or slots made in the ends of the
bands or sheets of metal to be fastened together, and one half of it is

page_text: turned down on one side, and the other half on the other side, and both
sides of the fastening are then hammered flat on to the surface of the
band, which completes the fastening.
The advantages claimed for the fastening is, that it forms a stronger
joint with a less quantity of metal than the ordinary rivet or other
methods of fastening herein-before used, and more particularly when
used for uniting bands for baleing cotton and piece goods. For instance,
take an ordinary wrought-iron band three quarters of an inch wide, more
or less, commonly used for these purposes, and make a T shaped fastening
out of a piece of the band to be joined together as before described; then
cut fastening slots through the bands suitable distances from its end
parallel to the length of the band; then insert the T shaped fastening in
the slots and rivet its ends down as before stated. The thinness of the
slot through the transverse section of the band which is made parallel to
the length of the band for receiving the fastening is so much smaller
compared with what would be required for an ordinary rivet to make an
equal strength of fastening that a band three-quarters of an inch wide
joined together by my improved mode of fastening is quite as strong as
a band one inch wide joined together with ordinary riviting or other
known methods of fastening or uniting bands or plates of metal
together.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SCREWS AND SCREWDRIVERS
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by George Frederick Druce and
Robert Steers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 1st May 1874.
We, GEORGE FREDERICK DRUCE, of Brighton, in the County of
Sussex, Gentleman, and ROBERT STEERS, of No. 127, Grosvenor Park,
Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
SCREWS AND SCREWDRIVERS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention of improvements in the manufacture of screws and
screwdrivers consists as follows:-
1. As to the Screw.-In the place of the slit or groove in the head of
the screw commonly called the nick, we form a square or a triangular or
other angular pyramidal recess, commencing in the head and terminating
in the body of the screw below the head.
2. As to the Screwdriver.-The screwdriver is of a form or shape such
as to fit into the recess of the screw with mathematical precision.
IMPROVEMENTS IN PISTONS FOR STEAM ENGINES, PUMPS, AND OTHER SUCH APPLICATIONS WHEN PACKING IS REQUIRED
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Wright Nelson Raines at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th May 1874.
I, WRIGHT NELSON RAINES, of Dukinfield, in the County of Chester,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PISTONS FOR STEAM ENGINES, PUMPS, AND OTHER SUCH
APPLICATIONS WHEN PACKING IS REQUIRED," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a method of forcing outward metallic or other
such rings, by which the piston becomes packed, and consists in
providing such rings with a projecting part or parts which by being
forced into cavities of another ring cause it to expand.
In the arrangement I propose there are two dises upon the piston rod,
and between which there are two expanding rings, each of them being
provided with wedge-formed projections and similarly formed cavities,
the former being situate within the latter. One of the aforesaid discs has
a solid abutment and the other is capable of being forced towards it, and
when this takes place it tends to draw them together, and the wedge-
formed parts cause the expansion of the rings for effecting the packing.
The whole is then secured together by set screws.
IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPLICABLE TO BANDS, BELTS, OR STRAPS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY
Year: 1874

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Maurice Gandy at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
September 1874.
I, MAURICE GANDY, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
AND APPLICABLE TO BANDS, BELTS, OR STRAPS FOR DRIVING MACHINERY," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates, firstly, to improvements in bands for driving
machinery, and secondly, to improvements in fastening the ends of
driving bands, and consists in the adaptation of a metal hinge or hinges,
being flat links with a boss at each end, a series of such links forming
an entire belt, or one or more links being used as belt fasteners. The
flat links may be of any suitable metal, by preference, malleable cast
iron, and of length and width to suit the special purpose to which they
are to be applied. They are fastened together with pins in such a
manner as to run on any shaped pulley, whether conical or otherwise.
These links are provided with studs or projections on their flat side,
which studs or projections hold and fasten the links on to any suitable
backing or padding, such as leather, canvas, or composition.

page_text: The metal links may be applied round the belt in parallel lengths of
number to suit the width of the belt, or the belt may have a row of
links round each side, and one in the centre, or otherwise, as will be
understood. The flexibility of the metal links will suit any shaped
pulley, with the backing or padding next the pulley to afford the
necessary grip. A fastener for ordinary bands, according to this Inven-
tion consists of a series of the before described links, arranged so
that when the ends of the band are placed together, and the links forced
on to the belt, the studs or projections on the links take into the
material forming the belt, and a flexible fastening results.
Belts constructed according to this Invention are strong durable, and
not liable to break by constantly bending and straightening. As a belt.
fastener or repairer, the links may be fastened to the belts expeditiously
by either studs, bolts, screws, or rivets, as will be understood.